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They aern't really competing.
Kmail and friends are the current stable PIM apps for KDE. Kolab client is a hacked Kmail that was created parallel with Kmail for Kolab server users. Kontact is the future of KDE PIM apps. The PIM team is turning Kmail, KOrganizer, and KAddressBook into KParts. (The KDE component model) These parts will be united under the Kontact UI.
In other words, choose whichever one will meet your needs today, and be prepared to upgrade if necessary to Kontact in the future.
Using free software with a non-free operating system should be viewed as a win, not a loss. More people using free software is a good thing. You start them off slow with a couple of nice applications. Then the user starts looking for free alternatives first before buying something proprietary. From there it's a short hop to running a free system.
For example, I used to be an OS/2 user. There is a ton of free software out there that has been ported to the OS/2 platform. I started out with GCC and some of the GNU tools. Pretty soon I was using free software for about 95% of my computing needs. One day I decided that since I was primarily using free software, why not move to a free system. That was 5 years ago. Today I run free systems exclusively at home, and I am in the process of getting the same at work. The only non-free software that I own are my Linux and console games. I don't dual boot or use wine or some other emulator. Maybe some day I will be able to dump non-free software altogether.
I realize that my use of non-free software, even just for entertaintment purposes, would get me blacklisted by Stallman and his fanatics. It is this my-way-or-the-highway, no compromise attitude that turns me off to Stallman and the FSF. In my opinion, this makes him more of a hindrance than a help to the free software movement.
Well, at this point the tactics used in these attacks come right of the Muslim extremist handbook. Note that I didn't say that is was definitely Muslim extremists, or that other groups may be involved, but suicide bombings of civilian targets is pretty much the signature of people like Ben Laden et all.
I sincerely hope that whoever posted that auction is beaten until he/she/it is incoherent.
At this point in time, it is neither funny nor appropriate. Real lives have been lost in this tragedy. Innocent lives. I fail to see any humor in that.
I don't know what rock you've been living under, but there is (and has been for a while now) a Flash 5 plugin for Linux. Granted it only works in Netscape, and to a lesser extent in konqueror, but it does exist. Go to Macromedia and see for yourself.
Granted you will still get burned by things like Windows Media and Quicktime, but I figure students have better things to do than download movie trailers anyway.
I already own copies of Civ:CTP, Railroad Tycoon 2, Myth2, Descent 3, and HOMM3. Now that they've announced SMAC is shipping, I have placed an order for that too.
I also have set aside the funds to purchase Deus Ex and Kohan as soon as they ship.
I've made a decision to quit buying Windows games and so far I've done a pretty good job of sticking to it. (I couldn't pass up System Shock 2 in the bargain bin though...) At this point, the only systems I have for playing games are my Debian Linux PC and my N64. This severely limits my choices in games, but so far Loki has ported nearly all of the games I might have purchased for Windows. (Now don't I sound overly pretentious)
Well, if gaming is culture, it is a very immature one at that.
I consider myself to be a "serious" gamer. I don't play the average 49 minutes per day the Katz mentioned, but I do enjoy playing games (not just electronic) on a fairly regular basis.
So far I have been totally turned off by an sort of "social" gaming such as online Quake or any of the MMORPG's.
When this culture evolves beyond the "You #$!@ cheat!" and "Watch me take my level 2000 character and kill all the new guys." stage give me a call. I'll be waiting. Until then I will continue to play computer games either alone, or with some of my real friends.
Case in point; if you want to see a comic strip that's more intelligent and funnier, IMO, than Penny Arcade, check out Player Vs Player
Try viewing that page with IE5.x with script debugging turned on. (may require script debugger and Windows Scripting Host) Even their own browser complains about errors in the scripts.
You figure they could at least make it work properly in their own browser.
From my experience, OSHA is both understaffed and ridiculously backlogged. I spent a number of summers working the local highway maintence department. They contacted OSHA to schedule a safety inspection of their facility and equipment. It took them over 4 years before somebody actually showed up to do the inspection. Unless you have a major life threatening problem, there is a good chance that OSHA won't get involved. I personally think this just another example of government posturing, but IANAFT. (FT == Fortune Teller)
Scott Banwart --- Better to stay silent, and let people think you're an idiot than to open your mouth and
At my school, in the CS department at least, the only thing they don't have are Macs. In fact last semester they purchased a whole lab of Pentium II boxes with Redhat Linux installed. At this point, that makes the Linux lab the most modern in terms of hardware in the whole dept. All the Win9x machines are aging Pentium systems. The school seems to like Linux because of its low TCO. It was significantly less expensive than a set of Sun/Compaq/SGI/IBM/etc. workstations, and the administration and support costs are much lower than for a comparably equipped MS setup.
I guess I'm not too concerned overall. Some schools will buy the party line and go the MS route, but I bet that there will be plenty that will use their heads when making computer purchasing decisions. For anybody who cares, I attend The University of Akron in Akron, OH.
Scott Banwart --- Better to stay silent, and let people think you're an idiot than to open your mouth and
I believe Microsoft's own development tools include a disassembler. I couple guys I went to school with used to use VC++ 5.0 to crack the copy protection on games.
Scott Banwart --- Better to stay silent, and let people think you're an idiot than to open your mouth and
The only two entities that get major coverage in UF that I can thing of are Microsoft and LucasArts. Everybody and their brother makes fun of Microsoft, ergo I bet LA is pressing charges for the use of certain Star Wars likenesses.
Of course, this is merely speculation on my part, but they have done similar things in the past, like with MIDI authors, so I wouldn't put it past them.
Scott Banwart --- Better to stay silent, and let people think you're an idiot than to open your mouth and
Uh, this was announced last summer, 6/98. IBM and Motorola will still colaborate on PowerPC design with different chips for different tasks. According to news reports, both Motorola and IBM chips will still be compatible, except Mot's will have Altivec and IBM won't. Personally, I think the specialized chip concept is rather cool. Altivec for games and multimedia apps, and 64-bit power for high-end computation and server work. Just my 2.
Scott Banwart --- Better to stay silent, and let people think you're an idiot than to open your mouth and
Games like Ultima and Nethack, IMHO, define what an RPG should be. Nice graphics and sound, a decent plot/story, and (this is were Square blows it) freedom to do most anything.
If I want to walk into a shop and kill the owner, I can do that. If I want to get the Armageddon(sp?) spell and waste everybody in the world, so be it. If I want to waste my time baking bread for hours on end, I can do that to. Following a pre-made sequence of events ala Final Fantasy X without any real choice in what happens gets real boring real fast. (and destroys replayability as well)
Anyway, that's my 2.
Scott Banwart --- Better to stay silent, and let people think you're an idiot than to open your mouth and
I agree totally. (Except for the Zelda comment; I don't have an N64) Maybe it's my taste in games. I like strategy, RPG, and the occassional 3D shooter. All of these are done best on a computer. (Red Alert or Quake with a joypad?? I don't think so) All the console games of these types are either more fluff and eyecandy than substance, (Final Fantasy) or they suffer from horrid play control. (Quake, Red Alert) Until they start putting out better games, I'm just not interested.
(Now all the Square zealots will probably flame me for making fun of FF7, the interactive movie with a pathetic D&D novel style plot)
Scott Banwart --- Better to stay silent, and let people think you're an idiot than to open your mouth and
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They aern't really competing.
Kmail and friends are the current stable PIM apps for KDE. Kolab client is a hacked Kmail that was created parallel with Kmail for Kolab server users. Kontact is the future of KDE PIM apps. The PIM team is turning Kmail, KOrganizer, and KAddressBook into KParts. (The KDE component model) These parts will be united under the Kontact UI.
In other words, choose whichever one will meet your needs today, and be prepared to upgrade if necessary to Kontact in the future.
Using free software with a non-free operating system should be viewed as a win, not a loss. More people using free software is a good thing. You start them off slow with a couple of nice applications. Then the user starts looking for free alternatives first before buying something proprietary. From there it's a short hop to running a free system.
For example, I used to be an OS/2 user. There is a ton of free software out there that has been ported to the OS/2 platform. I started out with GCC and some of the GNU tools. Pretty soon I was using free software for about 95% of my computing needs. One day I decided that since I was primarily using free software, why not move to a free system. That was 5 years ago. Today I run free systems exclusively at home, and I am in the process of getting the same at work. The only non-free software that I own are my Linux and console games. I don't dual boot or use wine or some other emulator. Maybe some day I will be able to dump non-free software altogether.
I realize that my use of non-free software, even just for entertaintment purposes, would get me blacklisted by Stallman and his fanatics. It is this my-way-or-the-highway, no compromise attitude that turns me off to Stallman and the FSF. In my opinion, this makes him more of a hindrance than a help to the free software movement.
Well, at this point the tactics used in these attacks come right of the Muslim extremist handbook. Note that I didn't say that is was definitely Muslim extremists, or that other groups may be involved, but suicide bombings of civilian targets is pretty much the signature of people like Ben Laden et all.
I sincerely hope that whoever posted that auction is beaten until he/she/it is incoherent.
At this point in time, it is neither funny nor appropriate. Real lives have been lost in this tragedy. Innocent lives. I fail to see any humor in that.
I don't know what rock you've been living under, but there is (and has been for a while now) a Flash 5 plugin for Linux. Granted it only works in Netscape, and to a lesser extent in konqueror, but it does exist. Go to Macromedia and see for yourself.
Granted you will still get burned by things like Windows Media and Quicktime, but I figure students have better things to do than download movie trailers anyway.
I'd have to go with Amiga advocates. At least the company that built OS/2 is still around. (No, the "New Amiga" doesn't count)
Nope.
I already own copies of Civ:CTP, Railroad Tycoon 2, Myth2, Descent 3, and HOMM3. Now that they've announced SMAC is shipping, I have placed an order for that too.
I also have set aside the funds to purchase Deus Ex and Kohan as soon as they ship.
I've made a decision to quit buying Windows games and so far I've done a pretty good job of sticking to it. (I couldn't pass up System Shock 2 in the bargain bin though...) At this point, the only systems I have for playing games are my Debian Linux PC and my N64. This severely limits my choices in games, but so far Loki has ported nearly all of the games I might have purchased for Windows. (Now don't I sound overly pretentious)
Well, if gaming is culture, it is a very immature one at that.
I consider myself to be a "serious" gamer. I don't play the average 49 minutes per day the Katz mentioned, but I do enjoy playing games (not just electronic) on a fairly regular basis.
So far I have been totally turned off by an sort of "social" gaming such as online Quake or any of the MMORPG's.
When this culture evolves beyond the "You #$!@ cheat!" and "Watch me take my level 2000 character and kill all the new guys." stage give me a call. I'll be waiting. Until then I will continue to play computer games either alone, or with some of my real friends.
Case in point; if you want to see a comic strip that's more intelligent and funnier, IMO, than Penny Arcade, check out Player Vs Player
Try viewing that page with IE5.x with script debugging turned on. (may require script debugger and Windows Scripting Host) Even their own browser complains about errors in the scripts.
You figure they could at least make it work properly in their own browser.
From my experience, OSHA is both understaffed and ridiculously backlogged. I spent a number of summers working the local highway maintence department. They contacted OSHA to schedule a safety inspection of their facility and equipment. It took them over 4 years before somebody actually showed up to do the inspection. Unless you have a major life threatening problem, there is a good chance that OSHA won't get involved. I personally think this just another example of government posturing, but IANAFT. (FT == Fortune Teller)
Scott Banwart
---
Better to stay silent, and let people think
you're an idiot than to open your mouth and
At my school, in the CS department at least, the only thing they don't have are Macs. In fact last semester they purchased a whole lab of Pentium II boxes with Redhat Linux installed. At this point, that makes the Linux lab the most modern in terms of hardware in the whole dept. All the Win9x machines are aging Pentium systems. The school seems to like Linux because of its low TCO. It was significantly less expensive than a set of Sun/Compaq/SGI/IBM/etc. workstations, and the administration and support costs are much lower than for a comparably equipped MS setup.
I guess I'm not too concerned overall. Some schools will buy the party line and go the MS route, but I bet that there will be plenty that will use their heads when making computer purchasing decisions.
For anybody who cares, I attend The University of Akron in Akron, OH.
Scott Banwart
---
Better to stay silent, and let people think
you're an idiot than to open your mouth and
I believe Microsoft's own development tools include a disassembler. I couple guys I went to school with used to use VC++ 5.0 to crack the copy protection on games.
Scott Banwart
---
Better to stay silent, and let people think
you're an idiot than to open your mouth and
Actually, it's pretty easy. Just check to see if the "To:" field has your e-mail address in it.
Naturally, you will want to create exceptions for any legitimate mailing lists you may subscribe to.
Scott Banwart
---
Better to stay silent, and let people think
you're an idiot than to open your mouth and
All of a sudden, I feel really stupid. I have got to start checking the date more often... :-)
Scott Banwart
---
Better to stay silent, and let people think
you're an idiot than to open your mouth and
The only two entities that get major coverage in UF that I can thing of are Microsoft and LucasArts. Everybody and their brother makes fun of Microsoft, ergo I bet LA is pressing charges for the use of certain Star Wars likenesses.
Of course, this is merely speculation on my part, but they have done similar things in the past, like with MIDI authors, so I wouldn't put it past them.
Scott Banwart
---
Better to stay silent, and let people think
you're an idiot than to open your mouth and
Uh, this was announced last summer, 6/98. IBM and Motorola will still colaborate on PowerPC design with different chips for different tasks. According to news reports, both Motorola and IBM chips will still be compatible, except Mot's will have Altivec and IBM won't. Personally, I think the specialized chip concept is rather cool. Altivec for games and multimedia apps, and 64-bit power for high-end computation and server work. Just my 2.
Scott Banwart
---
Better to stay silent, and let people think
you're an idiot than to open your mouth and
Games like Ultima and Nethack, IMHO, define what an RPG should be. Nice graphics and sound, a decent plot/story, and (this is were Square blows it) freedom to do most anything.
If I want to walk into a shop and kill the owner, I can do that. If I want to get the Armageddon(sp?) spell and waste everybody in the world, so be it. If I want to waste my time baking bread for hours on end, I can do that to. Following a pre-made sequence of events ala Final Fantasy X without any real choice in what happens gets real boring real fast. (and destroys replayability as well)
Anyway, that's my 2.
Scott Banwart
---
Better to stay silent, and let people think
you're an idiot than to open your mouth and
I agree totally. (Except for the Zelda comment; I don't have an N64) Maybe it's my taste in games. I like strategy, RPG, and the occassional 3D shooter. All of these are done best on a computer. (Red Alert or Quake with a joypad?? I don't think so) All the console games of these types are either more fluff and eyecandy than substance, (Final Fantasy) or they suffer from horrid play control. (Quake, Red Alert) Until they start putting out better games, I'm just not interested.
(Now all the Square zealots will probably flame me for making fun of FF7, the interactive movie with a pathetic D&D novel style plot)
Scott Banwart
---
Better to stay silent, and let people think
you're an idiot than to open your mouth and