I'm pleased to see such a good piece of anti-FUD work aimed at managers.
The articles explains clearly that the key point in GPL is:
But this is not to say that the main benefit of Linux and other GPL software is lower-cost. Control is the main benefit--cost is secondary.
This quote is the most important : GPL gives you _control_ on the library you've choosen to link with your project. The library is not subject to stock prices or whatever non-IT reason. If you don't want the new features : don't upgrade, you don't like the new direction : fork the developement tree...
It's a kind of proof that the compiler actually works Its also necessay step if you're creating your language from scratch. For more precisions try : comp.compilers
For your abbreviation problem dry your tears and try http://www.everything2.com
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Maybe solar wind on then panels could be an answer ?
If what you're searching is an OS HTML rendering engine, you should have a look at TkHtml. Altough it's written as a Tk widget, it shouldn't be too difficult to port it to another language since its written in C.
Unless you're an advanced user you don't need to unzip untar or whatever to install a program.
If you're not using a Slackware 0.1a, you will be able to find some admin apps to manage your packages in your GNOME or KDE menu...
Compare comparable things : if you want to install something from the source under Windows, some actions a bit more complicated that next-next-next-finish are involved : your dad would have to launch MSVC++ and hapilly compile every new release of Word.
That's the point. The most important is how your PR dept will present your product : Jim McCarthy (responsible for early MS VC++'s releases) in Dynamics of Software Developement explains how it doesn't really matter what are your product's capabilities. The more important is to make people confident about it.
The matter in C# vs Java is who offers the easiest language. Users will pick the one they understand...
Strange but this article, albeit raising some intersting issues, seems to focus on excusing Microsoft flaws in developpement.
The article states that security holes are inherent to developement. That's OK, but what about their frequency ? Have a look at, let's say, Apache vs IIS
The question isn't if the code has security flaws. It certainly has. The point is the methods you use to avoid it. I think OpenSource has a way of resolving sercurities issues. OS has an army of benevolent geeks at his disposal. Competent people that know how to write a patch or at least submit a bug report.
On the other hand, MS only proposed a bug report interface with the recent XP.Sorry but, a Bill Gates company-wide memo to write better code is a PR operation, not a method.
Evolution envolves billions of years, and the evolution theory still needs to explain _how_ do the evolution is done (cf Lamarck vs Darwin or another). It would be mandatory to find out how it works prior to yell "it stopped! it stopped!"
By the way the article itself finishes discreting its main thesis:
'Evolution goes on all the time. You don't have to intervene. It is just that it is highly unpredictable. For example, brain size has decreased over the past 10,000 years
The move has antitrust implications: it potentially puts Microsoft at an advantage over Oracle and other competing SQL implementations every copy of Windows will effectively come with a light version of Microsoft SQL Server
Sorry I dont see how a light version of MS SQL Server and Oracle 9i could be playing in the same field...
Sorry but Linus Does Not Scale is a false statement. Who could say that (s)he could do better than Linus does.
It is an organizational problem. I think a system like bugzilla or another colaborative framework could be the solution.
The only matter is to find someone who as time and capalbilities to do and deploy it.
I've read once that most of code optimizations couldn't be implemented in GCC because they were patented by Intel or IBM or , does anyone as info about this ?
I'm no Adobe fan, but I've been working on PDF format for a few years and I found it great.
First, the filesize is ridiculous.
If you're comparing to plain text, yes. Otherwise, PDF have a built-in format that allows the producer to compress the PDF's streams (ie text and images) with a LZW algorithm.
They are in a closed format
These are java libraries for creating and editing PDFs :
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Sunblade 100, [...] 4 [...] time slower than a new Athlon XP 1.9.
OK but a Sunblade 2000 is 20 times faster !!!
AOL users will be able to surf slashdot.org without suffering from widening pages :-)
This troll's only "merit" is to bash a big company, and this is +4 ? :-(
It's hard to recall any industry which has so abused, neglected and exploited its customers and survived.
Altough industry is a bit strong, most kingdoms, religions, etc... seem to fit in your definition.
:-)
I'm pleased to see such a good piece of anti-FUD work aimed at managers.
:
...
The articles explains clearly that the key point in GPL is
But this is not to say that the main benefit of Linux and other GPL software is lower-cost. Control is the main benefit--cost is secondary.
This quote is the most important : GPL gives you _control_ on the library you've choosen to link with your project. The library is not subject to stock prices or whatever non-IT reason. If you don't want the new features : don't upgrade, you don't like the new direction : fork the developement tree
It's a kind of proof that the compiler actually works
Its also necessay step if you're creating your language from scratch. For more precisions try : comp.compilers
For your abbreviation problem dry your tears and try http://www.everything2.com
Maybe solar wind on then panels could be an answer ?
(J2ME) as its core operating system.
The Java OS thing sounded bizarre to me, so I went to sun.com and found out that the whole J2ME thing works under Linux or VxWorks : the real OS.
Do someone has more info on this ?
OK, OK, I'll write a "click the banners" perl script too, so they can buy some bandwidth.
It's called junkbuster
If what you're searching is an OS HTML rendering engine, you should have a look at TkHtml. Altough it's written as a Tk widget, it shouldn't be too difficult to port it to another language since its written in C.
Wouldn't this mean "follow Apple" ?
Unless you're an advanced user you don't need to unzip untar or whatever to install a program.
...
If you're not using a Slackware 0.1a, you will be able to find some admin apps to manage your packages in your GNOME or KDE menu
Compare comparable things : if you want to install something from the source under Windows, some actions a bit more complicated that next-next-next-finish are involved : your dad would have to launch MSVC++ and hapilly compile every new release of Word.
Maybe it will help Amoeba's take off
:-)
It is a very valuable marketing point
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That's the point. The most important is how your PR dept will present your product : Jim McCarthy (responsible for early MS VC++'s releases) in Dynamics of Software Developement explains how it doesn't really matter what are your product's capabilities. The more important is to make people confident about it.
The matter in C# vs Java is who offers the easiest language. Users will pick the one they understand
Strange but this article, albeit raising some intersting issues, seems to focus on excusing Microsoft flaws in developpement.
The article states that security holes are inherent to developement. That's OK, but what about their frequency ? Have a look at, let's say, Apache vs IIS
The question isn't if the code has security flaws. It certainly has. The point is the methods you use to avoid it. I think OpenSource has a way of resolving sercurities issues. OS has an army of benevolent geeks at his disposal. Competent people that know how to write a patch or at least submit a bug report.
On the other hand, MS only proposed a bug report interface with the recent XP.Sorry but, a Bill Gates company-wide memo to write better code is a PR operation, not a method.
Evolution envolves billions of years, and the evolution theory still needs to explain _how_ do the evolution is done (cf Lamarck vs Darwin or another). It would be mandatory to find out how it works prior to yell "it stopped! it stopped!"
:
By the way the article itself finishes discreting its main thesis
'Evolution goes on all the time. You don't have to intervene. It is just that it is highly unpredictable. For example, brain size has decreased over the past 10,000 years
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:-)
IMO this would mean that slashdot is in a black hole
From the article:
The move has antitrust implications: it potentially puts Microsoft at an advantage over Oracle and other competing SQL implementations every copy of Windows will effectively come with a light version of Microsoft SQL Server
Sorry I dont see how a light version of MS SQL Server and Oracle 9i could be playing in the same field...
Sorry but Linus Does Not Scale is a false statement. Who could say that (s)he could do better than Linus does.
It is an organizational problem. I think a system like bugzilla or another colaborative framework could be the solution.
The only matter is to find someone who as time and capalbilities to do and deploy it.
I've read once that most of code optimizations couldn't be implemented in GCC because they were patented by Intel or IBM or , does anyone as info about this ?
You're right I've written too fast :-(
I'm no Adobe fan, but I've been working on PDF format for a few years and I found it great.
o cs/PDFRef.pdf
First, the filesize is ridiculous.
If you're comparing to plain text, yes. Otherwise, PDF have a built-in format that allows the producer to compress the PDF's streams (ie text and images) with a LZW algorithm.
They are in a closed format
These are java libraries for creating and editing PDFs :
pj[Open Source, GPL]
Big Faceless[Commercial w/ Evaluation]
retepPDF[Open Source, LGPL]
Java Pdf Library[Open Source, LGPL]
PDFGo[commercial]
rugPDF0.20[Open Source, LGPL]
By the way the closed format has an open specification : http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/acrosdk/d
As google also bases its search on the domain name ...
From here