There's a difference between forking due to differences in opinion and forking because you're being fat, selfish bitches who refuse to contribute fixes in a respectable manner.
Having said that, if it wasn't LGPLed you'd never see any patches at all. Message to the Free Software world: Apple Computer is a whore. It hates you, but loves your candy.
Errr, isn't "using open source as a loss leader" just a pessimistic way of saying "using open source as a way of driving uptake of products and services", which is the stated reason for every single corporate floss release since Netscape?
Aside from making out that Defender was written in BASIC, or assuming that the crowd he was writing for didn't know what BASIC was anyway, was it really necessary to embarrass himself with that whole "Big game companies never innovate" thing and then mention Electronic Arts in the same sentence? Until ten years ago EA were the best thing that had ever happened to games.
Errr, it's easy to be utterly original when you can write a complete game in three days.
The last Golden Age was brought about by Sony with the PlayStation. You're just not going to see that again. (and by the way, switch to Puzzle Fighter 2 and Micro Machines V3. You'll miss the toilet races, but it's honestly a better racer.)
Not unless they changed it recently. I still have a Netscape Online disk I grabbed eighteen months ago or so and the dialler's some proprietary Netscape thing. While I'm sure it can be done, the CD tries its hardest to ensure you're using Netscape.
Actually, if they're nearing 1% now, and they've had 50% growth, then they were on about 3/2% previously. They've only had about 1/3% growth. Debian wins. (again.)
Telcos providing 3G in the UK fall back to 2.5G when it's unavailable. If it's really *that* much cheaper to manufacture 2G-only tech then fair enough, but I don't see why this device wouldn't suit you just as well. If you're only paying for 2G you'll only get 2G, otherwise you get the bonus when you need it.
3G in UK comes per-MB at 75 per month; 75 will get you unlimited access. Coverage outside of large towns is patchy, at least in Scotland.
For what it's worth I think this is awesome, patented or not (ain't no way I'm going to be sued for sticking a 3G card in my laptop and letting others share my connection). One more step towards an always-on-everywhere Internet connection.
If by "your every move" you mean "your every move in busy urban areas" you'd be half-right. This is, of course, nothing like 1984.
There is overwhelming public support for cameras in city centres. As a nation of Crimewatch viewers, Brits see cameras (rightly) as aiding their safety rather than as an evil gummit mind-control scheme.
Seriously, there's nothing like misplaced ideology to mess up a country's administration. An absolute right to privacy in public is every bit as bad for the general public as the police state is.
Bullshit. I've got a mate who fucking swapped Windows for SuSE on his girlfriend's PC and she didn't notice.
The Average User (note: this is the person who calls their Slashdork friend to install Kazaa for them) has no problems switching at all, and in my experience generally appreciates being switched. There really aren't that many people in the "picky enough to stick to IE" camp when it comes down to it, it's just that they hang around in roughly the same areas online as the Enlightened.
As for the theme, only the most anal of the anally retentive care. I hated Qute but the energy required to complain about it dwarfs the energy required to switch themes. The mythical Average User is lucky if they've changed their Winamp skin since they got the computer and have no problems dealing with its UI.
Exactly. It's working for me. I took a job on the phones because I was fed up being unemployed after six months of looking for a tech job and every time a job on the rung has become available (in UK ISPs this isn't exactly uncommon) I've gotten it. Six months ago I was being informed by the guy doing my appraisal that by this time I'd probably be sent off to do some Cisco certification. I'm now doing his job.
Is it what I thought I'd be doing now five years ago? No. But five years ago programming didn't drive me crazy. I couldn't and wouldn't get a job doing that now. Doesn't bother me in the slightest.
Yeah, Opera was on board the "cluttered interface full of useless geekery" bandwagon several months before Mozilla had fully embraced it.
Give it up dudes. Since O7 came out Opera have been desperately trying to jump on the whole "actually pleasant to use" thing that the Phoenix project has had going since 2002. Say all you want about Opera's features, but it's borrowed just as much as it's influenced.
Nope. The MPL only requires source to be released if you're modifying the browser core. Chrome changes don't require source.
The NPL allowed Netscape to do whatever they wanted with the code, but hackers didn't like it. The MPL allows them to "add value" in the form of enhancements like an AOL messenger sidebar as long as these don't interfere with core functionality.
XUL is rendered with Gecko. There's your "quirk". In order to embed XUL you have to embed Mozilla, by which point you might as well just be running Mozilla.
What a lot of rubbish. That's like suggesting that a society is unable to prevent people from raping each other because that would be imposing on their liberties. There's nothing wrong with taking "free" to mean "preserving freedom", which the BSD license doesn't do.
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There's a difference between forking due to differences in opinion and forking because you're being fat, selfish bitches who refuse to contribute fixes in a respectable manner.
Having said that, if it wasn't LGPLed you'd never see any patches at all. Message to the Free Software world: Apple Computer is a whore. It hates you, but loves your candy.
- Chris
C'mon, this is Slashdot. You're allowed to be a proper fanboi. It already was the best sci-fi show evar. Sealed it after about two episodes.
- Chris
Errr, isn't "using open source as a loss leader" just a pessimistic way of saying "using open source as a way of driving uptake of products and services", which is the stated reason for every single corporate floss release since Netscape?
- Chris
I'm not sure where you earned your biology degree, but penguins aren't generally considered to be mammals. Just a heads-up.
- Chris
I'm in Glasgow city centre and signed a year-long contract for 2Mb/s for £40/mo last month.
I'm currently sitting at my desk with an extremely strong coffee, not saying very much.
- Chris
Aside from making out that Defender was written in BASIC, or assuming that the crowd he was writing for didn't know what BASIC was anyway, was it really necessary to embarrass himself with that whole "Big game companies never innovate" thing and then mention Electronic Arts in the same sentence? Until ten years ago EA were the best thing that had ever happened to games.
- Chris
Errr, it's easy to be utterly original when you can write a complete game in three days.
The last Golden Age was brought about by Sony with the PlayStation. You're just not going to see that again. (and by the way, switch to Puzzle Fighter 2 and Micro Machines V3. You'll miss the toilet races, but it's honestly a better racer.)
- Chris
I for one welcome out new unixy preznit-bashing (ouch) overlords.
- Chris
Not unless they changed it recently. I still have a Netscape Online disk I grabbed eighteen months ago or so and the dialler's some proprietary Netscape thing. While I'm sure it can be done, the CD tries its hardest to ensure you're using Netscape.
- Chris
Actually, if they're nearing 1% now, and they've had 50% growth, then they were on about 3/2% previously. They've only had about 1/3% growth. Debian wins. (again.)
- Chris
Isn't it
1. Get 501(c)(3) approved
2. Post on Slashdot for millions to see
3. ???
4. don't profit, because you're 501(c)(3) approved!
- Chris
Telcos providing 3G in the UK fall back to 2.5G when it's unavailable. If it's really *that* much cheaper to manufacture 2G-only tech then fair enough, but I don't see why this device wouldn't suit you just as well. If you're only paying for 2G you'll only get 2G, otherwise you get the bonus when you need it.
- Chris
3G in UK comes per-MB at 75 per month; 75 will get you unlimited access. Coverage outside of large towns is patchy, at least in Scotland.
For what it's worth I think this is awesome, patented or not (ain't no way I'm going to be sued for sticking a 3G card in my laptop and letting others share my connection). One more step towards an always-on-everywhere Internet connection.
- Chris
If by "your every move" you mean "your every move in busy urban areas" you'd be half-right. This is, of course, nothing like 1984.
There is overwhelming public support for cameras in city centres. As a nation of Crimewatch viewers, Brits see cameras (rightly) as aiding their safety rather than as an evil gummit mind-control scheme.
Seriously, there's nothing like misplaced ideology to mess up a country's administration. An absolute right to privacy in public is every bit as bad for the general public as the police state is.
- Chris
Bullshit. I've got a mate who fucking swapped Windows for SuSE on his girlfriend's PC and she didn't notice.
The Average User (note: this is the person who calls their Slashdork friend to install Kazaa for them) has no problems switching at all, and in my experience generally appreciates being switched. There really aren't that many people in the "picky enough to stick to IE" camp when it comes down to it, it's just that they hang around in roughly the same areas online as the Enlightened.
As for the theme, only the most anal of the anally retentive care. I hated Qute but the energy required to complain about it dwarfs the energy required to switch themes. The mythical Average User is lucky if they've changed their Winamp skin since they got the computer and have no problems dealing with its UI.
- Chris
Exactly. It's working for me. I took a job on the phones because I was fed up being unemployed after six months of looking for a tech job and every time a job on the rung has become available (in UK ISPs this isn't exactly uncommon) I've gotten it. Six months ago I was being informed by the guy doing my appraisal that by this time I'd probably be sent off to do some Cisco certification. I'm now doing his job.
Is it what I thought I'd be doing now five years ago? No. But five years ago programming didn't drive me crazy. I couldn't and wouldn't get a job doing that now. Doesn't bother me in the slightest.
- Chris
The one where the left column is too narrow was fixed last week. Dunno about your one.
- Chris
Yeah, Opera was on board the "cluttered interface full of useless geekery" bandwagon several months before Mozilla had fully embraced it.
Give it up dudes. Since O7 came out Opera have been desperately trying to jump on the whole "actually pleasant to use" thing that the Phoenix project has had going since 2002. Say all you want about Opera's features, but it's borrowed just as much as it's influenced.
- Chris
Nope. The MPL only requires source to be released if you're modifying the browser core. Chrome changes don't require source.
The NPL allowed Netscape to do whatever they wanted with the code, but hackers didn't like it. The MPL allows them to "add value" in the form of enhancements like an AOL messenger sidebar as long as these don't interfere with core functionality.
- Chris
XUL is rendered with Gecko. There's your "quirk". In order to embed XUL you have to embed Mozilla, by which point you might as well just be running Mozilla.
- Chris
What a lot of rubbish. That's like suggesting that a society is unable to prevent people from raping each other because that would be imposing on their liberties. There's nothing wrong with taking "free" to mean "preserving freedom", which the BSD license doesn't do.
- Chris
I for one welcome our underrated Sun-trolling comedy overlords.
- Chris
Is it also funny being sued for releasing patched versions?
- Chris
- Chris
[quote]MS would have their fork the first day, don't you think?[/quote]
Not if it was released under the GPL.
- Chris