It is just like any other fat in the business (or govt.), it won't run at peak effeiciency if it doesn't have to. Right now, it doesn't have to. Ten failures get balanced by one success (using your numbers).
That sounds more like gambling... a crap shoot... than science.
I personally think that I should be able to use which ever interface I want... but, there is certainly some core functionality that could be abstracted out to a common layer, IMHO.
Perhaps this would be a good way to start? Standardize some of the functionality that is common... and perhaps provide a "Common Interface" API for programmers.
I personally think of Gnome and KDE as toolkits for application development... and not as a Desktop GUI, mainly because I can run Gnome apps on my KDE desktop... and vice versa.
What are you as a consumer agreeing to when you click 'I Agree' to a software installation?
I am agreeing that I understand that the only way to get this software that I bought from you to work on this fscking OS is to click this button.
I could train a monkey to do that... and in no way shape or form would it mean that the monkey met the legal requirements of agreeing to a contract.
And, since I see absolutely no other way to get the software I paid for to work... I don't see how it could be construed to mean anything other than "I want my software to work".
Now... what a lawyer might insist I agreed to... is a completely different story.
Well... Windows may still dominate "the market"... but, an "enterprise" and a "market" are totally different beasts.
I'm currently working on an "enterprise application" and the target browser is Mozilla 1.2.
Why?
Because with three flavors of Win95... and Win98... and WinMe... and W2k... and Win eXPerimental... and let's not forget the many versions of MacOS running all over the place...
Well... Mozilla was the only browser that would run (consistently enough) on them all.
And... it doesn't insist that we upgrade our operating system and upgrade our applications to work on the upgraded operating system... just to run a newer browser.
Oh yeah... the "enterprise" is a school district where we insist on:
1) A high return of investment for our software... just as our hardware. Constantly "upgrading" reduces ROI.
2) Teaching computers... not "Windows"
And don't kid yourself that this is happening just in schools. Many businessess consider IT to be a cost factor and are not convinced that the cash register will count money any better if they upgrade to the latest OS.
With many versions of Windows in your business... IE becomes less of an option because of MS "integration". What business wants is a browser that works... on *ALL* of its computers!
P.S. The application is for administrative & teacher use. But, we can't afford computers for the sole use of the teacher... we can't "standardize" the platform. That *would* change the equation.
So, the teachers use what is in the classroom... and that means we have to reach a very wide audience... and that means IE, for all of its "market share" is not an option.
While I agree (mostly) with what you have said... I don't see how the license SCO is touting to have with IBM is that much different than the GPL in terms of "viral" nature.
Aren't they laying claim to everything IBM implemented for AIX simply because AIX is a licensed UNIX?
the mere fact that their ideas become part of HTML proves that the community liked them, no ?
No.
It could merely be that the only reference "the community" used was written by the same company that made the browser that "the community" used to "test" the page with, and the same company also wrote the software they used to "write" the page with.
IOW... some company took advantage of the clueless drones that they created. That is, after all, their biggest asset.
After that, other browsers have to implement the same "errors" because it is easier than educating managers that *their* own sites are wrong and the one *you* made isn't... Even tho *their* site works in *their* browser, and *your* site does not.
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>>I don't see how browsers will get around it.
Perhaps that is why MS isn't going to ship a browser anymore...
Technicality? Yes. Exactly the kind that lawyer's like...
How about more efficient research?
Seriously...
It is just like any other fat in the business (or govt.), it won't run at peak effeiciency if it doesn't have to. Right now, it doesn't have to. Ten failures get balanced by one success (using your numbers).
That sounds more like gambling... a crap shoot... than science.
Well... in one way they have standardized.
They run on X.
So... perhaps the answer is to rework X.
I personally think that I should be able to use which ever interface I want... but, there is certainly some core functionality that could be abstracted out to a common layer, IMHO.
Perhaps this would be a good way to start? Standardize some of the functionality that is common... and perhaps provide a "Common Interface" API for programmers.
I personally think of Gnome and KDE as toolkits for application development... and not as a Desktop GUI, mainly because I can run Gnome apps on my KDE desktop... and vice versa.
And... more profit means more money to the foundation.
Where in N. Idaho are you? I live in Coeur d'Alene...
The last neighborhood I lived in... the water plant was across the street.
Downhill.
So, during power outages I had no water... because the water plant *pumped* it up the hill to my house.
Neighbors one street over were *below* the storage tank... and had water, because they were gravity fed.
So... you get one flush without power... then the toilet tank won't refill until the water plant pump comes back online.
Like they say. Sh*t happens...
He has.
He just hasn't felt the need to get congress involved, since he runs the jail-em department.
isn't the word "peaceably" referring to the type of assembly?
And... it is saying you can gather in a group to address your government... it doesn't have to be one-on-one.
As long as the assembly is peaceful.
I am agreeing that I understand that the only way to get this software that I bought from you to work on this fscking OS is to click this button.
I could train a monkey to do that... and in no way shape or form would it mean that the monkey met the legal requirements of agreeing to a contract.
And, since I see absolutely no other way to get the software I paid for to work... I don't see how it could be construed to mean anything other than "I want my software to work".
Now... what a lawyer might insist I agreed to... is a completely different story.
Wouldn't it be cool to have one pointed at every politician, every time they made public statements?
I like to leave the day off with a test that fails...
Then, the next morning... I run a "make test"
Fixing the failed test usually gets me back into the flow. If not, I write more tests.
If that doesn't get the juices flowing... I write docs and refactor code.
Yeah... I always thought it odd that I had to lower the security settings to increase the security of the system.
Notice how they don't mention returning the settings to their more secure setting?
I'll bite...
How is Visual Studio.Net an alternative for those wishing to develop for Linux, Mac OSX and Windows?
Well... Windows may still dominate "the market"... but, an "enterprise" and a "market" are totally different beasts.
.
I'm currently working on an "enterprise application" and the target browser is Mozilla 1.2
Why?
Because with three flavors of Win95... and Win98... and WinMe... and W2k... and Win eXPerimental... and let's not forget the many versions of MacOS running all over the place...
Well... Mozilla was the only browser that would run (consistently enough) on them all.
And... it doesn't insist that we upgrade our operating system and upgrade our applications to work on the upgraded operating system... just to run a newer browser.
Oh yeah... the "enterprise" is a school district where we insist on:
1) A high return of investment for our software... just as our hardware. Constantly "upgrading" reduces ROI.
2) Teaching computers... not "Windows"
And don't kid yourself that this is happening just in schools. Many businessess consider IT to be a cost factor and are not convinced that the cash register will count money any better if they upgrade to the latest OS.
With many versions of Windows in your business... IE becomes less of an option because of MS "integration". What business wants is a browser that works... on *ALL* of its computers!
P.S. The application is for administrative & teacher use. But, we can't afford computers for the sole use of the teacher... we can't "standardize" the platform. That *would* change the equation.
So, the teachers use what is in the classroom... and that means we have to reach a very wide audience... and that means IE, for all of its "market share" is not an option.
While I agree (mostly) with what you have said... I don't see how the license SCO is touting to have with IBM is that much different than the GPL in terms of "viral" nature.
Aren't they laying claim to everything IBM implemented for AIX simply because AIX is a licensed UNIX?
Because there is the implied question of how to solve a problem (getting x level of performance) within a certain budget?
You are right tho about the signal/noise ratio...
I found it much more comfortable to rotate my base station 90 degrees...
(Just in case he takes you seriously is spite of the smiley.)
the mere fact that their ideas become part of HTML proves that the community liked them, no ?
No.
It could merely be that the only reference "the community" used was written by the same company that made the browser that "the community" used to "test" the page with, and the same company also wrote the software they used to "write" the page with.
IOW... some company took advantage of the clueless drones that they created. That is, after all, their biggest asset.
After that, other browsers have to implement the same "errors" because it is easier than educating managers that *their* own sites are wrong and the one *you* made isn't... Even tho *their* site works in *their* browser, and *your* site does not.
Ok, so prove it's the better model.
Exactly, *you* can't - because only market forces over a period of time can do that.
Market forces can tell which is a better economic model... but that isn't what Open Source software is about, IMHO.
It especially doesn't mean squat about which is a better software development model!
How on earth can you patent something that already exist?
If the cells are in my body... isn't that "prior art".
Doesn't the PTO understand the difference between a discovery and an invention?
--Phillup