When it comes down to regular people I would say that something like the iPad has given people more freedom than any Linux distribution. People are afraid of using their computer. Personal computing has proven to be a failed concept and Apple has now given them the freedom to actually use their computing device.
Sorry for the bad language. I was in a particular bad mood, had just come home and found out that one of my neighbors is at the vet since their dog wouldn't stop shaking after the fireworks ended. For some reason it had been fine previously but I guess age or something else had set in. I was very upset at the moment but should have controlled my language better.
I don't have any dogs (or other animals for that matter), just happen to have many neighbors with scared dogs. For some reason cats seams to do much better.
Sorry for the bad language, I was in a particular bad mood. One of them is at the vet since their dog wouldn't stop shaking after the fireworks and I was upset about it. It truly is torture for these poor souls.
True but wasn't that the point? You buy a more expensive model if you want something better, and if you don't want the better phone you have a choice of buying an older less expensive model.
The important point was that even their three year old phone gets the latest OS update on the same date as it's released for the latest phone.
It's true that Android/uses/ Linux, but that's more of a technical detail. Almost no one who buys one actually knows that it's running Linux and when it's at that point it's not really that interesting. In some sense it comes back to the Linux vs. GNU/Linux discussion, but I grew up thinking that Linux was more than just a kernel and with Android it feels like Linux is just the kernel. That makes me a bit sad and is why I don't really consider Android tablets to be Linux tablets.
Since the only viable option right now is Apple I would like this to succeed, Linux on tablets have so far been more of a catastrophy IMHO. Sure there have been some successful book readers which have had a Linux kernel buried deep inside them, that's not what I'm talking about. I want anything to start beating Apple no matter if it's from Microsoft or not. I don't want a monopoly-like situation again like with Windows in the late 90s. We need some competition and Microsoft is actually on to something here.
Microsoft has its own compiler and Apple has moved away from it, maintaining support when they are doing much better themselves is probably not a high priority.
I'm not familiar with the details of that law but as far as I know companies that don't aim at maximizing profits can be sued by their shareholders, which means that they should indeed care more about themselves rather than an open source project. Only if they can get more profit by helping the open source project should they do it.
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You're right about that. We'll see if the rumors are true that Apple will introduce a cheaper iPad in the near future.
When it comes down to regular people I would say that something like the iPad has given people more freedom than any Linux distribution. People are afraid of using their computer. Personal computing has proven to be a failed concept and Apple has now given them the freedom to actually use their computing device.
Not if you take the ... part into account, since I specifically mentioned the acceptance of ads.
Google is a private company, not public infrastructure. They have every right to decide if they want to accept your ad or not.
Sorry for the bad language. I was in a particular bad mood, had just come home and found out that one of my neighbors is at the vet since their dog wouldn't stop shaking after the fireworks ended. For some reason it had been fine previously but I guess age or something else had set in. I was very upset at the moment but should have controlled my language better.
I don't have any dogs (or other animals for that matter), just happen to have many neighbors with scared dogs. For some reason cats seams to do much better.
Sorry for the bad language, I was in a particular bad mood. One of them is at the vet since their dog wouldn't stop shaking after the fireworks and I was upset about it. It truly is torture for these poor souls.
All of you who use fireworks can burn in hell.
Thank you.
App Store is not a package manager, it's an application distribution system.
As a copyright holder you have the right to decide not to distribute more copies. That's not actually that bad.
True but wasn't that the point? You buy a more expensive model if you want something better, and if you don't want the better phone you have a choice of buying an older less expensive model. The important point was that even their three year old phone gets the latest OS update on the same date as it's released for the latest phone.
It's true that Android /uses/ Linux, but that's more of a technical detail. Almost no one who buys one actually knows that it's running Linux and when it's at that point it's not really that interesting. In some sense it comes back to the Linux vs. GNU/Linux discussion, but I grew up thinking that Linux was more than just a kernel and with Android it feels like Linux is just the kernel. That makes me a bit sad and is why I don't really consider Android tablets to be Linux tablets.
So far all I've heard about is affected Linux systems, did Windows and OS X just fine?
Since the only viable option right now is Apple I would like this to succeed, Linux on tablets have so far been more of a catastrophy IMHO. Sure there have been some successful book readers which have had a Linux kernel buried deep inside them, that's not what I'm talking about. I want anything to start beating Apple no matter if it's from Microsoft or not. I don't want a monopoly-like situation again like with Windows in the late 90s. We need some competition and Microsoft is actually on to something here.
Just for comparison, from how many countries are users allowed to submit from to the Ubuntu Software Center?
Microsoft has its own compiler and Apple has moved away from it, maintaining support when they are doing much better themselves is probably not a high priority.
You do know that 5.8 is out? A simple yum upgrade and it's there.
Actually, all iPod, iPhone, iPad and MacBook batteries are replaceable.
http://www.apple.com/batteries/replacements.html
And if you want Apple to do it for you it's a $79 cost, which includes the new battery.
Sounds like the situation could improve if Linux changed its driver model.
In any case, what is best for Nvidia is still something that only Nvidia can decide.
As far as I know Nvidia support their driver on FreeBSD.
Sounds like the situation could improve if Linux exposed a more stable API toward drivers.
Or, how about buying competitive open alternatives from other vendors?
I'm not familiar with the details of that law but as far as I know companies that don't aim at maximizing profits can be sued by their shareholders, which means that they should indeed care more about themselves rather than an open source project. Only if they can get more profit by helping the open source project should they do it.
crown jewels? the company makes graphics cards, no one is buying drivers without the card. Most software companies sell support.
you closed sourcers are so ignornant on what makes money.....
How do you know that? Nvidia may have good reasons for their actions, that this is how they maximize their profit. The always unknown step two.
Instead of being upset about companies which rightfully keeps its secrets closed we should thank those who don't, such as Intel.