As it is now July 1st, we have had 7 months of 2003... I don't follow your one month ahead comment. Maybe a reflection of the state of the US educational system ?
I used RedHat up until a month ago when I had to switch to Win2k for a apecific program. I upgraded from RH7.0 - RH7.3 using apt-rpm. When i switch back, I'll be able to upgrade to 8.0 with the same old CD's.
you can still compile the CVS tree i can play the newest CS complete either online or at home with bots unfortunately, i need to upgrade an old video card but it is still playable in software mode.
the only 'text based' installer i've seen in the last 5 years has been redhat 6.0 (which was the only distro i had around that would fit on a 700mb drive)
Don't you all already complain that Windows is bloated ? I can see this turning out real well for the computing world. Now not only do I have to put up with 15 text editors in a default install of Linux, but now I'll get everything and the kitchen sink next time I go back to Windows. Good thing 40 GB hard drives are cheap these days... I'll need on just to upgrade my OS.
Even if they were designed to withstand a 747 impact, it would have been for low speed collision (ie. lost in fog etc) and not for a plane containing a full load of fuel. The engineers designed the WTC in a world that didn't have terrorists intentionally crashing planes into buildings. The building did live up to design specifications, and would have handled the impact nicely if it wasn't for the 2000+ C fires that lead to its eventual demise.
Not quite. A photon travels at 3e8 m/s in a vacuum. However, in any other material it travels slower. It's this property that allows us to do the fancy tricks in say, fiber optics.
As i write this my computer is sitting sans case on the carpet of my floor, merrily chugging away at win2k as it has without as much as a flicker of blue since i installed it 6 months ago. Prior to this i ran linux and found that while the OS itself was stable, many of the apps that i ran (including X weren't).
The original poster was correct. Until I can do basic things such as web and news browsing and email with the default distro apps, linux is not ready for the desktop and should be used where it is suitable, the backend.
Intel is a business, and for them to succeed they need to sell their product. They're right in saying that they need to have people create applications which require more processing power. How does this harm you ? Unless all you need is to run Word, chanes are one of these apps may interest/benefit you. They've developed a compiler which is optimized for their product. How does this harm you ? They know their architecture better than anyone else, so I would expect them to release an optimized compiler. Nothing is stopping AMD or anyone else from doing the same for the Athlon. If it's free, nothings stopping you from using both.
Ultimately they succeed at their real goal: to make money. As a side effect, you get better apps, more powerful procesors and an optimized compiler. Damned capitalists
You do have lots of options, however. You could get together with other musicians and pay someone to develop the software for you. That might be expensive in the short term, but in the long run, it's cheaper because you get the features you want and don't pay for every upgrade
Or i could use that same amount of money to pay for proprietary Windows software (and likely every upgrade i would require for many years) and not have to worry about migrating to another platform.
You could learn programming yourself like lots of other professionals have done. It's not hard. Really.
I can and do program my own tools when it is feasible to do so. However, to replace many of the tools I use on a daily basis is not a viable option. I can't afford to spend months (years) to recode every app I use in Windows for a *Nix platform. That's time better spent creating (and earning money for important things such as food)
ould figure out how the existing music software on Linux works (of which there is actually quite a bit).
None of which compares to its Windows counterpart in stability, functionality or ease of use. Many of these projects were started to provide a *Nix replacement for an existing product (whether Mac or Windows). Again, the time and effort required to migrate to a new platform outweighs the advantages gained (especially if the new tools i have to look forward to are just one offs of the ones I currently use)
Or perhaps it is because he like many in the field are artists and would not know where to begin to create his own solution. Just because a person uses a software solution in his/her work does not mean that they have the means or skills to write their own software. Because the Linux/OSS community is generally comprised of people whose job it is to write software/know computers inside and out, they forget that not all of us have the skills to do the same. So the likely reason that he isn't developing the OSS himself is because he can't and many in his field are in the same boat. Until someone with the proper skill set (music/software) creates the OSS, users like myself must rely on Windows audio software which is normally not cheap but usually is good enough and extensible. It is not a lack of need which impedes progress, but a lack of ability.
Slashdot Mirror
then it would take 4.5 days to cover the $600 million... not much difference
As it is now July 1st, we have had 7 months of 2003...
I don't follow your one month ahead comment. Maybe a reflection of the state of the US educational system ?
And how exactly would they make money ?
I used RedHat up until a month ago when I had to switch to Win2k for a apecific program. I upgraded from RH7.0 - RH7.3 using apt-rpm. When i switch back, I'll be able to upgrade to 8.0 with the same old CD's.
psst... Last time I checked Mercury was the first planet. :-P
you can still compile the CVS tree
i can play the newest CS complete either online or at home with bots
unfortunately, i need to upgrade an old video card but it is still playable in software mode.
600-800 people can't slashdot a server...
when was the last time you installed windows ???
the only 'text based' installer i've seen in the last 5 years has been redhat 6.0 (which was the only distro i had around that would fit on a 700mb drive)
Don't you all already complain that Windows is bloated ? I can see this turning out real well for the computing world. Now not only do I have to put up with 15 text editors in a default install of Linux, but now I'll get everything and the kitchen sink next time I go back to Windows. Good thing 40 GB hard drives are cheap these days... I'll need on just to upgrade my OS.
Even if they were designed to withstand a 747 impact, it would have been for low speed collision (ie. lost in fog etc) and not for a plane containing a full load of fuel.
The engineers designed the WTC in a world that didn't have terrorists intentionally crashing planes into buildings. The building did live up to design specifications, and would have handled the impact nicely if it wasn't for the 2000+ C fires that lead to its eventual demise.
Not quite. A photon travels at 3e8 m/s in a vacuum. However, in any other material it travels slower. It's this property that allows us to do the fancy tricks in say, fiber optics.
As i write this my computer is sitting sans case on the carpet of my floor, merrily chugging away at win2k as it has without as much as a flicker of blue since i installed it 6 months ago. Prior to this i ran linux and found that while the OS itself was stable, many of the apps that i ran (including X weren't).
The original poster was correct. Until I can do basic things such as web and news browsing and email with the default distro apps, linux is not ready for the desktop and should be used where it is suitable, the backend.
Intel is a business, and for them to succeed they need to sell their product. They're right in saying that they need to have people create applications which require more processing power. How does this harm you ? Unless all you need is to run Word, chanes are one of these apps may interest/benefit you. They've developed a compiler which is optimized for their product. How does this harm you ? They know their architecture better than anyone else, so I would expect them to release an optimized compiler. Nothing is stopping AMD or anyone else from doing the same for the Athlon. If it's free, nothings stopping you from using both.
Ultimately they succeed at their real goal: to make money. As a side effect, you get better apps, more powerful procesors and an optimized compiler. Damned capitalists
You do have lots of options, however. You could get together with other musicians and pay someone to develop the software for you. That might be expensive in the short term, but in the long run, it's cheaper because you get the features you want and don't pay for every upgrade
Or i could use that same amount of money to pay for proprietary Windows software (and likely every upgrade i would require for many years) and not have to worry about migrating to another platform.
You could learn programming yourself like lots of other professionals have done. It's not hard. Really.
I can and do program my own tools when it is feasible to do so. However, to replace many of the tools I use on a daily basis is not a viable option. I can't afford to spend months (years) to recode every app I use in Windows for a *Nix platform. That's time better spent creating (and earning money for important things such as food)
ould figure out how the existing music software on Linux works (of which there is actually quite a bit).
None of which compares to its Windows counterpart in stability, functionality or ease of use. Many of these projects were started to provide a *Nix replacement for an existing product (whether Mac or Windows). Again, the time and effort required to migrate to a new platform outweighs the advantages gained (especially if the new tools i have to look forward to are just one offs of the ones I currently use)
Or perhaps it is because he like many in the field are artists and would not know where to begin to create his own solution. Just because a person uses a software solution in his/her work does not mean that they have the means or skills to write their own software. Because the Linux/OSS community is generally comprised of people whose job it is to write software/know computers inside and out, they forget that not all of us have the skills to do the same. So the likely reason that he isn't developing the OSS himself is because he can't and many in his field are in the same boat. Until someone with the proper skill set (music/software) creates the OSS, users like myself must rely on Windows audio software which is normally not cheap but usually is good enough and extensible. It is not a lack of need which impedes progress, but a lack of ability.