I'm waiting for the RIAA/ MPAA to purchase the major backbones. That'll be an interesting day in the history of free speech, privacy, and copyright infringement. Any thoughts?
Elitism drives people away, as does saying "RTFM" or belittling people who choose a different distro from yourself.
I totally agree. I sat in a meeting with a cocky systems administrator wearing an RTFM t-shirt. When it came to deciding who got layed off, he was the first to go. He may have been very good with UNIX and Linux systems, but speaking in a condescending tone made people who worked with him feel small. He had to go.
Well, the company I was working for got hit for not having enought licenses for some pretty expensive software. A disgruntled ex-employee tipped the BSA off and the company I was working for was forced to pay a huge settlement.
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For those that are interested, check out the demo.
The article didn't really point out anything new, and really didn't give much insight into developing a GUI application on Linux/UNIX; it definitely has an amateurish feel to it and reads like a bad high-school paper. The article seems like it was more about approaches to open-source software development for people without a computer science background and could really be applied to developing any application, not just applications for the desktop.
It would have been more interesting to summarize the architectures of the two primary desktop environments, describe what libraries are available and what they offer, discuss deprecated libraries, and to list current projects so that effort is not duplicated. It would be even better to mention future enhancements and trends, such as the move to GTK 2.0. By the way, does anybody know where to find a FAQ or how-to on GTK 2.0? Does anybody know of applications written using GTK 2.0?
One of the issues currently facing AOL is the fact that the English language bundling of its client on XP requires about 84 MB, with another 42 MB if the Compuserve online service is added. Microsoft has apparently informed AOL that there is only 70 MB left on the XP CD.
Anyone else surprised by the size of the AOL install? I have never used AOL, so maybe it has a lot of nifty features, but that seems incredibly large. I still remember when AOL was distributed on floppy disks.
What always gets me is the "Help" menu item found in just about every new GUI application, which for most applications only leads to an "About" option. Why bother with the "Help", it's not like anyone will ever write any documentation.
Actually, forcing people to take a vaction is an interesting tactic if you are scheduling layoffs. Usually during a layoff (assuming the company isn't filing for bankruptcy), the employee is paid their severance and for their remaining vacation time. So, by forcing employees to take a vacation, they will save money when it comes time to get rid of them. If you're working at Sun, you might want to use that vacation time to look for another job.
A lot of the business plans were banking on advertising to be their primary source of revenue. The unknown was how many people would click on banner advertisements, and well, not a lot of people did. This was an untested tactic and it failed. Advertising is an effective source of income, but the banner ad model is not an effective advertising technique.
As for me, I never saw an advertisment I was interested in. I simply don't care about punching the monkey.
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But what will KDE/ Gnome do if they cannot copy features of Windows? Linux on the desktop will come to a halt!
"I'm gonna party like it is 1999" takes on a whole new meaning.
I'm waiting for the RIAA/ MPAA to purchase the major backbones. That'll be an interesting day in the history of free speech, privacy, and copyright infringement. Any thoughts?
Elitism drives people away, as does saying "RTFM" or belittling people who choose a different distro from yourself.
I totally agree. I sat in a meeting with a cocky systems administrator wearing an RTFM t-shirt. When it came to deciding who got layed off, he was the first to go. He may have been very good with UNIX and Linux systems, but speaking in a condescending tone made people who worked with him feel small. He had to go.
wow, and i thought i procrastinate studying.
Well, the company I was working for got hit for not having enought licenses for some pretty expensive software. A disgruntled ex-employee tipped the BSA off and the company I was working for was forced to pay a huge settlement.
For those that are interested, check out the demo.
Try it out at their web site. It seems to be broken right now, but it looks like they are trying to provide a trial service.
We should see you by 9.
On what day?
Beans beans the magical fruit the more you eat the more you 'pute.
The article didn't really point out anything new, and really didn't give much insight into developing a GUI application on Linux/UNIX; it definitely has an amateurish feel to it and reads like a bad high-school paper. The article seems like it was more about approaches to open-source software development for people without a computer science background and could really be applied to developing any application, not just applications for the desktop.
It would have been more interesting to summarize the architectures of the two primary desktop environments, describe what libraries are available and what they offer, discuss deprecated libraries, and to list current projects so that effort is not duplicated. It would be even better to mention future enhancements and trends, such as the move to GTK 2.0. By the way, does anybody know where to find a FAQ or how-to on GTK 2.0? Does anybody know of applications written using GTK 2.0?
A day without bashing Microsoft is like a day without Slashdot.
"I rebooted everything," he said. "I think's it's the Cisco."
If he rebooted everything, why does the Slashdot stats box say, "uptime: 106 days, 4:15, 0 users, "?
One of the issues currently facing AOL is the fact that the English language bundling of its client on XP requires about 84 MB, with another 42 MB if the Compuserve online service is added. Microsoft has apparently informed AOL that there is only 70 MB left on the XP CD.
Anyone else surprised by the size of the AOL install? I have never used AOL, so maybe it has a lot of nifty features, but that seems incredibly large. I still remember when AOL was distributed on floppy disks.
What always gets me is the "Help" menu item found in just about every new GUI application, which for most applications only leads to an "About" option. Why bother with the "Help", it's not like anyone will ever write any documentation.
Actually, forcing people to take a vaction is an interesting tactic if you are scheduling layoffs. Usually during a layoff (assuming the company isn't filing for bankruptcy), the employee is paid their severance and for their remaining vacation time. So, by forcing employees to take a vacation, they will save money when it comes time to get rid of them. If you're working at Sun, you might want to use that vacation time to look for another job.
there are still 179 other distributions to choose from!
A lot of the business plans were banking on advertising to be their primary source of revenue. The unknown was how many people would click on banner advertisements, and well, not a lot of people did. This was an untested tactic and it failed. Advertising is an effective source of income, but the banner ad model is not an effective advertising technique.
As for me, I never saw an advertisment I was interested in. I simply don't care about punching the monkey.