But should we even target "non-technical" users? I've always thought that open source was better for programmer types, and people who like fiddling with stuff. The core open source philosophy of "If you don't like it, fix it" loses all meaning when you apply it to people who have neither the time nor the skills to fix problems.
Personally, i think OSS should stay the way it is now, with it's focus on programmers. It already does this well, and focusing on the desktop will only take minds away from improving it. Let companies like Microsoft deal with the clueless end-user types.
It's not that hard. I mean, the point could be made that there's not really an easy way to find this out, but once you get that far it's a piece of cake.
Well, from where they are now, Google could do pretty much anything and people would use it. They could easily be as pervasive as AOL or even Microsoft is to most people.
Pot calling the kettle black, i think assuming every song sold on iTunes replaces a CD is overkill. After all, a lot of people but whole albums on iTunes, for 10 bucks, IIRC.
I sometimes have this feeling Microsoft would do ANYTHING to go back in history and try to get all the laws of our country re-written and the market changed so this kind of all-secret world I speak of could exist.
Well, if this had happened, Bill Gates never would have started experimenting with computers, and Microsoft wouldn't even exist. Keep in mind that Microsoft started small, just like Linux.
Wait, you can perform calculations on a grapefruit? Let's see...At an optimistic clock speed of 4 ghz, that makes the grapefruit run at about 20 seconds per cycle.
Nice try, but we know you're really just trying to find a better GUI without any actual work. It's like the old joke, about how the best way to get help with linux is to go on IRC and say, "Linux sucks because it can't ______!"
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It's not IMPOSSIBLE to do, but I'm interested to see how they did it.
Yeah. Wouldn't it be great if slashdot linked to an article or something?
Not to mention real 3D output. I mean, it's cool and all, but it won't be worth it for me until i can see it in real 3D.
But should we even target "non-technical" users? I've always thought that open source was better for programmer types, and people who like fiddling with stuff. The core open source philosophy of "If you don't like it, fix it" loses all meaning when you apply it to people who have neither the time nor the skills to fix problems.
Personally, i think OSS should stay the way it is now, with it's focus on programmers. It already does this well, and focusing on the desktop will only take minds away from improving it. Let companies like Microsoft deal with the clueless end-user types.
But the RIAA pays you TRILLIONS of dollars, so it works out, with interest. :)
Don't forget the 2 bil to Sun.
It's not that hard. I mean, the point could be made that there's not really an easy way to find this out, but once you get that far it's a piece of cake.
Well, from where they are now, Google could do pretty much anything and people would use it. They could easily be as pervasive as AOL or even Microsoft is to most people.
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Pot calling the kettle black, i think assuming every song sold on iTunes replaces a CD is overkill. After all, a lot of people but whole albums on iTunes, for 10 bucks, IIRC.
I don't see why it should take technical aptitude. After all, anybody can use a vending machine, and this can't be that much more complicated, right?
IIRC, Jupiter spins faster as well, making it an even better choice. But on the other hand, Jupiter has a couple dozen moons to complicate things.
Well, i'd hardly call ESR ignorant or stupid, and he's the one who originally wrote about CUPS.
Only 50 of them? Not bad at all. :)
suprnova.org. Apparently, all the money in the warez biz is in Japan... :)
I sometimes have this feeling Microsoft would do ANYTHING to go back in history and try to get all the laws of our country re-written and the market changed so this kind of all-secret world I speak of could exist.
Well, if this had happened, Bill Gates never would have started experimenting with computers, and Microsoft wouldn't even exist. Keep in mind that Microsoft started small, just like Linux.
Wait, you can perform calculations on a grapefruit? Let's see...At an optimistic clock speed of 4 ghz, that makes the grapefruit run at about 20 seconds per cycle.
Down south here in texas, we also have SBC. That sounds like the entire western half of the US right there.
Nice try, but we know you're really just trying to find a better GUI without any actual work.
It's like the old joke, about how the best way to get help with linux is to go on IRC and say, "Linux sucks because it can't ______!"
Every word processor needs a built-in psychiatrist. (No, Clippy doesn't count.)
But at least you won't do it accidentally, as happened to me recently. rm -rf * .gif
rm: Cannot remove .gif: No such file or directory
Whew! I just installed 2.6.3, and i was afraid i would have to reinstall again.
One line, and several hours.
But most Win32 users don't have virtual desktops.
Sure they do!
Why are you paying 2 bucks for a pen? I get them for a dime or so.
"Y'all" ain't not no word. Of course, ain't ain't not no word neither.