I think you exaggerate a bit too much. I just took receipt of a Dell PowerEdge 750 1u server. It had no OS, not even FreeDOS. The only thing on the hard drive was a small diagnostic partition.
And don't try to tell me MS can build an assembly channel that's more efficient than Dell's. Other companies have been down that road before, and mostly ended up as charred rubble (similar to WalMart's competitors in the retail space).
But Apple thought it would be better if the iPod could do less. So their engineers pulled a bunch of all-nighters to make sure that the iPod couldn't play just any music a customer might have laying around. They called this DRM.
Sure, because we all agree that the iPod would be better without an easy, integrated way for people to legally obtain the music they want to listen to.
Let's see, we've got a music service that no one uses and a spyware-ridden player that users detest. Let's make a desperate grab at the most popular player on the market so as to save our sorry, mismanaged asses from bankruptcy.
Oh and BTW, everyone on./ will be on our side, because we'll talk about open and compatible formats, even though neither we nor Apple have one.
We don't need your crappy 'music store' and its 3 paying customers. Take your 70 supported devices, each of which have about 0.3% market share, and go play in a food processor.
#1). First, Red Hat hasn't exactly been friendly to the Linux community. They write kernel patches all the time for Red Hat and don't submit them to kernel.org That doesn't seem like very friendly community behavior to me.
I suppose employing noted kernel hackers such as Ingo Molnar and Robert Love isn't 'friendly' to you?
The battle for the Linux desktop has really been heating up lately, and with the planned release of several big commercial apps (Macromedia), it's getting even hotter.
As a bit of a GNOME fanboy, I hope GTK+ and friends can lure ISVs to use G-technologies when porting their programs. GNOME currently seems to have a large base of commercial support, although I've heard QT is being used in commercial development more. The integration of commercial apps with a desktop platform could be a make-or-break for said platform, especially as Linux market share grows and more Aunt Tillies and suits move off of Windows.
I've got a bone to pick with the FA though; it states that FOSS needs a new high level language and toolkit pronto if it's going to lure new developers. I haven't heard of the Adobes, Macromedias, or Intuits of the world scrambling to rewrite their apps in.NET; what makes HP think that GTKmm or QT isn't good enough? Don't believe the hype dude; the MS marketing machine has been blowing a lot of smoke up a lot of asses.
Fallout 1 & 2 were the best computer RPGs I have ever played (and continue to play through occasionally). Fortunately Interplay, in their infinite wisdom, decided to kill off their only division that made games worth two shits - Black Isle Studios, responsible for the Fallout and Baldur's Gate games.
P.S. Thanks to Omnigroup for great Mac OS X ports of FO1 & FO2!
Anyway, think about it. When a user has Notes installed, it is far more than just email. They instantly have access to a wide range of applications, some of which can be extremely complex. They can participate in complicated workflow applications simply by having the Notes client; they don't even need to access the databases where these applications are written.
When a user has a web browser installed, they instantly have access to a wide range of applications, some of which can be extremely complex. They can participate in complicated workflow applications simply by having the browser application; they don't even need to access the databases where these applications are written.
Think about some of the brilliant executives out there, and trying to show them how to use some new travel approval database. Then consider that all a good programmer needs to do is send the relevant info to the exec when necessary, and the exec simply clicks Yes, No, whatever and it's done. All from email. I don't know any other email programs that do that out of the box. You'll need about 5 different applications within Microsoft to do that for Outlook.
Think about some of the brilliant executives out there, and trying to show them how to use some new travel approval database. Then consider that all a good programmer needs to do is send a link to the web application in an email, and the exec simply clicks the link, clicks Yes, No whatever and its done. All from email + a web browser. You'll need to pay a bunch of money to IBM and install a bloated, b0rked client to do that for Notes.
Pshaw! Take your populist message elsewhere, drone!
If we here at Slashdot represented the masses, we'd all be watching Friends right now. Especially since our computers crash a lot and Windows 97 always crashes when we click on the Internet.
Excellent! I just have to wait until 2006 to start my blog!...or, I could download Movable Type today. Of course, I'd miss out on all the great wizards if I did that.
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3 of which are asking who Ulrich Drepper is. *sigh* The ./ IQ drops further each day.....
I think you exaggerate a bit too much. I just took receipt of a Dell PowerEdge 750 1u server. It had no OS, not even FreeDOS. The only thing on the hard drive was a small diagnostic partition.
And don't try to tell me MS can build an assembly channel that's more efficient than Dell's. Other companies have been down that road before, and mostly ended up as charred rubble (similar to WalMart's competitors in the retail space).
So get a mac mini, and install linux/mythtv on it :P
But Apple thought it would be better if the iPod could do less. So their engineers pulled a bunch of all-nighters to make sure that the iPod couldn't play just any music a customer might have laying around. They called this DRM.
Sure, because we all agree that the iPod would be better without an easy, integrated way for people to legally obtain the music they want to listen to.
Let's see, we've got a music service that no one uses and a spyware-ridden player that users detest. Let's make a desperate grab at the most popular player on the market so as to save our sorry, mismanaged asses from bankruptcy.
./ will be on our side, because we'll talk about open and compatible formats, even though neither we nor Apple have one.
Oh and BTW, everyone on
Great business plan guys! Give Robby G a raise.
Consumers? You mean all 3 of them?
Dear Real:
We don't need your crappy 'music store' and its 3 paying customers. Take your 70 supported devices, each of which have about 0.3% market share, and go play in a food processor.
Your friend,
Steve
P.S. No one gives two shits about Helix either!
Heh, you mean the same card as the consumer model, only 5x the price and artificial limitations removed from the drivers?
RTFFAQ, it doesn't mess up PGP.
ResEdit.
http://pyobjc.sourceforge.net/
Robert Love works for Ximian. I just finished reading his blog; his 'Project Utopia' was still stuck in my brain.
#1). First, Red Hat hasn't exactly been friendly to the Linux community. They write kernel patches all the time for Red Hat and don't submit them to kernel.org That doesn't seem like very friendly community behavior to me.
I suppose employing noted kernel hackers such as Ingo Molnar and Robert Love isn't 'friendly' to you?
The battle for the Linux desktop has really been heating up lately, and with the planned release of several big commercial apps (Macromedia), it's getting even hotter.
.NET; what makes HP think that GTKmm or QT isn't good enough? Don't believe the hype dude; the MS marketing machine has been blowing a lot of smoke up a lot of asses.
As a bit of a GNOME fanboy, I hope GTK+ and friends can lure ISVs to use G-technologies when porting their programs. GNOME currently seems to have a large base of commercial support, although I've heard QT is being used in commercial development more. The integration of commercial apps with a desktop platform could be a make-or-break for said platform, especially as Linux market share grows and more Aunt Tillies and suits move off of Windows.
I've got a bone to pick with the FA though; it states that FOSS needs a new high level language and toolkit pronto if it's going to lure new developers. I haven't heard of the Adobes, Macromedias, or Intuits of the world scrambling to rewrite their apps in
Much as when you're surfing the net now and your browser auto-learns how to play new types of Media because a website can push you the players
Yeah, because we all love it when that happens.
Hear hear! Bubble Ghost _rocked_.
"nice elegant Sendmail"?? The same one whose configuation syntax is only slightly distinguishable from line noise?
I want some of what you're smoking.
Fallout 1 & 2 were the best computer RPGs I have ever played (and continue to play through occasionally). Fortunately Interplay, in their infinite wisdom, decided to kill off their only division that made games worth two shits - Black Isle Studios, responsible for the Fallout and Baldur's Gate games.
P.S. Thanks to Omnigroup for great Mac OS X ports of FO1 & FO2!
Anyway, think about it. When a user has Notes installed, it is far more than just email. They instantly have access to a wide range of applications, some of which can be extremely complex. They can participate in complicated workflow applications simply by having the Notes client; they don't even need to access the databases where these applications are written.
When a user has a web browser installed, they instantly have access to a wide range of applications, some of which can be extremely complex. They can participate in complicated workflow applications simply by having the browser application; they don't even need to access the databases where these applications are written.
Think about some of the brilliant executives out there, and trying to show them how to use some new travel approval database. Then consider that all a good programmer needs to do is send the relevant info to the exec when necessary, and the exec simply clicks Yes, No, whatever and it's done. All from email. I don't know any other email programs that do that out of the box. You'll need about 5 different applications within Microsoft to do that for Outlook.
Think about some of the brilliant executives out there, and trying to show them how to use some new travel approval database. Then consider that all a good programmer needs to do is send a link to the web application in an email, and the exec simply clicks the link, clicks Yes, No whatever and its done. All from email + a web browser. You'll need to pay a bunch of money to IBM and install a bloated, b0rked client to do that for Notes.
OTN is what you're looking for. Free downloads of eval versions of pretty much anything they've got. Registration required, of course :)
Pshaw! Take your populist message elsewhere, drone!
If we here at Slashdot represented the masses, we'd all be watching Friends right now. Especially since our computers crash a lot and Windows 97 always crashes when we click on the Internet.
Damn, who runs that place nowadays? Larry McVoy?
Excellent! I just have to wait until 2006 to start my blog! ...or, I could download Movable Type today. Of course, I'd miss out on all the great wizards if I did that.
"It looks like you are trying to write a Microsoft-bashing post! Would you like me to manually delete it for you, or do you want your Windows license to be revoked?"