Really don't care. He's an arrogant prick and i really don't care that he came from some privileged family that taught him early to bend the rules, cheat, lie and steal. He should be taken out back and shot instead of making him out to some 'geek hero', which is is not.
Now, a story about Woz's childhood, that would be interesting.
Ya, mod me down, i cant help it that i despise the man and doing it wont change my mind.
I'm talking universal binaries in this case, not the 9 to 10 change.
But even that was a radical shift, so it was either that or cut off the existing software base, far different then windows XP to 7 which is basically the same.
Not a lot different with traditional libraries considering my tax dollars go to pay that single copy of a book that 1000 people borrow ( in effect, rent since they paid taxes ) over its physical life. They also offer online inter-library loans, and renewals.
If we hadn't let the programmers run amok and force them to write efficient code, what we had back then was 'good enough' for most people. ( not all, but most )
And to prove my point, i'm still running a 10 year old desktop with a 900mhz PIII running Freebsd on a daily basis.
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Really don't care. He's an arrogant prick and i really don't care that he came from some privileged family that taught him early to bend the rules, cheat, lie and steal. He should be taken out back and shot instead of making him out to some 'geek hero', which is is not.
Now, a story about Woz's childhood, that would be interesting.
Ya, mod me down, i cant help it that i despise the man and doing it wont change my mind.
I'm talking universal binaries in this case, not the 9 to 10 change.
But even that was a radical shift, so it was either that or cut off the existing software base, far different then windows XP to 7 which is basically the same.
New, yes. Old i disagree. There are *millions* of perfectly fine machines that don't have the extended instruction sets.
I have 2 under my desk at work, 2 ghz 2gb ram. Id not call that garbage. Neither have a newer chip.
"new and improved" My foot. If they have to have an emulation mode to get users to upgrade why is it better?
At least apple had an excuse for doing this, they changed architecture.
mulinux?
How about before that, trying to get the kernel to compile before there was a way to install it.
If you *must* insist, i guess i remember bit editing the kernel so it would boot off HD instead of floppy.
Oracle wasn't peoplesoft either, until they bought them. Their homegrown ERP systems were even *worse*, if you can imagine worse..
But i agree with the premise that what made Sun Microsystems what it was, is gone now.
Long live Sun.
So thats saying that what isn't out yet is already being replaced, so why should i upgrade.
How about just make something that works?
Its a far different world now, where you cant even trust your closest neighbor.
Ah, just like myspace.
Or Patriots? I thought only terrorists needed to hide their conversations?
To distract you while the black van heads to your house.
So presumed guilty just because you happen t hit a web address? Well, i guess its the next logical step in squelching free speech and knowledge.
This sounds like a membership only library.
Not a lot different with traditional libraries considering my tax dollars go to pay that single copy of a book that 1000 people borrow ( in effect, rent since they paid taxes ) over its physical life. They also offer online inter-library loans, and renewals.
Coming soon, to an office party near you. Filled with colored sugar water.
Until we don't even need the flesh to model after, and have 100% digital entities as actors?
Ya, i know there was a movie about that, but how long until its actually going to happen? I think we could just about do it now, technically.
Its called fair use.
Hell, that was 10 years ago.
If we hadn't let the programmers run amok and force them to write efficient code, what we had back then was 'good enough' for most people. ( not all, but most )
And to prove my point, i'm still running a 10 year old desktop with a 900mhz PIII running Freebsd on a daily basis.
True, but they still need to keep track of what is going on .
More evil now? I don't think they have ever not been more evil. They were just lower on the radar for most people.
This is just to get people used to lease their computing OS.
And its not news, it was announced long ago.
...support piracy, so the FSF must be a terrorist organization, right?
A simple drive to the local starbucks with a spoofed mac address would have solved that problem.
You might trust them, but having to deal with them in the past, I don't.
Better grab source while you can, expect all the projects to be closed and or cancelled.
Or your ISP shuts you off due to bandwidth use... No 'suspicion/accusation' needed.
Somedays you cant win.