Their proprietary software is safe in user-mode, where this case won't touch it.
Unless... Suppose when they became aware of the whole GPL thing and did an internal code audit, they discovered that they had also used GPL code in their proprietary software? Suppose they're trying to knock down the GPL now, before someone discovers what other code they stole?
I see that it's now resizeable, but that doesn't fix the basic problem of it hiding all the contextual information about where you are in the menu structure and being useless for people who rely on spacial memory.
I'm seriously wondering whether I'll have to switch to GNOME or Xfce.
The OGL was the reason I bought D&D 3E, Traveller T20, Call of Cthulhu D20, and a bunch of other books.
I've seen too many good gaming systems and worlds die because the publisher lost interest. Many of them were from TSR. The way I saw it, D20 OGL guaranteed that even if WotC decided to kill the game (which in the case of CoC D20 they did), there would still be the option of community and independent support, and I'd be able to use the SRD to get new players up and running.
So if this rumor turns out to be true, I will not touch 4E. And I hope that all the 3rd party companies leave it alone and stick with 3E and D20 as well.
The main reason IBM hasn't stopped using Windows, in my view, is that there are a lot of internal applications that only work on Windows. There's an overall plan to make them multiplatform or replace them, but it takes a long time, partly because people are always making new Windows-only applications...
The thing is, the only reason most people run Windows is so they can run legacy Windows applications. A Windows that can't run Windows apps? Yeah, that'll sell like an iPod that can't play MP3s.
Well, in the case of Google Docs, there's no easy way to make paragraph breaks and linebreaks appear different. That, to me, is pretty much a showstopper.
The new XP-style kicker replacement is an absolute abomination to use. Too many clicks, practically impossible to browse the program hierarchies quickly.
Absolutely right. I came here to see if anyone was going to mention it. I have a long description of what's wrong with the new KDE 4 application launcher on my web site. I've told the maintainers, I've tried to bring it up on the KDE 4 HCI discussion mailing list. So far, I've heard absolutely no response.
I gather that the window is now resizeable, but the other basic design defects remain.
The cited article uses the term "memory leak" incorrectly.
The example given is a UI element instantiated by class B, that class A retains a reference to, causing the UI element to remain in memory even after class A reaches a point where it will never again display that piece of UI.
That is *not* a memory leak. It's merely failing to release memory as soon as it could be released. Unfortunately, some people call any sub-optimal use of memory a "leak", even if it isn't. Firefox keeps 10 pages cached in memory for a while even after you've closed their tabs? OMG MEMORY LEAK!
The RIAA waiting till they are in college to educate them is a big mistake. [...] Less than 10 CD's for a C note doesn't happen to someone with a paper route. That money is for new headphones, better iPod, the movies and other social activities.
Why don't your kids shoplift new headphones and steal someone's iPod, and have even more money for movies?
let's be clear, for the most part, people who learned and write exclusively in interpreted languages are not programmers.
Spoken like a language bigot. In truth, the distinction between interpreted and scripted is pretty arbitrary. You can write in interpreted C or compiled Ruby.
I've met a lot of people who know a lot about interpreted languages, but they don't know why many of those languages are so bad with handling things like arrays and what their shortcomings are.
Funny, the languages I know that are the most painful to do array manipulation in are the compiled ones like C and Java.
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Unless... Suppose when they became aware of the whole GPL thing and did an internal code audit, they discovered that they had also used GPL code in their proprietary software? Suppose they're trying to knock down the GPL now, before someone discovers what other code they stole?
This is the sort of groundbreaking innovation that will save the Windows gaming industry.
You won't want to run Ubuntu 8.04 Hairy Hardon then.
I hate to harp on about it, but that start menu has got to be fixed.
I see that it's now resizeable, but that doesn't fix the basic problem of it hiding all the contextual information about where you are in the menu structure and being useless for people who rely on spacial memory.
I'm seriously wondering whether I'll have to switch to GNOME or Xfce.
So the point is it's not an idea that xkcd invented.
I posted the exact same joke to my own site before the xkcd comic...
I always liked the idea, but I wasn't about to buy it from Microsoft.
And Heather Mills has no left leg problems, right?
There's an accepted ANSI/ISO open standard for Pascal, and Delphi doesn't fully implement it.
Whereas Visual Basic is compatible with ANSI BASIC, being ANSI BASIC plus extensions.
Home fucking is killing prostitution.
No, you're wrong. Kilo has never consistently been used to mean 1024 in computing. The same is true of mega- and giga-. Your 2 gigahertz CPU is not running at 2*1024*1024*1024 hertz.
The OGL was the reason I bought D&D 3E, Traveller T20, Call of Cthulhu D20, and a bunch of other books.
I've seen too many good gaming systems and worlds die because the publisher lost interest. Many of them were from TSR. The way I saw it, D20 OGL guaranteed that even if WotC decided to kill the game (which in the case of CoC D20 they did), there would still be the option of community and independent support, and I'd be able to use the SRD to get new players up and running.
So if this rumor turns out to be true, I will not touch 4E. And I hope that all the 3rd party companies leave it alone and stick with 3E and D20 as well.
The main reason IBM hasn't stopped using Windows, in my view, is that there are a lot of internal applications that only work on Windows. There's an overall plan to make them multiplatform or replace them, but it takes a long time, partly because people are always making new Windows-only applications...
(Opinions mine, not IBM's.)
The thing is, the only reason most people run Windows is so they can run legacy Windows applications. A Windows that can't run Windows apps? Yeah, that'll sell like an iPod that can't play MP3s.
Well, in the case of Google Docs, there's no easy way to make paragraph breaks and linebreaks appear different. That, to me, is pretty much a showstopper.
Offline is nice, but can we have some of the basic functionality fixed? Like a way to display paragraphs and linebreaks differently, for example?
Absolutely right. I came here to see if anyone was going to mention it. I have a long description of what's wrong with the new KDE 4 application launcher on my web site. I've told the maintainers, I've tried to bring it up on the KDE 4 HCI discussion mailing list. So far, I've heard absolutely no response.
I gather that the window is now resizeable, but the other basic design defects remain.
The cited article uses the term "memory leak" incorrectly.
The example given is a UI element instantiated by class B, that class A retains a reference to, causing the UI element to remain in memory even after class A reaches a point where it will never again display that piece of UI.
That is *not* a memory leak. It's merely failing to release memory as soon as it could be released. Unfortunately, some people call any sub-optimal use of memory a "leak", even if it isn't. Firefox keeps 10 pages cached in memory for a while even after you've closed their tabs? OMG MEMORY LEAK!
The point is, you clearly aren't instilling moral values in your kids in some areas, and you don't seem to feel it's your responsibility to do so.
I didn't say they were both theft, but both are illegal, and both hurt someone.
Rape isn't theft either, but presumably you teach them that it's wrong.
Why don't your kids shoplift new headphones and steal someone's iPod, and have even more money for movies?
Yeah, well, bully for you. I work for IBM. I was in a cubicle for a while, and had several items stolen.
Sure, the other people who work in the office are professionals. The people who clean the floors, no so much.
(Opinions mine, not IBM's.)
Not only is Amarok hopelessly cluttered and complicated compared to iTunes, its DAAP server support was broken for months.
There are some great free software packages out there, but Amarok is not one of them.
If you think Java's file handling is OMGWTF, try working out the code to generate and parse dates in RFC 2822 format.
Spoken like a language bigot. In truth, the distinction between interpreted and scripted is pretty arbitrary. You can write in interpreted C or compiled Ruby.
Funny, the languages I know that are the most painful to do array manipulation in are the compiled ones like C and Java.