Just a thought, and most likely a stupid one, but can anyone see the day where a community buys a publicly held company (majority stock or something) and then turns it open source?
Now, the miniority owners would nix this idea, but it is an interesting one.
The BUY SCO bandwagon - paypal donations from all over the world to buy it, open source it, and take the loss?
Stream was definately like that. Sweatshop. There where two sides of it though.
1. you where expendable, and treated like meat. Could you stand the bullshit? The people comming to your desk and asking why you didn't pick up a call in a minute, having to sign out of your phone and give a reason like bathroom, study etc (btw when they first changed to one phone system bomb threat was an option)
2. could you hack it long enough to learn from your dept or others the skills to leave there and get a good job? Alot of people (myself included did so).
This is true, but realize that it may not be the person on the other side of the line's fault. I think alot of it has to do with out-sourcing. In that situation, you are often only trained enough to be a "power user" (in the case of app support), with the hiring company unwilling to give you any further insight of info. When you work internal support, I have found the through talking to the actual programmers (shock!) you can learn how things actually work, and fix or understand almost anything. This is a huge difference.
Aside from that, even when you are good at the job, and can get answers, in most support groups you are horribly overworked. It is just a big ball of shit, every day, esp. if you are getting paid peanuts.
One of the worst jobs in america must be a phone tech for an outsouce company with only their own resources to a) learn what they are supporting b) learn a related skill to move up. You just get your ass kicked, day after day after day. Then people wonder why support sucks.
It is built using quartz and carbon, which are apples, and run "above" the bsd portion. Equate this to being able to run Windows version of office on a i386 bsd distro.
Unless someone creates a compatability layer or emulator
Will games that involve killing and violence be seen different now after sept 11th? Will they be marketed different? Will anti-spy/terrorists games be the rage? Will you feel different sitting down in front of these if wwIII is around the corner?
I am ignorant, and had trouble setting up ________ on __________, so I'm going to trash it, especially since saying that I wouldn't have trouble doing the same thing on _________ would make me seem 1337.
in Terminator: Back Cop == Good Guy
in Preditor: Indian guy, two black good buys
in Last Action Hero: English Guy==Dick
in Eraser(?): Black woman==moral protagonist
It is not the "Linux community". I think that there are just alot of people who read slashdot because it is the "cool" thing to do. And apparently they aren't too bright.
They did NOT rename the major directories like/usr/var/etc.
Why does it seem like Linux fans (is that the right word?) love choice, as long as it is the choice of Linux distros?
It is something different. Alot of windows users tried linux, for something different, not for some great longing to use a unix like system.
I think months from now, alot of people will be changing their tune, if they get a chance to try OSX. But far be it for anyone to give apple credit for trying to do something bold, and incredibly difficult, that involved making tough choices, and (from most reports on a BETA) doing an great job.
Zealots never see the whole story, and suffer for it. Mac, Windows, Linux,BSD, Sun anyone who is TOO into one thing is missing alot.
If we were all teaching the class, that after the first few semesters of letting everyone use whatever we want, we would standardize as well, relearning a lesson that those teachers may already know. And end up, for good or bad making OUR lives easier. What are the benifits to a prof. having the whole class using the same tools? Do these out weigh the nobility of choice? Does anyone else here believe that if you learn ANYTHING as far as tools go, and learn it well, that you then can move on to other tools and learn them quicker?
Typical fud. Ignorant knee jerk reaction. You sound like microsoft junkies and trolls when you talk like that, replace the words mac os x with "linux" and see if that sounds familiar.
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No. There is Qt for the mac. What RRick has done is get Konq to compile and run against Qt for the mac.
Looks like the office for mac osx mail program now.
Way to inovate.
Just a thought, and most likely a stupid one, but can anyone see the day where a community buys a publicly held company (majority stock or something) and then turns it open source?
Now, the miniority owners would nix this idea, but it is an interesting one.
The BUY SCO bandwagon - paypal donations from all over the world to buy it, open source it, and take the loss?
back to sleep.
Does 64 bit processing depend on intel? Technically or because people's perception that until intel does it, 64 bit processing isn't legit..
"in case we became the 51 state"
Heheheheheh. I wonder if we offered to annex all but quebec, if the anglo canadians would jump at the offer?
Oui or Non eh?
Lol.
I think it has something to do with the percentage of people with in house plumbing.
I thought it had something to do with the pope saying all travellers to rome should travel on (???)side.
No it doesn't. I think it is about $100. It may ship with iMacs, but not with the towers.
Stream was definately like that. Sweatshop. There where two sides of it though.
1. you where expendable, and treated like meat. Could you stand the bullshit? The people comming to your desk and asking why you didn't pick up a call in a minute, having to sign out of your phone and give a reason like bathroom, study etc (btw when they first changed to one phone system bomb threat was an option)
2. could you hack it long enough to learn from your dept or others the skills to leave there and get a good job? Alot of people (myself included did so).
This is true, but realize that it may not be the person on the other side of the line's fault. I think alot of it has to do with out-sourcing. In that situation, you are often only trained enough to be a "power user" (in the case of app support), with the hiring company unwilling to give you any further insight of info. When you work internal support, I have found the through talking to the actual programmers (shock!) you can learn how things actually work, and fix or understand almost anything. This is a huge difference.
Aside from that, even when you are good at the job, and can get answers, in most support groups you are horribly overworked. It is just a big ball of shit, every day, esp. if you are getting paid peanuts.
One of the worst jobs in america must be a phone tech for an outsouce company with only their own resources to a) learn what they are supporting b) learn a related skill to move up. You just get your ass kicked, day after day after day. Then people wonder why support sucks.
Hehe,
Stuart, I like you, you're not like the other people, here at slashdot...
No.
It is built using quartz and carbon, which are apples, and run "above" the bsd portion. Equate this to being able to run Windows version of office on a i386 bsd distro.
Unless someone creates a compatability layer or emulator
2001-09-25 10:16:08 Ask the Darwin Team.... (developers,apple) (rejected)
wtf. I love that, maybe I should email contributions to someone else and they'll put them in?
Will games that involve killing and violence be seen different now after sept 11th? Will they be marketed different? Will anti-spy/terrorists games be the rage? Will you feel different sitting down in front of these if wwIII is around the corner?
Hi,
I am ignorant, and had trouble setting up ________ on __________, so I'm going to trash it, especially since saying that I wouldn't have trouble doing the same thing on _________ would make me seem 1337.
And if you can't find her, find natile
That's bullshit.
in Terminator: Back Cop == Good Guy
in Preditor: Indian guy, two black good buys
in Last Action Hero: English Guy==Dick
in Eraser(?): Black woman==moral protagonist
etc. etc.
It is not the "Linux community". I think that there are just alot of people who read slashdot because it is the "cool" thing to do. And apparently they aren't too bright.
stands as a testement to all the bad things people say about /. and linux. Ill informed zealots who don't even read the whole article, wow.
/. are posting that this was real. lol.
/.'s growth in population has meant more smart or talented people catching on, just a different breed of cattle.
I read it first, and my first thought was, man I bet alot of people as
Gates will hav a copy of this page on his desk and he will laugh his ass off.
Sometimes i don't think that
The public beta DOES NOT SUPPORT OS8. Period. Go to the apple support site it is there. Sorry
They did NOT rename the major directories like /usr /var /etc.
Why does it seem like Linux fans (is that the right word?) love choice, as long as it is the choice of Linux distros?
It is something different. Alot of windows users tried linux, for something different, not for some great longing to use a unix like system.
I think months from now, alot of people will be changing their tune, if they get a chance to try OSX. But far be it for anyone to give apple credit for trying to do something bold, and incredibly difficult, that involved making tough choices, and (from most reports on a BETA) doing an great job.
Zealots never see the whole story, and suffer for it. Mac, Windows, Linux,BSD, Sun anyone who is TOO into one thing is missing alot.
Open Source != Open Mindedness apparently.
They have a beta for IPv6.
welcome to the real world neo.
If we were all teaching the class, that after the first few semesters of letting everyone use whatever we want, we would standardize as well, relearning a lesson that those teachers may already know. And end up, for good or bad making OUR lives easier. What are the benifits to a prof. having the whole class using the same tools? Do these out weigh the nobility of choice? Does anyone else here believe that if you learn ANYTHING as far as tools go, and learn it well, that you then can move on to other tools and learn them quicker?
Typical fud. Ignorant knee jerk reaction. You sound like microsoft junkies and trolls when you talk like that, replace the words mac os x with "linux" and see if that sounds familiar.
Become your enemy.