Having your idea protected gives you the time to get a big share of the market. If you have to compete, you don't earn that much. If you can block your
competetors for a while, you can use the experience advantage for your best.
Business is not nice. And it's not ment to be nice.
Are you a commie? You need big government to protect you?
You don't have to use it. In fact, we'd be better
off if you ignored it. However, it is a free
software project and is, therefore, of interest
to some of us. I suggest you ignore any threads
involving Gnome and you won't be frustrated over
the "hype".
What are some of uses anyone else has put it too?
Mostly, I use it as a launch bar for running
stuff like xterms, emacs, and netscape.
Occasionally I use some of the tools, but they
aren't of much use to me as I established my
Linux-use-habits well before Gnome or KDE (I spent
quite a bit of time using Linux without X in
'92-'94).
I very much agree with you about Ocaml. It's just
about the only thing I really like to use these days.
One minor thing to note is that I do actually like
the way Java requires you to declare a 'throws'
section in each method. I think this is good as
a documentation technique as well as an extra
level of compile-time checking. After developing
a fairly complex system using Ocaml, I had a
hell of a time trying to figure out which function
generated which exception. They were often very
deep in my code and sometimes very general and
I didn't have a clue as to where they were
generated (If a large program crashes with
'Not_found', you may have a problem figuring out
which function generated it). I've started doing
this with documentation, but it isn't as effective
as it would be if it were built-in.
Probably whoever impresses the HR person the most (the personable guy). Few people in the U.S. really care for any skill other than marketing these days. Much of the focus is on how much "quick" money a company can bring in. If you have an engineer that will look good and impress venture capitalists, then you probably have a (short-term) winning formula.
Hmm, maybe the answer to this question has something to do with whether the boss is a geek or a marketing guy:)
The reason the press isn't covering Bush's gaffes is because they want him in office. Think of how much fun everyone will have laughing at his mistakes. It will make great headlines and all the media people will make lots of money.
Let's get rid of all laws then. They're obviously not stopping crime, so why even bother?
I would say this was a good idea to consider with regard to drug and gun laws as well as some intellectual property situations
Plus with murder being legalized, we could get rid of the evil capitalist GPL-opponents once and for all
...who are more than willing to use evil socialist big-government to push around evil capitalist GPL-proponents...
But you probably don't.
There doesn't need to be a better argument. I can imagine all sorts of good behavioral restrictions that we could try to enforce by law, but we would ultimately fail. Just as copyrights, as they stand today, will ultimately fail.
I used to run SLS Linux with X on a 120 MB hard disk with plenty of room left over. It hasn't really grown that much since then if you don't include all the extras. The point is, you can make it whatever size you want.
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Business is not nice. And it's not ment to be nice. Are you a commie? You need big government to protect you?
I went to the page, but I didn't read it. Thus, I made a copy of the essay in my cache. I guess I violated his copyright.
You don't have to use it. In fact, we'd be better off if you ignored it. However, it is a free software project and is, therefore, of interest to some of us. I suggest you ignore any threads involving Gnome and you won't be frustrated over the "hype".
What are some of uses anyone else has put it too?
Mostly, I use it as a launch bar for running stuff like xterms, emacs, and netscape. Occasionally I use some of the tools, but they aren't of much use to me as I established my Linux-use-habits well before Gnome or KDE (I spent quite a bit of time using Linux without X in '92-'94).
I very much agree with you about Ocaml. It's just about the only thing I really like to use these days.
One minor thing to note is that I do actually like the way Java requires you to declare a 'throws' section in each method. I think this is good as a documentation technique as well as an extra level of compile-time checking. After developing a fairly complex system using Ocaml, I had a hell of a time trying to figure out which function generated which exception. They were often very deep in my code and sometimes very general and I didn't have a clue as to where they were generated (If a large program crashes with 'Not_found', you may have a problem figuring out which function generated it). I've started doing this with documentation, but it isn't as effective as it would be if it were built-in.
Which one will be employed?
:)
Probably whoever impresses the HR person the most (the personable guy). Few people in the U.S. really care for any skill other than marketing these days. Much of the focus is on how much "quick" money a company can bring in. If you have an engineer that will look good and impress venture capitalists, then you probably have a (short-term) winning formula.
Hmm, maybe the answer to this question has something to do with whether the boss is a geek or a marketing guy
There aren't enough geeks in management.
The reason the press isn't covering Bush's gaffes is because they want him in office. Think of how much fun everyone will have laughing at his mistakes. It will make great headlines and all the media people will make lots of money.
Let's get rid of all laws then. They're obviously not stopping crime, so why even bother?
...who are more than willing to use evil socialist big-government to push around evil capitalist GPL-proponents...
I would say this was a good idea to consider with regard to drug and gun laws as well as some intellectual property situations
Plus with murder being legalized, we could get rid of the evil capitalist GPL-opponents once and for all
But you probably don't.
There doesn't need to be a better argument. I can imagine all sorts of good behavioral restrictions that we could try to enforce by law, but we would ultimately fail. Just as copyrights, as they stand today, will ultimately fail.
I used to run SLS Linux with X on a 120 MB hard disk with plenty of room left over. It hasn't really grown that much since then if you don't include all the extras. The point is, you can make it whatever size you want.
This is the question I'd be most concerned with if I were in Europe.
Why should I care if they make a living? Why should I care if they are destroyed for that matter? I don't owe them a living.
Inbred WASP!
Has anyone else seen "The Big Lebowski" "We ahh nihilists! We don't believe in nothing!"
. . . are bash and emacs. Screw the desktop crap.
It has almost the speed of C, a good Unix library, bindings for all sorts of graphical environments, etc. It isn't SML, but it's great!