Decca, Deutsche Grammophon and Phillips are part of the Universal Music conglomerate?
So I suppose that classical music CDs will also be polluted by this random noise protection scheme? IMHO there's a difference between a boy group album (which is essentially noise by itself) and a recording of a Mozart opera. Inserting random noise into the latter is totally and utterly unacceptable.
I've been trying various IRC networks but the people I met were all appallingly stupid, self centered and uneducated. Is there a network for topic oriented intelligent debate? Something where you can discuss anything from a Mozart opera to a math theorem without having to deal with totally moronic preteens?
What is your opinion about the OpenBeOS project which tries to gradually replace the BeOS with open source counterparts. Could AtheOS serve as a starting base for such an effort?
Secondly, do you thinks it would be possible to cooperate with other open source projects like ErOS, etc.. there are so many fringe operating systems available today, why does everyone have to re-invent the wheel?
Thanks Bertrand for writing this excellent article. It amuses me to no end to watch the open source proponents in this forum running around like headless chicken trying to refute your well-researched arguments. You made my day.;)
I especially liked Bertrand's assertion that the free software world operates under a wrong set of ethical priorities. For the end user the free availability of source code means nothing compared to the quality of the product. The FSF attaches no moral value to quality, and that is why the whole history of the free software movement is littered with cheap hacks, user hostile interfaces and often dysfuncional software. We are supposed to use these products only because as "free" software they allegedly offer superior ethical value.
Richard M. Stallman is a false prophet. I am glad that someone finally took the time to point this out in writing. A must read for anyone who has wasted his time wading through "The cathedral and the bazaar" and the GNU manifesto.
The window of opportunity is closing. Everyone who is at least a little computer savvy has already tried Linux, and the revolution has not happened. The only people who haven't tried or even heard of Linux yet are the total newbies, and Linux has nothing to offer to them.
Linux is a prime example of a product that has been massively hyped (or rather marketed, in Microsoft speak), but that couldn't live up to the expectations. With a better product Windows could have been dethroned back in early 1999 when the anti-Microsoft mania was reaching record heights. Many people bought Linux CDs back then to try something different, but most of them discovered pretty soon that they couldn't live with the many shortcomings and overall clumsiness of Linux, and have subsequently migrated back to Windows. Today many of these CDs are collecting dust somewhere on the back of a shelf (I know mine is).
Where does that leave Linux? Of course Linux won't go away anytime soon. In the short term, there are too many die-hard Linux fanatics to let it die, and the anti-Microsoft crowd has found a safe haven in the Linux community. In the medium term I see lots of potential for Linux in the embedded market. This is where Linux really belongs, and it looks like even Linus Torvalds has figured it out already.
Contrary to most pundits I don't see much growth potential in the small to medium server market. Linux setup and administration is still an obscure artform and Linux requires on-site staff for proper maintenance. Small web sites will soon be looking for alternatives. Who says that you have to be a UNIX guru to run a website? One-click server setup and zero mainenance will be the buzzwords of the future, with MacOS X Server already pointing in the right direction.
So you can all rest easy now. Linux World Domination is not going to happen, but nevertheless Linux is here to stay.
The smart menus are an unmitigated disaster, right up there with the dancing paperclip. It wasn't Microsoft's idea either. This stuff has been tried and debunked by usability tests literally decades ago!
We have all read Tog's preliminary review of Aqua at www.asktog.com, and it was rather negative. I would love to hear a second opinion on Apple's next generation interface, if only to avoid copying Apple's worst mistakes.
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Decca, Deutsche Grammophon and Phillips are part of the Universal Music conglomerate?
So I suppose that classical music CDs will also be polluted by this random noise protection scheme? IMHO there's a difference between a boy group album (which is essentially noise by itself) and a recording of a Mozart opera. Inserting random noise into the latter is totally and utterly unacceptable.
I've been trying various IRC networks but the people I met were all appallingly stupid, self centered and uneducated. Is there a network for topic oriented intelligent debate? Something where you can discuss anything from a Mozart opera to a math theorem without having to deal with totally moronic preteens?
Kurt,
What is your opinion about the OpenBeOS project which tries to gradually replace the BeOS with open source counterparts. Could AtheOS serve as a starting base for such an effort?
Secondly, do you thinks it would be possible to cooperate with other open source projects like ErOS, etc.. there are so many fringe operating systems available today, why does everyone have to re-invent the wheel?
"For those with more memory than 8 Mb - tough luck. I've not got it, why should you."
-- Linus Torvalds, 1991
"Nobody will ever need more than 640k RAM!"
-- Bill Gates, 1981
So who's the bigger idiot?
What is a content-addressable file system? Is your paper available online?
Thanks Bertrand for writing this excellent article. It amuses me to no end to watch the open source proponents in this forum running around like headless chicken trying to refute your well-researched arguments. You made my day. ;)
The emperor Stallman has no clothes.
I especially liked Bertrand's assertion that the free software world operates under a wrong set of ethical priorities. For the end user the free availability of source code means nothing compared to the quality of the product. The FSF attaches no moral value to quality, and that is why the whole history of the free software movement is littered with cheap hacks, user hostile interfaces and often dysfuncional software. We are supposed to use these products only because as "free" software they allegedly offer superior ethical value.
Richard M. Stallman is a false prophet. I am glad that someone finally took the time to point this out in writing. A must read for anyone who has wasted his time wading through "The cathedral and the bazaar" and the GNU manifesto.
Linux is a prime example of a product that has been massively hyped (or rather marketed, in Microsoft speak), but that couldn't live up to the expectations. With a better product Windows could have been dethroned back in early 1999 when the anti-Microsoft mania was reaching record heights. Many people bought Linux CDs back then to try something different, but most of them discovered pretty soon that they couldn't live with the many shortcomings and overall clumsiness of Linux, and have subsequently migrated back to Windows. Today many of these CDs are collecting dust somewhere on the back of a shelf (I know mine is).
Where does that leave Linux? Of course Linux won't go away anytime soon. In the short term, there are too many die-hard Linux fanatics to let it die, and the anti-Microsoft crowd has found a safe haven in the Linux community. In the medium term I see lots of potential for Linux in the embedded market. This is where Linux really belongs, and it looks like even Linus Torvalds has figured it out already.
Contrary to most pundits I don't see much growth potential in the small to medium server market. Linux setup and administration is still an obscure artform and Linux requires on-site staff for proper maintenance. Small web sites will soon be looking for alternatives. Who says that you have to be a UNIX guru to run a website? One-click server setup and zero mainenance will be the buzzwords of the future, with MacOS X Server already pointing in the right direction.
So you can all rest easy now. Linux World Domination is not going to happen, but nevertheless Linux is here to stay.
The smart menus are an unmitigated disaster, right up there with the dancing paperclip. It wasn't Microsoft's idea either. This stuff has been tried and debunked by usability tests literally decades ago!
We have all read Tog's preliminary review of Aqua at www.asktog.com, and it was rather negative. I would love to hear a second opinion on Apple's next generation interface, if only to avoid copying Apple's worst mistakes.
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