"What are you talking about? Can you name any Microsoft data format not covered.. even the DOC, XLS and PPT formats are documented to the last bit"
Do you seriously expect us to believe that, using those links, anyone could construct a fully compatible Word Processor. These specifications don't cover the hidden schemas in the msOffice binaries. I recall reading where someone unziped a DOCX file edited one of the tags, zipped it back up again, and msWord refused to read it.
"Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License". link
"The film itself -- as well as original footage and all the studio files -- will be released as free and open content; the Creative Commons Attribution license". link
"The likes of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Roger Ailes have had no problem showing Brilliant Jerks the door"
At least two of those could be described as their own 'brilliant jerk' and one of these was eventually hired back on, the other couldn't be fired. The jury's still out on how much damage he did to the computer industry. Roger Ailes is President of Faux News.
"During lunch, she asked us if there were any additional tools we needed to do our job more efficiently"
Don't ask, what's going on here is that neither of them will take responsibility of implementing changes. You may well wonder the managerial polotics that results in why you have to report to a non-technical administrator. Just install the thing and go ahead and start using it.
"Software components of the SLC technology will be made available under an Apache 2.0 permissive open source license, except to the extent that releasing code puts privacy and security of student data at risk.. Applications developed by third parties that are interoperable with but separate from the SLC technology will not be subject to the SLC open source license". link
"Minimum Application Requirements.. Applications must leverage SLC technologies. Full developer documentation can be found at dev.slcedu.org"
"Last week a subset of the SLC dev team headed north from OSCON to Seattle to host an SLC Camp for about 100 people at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Our goal was to give members of the team there a chance to ramp on the SLC technologies and their implications for K-12 education"
There are three key types of license under which OSS may be released:
- the GNU General Public License (GPL) requires that altered or extra code added to GPL software be also licensed under the GPL. This ensures the propagation of OSS but can cause licensing conflicts if GPL and proprietary software are combined.
- the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) license gives anyone the freedom to release updates or modifications of the software under any license they wish.
- the Lesser GPL (LGPL) is a compromise between the restrictive GPL and the permissive BSD. Altered LGPL software must continue under LGPL, but extra code can be added under almost any license the author wishes. Open for Business
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"What are you talking about? Can you name any Microsoft data format not covered .. even the DOC, XLS and PPT formats are documented to the last bit"
Do you seriously expect us to believe that, using those links, anyone could construct a fully compatible Word Processor. These specifications don't cover the hidden schemas in the msOffice binaries. I recall reading where someone unziped a DOCX file edited one of the tags, zipped it back up again, and msWord refused to read it.
"I can understand Microsoft may be frustrated with partners not following through on a long term strategy"
:)
Hee eee hey...
Assuming it uses solid-state switches in a switched-mode arrangement (e.g., pulse-width modulation with an adjustable duty cycle), the switches would still generate heat.
"Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License". link
"The film itself -- as well as original footage and all the studio files -- will be released as free and open content; the Creative Commons Attribution license". link
Now I've seen it, what's it about?
"The likes of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Roger Ailes have had no problem showing Brilliant Jerks the door"
At least two of those could be described as their own 'brilliant jerk' and one of these was eventually hired back on, the other couldn't be fired. The jury's still out on how much damage he did to the computer industry. Roger Ailes is President of Faux News.
It's obvious Miller went forward in time and stole Microsoft's innovations ..
"Too much of FOSS is based on emulating existing desktop software"
And that's why Microsoft is licensing Android to Googles OEMs.
"Where FOSS shines is in areas of technical interest that are not driven by the needs of the consumer"
Ubuntu 12.04 vs. Windows 8:
Xbmc + adalight + cinema experience
Duke Nukem 3D - Gameplay (Linux)
"During lunch, she asked us if there were any additional tools we needed to do our job more efficiently"
Don't ask, what's going on here is that neither of them will take responsibility of implementing changes. You may well wonder the managerial polotics that results in why you have to report to a non-technical administrator. Just install the thing and go ahead and start using it.
"The very thought of losing that pear-shaped giver of warm, yellow light drove Europeans to hoard Edison's invention"
That article produces no evidence that Europeans are hoarding light-bulbs.
"JPL developed AEGIS on Linux-based systems, then tested the software on research rovers" .. link
"Software components of the SLC technology will be made available under an Apache 2.0 permissive open source license, except to the extent that releasing code puts privacy and security of student data at risk .. Applications developed by third parties that are interoperable with but separate from the SLC technology will not be subject to the SLC open source license ". link
"Linux may be a serious contender for servers, but it's still a niche player in desktop"
...
Ubuntu from three years ago
Ubuntu vs. Gnome Shell
"Minimum Application Requirements .. Applications must leverage SLC technologies. Full developer documentation can be found at dev.slcedu.org"
"Last week a subset of the SLC dev team headed north from OSCON to Seattle to host an SLC Camp for about 100 people at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Our goal was to give members of the team there a chance to ramp on the SLC technologies and their implications for K-12 education"
It's a small price to pay for such a well polished distro ...
Spoofing a MAC address is not illegal ..
It never ceases to amuse me, the glazed look on peoples faces when they ask me how I deal with Windows viruses and I explain I don't use Windows ..
Distrowatch
It's not the browser but the underlying Operating System that is at fault.
distrowatch
"Whether the study is accurate or not is made irrelevant by the authors known bias"
Prof Jim Norton
There are three key types of license under which OSS may be released:
- the GNU General Public License (GPL) requires that altered or extra code added to GPL software be also licensed under the GPL. This ensures the propagation of OSS but can cause licensing conflicts if GPL and proprietary software are combined.
- the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) license gives anyone the freedom to release updates or modifications of the software under any license they wish.
- the Lesser GPL (LGPL) is a compromise between the restrictive GPL and the permissive BSD. Altered LGPL software must continue under LGPL, but extra code can be added under almost any license the author wishes. Open for Business
- greater innovation
- faster responce to change
- the ability to support a wide range of heterogeneous systems
- better access to skilled, motivated and innovative development and support staff
- faster exploitation of new technology developments
- the ability to draw on a global community for specilist knowlege and problem solving
- avoiding dependency on monopoly suppliers
- reduced total cost of owndership
- full visibility of, and thus confidence in the source code used Open for Business
`Intel said Clover Trail "is a Windows 8 chip" and that "the chip cannot run Linux"'.
.. what a coincidence ...
..
So Windows 8 uses four primary partitions and `Clover Trail' won't run Linux
"there's a lot of software work that has to go into a chip to support it in an operating system".
What a load of b****x, I wonder what contractual inducements they got from Redmond to make it just so
"Japan lies in one of the most seismically active areas of the world, at the junction of the Eurasian, Pacific, and Philippine Sea plates" link
Since when did we need a lawyer to write source code ?
"Legal pressure has forced Twitter to handed over messages sent by an Occupy Wall Street protester"
:)
If they haven't taken steps to anonymize the msgs, then silly them