Well, my point to bonch, was just saying "Android is open source" carries no specific instructions with it.
Look, my point is that Google exploited the positive feelings of the phrase "open source" to appeal to techies. They then went against the spirit of open source by, y'know, not openly releasing any. If claiming to be open source has caveats behind it that exclude you from actually having to release any source, then the phrase is meaningless and should be ignored.
There may be many subjective differences in the boundaries of what constitutes open source, but I'm pretty sure the core tenet is that the friggin' source code is somehow available.
If we're now going to justify Honeycomb as "well, it's up to you to figure out what license Google uses for different parts of Android," then every claim Google has ever made about Android's openness is total bullshit.
The most embarrassing part is that, like many Android devices, the Fire can't scroll smoothly despite having a dual core processor. Scrolling between pages is pretty important for an Amazon tablet. What is it about this task is so difficult? iOS 1.0 handled it back in 2007 on less powerful devices.
Maybe my tin foil hat is a little to tight today, but I think the only real way to prevent this kind of stuff form happening is a decentralized internet.
The way to prevent businesses from doing things you don't like is to stop being their customers.
What, because I can see which of the comments on this specific website came from you, whereas you can't know for certain which AC comments came from the same person?
Yes. AC abuse has skyrocketed, a bunch of posts spammed by a few people with an agenda (look at any Apple article). It makes the comments section even more worthless, which is the last thing Slashdot has going for it since it's so shockingly behind in posting news.
A segment of people want to enforce their way of life on everyone else, and knowing that their beliefs are unpopular with voters, seek government power to forcefully do it. It's a story as old as time.
Rumors of an iPad mini have existed since last year. I wouldn't be able to stand the smaller screen--not small enough to fit in a pocket, not large enough to do anything useful as a tablet.
So the summary says it could be hotter than the iPad. Then you see that the source is just some survey from an electronics shopping guide nobody's heard of. And somehow, the headline definitively becomes "Kindle Fire Will Be Hotter Than iPad This Holiday." Another stellar prediction from the site that brought you predictions of the failures of both the iPod and iPod mini.
Well, I don't think it took a genius to know that this was coming
It took someone with the balls to stand up to Adobe and the raging Apple-haters, though. Maybe in time Google will stop hypocritically bundling Flash in its "open" browser as well.
Flash has always been complementary to stuff the web was not ready for; even if we hate flash that's why it existed.
Flash existed to tie the web to a proprietary platform belonging to one company.
You cite hardware and software standards that pertain only to Apple devices. Adobe tried to push its proprietary plugin on the whole web in place of HTML5.
Yeah, not including support for a proprietary, third-party plug-in rife with performance issues and security vulnerabilities is definitely the same thing as pumping a new market with a free product funded by revenues from the monopoly product.
Ah, yes, Phoronix, the company that Slashdotters dismiss when they release benchmarks that put Linux in a disparaging light but happily cite when they put Linux in a positive light.
OS X runs on its own XNU kernel and driver model but incorporates various components of FreeBSD and NetBSD, such as the network stack. That layer of the operating system is referred to as Darwin.
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Look, my point is that Google exploited the positive feelings of the phrase "open source" to appeal to techies. They then went against the spirit of open source by, y'know, not openly releasing any. If claiming to be open source has caveats behind it that exclude you from actually having to release any source, then the phrase is meaningless and should be ignored.
There may be many subjective differences in the boundaries of what constitutes open source, but I'm pretty sure the core tenet is that the friggin' source code is somehow available.
If we're now going to justify Honeycomb as "well, it's up to you to figure out what license Google uses for different parts of Android," then every claim Google has ever made about Android's openness is total bullshit.
Uh, since Google claims Android is open source, yes.
If you just need something to look things up online, why don't you use your existing Kindle?
The most embarrassing part is that, like many Android devices, the Fire can't scroll smoothly despite having a dual core processor. Scrolling between pages is pretty important for an Amazon tablet. What is it about this task is so difficult? iOS 1.0 handled it back in 2007 on less powerful devices.
The way to prevent businesses from doing things you don't like is to stop being their customers.
So what? ISPs are allowed to regulate the traffic of their networks. Why is this a story?
Yes. AC abuse has skyrocketed, a bunch of posts spammed by a few people with an agenda (look at any Apple article). It makes the comments section even more worthless, which is the last thing Slashdot has going for it since it's so shockingly behind in posting news.
Most sane readers left for Reddit and Hacker News long ago, leaving behind the crazies.
So Slashdot can't report on anything, ever, if it's for sale somewhere. Got it.
A segment of people want to enforce their way of life on everyone else, and knowing that their beliefs are unpopular with voters, seek government power to forcefully do it. It's a story as old as time.
Just wait for Apple's television, which will be met by the usual derision from Apple critics on Slashdot followed by success in the market anyway.
Rumors of an iPad mini have existed since last year. I wouldn't be able to stand the smaller screen--not small enough to fit in a pocket, not large enough to do anything useful as a tablet.
So the summary says it could be hotter than the iPad. Then you see that the source is just some survey from an electronics shopping guide nobody's heard of. And somehow, the headline definitively becomes "Kindle Fire Will Be Hotter Than iPad This Holiday." Another stellar prediction from the site that brought you predictions of the failures of both the iPod and iPod mini.
It took someone with the balls to stand up to Adobe and the raging Apple-haters, though. Maybe in time Google will stop hypocritically bundling Flash in its "open" browser as well.
Flash existed to tie the web to a proprietary platform belonging to one company.
You cite hardware and software standards that pertain only to Apple devices. Adobe tried to push its proprietary plugin on the whole web in place of HTML5.
No, you don't. What are you talking about?
Safari Mobile uses WebKit, the same engine Chrome uses. It just never came with Flash because Flash performs so poorly on mobile devices.
The discontinuation of Flash on mobile devices will be a hugely motivating step.
Yeah, not including support for a proprietary, third-party plug-in rife with performance issues and security vulnerabilities is definitely the same thing as pumping a new market with a free product funded by revenues from the monopoly product.
Actually, no, it's not. Not at all.
Truly, next year will be the year of Windows on the Mainframe!
Ah, yes, Phoronix, the company that Slashdotters dismiss when they release benchmarks that put Linux in a disparaging light but happily cite when they put Linux in a positive light.
OS X runs on its own XNU kernel and driver model but incorporates various components of FreeBSD and NetBSD, such as the network stack. That layer of the operating system is referred to as Darwin.
I know, how will they ever hope to sell anything? Wait...
There simply isn't a free software suite with a comparable ease-of-use and feature set, especially iMovie and Garageband.
It should be noted that Apple is publicly happy about the Amazon Fire and its rivals because it further contributes to Android fragmentation.