I'm not sure whether it'll help or hinder the Firefox launch, I don't really think it'll have much effect either way. What might do though is agreeing to advertise it so if you're webmaster of a high traffic site or have a say in what goes into a dead-tree magazine click the link...
Speaking as someone who has predicted new particles generally people come up with new model that do something novel (e.g. in the case of the paper I linked to, has a natural explanation of the relative electric charges of the particles.
If the model seems particularly interesting then people will do calculations in it and either show it's wrong or come up with experiments to test it....If it turns out to be right (if only....), then it's a good job you predicted those extra particles because you've just advanced our understanding of the way the world works. Even if it's wrong (likely!) the model might give someone an idea for a better one....
>> if I am successful then inevitably some kid in his parents' basement will write his own Open Source version of the thing, for free."
> Unlike the corporation that could also do the same thing and just slightly undercut you?
With a corporation, you can compete on cost as well as features. If the opposition is not planning on making any money then it's impossible to undercut free. Obviously you can (and companies do) compete with software that is free (as in beer as well as in libre) but it is valid point.
I thought the article was well thought out and the numerous people who are accusing him of confusing free as in beer and free as in libre are being unfair. The guy clear understands OSS, but if your software is libre then those you distribute it to can redistribute - meaning that you can't charge very much if anything for the code itself.
Of course you can charge for support etc. but the article explicitly discussed that. It annoys me (as someone who is considering a career as a developer) that people seem to be deliberately misconstruing what the man wrote.
And sorry about replying to my own post but medical x-rays use wavelengths that pass through water else our (mostly) water bodies would be opaque to them where as it's ony the bones that are opaque.
Interestingly, I was just over at the Fedora website as I had heard that the schedule claims FC3 test1 is due out today and I notice that the roadmap says that eventually system-config-packages will be able to install software from external repositories. Woo!
None of these updaters keep a list of what is already installed on the system, they all use the rpm database, as long as the repositories you use for them all are compatible (they don't obselete each others packages etc.) then you should be fine.
The main difference between yum and uprmi seems to be that there is a stable GUI for urpmi. There is the beginnings of a GUI for yum here but I can't seem to get it to work right for me on FC2 using a proxy. (Apt has the synaptic GUI).
My karma has been maxed out for ages, I posted the link because I thought it would be useful (it was to me). It doesn't redirect to any nasty site, it's a link to a google page as./ even tells you.
SLI (Scan line Interleaving) means that if you have two graphics cards in your computer then they can each draw part of the screen. So for a lot more money you get better graphics and a higher frame-rate.
I've always liked Nokia phones but I wasn't going to get another one because of their stance (and their campaigning) on software patents but if they are investing in Mozilla - I'm really torn.
If I had any mod points, I'd mod you funny. The flame wars between the zealots of each distro are so hot we should be using them for power. I think it may be a little while before we reach a consensus (i.e. long term on a scale where the heat death of the universe is just around the corner).
I'm installing now. The installer crashes if I have a USB mouse plugged into my trusty (but old) Portege 3440ct; gah - I'll have to use the internal one. I hope the mouse works once the system is installed - it worked fine under Core 1!
They/are/ the established paper sizes, at least here in the UK. A4 is used everywhere. I'm not sure I've seen a "letter" sized piece of paper, I only know about them though printer preferences!
Not only do they still have a free version but also, no-one is forced to upgrade. It seems people aren't interested in whether it's free as in speech but when it's free as in beer, changes in the pricing structure bring bitter recriminations.
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I'm not sure whether it'll help or hinder the Firefox launch, I don't really think it'll have much effect either way. What might do though is agreeing to advertise it so if you're webmaster of a high traffic site or have a say in what goes into a dead-tree magazine click the link...
Speaking as someone who has predicted new particles generally people come up with new model that do something novel (e.g. in the case of the paper I linked to, has a natural explanation of the relative electric charges of the particles.
If the model seems particularly interesting then people will do calculations in it and either show it's wrong or come up with experiments to test it....If it turns out to be right (if only....), then it's a good job you predicted those extra particles because you've just advanced our understanding of the way the world works. Even if it's wrong (likely!) the model might give someone an idea for a better one....
>> if I am successful then inevitably some kid in his parents' basement will write his own Open Source version of the thing, for free."
> Unlike the corporation that could also do the same thing and just slightly undercut you?
With a corporation, you can compete on cost as well as features. If the opposition is not planning on making any money then it's impossible to undercut free. Obviously you can (and companies do) compete with software that is free (as in beer as well as in libre) but it is valid point.
I thought the article was well thought out and the numerous people who are accusing him of confusing free as in beer and free as in libre are being unfair. The guy clear understands OSS, but if your software is libre then those you distribute it to can redistribute - meaning that you can't charge very much if anything for the code itself.
Of course you can charge for support etc. but the article explicitly discussed that. It annoys me (as someone who is considering a career as a developer) that people seem to be deliberately misconstruing what the man wrote.
And sorry about replying to my own post but medical x-rays use wavelengths that pass through water else our (mostly) water bodies would be opaque to them where as it's ony the bones that are opaque.
It depends on the wavelength! Light is EM radiation and water is see-through!
Since when is Sun supporting of OpenSource? Yet an other lie. Sun always got the free ride but never truely supported it.
Erm Open Office (and Sun engineers work (or at least have worked?) on Mozilla).
The link in the parent opens up an infinite number of obscene pictures requiring you to kill the browser.
Interestingly, I was just over at the Fedora website as I had heard that the schedule claims FC3 test1 is due out today and I notice that the roadmap says that eventually system-config-packages will be able to install software from external repositories. Woo!
Sure and I've used it for rpm based distribution with apt but it doesn't work with yum.
None of these updaters keep a list of what is already installed on the system, they all use the rpm database, as long as the repositories you use for them all are compatible (they don't obselete each others packages etc.) then you should be fine.
You can't install new packages with up2date, it just updates the current ones.
The main difference between yum and uprmi seems to be that there is a stable GUI for urpmi. There is the beginnings of a GUI for yum here but I can't seem to get it to work right for me on FC2 using a proxy. (Apt has the synaptic GUI).
My karma has been maxed out for ages, I posted the link because I thought it would be useful (it was to me). It doesn't redirect to any nasty site, it's a link to a google page as ./ even tells you.
If you don't want to register at the Times you can go via this page.
SWF=System.Windows.Forms
SLI (Scan line Interleaving) means that if you have two graphics cards in your computer then they can each draw part of the screen. So for a lot more money you get better graphics and a higher frame-rate.
I've always liked Nokia phones but I wasn't going to get another one because of their stance (and their campaigning) on software patents but if they are investing in Mozilla - I'm really torn.
You're new around here, right?
If I had any mod points, I'd mod you funny. The flame wars between the zealots of each distro are so hot we should be using them for power. I think it may be a little while before we reach a consensus (i.e. long term on a scale where the heat death of the universe is just around the corner).
I'm installing now. The installer crashes if I have a USB mouse plugged into my trusty (but old) Portege 3440ct; gah - I'll have to use the internal one. I hope the mouse works once the system is installed - it worked fine under Core 1!
They /are/ the established paper sizes, at least here in the UK. A4 is used everywhere. I'm not sure I've seen a "letter" sized piece of paper, I only know about them though printer preferences!
I was just saying that most people were quite happy to use when it was free as in beer, even though it wasn't free as in speech.
(I'm not arguing against open source; I chose Wordpress as it's free as in both)
Not only do they still have a free version but also, no-one is forced to upgrade. It seems people aren't interested in whether it's free as in speech but when it's free as in beer, changes in the pricing structure bring bitter recriminations.
While I use Wordpress for both my blogs, I think that everyone is being rather harsh on these people who are just trying to make a living.
I remember. Although it flopped, if you believe that linux will catch on, on the desktop eventually such a distro will work.
I don't really think the time is at hand myself but I wish them luck!