I am frustrated to see them cavalierly drop the principles that got me to switch.
Oh, for christ's sake. TWO PEOPLE are SPECULATING as to the reasons why Apple hasn't released some of the CoreOS code YET, and everyone takes their guesses as gospel?
Did anyone consider the possibility that the code in question is being delayed because publishing it right now (in the middle of a processor transition) would probably tip their hand as to features of upcoming products?
If that code doesn't show up after we get the Intel Xserves and the Intel desktops, there might be some reason to believe that Apple's decided to give up on open-sourcing the OS. Until then, it's nothing but guesses, so can everyone can just quit going off half-cocked?
Well I am still waiting for that list of accomplishments
When did I offer to comply with your demand?
See, this is something that you and RMS have in common: the assumption that just because you demand something, that others must comply and jump through your hoops. Sorry, it's not going to happen.
I think your ability to belittle and deride the work of people you hate is much greater then his. Your posts in this thread prove that.
Why do you presume to claim that I "hate" someone, simply because I'm not a fan of his? There aren't many people I hate, and richard will never be important enough to be among them.
If you mean a compiler that takes simple linear code and magically makes it run faster on a massively parallel architecture, I'd be very interested in an argument for how that's even logically possible
Cray did a pretty good job of it. Google for the papers on their vectorizing FORTRAN.
There's nothing to show that a Python app on OS X isn't a native Cocoa app.
Actually, since a PyObc app is using the Cocoa libraries directly, saying that they're not "native" is a bit of hair-splitting. I wouldn't necessarily say that an app written in an interpreted or JIT-compiled language isn't native.
a good number of telescopes still run on FORTH systems these days.
Yes, and you'll also find FORTH in many other embedded control applications, not to mention the dialect that constitutes Open Firmware, which was in all of the PPC Macs, and is still used to boot most of Sun's hardware.
The company I'm working for is involved in some hardware development right now, and we might very well go with FORTH instead of buying something like QNX for its embedded processor.
I suppose it makes you feel better to minimize his efforts.
On the contrary! I'm quite aware of RMS's tireless efforts to belittle and deride the work of anyone who chooses to give software away under terms that don't meet with his approval. HIs efforts are great, indeed.
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RMS wants an audience with me, with you, with the prime minister of France, and anyone else, anytime, anywhere. It's what the man lives for.
-jcr
I am frustrated to see them cavalierly drop the principles that got me to switch.
Oh, for christ's sake. TWO PEOPLE are SPECULATING as to the reasons why Apple hasn't released some of the CoreOS code YET, and everyone takes their guesses as gospel?
Did anyone consider the possibility that the code in question is being delayed because publishing it right now (in the middle of a processor transition) would probably tip their hand as to features of upcoming products?
If that code doesn't show up after we get the Intel Xserves and the Intel desktops, there might be some reason to believe that Apple's decided to give up on open-sourcing the OS. Until then, it's nothing but guesses, so can everyone can just quit going off half-cocked?
-jcr
Then where are all the non-Apple mp3 players that support it?
Ask Sony. They just announced that they're going to be offering AAC in their products.
-jcr
What a fascinating fantasy world you live in. If I were looking for attention, RMS is among the last people I'd want to get it from.
Of course, your suggestions above look like great things for you to do yourself. Let us know how it works out.
-jcr
You need a bit more stuffing in your straw man, sport. AAC is an open standard.
-jcr
Well I am still waiting for that list of accomplishments
When did I offer to comply with your demand?
See, this is something that you and RMS have in common: the assumption that just because you demand something, that others must comply and jump through your hoops. Sorry, it's not going to happen.
-jcr
Would you prefer that, or the pre-packaged news stories that the Bush administration has been spewing out?
Is that you, Moulitsas?
-jcr
So in other words, this guy is rich
Not likely. He wasn't very far up the food chain at MS.
-jcr
I'll be prepared to believe they are turning a new leaf when they release Office for Linux.
Bite your tongue! Haven't Linux users suffered enough?
-jcr
Once again I commend you on your ability to belittle and deride the works of others.
Aw... I'm sorry I don't share your reverence for RMS. Does it wound your little ego to know that your opinion of him isn't unanimous?
-jcr
I don't think you'll find that term in American law, but the principle applies here as well.
-jcr
I think your ability to belittle and deride the work of people you hate is much greater then his. Your posts in this thread prove that.
Why do you presume to claim that I "hate" someone, simply because I'm not a fan of his? There aren't many people I hate, and richard will never be important enough to be among them.
-jcr
Dying from emphysema isn't a more pleasant alternative.
-jcr
Have you noticed how much of the Java APIs are depreciated?
You're talking about the library, I'm talking about the language.
-jcr
If you mean a compiler that takes simple linear code and magically makes it run faster on a massively parallel architecture, I'd be very interested in an argument for how that's even logically possible
Cray did a pretty good job of it. Google for the papers on their vectorizing FORTRAN.
-jcr
There's nothing to show that a Python app on OS X isn't a native Cocoa app.
Actually, since a PyObc app is using the Cocoa libraries directly, saying that they're not "native" is a bit of hair-splitting. I wouldn't necessarily say that an app written in an interpreted or JIT-compiled language isn't native.
-jcr
a good number of telescopes still run on FORTH systems these days.
Yes, and you'll also find FORTH in many other embedded control applications, not to mention the dialect that constitutes Open Firmware, which was in all of the PPC Macs, and is still used to boot most of Sun's hardware.
The company I'm working for is involved in some hardware development right now, and we might very well go with FORTH instead of buying something like QNX for its embedded processor.
-jcr
in what way is something like Java superior to C++ when you take away the ease-of-access via the web?
Well, I'm no fan of Java, but the fact that it was designed, rather than accreted makes it superior to C++, IMHO. C++ is a horribly complex language.
-jcr
I think this kind of irrational hatred counts as a mental illness, personally.
Hatred? WTF are you talking about? RMS will never be important enough to hate.
-jcr
I suppose it makes you feel better to minimize his efforts.
On the contrary! I'm quite aware of RMS's tireless efforts to belittle and deride the work of anyone who chooses to give software away under terms that don't meet with his approval. HIs efforts are great, indeed.
-jcr
I don't think he is looking for an audience with you
Heh.. You've never met him, have you?
-jcr
given that he has built FSF
That is a major exaggeration. A lot of people built the FSF.
-jcr
What is it about RMS that makes you so angry?
I wouldn't say "angry". More like, not worth talking to.
-jcr
succeeded in it it's real purpose: RMS self-agrandizement.
Heh.. Richard probably thinks so.
-jcr
Then the problem may be that he was denied an appointment in the first place don't you think ?
Umm... No. I fully support anyone who chooses not to meet with RMS, for whatever reason they choose.
-jcr