Perhaps he's not aware of the many open source ports of these two for linux with improved EVERYTHING. I reccomend the freedoom wad replacement and legacydoom.
Quite possibly the greatest word processor ever!!!. WordPerfect 5.1 for dos. If I could get the source code for this, I'd gladly attempt to port it to run under linux natively.
Managed runtimes are here to satay, unmanaged = dying. bite it.
Their will always be a place for both. The Texas Instruments graphing calculators all have less then a meg of ram. I doublt anyone would port a jvm or Mono to them. Theirs always going to be a new CPU. Someone is gonna have to write some assembly into one of them new fangled modular kernels like the hurd to get it to boot. Then they got to write a C compiler that GCC can bootstrap from. Afterwards they got to compile Java and Mono, then we can start writing managed code. Now I am not an expert in compiler or OS design. I also realize their are things such as cross compilers. However, I would have to say that managed code has its place, unmanaged code has a purpose.
ust wondering, are you also angry with Apple because they "copied" the Terminal itself, or maybe the command line? Or maybe because they also have a Unix-like filesystem?
Well unlike the transparent terminal, the other three were coppied from commercial unix by OSS. Look from the OSS perspective, copying good ideas is a good idea. Thats the whole point of code reuse. That and reduction of development time of course.
Now linux steals and it's dandy. Ooooh the hyprocsy.
Well Gnome and KDE never pretended not to steal from other ideas. They've just graduated to the level of stealing directly from apple. Also, us linux folks never complained about copying, well most of us. The rational non 12 year olds that have a job here, tend to dislike the microsoft embrace, extend and extinguish stratagy. Whereas in the linux world, the stratagy is more along the lines of "Let me add KDE and Gnome hooks to my window manager so users can run any damn applet they want in my super cool transparent dock-ellipse."
As much as I'd hate to sound like RMS the thing about Linux is choice, and the thing about microsoft is lack of choice.
Uh, well if it were one rude tech, blame the tech. If you have constant experiences of rudeness then its managements fault for hiring such people. Screw me once, its your fault, screw me twice its my fault.
You would think the editors would remember to add a parody of NYT, free registration required!! Then again whats wrong with me for wanting to rtfa. I must be new here.
it's a far cry better than MSOffice in many ways and defecient in only unimportant features
So your telling me that I can script openoffice documents in a high level language in an event driven and object based way. Sure I could leanr the schemas and write XML manipulating programs, but thats not as easy as a VB script.
Yes for the 95% of us, VBA is unused, but in that 5% you have enterprises that thrive upon it, programmers that do it for a living and authors that have written books about it.
OpenOffice on OSX has fallen behind. They are only up to 1.0.3, when other supported platforms are up to 1.1
It was a loss cutting measure. 2.0 is going to be the first carbon port. For now deal with 1.03 or use whatever you've been using.
I don't knwo about you, but I for one will welcome our carbon OO overlords at that time.
One of my favorite aspects of Open source is this just because it can be done interoptability. Alot of people like KDE and also like OSX. Now they can have both. Some people like their bash prompt, but want win32 functionality. They have cygwin. Like playing diablo II but Run SuSE, WineX. While sometimes this type of thing is just a pointless academic exercise like running wine in cygwin, sometimes it gives us a genuine increase in choice liek this.
Well if X11 has to be running, but the interface is AQUA/QT/Carbon and feels like a native then thats half the battle. My OSX OO experience would be so much better if the Menu was on the top bar of the screen and there was a real seperate OO icon in the dock. And lets keep things in perspective here. Free office suite that reads and writes MS OFFICE Files.
What annoys you about it? Granted, it took me a while to get used to my iBook, but I love it now. Sure its a little weird not having a differentiation between a maximized window and one thats just the size of the screen. However, once you embrace the Jobs way its useable.
Umm... press the reset button (with a pen) for 30 seconds and the password is reset to "admin".
I don't believe thats the case with Cisco routers. Granted with physical access you can reset the routers. Were talking about T1 and DSL service here. Commercial grade stuff.
Anyway, if you made me sign a concent form, I would 1) tell you to fuck off, and 2) get another ISP.
As would I. However, these aren't that type of customer. I don't want anyone futzing with my router either. However, when your companies technical contact is a receptionist and walking them through a router power cycle is an ordeal, they appreciate our managed services. You pay for us because if your DSL service goes down. I'm going to call you up and ask you if you would power cycle your equpitment and if that don't resolve the issue I will call the telco. I would assume that many mechanics are upset that full service warrenties means they can't change their own oil if they buy a new volkswagon. However, if you don't change your own oil, who cares if jiffy lube or Volkswagon does it.
Well their is hand holding and firewalling. We don't give the customers the passwords to their routers without them signing a concent form. I guess its a matter of how far your willing to go.
Wow time to rediscover my friend the preview button. I was doing alot of win32 api programming and being that it uses hungarian notation I guess it was a freudian slip.
Well we get the ocassional straggler at my place of employment, but if you scan the network, call the customer up and tell them to fix their machine it gets rid of the problem. Guess thats not an option if you a no frills ISP though.
Well your either got a dirt cheap coke dealer, or pay way to much for tobacco. I'd also like to point out that if coke were legeal the sin taxes would outweigh the savings of not having to have it smuggled in a condom in the stomach of a columbian.
I've known an albanian girl at Polytechnic University in Brooklyn that originally attenred Uni in a south eastern seaboard uni, state and uni escape me at the moment. Interesting how the Drawl anf the Hungarian accent played against each other.
Auctually, while its not running on real (read: non bochs or vmware) hardware, and not ready for "real word applications", the kernel is pretty complete, and they have successfully ran more than minesweeper by slapping in some Wine DLLs. Also you can compile gcc and itself on it. Thats quite a sign of maturity. Its not quite useful yet, but its getting there.
And when this becomes a little more mature. We can have KDE on Windows that RMS would approve of. Not that I seek the approval of RMS (Yes I auctually do buy closed source software.) Its nice to see at the very least free software has turned windows from a product ot a concept.
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Perhaps he's not aware of the many open source ports of these two for linux with improved EVERYTHING. I reccomend the freedoom wad replacement and legacydoom.
Quite possibly the greatest word processor ever!!!. WordPerfect 5.1 for dos. If I could get the source code for this, I'd gladly attempt to port it to run under linux natively.
Managed runtimes are here to satay, unmanaged = dying. bite it. Their will always be a place for both. The Texas Instruments graphing calculators all have less then a meg of ram. I doublt anyone would port a jvm or Mono to them. Theirs always going to be a new CPU. Someone is gonna have to write some assembly into one of them new fangled modular kernels like the hurd to get it to boot. Then they got to write a C compiler that GCC can bootstrap from. Afterwards they got to compile Java and Mono, then we can start writing managed code. Now I am not an expert in compiler or OS design. I also realize their are things such as cross compilers. However, I would have to say that managed code has its place, unmanaged code has a purpose.
ust wondering, are you also angry with Apple because they "copied" the Terminal itself, or maybe the command line? Or maybe because they also have a Unix-like filesystem?
Well unlike the transparent terminal, the other three were coppied from commercial unix by OSS. Look from the OSS perspective, copying good ideas is a good idea. Thats the whole point of code reuse. That and reduction of development time of course.
Now linux steals and it's dandy. Ooooh the hyprocsy.
Well Gnome and KDE never pretended not to steal from other ideas. They've just graduated to the level of stealing directly from apple. Also, us linux folks never complained about copying, well most of us. The rational non 12 year olds that have a job here, tend to dislike the microsoft embrace, extend and extinguish stratagy. Whereas in the linux world, the stratagy is more along the lines of "Let me add KDE and Gnome hooks to my window manager so users can run any damn applet they want in my super cool transparent dock-ellipse."
As much as I'd hate to sound like RMS the thing about Linux is choice, and the thing about microsoft is lack of choice.
Uh except that MS got it from Mac!
American Ipod so big!!!
Japanese Ipod so small!!!.
I agree with you, but you can't fairly compare an entire Linux distro to Ghost.
Your absolutly right, you can't compare a linux distro to a dos distro.
Uh, well if it were one rude tech, blame the tech. If you have constant experiences of rudeness then its managements fault for hiring such people. Screw me once, its your fault, screw me twice its my fault.
You would think the editors would remember to add a parody of NYT, free registration required!! Then again whats wrong with me for wanting to rtfa. I must be new here.
Thanks for the correction. I'll be sure to check it out.
it's a far cry better than MSOffice in many ways and defecient in only unimportant features
So your telling me that I can script openoffice documents in a high level language in an event driven and object based way. Sure I could leanr the schemas and write XML manipulating programs, but thats not as easy as a VB script.
Yes for the 95% of us, VBA is unused, but in that 5% you have enterprises that thrive upon it, programmers that do it for a living and authors that have written books about it.
OpenOffice on OSX has fallen behind. They are only up to 1.0.3, when other supported platforms are up to 1.1 It was a loss cutting measure. 2.0 is going to be the first carbon port. For now deal with 1.03 or use whatever you've been using.
I don't knwo about you, but I for one will welcome our carbon OO overlords at that time.
One of my favorite aspects of Open source is this just because it can be done interoptability. Alot of people like KDE and also like OSX. Now they can have both. Some people like their bash prompt, but want win32 functionality. They have cygwin. Like playing diablo II but Run SuSE, WineX. While sometimes this type of thing is just a pointless academic exercise like running wine in cygwin, sometimes it gives us a genuine increase in choice liek this.
Well if X11 has to be running, but the interface is AQUA/QT/Carbon and feels like a native then thats half the battle. My OSX OO experience would be so much better if the Menu was on the top bar of the screen and there was a real seperate OO icon in the dock. And lets keep things in perspective here. Free office suite that reads and writes MS OFFICE Files.
What annoys you about it? Granted, it took me a while to get used to my iBook, but I love it now. Sure its a little weird not having a differentiation between a maximized window and one thats just the size of the screen. However, once you embrace the Jobs way its useable.
Well from a computer security perscpective, that which lies between chair and keyboard is part of the computer system.
Umm... press the reset button (with a pen) for 30 seconds and the password is reset to "admin".
I don't believe thats the case with Cisco routers. Granted with physical access you can reset the routers. Were talking about T1 and DSL service here. Commercial grade stuff.
Anyway, if you made me sign a concent form, I would 1) tell you to fuck off, and 2) get another ISP.
As would I. However, these aren't that type of customer. I don't want anyone futzing with my router either. However, when your companies technical contact is a receptionist and walking them through a router power cycle is an ordeal, they appreciate our managed services. You pay for us because if your DSL service goes down. I'm going to call you up and ask you if you would power cycle your equpitment and if that don't resolve the issue I will call the telco. I would assume that many mechanics are upset that full service warrenties means they can't change their own oil if they buy a new volkswagon. However, if you don't change your own oil, who cares if jiffy lube or Volkswagon does it.
Well their is hand holding and firewalling. We don't give the customers the passwords to their routers without them signing a concent form. I guess its a matter of how far your willing to go.
Wow time to rediscover my friend the preview button. I was doing alot of win32 api programming and being that it uses hungarian notation I guess it was a freudian slip.
Well we get the ocassional straggler at my place of employment, but if you scan the network, call the customer up and tell them to fix their machine it gets rid of the problem. Guess thats not an option if you a no frills ISP though.
Well your either got a dirt cheap coke dealer, or pay way to much for tobacco. I'd also like to point out that if coke were legeal the sin taxes would outweigh the savings of not having to have it smuggled in a condom in the stomach of a columbian.
I've known an albanian girl at Polytechnic University in Brooklyn that originally attenred Uni in a south eastern seaboard uni, state and uni escape me at the moment. Interesting how the Drawl anf the Hungarian accent played against each other.
Auctually, while its not running on real (read: non bochs or vmware) hardware, and not ready for "real word applications", the kernel is pretty complete, and they have successfully ran more than minesweeper by slapping in some Wine DLLs. Also you can compile gcc and itself on it. Thats quite a sign of maturity. Its not quite useful yet, but its getting there.
And when this becomes a little more mature. We can have KDE on Windows that RMS would approve of. Not that I seek the approval of RMS (Yes I auctually do buy closed source software.) Its nice to see at the very least free software has turned windows from a product ot a concept.