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  1. Re:Problem with Motif on The Superior Motif? · · Score: 1

    Motif now supports Gtk themes.

  2. Re:UNIX is just a label on Is Mac OS X real UNIX®? · · Score: 1

    POSIX, UNIX etc is a standard, I can write sofware to the posix standard it'll run on on any posix system.

  3. Re:Can we please give them the benefit of the doub on Sony Violating GPL? · · Score: 1

    I once was working on some java code, and main was defined like: public static int main(String []argggggggggggs /* I'm a pirate*/) There was also a bunch of crap, like some constuctors for a few objects had the line super(size) // SUPER-SIZE it As well as some curse words and stuff. You realy should remove that kind of stuff before you release the code, GPL or not.

  4. Re:I am very tired of the letter X on xMach Announces Core Team · · Score: 1

    I like watching XXX DivX movies on QNX running X from websites written in XML.

  5. Re:Anti-aliasing. on Ximian Gnome 1.4 released · · Score: 1

    You can use AA fonts in your Gtk app easy, the problem is that the _Gtk_ API dosen't let apps allready written link to stuff that AA's the fonts.

  6. Re:I'm sure it's nice but... on Ximian Gnome 1.4 released · · Score: 1

    my gut tell me the latest paradigm shift is leading to customer centric initiatives and away from affinity marketing Good try, but you left out the words XML and e-.

  7. Re:Is it just me on Ximian Gnome 1.4 released · · Score: 1

    we also have stuff like elvis.

  8. Re:Who needs it... on Next Generation C++ In The Works · · Score: 1

    C# will be standardized by the EMCA, to do this they need to have it run on at least 2 different platforms. I'm sure MS is evil and stuff, but spreading FUD about them is not good.

  9. Re:What about garbage collection? on Next Generation C++ In The Works · · Score: 1

    You can run a garbage collector if you want. If you want GC'ed C or C++ look here ftp://parcftp.xerox.com/pub/gc/gc.html. C++ was made for system intensive stuff, a garbage collector is overhead(then again leaking memory is overhead).

  10. Re:misunderstatement on Embedded Linux Flexes Its Muscles @ ESC 2001 · · Score: 1

    ChorusOS is for realy big systems like telephone switching, threadX is just a cheap embedded OS that's not special at all, good for stuff like fancy caller ID or something. Never heard of Nuclues though.

  11. Re:misunderstatement on Embedded Linux Flexes Its Muscles @ ESC 2001 · · Score: 1

    QNX runs on alot of stuff, like SuperH, PPC, ARM and more.

  12. Re:PHP rocks... on PHP, Perl, Java Servlets - What's Right For You? · · Score: 1

    I thought assembler was the fastest.

  13. I often leave for comercials on Calling Out TiVo · · Score: 1

    I usualy do something during comercials, is that theft? Also it's funny that MS's TiVo thing looses disk space.

  14. Re:Linux vs. Obsolescence on When Your Hardware Isn't Obsolete Soon Enough · · Score: 1

    Last I checked, Linux had like 1% of the desktop market. If your computer was running fine before, you wont need linux, if some new application needs a faster computer than yours, you need the app, and chances are that it's not available on linux.

  15. Re:What is the "323" all about. on AI Movie Promo · · Score: 1

    It means 3 and then 23, 23 is also 2 and 3. What do 2 and 3 mean, they are Illuminati codes.

  16. Re:Spammers? on Next Devel Yopy Version To Run X and GTK+ · · Score: 1

    That's because there's a good chance that this thing is a scam. Anounce a product that will run Linux(WOW) and sell some free software, called a dev kit for 1000$, then eventualy say that the product will never be released becuase of money problems or something. Then do it all over again.

  17. Re:Well, there goes... on Rekall, Aethera, Kapital... Oh My · · Score: 1

    Or you can get GNUcash for free.

  18. Re:Why KDE.. on Trolltech Spills Beans On Qt 3.0 · · Score: 1

    The Gtk API's are fully object oriented, it just takes about 3 lines of code to make a subclass rather than 1.

  19. Re:I wish them all the best. on Eazel Tells All · · Score: 1

    We wouldn't want competition, that would lead to price wars and each company trying to 1 up the other in there products causing constant development and new better stuff.

  20. I guess this make other stuff OK on "Nuremberg Files" Decision Overturned · · Score: 1

    If I have a website can I post the alley that's hidden from view that your 9 year old child walks down every day after school?

  21. Re:The Importance of Freedom of Speech on "Nuremberg Files" Decision Overturned · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure something like 80% of republicans at the time voted for legislation and something like 60% of demecrats voted for legislation, can't remember were I read (or heard) that though, so I could be wrong.

  22. Re:Charging for GPL'd code ? on But You Can Download It For Free, Right? · · Score: 1

    The GPL means that you only have to give to give the source, you can sell pre-compiled linux and have all the source in sort of a mess on your site so that it takes weeks to get it working, but when someone gets it working then they can give a nice packaged distro to people for free. Free is kind of hard to compete with.

  23. Re:I've said it before... on CNET Reviews Windows XP Beta 2 · · Score: 1

    gcc warning 432: assigning int * to char *

    Jesus software like this makes me feel stupid and powerless when I use it!

    I forget what the actual gcc warnings look like I haven't used gcc in like 4 months.

  24. Re:WTF!!! on Linux Promises, Apple Delivers · · Score: 1

    You must not get out much, the average person has far less intiligence than most dogs. If I had a dog I would be insulted by your post.

  25. Re:It's too bad Apple is an Evil Corporation (TM) on Linux Promises, Apple Delivers · · Score: 1

    Mach is a microkernel, stuff like the file system, POSIX messaging queues, network protocols etc will be BSD based, Mach is just a software layer over hardware and nothing more. This means that the API's will be very much like UNIX. If the GUI library's use threads, file I/O, IPC or anything I'm sure it'll do it through the BSD API(or a wrapper API). The GUI library's aren't based on open standards though.