As previously mentioned, the phone is completely self-contained chip and is controlled by simple AT commands, so no special drivers should be needed - just a fairly simple front end application.
Distributions that do not meet a need die a natural death. Those that are still around are there because people use them.
Look, different people have different ideas about how to achieve the same thing (eg. installing software). Some work better than others. What you are asking for is for all but one to drop the way they are currently doing things and adopt a single methodology - which goes against human nature. If it's going to happen, it will happen naturally. Otherwise, people will continue to use what works for them.
What complete hogwash. How many car brands are there? How many models under each brand? Differences between years of the same model?
Everything you cite is not about choice, it's about distribution channels, education, and marketing. But mostly, Linux has not broken into the mainstream desktop market because Microsoft already has that market locked up in exclusive contracts.
Like opendocument 3rd parties will be free to implement MS XML.
Except that anyone that does would be highly likely to be in violation of several of Microsoft's patents. It seems to me that they want the appearance of being open while still being able to exercise full control if they so desire.
Terminology is very important. Words have an emotion/idea associated with them. When you say MS is a monopoly, that has a different meaning than "monopolistic business practices"
I agree. But at the end of the day, what people are complaining about is Microsoft's abuse of their market position.
Exactly how would an in-experienced user know which distribution to use? I'm an experienced Linux user (not an expert at all) and still don't know which Linux distribution I prefer or should use. I am willing to bet there would be some contention as to which distribution would be best.
So what do you propose in order to fix the situation? Lots of people complain about this and nobody has a reasonable answer. It's not too different from complaining that there are too many car manufacturers. How do you know which car to pick when you want to buy one? You test drive them. The same applies here. "Users don't want to try out a whole bunch of other OSes" you say. Well if they don't care enough to evaluate at least one or two options I wonder why the question came up in the first place - users like that should probably just stick with what came on their PC.
In any case, Linux distributions that don't have a need eventually die a natural death. This has already happened and will continue to happen.
They have been convicted of monopolistic business practices - attempting to obtain and secure a monopoly. The same cannot be said of any of the other players, and until the playing field is level the restrictions will continue. The terminology used is irrelevant; what is important is Microsoft's current market position and the lengths they are prepared to go to in order to stay there.
Then suddenly you have to recompile and set up your video drivers all over again.
What an inflammatory and completely wrong statement. On the kind of distribution an inexperienced user would (or should) be using, they will never need to recompile the kernel, ever.
You know how many times I've edited the system registry since its inception? Less than 5. I really doubt that anyone *needs* to edit their registry ever.
That's fortunate for you, but let me tell you as a Windows server sysadmin I have had to edit the registry on quite a number of occasions to fix it, and many of those times it was under the direction of a Microsoft knowledge base article. Many of those times I *felt* that it should not have been necessary, but it was still necessary nonetheless.
Once you dig into the registry you can see it is as arcane, messy and complicated as any configuration file you might find on a Linux system (with the possible exception of the sendmail configuration file, which is truly in a class of its own).
No, and it's a crying shame. I have had major trouble trying to get Unreal I running on either Windows or Linux with proper 3D acceleration, hence the reason I haven't played it since I first got it.
To me, this is one of the main reasons game companies should consider releasing the source to an old game once there is no longer a reason to hang onto it - it lets people fix it up so it runs on modern OSes with modern hardware.
Now we are talking about kids who disable the security system on my windows, come in, and try to mess with my door lock so I can't get in.
No we are not. Why do people keep on trotting out this analogy? This is not breaking and entering, it's nothing like it - the impact is nowhere near as severe. Please don't use flawed analogies to make what these kids did sound more serious than it is.
I'm not sure what part of the school you're in, but if IT is interfering with your job perhaps you should try to work with them to get OOo set up, and if they won't listen, complain to the school administration.
Just out of interest (as a developer but fairly infrequent user of OOo, KOffice and MS Office) how do you share a document directly in MS Office? I would have thought you'd be sharing using a web server or Windows file share.
Perhaps you could consider submitting feature requests for these items to bugs.kde.org and the OpenOffice team? They sound like worthwhile features that should be implemented.
Well, there is the Mozilla ActiveX project. You can embed the Mozilla ActiveX control into any application to add built-in browsing functionality, just like you can with the IE one (shdocvw).
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After KDE moves to Qt 4 (which will be in KDE 4) this could change, if the right people take charge of porting and maintaining it.
that's still basically an insult to Photoshop and Photoshop users.
Eh? Where's the insult? He merely suggested a Linux alternative that might be more suited to Photoshop users than the GIMP.
As previously mentioned, the phone is completely self-contained chip and is controlled by simple AT commands, so no special drivers should be needed - just a fairly simple front end application.
Distributions that do not meet a need die a natural death. Those that are still around are there because people use them.
Look, different people have different ideas about how to achieve the same thing (eg. installing software). Some work better than others. What you are asking for is for all but one to drop the way they are currently doing things and adopt a single methodology - which goes against human nature. If it's going to happen, it will happen naturally. Otherwise, people will continue to use what works for them.
Choice is bad for mainstream consumers.
What complete hogwash. How many car brands are there? How many models under each brand? Differences between years of the same model?
Everything you cite is not about choice, it's about distribution channels, education, and marketing. But mostly, Linux has not broken into the mainstream desktop market because Microsoft already has that market locked up in exclusive contracts.
Gates is still just a nerd at heart.
I don't think Bill Gates is the one at Microsoft that we should worry about - it's Steve "#@#*@(# kill Google!" Ballmer that is of most concern.
It didn't go quite like that, but the basic story is true. Here it is, from the man himself:
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My plan is to quit my job and sit at home playing my PSP all day, hoping to guilt-trip Sony into sending me a paycheck every week.
Work for a game review website, by any chance?
Like opendocument 3rd parties will be free to implement MS XML.
Except that anyone that does would be highly likely to be in violation of several of Microsoft's patents. It seems to me that they want the appearance of being open while still being able to exercise full control if they so desire.
the CEO of Microsoft is a calm and collective guy
I know he works for the Borg and all, but I think you meant "collected".
Terminology is very important. Words have an emotion/idea associated with them. When you say MS is a monopoly, that has a different meaning than "monopolistic business practices"
I agree. But at the end of the day, what people are complaining about is Microsoft's abuse of their market position.
Exactly how would an in-experienced user know which distribution to use? I'm an experienced Linux user (not an expert at all) and still don't know which Linux distribution I prefer or should use. I am willing to bet there would be some contention as to which distribution would be best.
So what do you propose in order to fix the situation? Lots of people complain about this and nobody has a reasonable answer. It's not too different from complaining that there are too many car manufacturers. How do you know which car to pick when you want to buy one? You test drive them. The same applies here. "Users don't want to try out a whole bunch of other OSes" you say. Well if they don't care enough to evaluate at least one or two options I wonder why the question came up in the first place - users like that should probably just stick with what came on their PC.
In any case, Linux distributions that don't have a need eventually die a natural death. This has already happened and will continue to happen.
When MS does it, it's a monopoly.
They have been convicted of monopolistic business practices - attempting to obtain and secure a monopoly. The same cannot be said of any of the other players, and until the playing field is level the restrictions will continue. The terminology used is irrelevant; what is important is Microsoft's current market position and the lengths they are prepared to go to in order to stay there.
Then suddenly you have to recompile and set up your video drivers all over again.
What an inflammatory and completely wrong statement. On the kind of distribution an inexperienced user would (or should) be using, they will never need to recompile the kernel, ever.
You know how many times I've edited the system registry since its inception? Less than 5. I really doubt that anyone *needs* to edit their registry ever.
That's fortunate for you, but let me tell you as a Windows server sysadmin I have had to edit the registry on quite a number of occasions to fix it, and many of those times it was under the direction of a Microsoft knowledge base article. Many of those times I *felt* that it should not have been necessary, but it was still necessary nonetheless.
Once you dig into the registry you can see it is as arcane, messy and complicated as any configuration file you might find on a Linux system (with the possible exception of the sendmail configuration file, which is truly in a class of its own).
It's a bolt from the blue, I agree. Now let's not steal any more of their thunder, please.
No, and it's a crying shame. I have had major trouble trying to get Unreal I running on either Windows or Linux with proper 3D acceleration, hence the reason I haven't played it since I first got it.
To me, this is one of the main reasons game companies should consider releasing the source to an old game once there is no longer a reason to hang onto it - it lets people fix it up so it runs on modern OSes with modern hardware.
14. {"rem", "Less than half a fucking man."},
15. {"rem", "You're fucking dumb! Suck it down."},
They look like translation strings. I wonder what the original usage was.
That's fine, except the next headline would be "School Lets Kids Download Porn". You can't go too far the other way.
Now we are talking about kids who disable the security system on my windows, come in, and try to mess with my door lock so I can't get in.
No we are not. Why do people keep on trotting out this analogy? This is not breaking and entering, it's nothing like it - the impact is nowhere near as severe. Please don't use flawed analogies to make what these kids did sound more serious than it is.
Remember, this is the FCC. If they want to, they can make it illegal to disable the GPS function.
I'm not sure what part of the school you're in, but if IT is interfering with your job perhaps you should try to work with them to get OOo set up, and if they won't listen, complain to the school administration.
Just out of interest (as a developer but fairly infrequent user of OOo, KOffice and MS Office) how do you share a document directly in MS Office? I would have thought you'd be sharing using a web server or Windows file share.
Perhaps you could consider submitting feature requests for these items to bugs.kde.org and the OpenOffice team? They sound like worthwhile features that should be implemented.
intuitive
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Qt already has a decent licence - you may have heard of it, it's called the "GPL".
Yeah, but in which country/state? Surely not all have that law...
Well, there is the Mozilla ActiveX project. You can embed the Mozilla ActiveX control into any application to add built-in browsing functionality, just like you can with the IE one (shdocvw).