Because no one can deny that Apache is an uncontrovertible success story. It's the most evident example because it got so much market share without any marketing, no sales pressure, it's widely adopted because of its quality alone
Agreed, make note of this point.
The problem with OSS is not a lack of quality, it's a lack of marketing. It's not having computers factory installed.
I think it is not factory installed becasue people want to use windows, not becasue they don't know it exists. You are putting the cart before the donkey. I know all kinds of people that have used Linux and know about it but still decided it was not "ready". An example of this would be that even most people that read Slashdot use Windows.
Counter stike was one of the things on that list! Hardly any of the products in that list are actually made by MS. Just a bunch of books, games, and hardware that relate to their products.
Apple makes Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio, Shake, iLife, GarageBand, Soundtrack, Keynote and AppleWorks. For an Example of some of the tools Apple ships with OSX, look at Automator, AppleScript, and Sherlock
People that own PC's don't like to buy software, so most PC software people use is either cracked shareware or adware.
People that use Linux don't like to pay for software or deal with adware and shareware, so they have free second rate versions instead.
People on Macs actually pay for software, so Mac software (of you can afford to keep up) outclasses that of of the competition.
Apple also makes more software than Microsoft, and OSX comes with more free high quality tools. All that power in an OS and it still comes with a real comand shell. For the small market share Apple has, they seem to be doing a fine job of producing quality software.
Why does nobody ever mention Paint Shop Pro or Macromedia Fireworks? They are both way cheaper than Photoshop and still do more than Gimp. As far as sound editors on Linux, I happy enough when I can get my sound card working on Linux. I have used a few free video editing tools on Windows but this is not a popular enough area to really sway things in either direction for people.
I use Linux on my desktop because I don't feel like buying yet another copy of Windows XP, but I am not going to pretend Linux has more available applications than windows or make BSOD jokes. It is attitudes like this article that almost make me want to spring the money for another copy of XP.
I hold a patent on speaking out against patents, I would have let you know earlier but I was waiting for you do it a few so I can get more money from you when I litigate. I was never planning on using my patent, I just registered it so I can stand by and watch someone else think of it, then have my lawyers take their money instead.
It is kind of like cyber-squatting but different, I call it patent-squatting.
Here is my 4 step guide to patent-squatting
Try to think of an idea that could be used by any big company a few years from now.
Think of a way to obfuscate this simple idea into a 8 page document of confusing technical descriptions. Lets use "cular transportation facilitation device" as an example.
Now patent this idea and wait in quiet anticipation of the day that you get to "Take Over The World"(tm)
In all serious though, the problem could nearly be avoided if patent offices would kick back applications with reasons like "I can't parse that".
Wash them off, the Zinc whiskers have less charge to the parts when submerged in water (as long as the water is not distilled). Once the parts are submerged you can remove the whiskers with a cloth. With idiots like that moderator fixing problems we would have computer salvage yards piled higher than Iraq's WMD caches.
Yes but in a Prius installing an iPod would probably reduce your gas mileage. I met this guy who said he charged his cell phone in his cigarette lighter, and old people were driving by in Cadillac's giving him the finger because the car wouldn't go faster than 35.
He rolled the window down to flip them off back, but the added drag of having the windows down slowed down the car more, and the Caddi was gone before he could extend his finger. True story.
At the point where MS started tying copies of it's operating system to a hardware ID, if I give someone an old computer, they can have the copy of windows and the license with it.
If MS does not like that, I will get them a spoon so they can eat my ass.
They already use night vision in some areas. The police were staking out a nearby night club, a few people climbed into the back of a truck to smoke a joint and the police watced on night vision. They busted in pulled them all out of the vehicle and threw them all in jail, for smoking a joint.
Sort of to imply that living in a rural area should be an insurance discount. If I can drive 40 miles and see only 3 cars, is it really justified that I need to pay $200 month in liability in case I hit one of them?
But traveling at 120 mph != crashing at 120 mph. Unless you are driving that fast in fog with 15 feet of visibility, you are going to try to stop or slow down first. Even if you jerk the wheel at 120 and the car skids out of control, the car is going to slow down before you hit something or the wheels leave the pavement. The extra drag is useful in slowing the car down.
Well, it depends on how you drive. I drive to work on a long windy road. I constantly get stuck behind people that annoy me. It is common for me to drop back and gas it, because I need to be going around 90 mph to get around them before the next corner to avoid oncoming traffic. If I am passing 2 or 3 cars in the same passing zone, I usually do so at about 120 mph.
It will be a long time if ever before this becomes a more practical solution than multiple desktops, dual monitors, or even a second or third task bar applet. Just like a turned off the windows XP animations for minimize and maximize in favor of a faster response time, I am sure this will be equally useless.
If you are a hobbyist, then the 120 day free trial period should span your summer quite nicely. After the saved $955 buys you a new laptop, then install the kit on that for another 120 days.
The 120 period is there for a reason, I fail to see how this news comes as a problem to you?
It offers developers access to the code so they can build a better product and change the code to meet their needs in some situations. Some people argue this is the reason Sun needs to do the same. You are telling me that this won't matter because they are not distributing the source code to the end users with a new PDA?
I could honestly give a fsck about the source code, unless the package management is so broken I need the source code to compile the binary myself.
It might be expensive if the end users were required to have it to install software. It is a one time fee for the developer. For most companies that can afford to design and ship a PDA this is a drop in the bucket.
P installs a crapflood of memory resident programs to handle even the most mundane tasks
Funny you mention that, a just threw a default install of XP Pro on an old 450MHz AMD box next to me. I was amazed to see on boot it used only 56 megs of RAM. Having mostly used OEM versions, I always figured XP was more bloated than that.
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Agreed, make note of this point.
The problem with OSS is not a lack of quality, it's a lack of marketing. It's not having computers factory installed.
I think it is not factory installed becasue people want to use windows, not becasue they don't know it exists. You are putting the cart before the donkey. I know all kinds of people that have used Linux and know about it but still decided it was not "ready". An example of this would be that even most people that read Slashdot use Windows.
Counter stike was one of the things on that list! Hardly any of the products in that list are actually made by MS. Just a bunch of books, games, and hardware that relate to their products.
For an Example of some of the tools Apple ships with OSX, look at Automator, AppleScript, and Sherlock
Microsoft makes Office.
People that use Linux don't like to pay for software or deal with adware and shareware, so they have free second rate versions instead.
People on Macs actually pay for software, so Mac software (of you can afford to keep up) outclasses that of of the competition.
Apple also makes more software than Microsoft, and OSX comes with more free high quality tools. All that power in an OS and it still comes with a real comand shell. For the small market share Apple has, they seem to be doing a fine job of producing quality software.
I use Linux on my desktop because I don't feel like buying yet another copy of Windows XP, but I am not going to pretend Linux has more available applications than windows or make BSOD jokes. It is attitudes like this article that almost make me want to spring the money for another copy of XP.
This method and more in the next version of 101 ways to abuse virtual hosting package.
It is kind of like cyber-squatting but different, I call it patent-squatting.
Here is my 4 step guide to patent-squatting Try to think of an idea that could be used by any big company a few years from now.
Think of a way to obfuscate this simple idea into a 8 page document of confusing technical descriptions. Lets use "cular transportation facilitation device" as an example.
Now patent this idea and wait in quiet anticipation of the day that you get to "Take Over The World"(tm)
In all serious though, the problem could nearly be avoided if patent offices would kick back applications with reasons like "I can't parse that".
Wash them off, the Zinc whiskers have less charge to the parts when submerged in water (as long as the water is not distilled). Once the parts are submerged you can remove the whiskers with a cloth. With idiots like that moderator fixing problems we would have computer salvage yards piled higher than Iraq's WMD caches.
He rolled the window down to flip them off back, but the added drag of having the windows down slowed down the car more, and the Caddi was gone before he could extend his finger. True story.
If MS does not like that, I will get them a spoon so they can eat my ass.
I am sure this has nothing to do with Microsoft, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Sun, Adobe, and Apple being American companies.
They already use night vision in some areas. The police were staking out a nearby night club, a few people climbed into the back of a truck to smoke a joint and the police watced on night vision. They busted in pulled them all out of the vehicle and threw them all in jail, for smoking a joint.
Sort of to imply that living in a rural area should be an insurance discount. If I can drive 40 miles and see only 3 cars, is it really justified that I need to pay $200 month in liability in case I hit one of them?
But traveling at 120 mph != crashing at 120 mph. Unless you are driving that fast in fog with 15 feet of visibility, you are going to try to stop or slow down first. Even if you jerk the wheel at 120 and the car skids out of control, the car is going to slow down before you hit something or the wheels leave the pavement. The extra drag is useful in slowing the car down.
Well, it depends on how you drive. I drive to work on a long windy road. I constantly get stuck behind people that annoy me. It is common for me to drop back and gas it, because I need to be going around 90 mph to get around them before the next corner to avoid oncoming traffic. If I am passing 2 or 3 cars in the same passing zone, I usually do so at about 120 mph.
_Why_ did he have to point out Kirstens droopy eyelid?! I never noticed it before, but now it is bothering me. damn you!
"It's still in beta status, but it's ready for prime time now" - glabels is a Linux distro?
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It will be a long time if ever before this becomes a more practical solution than multiple desktops, dual monitors, or even a second or third task bar applet. Just like a turned off the windows XP animations for minimize and maximize in favor of a faster response time, I am sure this will be equally useless.
The 120 period is there for a reason, I fail to see how this news comes as a problem to you?
You complain about the $995 fee and say, well, on Linux you could just roll your own toolkit?
It would take monts or years and a "mobhord" of developers to correctly do that, but at least you save the $995 fee for the kit.
Call it a hunch, but I am willing to wager that you don't design and build PDA's for a living?
I could honestly give a fsck about the source code, unless the package management is so broken I need the source code to compile the binary myself.
It might be expensive if the end users were required to have it to install software. It is a one time fee for the developer. For most companies that can afford to design and ship a PDA this is a drop in the bucket.
That is partly because pop3 makes a poor replacement for an exchange server.
If you open up the laptop to replace the RAM yourself don't you void the warranty?
Funny you mention that, a just threw a default install of XP Pro on an old 450MHz AMD box next to me. I was amazed to see on boot it used only 56 megs of RAM. Having mostly used OEM versions, I always figured XP was more bloated than that.