The point was that BeOS isn't very popular, yet CompUSA is carrying it anyway. FreeBSD is arguably *more* popular, yet CompUSA doesn't carry it. Is that because they choose not to, or because no one is packaging it? I don't know -- is anyone packaging FreeBSD? By that I mean, selling it in a box, not just slipping it in with a SAMS book.
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Fortunately, in my area, the nearest CompUSA (Braintree, MA) is only a couple hundred feet from the nearest Borders. Not a big deal, but I'd still like to see it in CompUSA.
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No no, don't misunderstand me - I'm not saying it will never happen. I'm just pointing out that *right now* it only works one way. It seems to me that the logical conclusion is to work this into some sort of VR system (when it's capable of that). Of course, to make it a really great VR system, you'd have to simulate the other senses too... I wonder how difficult that would be for a device similar to this?
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You know what I'd like to see? A packaged version of FreeBSD (or OpenBSD for that matter) in CompUSA. They already have 5 or 6 Linux distros, and they even carry BeOS. I think it's well-past the time to get FreeBSD in there.
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I just looked back and realized that they said he had this implanted in 1978 -- Does that seem like an awful long time ago (for this sort of thing) to anyone else?
If they could do a 10x10 pixel image back then, what are they capable of now? Forget Sony's goggles; I want my next monitor to work like this;)
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The obvious responses to this story will be along the lines of "jacking" into computer systems. It should be noted though, that this technology (while obviously a long way from that point) only works one-way. That is to say, the man cannot communicate with his sensor.
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Well the original poster may have been a little overcritical, but let's face it - Slashdot is a little lax when it comes to *any* kind of verification. And, seriously, they are all getting paid for this, so would it be too much to ask that they check the links before they post the stories? That they check for spelling errors?
I'm not going to make a fuss over this, but it wouldn't be hard to spend an extra 5 minutes for ever story they post, checking for small problems like this. They don't post that many stories, so I don't think it's too much to ask. But then, it's not my site, is it?
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Yeah, and it doesn't mean that it's true either. I guess it all depends on what you think of "catch up" by. If you're looking at an installed base, Linux is still playing catch up to Windows by a long stride (not 2000, but NT anyway). If you count quality of the OS, then it's easy to say that Linux is way ahead, but unfortunately "quality" is often a measure of preference more than solid facts.
I use Windows and Linux (and OpenBSD for that matter) because I find that they both address different needs for me.
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You aren't a sysadmin are you? It doesn't matter *where* you put information or what software you use to protect it, it will still be insecure. It's just a matter of the degree of security. Certainly there are more or less secure systems than others, but it is very difficult to make a system extremely secure, and still usable. In these company's cases, I'm sure the crackers were very good, or had some kind of inside knowlege. It's too bad, but it happens to even the best companies.
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I suspect it does not. I'm running a P3 500 with 256 megs of RAM. It doesn't run *that* slow, but considering my hardware I would expect it to run a lot faster. It seems to me that it's this funky interface they've built. I'm about to compile Mozilla without that kludge enabled and see how it affects performace.
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You are not the only one who doesn't like their super-GTK interface. I think it's hideous actually, but IIRC there is something you can do about it.
Compile Mozilla without GTK support. Use Lesstiff instead, it will go back to the "traditional" netscape look and feel. Anyway, I think that will work -- I did it once before;)
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Y'know, you can compile it using any number of toolkits for the GUI. It still has Motif (Lesstif) support and you can even choose the frontend that Troll built for it in Qt.
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Almost all Motif apps (and some Qt/GTK apps that follow the old tradition) put Help at the upper-right hand corner of the screen. I don't really have a preference either way... I guess it just doesn't make a difference to me.
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I don't think it would make sense for RedHat to *switch* to Be, but the holy grail for Linux right now is the user interface, and that's something that Be has taken care of quite well.
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Yeah? Would you perhaps consider sharing your amazing software with the rest of us? I'd sure be interested and if I thought it was worthwhile, I'd help you in your campaign.
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Except for Be (and maybe Inprise), none of those made any sense.
SGI is a hardware company - RedHat is clearly not.
Troll Tech is Qt, and RedHat seems much more focused on GTK.
You want them to buy Netscape (from AOL) just to GPL it? Why would they do that? That's worthless, especially since it's already Open Source.
BRU and Arkadia also don't make much sense. RedHat used to package BRU with their distro and it didn't do them much good.
O'Reilly might make sense, except that it would be a waste of money to buy an entire publishing company for the sole purpose of developing documentation. Better to hire good writers.
As for ApplixWare... well, they're really not that great.
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If you're even remotely serious (and I doubt you are somehow) you ought to at least put a name to your messages. Start a petition. Make some inquiries to Andover. Whatever, just stop filling our stories with your drivel.
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Is TurboLinux still the most popular Linux distro in the Asian market? If so this would be a clear attempt by Dell and others to make sure they don't lose customers to existing Linux vendors.
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I have not run *this* install program, but I have noticed that many times InstallShield programs (under WINE) fail their own checksums and report a corrupted binary. That can really suck.
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Point taken -- they don't have the most valid version number, but as Volkerding pointed out, it's almost necessary for newcomers to see a similar version number... I'm not saying it's a good thing, but oh well.
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If they could do a 10x10 pixel image back then, what are they capable of now? Forget Sony's goggles; I want my next monitor to work like this ;)
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I'm not going to make a fuss over this, but it wouldn't be hard to spend an extra 5 minutes for ever story they post, checking for small problems like this. They don't post that many stories, so I don't think it's too much to ask. But then, it's not my site, is it?
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I use Windows and Linux (and OpenBSD for that matter) because I find that they both address different needs for me.
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Compile Mozilla without GTK support. Use Lesstiff instead, it will go back to the "traditional" netscape look and feel. Anyway, I think that will work -- I did it once before ;)
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SGI is a hardware company - RedHat is clearly not.
Troll Tech is Qt, and RedHat seems much more focused on GTK.
You want them to buy Netscape (from AOL) just to GPL it? Why would they do that? That's worthless, especially since it's already Open Source.
BRU and Arkadia also don't make much sense. RedHat used to package BRU with their distro and it didn't do them much good.
O'Reilly might make sense, except that it would be a waste of money to buy an entire publishing company for the sole purpose of developing documentation. Better to hire good writers.
As for ApplixWare... well, they're really not that great.
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