Mostly the fact that 3.0.x -> 3.1 will break binary compatibility yet again, and will be out soon.
Releasing a.0 release with gcc 3.0.x would mean having to do gcc 3.0.x throughout all.x releases, even after it's obsolete.
Unless you just bump the version number to 9.0, just in time to keep up with Mandrake.:)
It's not really possible to put a $100 program in a free distro. Maybe certain large monopolies can do it, subsidicing it with sales of Doze & M$ Orifice, but a small company like Mandrake can't do it. Even beer can't be free if the ingredients are expensive.
I like the look of KDE 2.2.2. But, it is quite slow on my K6 450 with 64Mg RAM. So when I'm in a hurry, I'll fire up Xfce, which runs pretty quick, even on mediocre hardware.
And for those of you worried about having this data released to the wild, think about the corporations that collect this data: Do you think they would allow this data to be released?
First of all it's not just $20, it's YET ANOTHER $20! There's a difference. It MIGHT be worth it if they improved the service, but more likely it will just get crappier.
If you're on DSL/Cable, set up your own mail server.
I'm seriously considering it! I don't know how hard it would be to set one up, but if I could do so, then I'd be in control and not some greedy company.
How difficult is it to set up an IMAP mail server? Currently I use fetchmail to retrieve mail from yahoo (which is my main e-mail acct), and this change bugs me! I use RoadRunner with my Slackware box.
Do you want an example? In my lifetime Dinosaurs have gone from cold-blooded to warm-blooded and
back. The accepted norm has been that they were big, slow scavengers, then that they were fast hunters.
You know what finally settled it? In the movie _Jurasic Park_ Spielberg chose to make them fast agile warm blooded hunters. Now few people argue with that. "Dinosaurs moved fast. I saw it in a movie"
I was reading theories that dinosaurs were agile warm blooded hunters before Jurasic Park. Spielberg just chose an existing theory; he didn't create it. Nor has he "settled" anything, unless he's somewhat older than I am and was actually there.
Most people DON'T know how to buy a computer without Doze, or even know that there IS such a thing. Sure, YOU have the savy to buy a bare machine and install a real OS, but what about the 99% of the population that doesn't read/.?
Yes!!! If I'm focused on a high priority project, I don't have time to post on/. In fact I have no problem working thru my breaks, lunch, and OT. However, if work is slower, or bogged down, or waiting on someone else, that's when I browse/post. Prior to having Web access, I'd go shoot the bull with a co-worker, and I guarantee that if he was also having a slow day, I could easily blow MORE than 2 hours there.
Some of my work is greatly helped by my ability to do online research. If they cut that off, they diminish my productivity. Admittedly, my/. posting is a grey area, but as long as I do my work, I doubt they'll complain.
Bzzt! Wrong! Shawn can charge whatever he wants to. Of course, there are practical problems with trying to charge $500 when somebody else can put the source code on his website. Unless, nobody buys that first copy, in which case he still won't make any money.
I heard vague rumors of IBM installing OS/2 in 1995. Soon after, I heard official announcements that IBM would be supporting W95 - before W95 was even out. That was what finally killed OS/2 for me! They couldn't preload their OS in 3 years, but promised W95 support before it even shipped.
Don't forget not everyone is, or wants to be, a computer expert. Some people want to just slip in a CD, install, and start working immediately. They shouldn't be forced to use a bug-ridden POS like Windows. Also, the more people we can get using RH/MDK/SuSe, the more Linux friendly hardware we'll get, which also benefits users of Slackware/Debian/Gentoo.
Linux isn't going anywhere! Debian has the same "business" model as the BSD's, and if Pat V ever stops making Slackware, we'll see some community based forks.
Idiot guard: "Take off your shoes" Cro Magnon: "I don't think you want me to do that" IG: "TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES" CM: "But..." IG: "TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES YOU !@#$" CM: takes off shoes. A large toxic cloud emerges. People panic. People die. "I tried to warn him"
I heard about a private citizen who DID test them. I don't remember the details, but I think he got a knife past security, then when he told the authorities about their security hole, he got thrown in the clink!
RMS has a long painful history with names. Calling his stuff "free" brought all the freeloaders who wanted free-beer. GNU/Linux is kinda hard to say. Now we have a kernel that nobody's ever hurd of.
Sooner or later, whether you teach him or not, someones going to come along who knows more than you do. One of my old co-workers trained someone and eventually this youngster did get his mentors job. But the mentor, by that time, was on a different project. The first law of survival is adapt.
Define "different job". My "comfortable" 14 year job as a COBOL programmer came to an end when the bosses decided to move everything to a web-based Java-based system. I had 3 choices. I could either learn java, try to find another COBOL job (lottsa luck), or say "Do you want fries with that?". Luckily, I had already read some Java books on my own time, and fiddled with C++ at home, also on my own time. I'm still a Java beginner, but I'm ahead of most of the office. Also, though I'm not married with kids, I DO have a life apart from computers.
Well, I once read of someone testing voice recognition software, and while dictating he paused to greet 2 co-workers. "Hi, Nick and Ben". The word processor wrote "Hi, naked men"
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Unless you just bump the version number to 9.0, just in time to keep up with Mandrake.
It's not really possible to put a $100 program in a free distro. Maybe certain large monopolies can do it, subsidicing it with sales of Doze & M$ Orifice, but a small company like Mandrake can't do it. Even beer can't be free if the ingredients are expensive.
What about when I just want a cup of Java (tm)?
I like the look of KDE 2.2.2. But, it is quite slow on my K6 450 with 64Mg RAM. So when I'm in a hurry, I'll fire up Xfce, which runs pretty quick, even on mediocre hardware.
Not without payment!
I'm seriously considering it! I don't know how hard it would be to set one up, but if I could do so, then I'd be in control and not some greedy company.
Give them time! I'm sure they will! :(
How difficult is it to set up an IMAP mail server? Currently I use fetchmail to retrieve mail from yahoo (which is my main e-mail acct), and this change bugs me! I use RoadRunner with my Slackware box.
I was reading theories that dinosaurs were agile warm blooded hunters before Jurasic Park. Spielberg just chose an existing theory; he didn't create it. Nor has he "settled" anything, unless he's somewhat older than I am and was actually there.
Most people DON'T know how to buy a computer without Doze, or even know that there IS such a thing. Sure, YOU have the savy to buy a bare machine and install a real OS, but what about the 99% of the population that doesn't read /.?
Yes!!! If I'm focused on a high priority project, I don't have time to post on /. In fact I have no problem working thru my breaks, lunch, and OT. However, if work is slower, or bogged down, or waiting on someone else, that's when I browse/post. Prior to having Web access, I'd go shoot the bull with a co-worker, and I guarantee that if he was also having a slow day, I could easily blow MORE than 2 hours there.
Some of my work is greatly helped by my ability to do online research. If they cut that off, they diminish my productivity. Admittedly, my /. posting is a grey area, but as long as I do my work, I doubt they'll complain.
Bzzt! Wrong! Shawn can charge whatever he wants to. Of course, there are practical problems with trying to charge $500 when somebody else can put the source code on his website. Unless, nobody buys that first copy, in which case he still won't make any money.
A co-worker once tried to guess my password. He came close, but my girlfriend spells her name funny, so he missed.
I heard vague rumors of IBM installing OS/2 in 1995. Soon after, I heard official announcements that IBM would be supporting W95 - before W95 was even out. That was what finally killed OS/2 for me! They couldn't preload their OS in 3 years, but promised W95 support before it even shipped.
Then you must have specifically asked for no Doze. If you just walk into a CompUSA (like 95% of people do), all their non-Macs have Doze.
Don't forget not everyone is, or wants to be, a computer expert. Some people want to just slip in a CD, install, and start working immediately. They shouldn't be forced to use a bug-ridden POS like Windows. Also, the more people we can get using RH/MDK/SuSe, the more Linux friendly hardware we'll get, which also benefits users of Slackware/Debian/Gentoo.
Linux isn't going anywhere! Debian has the same "business" model as the BSD's, and if Pat V ever stops making Slackware, we'll see some community based forks.
Idiot guard: "Take off your shoes"
Cro Magnon: "I don't think you want me to do that"
IG: "TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES"
CM: "But..."
IG: "TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES YOU !@#$"
CM: takes off shoes. A large toxic cloud emerges. People panic. People die. "I tried to warn him"
I heard about a private citizen who DID test them. I don't remember the details, but I think he got a knife past security, then when he told the authorities about their security hole, he got thrown in the clink!
RMS has a long painful history with names. Calling his stuff "free" brought all the freeloaders who wanted free-beer. GNU/Linux is kinda hard to say. Now we have a kernel that nobody's ever hurd of.
Sooner or later, whether you teach him or not, someones going to come along who knows more than you do. One of my old co-workers trained someone and eventually this youngster did get his mentors job. But the mentor, by that time, was on a different project. The first law of survival is adapt.
Define "different job". My "comfortable" 14 year job as a COBOL programmer came to an end when the bosses decided to move everything to a web-based Java-based system. I had 3 choices. I could either learn java, try to find another COBOL job (lottsa luck), or say "Do you want fries with that?". Luckily, I had already read some Java books on my own time, and fiddled with C++ at home, also on my own time. I'm still a Java beginner, but I'm ahead of most of the office. Also, though I'm not married with kids, I DO have a life apart from computers.
What's even scarier is that that 20% is working computers!
Well, I once read of someone testing voice recognition software, and while dictating he paused to greet 2 co-workers. "Hi, Nick and Ben". The word processor wrote "Hi, naked men"