Something that was tossed around awhile back was very similar to this. A company like RedHat or VA (with some money to sink into Linux projects) would, under NDA, develop a legitimate DVD driver for the Linux kernel. Then just about anybody could write an interface (read: player) to the driver. The interface could be totally GPL'ed while the binary kernel module would be the only thing non-free. It sounded like a good idea to me anyway... Of course, if we get this whole DeCSS thing worked out then it won't matter, will it?
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No, I wholeheartedly agree. Just because Linux does things better than Windows, does not make it innovative. I'd really like to see some neat stuff come out of Linux. Especially with regards to our desktop environments... there's a lot of room for innovation in that sort of thing.
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Yeah, there's like 3 of them, actually. I tried them out, but seriously, it just doesn't look as good as I thought it would... I switched back to the Platinum theme.
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I'll bite on that one -- projects like Apache and Linux have proven that Open Source can, and often does, create stable, useful software. But other than it's own proof-of-existance, most Linux software is copied from existing closed-source applications.
The notable exception to this, I think, would be the DeCSS software, which really was an technological breakthrough, in the sense that it allowed people to do something they never could before.
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Oh I dunno. I've got a 21" in my desk right now, and I've seriously considered putting a 17" right next to it. Decent 17" aren't really all that expensive any more, and I can always use more screen-space.
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Okay, first of all, we've been at this long enough -- Gnome is *not* a Window Manager. Did you mean to say Enlightenment? Trust me, not everyone out there uses Enlightenment, and even if it is the most popular (which I'm not sure it is), I seriously doubt that olvwm is coming up with a close second. Can you say AfterStep and WindowMaker -- those are two seriously popular window managers, right there.
Of course, my personal preference is now Sawmill. It's one of the fastest, smallest WMs out there and it's just as customizable as E. A very nice compliment to my Gnome desktop.
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This isn't a flame, but like anyone in the Linux community should talk. What amazing innovations have come out of us? It's mostly reimplementation of closed-source tools.
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Is this a case of emminent domain? Should the governments of the world step in and safeguard the patenting of genetic information so that no *one* company has complete control?
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Well that's a good question. Since I've never seen the original (read: undoctored) Zapruder film, I really don't know. What I do know is that in the Orvill Nix film, Federal Agent Clint Hill's movements are *clearly* different than in the Abraham Zapruder film. What does that mean? I'm not sure. But they didn't edit it for no reason... there must have been something on that tape.
Regardless, anyone who still believes that the JFK assination was a one-man job is either retarded, or ignorant of the facts.
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Look, I've got nothing against RAD tools -- seriously, I learned to program on VB and Delphi. Although I was never too impressed with VB's language, Delphi is an amazing product, and C++ Builder is built around the same concepts.
But just because C++ Builder is a great product doesn't mean that Borland is going to suddenly sweep Linux programmers off their feet. There are a number of good IDE's out there for Linux (including C++ Builder, I'm sure) and KDevelop happens to be one of them. Hey, I don't really care one way or the other... I use KWrite and Gnome-Terminal for most of my coding, so what does that tell you?
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Could be, yeah. Do you know C++ already? If not, it's pretty darn close to Java in syntax. If you're used to using GUI designers and rapid-app development tools, then I think you'll feel right at home with C++ Builder. What tools were you using to write your Java apps before?
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I wouldn't rush to judgement on that quite yet... Have you seen OS X? Pretty damned nice looking, and it's got Unix in the trunk. If I were so inclined, I might seriously consider it. (The reason I am not so inclined is that we've already got so much money dumped into Intel hardware)
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Hardly -- Have you used Kdevelop? It's *really* good, and (as if good wasn't enough) it's *really* free. Besides, C++ Builder is a Rapid Application Development tool... I don't see a lot of Linux-developers using that (yet). Maybe when we get some of the VB developrs over here.
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Of course the HowTo was a joke -- but it just proves my point that karma-whoring has become common enough for people to spoof it. And I never said that Slashdot's "karma thing" was supposed to give people equal air-time. But it *has* become a competition for people, and that is unacceptable. People should be having discussions for the sake of the discussion, not so they can get a +1 on their comments.
As for hating Microsoft -- it's a waste of time. Why anyone would want to make their computer-usage a personal issue is beyond me. I'm not suggesting that anyone like Microsoft, but the anti-MS attitude is passe at best. You don't have to like them, but for the love of God, just keep your mouth shut about it (remember what your mother used to say? If you can't say anything nice...)
And the Gnome/KDE thing? Flame-wars of any kind are ridiculous. They acheive nothing and only serve to belittle everyone involved. If you want to take part, feel free, but don't act like they're anything but childish pissing-contests.
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Check out the link, but if you don't want to here's the gist: ISPs everywhere stop carrying news-posts from the offending network. Their users are therefore cut off from posting to usenet until the ISP cleans up their act.
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It exists, I assure you -- I spent about 10 minutes searching for it, but I didn't come up with a link. Some AC posted it in an extraordinarily long comment. Kind of funny, but totally out of context (big suprise there). Basically it just points out the various ways that people mine for karma around here, in a HOWTO-ish format.
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I'm afraid I don't have a whole lot of technical know-how when it comes to hardware systems. Would this allow you to create a Dreamcast-compatible system?
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I nominate the AC who occasionally follows my posts around for an entire day, calling me names. Words can't begin to express how I feel about this guy. If I may quote him:
"Hi Foogle, you gay stinking bitch !!!"
"shut the fuck up Foogle. I'm not done with your pussy ass yet, bitch !"
"you're a fucking retard."
Such beauty. Such elegance. Such delicate prose... Truly humbling:)
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I don't know the answer either -- I think this is really a result of the commercialization of Open Source. When it was just a hobby-movement that people worked on in their spare time, money wasn't really an issue.
Seriously, what do you think that $30k prize is going to go towards? I guess it depends on who it's given to, but it seems to me that there's only a few projects around that would be able to adequately deal with a $30k donation.
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Yeah, there probably will always be competition in the human race -- it's in our genes. But why, in the name of all that is holy and good, do we need to compete *within* the open source community? Aren't we supposed to be working together, sharing the code we develop?
At what point does it become "My app is better than your app" or have we already gottent that far?
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I'm actually going to agree with you on this one: Somewhere along the line this "community" became more about competition than it did about sharing. And isn't that what it's supposed to be? Sharing code and working together together to make a better system?
Slashdot exemplifies this competitive spirit. People post just to get more Karma (there's even a HowTo out there) and almost every thread turns into a pissing contest. It's silly, and the Anti-Microsoft attitude just makes it worse. People here hate Microsoft and literally act like this whole Open Source Movement is just about beating MS. And if they're not talking about beating NT in server sales, they're starting a flame-war about KDE/Gnome. It blows my mind that there could ever be competition in an open source community... I think some people are just plain missing the point.
This whole place is getting out of hand...
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The notable exception to this, I think, would be the DeCSS software, which really was an technological breakthrough, in the sense that it allowed people to do something they never could before.
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Of course, my personal preference is now Sawmill. It's one of the fastest, smallest WMs out there and it's just as customizable as E. A very nice compliment to my Gnome desktop.
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Regardless, anyone who still believes that the JFK assination was a one-man job is either retarded, or ignorant of the facts.
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
But just because C++ Builder is a great product doesn't mean that Borland is going to suddenly sweep Linux programmers off their feet. There are a number of good IDE's out there for Linux (including C++ Builder, I'm sure) and KDevelop happens to be one of them. Hey, I don't really care one way or the other... I use KWrite and Gnome-Terminal for most of my coding, so what does that tell you?
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
As for hating Microsoft -- it's a waste of time. Why anyone would want to make their computer-usage a personal issue is beyond me. I'm not suggesting that anyone like Microsoft, but the anti-MS attitude is passe at best. You don't have to like them, but for the love of God, just keep your mouth shut about it (remember what your mother used to say? If you can't say anything nice...)
And the Gnome/KDE thing? Flame-wars of any kind are ridiculous. They acheive nothing and only serve to belittle everyone involved. If you want to take part, feel free, but don't act like they're anything but childish pissing-contests.
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
"Hi Foogle, you gay stinking bitch !!!"
"shut the fuck up Foogle. I'm not done with your pussy ass yet, bitch !"
"you're a fucking retard."
Such beauty. Such elegance. Such delicate prose... Truly humbling :)
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
Seriously, what do you think that $30k prize is going to go towards? I guess it depends on who it's given to, but it seems to me that there's only a few projects around that would be able to adequately deal with a $30k donation.
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
At what point does it become "My app is better than your app" or have we already gottent that far?
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"You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding."
Slashdot exemplifies this competitive spirit. People post just to get more Karma (there's even a HowTo out there) and almost every thread turns into a pissing contest. It's silly, and the Anti-Microsoft attitude just makes it worse. People here hate Microsoft and literally act like this whole Open Source Movement is just about beating MS. And if they're not talking about beating NT in server sales, they're starting a flame-war about KDE/Gnome. It blows my mind that there could ever be competition in an open source community... I think some people are just plain missing the point.
This whole place is getting out of hand...
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