No, he's saying they're changing it so that it will be possible to maintain it and advance it, which will lead to it being easier to use. After using the new installer a couple of times, I can assure you it's true. It's the simplest GNU/Linux install I've seen to date.
The lack of synonym control is one of the reason "folksonomies" works. Even if say the tags "mac" and "macintosh" might seem like synonyms, what if someone uses the two tags "macintosh" and "clothes" together, for the other kind of macintosh? Would you like those to go under "mac" too?
Instead, these systems works because there are so many participants, it doesn't matter if you miss 50%, 80 or 90% of them because of differing tag names.
It looks like that's what the report is telling us to do, actually. It's just saying that there's no reason to exclude free software from consideration.
That depends on your meaning of the word "use". I wouldn't use it in a production environment, but I've tried it, and it has a lot of nice ideas, though it's still (?) slow and incomplete.
If you're supposed to use the tip of the nose, it's probably not much of an improvement, ergonomically. If they manage to do it all by eye movement, then we're in business.
...but it seems like they would also need to add some features to compete with Gmail. I mean, it's not like a lot of people will even get above the 1 GB limit for a while. (Or so I hope.)
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There are a lot of consequences here, such as internal corporate communications.
No, whatever effects this may have, it still wont affect what you use the stuff for internally.
You'd think the Japanese would have learned their lesson. Well, when it starts stomping Tokyo, I can say I told you so.
Linux for vital production use, Windows for useless toys.
GNU/HURD is out, it's just not very useful yet.
So it learns that it should pick at random. Cool...
Well, presumably, they can't forbid you to watch the original instead.
No, he's saying they're changing it so that it will be possible to maintain it and advance it, which will lead to it being easier to use. After using the new installer a couple of times, I can assure you it's true. It's the simplest GNU/Linux install I've seen to date.
Thank you for writing what I'm thinking.
Instead, these systems works because there are so many participants, it doesn't matter if you miss 50%, 80 or 90% of them because of differing tag names.
Good thing then that there's the FSF to worry about that. Otherwise, we'd soon be screwed.
No, you can't make up your own GPL license. It's not covered by itself.
I think they need a .torrent now.
Finally we have proof.
a language with two past tenses - one for giving information which is definitely true
That's not tense, that's aspect.
Splash screens suck.
Yeah, well, micro management is evil, after all. But genius..?
It looks like that's what the report is telling us to do, actually. It's just saying that there's no reason to exclude free software from consideration.
That depends on your meaning of the word "use". I wouldn't use it in a production environment, but I've tried it, and it has a lot of nice ideas, though it's still (?) slow and incomplete.
Would I switch from Windows? Yeah, if I used it. Would I switch from BSD? No way.
If you're supposed to use the tip of the nose, it's probably not much of an improvement, ergonomically. If they manage to do it all by eye movement, then we're in business.
Hm, that's the most gratuitous use of the word "useful" I've heard in a while, even in the context of GUI:s...
...so if someone would post a direct link to the trailer, that would be appreciated.
...but it seems like they would also need to add some features to compete with Gmail. I mean, it's not like a lot of people will even get above the 1 GB limit for a while. (Or so I hope.)
I though the whole idea was that GNU doesn't try to be Un*x compatible, it's just heavily inspired by it.
As Tolkien himself pointed out, this is an absurd interpretation, since he made the outlines of the story well before both WWII, and the cold war.