Subversion is being developed by the people who created CVS. They recognized CVS's limitations and decided that it would be more painful to fix CVS than it would be to start from scratch.
But don't worry about CVS, it'll be around for a long time to come.
You're exactly right. People who think that there should be standardization of 4th generation languages are missing the point. 3rd generation languages are general purpose. 4th generation languages are designed with specific problem areas in mind and so adopt syntax and paradigms that are convenient to that problem space.
And when this behavior was noticed during acceptance testing, Microsoft would be forced to remedy the situation or be found in violation of the contract (minimally) or (in the worst case) law.
Doing something like this on purpose would be too stupid for words.
Actually, I bought my wife's machine 4 years ago and it came with a 80GB HD, 1.6GHz AMD CPU, 128meg RAM, CDRW drive, and a DVD drive. Cost about $1500. Except for the RAM, it's actually quite comparable to today's entry level boxes. Still runs like a champ, too.
Your mother will help increase the number of Firefox hits on the websites that she visits. This will encourage web developers to make certain that their sites are compatable with Firefox. Therefore, just by using Firefox when she browses, your mother helps improve the browsing experience for all Firefox users.
According to packages.gentoo.org, mplayer is stable on amd64 and I use mplayer all the time on x86 to play wmv files. Is there something special about the amd64 build that doesn't handle wmv files?
If closed-source software (or non-free) does the job better than any open-source implementation, why the hell not use the non-free/closed-source implementation?
I believe the reasoning goes that by accepting a non-free implementation, you are reducing demand for a free implementation and doing nothing to encourage the improvement of the computing community.
I think it's incorrect to call Apple's market share stagnant. A quick trip to www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp shows that Apple's share of W3School's audience has been steadily increasing from 1.8% two years ago, to 3.0% this month. This may not indicate Apple's movement in the general market, but, considering that development trends are generally followed by similar trends in the general market, it's probably a very good sign for Apple.
I wonder if their results would have been any different if they had looked at more recent linux kernels (they stopped at v2.2). The guy who led this research (SRS) taught the Software Engineering course I took as part of my undergrad degree, so maybe I could drop him an email to see if they've done any further work.
Solaris isn't going to be closed for long. When it is opened up, I'd imagine that the hardware incompatiblity problem will go away very, very quickly as people start to write drivers for it.
It remains to be seen if they'll open everything or just what suits them. If they open enough that an unaffiliated party can build the system, then device drivers might be forthcoming.
Do you have any evidence that opera users are switching to FF?
I'm an Opera user and I've tried several times in the last year to switch to FF, but I've always come back to Opera because I like the feel better (compared to Opera, FF feels slow and clumsy. Also, FF's use of tabs is frustrating).
Microsoft is not required for the industry to form a consensus.
Once that consensus is reached and broadly implemented, it will start showing up on things like procurment checklists used by government and big business. After that, MS has almost no choice in the matter. You think MS is happy about supporting PDFs?
I don't think you can overstate how much more responsive dual processor systems are over single processor systems.
My desktop machine at work has 2 700MHz PIIIs in it. The machine that I was going to replace it with has a single 2.4GHz PIV in it. I never actually switched because the new machine wasn't as comfortable to use.
If the money generated by the DVD helps offset the overhead costs of the project, then that's still a good thing. I might not make a cent for the work I've done on Wikipedia, but I support anything that will help ensure the existance of Wikipedia.
In short, Python is more flexible, and therefore gives you more rope with which to hang yourself
I respectfully disagree that Python's increased flexibility somehow makes it more dangerous to use than Java.
I've used Python for several large projects and have never found a situation where Python got me in trouble that would have been easily avoided in some other language. In fact, whenever I finish a large Python project, I'm always amazed at how the natural way of doing things in Python helped me avoid problems that I would have had if I'd been using C/C++ or Java.
As an aside, using Python has made me a better C/C++ programmer since it's made me more aware of the dangers and productivity sinks of C/C++.
But the bottom line that society as a whole needs to understand is that we need to decrease our net energy usage.
"I desire to use less energy" implies a more limited view than "I desire to get the most out of the energy I use" even if the results are largely the same. Focusing soley on reduced consumption runs a greater risk of producing false economies.
Not only does the car owner not have to change anything but the whole electric infrastructure wouldn't have to change(other than increased capacity and such).
Actually, capacity wouldn't need to increase. Instead, since people would be plugging their cars in at off peak times (both because it's most convenient to do it over night and because the electricy is cheaper), it would help to reduce the difference between average demand and maximum demand on the grid. This would allow power companies to reduce the number of on-demand generators (which are more costly per kWh both in terms of money and pollution) and replace them with more efficient generators that run all the time.
In the long run, pollution goes down, price per kWh goes down, it's win-win for everybody.
My PS2 stopped reading "blue" discs a while back. I called Sony, explained the problem, and they performed the repairs for free. I paid to ship it to them, but the repairs and return shipping was free.
No hassle. Was done in 5 days (they said to allow 2 weeks).
Just my experience with Sony in regards to warantee work.
Even if that is the case, Linux still gains from such an arrangement. In order to leverage Linux against MS, some amount of money and time must be spent to compare the two so that they can put numbers in front of the MS sales rep.
So, even if it's just a ploy, Linux still gets excellent PR from this.
GPL is based on copyright. Therefore, the GPL has no reach beyond the reach of copyright. Copyright does not extend over intent, meaning, or function of something, just the expression of it. If you read GPL'd code to understand its intent, meaning, and function, you can still safely write your own code to do the exact same thing as long as you don't copy the GPL'd code, adapt the GPL'd code, or otherwise derive the expression of your code from the GPL'd code.
It all depends on what you define as gaining ground, I suppose.
In absolute numbers, there are definately more Linux users now than at any point in the past. There are more Linux servers than before and there are more desktops than before.
In relative numbers, the question is whether Linux use is growing faster than computer use in general. I have no hard data, but every day I see Windows users learn more about Linux and, every so often, one of them switches. I've never seen a Linux user switch to Windows (although I have seen a couple move to Plan9 or *BSD). If the migration trend is one way, then Linux will gain (relative) ground on Windows, at least until the early adopter effect fizzles.
You should raise a stink at HP about the fact that you were lied to. If your lucky, they'll replace your laptop and/or fire the decietful SOB who lied to you.
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Subversion is being developed by the people who created CVS. They recognized
CVS's limitations and decided that it would be more painful to fix CVS than
it would be to start from scratch.
But don't worry about CVS, it'll be around for a long time to come.
You're exactly right. People who think that there should be standardization
of 4th generation languages are missing the point. 3rd generation languages
are general purpose. 4th generation languages are designed with specific
problem areas in mind and so adopt syntax and paradigms that are convenient
to that problem space.
And when this behavior was noticed during acceptance testing, Microsoft would
be forced to remedy the situation or be found in violation of the contract
(minimally) or (in the worst case) law.
Doing something like this on purpose would be too stupid for words.
Actually, I bought my wife's machine 4 years ago and it came with a 80GB HD,
1.6GHz AMD CPU, 128meg RAM, CDRW drive, and a DVD drive. Cost about $1500.
Except for the RAM, it's actually quite comparable to today's entry level
boxes. Still runs like a champ, too.
Your mother will help increase the number of Firefox hits on the websites that
she visits. This will encourage web developers to make certain that their
sites are compatable with Firefox. Therefore, just by using Firefox when
she browses, your mother helps improve the browsing experience for all Firefox
users.
It's a subtle effect, but a very real one.
According to packages.gentoo.org, mplayer is stable on amd64 and I use mplayer
all the time on x86 to play wmv files. Is there something special about the
amd64 build that doesn't handle wmv files?
If closed-source software (or non-free) does the job better than any open-source implementation, why the hell not use the non-free/closed-source implementation?
I believe the reasoning goes that by accepting a non-free implementation, you
are reducing demand for a free implementation and doing nothing to encourage
the improvement of the computing community.
I think it's incorrect to call Apple's market share stagnant. A quick
trip to www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp shows that Apple's
share of W3School's audience has been steadily increasing from 1.8% two years
ago, to 3.0% this month. This may not indicate Apple's movement in the
general market, but, considering that development trends are generally
followed by similar trends in the general market, it's probably a very
good sign for Apple.
I wonder if their results would have been any different if they had looked
at more recent linux kernels (they stopped at v2.2). The guy who led this
research (SRS) taught the Software Engineering course I took as part of my
undergrad degree, so maybe I could drop him an email to see if they've done
any further work.
Solaris isn't going to be closed for long. When it is opened up, I'd imagine that the hardware incompatiblity problem will go away very, very quickly as people start to write drivers for it.
It remains to be seen if they'll open everything or just what suits them.
If they open enough that an unaffiliated party can build the system, then
device drivers might be forthcoming.
Do you have any evidence that opera users are switching to FF?
I'm an Opera user and I've tried several times in the last year to switch to
FF, but I've always come back to Opera because I like the feel better (compared
to Opera, FF feels slow and clumsy. Also, FF's use of tabs is frustrating).
Microsoft is not required for the industry to form a consensus.
Once that consensus is reached and broadly implemented, it will start showing
up on things like procurment checklists used by government and big business.
After that, MS has almost no choice in the matter. You think MS is happy about
supporting PDFs?
I don't think you can overstate how much more responsive dual processor
systems are over single processor systems.
My desktop machine at work has 2 700MHz PIIIs in it. The machine that I was
going to replace it with has a single 2.4GHz PIV in it. I never actually
switched because the new machine wasn't as comfortable to use.
One obvious reason is that it is cheaper to support hardware that you control
than it is to try to support the myriad of different PC hardware makers.
I'd rather have a dual core G4 in a laptop than a single core G5. Top speed
isn't as important to me as smooth operation.
If the money generated by the DVD helps offset the overhead costs of the
project, then that's still a good thing. I might not make a cent for the
work I've done on Wikipedia, but I support anything that will help ensure
the existance of Wikipedia.
Just the way I see it.
In short, Python is more flexible, and therefore gives you more rope with which to hang yourself
I respectfully disagree that Python's increased flexibility somehow makes it
more dangerous to use than Java.
I've used Python for several large projects and have never found a situation
where Python got me in trouble that would have been easily avoided in some
other language. In fact, whenever I finish a large Python project, I'm always
amazed at how the natural way of doing things in Python helped me avoid problems
that I would have had if I'd been using C/C++ or Java.
As an aside, using Python has made me a better C/C++ programmer since it's
made me more aware of the dangers and productivity sinks of C/C++.
But the bottom line that society as a whole needs to understand is that we need to decrease our net energy usage.
"I desire to use less energy" implies a more limited view than "I desire to get
the most out of the energy I use" even if the results are largely the same.
Focusing soley on reduced consumption runs a greater risk of producing false
economies.
Just food for thought.
Not only does the car owner not have to change anything but the whole electric infrastructure wouldn't have to change(other than increased capacity and such).
Actually, capacity wouldn't need to increase. Instead, since people would
be plugging their cars in at off peak times (both because it's most convenient
to do it over night and because the electricy is cheaper), it would help to
reduce the difference between average demand and maximum demand on the grid.
This would allow power companies to reduce the number of on-demand generators
(which are more costly per kWh both in terms of money and pollution) and
replace them with more efficient generators that run all the time.
In the long run, pollution goes down, price per kWh goes down, it's win-win
for everybody.
My PS2 stopped reading "blue" discs a while back. I called Sony, explained
the problem, and they performed the repairs for free. I paid to ship it to
them, but the repairs and return shipping was free.
No hassle. Was done in 5 days (they said to allow 2 weeks).
Just my experience with Sony in regards to warantee work.
Even if that is the case, Linux still gains from such an arrangement.
In order to leverage Linux against MS, some amount of money and time must
be spent to compare the two so that they can put numbers in front of the
MS sales rep.
So, even if it's just a ploy, Linux still gets excellent PR from this.
Of hand, does anyone know of a WM that's relaly easy to customize, but also very flexible?
FVWM has a minimal core, but is infinitly flexible and customizable. I always
end up coming back to it.
http://www.fvwm.org/
You lack a crucial insight to understand the GPL.
GPL is based on copyright. Therefore, the GPL has no reach beyond the reach
of copyright. Copyright does not extend over intent, meaning, or function
of something, just the expression of it. If you read GPL'd code to understand
its intent, meaning, and function, you can still safely write your own code
to do the exact same thing as long as you don't copy the GPL'd code, adapt
the GPL'd code, or otherwise derive the expression of your code from the
GPL'd code.
It all depends on what you define as gaining ground, I suppose.
In absolute numbers, there are definately more Linux users now than at
any point in the past. There are more Linux servers than before and there
are more desktops than before.
In relative numbers, the question is whether Linux use is growing faster
than computer use in general. I have no hard data, but every day I see
Windows users learn more about Linux and, every so often, one of them switches.
I've never seen a Linux user switch to Windows (although I have seen a couple
move to Plan9 or *BSD). If the migration trend is one way, then Linux will
gain (relative) ground on Windows, at least until the early adopter effect fizzles.
Just my take on it.
You should raise a stink at HP about the fact that you were lied to. If your
lucky, they'll replace your laptop and/or fire the decietful SOB who lied to
you.
It's worth a shot.