Actually MS Media Player reserves the right (via EULA) to scan your system and delete inappropriate media players. That is perhaps even more draconian.
It sure looks to me like the decision turned out badly. Can they adjust? Yes. Was it planned? No. Having to suddenly deal with unplanned change makes Linus look incompetent. The hubris surrounding all the noise also makes Linus look incompetent. The fact that Linus may not have learned any lesson makes Linus look incompetent. I wouldn't call this a good day for Linus in terms of public confidence.
Well I think that if it were finished, the software would be very useful to commercial companies that are "being held hostage" by little Bit. A blow for freedom is a blow for freedom, even if its the "other guys" (i.e., commercial users) who are being protected.
Agreed that the missing equation is risk assessment. Linus wanted to believe there was no risk. There was. Linus wanted to believe the world would give up their rights, so that Linus would face no risk. The world retained its rights. Linus is pissed that the world didn't "pay the piper" by abdicating its rights, for him. It is so screwy it would be funny if I didn't use gnu/linux exclusively.
McVoy got pissed that someone did what he didn't want anyone to do, so he decided to stop maintaining the free BK client.
I hereby give college freshman the right to use my classnotes, unless Army beats Navy. If at anytime, Army beats Navy, the right to use these class notes is retroactively rescinded.
It seems that the kernal developer's lost access due to the legal actions of an uninvolved third party. Who in there right mind would enter into an agreement whereby the legal actions of a random third party would nulify the gains the agreement provided?
Unless "your friend" asks to borrow your machine to check something, and you smile and say, "sure, let me set up a *special* account for you real quick." Then "your friend" doesn't even know you are logging all the packets, which your machine does automaticly for all new *special* accounts for the first day...;-)
I like to dedicate a virtual desktop to each class I'm taking. That way when I want to work I just move to the desktop for that class, and everything I'm working on is open there. I save often, but never actually close a document until its turned in. I use yet another desktop for email, surfing, IRC, etc...
I guess I'm becoming an academic. The "average businessman" has radically different needs than I do. Frankly, I like GNU. Emacs, octave, maxima, lyx, grep, gawk, etc..., have my alliegence. If another kernel was released (microkernel? HURD?) with prerequisite functionality and an acceptable license, I could switch easily as long as the tools were available.
Agreed that it isn't MS level lock-in. I'd even suggest that from a historical perspective, it is significant that Sun is going Open, even if it isn't Free compatible. The fact is that this is going to look good for Open Source. Since Open is a subset of Free, this is not bad PR in the long run. You've got to start somewhere, I suppose. I'd just hate to see one of the survivors of the Unix Splinter Wars start splintering the landscape again.
Ha! When I moved from Win9x to Win2k it broke a lot of my software. I couldn't even *buy* something to run my HP CD-Writer for 6 months. There was no upgrade of the software, either. It was throw away the Win9x stuff and buy the same damn titles again for Win2k. So I gotta call bullshit on this one.
The problem is that when installing a new version, you overwrite the old version and the name remains the same. That leads to serious confusion. Linux can install multiple versions of the same lib, and they all sit there at the same time. The dynamic linking takes the appropriate lib. It works. It works much, much better.
You want to be running 10.3, though, 'cause the beta for X was pulled (which ran on 10.2, and has been replaced with the "real" version with 10.3 prerequisites). The beta license prohibits sharing the binary, and it just doesn't seem to exist anymore... Pretty much, it appears you are screwed if you don't run 10.3 (or at least the Chemistry dept here seems to think so, lots of them use Macs).
Well GNU and Linux both have two syllables. Together they are less of a mouthfull than "that other system". "Linux" is more often said than "GNU", but if I had to give up one or the other...I could still run the GNU tool chain on Mac OSX or via Cygwin on "that other system". I'd hate to give up the tools. They make things happen.
"you just need a tarball and a custom install script"
The tarball comes with a self-customizing install script. You type:
./config to run the self-customizing script
make to compile
make install to finish installation
Dependencies do exist, but config checks for you and gives you a nice list. The real problem is when your dependencies have dependencies...this is where Debian's apt-get can really shine (although I believe modern RPM systems can likewise deal with this...Mandrake's system pops up a window of the dependent additions and asks if it is ok to install them also.)
Just hope that dll you installed doesn't overwrite another and crap all over previously working software. Dependencies exist. Linux seems to do better with them. Running apt-get install software-name beats the crap out of Windows' distribution methods. It is easier, faster, and the most convienent way yet that I've found to install software. It really just works. Commercial distribution makes this harder, but it shouldn't be impossible to move away from CDs.
I have to agree that window shading is window shading. Shade it up, or shade or over, it effectively replaces the square with a strip. Is there a benefit to a vertical strip rather than a horizontal strip?
As I mentioned earlier, it is the platform lock-in that I refered to. You can "create your own OpenSolaris Distro", but it will be OpenSolaris. I was moderated down as flamebait for expressing my total lack of interest, but I sure didn't mean to flame anyone. I just don't see how this will advance the state of the art of Computational Science (which is something I do care about.) I guess at heart I'm an academic. So drive a stake through my heart for my distain at commercial barriers to the free exchange of ideas. It is better to control, and profit, than evolve and grow. Ok, fine.
Rumors of life outside academia are just that, mere rumors. I only half believe. After BS degrees in Physics and then Computer Science I'm now in an MBA program. My emacs/LaTeX/pdf homework is wowing the business prof.s because it looks so damn good. Would looking damn good be enough in the "real world"? God willing, I may never know.
I'm suggesting that cultures that promote a free and open exchange of ideas accelerate the rate at which knowledge is acquired. Science is fairly good at this. Computer Science is less good at this. This "personal pet political philosophy" was how I was trained in Physics. It isn't so much "personal", nor "pet", nor even "political", although it is not unrelated to at least the origins of "natural philosophy". The fact that I have no use for it shouldn't upset ya'll. It is forming an ecological niche, just an isloated niche. Something like the LGPL would have been more useful to me, because it is about sharing code to get useful work done. Popular adoption can be useful, sure. Commercial success is a contradiction in terms. The coolest software to me right now is MPQC, which Sandia Labs released under the GPL. That is a whole lot more useful than yet another server platform.
Why should I have to create two types of document based on the distribution medium?
Interestingly enough, that requirement was a good chunck of my Organizational Theory/Behavior class last night. You always have to match the presentation of the message to the medium. A large part of the "barriers in formal communication" section of that lecture was about people with attitudes exactly as what you just expressed. Effective communication can mean just a timely text-based email. Or a 30 minute movie. It depends on who, and why, you are communicating. But awareness of the limitations of various media is always necessary. And sometimes, those limitations actually enhance the message by limiting noise.
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Actually MS Media Player reserves the right (via EULA) to scan your system and delete inappropriate media players. That is perhaps even more draconian.
It sure looks to me like the decision turned out badly. Can they adjust? Yes. Was it planned? No. Having to suddenly deal with unplanned change makes Linus look incompetent. The hubris surrounding all the noise also makes Linus look incompetent. The fact that Linus may not have learned any lesson makes Linus look incompetent. I wouldn't call this a good day for Linus in terms of public confidence.
Well I think that if it were finished, the software would be very useful to commercial companies that are "being held hostage" by little Bit. A blow for freedom is a blow for freedom, even if its the "other guys" (i.e., commercial users) who are being protected.
Agreed that the missing equation is risk assessment. Linus wanted to believe there was no risk. There was. Linus wanted to believe the world would give up their rights, so that Linus would face no risk. The world retained its rights. Linus is pissed that the world didn't "pay the piper" by abdicating its rights, for him. It is so screwy it would be funny if I didn't use gnu/linux exclusively.
McVoy got pissed that someone did what he didn't want anyone to do, so he decided to stop maintaining the free BK client.
I hereby give college freshman the right to use my classnotes, unless Army beats Navy. If at anytime, Army beats Navy, the right to use these class notes is retroactively rescinded.
It seems that the kernal developer's lost access due to the legal actions of an uninvolved third party. Who in there right mind would enter into an agreement whereby the legal actions of a random third party would nulify the gains the agreement provided?
Unless "your friend" asks to borrow your machine to check something, and you smile and say, "sure, let me set up a *special* account for you real quick." Then "your friend" doesn't even know you are logging all the packets, which your machine does automaticly for all new *special* accounts for the first day... ;-)
I like to dedicate a virtual desktop to each class I'm taking. That way when I want to work I just move to the desktop for that class, and everything I'm working on is open there. I save often, but never actually close a document until its turned in. I use yet another desktop for email, surfing, IRC, etc...
I guess I'm becoming an academic. The "average businessman" has radically different needs than I do. Frankly, I like GNU. Emacs, octave, maxima, lyx, grep, gawk, etc..., have my alliegence. If another kernel was released (microkernel? HURD?) with prerequisite functionality and an acceptable license, I could switch easily as long as the tools were available.
Agreed that it isn't MS level lock-in. I'd even suggest that from a historical perspective, it is significant that Sun is going Open, even if it isn't Free compatible. The fact is that this is going to look good for Open Source. Since Open is a subset of Free, this is not bad PR in the long run. You've got to start somewhere, I suppose. I'd just hate to see one of the survivors of the Unix Splinter Wars start splintering the landscape again.
Ha! When I moved from Win9x to Win2k it broke a lot of my software. I couldn't even *buy* something to run my HP CD-Writer for 6 months. There was no upgrade of the software, either. It was throw away the Win9x stuff and buy the same damn titles again for Win2k. So I gotta call bullshit on this one.
DLL's have versions.
The problem is that when installing a new version, you overwrite the old version and the name remains the same. That leads to serious confusion. Linux can install multiple versions of the same lib, and they all sit there at the same time. The dynamic linking takes the appropriate lib. It works. It works much, much better.
You want to be running 10.3, though, 'cause the beta for X was pulled (which ran on 10.2, and has been replaced with the "real" version with 10.3 prerequisites). The beta license prohibits sharing the binary, and it just doesn't seem to exist anymore... Pretty much, it appears you are screwed if you don't run 10.3 (or at least the Chemistry dept here seems to think so, lots of them use Macs).
Well GNU and Linux both have two syllables. Together they are less of a mouthfull than "that other system". "Linux" is more often said than "GNU", but if I had to give up one or the other...I could still run the GNU tool chain on Mac OSX or via Cygwin on "that other system". I'd hate to give up the tools. They make things happen.
"you just need a tarball and a custom install script"
The tarball comes with a self-customizing install script. You type:
./config to run the self-customizing script
make to compile
make install to finish installation
Dependencies do exist, but config checks for you and gives you a nice list. The real problem is when your dependencies have dependencies...this is where Debian's apt-get can really shine (although I believe modern RPM systems can likewise deal with this...Mandrake's system pops up a window of the dependent additions and asks if it is ok to install them also.)
Just hope that dll you installed doesn't overwrite another and crap all over previously working software. Dependencies exist. Linux seems to do better with them. Running apt-get install software-name beats the crap out of Windows' distribution methods. It is easier, faster, and the most convienent way yet that I've found to install software. It really just works. Commercial distribution makes this harder, but it shouldn't be impossible to move away from CDs.
apt-cache search grass
gpx2shp - convert GPS or GPX file to ESRI Shape file
grass - Geographic Resources Analysis Support System
grass-doc - Geographic Resources Analysis Support System documentation
libgrass - GRASS GIS development libraries
libgrass-dev - GRASS GIS library development files
I have to agree that window shading is window shading. Shade it up, or shade or over, it effectively replaces the square with a strip. Is there a benefit to a vertical strip rather than a horizontal strip?
So try the LGPL? "The problem is with the GPL not everything else." So you expect to see code sharing with Apple or the BSDs? I think not.
As I mentioned earlier, it is the platform lock-in that I refered to. You can "create your own OpenSolaris Distro", but it will be OpenSolaris. I was moderated down as flamebait for expressing my total lack of interest, but I sure didn't mean to flame anyone. I just don't see how this will advance the state of the art of Computational Science (which is something I do care about.) I guess at heart I'm an academic. So drive a stake through my heart for my distain at commercial barriers to the free exchange of ideas. It is better to control, and profit, than evolve and grow. Ok, fine.
It isn't the hardware but the platform lock-in that I meant. The codebase is of, for, and ever-shall-be Solaris.
Rumors of life outside academia are just that, mere rumors. I only half believe. After BS degrees in Physics and then Computer Science I'm now in an MBA program. My emacs/LaTeX/pdf homework is wowing the business prof.s because it looks so damn good. Would looking damn good be enough in the "real world"? God willing, I may never know.
I'm suggesting that cultures that promote a free and open exchange of ideas accelerate the rate at which knowledge is acquired. Science is fairly good at this. Computer Science is less good at this. This "personal pet political philosophy" was how I was trained in Physics. It isn't so much "personal", nor "pet", nor even "political", although it is not unrelated to at least the origins of "natural philosophy". The fact that I have no use for it shouldn't upset ya'll. It is forming an ecological niche, just an isloated niche. Something like the LGPL would have been more useful to me, because it is about sharing code to get useful work done. Popular adoption can be useful, sure. Commercial success is a contradiction in terms. The coolest software to me right now is MPQC, which Sandia Labs released under the GPL. That is a whole lot more useful than yet another server platform.
Well unless you are concerned that either the site might take it down, or your audiance is to lazy to actually break the flow and hyperlink away.
Why not make a tarball of the PDF, and the LaTeX that originated it? That way they can read the PDF, and if they want to add comments they can. :-)
Why should I have to create two types of document based on the distribution medium?
Interestingly enough, that requirement was a good chunck of my Organizational Theory/Behavior class last night. You always have to match the presentation of the message to the medium. A large part of the "barriers in formal communication" section of that lecture was about people with attitudes exactly as what you just expressed. Effective communication can mean just a timely text-based email. Or a 30 minute movie. It depends on who, and why, you are communicating. But awareness of the limitations of various media is always necessary. And sometimes, those limitations actually enhance the message by limiting noise.