Free software is most certainly an admirable goal.
But if market forces and existing conditions mean that proprietary software is the most expedient way to get the software delivered to the customer, then that's what will happen.
Valve gets Linux bugs fixed, and they can make legitimate and credible arguments for things that should be changed about Linux. There is no doubt that they are contributing to the long term health and stability of linux.
If the vendor has proprietary software and the customer finds it to be the best solution, the job of the operating system is to get out of the way and allow the customer to do what he wants.
Yeah right the government should stop paying for NASA they should stop paying companies to design better asphalt they should stop paying for software at all, because you can get it for free on the internet
in fact you give a great reason for dissolving the government entirely it's just not right for them to be spending money
"he could have prevented the company from completely self-destructing,"
WOW someone is arguing that the state should be MORE involved in business.
"to prevent a repeat, he should have shut down the agency responsible for it. Instead, he is just moving out his predecessor's staff, moving in his own, "
So you say the governor can abolish agencies he doesn't like because he feels like it?
- He put hundreds of people onto Rhode Island's unemployment rolls
- Certainly he hired those people but several of them are holding the bag on mortgages after 38 relocated them and then failed to sell their house
- "risk takers and visionaries" THIS IS VIDEO GAMES!!! WHAT SORT OF BENEFIT IS HE PROVIDING THAT EXCUSES THE LOSSES???
All you are showing is that you are unable to use the things that matter when you draw conclusions about what is going on. When those involved in the situation see misery and bankruptcy and spoiled dreams, you pretend that he actually had some business acumen in the first place and that all would have been peachy if WHAT EXACTLY???
Really if you see a post on the internet from "John Doe" are you going to make the connection to the actor/singer?
All this means is that people named "John Doe" or "Joe Smith" or "Sanjay Gupta" will be able to say whatever they want without it being associated with them.
What's fascinating about this is that Curt Schilling (and apparently many Slashdot readers) think that you can IGNORE poor business practices by PRETENDING it's the fault of those who make those poor business practices available.
To these people it's not Curt's fault he took the loan, it's the fault of the people who offered it to him.
Equally fascinating is the implication that Curt Schilling is DUMB AS A STUMP if he JUST CAN'T STOP HIMSELF FROM TAKING THAT MONEY.
This is happening in Qt, look at their developer blog
In a nutshell:
Have you ever laid out a user interface using a GUI tool? Typically it writes an XML file or some such that describes the interface.
The problem with XML is that it's not too good for representing algorithms and relationships. Modern GUIs have complex controls that change dynamically and interact with each other and that XML file is not rich enough to represent all the things you want to do.
Enter Javascript. It's rich enough to describe all these relationships and dynamic behaviors.
So instead of reading the UI from an XML file, it reads from a javascript file instead.
Where people are SADLY MISTAKEN is they think that using Javascript in this manner imposes some sort of performance penalty. It should be plain from my description that there is NO performance penalty for doing it this way.
Javascript is used AS A DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE to DESCRIBE THE INTERFACE
Have you EVER used a CONFIGURATION FILE???
Have you ever WRITTEN A PARSER for a configuration file???
Did you even stop to consider that perhaps Javascript is an EXCELLENT description language
Can you PLEASE DESCRIBE how using a Javascript as a description language is SLOWER IN ANY WAY than writing a description language parser from scratch???
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Free software is most certainly an admirable goal.
But if market forces and existing conditions mean that proprietary software is the most expedient way to get the software delivered to the customer, then that's what will happen.
Valve gets Linux bugs fixed, and they can make legitimate and credible arguments for things that should be changed about Linux. There is no doubt that they are contributing to the long term health and stability of linux.
If the vendor has proprietary software and the customer finds it to be the best solution, the job of the operating system is to get out of the way and allow the customer to do what he wants.
"mostly"
Except for the ones that aren't.
"arguably"
hardly
Let's all remember the driving force behind the VCR...
Yeah that hobby project experience comes in real handy when the head count passes the 100 point.
Yeah right the government should stop paying for NASA
they should stop paying companies to design better asphalt
they should stop paying for software at all, because you can get it for free on the internet
in fact you give a great reason for dissolving the government entirely
it's just not right for them to be spending money
"he could have prevented the company from completely self-destructing,"
WOW someone is arguing that the state should be MORE involved in business.
"to prevent a repeat, he should have shut down the agency responsible for it. Instead, he is just moving out his predecessor's staff, moving in his own, "
So you say the governor can abolish agencies he doesn't like because he feels like it?
- He put hundreds of people onto Rhode Island's unemployment rolls
- Certainly he hired those people but several of them are holding the bag on mortgages after 38 relocated them and then failed to sell their house
- "risk takers and visionaries" THIS IS VIDEO GAMES!!! WHAT SORT OF BENEFIT IS HE PROVIDING THAT EXCUSES THE LOSSES???
All you are showing is that you are unable to use the things that matter when you draw conclusions about what is going on. When those involved in the situation see misery and bankruptcy and spoiled dreams, you pretend that he actually had some business acumen in the first place and that all would have been peachy if WHAT EXACTLY???
If it's so easy, show us the kernel you wrote
Really if you see a post on the internet from "John Doe" are you going to make the connection to the actor/singer?
All this means is that people named "John Doe" or "Joe Smith" or "Sanjay Gupta" will be able to say whatever they want without it being associated with them.
If design and function are separate things then why do you say that only functional things can have design patents?
YES they had a function:
They served to advance the plot of the movie
Theatrical props ARE functional. The movie would not work without them.
What about the mock-ups and computer renderings that the manufacturers use?
"That mock up is one 100% designed by apple."
So you say Apple has its own prior art? That was developed under contract to Sony?
The problem with your line of reasoning is that Apple is suing people for using the basic concept, not for stealing Apple's code.
You say the "secret sauce" worth protecting is the actual implementation, and yet that is not what Apple is claiming damages over.
We've seen ALL of these devices on Star Trek: TNG. Devices with buttons, devices without buttons, rectangular devices, etc.
Someone should make a smash-up video of all the hand-held computer devices shown in Star Trek:TNG, it would destroy a lot of design patents.
Can you read THE SUBJECT OF THIS STORY???
38 studios failed BECAUSE CURT SCHILLING IS A BAD BUSINESSMAN
Telling us that it's Rhode Islands's fault is BOGUS
As to your complaints about POLITICS: READ THE TITLE TO THIS STORY.
What's fascinating about this is that Curt Schilling (and apparently many Slashdot readers) think that you can IGNORE poor business practices by PRETENDING it's the fault of those who make those poor business practices available.
To these people it's not Curt's fault he took the loan, it's the fault of the people who offered it to him.
Equally fascinating is the implication that Curt Schilling is DUMB AS A STUMP if he JUST CAN'T STOP HIMSELF FROM TAKING THAT MONEY.
Curt Schilling ACTIVELY SOUGHT OUT THE MONEY after EXHAUSTING OTHER REVENUE SOURCES.
Tell us more lies about how the state pushed money into his hands
Choosing an impossible project is not exactly good business practice.
Utterly neglecting the FACT that Curt is a LOUSY businessman
Curt ACTIVELY SOUGHT OUT THE MONEY. It was NOT handed to him on a platter.
Can you BE MORE OBTUSE IF YOU TRY???
"his own money"
SO WHAT??? He NEVER appreciated it in the first place!
And really WHAT DOES IT MATTER to ANYONE that he's broke too? Does the knowledge that HE RUINED HIMSELF TOO make it any better on the others???
There is PLENTY about this subject on the web.
This is happening in Qt, look at their developer blog
In a nutshell:
Have you ever laid out a user interface using a GUI tool? Typically it writes an XML file or some such that describes the interface.
The problem with XML is that it's not too good for representing algorithms and relationships. Modern GUIs have complex controls that change dynamically and interact with each other and that XML file is not rich enough to represent all the things you want to do.
Enter Javascript. It's rich enough to describe all these relationships and dynamic behaviors.
So instead of reading the UI from an XML file, it reads from a javascript file instead.
Where people are SADLY MISTAKEN is they think that using Javascript in this manner imposes some sort of performance penalty. It should be plain from my description that there is NO performance penalty for doing it this way.
QML is an INTERFACE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE used to SET UP THE USER INTERFACE
It does NOT slow down the user interface experience because JAVASCRIPT CODE IS NOT EXECUTED ON USER ACTIONS.
Javascript is used AS A DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE to DESCRIBE THE INTERFACE
Have you EVER used a CONFIGURATION FILE???
Have you ever WRITTEN A PARSER for a configuration file???
Did you even stop to consider that perhaps Javascript is an EXCELLENT description language
Can you PLEASE DESCRIBE how using a Javascript as a description language is SLOWER IN ANY WAY than writing a description language parser from scratch???