I will buy one from dell, or perhaps a thinkpad from IBM. No doubt these notebooks will be priced at a premium that does not reflect their perfomance simply because they were owned by somebody "famous".
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Those of you out there who actually want a compiler that compiles ISO C++ as opposed to some GNU-defined subset would do well to check out the Kuck and Associates C++ compiler. Alright, its not free, but then, you get what you pay for, right ?
yeah, that really pisses me off too. Its like, I KNOW what the GNU project is, and I know about the FSF, there's no need to keep ramming it down our throats.
It was inevitable I suppose, as Linux is now on the verge of making really big money and go toe-to-toe with Microsoft in a few years.
Bwwwaaaaaahaaaahaaaahaaahaaahaaaaaa.
I spilled my coffee all over my screen and keyboard when I read that.
toe-to-toe with Microsoft. Are you INSANE ?
Microsoft has something called a business model.
It also has something called a strategy
It also has something like 100 Billion Dollars of cash in its checking account
Do you Linux weenies really really believe in this fantasy world you talk about ?
You have obviously never spent any time inside a large corporation or you would
realise that Windows has WON THE BATTLE.
It is simply not cost-effective to even evaluate other operating systems.
Unfortunately for you Linux Zealots, it turns out Operating systems are a natural monopoly, and Billy Boy 0WNz Y0UR 4553s
You know, I had never really thought about it before
but the GPL manages the amazing feat of combining
the worse excesses of Communism with the control-freakery
of Fascism. No wonder Stallman is such a strange character.
The cognative dissonance must be almost unbearable for him!
Then it's still through their actions or inactions that their code is now GPLed. Again, there is nothing viral about the GPL.
The GPL IS viral. It INFECTS any derived works which must then be subject to the same license. For example if Sybase ported their database to Linux, they would then have to make the source code of Sybase available to anyone. Including Oracle !!! - You can see how this is a viral quality of the GPL license.
Now the problem we have is that coroporations exist to create value for their stockholders. Why would anyone in their right mind risk giving away the crown jewels (their source code) by using something with a viral license like the GPL ?
Its not "stealing". The BSD license gives corporations the freedom to make money from their development efforts, unlike the GPL.
Its interesting you mentioned Apple. Apple currently has the most fantastic version of Unix ever developed thanks to the BSD license.
Now you can argue till your blue in the face about free as in beer or free as in speech. Fact is for around the same price as a redhat distro, you can buy MacOS X - and have a Unix experience which is orders of magnitude more pleasant than the insecure, bug-ridden, inconsistent GUI nightmare that is Linux and X11.
So yes, BSD is an evil capitalist license. It just so happens that the USA is an evil capitalist country. If you want Communism, go to Europe and use the GPL. If you love your country and want to help in the war against terrorism, BSD is the way to go.
The point is, hardly anyone reads these licenses. In the case of Windows software, they just click 'I Agree' and in the case of Linux software, they actually have to be aware that there is a LICENSE.TXT file and go and read it.
Combine this obscurantism with the fact that a large proportion of IT management are borderline illiterate, and certinly have little or no legal knowledge and you have a recipe for GPL disaster.
Fortunately the GPL has never been upheld in a court of law, and never will be. How on earth can unzipping a tarfile possibly commit me to a legal contract ? Answer - It cannot. The GPL is really little more than RMS's Communist fantasy.
Far better to simply use the BSD license. After all since the GPL has no legal standing, by using the GPL you are effectively using the BSD license anyway.
What is it with NASA ? They don't seem happy unless they are flushing American citizen's money down the lavatory. The Hubble space telescope is a big waste of time. You can get just the same effects by using a large ground based array of radio telescopes.
The Hubble has been a disaster from start to finish. They should put it out of its misery and save the American taxpayer a whole bunch of money at the same time.
It is reported that closing down NASA would save every individual American $734 EACH YEAR!!! That is more than the entire US Military and Farm subsidies PUT TOGETHER!!!
The BSD license seems to be the best of all the 'open' licenses. This is because of all the freedoms it grants. It also lacks the 'viral' nature of the GPL which is also a much more restrictive license.
If WINE is to make inroads into the corporate sector, the BSD license is the way forward. The GPL has negative connotations due to RMS's somewhat anti-corporate stance and communistic leanings, neither of which play well to corporations or the general public in these days of the war against terrorism.
So, to sum up, the BSD license is the way forward.
I'd love to see some free/open software that does stuff like this.
Me too, but I doubt it will ever happen. This is not the kind of effort that interests the open source development community, since the projects they work on are (on the whole) not large enough to warrant such tools.
I saw some evidence that the X-Consortium have started to use Rational ClearCase for their conf mangaement, I would love to see a free tool with the capabilities of ClearCase, but again Open Source developers have other more interesting things to work on.
We do not need to be told that something is funny or not. I am fed up with this myth going around that geeks have no sense of irony or humor. those morons at adequacy are always doing that.
So can we get rid of 'its funny - laugh' it just insults the entire slashdot readership.
I realise I may be moderated as off topic. I would remind potential moderators of the moderation guidelines.
thank you
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Say whay you like about Micro$oft and Billy-boy, but the 'Redmond Retards' sure know how to market their "technologies".
Why would anyone in their right mind want to buy into this Microsoft "philosophy" is beyond me. Oh wait, I get it, it's the almighty buck again.
What self-respecting perl hacker would touch this Microsoft contaminated version ?
'Washington police are building what will be the nation's biggest network of surveillance cameras to monitor shopping areas, streets, monuments and other public places in the U.S. capital, a move that worries civil liberties groups
Yeah, I wonder who else will be "worried". Here's a quick list off the top of my head. Car Jackers, Drunks, Drug Addicts, Shoplifters, Vagrants, Gang-Bangers and Terrorists.
They say you can judge a man by the company he keeps. That's how I like to judge these so-called civil libertarians. They seem to keep company with some strange people. Like the ACLU and the KKK.
I've been waiting for this moment for a long time. Quantum physics has for too long been the realm of theoreticians. Those math-obsessed introverts who see the beauty in a differential equation, but cannot find out how to make a buck from it.
Maybe if this quantum-entanglement authenticator takes off, it will lead naturally to quantum computers.
Imagine how easy it would be to crack strong crypto if you had one of those quantum computers on the case!!!
I don't understand why you say that. I've never seen anyone complaining about them here on slashdot. In fact, I've heard nothing but praise. Indeed it was by following a link from here that I found the site. I find adequacy.org to be an hilarious expose of the sheer volume of stupidity on the Internet. I actually find it educational.
I mean, sure some of the humor is a little juvenile, and theres little subtlety to be found, but have you ever followed the links in those articles ? Some serious research and effort must go into that.
As for Icke, the guy is so paranoid, he is the paranoid's paranoid. If you picked your nose, he could find 10 conspiracies which would explain why you did it. Involving UFOS, the CIA, the tri-lateral commission, the CFR, the Illuminati, the Bilderburg group, the Reptiles from the lower fourth dimension, etc etc etc.
Talent like adequacy.org and davidicke.com is in short supply on the Internet. I'm just amazed they don't charge subscriptions!
I have been spending some time perusing several 'tech-savvy' websites, such as David Icke's homepage and the controversial adequacy.org. It occured to me that the developers of these sites are in a very real sense "information artists", using the web as their medium, and controversy as their brush, they paint a glorious tapestry of color across the Internet, informing, entertaining and above all, appealing to our aesthetic instincts in a way no other artwork can.
Hats off to the new Information Artists! We salute you!
Its true, the Netherlands is enlightened. However outside every Albert Heijn you will find several drug-crazed people to hassle you for money. I wonder if this is connected to the free food ?
Its true the Netherlands is a pragmatic country, but one wonders how long this character can survive now they have joined the E.U.
My guess is that the EU will force the Netherlands to close down its 'coffee shops', and tone down its 'sex industry' because it offends the puritanical elements.
Cisco dumped hundreds of millions worth of unsold stock into a landfill
I don't believe this for one minute. The whole point of stocks is that if demand goes down, so does the price. Its more likely that Cisco would hang onto its stock even buying more back if the price was low.
Be sure to check out the Blackcomb glacier. I believe the entrance is at the top of the Horstman T-bar after short hike up a small hill. Enter via the 'blow hole' if you are feeling brave. Keep up and to the right when you approach the frozen lake bed, or you will be walking a long way.
Enjoy, and I hope your trolling sk1llz are improved by the fresh air. I know mine were.
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I will buy one from dell, or perhaps a thinkpad from IBM. No doubt these notebooks will be priced at a premium that does not reflect their perfomance simply because they were owned by somebody "famous".
KAI C++ compiler for linux
yeah, that really pisses me off too.
Its like, I KNOW what the GNU project is, and I know about the FSF, there's no need to keep ramming it down our throats.
Logic and reason tend to take a back seat where the GPL is concerned.
It was inevitable I suppose, as Linux is now on the verge of making really big money and go toe-to-toe with Microsoft in a few years. Bwwwaaaaaahaaaahaaaahaaahaaahaaaaaa.
I spilled my coffee all over my screen and keyboard when I read that.
toe-to-toe with Microsoft. Are you INSANE ?
Microsoft has something called a business model.
It also has something called a strategy
It also has something like 100 Billion Dollars of cash in its checking account
Do you Linux weenies really really believe in this fantasy world you talk about ?
You have obviously never spent any time inside a large corporation or you would
realise that Windows has WON THE BATTLE.
It is simply not cost-effective to even evaluate other operating systems.
Unfortunately for you Linux Zealots, it turns out Operating systems are a natural monopoly, and Billy Boy 0WNz Y0UR 4553s
You know, I had never really thought about it before
but the GPL manages the amazing feat of combining
the worse excesses of Communism with the control-freakery
of Fascism. No wonder Stallman is such a strange character.
The cognative dissonance must be almost unbearable for him!
The GPL IS viral. It INFECTS any derived works which must then be subject to the same license. For example if Sybase ported their database to Linux, they would then have to make the source code of Sybase available to anyone. Including Oracle !!! - You can see how this is a viral quality of the GPL license.
Now the problem we have is that coroporations exist to create value for their stockholders. Why would anyone in their right mind risk giving away the crown jewels (their source code) by using something with a viral license like the GPL ?
Its interesting you mentioned Apple. Apple currently has the most fantastic version of Unix ever developed thanks to the BSD license.
Now you can argue till your blue in the face about free as in beer or free as in speech. Fact is for around the same price as a redhat distro, you can buy MacOS X - and have a Unix experience which is orders of magnitude more pleasant than the insecure, bug-ridden, inconsistent GUI nightmare that is Linux and X11.
So yes, BSD is an evil capitalist license. It just so happens that the USA is an evil capitalist country. If you want Communism, go to Europe and use the GPL. If you love your country and want to help in the war against terrorism, BSD is the way to go.
Combine this obscurantism with the fact that a large proportion of IT management are borderline illiterate, and certinly have little or no legal knowledge and you have a recipe for GPL disaster.
Fortunately the GPL has never been upheld in a court of law, and never will be. How on earth can unzipping a tarfile possibly commit me to a legal contract ? Answer - It cannot. The GPL is really little more than RMS's Communist fantasy.
Far better to simply use the BSD license. After all since the GPL has no legal standing, by using the GPL you are effectively using the BSD license anyway.
The Hubble has been a disaster from start to finish. They should put it out of its misery and save the American taxpayer a whole bunch of money at the same time.
It is reported that closing down NASA would save every individual American $734 EACH YEAR!!! That is more than the entire US Military and Farm subsidies PUT TOGETHER!!!
If WINE is to make inroads into the corporate sector, the BSD license is the way forward. The GPL has negative connotations due to RMS's somewhat anti-corporate stance and communistic leanings, neither of which play well to corporations or the general public in these days of the war against terrorism.
So, to sum up, the BSD license is the way forward.
Me too, but I doubt it will ever happen. This is not the kind of effort that interests the open source development community, since the projects they work on are (on the whole) not large enough to warrant such tools.
I saw some evidence that the X-Consortium have started to use Rational ClearCase for their conf mangaement, I would love to see a free tool with the capabilities of ClearCase, but again Open Source developers have other more interesting things to work on.
I don't get it. What is a digital screen ? Are you seriously trying to tell me you have LCD screens big enough for a movie theater ?
Theres other products out there too, All are expensive.
So can we get rid of 'its funny - laugh' it just insults the entire slashdot readership.
I realise I may be moderated as off topic. I would remind potential moderators of the moderation guidelines.
thank you
Why would anyone in their right mind want to buy into this Microsoft "philosophy" is beyond me. Oh wait, I get it, it's the almighty buck again.
What self-respecting perl hacker would touch this Microsoft contaminated version ?
What next ? Microsoft Java for
You don't get it do you ? Slashdot is first and foremost a 'Troll' site, much like adequacy. You spelled 'propagating' incorrectly too.
Yeah, I wonder who else will be "worried". Here's a quick list off the top of my head. Car Jackers, Drunks, Drug Addicts, Shoplifters, Vagrants, Gang-Bangers and Terrorists.
They say you can judge a man by the company he keeps. That's how I like to judge these so-called civil libertarians. They seem to keep company with some strange people. Like the ACLU and the KKK.
Maybe if this quantum-entanglement authenticator takes off, it will lead naturally to quantum computers.
Imagine how easy it would be to crack strong crypto if you had one of those quantum computers on the case!!!
2) see 1
3) Fuck off, Wanker.
I mean, sure some of the humor is a little juvenile, and theres little subtlety to be found, but have you ever followed the links in those articles ? Some serious research and effort must go into that.
As for Icke, the guy is so paranoid, he is the paranoid's paranoid. If you picked your nose, he could find 10 conspiracies which would explain why you did it. Involving UFOS, the CIA, the tri-lateral commission, the CFR, the Illuminati, the Bilderburg group, the Reptiles from the lower fourth dimension, etc etc etc.
Talent like adequacy.org and davidicke.com is in short supply on the Internet. I'm just amazed they don't charge subscriptions!
Hats off to the new Information Artists! We salute you!
Its true the Netherlands is a pragmatic country, but one wonders how long this character can survive now they have joined the E.U.
My guess is that the EU will force the Netherlands to close down its 'coffee shops', and tone down its 'sex industry' because it offends the puritanical elements.
I don't believe this for one minute. The whole point of stocks is that if demand goes down, so does the price. Its more likely that Cisco would hang onto its stock even buying more back if the price was low.
Anyway, dumping stock is against SEC regulations.
Be sure to check out the Blackcomb glacier. I believe the entrance is at the top of the Horstman T-bar after short hike up a small hill. Enter via the 'blow hole' if you are feeling brave. Keep up and to the right when you approach the frozen lake bed, or you will be walking a long way.
Enjoy, and I hope your trolling sk1llz are improved by the fresh air. I know mine were.