Do you think that if linux has a really sweet web browser people will switch to it?
This is not the point. The point being made which concerns linux on the desktop is that once linux has a decent web browser there will be one less reason to use another operating system.
Most works of science fiction, cyberpunk or otherwise, setup a dualism between two different sets of values. One of these being human values - life, freedom, and beauty of form - and the other technological values - efficiency, accuracy, and function. Examples of this can be found in almost any work of science fiction from Shelley to Chricton. In Neuromancer, Gibson shows this in part through the battle between the humans and the AI. If, as Person says, postcyberpunk revolves around a world where there is no conflict between the two value sets then perhaps it presents itself as a new genre.
While I agree with most of what ESR says in his responses to many of Bexroukov's objections, he relies on works other than "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" to make most of his points. Seeing as the original criticisms were based primarily on what is said in CatB ("Homesteading the Noosphere" was mentioned, once) shouldn't Raymond have stuck with this?
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From Carmack's current .plan, I'd say that this is not the case. The game is simply finished for the most part.
I am very happy with how Q3 turned out. Probably more than any game we have done before, it's final form was very close to its initial envisioning.
Do you think that if linux has a really sweet web browser people will switch to it?
This is not the point. The point being made which concerns linux on the desktop is that once linux has a decent web browser there will be one less reason to use another operating system.
Most works of science fiction, cyberpunk or otherwise, setup a dualism between two different sets of values. One of these being human values - life, freedom, and beauty of form - and the other technological values - efficiency, accuracy, and function. Examples of this can be found in almost any work of science fiction from Shelley to Chricton. In Neuromancer, Gibson shows this in part through the battle between the humans and the AI. If, as Person says, postcyberpunk revolves around a world where there is no conflict between the two value sets then perhaps it presents itself as a new genre.
While I agree with most of what ESR says in his responses to many of Bexroukov's objections, he relies on works other than "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" to make most of his points. Seeing as the original criticisms were based primarily on what is said in CatB ("Homesteading the Noosphere" was mentioned, once) shouldn't Raymond have stuck with this?
but did they have to make it so much like telefragged?
Is there any real reason to stop using the old logo here? I'd like to see it continued.