access to 1.3B Internet users will be a big deal down the road.
Try this, use Google to search for the actual number of Internet users in China. I don't want to ruin the surprise, but it's not even remotely close to 1.3 billion. For bonus points, look up how many of these users don't even own a computer or have net access themselves, instead relying on a net-bar to get on-line.
If China won't allow Gmail to be private, then put a big banner on every page: "Your government is watching everything you type," rather than completely withdraw from this 1,100 million person market..
If Google did anything of the sort then the Chinese government would just block every domain Google uses. Your suggesting is just plain stupid. Also consider that while there is a large number of people in China, most of them are not on-line. A very generous estimate would be around 30%. While that percentage would give you a higher number of users than the United States, you still have to consider that the purchasing power of these users is still much lower.
Yahoo China has been in operation this whole time. Business as usual for them, filtering and all. But, please, continue with your oh-so-cool snide remarks. Informative and entertaining.
Nor has any other company. What exactly is your point? Yahoo China is still up and running. They are currently complying with Chinese law. Are they evil too?
Yes this is among the important reasons why they don't really care about English (this has got better only since the Olympics). The fact that they're a superpower on the rise and therefore can expect others to learn their language instead (there's bound to be someone in your company who can speak Chinese) doesn't help, either.
As a teacher currently working in China, I have to point out that you are incorrect. You are also generalizing and that's never a good idea when talking about a nation of people. You would be surprised how many of my students enjoy learning English. Some even more so than Chinese!
Microsoft doesn't give a shit about freedom and will increase their business.
Google opened up shop in China just like everyone else and didn't have any problem complying with Chinese law. Money came first, not freedom. Only after the suspected hacking did Google raise a stink. Anytime in the past when Google was criticized for their compliance with the Chinese government they would always put a positive spin on it.
if you keep that thing up for a week you'll see it taking up anywhere from 250mb to more than a gig. This occurs in all versions of windows from XP to 7, 64 bit and 32 all the same
No, no it doesn't. The proof of your ridiculous claim? An unanswered question posted to a tech support website.
it's just that hardware makers really enjoy being raging assholes and intentionally go out of their way to screw with Open Source developers because it's how they get their kicks and gives them something to brag about at parties.
What goes around comes around, you fucking dick. FOSStards aren't known for their kindness, humility, or hygiene.
How can the details of a court case be delicious? It's this kind of faggotry that makes FOSS and the people who support it look stupid. Ooops, see? I did it myself. I used the word "support" as if FOSS was a delicate flower or a precious newborn.
It has not occurred to you to try using Gnome, KDE, LXDE, XFCE, ICE WM or numerous others that let you change settings from the GUI...
You are a liar - either an idiot, an astroturfer, or a troll.
His comment was directed at Enlightenment (and software like it), not any of the ones you listed. Obviously, he can use a GUI to change settings in any of the desktop environments you list, and he probably has. He never stated he was using Enlightenment. He feels that ANY desktop environment that still requires the manual editing of configuration files to be unacceptable. Conceded assholes like you need to learn how to read.
Your belief and assertion that the Linux kernel (after all the entire article is about FOSS drivers for Nvidia cards for the Linux Kernel) is more likely to be abandoned than Nvidia's production of drivers for Legacy hardware is laughably stupid.
Except he wasn't speaking about the entire kernel, only specific parts related to drivers.
Such a statement is the height of folly and irrationality and frankly makes you look like an idiot in need of professional help.
That's rich, coming from someone who has trouble with his reading comprehension.
No. It's due to the fact that software purchases trap you. What you bought yesterday determine what you can buy
today unless you are willing to suffer an extremely large migration burden. This was all set in stone probably
before you ever touched your first computer. This vendor-lock has been going on since when PCs came with MS-DOS.
Again, you are missing the mark. "Vendor lock-in", as you call it, is more of a problem that exists with businesses who purchase specialized software for use in said business. For normal users this isn't an issue. I'm still using software I purchased for my Amiga on my Windows 7 machine and have no problems exchanging data between the two. Granted, a bit over the head of the average user, but with computers you aren't really trapped into anything. Some solutions may be more impractical or expensive than others, but you are never trapped.
I'm typing in a Links browser, while a wait for a FreeBSD to compile some stuff, lol
A cute (though some would say sad) personal anecdote that will appease some of the zealots here on Slashdot, but also shows why you aren't the authority on what it takes to compete in the mobile phone market.
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access to 1.3B Internet users will be a big deal down the road.
Try this, use Google to search for the actual number of Internet users in China. I don't want to ruin the surprise, but it's not even remotely close to 1.3 billion. For bonus points, look up how many of these users don't even own a computer or have net access themselves, instead relying on a net-bar to get on-line.
If China won't allow Gmail to be private, then put a big banner on every page: "Your government is watching everything you type," rather than completely withdraw from this 1,100 million person market..
If Google did anything of the sort then the Chinese government would just block every domain Google uses. Your suggesting is just plain stupid. Also consider that while there is a large number of people in China, most of them are not on-line. A very generous estimate would be around 30%. While that percentage would give you a higher number of users than the United States, you still have to consider that the purchasing power of these users is still much lower.
Yahoo China has been in operation this whole time. Business as usual for them, filtering and all. But, please, continue with your oh-so-cool snide remarks. Informative and entertaining.
Nor has any other company. What exactly is your point? Yahoo China is still up and running. They are currently complying with Chinese law. Are they evil too?
Change the character to a blue light, make the display scroll really fast and call it "Sonic the Hedgehog".
Yes this is among the important reasons why they don't really care about English (this has got better only since the Olympics). The fact that they're a superpower on the rise and therefore can expect others to learn their language instead (there's bound to be someone in your company who can speak Chinese) doesn't help, either.
As a teacher currently working in China, I have to point out that you are incorrect. You are also generalizing and that's never a good idea when talking about a nation of people. You would be surprised how many of my students enjoy learning English. Some even more so than Chinese!
Microsoft doesn't give a shit about freedom and will increase their business.
Google opened up shop in China just like everyone else and didn't have any problem complying with Chinese law. Money came first, not freedom. Only after the suspected hacking did Google raise a stink. Anytime in the past when Google was criticized for their compliance with the Chinese government they would always put a positive spin on it.
Congratulations, that was gay as hell.
I don't think you're very familiar with my history :-).
You aren't anybody of real importance outside of the FOSS advocacy circle jerk. He isn't familiar because he doesn't care.
I think SuSE understood what they had to do to make a business out of a Linux distribution. And Ubuntu/Canonical has, and they started later.
Indeed, Canonical has made a business. Just not one that turns a profit.
Then you haven't played Day of Defeat: Source or Left 4 Dead on anything but the lowest quality settings.
Yes. It turns out things work better now than they did in 1999 when you last used Windows.
if you keep that thing up for a week you'll see it taking up anywhere from 250mb to more than a gig. This occurs in all versions of windows from XP to 7, 64 bit and 32 all the same
No, no it doesn't. The proof of your ridiculous claim? An unanswered question posted to a tech support website.
Install Windows XP (without any service packs) and try updating.
Stop right there. First try installing an operating system released after 2001. That will take care of 1 and 2 together.
You should try practicing what you preach.
As if Kdawson actually gives a shit.
Pretty good, but you need to spice it up a bit if you want to impress Twitter.
it's just that hardware makers really enjoy being raging assholes and intentionally go out of their way to screw with Open Source developers because it's how they get their kicks and gives them something to brag about at parties.
What goes around comes around, you fucking dick. FOSStards aren't known for their kindness, humility, or hygiene.
For every Al-Qaeda member who joins we shall send in 1 Linux zealot and 1 FOSS advocate. I calculate great victory!
How can the details of a court case be delicious? It's this kind of faggotry that makes FOSS and the people who support it look stupid. Ooops, see? I did it myself. I used the word "support" as if FOSS was a delicate flower or a precious newborn.
providing too many choices may actually impede our ability to make rational choices
Tell that to the Linux zealots constantly bragging that the wide variety of distros is what makes Linux so great.
It has not occurred to you to try using Gnome, KDE, LXDE, XFCE, ICE WM or numerous others that let you change settings from the GUI...
You are a liar - either an idiot, an astroturfer, or a troll.
His comment was directed at Enlightenment (and software like it), not any of the ones you listed. Obviously, he can use a GUI to change settings in any of the desktop environments you list, and he probably has. He never stated he was using Enlightenment. He feels that ANY desktop environment that still requires the manual editing of configuration files to be unacceptable. Conceded assholes like you need to learn how to read.
Your belief and assertion that the Linux kernel (after all the entire article is about FOSS drivers for Nvidia cards for the Linux Kernel) is more likely to be abandoned than Nvidia's production of drivers for Legacy hardware is laughably stupid.
Except he wasn't speaking about the entire kernel, only specific parts related to drivers.
Such a statement is the height of folly and irrationality and frankly makes you look like an idiot in need of professional help.
That's rich, coming from someone who has trouble with his reading comprehension.
No. It's due to the fact that software purchases trap you. What you bought yesterday determine what you can buy today unless you are willing to suffer an extremely large migration burden. This was all set in stone probably before you ever touched your first computer. This vendor-lock has been going on since when PCs came with MS-DOS.
Again, you are missing the mark. "Vendor lock-in", as you call it, is more of a problem that exists with businesses who purchase specialized software for use in said business. For normal users this isn't an issue. I'm still using software I purchased for my Amiga on my Windows 7 machine and have no problems exchanging data between the two. Granted, a bit over the head of the average user, but with computers you aren't really trapped into anything. Some solutions may be more impractical or expensive than others, but you are never trapped.
I'm typing in a Links browser, while a wait for a FreeBSD to compile some stuff, lol
A cute (though some would say sad) personal anecdote that will appease some of the zealots here on Slashdot, but also shows why you aren't the authority on what it takes to compete in the mobile phone market.