1) I think you're creating an exception for graphics. Reviews aren't benchmarks, and any review without scientific basis and measurements and open procedures wouldn't be a bias review. Eugenia is a great reviewer because she goes to use the distro and she writes anything that happens to annoy her. It's not meant to be reasonable, but you're supposed to be able to understand why the reviewer formed her opinions and emphathise with that.
2) There's nothing to suggest her computer hardware is flaky. She frequently says that issues she has when installing some software doesn't happen in other distros or in Windows/BeOS. One would assume that as it doesn't happen with some software that it's a software problem.
If there was no technical difference between Windows 3.11 and OSX Aqua would you consider getting annoyed at having to look at Win 3.11 all the time part of a valid review?
Of course aesthetics count. People have non-visual filesystem aesthetics too due to architecture and features. You're drawing a line in the sand when there's no differences to be found.
Personal taste is fine, especially when it's a public's taste.
As for the flaky hardware comment you're just making it up as you go along. She says that there is no problem with other distros and that it is just a problem with Mandrake.
In the last 6 months Microsoft's Balmer has revealed his strategy against OSS and Linux. He's trying to brand them an uninnovative rip-offs. That nothing original comes out of OSS. That if you trust in Microsoft's innovation you'll get a better product.
(which is not to say that it isn't true, but hell, as far as I'm concerned it applies equally to the roots of Windows too, and it's no bad thing)
They have also been trying to build up a community around them much more since.NET, but that's a lesser issue.
You're wrong. The L/GPL strictly forbids other licences that take away rights under the GPL. The is neccessary because of, for example, a situation where GPL software is taken by a company and in order to download it you have to sign a NDA that says redistribution is illegal.
But that's besides the point here. It's quite clear what the intention of opening the protocols was, and surrounding the protocol information an NDA would go against the spirit of the ruling (which may be illegal if it were solid, and it may be evil as much as anything is "evil").
Did Microsoft break the letter of the law? There's no information here. You may ignore any post following this one as there's no information to base any decision on.
Every other application doesn't use the same toolkits (MS Office, Windows Media Player, Open Office). I agree in theory about memory usage, but in practice widgets make up a small part of any application's memory usage. How about this proposal then: for a cross-platform application using native toolkits takes time away from application programming that can also affect performance. The only (as I know it) GUI library that compiles to native toolkits is WxWindows, but that's still an abstraction.
Besides, this argument is pointless. It's not like Mozilla could use a native toolkit. The page renderer couldn't be native a native toolkits on any platform still can't provide what's required of them by w3c standards (CSS, XForms, etc.) So with this requirement demanding a non-native page renderer be in memory we may as well use it for the application interface too. Although the native toolkit is most likely in memory already, it could be in RAM or a ram disk. Using the non-native page renderer would mean that the native toolkit could be paged-out to a RAM disk, so address your comment on memory footprint there's potential gain in not using two toolkits at once (as, again, that a non-native page renderrer was required for Mozilla).
I'm not saying there is or isn't bloat by this but it's not a question of non-native == bloat, or that non-native means less bloat. But it's clearly a gray area.
Yay! Another "Mozilla/Phoenix skins make it slow" post without evidence or statistics or anything. I think the moon makes my cheese swell, and other people have posted it too, so it's as good as fact.
No one complains that Microsoft Office uses non-native toolkits. People see an interface, and they see that it looks different, so they superficially blame what the the pretty designs and skins they see.
Look, you have no evidence that it's the skinning makes Mozilla/Phoenix slow, or that in principle using space for another toolkit as done by so many applications is somehow uniquely wrong for M/P.
You don't deserve that rating because you're not informative. Your post lacks anything tangible, and just repeats the party-line.
No, section 508 just covers government and businesses that want government money. ADA covers non-government services that are essential and public like air travel and supermarkets.
I thought so too, but if the Bitkeeper company goes bankrupt the source goes free, and it's the first code management software that Linux has ever had and apparently Linus likes it. It apparently helps development.
It'd be nice to hear what Linus thinks of it after a few months of use. I remember after a few weeks he hadn't yet settled into the software.
If you can't rely on it, why are you wasting your time doing it in the first place?
Because security isn't binary, good security is about lowering the odds of a break-in. Obscurity achieves this, and it can often be a very quick way of lowering the odds of intrusion.
It's worked for me for a month or two since I first tried. Install a postscript printer and then print from any app to a file. Open that postscript up in GSView and select 'Convert' from the file menu, then 'writePDF', hit OK and save.
Mooch? The whole idea of OSS is not to re-invent the wheel. OEone aren't taking and not giving back either - they've giving back a lot. They're obviously not mooching, you rude little boy.
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Yes. That's what being a monopoly means. It means you don't have sovereignty.
2) There's nothing to suggest her computer hardware is flaky. She frequently says that issues she has when installing some software doesn't happen in other distros or in Windows/BeOS. One would assume that as it doesn't happen with some software that it's a software problem.
Of course aesthetics count. People have non-visual filesystem aesthetics too due to architecture and features. You're drawing a line in the sand when there's no differences to be found.
Personal taste is fine, especially when it's a public's taste.
As for the flaky hardware comment you're just making it up as you go along. She says that there is no problem with other distros and that it is just a problem with Mandrake.
(which is not to say that it isn't true, but hell, as far as I'm concerned it applies equally to the roots of Windows too, and it's no bad thing)
They have also been trying to build up a community around them much more since .NET, but that's a lesser issue.
Totally Antdude, totally. I've noticed that too.
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But that's besides the point here. It's quite clear what the intention of opening the protocols was, and surrounding the protocol information an NDA would go against the spirit of the ruling (which may be illegal if it were solid, and it may be evil as much as anything is "evil").
Did Microsoft break the letter of the law? There's no information here. You may ignore any post following this one as there's no information to base any decision on.
I can't advise on hardware, but hire the movie "Pump Up The Volume" before you do anything.
Besides, this argument is pointless. It's not like Mozilla could use a native toolkit. The page renderer couldn't be native a native toolkits on any platform still can't provide what's required of them by w3c standards (CSS, XForms, etc.) So with this requirement demanding a non-native page renderer be in memory we may as well use it for the application interface too. Although the native toolkit is most likely in memory already, it could be in RAM or a ram disk. Using the non-native page renderer would mean that the native toolkit could be paged-out to a RAM disk, so address your comment on memory footprint there's potential gain in not using two toolkits at once (as, again, that a non-native page renderrer was required for Mozilla).
I'm not saying there is or isn't bloat by this but it's not a question of non-native == bloat, or that non-native means less bloat. But it's clearly a gray area.
Prove it's bloat. Go on, prove it. Prove the non-native toolkits affect speed. Prove that native toolkits aren't poorly written for speed.
Prove your argument.
No one complains that Microsoft Office uses non-native toolkits. People see an interface, and they see that it looks different, so they superficially blame what the the pretty designs and skins they see.
Look, you have no evidence that it's the skinning makes Mozilla/Phoenix slow, or that in principle using space for another toolkit as done by so many applications is somehow uniquely wrong for M/P.
You don't deserve that rating because you're not informative. Your post lacks anything tangible, and just repeats the party-line.
No, section 508 just covers government and businesses that want government money. ADA covers non-government services that are essential and public like air travel and supermarkets.
It'd be nice to hear what Linus thinks of it after a few months of use. I remember after a few weeks he hadn't yet settled into the software.
I speak of the love that dare not speak it's name!
So regardless of whether there's anything behind his accusations you need to defend yourself, legally, and this requires a lawyer.
So if you believe this guy is equipping for a fight then do the same. If you don't, then don't.
Simple as that.
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Make that archivestuff.co.nz, sorry. And hey, look, it's me, the fucking King of the World.
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BTW, I use the Apple LaserWriter Pro 600 driver.
It's worked for me for a month or two since I first tried. Install a postscript printer and then print from any app to a file. Open that postscript up in GSView and select 'Convert' from the file menu, then 'writePDF', hit OK and save.
Mooch? The whole idea of OSS is not to re-invent the wheel. OEone aren't taking and not giving back either - they've giving back a lot. They're obviously not mooching, you rude little boy.