and, they should unbundle Microsoft(R) Notepad(tm) as well. i mean, how can GNU EMacs compete with software like Microsoft(R) Notepad when Notepad is bundled with the operating system. This is unfair competition at it's worst.
Microsoft should only be allowed to ship the Windows Kernel by itself. OEMS should be forced to separately license Microsoft(R) BootLoader XP, Microsoft(R) IDE Driver XP, Microsoft Calculator XP, Microsoft Notepad XP, etc.
This will allow GNU EMacs to better compete with Microsoft Notepad in the market for text-editing software.
According to a witness interviewed on MSNBC, the people from the second building were NOT evacuated when the first building was hit. At that point, they had no idea what really was going on and assummed it was an accident.
Netscape's plugin API is their equivelent to ActiveX on Microsoft's side. Why does anyone complain about this? If Microsoft should be forced to support Netscape APIs, should Netscape be forced to support ActiveX?
Seriously, the plugin API is losing support. Why would a developer create a Netscape plugin on the Windows platform? Sure, it would make sense to develop as plugin for other platforms, but on Windows, it simply makes more sense to create an ActiveX control because not only could the object be used in a web page, but in any activeX container (very common on teh windows platform).
And if you even mention security issues in regards to what I just discussed, you don't know what you are talking about: they are both running native code and have the same vulnerabilities, therefore you don't run either one from untrusted sources.
I'm not trolling, I would like intelligent discussion on this, really!
The Code may be GPL'ed, but how are the artwork, maps, etc? While it's true that anyone can do anything with the code (compliant with GPL terms), they would have to have sunspire's "ok" to re-release the artwork and maps and things.
Except no one in their right mind would buy a P4 with SDRAM.
PC133 memory kills any performance advantage the P4 has. See Tom's Hardware for benchmarks.
Until they support DDR, there is no real alternative to Rambus for P4s. If you are spending money on an overpriced P4, you are wasting your money if you use PC133 SDRAM.
On the other hand, Athlons work rather nicely with DDR, and are a much better value.
This is kind of random, but what if when the source code of some modified GPL software is requested, a company decides to distribute source that has been so badly obfuscated that it is useless?
Would they still be following the GPL (as they ARE giving their source code which they have modified) or would they be in violation?
On difference that I know of is that the Home Edition supports ONLY 1 CPU while the Pro edition supports 2 (Server 4, more expensive versions support more yet).
The division would probably takes 0 clock cycles as any decent compiler would optimize those instructions out being though the value is never used for anything.
According to this page. Borland will be releasing an "open edition" of Kylix by mid-year. This version will be able to be downloaded (or purchased) for $99--a bit more reasonable than $999.
Looks like they just wanna rip off some Linux-hype/bandwagon corporate folks while they can.
You weren't expecting Kylix for free, now, were you?
What's there and what's not
The source code available at Openoffice.org is the majority of the current source code under development for StarOffice 6.0. Not available are certain 3rd party source code (for example: printing, spell checking); we will explain this situation further in the week following the launch, please bear with us. The source code is pre Alpha code and is undergoing extensive development and change.
So, no, it's not alpa, it's pre-Alpha.:) And that also explains why you can't print or spell check.
Does Freenet have similar capabilities for spamming as Gnutella does? I know Gnotella has spam filters for things like FlatPlanet, but there (seems to be nothing) from stopping someone from posting a useful looking file only to really be an advertisement. If Freenet is completely anonymous, then there won't be any real way to block spammers, is there?
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and, they should unbundle Microsoft(R) Notepad(tm) as well. i mean, how can GNU EMacs compete with software like Microsoft(R) Notepad when Notepad is bundled with the operating system. This is unfair competition at it's worst.
Microsoft should only be allowed to ship the Windows Kernel by itself. OEMS should be forced to separately license Microsoft(R) BootLoader XP, Microsoft(R) IDE Driver XP, Microsoft Calculator XP, Microsoft Notepad XP, etc.
This will allow GNU EMacs to better compete with Microsoft Notepad in the market for text-editing software.
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According to a witness interviewed on MSNBC, the people from the second building were NOT evacuated when the first building was hit. At that point, they had no idea what really was going on and assummed it was an accident.
Netscape's plugin API is their equivelent to ActiveX on Microsoft's side. Why does anyone complain about this? If Microsoft should be forced to support Netscape APIs, should Netscape be forced to support ActiveX? Seriously, the plugin API is losing support. Why would a developer create a Netscape plugin on the Windows platform? Sure, it would make sense to develop as plugin for other platforms, but on Windows, it simply makes more sense to create an ActiveX control because not only could the object be used in a web page, but in any activeX container (very common on teh windows platform). And if you even mention security issues in regards to what I just discussed, you don't know what you are talking about: they are both running native code and have the same vulnerabilities, therefore you don't run either one from untrusted sources. I'm not trolling, I would like intelligent discussion on this, really!
The Code may be GPL'ed, but how are the artwork, maps, etc? While it's true that anyone can do anything with the code (compliant with GPL terms), they would have to have sunspire's "ok" to re-release the artwork and maps and things.
PC133 memory kills any performance advantage the P4 has. See Tom's Hardware for benchmarks.
Until they support DDR, there is no real alternative to Rambus for P4s. If you are spending money on an overpriced P4, you are wasting your money if you use PC133 SDRAM.
On the other hand, Athlons work rather nicely with DDR, and are a much better value.
This is kind of random, but what if when the source code of some modified GPL software is requested, a company decides to distribute source that has been so badly obfuscated that it is useless?
Would they still be following the GPL (as they ARE giving their source code which they have modified) or would they be in violation?
On difference that I know of is that the Home Edition supports ONLY 1 CPU while the Pro edition supports 2 (Server 4, more expensive versions support more yet).
The division would probably takes 0 clock cycles as any decent compiler would optimize those instructions out being though the value is never used for anything.
According to this page. Borland will be releasing an "open edition" of Kylix by mid-year. This version will be able to be downloaded (or purchased) for $99--a bit more reasonable than $999.
Looks like they just wanna rip off some Linux-hype/bandwagon corporate folks while they can.
You weren't expecting Kylix for free, now, were you?
The simplest solution though is FreeDOS: a free, open source MS-DOS clone. I made a boot disk with it that works fine for BIOS updates and such.
What's there and what's not
The source code available at Openoffice.org is the majority of the current source code under development for StarOffice 6.0. Not available are certain 3rd party source code (for example: printing, spell checking); we will explain this situation further in the week following the launch, please bear with us. The source code is pre Alpha code and is undergoing extensive development and change.
So, no, it's not alpa, it's pre-Alpha. :) And that also explains why you can't print or spell check.
Try a search for Linux on Google. Not all the time, but sometimes I get something like this at the top of the page:
News:
Sorting out the Office-on-Linux rumors (CNET - 8/24/2000)
VA Linux shares up sharply after earnings (Excite Reuters - 8/24/2000)
Businesses can't ignore Linux (ZDNet News - 8/20/2000)
Does Freenet have similar capabilities for spamming as Gnutella does? I know Gnotella has spam filters for things like FlatPlanet, but there (seems to be nothing) from stopping someone from posting a useful looking file only to really be an advertisement. If Freenet is completely anonymous, then there won't be any real way to block spammers, is there?