I loved this game. The story was clever and fantastic. It deserves all the praise it's getting IMHO -- it's in my top 10 games of all time. Lots of people complain that it was too short but I'm happy with the length.
A few interesting theories and observations:
1) GLaD made you. You're the most recent of a long line of test subjects. Most aren't clever enough to make it out of the level 19 trap, if they even make it that far. 2) The cake is made of humans and other things you definitely do NOT want to eat. Listen to the recipe eyeball for a while. 3) Anyone else catch the Black Mesa presentation?
I think the frame of reference (quantity or percenage) is usually chosen carefully to provide the most (or least, depending on the intent of the article) dramatic effect.
I switched several years ago when I had a slow month at work. Since I was a half sysadmin half developer at the time, I had to constantly switch between QWERTY and Dvorak. The first week was pure hell -- makes you remember how difficult it is to use a computer when you don't know how to type.
After a week or so, I could get actual work done without spending 90% of my brainpower remembering where the keys were, but it was still rough. I would say it was a full month before I was typing relatively fluently, but I hear it shouldn't take that long if you switch to the Dvorak layout cold turkey.
Even after the first few weeks, I immediately noticed how much more comfortable typing on Dvorak feels. This is something you can't know unless you give Dvorak a shot -- typing on Dvorak feels smooth and efficient. Typing on QWERTY feels like I'm trying to tie my fingers in knots.
My WPM (around 100 average, around 150 if I try) is a bit better than my QWERTY result, but my accuracy is much better. I don't have hard numbers for that, but with QWERTY, I'm often reaching for the backspace, with Dvorak, rarely. I also noticed after the switch my hands would be significantly less tired at the end of an intense coding day.
I didn't lose my ability to type on QWERTY. I'm now ambi-keyboard, where with a few seconds of thought, you can rewire your hands to type the correct layout. But given the choice, I type Dvorak.
Give it a shot, if only to remind yourself how much trouble people who can't type have using computers.:)
I've been using the multiport and driver off and on for a year or so now. I haven't had any issues with the gamepads at all, in fact, they're some of the better PC gamepads I've used. Could be better, yes, but all in all they're worth every penny I paid for them ($20?:) That's about the price of a single USB or console controller.
It's not difficult at all, for me, it's just like you say - having two modes, each capable. I wouldn't say equally, though, because Dvorak is strikingly more efficient and comfortable. Your hands just flow across the keyboard... on the other hand, typing with QWERTY now feels like I'm trying to tie my fingers in knots.
It's worth the time and effort. My error rate dropped SIGNIFICANTLY (maybe I'm just a crappy typist, but I make mistakes using QWERTY all the time) and my hands just don't get tired typing. I got about +10 WPM out of the deal, as well.
"You one of the ignorant mass who believe Disneyland has no problem [whatever-dude.com]."
Really. Then you must be one of the ignorant mass who can't read?:)
The original quote was talking about *security*, not *safety*. So when I say 'And when was the last time you heard of any problems at Disneyland', of course I was referring to security problems.
Safety problems are a different matter entirely. In the context of computers, this would be like the difference between a hacker being able to remotely format your hard drive (security threat) and the user being able to format their own hard drive (safety issue). Certainly Microsoft shouldn't prevent a user from formatting his own HD, if that's what he wants to do. Just like Disney can't really help it if someone decides to drown themself in the jumping fountains.
I only found two incidents on there I'd consider in the security realm, a stabbing and a shooting. The latest was the shooting, in 1987. So your answer should have been 1987, and that's pretty damn good in my book considering the throes of people that pass through their gates every day.
And when was the last time you heard of any problems at Disneyland?
I think the MS guy's point is that they're shooting for strong, effective security measures that are unobstrusive. Like at Disneyland, plain clothes cops for instance.
Of course, I have my doubts (as well as most ppl on here I'm sure) that they'll be able to pull it off, but I still think you missed the point.
I've been a huge RTS game fan since my first, WC2. Since then, I've played almost any RTS I can get my hands on, and I have to say bar none, Sacrifice is the best RTS game ever, and for me, best GAME I've ever played. I've been playing it almost a year now, and it continues to get more and more entertaining. Even the newer generation RTS games don't compare (Empire Earth, Battle Realms).
Sac is the first RTS I've played where tactics are just as important as strategy. Those mostly unused RTS features like formations have a big impact on the outcome of battles. Micromanagement is often worthwhile. Mass units are far from a guaranteed win like some RTS games, and because the resource management is light, Sac is just pure in-your-face action. Not to mention you're right on the battlefield along with your troops:)
Another benefit to the light resource management is that it's very possible to lose your whole army, run off to a corner of the map, summon a whole new army, and be back in the game. Depending on the game length, this usually happens many, many times over on both sides. With traditional RTS games, once you're overpowered, you're done for.
If you're an RTS fan and you haven't played Sacrifice, you should, or else you're doing yourself a disservice. Even the single player campaign is well done (imagine, a game with great voice acting and a cool story!). There's 5 different gods, each with a set of 11 unique units, many with special abilities. Each god grants ~8 unique spells to your wizard as well. The depth is just amazing, and yet, it's still very well balanced.
Best of all, single player runs under Linux using Transgaming's WineX:)
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Nice try, but you sound very misinformed. Both the KDE and Qt developers *strictly* keep binary compatability between minor revision numbers to avoid this problem. No re-compilation is necessary until you bump up a whole major version number, and that's going to mean more than just re-compilation, e.g. porting. KDE *is* much better than GNOME in this respect, they have so far and will continue to provide a stable library base for third party developers to build on.
G++ is another story, however, and a new version that breaks binary compatability would have implications far beyond KDE. I doubt it would be in the best interests of the G++ developers to do this without good reason, and it's CERTAINLY not going to happen often. Furthermore, a new libstdc++ revision is no different than a new glibc revision - of course you're going to need to re-compile.
I've tried to install the GNOME mess too, and it is a PITA. Luckily the Helix GNOME installer does a wonderful job of taking care of this problem, and the program worked beautifully for me. I feel for the poor GNOME developers that have to keep up with all the different source packages, though:)
While I do sympathize with you, being somewhat of a musician myself, I think you should also take a look at WHY mp3s are popular. This is simply a case of the market not changing in the direction consumers want, IMHO. The internet is changing our lives faster than anyone ever expected, I think.
People appreciate the convienence of getting what they want, without having to go to the store, now, and in digital format. Why do you think mp3s are so popular? Most popular music is also aimed at the younger generation- teenagers and early 20s- and we're also the techno-generation. If we were able to download digital music from the RIAA, who knows how many people would download. It doesn't exist, all they've been doing is whining about piracy, trying to fight technology in the courts, and wasting their time developing encrypted music formats which get cracked in 3 days;)
The other big thing here is exactly what you said: piracy makes more of an impact on the record company than the artist. Good. I've only heard very bad things about record companies. I would SO much prefer paying an artist directly than buying a CD at Media Play. Let's say my favorite artist has their music up on their website and charges my credit card $5.00 to download each CD. Would I pay it? Hell yes:) Right now I can't get mp3s of legit bands without going to the store, buying an overpriced CD, and spending a few hours mp3ing it. Irritating:)
I pirate mp3s, I admit it. However, should an infrastructure exist to download digital music for some change per track, I would support it whole-heartedly.
Konqueror isn't just a web browser, konq is what Microsoft's IE intergration/COM should be. Using the new Canossa(sp?) component API, I believe Konqueror is able to browse and/or render filesystems, samba shares, web pages, postscript, dvi, pdf, and plaintext. Given the rapid pace of development there's probably even one or two more by now.
What this topic should be is "khtml", KDE's html widget code which in this case is acting as a Konqueror component. Here's some more screenshots, displaying its current rendering ability...
I can touch type with both. I type 20-30 wpm faster on Dvorak, and it's noticably more comfortable, as many people have said. You don't really know how awful Qwerty really is until you learn Dvorak and then switch back- it's so obvious it either 1) wasn't designed at all or 2) was designed to slow people down.
Typing on Qwerty now feels like I'm trying to tie my fingers in knots. Dvorak just.... flows.:)
Yeah, now that I think about it, cd'ing around directories would tire me out quick. Doesn't bother me anymore but I remember noticing that in particular:) With qwerty I leave my pinky on the slash key most of the time, but with dvorak, I have to move it all around (l and s are pretty common in pathnames).
Also, I tend to use the wrong fingers (not just my pinky) to type out parenthesis and braces. Parenthesis I use the middle two, while bracers I use the last two. Much more comfortable and faster that way, for me. Do you other programmers do the same thing? (this really applies to qwerty too)
In any case, perhaps remapping the dvorak / key somewhere else would help if this is a problem?
Check out the links I posted in the original comment. Key stickers would probably be a more economical idea...
Also, try just printing out a dvorak keyboard layout and keeping it near your keyboard. Almost as good as the real thing, yet still encourages good typing habits.
I switched staring at a qwerty keyboard remapped as dvorak. Funny thing is I would have a hard time telling you where a specific key is, but I can type without a problem.
I use an Elite at home and a regular one at work, and I have to say I prefer the Elite. Once you get used to the new keys (Everyone complains about this, but come on, how often do you really use them anyway?), they're not a big deal. The biggest difference is the Elite is much easier to type on, the keys seem much easier to press down. I would think, for people with wrist/finger problems, this would be reason enough to use the Elite.
I noticed that too. I wouldn't say mine got numb but they definitely were strained a bit. Yes it goes away, at least in my case. My theory is that it just takes a bit to get your pinkies up to strength- the same keys under dvorak ('a;lsz) are more common that the qwerty keys (qazp;/).
In general, my fingers took a while (month or two?) to get used to the new layout. My right hand in particular would get fatigued easily. I've been typing Dvorak for about a year and a half now and I don't notice either of these symptoms any longer.
I heard all kinds of good things about it so I made the switch about a year ago. I don't have CTS or any other disorder despite my heavy use of computers since about 2nd grade, and I decided I'd like to stave it off as long as possible. I also bought myself a MS Natural Keyboard Elite. I recommend it over the regular one, the keys are MUCH easier to press. And the 6 is on the right instead of the left side.;)
Once I made the switch, I definitely noticed much less hand fatigure after a full day of typing. Somewhere (check out the dvorak links) I remember reading on an average typists' day, using the QWERTY keyboard, your fingers will travel about 7 miles as compared to DVORAK which measures in around 2. Enough to make me switch. Besides I type 20-30 wpm faster (average) now too, and I can easily measure over 100wpm if I try:)
I switched in approximately a month, though I had a tough time because I couldn't completely wean myself from QWERTY (had to use other computers, etc). I hear if you switch cold turkey it goes much faster.
Finally, I only used resources I found on the web. Didn't cost me a penny:)
Maybe I'm just on crack, but like every other post in here points out Linux's deficiencies with anything more than 2 or 4 processors. If that isn't open admission I don't know what is.
I also don't think people are questioning the benchmark because 1) its a lone proprietary application, closed-source to boot, and 2) how many of us really care about SAP performance compared to the amount of us that care about web serving/smb performance?
Zaman added that Microsoft has been considering making some of its software products open source for two years.
"Open source is a very innovative way to develop software," Zaman said. "The issue is how much of our own code we should put out in the open source environment."
Why on earth would you possibly consider helping open-source projects on a closed, proprietary operating system?! So let's consider the best case scenario:
1) Troll Tech makes QT/Windows free 2) New Killer Linux/QT App X is ported to windows 3) Everyone buys Windows to run Killer App X 4) More cash rolls in to Microsoft
Isn't it obvious the entity that profits most here is Microsoft? Like I really want to ENCOURAGE people to buy more copies of Windows. I'm eagerly anticipating the day when Windows goes the way of everything else proprietary. The only open-source project related to Windows I think would make sense currently would be clones.
Developers are the operating system's lifeblood- no developers, no apps, relatively worthless OS. I never intend to write an open-source Windows app and actually admit to it. Why do you think MS invests all kinds of money to pull developers over to Windows? I think they know that's one of their last weapons left.
Hmm... I think I'll stick with Linux. I hope Troll Tech continues to suck the MS developer market dry, personally.
KDE folk are hardly going the wrong direction. Mosfet (to my knowledge) is about the only guy that's been working on theme support and pretty buttons. Everyone else is working hard on core application features and/or KOffice.
Besides, I remember a common argument about KDE 1.0. "Sure it has a lot of features but it's so ugly!" I wish you people would make up your mind!
Finally, since he's the theme developer, his screenshots are oriented at what he's working on of course. Go check out the rest of the screenshots on www.kde.org and koffice.kde.org and, more importantly, read some of the mailing lists. That way you can make an informed decision instead of basing your comments on a short interview with only one of the KDE developers.
Microsoft brings this crap upon themselves. It's so typical: they invent "solutions" like auto-repair, hype it up, but fail to attack the underlying problem itself. Any respectable hacker knows user applications should NEVER go around modifying critical system libraries. I imagine MS thought they were clever when this whole thing started (hey, we can change our system libraries at will to outdo our competition!), and I'm glad to see it come back and bite them in the ass.
In my eyes, this is the exact reason they deserve to be split up. They take advantage of this all the time- think Corel gets to rewrite pieces of Windows to make its office apps work better? Die, MS, die.:)
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I loved this game. The story was clever and fantastic. It deserves all the praise it's getting IMHO -- it's in my top 10 games of all time. Lots of people complain that it was too short but I'm happy with the length.
A few interesting theories and observations:
1) GLaD made you. You're the most recent of a long line of test subjects. Most aren't clever enough to make it out of the level 19 trap, if they even make it that far.
2) The cake is made of humans and other things you definitely do NOT want to eat. Listen to the recipe eyeball for a while.
3) Anyone else catch the Black Mesa presentation?
The quantity of developers increases by 34%. A percentage is a ratio, so let's multiply by 100 to get pretend quantities:
8.8 developers + 8.8 developers * 0.34 = 11.8 developers
The percentage of developers increases by 3%:
8.8% + 3% = 11.8%
I think the frame of reference (quantity or percenage) is usually chosen carefully to provide the most (or least, depending on the intent of the article) dramatic effect.
I switched several years ago when I had a slow month at work. Since I was a half sysadmin half developer at the time, I had to constantly switch between QWERTY and Dvorak. The first week was pure hell -- makes you remember how difficult it is to use a computer when you don't know how to type.
:)
After a week or so, I could get actual work done without spending 90% of my brainpower remembering where the keys were, but it was still rough. I would say it was a full month before I was typing relatively fluently, but I hear it shouldn't take that long if you switch to the Dvorak layout cold turkey.
Even after the first few weeks, I immediately noticed how much more comfortable typing on Dvorak feels. This is something you can't know unless you give Dvorak a shot -- typing on Dvorak feels smooth and efficient. Typing on QWERTY feels like I'm trying to tie my fingers in knots.
My WPM (around 100 average, around 150 if I try) is a bit better than my QWERTY result, but my accuracy is much better. I don't have hard numbers for that, but with QWERTY, I'm often reaching for the backspace, with Dvorak, rarely. I also noticed after the switch my hands would be significantly less tired at the end of an intense coding day.
I didn't lose my ability to type on QWERTY. I'm now ambi-keyboard, where with a few seconds of thought, you can rewire your hands to type the correct layout. But given the choice, I type Dvorak.
Give it a shot, if only to remind yourself how much trouble people who can't type have using computers.
I've been using the multiport and driver off and on for a year or so now. I haven't had any issues with the gamepads at all, in fact, they're some of the better PC gamepads I've used. Could be better, yes, but all in all they're worth every penny I paid for them ($20? :) That's about the price of a single USB or console controller.
I'd like to see a DirectX version as well.
It's not difficult at all, for me, it's just like you say - having two modes, each capable. I wouldn't say equally, though, because Dvorak is strikingly more efficient and comfortable. Your hands just flow across the keyboard... on the other hand, typing with QWERTY now feels like I'm trying to tie my fingers in knots.
It's worth the time and effort. My error rate dropped SIGNIFICANTLY (maybe I'm just a crappy typist, but I make mistakes using QWERTY all the time) and my hands just don't get tired typing. I got about +10 WPM out of the deal, as well.
"You one of the ignorant mass who believe Disneyland has no problem [whatever-dude.com]."
:)
Really. Then you must be one of the ignorant mass who can't read?
The original quote was talking about *security*, not *safety*. So when I say 'And when was the last time you heard of any problems at Disneyland', of course I was referring to security problems.
Safety problems are a different matter entirely. In the context of computers, this would be like the difference between a hacker being able to remotely format your hard drive (security threat) and the user being able to format their own hard drive (safety issue). Certainly Microsoft shouldn't prevent a user from formatting his own HD, if that's what he wants to do. Just like Disney can't really help it if someone decides to drown themself in the jumping fountains.
I only found two incidents on there I'd consider in the security realm, a stabbing and a shooting. The latest was the shooting, in 1987. So your answer should have been 1987, and that's pretty damn good in my book considering the throes of people that pass through their gates every day.
Great links, thanks. Still, no recent security problems that I could find, though you expressed what I meant better than I did:
"What's amazing is that a place that caters for so many people has so few problems."
Clearly, the security is very effective.
And when was the last time you heard of any problems at Disneyland?
I think the MS guy's point is that they're shooting for strong, effective security measures that are unobstrusive. Like at Disneyland, plain clothes cops for instance.
Of course, I have my doubts (as well as most ppl on here I'm sure) that they'll be able to pull it off, but I still think you missed the point.
I've been a huge RTS game fan since my first, WC2. Since then, I've played almost any RTS I can get my hands on, and I have to say bar none, Sacrifice is the best RTS game ever, and for me, best GAME I've ever played. I've been playing it almost a year now, and it continues to get more and more entertaining. Even the newer generation RTS games don't compare (Empire Earth, Battle Realms).
:)
:)
Sac is the first RTS I've played where tactics are just as important as strategy. Those mostly unused RTS features like formations have a big impact on the outcome of battles. Micromanagement is often worthwhile. Mass units are far from a guaranteed win like some RTS games, and because the resource management is light, Sac is just pure in-your-face action. Not to mention you're right on the battlefield along with your troops
Another benefit to the light resource management is that it's very possible to lose your whole army, run off to a corner of the map, summon a whole new army, and be back in the game. Depending on the game length, this usually happens many, many times over on both sides. With traditional RTS games, once you're overpowered, you're done for.
If you're an RTS fan and you haven't played Sacrifice, you should, or else you're doing yourself a disservice. Even the single player campaign is well done (imagine, a game with great voice acting and a cool story!). There's 5 different gods, each with a set of 11 unique units, many with special abilities. Each god grants ~8 unique spells to your wizard as well. The depth is just amazing, and yet, it's still very well balanced.
Best of all, single player runs under Linux using Transgaming's WineX
www.sacrifice.net
G++ is another story, however, and a new version that breaks binary compatability would have implications far beyond KDE. I doubt it would be in the best interests of the G++ developers to do this without good reason, and it's CERTAINLY not going to happen often. Furthermore, a new libstdc++ revision is no different than a new glibc revision - of course you're going to need to re-compile.
I've tried to install the GNOME mess too, and it is a PITA. Luckily the Helix GNOME installer does a wonderful job of taking care of this problem, and the program worked beautifully for me. I feel for the poor GNOME developers that have to keep up with all the different source packages, though :)
KDE does *not* have a problem with shared library versioning. GNOME, on the other hand, I've heard horror stories about...
While I do sympathize with you, being somewhat of a musician myself, I think you should also take a look at WHY mp3s are popular. This is simply a case of the market not changing in the direction consumers want, IMHO. The internet is changing our lives faster than anyone ever expected, I think.
;)
:) Right now I can't get mp3s of legit bands without going to the store, buying an overpriced CD, and spending a few hours mp3ing it. Irritating :)
People appreciate the convienence of getting what they want, without having to go to the store, now, and in digital format. Why do you think mp3s are so popular? Most popular music is also aimed at the younger generation- teenagers and early 20s- and we're also the techno-generation. If we were able to download digital music from the RIAA, who knows how many people would download. It doesn't exist, all they've been doing is whining about piracy, trying to fight technology in the courts, and wasting their time developing encrypted music formats which get cracked in 3 days
The other big thing here is exactly what you said: piracy makes more of an impact on the record company than the artist. Good. I've only heard very bad things about record companies. I would SO much prefer paying an artist directly than buying a CD at Media Play. Let's say my favorite artist has their music up on their website and charges my credit card $5.00 to download each CD. Would I pay it? Hell yes
I pirate mp3s, I admit it. However, should an infrastructure exist to download digital music for some change per track, I would support it whole-heartedly.
Konqueror isn't just a web browser, konq is what Microsoft's IE intergration/COM should be. Using the new Canossa(sp?) component API, I believe Konqueror is able to browse and/or render filesystems, samba shares, web pages, postscript, dvi, pdf, and plaintext. Given the rapid pace of development there's probably even one or two more by now.
What this topic should be is "khtml", KDE's html widget code which in this case is acting as a Konqueror component. Here's some more screenshots, displaying its current rendering ability...
Konqueror displaying various webpages
Konqueror itself
Konqueror displaying postscript
I don't regret switching at all.
:)
Besides the fact I think the article is a load of crap
I can touch type with both. I type 20-30 wpm faster on Dvorak, and it's noticably more comfortable, as many people have said. You don't really know how awful Qwerty really is until you learn Dvorak and then switch back- it's so obvious it either 1) wasn't designed at all or 2) was designed to slow people down.
Typing on Qwerty now feels like I'm trying to tie my fingers in knots. Dvorak just.... flows.
Yeah, now that I think about it, cd'ing around directories would tire me out quick. Doesn't bother me anymore but I remember noticing that in particular :) With qwerty I leave my pinky on the slash key most of the time, but with dvorak, I have to move it all around (l and s are pretty common in pathnames).
Also, I tend to use the wrong fingers (not just my pinky) to type out parenthesis and braces. Parenthesis I use the middle two, while bracers I use the last two. Much more comfortable and faster that way, for me. Do you other programmers do the same thing? (this really applies to qwerty too)
In any case, perhaps remapping the dvorak / key somewhere else would help if this is a problem?
Check out the links I posted in the original comment. Key stickers would probably be a more economical idea...
Also, try just printing out a dvorak keyboard layout and keeping it near your keyboard. Almost as good as the real thing, yet still encourages good typing habits.
I switched staring at a qwerty keyboard remapped as dvorak. Funny thing is I would have a hard time telling you where a specific key is, but I can type without a problem.
I use an Elite at home and a regular one at work, and I have to say I prefer the Elite. Once you get used to the new keys (Everyone complains about this, but come on, how often do you really use them anyway?), they're not a big deal. The biggest difference is the Elite is much easier to type on, the keys seem much easier to press down. I would think, for people with wrist/finger problems, this would be reason enough to use the Elite.
I noticed that too. I wouldn't say mine got numb but they definitely were strained a bit. Yes it goes away, at least in my case. My theory is that it just takes a bit to get your pinkies up to strength- the same keys under dvorak ('a;lsz) are more common that the qwerty keys (qazp;/).
In general, my fingers took a while (month or two?) to get used to the new layout. My right hand in particular would get fatigued easily. I've been typing Dvorak for about a year and a half now and I don't notice either of these symptoms any longer.
I heard all kinds of good things about it so I made the switch about a year ago. I don't have CTS or any other disorder despite my heavy use of computers since about 2nd grade, and I decided I'd like to stave it off as long as possible. I also bought myself a MS Natural Keyboard Elite. I recommend it over the regular one, the keys are MUCH easier to press. And the 6 is on the right instead of the left side. ;)
:)
:)
Once I made the switch, I definitely noticed much less hand fatigure after a full day of typing. Somewhere (check out the dvorak links) I remember reading on an average typists' day, using the QWERTY keyboard, your fingers will travel about 7 miles as compared to DVORAK which measures in around 2. Enough to make me switch. Besides I type 20-30 wpm faster (average) now too, and I can easily measure over 100wpm if I try
Introducing the Dvorak Keyboard
A Basic Course in Dvorak
I switched in approximately a month, though I had a tough time because I couldn't completely wean myself from QWERTY (had to use other computers, etc). I hear if you switch cold turkey it goes much faster.
Finally, I only used resources I found on the web. Didn't cost me a penny
Maybe I'm just on crack, but like every other post in here points out Linux's deficiencies with anything more than 2 or 4 processors. If that isn't open admission I don't know what is.
I also don't think people are questioning the benchmark because 1) its a lone proprietary application, closed-source to boot, and 2) how many of us really care about SAP performance compared to the amount of us that care about web serving/smb performance?
Zaman added that Microsoft has been considering making some of its software products open source for two years.
"Open source is a very innovative way to develop software," Zaman said. "The issue is how much of our own code we should put out in the open source environment."
Two years huh?
Why on earth would you possibly consider helping open-source projects on a closed, proprietary operating system?! So let's consider the best case scenario:
1) Troll Tech makes QT/Windows free
2) New Killer Linux/QT App X is ported to windows
3) Everyone buys Windows to run Killer App X
4) More cash rolls in to Microsoft
Isn't it obvious the entity that profits most here is Microsoft? Like I really want to ENCOURAGE people to buy more copies of Windows. I'm eagerly anticipating the day when Windows goes the way of everything else proprietary. The only open-source project related to Windows I think would make sense currently would be clones.
Developers are the operating system's lifeblood- no developers, no apps, relatively worthless OS. I never intend to write an open-source Windows app and actually admit to it. Why do you think MS invests all kinds of money to pull developers over to Windows? I think they know that's one of their last weapons left.
Hmm... I think I'll stick with Linux. I hope Troll Tech continues to suck the MS developer market dry, personally.
KDE folk are hardly going the wrong direction. Mosfet (to my knowledge) is about the only guy that's been working on theme support and pretty buttons. Everyone else is working hard on core application features and/or KOffice.
Besides, I remember a common argument about KDE 1.0. "Sure it has a lot of features but it's so ugly!" I wish you people would make up your mind!
Finally, since he's the theme developer, his screenshots are oriented at what he's working on of course. Go check out the rest of the screenshots on www.kde.org and koffice.kde.org and, more importantly, read some of the mailing lists. That way you can make an informed decision instead of basing your comments on a short interview with only one of the KDE developers.
Microsoft brings this crap upon themselves. It's so typical: they invent "solutions" like auto-repair, hype it up, but fail to attack the underlying problem itself. Any respectable hacker knows user applications should NEVER go around modifying critical system libraries. I imagine MS thought they were clever when this whole thing started (hey, we can change our system libraries at will to outdo our competition!), and I'm glad to see it come back and bite them in the ass.
:)
In my eyes, this is the exact reason they deserve to be split up. They take advantage of this all the time- think Corel gets to rewrite pieces of Windows to make its office apps work better? Die, MS, die.