So they're basically comparing a what, 10 years old browser to a year old beta thing from Google? Very interesting indeed, that they're taking into account Chrome as a threat at the same level Firefox is.
You see, Linux/Unix/BSD don't need Mono! What can you achieve using Mono which you wouldn't achieve with Perl, Python, C++ or Java? Name one, please, only one. Linux already have great software tools, great programming languages and great graphical libraries. Why are this guys, which I believe have their best of interests, trying to shove up our asses a lame excuse of a programming language that basically doesn't bring anything new but license agreements, EULAs, patents to a perfectly, usable environment?
I see why Microsoft needs.Net and C#, they have nothing better to offer to their clients, but come on.
And yes, only the mono-runtime package consumes 27MB of space. For what? For Tomboy? I can code a Tomboy like app in Python in three days... come on!!!
Very true. I have friends in several parts of the EU and none of them have a Blue-Ray player... leaving out the PS3 of course. I have only seen a blue-ray disc once. Actually, more people (including computer illiterate ones) have multimedia hard drives where they store the crap they download from the tubes.
I don't know about this. Just today, my mother-in-law downloaded a crack for a software product because she was feeling lazy about searching for her license somewhere around her home. Sometimes laziness beats morality.
At first, this is true, P2P is directly related with media traffic (not everywhere in the world, sharing copyrighted material is illegal) but as companies try to cut on costs, they could easily start using P2P as a way for distributing content. Take for example Youtube and how much they could save if a great P2P network with a great algorithm was used so their current traffic was shared among cities residents.
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Dirty bombs are just too cumbersome. Radiation levels on that stuff are just way to high for some lunatic's bomb engineer to handle, are hard to transport and easily detectable.
Oh! why can't the mighty Google do something that Mozilla and Opera have been doing for so long. Maybe this guys aren't as bright as they want you to believe.
Anyway, you want standards? maybe we should just start with the browser, and not only on Linux, but also on your beloved, closed source Windows. Yeeee! MSIE for everyone bitches!
Yep, eInk technology is pretty much doomed if they keep prices so high. Check out the OLPC, it has two modes for it's LCD screen. The person behind this technology founded Pixel Qi and in no time (fall 2009?) we will see plenty of netbooks and tablets using their technology... so yes, I'll keep waiting for this technology to either be used on it's full potential or eInk technology dropping it prices down.
You know, maybe they just forgot about it.
Today @ Google's Offices:
CEO: Wait! Are you telling me gmail is still on beta?
SOG: ehm... yes, we totally forgot about it with all this android, docs, SoC and stuff all around us.
I've been reading enough crap about "Visio-sheets". Can't you people just call them what they are? Diagrams! Maybe tomorrow we won't have documents, or spreadsheets, we'll just have words and excels.
Actually, there are lots of great Java apps like SQuirrel or JUDE, that don't have a place on Linux distributions and this maybe an incentive for the guys behind them to continue the great work they're doing, an easier way to contract OSS services or just colaborate with them. Also, if this also means a simpler way to keep them updated, great!
Hehehe... would you like a database with that... genius
Amen to that brother. My first question when I apply to a new job is: Do I get to run Linux on my workstation? As a 15 years Linux user, I don't get all the Windows and MacOS work flows and widgets and eye candy. I'm thankful for the great achievements that the OSS and Linux communities have made during this years, and that's all we should think about.
Anyway, why do we get all mad with this things, Linux, as any other truly open source OS, is here to stay, forever. Just look at the BSD's. They're not very popular, but they're there, and some people support them, and write software and do stuff with them, hell, you can just throw a fancy GUI and profit from it. So why does it matter if 2009 or 2020 is the year of Linux on the desktop. Could happen, but who really cares if Joe six-pack is running Linux... I don't, so please, shut up, don't feed the troll and do some coding, documenting, or something useful.
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So they're basically comparing a what, 10 years old browser to a year old beta thing from Google? Very interesting indeed, that they're taking into account Chrome as a threat at the same level Firefox is.
Silver... what? I think we can already declare Silverlight dead. Long live... Flex? JavaFX? Oh man, we're doomed. How's that Moonlight thing going?
You see, Linux/Unix/BSD don't need Mono! What can you achieve using Mono which you wouldn't achieve with Perl, Python, C++ or Java? Name one, please, only one. Linux already have great software tools, great programming languages and great graphical libraries. Why are this guys, which I believe have their best of interests, trying to shove up our asses a lame excuse of a programming language that basically doesn't bring anything new but license agreements, EULAs, patents to a perfectly, usable environment? I see why Microsoft needs .Net and C#, they have nothing better to offer to their clients, but come on.
And yes, only the mono-runtime package consumes 27MB of space. For what? For Tomboy? I can code a Tomboy like app in Python in three days... come on!!!
Very true. I have friends in several parts of the EU and none of them have a Blue-Ray player... leaving out the PS3 of course. I have only seen a blue-ray disc once. Actually, more people (including computer illiterate ones) have multimedia hard drives where they store the crap they download from the tubes.
it's = "it is"; its = possessive. E.g., it's flapping its wings.
Thanks! I've always been confused by this.
I don't know about this. Just today, my mother-in-law downloaded a crack for a software product because she was feeling lazy about searching for her license somewhere around her home. Sometimes laziness beats morality.
At first, this is true, P2P is directly related with media traffic (not everywhere in the world, sharing copyrighted material is illegal) but as companies try to cut on costs, they could easily start using P2P as a way for distributing content. Take for example Youtube and how much they could save if a great P2P network with a great algorithm was used so their current traffic was shared among cities residents. Slashdot, where comments can make you a millionaire.
You should try it. It has some pretty nice feats out of the box.
Only thing I miss is some sort of google bookmarks plugin like gmarks on IceCat/Firefox
"The beta is currently available for every modern OS platform."
See google, it's not that hard, so stop crying about standards and get your act together. It's easier to criticize than to create.
Dirty bombs are just too cumbersome. Radiation levels on that stuff are just way to high for some lunatic's bomb engineer to handle, are hard to transport and easily detectable.
Oh! why can't the mighty Google do something that Mozilla and Opera have been doing for so long. Maybe this guys aren't as bright as they want you to believe.
Anyway, you want standards? maybe we should just start with the browser, and not only on Linux, but also on your beloved, closed source Windows. Yeeee! MSIE for everyone bitches!
Yep, eInk technology is pretty much doomed if they keep prices so high. Check out the OLPC, it has two modes for it's LCD screen. The person behind this technology founded Pixel Qi and in no time (fall 2009?) we will see plenty of netbooks and tablets using their technology... so yes, I'll keep waiting for this technology to either be used on it's full potential or eInk technology dropping it prices down.
"like standing bent over in the street in downtown Gomorrah, naked, arse greased up and carrying a flashing neon sign saying "COME AND GET IT." "
You mister, have a very sick mind. Now I should thank you for making me spit my coffee.
Does anyone remember the Firestone and Ford Explorers doing face plants on highways? I believe Ford didn't pay anyone.
You know, maybe they just forgot about it.
Today @ Google's Offices:
CEO: Wait! Are you telling me gmail is still on beta?
SOG: ehm... yes, we totally forgot about it with all this android, docs, SoC and stuff all around us.
Can I get an invite? From someone? Please? I've been wanting to try out gmail for so long. You can contact me through my blog on Blogger...
If you have a blogger account you already have gmail... I know, I know!
If someone is bored enough, they can make the calculation of how much bringing those stupid DVDs cost the american public.
Unless it's region 0 it must be illegal.
Not at all. That's specifically what region 8 is for.
Oh My God! Stupid lawyers always a step ahead!
I've been reading enough crap about "Visio-sheets". Can't you people just call them what they are? Diagrams! Maybe tomorrow we won't have documents, or spreadsheets, we'll just have words and excels.
Anyone knows of a wig's company? I would like to get some stocks.
Actually, there are lots of great Java apps like SQuirrel or JUDE, that don't have a place on Linux distributions and this maybe an incentive for the guys behind them to continue the great work they're doing, an easier way to contract OSS services or just colaborate with them. Also, if this also means a simpler way to keep them updated, great!
Hehehe... would you like a database with that... genius
Amen to that brother. My first question when I apply to a new job is: Do I get to run Linux on my workstation? As a 15 years Linux user, I don't get all the Windows and MacOS work flows and widgets and eye candy. I'm thankful for the great achievements that the OSS and Linux communities have made during this years, and that's all we should think about. Anyway, why do we get all mad with this things, Linux, as any other truly open source OS, is here to stay, forever. Just look at the BSD's. They're not very popular, but they're there, and some people support them, and write software and do stuff with them, hell, you can just throw a fancy GUI and profit from it. So why does it matter if 2009 or 2020 is the year of Linux on the desktop. Could happen, but who really cares if Joe six-pack is running Linux... I don't, so please, shut up, don't feed the troll and do some coding, documenting, or something useful.