GNOME 1.0 is roughly identical in functionality, good looks, and bug-free-ness as KDE 1.0 was. From your comment it appears that you haven't seen GNOME since the 0.30 release, and just assumed that 1.0 wasn't any different.
It's pretty obvious that Intel is simply milking the IA-32 architecture for as long as possible while simultaneously working on IA-64. Who wouldn't extract the maximum amount of revenue possible from a development? If you know better, simply don't buy it.
-- IG, a happy Cyrix customer
REMOVE spec-exec and branch prediction.
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Apparently, Intel still doesn't know how to design a microprocessor. The design of IA-64 ought to be nothing more than a super-fast RISC core with the legacy IA-32 instruction set emulated in microcode. But apparently they're still wasting silicon on such silly crap as speculative execution and branch prediction. Duh.
It's a shame there's so much legacy Windows code out there; it's downright obscene that Microsoft is deliberately encouraging its development by foisting non-portable toolkits like MFC and Visual Basic.
ISV's need to get into the mindset that any future development should be done in a portable way. There are plenty of good tools out there for doing so. Java is one, wxWindows is another, even Qt would be better than something Windows-only.
Writing retargetable code isn't difficult; it merely takes some foresight and some careful planning.
Interesting how, over the years and still today, the way to compare MS products to non-MS products is to use the "next" version of the MS product in the comparison (in this case, Windows NT v5/2000). The brass ring of "good software from MS" is perpetually in a state of RSN (Real Soon Now).
Red Hat has effectively prevented itself from becoming a tyrant by GPL'ing everything it feeds back into the Linux community. This very action has also led many Linux users to trust Red Hat as the "safe" distribution of Linux, because there's nothing proprietary in it. Plus, Red Hat has done much to make Linux easier to install and use. Tyrannical? They can't get tyrannical because the only thing keeping them at #1 is the fact that they have the best, most coherent product, and that's the way it should be!
Furthermore, RedHat's leadership will allow the rapid emergence of some de facto standards, as long as RedHat does not abuse its leadership position (in which case they will immediately lose it). This will allow GNOME to take its rightful place as the standard Linux desktop.
What I'd really like to have for my custom-built electronics projects is a simple two-way Ethernet to RS232 board of some sort. Currently I'm using a printer server to drive remote displays (my favourite is a big, bright vacuum flourescent display from IEE), but it would be nice to have something smaller and 2-way.
If such a module existed, it would be trivial to simply run Ethernet cable alongside audio cable, and have your "stereo rack MP3 player" be nothing more than a small terminal that controls an MP3 codec somewhere else in the house.
HP OpenView on Linux would be a big win. Anyone who's ever had the non-pleasure of running large network management systems on Windows NT will agree that Unix is definitely the way to go; unfortunately, many IS departments will scoff at the often prohibitive cost of Sun or HP hardware. OpenView on Linux would combine the power and reliability of Unix with the economy of commodity hardware. Funny how those same reasons keep coming up for app after app.
I can't help but think that if SGI marketed this box correctly, it could be a shining star in the Linux world. The technical effort required to get Linux running well on SGI's Intel boxes would be minimal - basically, just good drivers for XFree86 and any other special hardware in the box.
They could then market it as "SGI's Linux-based workstation" and as "SGI's Windows NT workstation." Linux users would be thrilled to have Linux running on such high-profile hardware. SGI would attract more business; perhaps some of those graphics apps which ran so well on the Indy could be ported to Linux, and they'd keep the hardware business. Everyone would be happy (except Microsoft).
By the way, whoever was asking about TrueType fonts: XFree86 v4.0 is going to support TrueType 'out of the box' without the need to add any font servers.
They're only shutting down Prodigy Classic, the legacy service with the ancient UI. They've spent the last couple of years reinventing themselves as a more standards-based ISP, and this service is called Prodigy Internet. I know a couple of the developers there, and they're a pretty sharp bunch of people.
I say, kudos to them for finally ditching the lame duck, and pushing forward with the real deal. Wouldn't it be great if AOL or CompuServe offered you the ability to access their services with standard protocols such as POP, IMAP, NNTP, etc? Prodigy Internet allows you to do that -- and yes, you can use Linux with their service.
So before all you lamers start trashing Prodigy, get all the facts. Prodigy Internet is the only one of the 'traditional' online services that has fully migrated to a standards-based service.
Don't start a new protocol. The IETF wants instant messaging to be global and standardized; the last thing we need is another duplication of effort. Work with the IETF and end up with something standard.
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GNOME 1.0 is roughly identical in functionality, good looks, and bug-free-ness as KDE 1.0 was. From your comment it appears that you haven't seen GNOME since the 0.30 release, and just assumed that 1.0 wasn't any different.
I take exception to the phrase "BBS world of the 1980's." BBS's are alive and well, and still offer a more interactive, online-community-oriented experience than the Web does. Long live the BBS! (And visit mine while you're at it)
It's pretty obvious that Intel is simply milking the IA-32 architecture for as long as possible while simultaneously working on IA-64. Who wouldn't extract the maximum amount of revenue possible from a development? If you know better, simply don't buy it.
-- IG, a happy Cyrix customer
Apparently, Intel still doesn't know how to design a microprocessor. The design of IA-64 ought to be nothing more than a super-fast RISC core with the legacy IA-32 instruction set emulated in microcode. But apparently they're still wasting silicon on such silly crap as speculative execution and branch prediction. Duh.
It's a shame there's so much legacy Windows code out there; it's downright obscene that Microsoft is deliberately encouraging its development by foisting non-portable toolkits like MFC and Visual Basic.
ISV's need to get into the mindset that any future development should be done in a portable way. There are plenty of good tools out there for doing so. Java is one, wxWindows is another, even Qt would be better than something Windows-only.
Writing retargetable code isn't difficult; it merely takes some foresight and some careful planning.
Interesting how, over the years and still today, the way to compare MS products to non-MS products is to use the "next" version of the MS product in the comparison (in this case, Windows NT v5/2000). The brass ring of "good software from MS" is perpetually in a state of RSN (Real Soon Now).
Red Hat has effectively prevented itself from becoming a tyrant by GPL'ing everything it feeds back into the Linux community. This very action has also led many Linux users to trust Red Hat as the "safe" distribution of Linux, because there's nothing proprietary in it. Plus, Red Hat has done much to make Linux easier to install and use. Tyrannical? They can't get tyrannical because the only thing keeping them at #1 is the fact that they have the best, most coherent product, and that's the way it should be!
Furthermore, RedHat's leadership will allow the rapid emergence of some de facto standards, as long as RedHat does not abuse its leadership position (in which case they will immediately lose it). This will allow GNOME to take its rightful place as the standard Linux desktop.
What I'd really like to have for my custom-built electronics projects is a simple two-way Ethernet to RS232 board of some sort. Currently I'm using a printer server to drive remote displays (my favourite is a big, bright vacuum flourescent display from IEE), but it would be nice to have something smaller and 2-way.
If such a module existed, it would be trivial to simply run Ethernet cable alongside audio cable, and have your "stereo rack MP3 player" be nothing more than a small terminal that controls an MP3 codec somewhere else in the house.
HP OpenView on Linux would be a big win. Anyone who's ever had the non-pleasure of running large network management systems on Windows NT will agree that Unix is definitely the way to go; unfortunately, many IS departments will scoff at the often prohibitive cost of Sun or HP hardware. OpenView on Linux would combine the power and reliability of Unix with the economy of commodity hardware. Funny how those same reasons keep coming up for app after app.
I can't help but think that if SGI marketed this box correctly, it could be a shining star in the Linux world. The technical effort required to get Linux running well on SGI's Intel boxes would be minimal - basically, just good drivers for XFree86 and any other special hardware in the box.
They could then market it as "SGI's Linux-based workstation" and as "SGI's Windows NT workstation." Linux users would be thrilled to have Linux running on such high-profile hardware. SGI would attract more business; perhaps some of those graphics apps which ran so well on the Indy could be ported to Linux, and they'd keep the hardware business. Everyone would be happy (except Microsoft).
By the way, whoever was asking about TrueType fonts: XFree86 v4.0 is going to support TrueType 'out of the box' without the need to add any font servers.
They're only shutting down Prodigy Classic, the legacy service with the ancient UI. They've spent the last couple of years reinventing themselves as a more standards-based ISP, and this service is called Prodigy Internet. I know a couple of the developers there, and they're a pretty sharp bunch of people.
I say, kudos to them for finally ditching the lame duck, and pushing forward with the real deal. Wouldn't it be great if AOL or CompuServe offered you the ability to access their services with standard protocols such as POP, IMAP, NNTP, etc? Prodigy Internet allows you to do that -- and yes, you can use Linux with their service.
So before all you lamers start trashing Prodigy, get all the facts. Prodigy Internet is the only one of the 'traditional' online services that has fully migrated to a standards-based service.
Oh, by the way ... KDE SUCKS!
Don't start a new protocol. The IETF wants instant messaging to be global and standardized; the last thing we need is another duplication of effort. Work with the IETF and end up with something standard.
Oh and by the way ... KDE sucks.