Plenty of higher end networking gear is BSD based, there's really no reason you couldn't use BSD for lower end gear other than your parts supplier might not have ready made drivers or images for you to modify
You pretty much nailed the problem. Board support packages (not just raw drivers) for WiFi router chips are much more available/complete/mature for Linux than for BSD.
So people are not leaving the GPL. Linux probably never had such a large share of the WiFi router market, while BSD is close to 0%.
However, if GPL had been more permissive this whole incident would never have happened.
Of course it wouldn't. And Linux/U-Boot/Busybox wouldn't be as great as they currently are because corporations wouldn't have contributed back to these projects.
This issue is why people are leaving... the GPL and going to BSD, MIT, others.
Last time I checked, WiFi routers are still full of GPLed software such as Linux, u-boot and busybox.
What's the BSD or MIT alternative? The only manufacturer selling BSD-based routers I know is Apple. I don't think companies such as Linksys, Netgear or TP-Link have the resources to develop their own OS. It's either they use Linux and comply with the GPL, or pay for a proprietary alternative.
CTIA - "The Best App of CTIA by the Techlicious 2012 Best of CTIA Awards"
PC Magazine - "PC Magazine Best Apps"
TRUSTe - Received "TRUSTe Privacy Seal"
Global Mobile Internet Conference App Space - "A top 50 app"
Thanks, I will take a note to never trust these web site reviews.
Unfortunately, unlike non-Apple desktop computers, cars aren't designed to be repaired easily. They are designed to look good, so screws are hidden, custom parts are used, and even when there are standard parts (such as tires), they use so many different sizes that you will be lucky to own two cars with the same tire format.
While I have seen a lot of viruses on Windows PCs, I have never seen an Android "harmful app" or virus. They probably exist, but I tend to believe that they are only installed on less than 0.5% of Android phones.
I've seen a lot of crapware with too much permissions and lots of ads, just like on iOS, but nothing the user didn't agree with.
Soon enough, all these apps will be forgotten and replaced by better alternatives, just like nobody still use WinZip or any other file archiver with a nag screen.
The Macs with Retina displays are second-to-none. Visually spectacular that nothing comes close to.
It would be an argument for those working in graphism or video editing. But for a physics student? Really? Who cares about the color reproduction of C++ code? Even a cheap TN panel is enough. I agree that resolution matters, however. But there are many laptops with high resolution displays. 1920x1080 is good enough. You can do with less if you work primarily on an external display.
Whether it's easy to learn or not doesn't have much to do with its current spread and usage. A few wars going the opposite way and this web site would have been in French.
English is used because it's the language of the UK, which ended up winning most colonial wars, surpassing France and the other European colonial powers in a crucial part of history. But even that is not enough. If the USA ended-up being a poor 3rd world country (like many other UK colonies), English would not have its current clout. If the language of colonial-era UK had been Yiddish or Mandarin, it would have still been the world language today. It's all about history, and not about ease of learning. Nobody learns English because of it's characteristics as a language. People learn it because it is useful.
But making a living out of selling only placebos should be considered a fraud. And I am not talking about producing placebos for randomized trials, but about the profession of homeopath.
Many DVR last for years. Mine is stil going strong after 3 years. It's a central DVR, which means anytime one TV's receiver is turned on, the DVR starts recording for rewind purposes.
Then that should have been a point for peaceful negotiation.
What tells you it wasn't? The UN plan didn't come out of nowhere. The Arabs/Palestinians said they were against the plan. The UN still pushed it forward, instead of trying to find a compromise acceptable to all parties.
Israel withdrew troops and settlements from Gaza, hoping for peaceful neighbors.
It's as if I were your neighbor, robbed your home, gave you back half of your belongings, and then hoping that we would be in good terms. Of course the Palestinians are not going to be happy with only Gaza.
I have yet to hear someone suggest a course that Israel could have taken at any point, that would have had a peaceful solution.
You are wrong. There are tons of possibilities that would lead to peace. The question is to find an acceptable one. But if Israel only wanted peace (at any cost), they could move out of the region and give the whole land to Palestine. While I don't support that plan, I am sure that there are many others less drastic solutions which would lead to peace instantly (such as moving back to the UN plan). Hamas has support for the same reasons that right-wings extremists have support within Israel. Each side is taking the hard line in this conflict. But yes, it is true that any plan for peace means compromises for Israel as they currently have control over much more land than originally planned.
There is no such thing as "Palestine" at this time.
There is a Palestine. Just because it is not recognized by most western countries and Israel doesn't mean it doesn't exists. It doesn't have a single government with control on its whole territory (but neither does Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and many others), but it still exist.
There is only Hamas, the elected Government of the Gaza Strip, and the rival Fatah, which is a de facto Government of the West Bank
Well of course as long as Palestine remains geographically divided by force by Israel, and that free movement between the two parts isn't allowed, it's likely to continue this way. But that wasn't the plan. The UN planned for a contiguous Palestine (although it had two crossings points shared with Israel).
There is a certain amount of cooperation between these groups, but at the same time they still fight and kill each other, too
As if it was the only place in the world with a civil war or tensions between factions.
More Arabs would have supported the plan if they were given more land. It's never black or white. Of course the most extremists would have refused to give up even 1% of the land. But with the proposed UN plan, more land was given to the Jews, even if they represented only a third of the population. With such conditions, even moderate Arabs rejected the plan and no matter if we agree or not with them, it's easy to understand. This conflict will never be solved with Israel continuing its expansion. The most realistic plan is for Israel to withdraw from West Bank and East Jerusalem, and to give full control, with international recognition, to Palestine. Israel will still have a much larger share of British Palestine than they originally deserved, but at least the Palestinians would have a state. Another important condition is for Israel to allow the return of refugees and for Hamas to stop rocket launches but the best hope about this last condition is either to have an international peace keeping force, or for the Palestinians themselves to have the means to control Hamas.
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Plenty of higher end networking gear is BSD based, there's really no reason you couldn't use BSD for lower end gear other than your parts supplier might not have ready made drivers or images for you to modify
You pretty much nailed the problem. Board support packages (not just raw drivers) for WiFi router chips are much more available/complete/mature for Linux than for BSD.
So people are not leaving the GPL. Linux probably never had such a large share of the WiFi router market, while BSD is close to 0%.
However, if GPL had been more permissive this whole incident would never have happened.
Of course it wouldn't. And Linux/U-Boot/Busybox wouldn't be as great as they currently are because corporations wouldn't have contributed back to these projects.
This issue is why people are leaving... the GPL and going to BSD, MIT, others.
Last time I checked, WiFi routers are still full of GPLed software such as Linux, u-boot and busybox. What's the BSD or MIT alternative? The only manufacturer selling BSD-based routers I know is Apple. I don't think companies such as Linksys, Netgear or TP-Link have the resources to develop their own OS. It's either they use Linux and comply with the GPL, or pay for a proprietary alternative.
So you are saying that corporations don't trust the GPL because they do not comply with the GPL? Seems like an easy fix isn't it?
CTIA - "The Best App of CTIA by the Techlicious 2012 Best of CTIA Awards"
PC Magazine - "PC Magazine Best Apps"
TRUSTe - Received "TRUSTe Privacy Seal"
Global Mobile Internet Conference App Space - "A top 50 app"
Thanks, I will take a note to never trust these web site reviews.
Yeah, part of the problem is that too many customers buy cars based on look instead of repairability and durability.
Unfortunately, unlike non-Apple desktop computers, cars aren't designed to be repaired easily. They are designed to look good, so screws are hidden, custom parts are used, and even when there are standard parts (such as tires), they use so many different sizes that you will be lucky to own two cars with the same tire format.
Flashlight app? I use the one built-in to my OS.
While I have seen a lot of viruses on Windows PCs, I have never seen an Android "harmful app" or virus. They probably exist, but I tend to believe that they are only installed on less than 0.5% of Android phones.
I've seen a lot of crapware with too much permissions and lots of ads, just like on iOS, but nothing the user didn't agree with.
Soon enough, all these apps will be forgotten and replaced by better alternatives, just like nobody still use WinZip or any other file archiver with a nag screen.
Nah, you are talking about twitter.
Many high end Samsung (and I guess LG) phones are made in South Korea. Working conditions are much better than in China.
Why not integrate the toilet to their seat? They would be all day long on a toilet.
Neither was one called "Salad" or "Tofu".
The Macs with Retina displays are second-to-none. Visually spectacular that nothing comes close to.
It would be an argument for those working in graphism or video editing. But for a physics student? Really? Who cares about the color reproduction of C++ code? Even a cheap TN panel is enough. I agree that resolution matters, however. But there are many laptops with high resolution displays. 1920x1080 is good enough. You can do with less if you work primarily on an external display.
Whether it's easy to learn or not doesn't have much to do with its current spread and usage. A few wars going the opposite way and this web site would have been in French.
English is used because it's the language of the UK, which ended up winning most colonial wars, surpassing France and the other European colonial powers in a crucial part of history. But even that is not enough. If the USA ended-up being a poor 3rd world country (like many other UK colonies), English would not have its current clout.
If the language of colonial-era UK had been Yiddish or Mandarin, it would have still been the world language today. It's all about history, and not about ease of learning. Nobody learns English because of it's characteristics as a language. People learn it because it is useful.
I disagree; English is relatively easy to learn, therefore it has become the world's de-facto common language.
The fact that English has become the word's language has nothing to do with its ease of learning.
I am sure the chauffeur's union of America would agree with such a fine system. No billionaire would ever drive himself again.
Is that anti-virus have way to much false positives and they don't care.
But making a living out of selling only placebos should be considered a fraud. And I am not talking about producing placebos for randomized trials, but about the profession of homeopath.
Many DVR last for years. Mine is stil going strong after 3 years. It's a central DVR, which means anytime one TV's receiver is turned on, the DVR starts recording for rewind purposes.
Then that should have been a point for peaceful negotiation.
What tells you it wasn't? The UN plan didn't come out of nowhere. The Arabs/Palestinians said they were against the plan. The UN still pushed it forward, instead of trying to find a compromise acceptable to all parties.
Israel withdrew troops and settlements from Gaza, hoping for peaceful neighbors.
It's as if I were your neighbor, robbed your home, gave you back half of your belongings, and then hoping that we would be in good terms. Of course the Palestinians are not going to be happy with only Gaza.
I have yet to hear someone suggest a course that Israel could have taken at any point, that would have had a peaceful solution.
You are wrong. There are tons of possibilities that would lead to peace. The question is to find an acceptable one. But if Israel only wanted peace (at any cost), they could move out of the region and give the whole land to Palestine. While I don't support that plan, I am sure that there are many others less drastic solutions which would lead to peace instantly (such as moving back to the UN plan). Hamas has support for the same reasons that right-wings extremists have support within Israel. Each side is taking the hard line in this conflict. But yes, it is true that any plan for peace means compromises for Israel as they currently have control over much more land than originally planned.
The proposed jewish area was still more valuable (yes, even with the negev desert) and larger.
There is no such thing as "Palestine" at this time.
There is a Palestine. Just because it is not recognized by most western countries and Israel doesn't mean it doesn't exists. It doesn't have a single government with control on its whole territory (but neither does Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and many others), but it still exist.
There is only Hamas, the elected Government of the Gaza Strip, and the rival Fatah, which is a de facto Government of the West Bank
Well of course as long as Palestine remains geographically divided by force by Israel, and that free movement between the two parts isn't allowed, it's likely to continue this way. But that wasn't the plan. The UN planned for a contiguous Palestine (although it had two crossings points shared with Israel).
There is a certain amount of cooperation between these groups, but at the same time they still fight and kill each other, too
As if it was the only place in the world with a civil war or tensions between factions.
More Arabs would have supported the plan if they were given more land. It's never black or white. Of course the most extremists would have refused to give up even 1% of the land. But with the proposed UN plan, more land was given to the Jews, even if they represented only a third of the population. With such conditions, even moderate Arabs rejected the plan and no matter if we agree or not with them, it's easy to understand. This conflict will never be solved with Israel continuing its expansion.
The most realistic plan is for Israel to withdraw from West Bank and East Jerusalem, and to give full control, with international recognition, to Palestine. Israel will still have a much larger share of British Palestine than they originally deserved, but at least the Palestinians would have a state. Another important condition is for Israel to allow the return of refugees and for Hamas to stop rocket launches but the best hope about this last condition is either to have an international peace keeping force, or for the Palestinians themselves to have the means to control Hamas.