For example, the assertion that "putting users in control" (that is, opening the source, preferably under the GPL) is the best way to assure continued compatibility. I am no philosopher of science, but it seems to me that putting users in control and allowing code forking is to encourage incompatibility. Witness the fate of the BSD's - originally compatible due to their shared code base in BSD4.4, presently incompatible due to different directions in development. And that over a relatively short time span.
BSD is no different than Linux, if not better. Currently there are countless distributions out there for linux, and 3 bsd distributions. "Putting users in control" allows for a larger pool of programmers to participate. When this occurs features can be implimented much faster.
For example, the assertion that "putting users in control" (that is, opening the source, preferably under the GPL) is the best way to assure continued compatibility. I am no philosopher of science, but it seems to me that putting users in control and allowing code forking is to encourage incompatibility. Witness the fate of the BSD's - originally compatible due to their shared code base in BSD4.4, presently incompatible due to different directions in development. And that over a relatively short time span.
For the compatibility id say you are right. What I 'm going to take the con on is about the J2EE specification. If the model is followed there shouldn't be a problem.
Recently there has been talk of porting software from debian to FreeBSD. I'm wondering what use this will offer for the userland and system part of FreeBSD.
If there is a plan to port software, how do you plan on submitting the code? Will you use the normal method and promote the current cvsup system? How does the Debian project see FreeBSD as an OS? Are there plans to implement current features of this software into Debian?
"... I remember when it seemed totally hopeless and now it seems only partially hopeless."
I'm not sure he could've said it any better! He really understands that just because there is a large following for Linux there are still issue like to make K/Gnome so easy my mother could install it.
"...To put that in perspective that's 10 million lines more of code than the entire bulk of the Star Wars missile defence system that people said was unworkable."
This is kind of scary though. I was out to lunch with a friend on the w2k project and he told me he doesn't see the SRC tree and gets a new page of code with compile errors after each check in!
It's really good to see that there is work going on to progress these type of programs. What part of the problem with babelfish is that it doesn't quite get the job done. Several of my classmates have tried to cheat when writting a paper in a different language. Someone in Germany said this to me once in response to my translation...
"I know what you say, but I don't know what you say. You funny American!"
I'm going to have to agree with what's going on here. I'm sure that there is something in the EULA about this, and using their software is not a right.
it's simple...
HW_VidType getVideoInformation() { // getting video card information to make games cooler and know if we need to support old crappy hardware. return SYSTEM_VIDEO_TYPE; }
Now that I've watched a few IPOs roll by I'm wondering what it takes to get these 'offers'? I've been using Linux/FreeBSD for years now and I've never gotten a letter. Is this saying that I'm a loser?!
I find this open source option very wonderful. As a young developer I often look to 'advanced' code and try to learn what I can from those projects.
What I don't understand is why technology in general isn't being opensourced? Source code is nice, but things like digital hardware could also benifit from this. It would bring cost down and increase the derivative of the slope for advancement. Just and idea...
Overall this article hit head on. It really points out the facts that majority of the users are just users and really don't understand what's there at the heart of the subject. I love how the article talked about attacks on the writter vs what Bill Gates had to say. Somehow there needs to be stronger, more intellectual converstation about something rather than rants from uninformed users.
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I can't say that I agree:
For example, the assertion that "putting users in control" (that is, opening the source, preferably under the GPL) is the best way to assure continued compatibility. I am no philosopher of science, but it seems to me that putting users in control and allowing code forking is to encourage incompatibility. Witness the fate of the BSD's - originally compatible due to their shared code base in BSD4.4, presently incompatible due to different directions in development. And that over a relatively short time span.
BSD is no different than Linux, if not better. Currently there are countless distributions out there for linux, and 3 bsd distributions. "Putting users in control" allows for a larger pool of programmers to participate. When this occurs features can be implimented much faster.
For example, the assertion that "putting users in control" (that is, opening the source, preferably under the GPL) is the best way to assure continued compatibility. I am no philosopher of science, but it seems to me that putting users in control and allowing code forking is to encourage incompatibility. Witness the fate of the BSD's - originally compatible due to their shared code base in BSD4.4, presently incompatible due to different directions in development. And that over a relatively short time span.
For the compatibility id say you are right. What I 'm going to take the con on is about the J2EE specification. If the model is followed there shouldn't be a problem.
Recently there has been talk of porting software from debian to FreeBSD. I'm wondering what use this will offer for the userland and system part of FreeBSD.
If there is a plan to port software, how do you plan on submitting the code? Will you use the normal method and promote the current cvsup system? How does the Debian project see FreeBSD as an OS? Are there plans to implement current features of this software into Debian?
"... I remember when it seemed totally hopeless and now it seems only partially hopeless."
I'm not sure he could've said it any better! He really understands that just because there is a large following for Linux there are still issue like to make K/Gnome so easy my mother could install it.
"...To put that in perspective that's 10 million lines more of code than the entire bulk of the Star Wars missile defence system that people said was unworkable."
This is kind of scary though. I was out to lunch with a friend on the w2k project and he told me he doesn't see the SRC tree and gets a new page of code with compile errors after each check in!
It's really good to see that there is work going on to progress these type of programs. What part of the problem with babelfish is that it doesn't quite get the job done. Several of my classmates have tried to cheat when writting a paper in a different language. Someone in Germany said this to me once in response to my translation...
"I know what you say, but I don't know what you say. You funny American!"
I'm going to have to agree with what's going on here. I'm sure that there is something in the EULA about this, and using their software is not a right.
// getting video card information to make games cooler and know if we need to support old crappy hardware.
it's simple...
HW_VidType getVideoInformation() {
return SYSTEM_VIDEO_TYPE;
}
I realize that this has been brought up before, but if linux/fbsd is going to thrive forward we can't support porjects like Opera that cost money
We would be better of supporting the mozollia project.
Justen Stepka
http://www.ruptime.com
Now that I've watched a few IPOs roll by I'm wondering what it takes to get these 'offers'? I've been using Linux/FreeBSD for years now and I've never gotten a letter. Is this saying that I'm a loser?!
Justen Stepka
http://www.ruptime.com
I find this open source option very wonderful. As a young developer I often look to 'advanced' code and try to learn what I can from those projects.
What I don't understand is why technology in general isn't being opensourced? Source code is nice, but things like digital hardware could also benifit from this. It would bring cost down and increase the derivative of the slope for advancement. Just and idea...
Justen Stepka
jstepka@webprogrammers.net
Overall this article hit head on. It really points out the facts that majority of the users are just users and really don't understand what's there at the heart of the subject. I love how the article talked about attacks on the writter vs what Bill Gates had to say. Somehow there needs to be stronger, more intellectual converstation about something rather than rants from uninformed users.