About your comment on hardware support... it better damn support every peice of hardware available. Microsoft has the money to make an operating system capable of making a priest get a woody, but does it? of course not. They are too busy selling to the masses. They need to stop their damn trend of making "almost works" software and make something that can handle abuse. Linux funding is squat in comparison, so you might wonder why it's stable in comparison.
Basically it boiles down to this... I've had beta linux software crash on me and crappy windows software crash too. The main difference is that windows pukes and linux couldn't care less. I can't count the times I've had to reboot NT servers at work because some program died... and I've rebooted our linux and bsd boxes... ummm let me think.... nope, never had to.
Sadly I would have to agree about the whole bandwagon comment though. It's a fad... hopefully it'll go away.
Well, yes... I can't say that I have much respect for CNN, especially with their report on a recent Linux expo and I quote "with the recent debut of linux..." Actually quite sad that they have very little knowledge of what actually matters.:) Quite a nice gag with a large FreeBSD sign carried across the background, but that's quite besides the point. (still makes me laugh though)
That aside, it's of little importance who does the reporting... hell that's what the internet is for. If you don't like the reporting one place, go to another. I imagine that it will only be a short while before the media as a whole understands that much of middle-class america will be comprised of tech related fields and at that point, maybe things will change. Sadly a cheese advert here states it quite bluntly:
- people thought the moon was cheese - went there and found out it wasn't - we haven't been back since
It seems that there just isn't enough justification for the funds that NASA requires to do more that long term research. Yes, this is because of a lack of public intrest, or it might be better stated as a lack of public conviction.
Truthfully there are more reliable and interesting sources available than CNN anyway. C-span for instance.
"that bloke's a nutta"
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ya... that's what I ment -grin-
At any rate, the point is still valid... there were MAC/linux releases before any version for windows were available, and if they decide not to support any other platforms at all... it's their decision. People have the tendancy to become accustom to generosity of others and expect it, when they shouldn't. Habituation... it's going to screw up a lot of things.
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use KDE and/or the gnome panel then.
About your comment on hardware support... it better damn support every peice of hardware available. Microsoft has the money to make an operating system capable of making a priest get a woody, but does it? of course not. They are too busy selling to the masses. They need to stop their damn trend of making "almost works" software and make something that can handle abuse. Linux funding is squat in comparison, so you might wonder why it's stable in comparison.
Basically it boiles down to this... I've had beta linux software crash on me and crappy windows software crash too. The main difference is that windows pukes and linux couldn't care less. I can't count the times I've had to reboot NT servers at work because some program died... and I've rebooted our linux and bsd boxes... ummm let me think.... nope, never had to.
Sadly I would have to agree about the whole bandwagon comment though. It's a fad... hopefully it'll go away.
Well, yes... I can't say that I have much respect for CNN, especially with their report on a recent Linux expo and I quote "with the recent debut of linux..." Actually quite sad that they have very little knowledge of what actually matters. :) Quite a nice gag with a large FreeBSD sign carried across the background, but that's quite besides the point. (still makes me laugh though)
That aside, it's of little importance who does the reporting... hell that's what the internet is for. If you don't like the reporting one place, go to another. I imagine that it will only be a short while before the media as a whole understands that much of middle-class america will be comprised of tech related fields and at that point, maybe things will change. Sadly a cheese advert here states it quite bluntly:
- people thought the moon was cheese
- went there and found out it wasn't
- we haven't been back since
It seems that there just isn't enough justification for the funds that NASA requires to do more that long term research. Yes, this is because of a lack of public intrest, or it might be better stated as a lack of public conviction.
Truthfully there are more reliable and interesting sources available than CNN anyway. C-span for instance.
"that bloke's a nutta"
ya... that's what I ment -grin-
At any rate, the point is still valid... there were MAC/linux releases before any version for windows were available, and if they decide not to support any other platforms at all... it's their decision. People have the tendancy to become accustom to generosity of others and expect it, when they shouldn't. Habituation... it's going to screw up a lot of things.
Personally I want a Dodo burger... bring'em back.
guess you weren't watching too closly which came first. Releases in order for 1.03:
MAC,
Linux,
then
Windows
with 1.03 I had a good week or so of gloating to my office mates... heh. Be happy it's here at all.
-free software's biggest threat is when people start expecting it.