I think one of the most difficult things about X is that they rarely post any information on their web site, and their is no way to get an easy idea about the progress tht the X developers have made. I hope this begins to actract more developers, and improves the project a great deal.
I know the trustedBSD project is aiming to audit the Core FreeBSD system, but I would say that BSD contains far to much code to create a fully audited distribution. One of the main things about OpenBSD is that they draw a line at how much functionality they will include, so that auditing and security updates will remain managable.
I can't really see how Mac OS X will eat into Linux sales, since the major atraction to Linux for business are 1. Price 2. choice of vendor 3. Customized configuration. As well, MacOS X being ported to the PC in the near future is far fetched since Darwin for intel is still in the verry early stages.
Your logic is flawed, since I could point to a dozen things such as security, pre-emtive multitasking, SMP , protected memory etc.. that linux and BSD have done for years that the Mac still can't do. The reason X does not have a great gui is simple, *NIX has never been targeted at the desktop before, KDE is less than two years old, and Gnome even less than that.
Ummm.. you mean windows OpenGL. The OpenGL HAS expanded over the years, just not Microsoft's. When was the Last Time Microsoft introduced a new version of OpenGL anyway?
They may not be intersted in developing for Linux and Mac directly, but does this mean they are not interested in providing support for OpenUT and and other pseudo OSS projects? I hope they don't decide to just grab the cash and run, since the thing that makes PC games stand out is that they are open to enhancemnets and add-ons unlike console games.
actually, I prefer the virtual desktop. Since when does anybody go to a lower color depth to have a smaller desktop? usually just to zoom in, or play video of games.
Is it just me or is that kind of opinion tipical of Microsoft supporter, if something goes wrong they always blame the user and not the software. Microsoft is to blame for a simple reason, they made Outlook without taking sucurity into account, plain and simple. they should have realized after several iterations of the same problem that scripts should not be run from within the application, and that they should worn the user explicitly that this could be danerous.
I would agree with alot of what your saying, it is true that open source does have weakness that need to be taken into consideration when putting it into use, just as their are many upsides... But I would say that companies should take a look into improving their employee supervision regarding open source, as with all the companies systems.
I know Sendmail is a beast, but I'm told MS Exchange is no better. Does anyone have any real hands on experience with both, and would like to comment about them? No linux worship please.
I'm not against patents as a concept, but It has gone way beyond what it was desighed for. It is my understanding that patents were created in order to reduce the need for trade secrets, and NOT some kind of state sponsored contest to create a monopoly over any trivial thing. But as anyone can see things have gone far beyond that, and worse, the people who are supposed to check the validity of these patents don't do there job. This is a perfect example of how the system is being abused, not to encurage inovation, but as a simple excuse to sue the competition, and turn this into a huge expensive legal battle. The Creative vs. Aureal is another example, the real purpose of Creatives legal suit was to drown Aureal in legal bills, not protect themselves from being ripped off. I wonder how long this turns into a legal brawl with Redhat, Debian, or any other linux distrobution.
I would say that this is yet more proof that the USPTO does even do a cursory check of the market to see if the same tech is in use by someone else. How is anyone suppose to respect a so called authority when anyone with a clue can see that they don't do their job?
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This article does raise a few important questions, and makes you wonder about how the computer industry affects the enviroment. In an industry where the entire productlines change every year or so, how do you measure the enviromental impact these companies are having if the constantly upgrade their manufacturing equipment? How many of them fall in and out of EPA guidlines from one product cycle to another? And how do prove what chemicals gave someone cancer when they have worked there for 20 years and have been exposed to many different chemical mixes used only for a few years each?
Is it just me, or are the only java applications are development tools. Where are the java applications that were supposed to tranform the computer industry it's been five years now.
"You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty; and give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License along with the Program." would seem to indicate otherwise.
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I says nothing about download. What it says is that you cannont restrict anyone from redistributing, or modyfying the code.
Actually I beleive 3dfx recently open sourced glide. But OGL is much more feature full, and glide is no suitable for none gamming aplications.
All they really have to do is develop NDA drivers deperate from the CVS, not much different they they did in the past.
I think one of the most difficult things about X is that they rarely post any information on their web site, and their is no way to get an easy idea about the progress tht the X developers have made. I hope this begins to actract more developers, and improves the project a great deal.
I know the trustedBSD project is aiming to audit the Core FreeBSD system, but I would say that BSD contains far to much code to create a fully audited distribution. One of the main things about OpenBSD is that they draw a line at how much functionality they will include, so that auditing and security updates will remain managable.
I can't really see how Mac OS X will eat into Linux sales, since the major atraction to Linux for business are 1. Price 2. choice of vendor 3. Customized configuration. As well, MacOS X being ported to the PC in the near future is far fetched since Darwin for intel is still in the verry early stages.
Your logic is flawed, since I could point to a dozen things such as security, pre-emtive multitasking, SMP , protected memory etc.. that linux and BSD have done for years that the Mac still can't do. The reason X does not have a great gui is simple, *NIX has never been targeted at the desktop before, KDE is less than two years old, and Gnome even less than that.
I beleive you are right, but the point is that you CAN copy it, just not play it.
Ummm.. you mean windows OpenGL. The OpenGL HAS expanded over the years, just not Microsoft's. When was the Last Time Microsoft introduced a new version of OpenGL anyway?
They may not be intersted in developing for Linux and Mac directly, but does this mean they are not interested in providing support for OpenUT and and other pseudo OSS projects? I hope they don't decide to just grab the cash and run, since the thing that makes PC games stand out is that they are open to enhancemnets and add-ons unlike console games.
actually, I prefer the virtual desktop. Since when does anybody go to a lower color depth to have a smaller desktop? usually just to zoom in, or play video of games.
Is it just me or is that kind of opinion tipical of Microsoft supporter, if something goes wrong they always blame the user and not the software. Microsoft is to blame for a simple reason, they made Outlook without taking sucurity into account, plain and simple. they should have realized after several iterations of the same problem that scripts should not be run from within the application, and that they should worn the user explicitly that this could be danerous.
I would agree with alot of what your saying, it is true that open source does have weakness that need to be taken into consideration when putting it into use, just as their are many upsides... But I would say that companies should take a look into improving their employee supervision regarding open source, as with all the companies systems.
I know Sendmail is a beast, but I'm told MS Exchange is no better. Does anyone have any real hands on experience with both, and would like to comment about them? No linux worship please.
I'm not against patents as a concept, but It has gone way beyond what it was desighed for. It is my understanding that patents were created in order to reduce the need for trade secrets, and NOT some kind of state sponsored contest to create a monopoly over any trivial thing. But as anyone can see things have gone far beyond that, and worse, the people who are supposed to check the validity of these patents don't do there job. This is a perfect example of how the system is being abused, not to encurage inovation, but as a simple excuse to sue the competition, and turn this into a huge expensive legal battle. The Creative vs. Aureal is another example, the real purpose of Creatives legal suit was to drown Aureal in legal bills, not protect themselves from being ripped off. I wonder how long this turns into a legal brawl with Redhat, Debian, or any other linux distrobution.
I would say that this is yet more proof that the USPTO does even do a cursory check of the market to see if the same tech is in use by someone else. How is anyone suppose to respect a so called authority when anyone with a clue can see that they don't do their job?
This article does raise a few important questions, and makes you wonder about how the computer industry affects the enviroment. In an industry where the entire productlines change every year or so, how do you measure the enviromental impact these companies are having if the constantly upgrade their manufacturing equipment? How many of them fall in and out of EPA guidlines from one product cycle to another? And how do prove what chemicals gave someone cancer when they have worked there for 20 years and have been exposed to many different chemical mixes used only for a few years each?
Is it just me, or are the only java applications are development tools. Where are the java applications that were supposed to tranform the computer industry it's been five years now.
"You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty; and give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License along with the Program." would seem to indicate otherwise.