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  1. Re:Port it to Qt, please! GTK+ is awful! on Inkscape Version 0.91 Released · · Score: 1

    It "works" under Windows and OS X, but if by "working" you mean it runs but is generally unusable. I haven't been able to ever get it working properly under OS X. It didn't even get to the point where it showed a UI, the last time I tried it.

    I've been using it on OS X for several years - it's clearly not a native OS X app, but works just fine. And for me personally, the new version is really excellent since I have a lot of old Corel Draw/WMF (yuck) files floating around.

  2. IRS Uses Open Source Products on The IRS vs. Open Source · · Score: 2

    IRS internally uses JBoss and Tomcat, both open-source Java application servers. They also use PrimeFaces and the Spring Framework.

  3. Re:Just buy insurance...it's honestly that simple. on Ask Slashdot: IT Contractors, How's Your Health Insurance? · · Score: 1

    If I had mod points, I'd bump your OP up. I have been self-employed in the IT industry for 30 years and have always paid for health insurance for me and my family. Yep, the premiums go up every year, but what other product besides electronics doesn't?

  4. There's a Significant Stereoblind Population on Makers Keep Flogging 3D TV, Viewers Keep Shrugging · · Score: 4, Informative

    About two to 12 percent of the population can't see 3D, and I'm one of them. That's why we will probably never spend the extra money for a 3D TV.

  5. Re:FDC Servers on Ask Slashdot: Best Inexpensive VPS Provider? · · Score: 1

    I've used ServerAxis for the last couple of years and everything's been great, so I'm not sure why you have them on your "black list".

  6. Slanted Summary (Big Surprise) on Schmidt: G+ 'Identity Service,' Not Social Network · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Pretty slanted summary. By "identity service", I interpret Schmidt as meaning that they prefer people use their own real identity because that makes it a better service for users. As we see on Slashdot, comments posted by anonymous cowards are only occasionally worth much. And the "bait" comment is completely fabricated.

  7. Re:Limited problems on A Pointed Critique of Thunderbird 3's Performance Compared to v.2 · · Score: 1

    I'm using Tbird 3.0.6 on OS X Snow Leopard and haven't seen any problems. All POP3.

  8. All The More Reason on TiVo User's Fears Explored · · Score: 5, Informative

    To build your own PVR with MythTV or BeyondTV. It's more work, but you have more control.

  9. Re:i'm not dead yet! on IBM Moves To Enforce GPL By Summary Judgement · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Especially since they published the assembly language source code for the BIOS in the Technical Reference manual...

  10. Re:Get Fuzzy!? on Berkeley Breathed Back in the Funnies · · Score: 1

    Oh come on. Have you actually read the comic? Get Fuzzy is to Garfield as Non Sequitur is to Family Circus.

  11. Half Page? on Berkeley Breathed Back in the Funnies · · Score: 1, Informative
    Don't get me wrong -- Bloom was a great comic, but I think B.B. is smoking cat fur if he thinks any comic strip is important enough to warrant a half page.

    And even if my local rag doesn't pick it up, I will be happy as long as they continue to run Get Fuzzy, which features a combative cat and a dumb-as-a-rock pooch.

  12. Re:Java, my abusive friend on Java vs .NET · · Score: 1
    For a nice, free, open-source Java IDE, try Eclipse.

    BTW, I program both .NET and Java (as well as PHP). And my feeling is that while Visual Studio.NET is quite good at getting you started with wizards and all, for real-world projects, Eclipse makes me least as productive (love the refactoring support).

  13. Re:I am guessing on SCO: Fortune 500 Company Buys License, IBM Retort · · Score: 2, Informative

    And this would seem to substantiate your guess.

  14. Re:Much more interesting - a leaner JPetStore on Another J2EE vs .NET Performance Comparison · · Score: 1
    I think sun have got into a mess pushing EJB as the be-all and end-all of server side java coding. I dont know whether that was because they wanted to enable client server apps using the EJB api too, justify to customers the purchase of premium j2ee servers over free servlet engines, or encourage sales of multiway solaris boxes.

    Part of it comes from IBM's influence. EJBs are a thinly veiled rewrite of an failed IBM technology called Component Broker. CB was CORBA-based, hideously complex and slow as molasses.

  15. For J2EE Tutorials on Best Websites for Developers? · · Score: 4, Informative

    I like the Shareware Courseware site. There are self-study courses for servlets, JSPs and EJBs.

  16. Re:A few facts (not that you all care about facts) on XML and Java, Developing Web Applications · · Score: 1

    Please show me the SAX parser support in .NET.