It's the "big lie". What is the charger for an Android phone? Oh right, a standard USB cable. What is the charger for an Apple product? Oh right, an electric chair waiting to happen. Compounded by the aluminum case. Hey isn't that the same aluminum case that makes an awful antenna?
MoC is just one, survivable irritation. I programmed it out of my sight without too much effort. Compared to never, ever being able to fix C + GTK to be anything remotely resembling pleasant to work with.
Qt3 to Qt4 required you to change your code to support Qt4.
Annoying, but pretty easy from first hand experience. Compared to nigh on impossible according to reports I have seen from devs attempting similar "updades" across GTK versions that share little other than name and warped attempt to make C sit up and do OOP tricks it just isn't suited to.
Doing that OOP stuff in plain old C is just a travesty. Should have ended many years ago, but for all the self-interested spin and PHBs involved. Anybody remember that company that lost $40 million writing a file browser for Gnome (Nautilus) that ultimately was completely discarded except for some of the expensive artwork?
I like OpenOffice just as much as the next gal or guy, but it never competed with Office. You need something like Outlook before we can even start talking about competing, and then it's just the start of it.
Nonsense. I haven't used any Microsoft office products for years, and it isn't because I haven't been doing word processing, spreadsheeting and presentations. Judging by the download numbers (hundreds of millions) I guess I am not alone.
If Libreoffice does end up dominating (Openoffice still has the most old and new users because of inertia and name recognition) then it will be convincing evidence of the evolutionary superiority of copyleft.
At this point I'm betting on Libreoffice + LGPL. Hope I don't get any "libertarian license" jihadis steamed about that, but this just seems like reality.
What do you mean, "a bit"? Bunny sled... birds crapping in the hair of 99% invented character... chased by tens of thousands of orcs, no problem... axe embedded permanently in skull of living dwarf... more Hollywood screen writing than actual Tolkein content... just for starters...
The only way anybody will get sucked into buying an ipad mini is if they never compare the resolution, processors specs, etc, to the Nexus 7, among others. Going to be some pretty annoyed Apple customers out there when they discover the trick, possibly by being laughed at.
Don't be disingenuous. Start with the screen resolution and continue on from there.
What's this, Apple astromods in denial that ipad mini was obsolete from the day it was introduced? Got to give you this much, assholes: you are persistent.
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It's the "big lie". What is the charger for an Android phone? Oh right, a standard USB cable. What is the charger for an Apple product? Oh right, an electric chair waiting to happen. Compounded by the aluminum case. Hey isn't that the same aluminum case that makes an awful antenna?
Apple: think deadly.
Is it really necessary to point out the irony of your post?
Whoa, seems like jihadi astromods don't like feeling embarrassed.
I guess the kernel doesn't matter. Only the icon theme.
Not even. Only the shiny aluminum case matters.
Until it electrocutes you of course
It's fine, really...
Black knight: "'tis but a scratch."
MoC is just one, survivable irritation. I programmed it out of my sight without too much effort. Compared to never, ever being able to fix C + GTK to be anything remotely resembling pleasant to work with.
Qt3 to Qt4 required you to change your code to support Qt4.
Annoying, but pretty easy from first hand experience. Compared to nigh on impossible according to reports I have seen from devs attempting similar "updades" across GTK versions that share little other than name and warped attempt to make C sit up and do OOP tricks it just isn't suited to.
Agreed, the MOC was and is idiotic and unnecessary. But lies firmly in the "wart" category compared to the inoperable liver disease of GTK(1/2/3/)(+)
Doing that OOP stuff in plain old C is just a travesty. Should have ended many years ago, but for all the self-interested spin and PHBs involved. Anybody remember that company that lost $40 million writing a file browser for Gnome (Nautilus) that ultimately was completely discarded except for some of the expensive artwork?
I wonder when LIbreOffice will finally merge back with OpenOffice.
Never, the LibreOffice licence doesn't allow it. Good thing too.
...Especially considering how much they are just copy/pasting features and bug fixes.
That is FUD and you are either an ass or just stupid. Hard to tell which is the greater offense.
Whoa, what have we got here today? Oracle astromods or Apache astromods? Hard to tell.
Is it really necessary to point out the irony of your post?
Dullard. The one song in that hollywoodized movie came off well and was arguably the high point of the movie.
remember that 12 years ago Sun gave us a office application that competed well with MS
I'm grateful to Sun for that, I don't give a fuck about Oracle.
And I don't give a fuck about Oracle employees with mod points.
Then you haven't been paying attention.
I wonder when LIbreOffice will finally merge back with OpenOffice.
Never, the LibreOffice licence doesn't allow it. Good thing too.
...Especially considering how much they are just copy/pasting features and bug fixes.
That is FUD and you are either an ass or just stupid. Hard to tell which is the greater offense.
I like OpenOffice just as much as the next gal or guy, but it never competed with Office. You need something like Outlook before we can even start talking about competing, and then it's just the start of it.
Nonsense. I haven't used any Microsoft office products for years, and it isn't because I haven't been doing word processing, spreadsheeting and presentations. Judging by the download numbers (hundreds of millions) I guess I am not alone.
remember that 12 years ago Sun gave us a office application that competed well with MS
I'm grateful to Sun for that, I don't give a fuck about Oracle.
If Libreoffice does end up dominating (Openoffice still has the most old and new users because of inertia and name recognition) then it will be convincing evidence of the evolutionary superiority of copyleft.
At this point I'm betting on Libreoffice + LGPL. Hope I don't get any "libertarian license" jihadis steamed about that, but this just seems like reality.
Forgot about China, did we?
..use it to light the grill in the afternoons. You can't do that with an iPad....
What makes you think that?
Community weeklies distributed for free in street boxes seem to be hanging in there.
Right, good point. But Interesting to note that Microsoft isn't just failing in its consumer facing efforts.
Even the Hobbit was a bit disappointing.
What do you mean, "a bit"? Bunny sled... birds crapping in the hair of 99% invented character... chased by tens of thousands of orcs, no problem... axe embedded permanently in skull of living dwarf... more Hollywood screen writing than actual Tolkein content... just for starters...
The only way anybody will get sucked into buying an ipad mini is if they never compare the resolution, processors specs, etc, to the Nexus 7, among others. Going to be some pretty annoyed Apple customers out there when they discover the trick, possibly by being laughed at.
In what way was the mini obsolete?
Don't be disingenuous. Start with the screen resolution and continue on from there.
What's this, Apple astromods in denial that ipad mini was obsolete from the day it was introduced? Got to give you this much, assholes: you are persistent.
In what way was the mini obsolete?
Don't be disingenuous. Start with the screen resolution and continue on from there.