Gekko? Well, they certainly decided on a good name anyway:) Seriously though, I expect this was great for IBM. Anyone know how their stock-prices went? I would have guessed Nintendo would team up with Intel, but I suppose IBM makes nice enough chips too.
That Lotus link was priceless! Try using Lynx to visit it. You get to see the part that says "Welcome to the non-framed version of www.lotus.com." Press the link and where does it take you? Oh, my god, can that be.. FRAMES?
This is kind of interesting in itself. Why would someone -need- to guarantee such an uptime? If I make some sort of an average for my computer, it gets a 99.2% uptime. For a client I've been doing some work for, it would be 99,86%. And those are both servers who see some fair amount of tasks. The first one even doubles as a console for me and runs X on occasions (which people tell me would make it less stable).
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This would be a very difficult task to undertake. Which license you decide to use for a program is based primarily on your philosophical ideas and values. Since we all don't have the same philosophical ideas, it's only natural that there exist many different licenses that each reflects the ideas of the author and of those who use it.
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Nah. The network had broken down, not the web server:)
Acctually, the question didn't even mention that wysiwyg was a must. And I'm pretty sure that both Emacs and vi can run on MacOS, atleast some version of them. So they're all very relevant.
Okay, I've never been into marketing or support myself but let's look at development. What would happen if Microsoft changed some of the more important API's (which seems somewhat likely to me)? No doubt the software manufacturers would have to adjust themselves to this. As they would if Microsoft were to be split up. In the price for a software package you almost always add a fair amount called "further development". Thats where this money is supposed to be coming from.
Ofcourse, breaking Microsoft up isn't the best solution. Richard Stallman has written ``The Microsoft Antitrust Trial and Free Software'' article in which he suggests three remedies, should Microsoft loose.
If it wasn't interesting to learn, the people weren't more open than the proprietary followers and if it wasn't easy to learn how it worked, would it still be fun?
I'm in the process of turning down a similar jobb. For me, it would also pay twice as much as I make now. It would even let me work with GNU/Linux, but.. it just doesn't interest me. So why do it?
In the article, Linus says that "if you're not interested in doing something, you probably won't do it." This is something I definitly can relate to. It's even one of the reasons I'm getting out of the company I work for now.
I believe we see this in quite a lot of modern companies where you try to create a fun and creative atmosphere instead of the standard cubicle 8am-5pm workdays.
The GNU Project has a mission to create a completely free operating system. But freedom doesn't mean anything if the end user isn't aware of this freedom so a subsequent goal is to make everyone aware of it.
If we look beyond the GNU Project, freedom is never really secured and if people don't think about their freedom and value it, they won't try to hold on to it. So in the long term, unless we care about freedom, we won't have it.
Perhaps there are some writers guilds one could join? It seems it is a very good idea to make some "practice-writings" before you really get down to business.
Until today I've written three essays related to the free software community. My first was a nightmare, the second is the one that was acctually posted on slashdot and it's a little better. The third one I'm working on now is much better than either of the earlier ramblings.
You should try to get rid of the spelling errors in the text, aswell as some gramaticall issues. I'm not an experienced writer, but I always make sure that someone proofreads my texts before publishing them. That makes me able to avoid the worst errors and makes the article more enjoyable to the reader.
I'm looking forward to reading more from you, because I think you can do much better when you get some practice.
When you license something under the GPL you give the users of your program certain freedoms that benefit the world. You don't give it away to the FSF, doing so involves more paperwork. If you intend for your code to be part of the GNU System, you should contact us.
I've read most of the comments up until now and it's time I made another note. A lot of you are focusing on the GNU/Linux issue. Don't. I'm not forcing any opinions on you. If this debate has shown anything, it has shown that you still can think for yourself, which is a good thing. Read the last paragraph in the essay. Naming your system GNU/Linux is only ONE way to credit the GNU Project. Someone mentioned earlier to put GNU in the startup message. That might be a good idea. Just telling your neighbor who just bought Red Hat about the GNU Project might be enough, and I'm sure a lot of you already do that.
As a final note, I would like to thank everyone who took the time to read this essay. I have found all your commments very interesting to read.
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Yes, you might be right. Personally I've always been a sucker for CISCs, but I'd have to agree on that RISCs can be kind of cute too.
Gekko? Well, they certainly decided on a good name anyway :)
Seriously though, I expect this was great for IBM. Anyone know how their stock-prices went? I would have guessed Nintendo would team up with Intel, but I suppose IBM makes nice enough chips too.
As far as I've read, the development will continue in much the same way as has been done with egcs.
That Lotus link was priceless! Try using Lynx to visit it. You get to see the part that says "Welcome to the non-framed version of www.lotus.com." Press the link and where does it take you? Oh, my god, can that be.. FRAMES?
This is kind of interesting in itself. Why would someone -need- to guarantee such an uptime? If I make some sort of an average for my computer, it gets a 99.2% uptime. For a client I've been doing some work for, it would be 99,86%. And those are both servers who see some fair amount of tasks. The first one even doubles as a console for me and runs X on occasions (which people tell me would make it less stable).
This would be a very difficult task to undertake. Which license you decide to use for a program is based primarily on your philosophical ideas and values. Since we all don't have the same philosophical ideas, it's only natural that there exist many different licenses that each reflects the ideas of the author and of those who use it.
Nah. The network had broken down, not the web server :)
Acctually, the question didn't even mention that wysiwyg was a must. And I'm pretty sure that both Emacs and vi can run on MacOS, atleast some version of them. So they're all very relevant.
One package for all your software needs: Emacs
Very interesting and enlightning article you point us to there, Aaron. I had missed it before but it was well worth reading.
Ofcourse, breaking Microsoft up isn't the best solution. Richard Stallman has written ``The Microsoft Antitrust Trial and Free Software'' article in which he suggests three remedies, should Microsoft loose.
If it wasn't interesting to learn, the people weren't more open than the proprietary followers and if it wasn't easy to learn how it worked, would it still be fun?
I'm in the process of turning down a similar jobb. For me, it would also pay twice as much as I make now. It would even let me work with GNU/Linux, but.. it just doesn't interest me. So why do it?
I believe we see this in quite a lot of modern companies where you try to create a fun and creative atmosphere instead of the standard cubicle 8am-5pm workdays.
You can't buy creativity for money. On a related note, I'd like to mention ``Creativity and intrinsic interest diminish if task is done for gain'' which was written by Alfie Kohn for the Boston Globe. Even if it's more than ten years old, it is worth reading.
With an in-house 8x 500MHz Xeon, don't you think one could get another roommate to pay the rent? ;)
Give me that 8-way Xeon fast! It'd be the perfect roommate.
And a "dong" is an ethernet media converter. Ayep!
Darn! Then havn't got the order form for the international credit card orders in order yet. Oh well.
If we look beyond the GNU Project, freedom is never really secured and if people don't think about their freedom and value it, they won't try to hold on to it. So in the long term, unless we care about freedom, we won't have it.
It's proven rather successful for me to write what I want to say, then read it again and cut out about half of it.
Thank you :) When are you done creating such a forum? Be sure to tell me ;)
Until today I've written three essays related to the free software community. My first was a nightmare, the second is the one that was acctually posted on slashdot and it's a little better. The third one I'm working on now is much better than either of the earlier ramblings.
Life == Learning.
I'm looking forward to reading more from you, because I think you can do much better when you get some practice.
When you license something under the GPL you give the users of your program certain freedoms that benefit the world. You don't give it away to the FSF, doing so involves more paperwork. If you intend for your code to be part of the GNU System, you should contact us.
As a final note, I would like to thank everyone who took the time to read this essay. I have found all your commments very interesting to read.