What do I care what environment you or anyone else uses? How is that going to prevent me from using the environment of my choice?
It won't.
If I decide that I want to use Gnome and/or KDE applications within FVWM, it does mean that I need to load the required libraries, but I can live with that.
I don't think any commercial vendor lets you use their software without waiving your rights to sue them if you have a less than perfect experience with their product. I don't know if such a thing would hold up in court, but the fact that these things never seem to go to court implies that they are at least minimally binding.
Besides, aren't there liability issues with knowingly shipping a product with undisclosed defects?
The fix the problem as soon as they discover it. The next release of the product does not have the problem. If the problem becomes public before the next release, then they immediately issue the patch for it and hope that people patch.
As long as they release often enough that the fixes are largely in place before the problems are found, I have no issue with this. It actually seems responsible since it posses less risk to the customers that are slow in patching their systems that the alternative.
I guess this guy only locks each door or window in his house and car after someone has discovered that it's unlocked? I sure hope his kids live with their mom. The problem is that if they release a patch, they draw attention to the code that had the flaw, resulting in more hacker scrutiny than if they had quietly sat on the patch until the next release.
If they could release security patches invisibly, they probably would. Unfortunately, there's no way to do that.
I thought this issue had been resolved in recent versions. Perhaps they only improved it such that I no longer notice it (don't watch a lot of flash video).
That someone will come and make an even better tool which does run in Linux, thus making wine unnecessary.
I'm trying to decide if that's a presumptuous statement or merely an optimistic one. In either case, it might be true that eventually a better app will be written that runs in Linux, but that doesn't solve my problem right now. If the tool for the job is a Windows app and I'm running Linux, having Wine can make my life easier. Therefore, Wine has value since it helps me solve my problem right now.
The goal is that all the good tools are cross-platform, or at least work on linux
Wouldn't Wine help achieve this goal? I guess I still don't understand your position.
Make sure you contact ATI and nVidia and explain to them what you did and why you did it. The more detailed the explanation, the better. This is how we educate manufacturers.
They are shaping themselves to be exactly what their customers (Fortune 500s and the like) expect them to be. They've found their target niche and are adapting to it.
Even if we don't use their distribution, we still benefit from their effort (lots of OSS development going on at RH), so what's the problem?
The computer in your car has greater feedback resolution than you do. What this means is that if you're just maintaining your speed, the computer will do a much better job of keeping your engine's RPM constant than you will.
On the other hand, a human can be more efficient dealing with hilly conditions than the car's cruise control because we can choose to slow down before the crest of the hill, where the cruise control will "floor it" to maintain speed going up the hill.
If you have warning that the box is failing, you can simply migrate the virtual machines to another box. The virtual machines won't even notice. Xen can do this. Presumably other virtualization technologies can do this to.
Where did you get the ridiculous idea that urine is sterile?
Even if it were sterile in the bladder (which it isn't...otherwise there would be no such thing as a bladder infection), it wouldn't remain sterile as it passes through your plumbing and out of your body. Ask your doctor what kinds of critters they see in urine samples sometime.
The average computer user may not benefit, but I sure do, both as a user and a programmer.
The current OSS environment is perfect for how I like to do things. As long as there are enough people like me such that OSS has a critical mass of users and developers, I'm set. I see no need to woo the general public.
That said, if we can bring in more users without sacrificing the very things that make the current OSS environment so great, then it's good to do so. I think things like Gnome and KDE, which make the desktop more accessible, are great, even though I don't use them. The development effort that goes into those kinds of projects doesn't take away from the projects I care about, and every now and then I really like something that they're doing.
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What do I care what environment you or anyone else uses?
How is that going to prevent me from using the environment of my choice?
It won't.
If I decide that I want to use Gnome and/or KDE applications within FVWM, it
does mean that I need to load the required libraries, but I can live
with that.
I simply followed these instructions:
a ys-0-postorder-asc-start-0.html
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-409194-postd
My laptop has the Broadcom 4306 chipset for wireless and the broadcom
driver in the Linux kernel has worked like a champ since kernel version 2.6.18.
Is there some volunteer organization that is searching for and documenting prior art to Microsoft's patents?
Thermopiles are woefully inefficient. Much better to use that heat to drive a stirling engine connected to an alternator.
I think the phrase you're looking for is "Lanham Acts".
But we didn't use any tricks with SCO. Just good research and careful attention to detail (aka rational approach).
I suspect that the same rational approach will just as useful against MS as it has been against SCO.
Out of curiosity, can you open them with openoffice or abiword?
Does the phrase "monopoly rent" mean anything to you?
First they ignore you,
then they ridicule you,
then they fight you,
then they say all sorts of crazy stuff to try to get people's attention again.
I don't think any commercial vendor lets you use their software without waiving your rights to sue them if you have a less than perfect experience with their product. I don't know if such a thing would hold up in court, but the fact that these things never seem to go to court implies that they are at least minimally binding.
Besides, aren't there liability issues with knowingly shipping a product with undisclosed defects?
The fix the problem as soon as they discover it. The next release of the product does not have the problem. If the
problem becomes public before the next release, then they immediately issue the patch for it and hope that people
patch.
As long as they release often enough that the fixes are largely in place before the problems are found, I have no
issue with this. It actually seems responsible since it posses less risk to the customers that are slow in patching
their systems that the alternative.
If they could release security patches invisibly, they probably would. Unfortunately, there's no way to do that.
I regularly meet or exceed the EPA ratings for my 2004 Honda Civic. Especially if we're talking highway driving.
Some of the VWs look good too, as well as having TDI engines. But Consumer Reports hates them for long-term.
Out of curiosity, what's Consumer Reports' complaint with the VW TDI?
I thought this issue had been resolved in recent versions. Perhaps they only improved it such that I no longer notice it (don't watch a lot of flash video).
That someone will come and make an even better tool which does run in Linux, thus making wine unnecessary.
I'm trying to decide if that's a presumptuous statement or merely an optimistic one. In either case, it might be true that eventually a better app will be written that runs in Linux, but that doesn't solve my problem right now. If the tool for the job is a Windows app and I'm running Linux, having Wine can make my life easier. Therefore, Wine has value since it helps me solve my problem right now.
The goal is that all the good tools are cross-platform, or at least work on linux
Wouldn't Wine help achieve this goal?
I guess I still don't understand your position.
Actually, I see no reason why the current situation isn't sustainable.
When the best tool for the job is a windows app, having wine allows you to run it without needing to be in windows.
What am I missing?
Make sure you contact ATI and nVidia and explain to them what you did and why you did it.
The more detailed the explanation, the better. This is how we educate manufacturers.
They are shaping themselves to be exactly what their customers (Fortune 500s and the like) expect them to be. They've found their target niche and are adapting to it.
Even if we don't use their distribution, we still benefit from their effort (lots of OSS development going on at RH), so what's the problem?
The computer in your car has greater feedback resolution than you do. What this means is that if you're just maintaining your speed, the computer will do a much better job of keeping your engine's RPM constant than you will.
On the other hand, a human can be more efficient dealing with hilly conditions than the car's cruise control because we can choose to slow down before the crest of the hill, where the cruise control will "floor it" to maintain speed going up the hill.
If you have warning that the box is failing, you can simply migrate the virtual machines to another box. The virtual machines won't even notice. Xen can do this. Presumably other virtualization technologies can do this to.
Where did you get the ridiculous idea that urine is sterile?
Even if it were sterile in the bladder (which it isn't...otherwise there would be no such thing as a bladder infection), it wouldn't remain sterile as it passes through your plumbing and out of your body. Ask your doctor what kinds of critters they see in urine samples sometime.
The average computer user may not benefit, but I sure do, both as a user and a programmer.
The current OSS environment is perfect for how I like to do things. As long as there are enough
people like me such that OSS has a critical mass of users and developers, I'm set. I see no need
to woo the general public.
That said, if we can bring in more users without sacrificing the very things that make the current
OSS environment so great, then it's good to do so. I think things like Gnome and KDE, which make the desktop
more accessible, are great, even though I don't use them. The development effort that goes into those
kinds of projects doesn't take away from the projects I care about, and every now and then I really like
something that they're doing.
In that case, make the Schrodinger's Cat Trilogy required reading for civil servants.