it is my understanding that most of these paid OSS jobs are funded by proprietary software.
That is what you understand wrong.
You imagine people will keep working on software out of altruistic desire forever? Many people I know are in this profession solely for the high salaries. Once OSS peanut-salary is the norm, they will dump this profession like a cheap rental suit.
I dunno where you get your information from, but again, you're completely wrong here. There's no difference between the salaries of programmers who work on free software and the people who work on proprietary software.
I call it American-style competition. Instead of making a better product or giving the customer what they want, they work to crush the competition and give the customer no choice but to buy their product. The purpose of competition in markets is to give the customers what they want at the best possible price.. as soon as your goals vary from that you're no longer a part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
So many obviously smart people confuse proprietary with commercial. The two are orthogonal. Back in the 90s this might have been academic, but there are now many commercial open source companies. Get with the program.
WoW doesn't care how you got the client software, so long as you're the only one using that serial number. In fact, WoW gives every user who bought the game 3 "invite a friend" serial numbers and invites them to lend their disks to said friend. That's already "most MMOs" by sheer numbers, but if you want a survey of the other MMOs, most of them provide free downloads of the client.
meh, he obviously wasn't aware that the script copied everything off his thumb drive.. so your solution would either
1) prevent him from doing the task he needed to do because the entire drive is encrypted 2) result in an encrypted directory being copied instead of an unencrypted one (slightly better) 3) have no effect because he needed to mount the encrypted drive to give the script access to the xml file and at the same time gave it access to his personal files
So yeah, your speculation about what might have helped him is probably completely pointless as I'm sure he's already gone over the issue in his head 20 times while waiting on the unemployment line.
You still haven't said why you think the awesome bar is anything other than awesome.
I really don't know what your problem is with it. But, ultimately, Mozilla decides what Firefox is.. if you don't like it, roll your own or use a competitor.
umm, because they think it is better and a lot of people agree. I really do think that you awesome bar detractors are the odd one's out. But there's good news, it's open source, you can add or remove any features you want. And before you start going on about how you're not a programmer so you don't have the option, surely there's someone out there who *is* a programmer and who dislikes the awesome bar - get them to do it - and if there isn't, then maybe you're just nit picking eh?
Really, if you want software to be exactly the way you like it then you have no option but to learn how to customize it to your own personal liking.. and often that means programming. The good news is that you didn't need to code up the awesome bar (or the original bar) to decide which one you preferred..
Umm. There's a popup that says "a new version is available, do you want to upgrade?" And your options are: Yes, No right now, Never. Select never if you don't want it.
I've heard discussions about having intermittant popups that would gently annoy people into upgrading.
One should not listen to scuttlebutt. If you haven't experienced it yourself, you shouldn't have an opinion.
You seem to be the only one here who doesn't know that in_the_lab != in_production.
Using an Atomic Force Microscope I can make you a processor buidld from single atom transistors, that doesn't mean I have any freakin' idea how to put that into production.
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Sigh. You're understanding of the software industry is so pedestrian that it is impossible to have a serious conversation with you.
Those little boxes on the shelves in Walmart are not the software industry. They're not even a significant percentage of it.
Well, to be fair, Kuwait is more about the profits than the prophet.
This is the kind of post where I wonder why I bother providing my real, obfuscated email address on Slashdot. If you're serious, send me your resume.
That goes for anyone reading this post with similar skills.
As Jane's father used to say, "anyone who can't find work aint lookin' hard enough."
it is my understanding that most of these paid OSS jobs are funded by proprietary software.
That is what you understand wrong.
You imagine people will keep working on software out of altruistic desire forever? Many people I know are in this profession solely for the high salaries. Once OSS peanut-salary is the norm, they will dump this profession like a cheap rental suit.
I dunno where you get your information from, but again, you're completely wrong here. There's no difference between the salaries of programmers who work on free software and the people who work on proprietary software.
I'm just figuring you're a troll now.
I call it American-style competition. Instead of making a better product or giving the customer what they want, they work to crush the competition and give the customer no choice but to buy their product. The purpose of competition in markets is to give the customers what they want at the best possible price.. as soon as your goals vary from that you're no longer a part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
You understand wrong.
The 90s called, they want their argument back.
Many programmers are paid to work on free software these days.
In fact, the problem isn't finding jobs, the problem is finding programmers.
There's a reason why people talk about fair competition.
This is not.
The professors advise 'the commercial vendor
So many obviously smart people confuse proprietary with commercial. The two are orthogonal. Back in the 90s this might have been academic, but there are now many commercial open source companies. Get with the program.
Those who fail geography are condemned to live in the US of A.
WoW doesn't care how you got the client software, so long as you're the only one using that serial number. In fact, WoW gives every user who bought the game 3 "invite a friend" serial numbers and invites them to lend their disks to said friend. That's already "most MMOs" by sheer numbers, but if you want a survey of the other MMOs, most of them provide free downloads of the client.
meh, he obviously wasn't aware that the script copied everything off his thumb drive.. so your solution would either
1) prevent him from doing the task he needed to do because the entire drive is encrypted
2) result in an encrypted directory being copied instead of an unencrypted one (slightly better)
3) have no effect because he needed to mount the encrypted drive to give the script access to the xml file and at the same time gave it access to his personal files
So yeah, your speculation about what might have helped him is probably completely pointless as I'm sure he's already gone over the issue in his head 20 times while waiting on the unemployment line.
Not as annoying as your fail to use the preview button though eh? :)
Wow, you completely missed the point.
You still haven't said why you think the awesome bar is anything other than awesome.
I really don't know what your problem is with it. But, ultimately, Mozilla decides what Firefox is.. if you don't like it, roll your own or use a competitor.
As I said, the code was all there; it was stripped out. Why?
As I answered, because the Awesome bar is better.
If the old bar had been left in then people would have complained that FF is bloated.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't it seems.
umm, because they think it is better and a lot of people agree. I really do think that you awesome bar detractors are the odd one's out. But there's good news, it's open source, you can add or remove any features you want. And before you start going on about how you're not a programmer so you don't have the option, surely there's someone out there who *is* a programmer and who dislikes the awesome bar - get them to do it - and if there isn't, then maybe you're just nit picking eh?
Really, if you want software to be exactly the way you like it then you have no option but to learn how to customize it to your own personal liking.. and often that means programming. The good news is that you didn't need to code up the awesome bar (or the original bar) to decide which one you preferred..
Umm. There's a popup that says "a new version is available, do you want to upgrade?" And your options are: Yes, No right now, Never. Select never if you don't want it.
I've heard discussions about having intermittant popups that would gently annoy people into upgrading.
One should not listen to scuttlebutt. If you haven't experienced it yourself, you shouldn't have an opinion.
Everyone I know agrees that the awesome bar is exactly that, awesome.
If you didn't want the new features, why did you upgrade?
If it wasn't for the second hand market, far less people could afford to own a car.
What ever happened to The First Sale Doctrine? You have a right to resell that game when you've finished playing it.
They're just trying to kill the second hand market.
You seem to be the only one here who doesn't know that in_the_lab != in_production.
Using an Atomic Force Microscope I can make you a processor buidld from single atom transistors, that doesn't mean I have any freakin' idea how to put that into production.
huh? They skipped 13 generations to get from 45 to 32 and they're skipping 10 generations to get from 32 to 22.
They're going to use the LHC to make energy cubes.
But of course, you already knew that.
I've long since reconciled myself to the fact that while I believe in intellectual property rights, most people around me don't.
Hehe, so why is it the law then? If most people don't believe in it....
Of course the vast majority of those people have never tried to make a living by producing something for the mass market.
So if you're in such a unique position compared to the rest of us then why the hell are we supporting you? Go do something useful for a living.