For starters, Microsoft can be pissed all they want at Novell for supporting the Mono project, but they can't be pissed due to.NET being "their" thing. They published the standard openly. Anyone can implement it anyhow they please.
It was published as an ECMA standard. ECMA standards do not put any limits on patent enforcement, so the fact that.NET was published as a standard does not mean you can implement it without violating patents.
We just got our bright new IBM server and the RAID monitoring tools that come on the CD: RedHat and Suse. We managed to run the tools anyway but a few extra steps had to be taken.
Please complain to IBM. IBM does support Debian for some products, but it only happens if customers demand it.
My point was slightly more subtle in that it would be easier for hardware manufacturers to support linux if such a stable binary API existed as part of the kernel which every hardware manufacturer could share.
It'd be easier still if they simply published specs for their hardware. Then they wouldn't need to maintain anything.
It'd also be easier if they opened the code, then they'd have dozens of people helping them.
Fact is, they don't want the easier path, they want control. It's not in Linux's interest to give them that control, even if they pretend it's not their real motivation.
...put a sheet with your itinerary in with your checked luggage. Include your name, home address, home phone number, cell number (if you have a cell), your flight number (both out and back) your departure and destination airports, times, where you are staying, and their phone number.
Trouble is, the last time a baggage handler went through my checked luggage, it was to steal stuff. In which case, giving them my home address and the dates when the house will be empty is a bit counter-productive.
The Soviet Union couldn't control Afghanistan. The US couldn't control Vietnam. Illegally invading and attempting to control sovereign nations tends not to be successful. Even inside the US, there were massive protests (largely unreported by the media) and people pointing this out.
What exactly do you think an "independent opinion" is? It sounds to me like you define it to be a thing that cannot exist, in which case your "point" is totally vacuous.
I'm afraid your knowledge of Dalek military weaknesses is severely out of date. I can only assume you're not aiming for a job at the Torchwood Institute.
I have a PS2 and a GameCube. The GameCube has been gathering dust for months, the PS2 is in use most nights. However, I have no interest in the PS3 at this time--but I've ordered a Wii.
So it's not anti-Sony fanboyism. The PS3 really does suck. It's too expensive and there aren't anywhere near enough good games.
Yes, I was talking about in general, not just laptops. The default hardware switch behavior being sensible doesn't really make up for bad UI in the software.
Unfortunately, in XP you have to choose "Turn Off Computer" to bring up the dialog box that has the option to merely put it to sleep. I wonder how many people leave their XP systems running because they forget the sleep option is carefully hidden?
I would have purchased Neverwinter Nights, but they didn't finish porting it. They only ported the game, they didn't bother with the tools. Then they tried to charge more for the partial port on Mac OS X than for the entire game on Windows. So I didn't buy.
The way I see it, it's Bioware who have a problem with following through.
With Ubuntu's questionable inclusion of non-GPL, "binary blob" and closed source drivers, maybe Shuttleworth should worry more about his own distro, and let the openSUSE developers worry about theirs.
That's nothing, ubuntu-desktop also requires Mono. Shuttleworth really ought to get his own glass house in order before throwing stones.
microwave ovens are designed to shield users from exposure, phones are used intermittently.
Cellphones keep in contact with the base cell by transmitting regularly all the time they're on. Try sitting one next to an amplifier with no input and the volume cranked up.
Maybe I'm missing something here, but isn't it irrelevant to Novell whether bash is relicensed under GPL3? Bash isn't a library, and Novell isn't linking to it.
No, but they want to distribute it. And to distribute versions released next year, they must agree to the GPL v3. Which they can't do because of the Microsoft agreement.
So, they either have to maintain their own Novell bash shell, or remove bash from their Linux distribution. Either way, compatibility issues may ensue.
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Damn right. I wanted a Mac back from when I first saw one in 1984, but settled for an Atari ST. When I got a paying job, I got my first Mac.
The protests I went on were enormously underreported.
So answer the question: how do you define an "independent opinion"?
It was published as an ECMA standard. ECMA standards do not put any limits on patent enforcement, so the fact that .NET was published as a standard does not mean you can implement it without violating patents.
Please complain to IBM. IBM does support Debian for some products, but it only happens if customers demand it.
[Opinions mine, not IBMs.]
It'd be easier still if they simply published specs for their hardware. Then they wouldn't need to maintain anything.
It'd also be easier if they opened the code, then they'd have dozens of people helping them.
Fact is, they don't want the easier path, they want control. It's not in Linux's interest to give them that control, even if they pretend it's not their real motivation.
How do you get by without installing the security patches?
IBM USB flash drives have a write protect switch.
So do PQI Intelligent Stick flash drives, if you want something smaller.
Oh, and so do imation USB drives.
In fact, I've not seen a flash drive without write protect...
Trouble is, the last time a baggage handler went through my checked luggage, it was to steal stuff. In which case, giving them my home address and the dates when the house will be empty is a bit counter-productive.
The Soviet Union couldn't control Afghanistan. The US couldn't control Vietnam. Illegally invading and attempting to control sovereign nations tends not to be successful. Even inside the US, there were massive protests (largely unreported by the media) and people pointing this out.
What exactly do you think an "independent opinion" is? It sounds to me like you define it to be a thing that cannot exist, in which case your "point" is totally vacuous.
I'm afraid your knowledge of Dalek military weaknesses is severely out of date. I can only assume you're not aiming for a job at the Torchwood Institute.
I have a PS2 and a GameCube. The GameCube has been gathering dust for months, the PS2 is in use most nights. However, I have no interest in the PS3 at this time--but I've ordered a Wii.
So it's not anti-Sony fanboyism. The PS3 really does suck. It's too expensive and there aren't anywhere near enough good games.
There's Japanese porno shot that way, actually.
Uh... so I'm told.
Does it have a torture level where you waterboard innocent people?
Now, remembering that one definition of a monopoly is having 90%+ of the market, what's the market share of OpenOffice and SmartSuite?
I'll give you a hint: SmartSuite's market share is less than 2%.
The mere existence of a possible alternative does not stop something from being a monopoly.
Yes, I was talking about in general, not just laptops. The default hardware switch behavior being sensible doesn't really make up for bad UI in the software.
Unfortunately, in XP you have to choose "Turn Off Computer" to bring up the dialog box that has the option to merely put it to sleep. I wonder how many people leave their XP systems running because they forget the sleep option is carefully hidden?
I would have purchased Neverwinter Nights, but they didn't finish porting it. They only ported the game, they didn't bother with the tools. Then they tried to charge more for the partial port on Mac OS X than for the entire game on Windows. So I didn't buy.
The way I see it, it's Bioware who have a problem with following through.
That's nothing, ubuntu-desktop also requires Mono. Shuttleworth really ought to get his own glass house in order before throwing stones.
Mmm, illegal dumping by a convicted monopolist. Tasty.
Cellphones keep in contact with the base cell by transmitting regularly all the time they're on. Try sitting one next to an amplifier with no input and the volume cranked up.
No, but they want to distribute it. And to distribute versions released next year, they must agree to the GPL v3. Which they can't do because of the Microsoft agreement.
So, they either have to maintain their own Novell bash shell, or remove bash from their Linux distribution. Either way, compatibility issues may ensue.
On a screen 1m across, w = 1000/720 = 1.39mm, h = 1000 * 9/16 / 480 = 1.17mm.
Is a shape that's 14x12 close to square? I think so.
But this is beside the point. I repeat, where's this "horizontal and vertical resolution loss" supposed to be coming from?
Simply restating that doesn't make it any more true.