Surley the reason some software has to suck is that you need software that sucks to have software that's good. If all software was good how would we know if it was good ?! We'd have no frame of reference ! To quote Beavis and Butt-head "You need stuff that sucks to have stuff that's cool"
There are ways or making good software but I'm keeping my ideas to myself for now. I need my uni end of year project to have some originality.
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I bought this and started reading it (even though I wanted to finish "The Diamond Age" first). I have to say that, speaking as someone who has only been using Linux for two years, it has provided me with a decent and easy to understand history of the Linux operating system. It is interesting to see how Linux has turned from a hobby into a commercial OS even though (at the time) it was never intended. Also, the views and opinions are pretty non-biased. It's as negative about RMS as it is positive !
A colleague of mine was at Uni with Alan Cox and is still really good friends with him. If anyone's interested apparently he does a really good chinese.
But I digress...
It's a really interesting read so far. I still haven't finished The Diamond Age as I keep picking this up. Just to finish, the UK version has a slightly different - and in my opinion better - cover. I think it's the lettering;-)
Do you really think Sun can be bothered in tracking good unless they have legitimate reason to. Such as Saddam Hussain pinching Sun machnines for his own evil world domination plans. Think about it that way and maybe you can understand.
Claric
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There are ways or making good software but I'm keeping my ideas to myself for now. I need my uni end of year project to have some originality.
rgds, Claric
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A colleague of mine was at Uni with Alan Cox and is still really good friends with him. If anyone's interested apparently he does a really good chinese.
But I digress...
It's a really interesting read so far. I still haven't finished The Diamond Age as I keep picking this up. Just to finish, the UK version has a slightly different - and in my opinion better - cover. I think it's the lettering ;-)
Claric
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I hate politics, especially in the computer industry.
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Do you really think Sun can be bothered in tracking good unless they have legitimate reason to. Such as Saddam Hussain pinching Sun machnines for his own evil world domination plans. Think about it that way and maybe you can understand.
Claric
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There's no problem that can't be solved with a suitable amount of high explosives.
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