TreoCentral is reporting that the Sprint version of the Treo 650 doesn't allow you to use Bluetooth for dial-up networking through your computer. Apparently other carriers will, but not Sprint.
I just think that, really now, who, other than huge developers who most likely have something similar to this, is really going to use this?
We use it internally at my work as do many other companies from what I understand. It's great for handling internal customer requests and project tracking. In fact, if I had my way, GForge would be the core of our entire intranet.
So yeah, most single developers may not set this up on their home network, but as soon as you have a team (even a small team), it's a really great tool.
Or maybe the FOSS community should look at Mozilla and what they're doing right. How many other open source project are as successful as Mozilla? On the desktop? Cross-platform? Against Microsoft? You know, maybe the "FOSS methods" methods you mention are just not as good as traditional marketing for these sorts of applications.
The *real* *question* is whether Firefox is free or open-source?
No, that's not the *real* question. Hate to break it to you, but only a very very tiny minority even worries about that question. Real questions that matter to the success of Mozilla are things like: is it easy to use? Is it standards compliant? Is it easy to install?
This is an example of why copyleft is superior to less-restrictive licenses
I disagree. Oh, you mean, the GPL is superior because is restricts what I can do with the code.:)
Good question. It reminds me of a recent article here at slashdot (which I can't seem to find) about another set of seized computers from an ISP or hosting service. At first everyone yelled about the injustice. Then we found out the guys were being hired to do DoS attacks. Moral of the story: don't pass judgement too quickly.
Southamptom entries, on the other hand, are complex, sneaky, and cheating against (perhaps unwritten, but nonetheless agreed-upon) rules. They're ugly. They only prove that backstabbing cheating bastards may defeat just-and-fair if the referee is looking the other way for a moment.
Sorry to be the one to break it to you, but sometimes life is just that way.:)
Consider this: you have one company that provides for all of the needs of the citizen in the town, and a lion's share of the citizens work for that company. How is this not a commune? Its like communism's evil twin!
Umm, you're describing corporatism which is certainly not communism. Not that either of them are very nice.
I've used slackware for a number of years and either Fluxbox or Dropline Gnome for my windows environment. Dropline is just amazing and there's really no reason for Slackware to carry its own Gnome version.
A couple of my blog entries on Slackware & Dropline:
When writing an article (especially big NDA launches), I'd have around 20 IE windows open, Outlook with another 5 - 15 emails, Power Point with NDA presentations,...
20 IE Windows??? Man, this guy has got to get a copy of Firefox and learn the joy of tabbed browsing.
When are people going to stop allowing the networks to shove this filth down their throats?
When the viewers realize that they are not the customers of the networks, they are the products of the networks to be sold to the advertisers. Take a look back at Rusty's article on kuro5hin from 2002.
Let them run amuck in a Squeak environment. There are a ton of educational resources over at SqueakLand. It's a multimedia platform and a programming environment.
GForge really is great. We're using it internally at my workplace for request tracking and project management. Now, if only 4.0 would come out soon...:)
If a government is going to have to go through all the trouble of inspecting code for security flaws, why not just inspect open source software and at least be able to have a return on investment?
It's one thing when the burden of providing secure code is shared between developer and user in the case of open source software since the benefits and rights to the code are also shared. But in the case of proprietary commercial software, I expect this burden to be on the vendor. The "privilege" of inspecting the source code is really just asking customers for free quality testing. Moreover, if the situation gets to the point that security inspections are needed, then you've chosen the wrong vendor.
500MB of Java? woah!
Well it was the SDK and not the JRE.
If you're installing 500 MB SDK from Sun then you're not only installing the JDK but the entire NetBeans IDE as well. Try using the link just below that one and only download the SDK which is around 50 MB for Windows (and still too large at that if you ask me).
yes, actually. Which means I should be well set for the next several years.:)
Spoken Chinese isn't that hard. The tones can be difficult at first but the grammer is fairly easy. The difficult part are the characters. It's not like you can sound them out when you bump into one you don't know.
In fact, the ASF just rather recently set up SPF filtering on their own internal mail servers.
Wait a second! FUD Alert!
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That whole thread on "no more apache updates" had nothing to do with security. It had everything to do with the OpenBSD team deciding not to keep using Apache HTTPD because of the new ASL 2.0 license. Personally I think the OpenBSD team is completely wrong on this issue and their attitude is incredibly offensive. Moreover, if you read the whole thread you'd find this response that the apache group has been responsive to the patches but that many of them are BSD specific and that's why they were not put into the main source tree.
In answer to the main question, "Does open source development only make sense for products like web servers and operating systems?" the answer is, "No, not only, but definitely mostly." In other words, open source makes the most sense for infrastructure like projects -- servers, operating systems, programming languages and frameworks. It makes the least sense for end user projects like games, educational software, and office suites.
You hinted at the heart of the issue: Who write open source software? Well, developers of course! And for whom is having the source open and free most advantageous? Developers, of course! My non-programmer friends and family don't really care about source code, but I do. And despite all the open source software I use, the only times I've ever really used to source was when I was programming. That is, I was using the infrastructure code such as a Java library from Apache Jakarta or tweaking some PHP or Python code for a wiki I wanted.
The most successful open source and free software projects are those that are directly used by developers -- where developers are the end user. This means things like web servers, languages, operating systems, libraries, etc.
Bruce Perens once even said it here on Slashdot (can't find the link at the moment) but open source development tends to favor software which can be developed incrementally. This isn't especially true of games. Games moreso than any other software product are a media production like a movie or book. It just doesn't fit with the open source development model as well. That doesn't mean that it can't work, but that the best and most successful open source tools will be those that are closest to the source of free software -- developers.
Don't forget Sony is using their "minidisc' media (or whatever they call it). That's going to be spinning an awful lot for loading and such. I think that will be the biggest drain of all.
Have you ever used a minidisc player? They have incredible battery life. My old minidisc player can last days before I need to recharge the batteries and that's with playing it most of the time.
As most of the other comments and articles point out the media IO is not going to be as big as a drain as powering the screen and the rest of the CPU.
CruiseControl is a continuous integration tool. Mostly it's for Java but there's a.NET port too. Basically, it regularly compiles a code base to make sure no one broke anything with their commits. Apache uses something similar called GUMP.
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However, the Sprint Treo has crippled bluetooth:
TreoCentral is reporting that the Sprint version of the Treo 650 doesn't allow you to use Bluetooth for dial-up networking through your computer. Apparently other carriers will, but not Sprint.
I just think that, really now, who, other than huge developers who most likely have something similar to this, is really going to use this?
We use it internally at my work as do many other companies from what I understand. It's great for handling internal customer requests and project tracking. In fact, if I had my way, GForge would be the core of our entire intranet.
So yeah, most single developers may not set this up on their home network, but as soon as you have a team (even a small team), it's a really great tool.
Check out this list of GForge powered sites.
Or maybe the FOSS community should look at Mozilla and what they're doing right. How many other open source project are as successful as Mozilla? On the desktop? Cross-platform? Against Microsoft? You know, maybe the "FOSS methods" methods you mention are just not as good as traditional marketing for these sorts of applications.
:)
The *real* *question* is whether Firefox is free or open-source?
No, that's not the *real* question. Hate to break it to you, but only a very very tiny minority even worries about that question. Real questions that matter to the success of Mozilla are things like: is it easy to use? Is it standards compliant? Is it easy to install?
This is an example of why copyleft is superior to less-restrictive licenses
I disagree. Oh, you mean, the GPL is superior because is restricts what I can do with the code.
Just why were the Indymedia hard disks seized?
Good question. It reminds me of a recent article here at slashdot (which I can't seem to find) about another set of seized computers from an ISP or hosting service. At first everyone yelled about the injustice. Then we found out the guys were being hired to do DoS attacks. Moral of the story: don't pass judgement too quickly.
Southamptom entries, on the other hand, are complex, sneaky, and cheating against (perhaps unwritten, but nonetheless agreed-upon) rules. They're ugly. They only prove that backstabbing cheating bastards may defeat just-and-fair if the referee is looking the other way for a moment.
:)
Sorry to be the one to break it to you, but sometimes life is just that way.
Consider this: you have one company that provides for all of the needs of the citizen in the town, and a lion's share of the citizens work for that company. How is this not a commune? Its like communism's evil twin!
Umm, you're describing corporatism which is certainly not communism. Not that either of them are very nice.
Windows
Mac
Linux
Though they want you to agree to the license before you can get to those links.
Dropline Gnome Rocks.
m l m l
I've used slackware for a number of years and either Fluxbox or Dropline Gnome for my windows environment. Dropline is just amazing and there's really no reason for Slackware to carry its own Gnome version.
A couple of my blog entries on Slackware & Dropline:
http://www.jadetower.org/muses/archives/000010.ht
http://www.jadetower.org/muses/archives/000095.ht
From the article:
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When writing an article (especially big NDA launches), I'd have around 20 IE windows open, Outlook with another 5 - 15 emails, Power Point with NDA presentations,
20 IE Windows??? Man, this guy has got to get a copy of Firefox and learn the joy of tabbed browsing.
When are people going to stop allowing the networks to shove this filth down their throats?
When the viewers realize that they are not the customers of the networks, they are the products of the networks to be sold to the advertisers. Take a look back at Rusty's article on kuro5hin from 2002.
Let them run amuck in a Squeak environment. There are a ton of educational resources over at SqueakLand. It's a multimedia platform and a programming environment.
GForge really is great. We're using it internally at my workplace for request tracking and project management. Now, if only 4.0 would come out soon... :)
I'm assuming there's no way one could squeeze a hard drive into those things. Looks like no FFXI for PStwo owners.
If a government is going to have to go through all the trouble of inspecting code for security flaws, why not just inspect open source software and at least be able to have a return on investment?
It's one thing when the burden of providing secure code is shared between developer and user in the case of open source software since the benefits and rights to the code are also shared. But in the case of proprietary commercial software, I expect this burden to be on the vendor. The "privilege" of inspecting the source code is really just asking customers for free quality testing. Moreover, if the situation gets to the point that security inspections are needed, then you've chosen the wrong vendor.
500MB of Java? woah!
Well it was the SDK and not the JRE.
If you're installing 500 MB SDK from Sun then you're not only installing the JDK but the entire NetBeans IDE as well. Try using the link just below that one and only download the SDK which is around 50 MB for Windows (and still too large at that if you ask me).
yes, actually. Which means I should be well set for the next several years. :)
Spoken Chinese isn't that hard. The tones can be difficult at first but the grammer is fairly easy. The difficult part are the characters. It's not like you can sound them out when you bump into one you don't know.
In fact, the ASF just rather recently set up SPF filtering on their own internal mail servers.
That whole thread on "no more apache updates" had nothing to do with security. It had everything to do with the OpenBSD team deciding not to keep using Apache HTTPD because of the new ASL 2.0 license. Personally I think the OpenBSD team is completely wrong on this issue and their attitude is incredibly offensive. Moreover, if you read the whole thread you'd find this response that the apache group has been responsive to the patches but that many of them are BSD specific and that's why they were not put into the main source tree.
In answer to the main question, "Does open source development only make sense for products like web servers and operating systems?" the answer is, "No, not only, but definitely mostly." In other words, open source makes the most sense for infrastructure like projects -- servers, operating systems, programming languages and frameworks. It makes the least sense for end user projects like games, educational software, and office suites.
You hinted at the heart of the issue: Who write open source software? Well, developers of course! And for whom is having the source open and free most advantageous? Developers, of course! My non-programmer friends and family don't really care about source code, but I do. And despite all the open source software I use, the only times I've ever really used to source was when I was programming. That is, I was using the infrastructure code such as a Java library from Apache Jakarta or tweaking some PHP or Python code for a wiki I wanted.
The most successful open source and free software projects are those that are directly used by developers -- where developers are the end user. This means things like web servers, languages, operating systems, libraries, etc.
Bruce Perens once even said it here on Slashdot (can't find the link at the moment) but open source development tends to favor software which can be developed incrementally. This isn't especially true of games. Games moreso than any other software product are a media production like a movie or book. It just doesn't fit with the open source development model as well. That doesn't mean that it can't work, but that the best and most successful open source tools will be those that are closest to the source of free software -- developers.
I'd say he's trying to get rid of his Mother-in-Law
Oh, and here I was thinking he was shooting for a Darwin Award.
Here's a (currently) non-/.'ed image of the mouse:
http://img16.exs.cx/img16/8692/mx-1000.jpg
Another Forum Review on the Logitech MX1000
If all else fails, check Google
Don't forget Sony is using their "minidisc' media (or whatever they call it). That's going to be spinning an awful lot for loading and such. I think that will be the biggest drain of all.
Have you ever used a minidisc player? They have incredible battery life. My old minidisc player can last days before I need to recharge the batteries and that's with playing it most of the time.
As most of the other comments and articles point out the media IO is not going to be as big as a drain as powering the screen and the rest of the CPU.
CruiseControl is a continuous integration tool. Mostly it's for Java but there's a .NET port too. Basically, it regularly compiles a code base to make sure no one broke anything with their commits. Apache uses something similar called GUMP.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/08/18/bear.beer.re ut/index.html.
Try that.
see SneezingDragon for how to properly create links.
Forget the 2megapixel camera, I want cheap LCD's.
:)
Seriously. I'd love to see some cool PC case mods using this.