No, we know that this is not true in the first place.
And you know this is true based on what? That it doesn't fit into this oft-repeated but unsourced "fact". Outside of that single line of Linksys routers that Cisco inherited, almost their entire line of routers and switches use IOS or QNX.
Except than for childish gestures from then-Linksys ("we will show those hackers! we will switch to the shittiest OS we can find!"), Linux is pretty much everywhere on those devices.
Except you do realize that those Linksys routers were pretty much the only routers from Linksys and Cisco that were running Linux, right? Secondly, how exactly is QNX a shitty OS? Because you say so?
I'd have to imagine straight male porn starts are actually paid quite well.
Then you don't actually know the industry. Male porn stars are a dime a dozen so they don't get paid all that much unless you've got a big name. New female stars are always in high demand so they make tons of money even from the start.
That's kind of the whole point. The people trying to equate Android with Linux is basically grasping at straws and latching on to the only successful OS that happened to use the Linux kernel since all the actual Linux phones have overwhelmingly flopped (N900, OpenMoko, etc). They could do something like BlackBerry and switch to QNX instead and dump Linux and 99% of Android users would be none the wiser.
No, it's not. The GameOS is not at all based on Linux and before someone uses the "But it's OpenGL based!!!" no one but a few indie games has ever used the OpenGL ES like API. They all use the proprietary libs from Sony.
So Carter drove us trillions of dollars in debt over a war to avenge his daddy? Oversaw a total collapse of the banking system? Spent trillions in crony bailouts?
PowerShell is a substandard imitation of what Unix shells have been providing for decades now
What is substandard about it? It provides pretty much ALL the functionality of Bash. Plus it allows you to do work on objects which means you can script actions on COM objects through it. The only people I see who call it substandard or whatever have usually not ever used it or used it maybe 6 years ago and ignore all the changes made since. Sort of like people who still bash Windows for things that haven't existed since Windows 95.
By "good example" you mean one purposefully set up so that GUIs can be bashed? Why would the GUI not have an import action for the text file? Unless a tardo wrote the GUI it would have such a thing.
No, the GP is trying to sound very insightful by repeating the "correlation is not causation" line without even understanding the argument being made. He's trying to karma whore mostly.
Yay! Another uninsightful "correlation is not causation" post that spews that phrase out when no one in the article or in the research was making the claim they were attempting to debunk.
Granted, there are things they don't open source, but they do release a lot.
Get back to us when they actually open source something of value. Not these little bread crumbs that make them little to no money. And before someone says BUT ANDROID!!! the part that makes money on Android is not Android itself its the ad platform on Android and that is closed-source. Get back to us when they open source GoogleFS, make public all their private Linux kernel changes, open source the Adsense/Adwords platforms, open up things like Google Earth, make their implementation of PageRank open source. Until then, you can bleat on and on about Google is some grand open source company yet anything of real value is almost always kept proprietary.
Yes, because most of those 19th century scientists were either of upper or upper middle class birth which is why they could devote all their time to science. Very few of the greats were of working class status.
If the Netbook players would have designed an OS specifically for the Netbook form, I am thinking the outcome may have been different.
Except that the vast majority of consumers WANTED Windows on their netbook. This is why sales actually peaked once Windows XP was available on netbooks.
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No, we know that this is not true in the first place.
And you know this is true based on what? That it doesn't fit into this oft-repeated but unsourced "fact". Outside of that single line of Linksys routers that Cisco inherited, almost their entire line of routers and switches use IOS or QNX.
Except than for childish gestures from then-Linksys ("we will show those hackers! we will switch to the shittiest OS we can find!"), Linux is pretty much everywhere on those devices.
Except you do realize that those Linksys routers were pretty much the only routers from Linksys and Cisco that were running Linux, right? Secondly, how exactly is QNX a shitty OS? Because you say so?
You do realize that none of those sites are definitive at all, correct? Even the link from that askville site is basically an unsourced rumor.
Many consumers wouldn't even know the difference, particularly new computer users (much of third world countries and new generations of kids).
Yeah until that knitting program or some other piece of Windows only software they like doesn't work because they've accidentally bought a Linux box.
I'd have to imagine straight male porn starts are actually paid quite well.
Then you don't actually know the industry. Male porn stars are a dime a dozen so they don't get paid all that much unless you've got a big name. New female stars are always in high demand so they make tons of money even from the start.
Because linking the real site doesn't get page hits and ad clicks for some dude's blog?
Maybe if you're a male porn star. Women can easily make more than $100k and many make over $200,000 which is well more than the average coder makes.
That's kind of the whole point. The people trying to equate Android with Linux is basically grasping at straws and latching on to the only successful OS that happened to use the Linux kernel since all the actual Linux phones have overwhelmingly flopped (N900, OpenMoko, etc). They could do something like BlackBerry and switch to QNX instead and dump Linux and 99% of Android users would be none the wiser.
Very few OEMs offer anything but Windows, particularly on laptops.
That's because the vast majority of their customers only want Windows. How stupid of them to offer the choice that gets them the most sales!
Once that user fires up a browser his world is dominated by linux and he does not even know it.
That's because the only way Linux is actually usable to most users is by it being hidden away and used as nothing but a headless server platform.
Apparently you don't know about the PS3. The OS is built from linux.
You mean the OS they removed? Because the GameOS is not built from Linux despite what some dude on some random blog or on Slashdot will claim.
The PS3 is linux based as well.
No, it's not. The GameOS is not at all based on Linux and before someone uses the "But it's OpenGL based!!!" no one but a few indie games has ever used the OpenGL ES like API. They all use the proprietary libs from Sony.
And that statement was from Nintendo? If not, why should I have to correct anything when you have no actual proof.
So Carter drove us trillions of dollars in debt over a war to avenge his daddy? Oversaw a total collapse of the banking system? Spent trillions in crony bailouts?
The winner in consoles is probably Wii at the moment, which is Linux based.
How exactly is the Wii linux based?
from wireless routers to mobile phones to GPS units...
Are we ignoring that most routers run VxWorks or QNX?
GUIs are useless at performing repetitive tasks.
Any good GUI will allow you to set up batch actions. If not it's poorly made.
PowerShell is a substandard imitation of what Unix shells have been providing for decades now
What is substandard about it? It provides pretty much ALL the functionality of Bash. Plus it allows you to do work on objects which means you can script actions on COM objects through it. The only people I see who call it substandard or whatever have usually not ever used it or used it maybe 6 years ago and ignore all the changes made since. Sort of like people who still bash Windows for things that haven't existed since Windows 95.
By "good example" you mean one purposefully set up so that GUIs can be bashed? Why would the GUI not have an import action for the text file? Unless a tardo wrote the GUI it would have such a thing.
No, the GP is trying to sound very insightful by repeating the "correlation is not causation" line without even understanding the argument being made. He's trying to karma whore mostly.
Yay! Another uninsightful "correlation is not causation" post that spews that phrase out when no one in the article or in the research was making the claim they were attempting to debunk.
Granted, there are things they don't open source, but they do release a lot.
Get back to us when they actually open source something of value. Not these little bread crumbs that make them little to no money. And before someone says BUT ANDROID!!! the part that makes money on Android is not Android itself its the ad platform on Android and that is closed-source. Get back to us when they open source GoogleFS, make public all their private Linux kernel changes, open source the Adsense/Adwords platforms, open up things like Google Earth, make their implementation of PageRank open source. Until then, you can bleat on and on about Google is some grand open source company yet anything of real value is almost always kept proprietary.
Yes, because most of those 19th century scientists were either of upper or upper middle class birth which is why they could devote all their time to science. Very few of the greats were of working class status.
If the Netbook players would have designed an OS specifically for the Netbook form, I am thinking the outcome may have been different.
Except that the vast majority of consumers WANTED Windows on their netbook. This is why sales actually peaked once Windows XP was available on netbooks.
The only thing worse are the people who code Slashdot.
But does he drink tiger blood?