DirectX Contains :
- 3D API (DirectGraphics)
- Sound and 3D Sound API (DirectSound)
- Network play API (DirectPlay)
- MIDI and music API (DirectMusic)
- Various drivers for Sound- and graphic-cards)
Watcom C/C++ 10.6 includes MFC development and still supports OS/2 and DOS (both 16bit and 32bit)
From the Watcom 10.6 Box:
Licensed components from:
MS Windows 3.1 SDK
MS Win32 SDK
MS MFC v3.2
MS MFC v2.52b
IBM OS/2 2.1 toolkit
IBM OS/2 1.3 toolkit
IBM SOM toolkit v2.0
Novell NLM SDK 4.0
think efforts like Gnome and KDE that try to put in place a gigantic, sluggish infrastructure and try to force everything to use the same libraries are largely a waste of time and effort. Not even Microsoft or Apple are that consistent.
KDE vs Windows architecture:
DCOP vs. COM automation
ActiveX controls vs. Kparts
Qt vs. MFC
aRts vs. DirectShow
Yes, Microsoft tries to make things consistent too ! (But KDE does a better job:p )
What if my religion or my spirtual beliefs say that we should share all information? There is a law, which specifically says that your religious beliefs come first.
What if my religion says that I don't have to go to school or do my homework ? What if my religion considers math as an "instrument of the devil" ? What if my religion says that I must kill all people that I don't like ??
I'm not trolling, but I find it sad that everyone has to copy Windows (Microsoft copied Apple, which copied Xerox, blah, blah).
Because everybody knows how to use Windows.
Why can't someone come up with a new UI paradigm that works better?
Now I keep hearing this alot. What is a "new UI paradigm" ?? Personally, The "click-with-the-mouse-on-a-window"-paradigm works pretty well for me. What would be a better system ? Please enlighten me...
Yeah sure... I mean... Of course we can force a humble web-designer who dedicates his SPARE time and DOES NOT MAKE ANY MONEY from it, to design his site the way WE want it...
Don't like Flash-sites ? Don't visit flash-sites!
But you can't force someone to change his site because YOU don't like it.
PS : the comparison between a web-designer and the MPAA is just plain stupid...
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And what has this to do with the orginal story ?
Oh ! I get it ! Its' your average anti-microsoft junkie talk!
Yep, and Open Source never suffers from a security bug ?? Gimme a break...
Bugs are everywhere, in every software package. Deal with it, live with it...
OpenGL is just graphics. DirectX is a lot more...
DirectX Contains :
- 3D API (DirectGraphics)
- Sound and 3D Sound API (DirectSound)
- Network play API (DirectPlay)
- MIDI and music API (DirectMusic)
- Various drivers for Sound- and graphic-cards)
I ran Win2k + MS Office 2K on a Pentium II 200Mhz with 96MB RAM and it worked perfectly.
Booting took some time, but after that it ran flawlessly...
You'd think the guy INVENTED Linux or something like that. What a jerk!
Yeah, everybody knows Al Gore invented it !
This is completely wrong !
Watcom C/C++ 10.6 includes MFC development and still supports OS/2 and DOS (both 16bit and 32bit)
From the Watcom 10.6 Box
Licensed components from
MS Windows 3.1 SDK
MS Win32 SDK
MS MFC v3.2
MS MFC v2.52b
IBM OS/2 2.1 toolkit
IBM OS/2 1.3 toolkit
IBM SOM toolkit v2.0
Novell NLM SDK 4.0
KDE vs Windows architecture:
DCOP vs. COM automation
ActiveX controls vs. Kparts
Qt vs. MFC
aRts vs. DirectShow
Yes, Microsoft tries to make things consistent too ! (But KDE does a better job
Would it be possible to use hand gestures through a web cam? That would be easier and more fun than using a mouse.
Think about all the cool jedi-mindtricks we can perform
it is interesting that IBM, who often claims to be a defender of Open Source Software, would be so negative
Can you say DB2 ??
hmm Dude... They give you a paycheck... that already qualifies as "Fair Trade"
What if my religion or my spirtual beliefs say that we should share all information?
There is a law, which specifically says that your religious beliefs come first.
What if my religion says that I don't have to go to school or do my homework ?
What if my religion considers math as an "instrument of the devil" ?
What if my religion says that I must kill all people that I don't like ??
nonetheless, nice try...
I'm not trolling, but I find it sad that everyone has to copy Windows (Microsoft copied Apple, which copied Xerox, blah, blah).
Because everybody knows how to use Windows.
Why can't someone come up with a new UI paradigm that works better?
Now I keep hearing this alot. What is a "new UI paradigm" ?? Personally, The "click-with-the-mouse-on-a-window"-paradigm works pretty well for me.
What would be a better system ? Please enlighten me...
Wow !! Imagine all the script-kiddies you're going to attract with that name !! *LoL*
Sorry... I didn't see the question-mark.
My apologies...
If Macromedia want everyone to use Flash, they should make sure everyone can.
That's why they OPEN-SOURCED the player !!
www.openswf.org
Yeah sure... I mean
Don't like Flash-sites ? Don't visit flash-sites! But you can't force someone to change his site because YOU don't like it.
PS : the comparison between a web-designer and the MPAA is just plain stupid...
No ! Why everybody keeps thinking that SWF is a non-open format ?!
Would you guys ever inform yourself before making stupid and false remarks : SWF is an open format !
check openswf.org.
The intermediate *.FLA files are closed formats, but you don't need them to generate Flash content.
Now how long will it take before I get modded down for making a correct statement...
>> Heute Slashdot, Morgen das Sonnensystem...
hehe... That's German. Dennis speaks Dutch. The correct translation would be :
Vandaag Slashdot, Morgen het universum...
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Check out ReactOS.
They are working on a GPL Windows emulator. It can already run some console-mode apps.
The G4 has less tranistors because it's a RISC processor (wich has fewer instructions -> less transistors).
Intel x86 series are CISC processors (more instructions -> more transistors).
They making games, videos for them?
Linux is joke because they make applications for it ??
I think you're the joker here...:-)
Zillion is just a club in Antwerp, Belgium. And I don't think you can put 10^15 people in there.
Hehe.. not anymore since they closed the place and our good friend Franky is in jail
(yeah,yeah... offtopic... I know...)