The cite that one of the main reasons is that internet connection speeds have still yet to catch up on the whole in order to benefit from the rich multimedia content of the CD.
Seriously, what do I pay you people for anyways?:P
I don't care if businesses can use it or not. What I really care about is whether I can use it or not. So far Linux has provided me with a very inexpensive way of automating my house, building my own appliances and completely customizing my desktops for the ultimate usability.
I must respectfully disagree. While I don't exactly care what OS most businesses use, I like using it at work. I want it to It was very easy to convince my superiors with examples such as Burlington Coat Factory, NVIDIA and IBM, which are big businesses that use Linux. If I didn't have these examples, convincing people that Linux was good to use in the workplace would have been much harder.
There is only one reason to be involved with Linux and one reason only: because you love computer technology and OSes for what they are: cool toys.
Here I really think that you're oversimplifying. I may love computer technology and operating systems because they are cool toys, but at the end of the day I appreciate them because they allow me to make a living.
Wake up and smell reality. Stop trying to be a troll. If you're that unhappy about the situation, take your toys and go home. I'm sure Cartman would be proud.
Just be sure that when you do, you only take the toys that belong to you, and not your company.:P
Straight from The Register story (the The Register story?):
At WWDC, Jobs admitted that Microsoft had beaten Apple to market by offering such a feature in Windows XP, but he claimed Apple's implementation was the better of the two.
That would imply, surely, that Microsoft has a solid prior art claim?
No. The current application, filed last November and updated this past June, turns out to be a continuation of a patent, number 6,512,525 filed in August 1995, long before Windows XP arrived, and finally granted in January 2003 with the same title. That patent is also assigned to Apple.
One thing: as a Perl expert, you've most likely picked up habits that would make you an awful programmer. You will have to work hard to unlearn those.
Since when did being an expert at Perl make someone an awful programmer? Isn't Perl a programming language? It's possible to write terrible programs in Java and it's also possible to write beautiful programs in Perl. Who is more likely to write a beautiful program in Perl, the expert C++ programmer who is just learning Perl, or a Perl expert?
I may be a little over the top, but I take offense to the idea that being an expert in a programming language makes you likely to pick up bad programming habits.
Does anyone really use GNU/Hurd on anything except a "few spare boxen?"
Is even RMS silly enough to use it to make a political statement, even though it's features aren't yet up to par with Linux and the *BSDs?
I don't think that many people more will use GNU/Plan9, but people will use them if they're integrated into a more mainstream distro. A lot of people don't have spare boxes lying around to test distros out solely for the sake of coolness.
I think that the original statement meant that the JBoss Consulting Group (which formerly employed the people who walked out) had a non-compete agreement with their employees. IANAL, but I think that the signing a non-compete agreement would relinquish your right to compete against the JBoss Group in Consulting. You're still free to do whatever else you want with the source code, as long as you don't violate your non-compete agreement with the JBoss Group.
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The cite that one of the main reasons is that internet connection speeds have still yet to catch up on the whole in order to benefit from the rich multimedia content of the CD.
:P
Seriously, what do I pay you people for anyways?
We GAVE peace a chance. Boycott the ANTI-war machine. If I had mod points, I'd moderate you up both for your comment and for your sig. :)
Having the Active Directory support is really a bug feature
:P
Did he main "big feature" or "bug feature?" You decide.
Have you ever thought of using the advertising slogan "Georgy Russell: Taking the Slashdot Effect to the Polls."
:)
I don't care if businesses can use it or not. What I really care about is whether I can use it or not. So far Linux has provided me with a very inexpensive way of automating my house, building my own appliances and completely customizing my desktops for the ultimate usability.
I must respectfully disagree. While I don't exactly care what OS most businesses use, I like using it at work. I want it to It was very easy to convince my superiors with examples such as Burlington Coat Factory, NVIDIA and IBM, which are big businesses that use Linux. If I didn't have these examples, convincing people that Linux was good to use in the workplace would have been much harder.
There is only one reason to be involved with Linux and one reason only: because you love computer technology and OSes for what they are: cool toys.
Here I really think that you're oversimplifying. I may love computer technology and operating systems because they are cool toys, but at the end of the day I appreciate them because they allow me to make a living.
Maybe now, hardware/software vendors and consumers can decide whether Microsoft Windows XP is worth enought to justify its price.
Wake up and smell reality. Stop trying to be a troll. If you're that unhappy about the situation, take your toys and go home. I'm sure Cartman would be proud.
:P
Just be sure that when you do, you only take the toys that belong to you, and not your company.
I'd be more proud of having nothing to do with C++. :)
I'm announcing my candidacy for Supreme Dictator of India.
:P
I have a do-it-yourself CD changer. It's called my hand. :)
If it's a sign that IBM's lawyers are running them out of money. :)
Another O'Reilly service thing that looks pretty cool:
:)
http://www.osdir.com
Just found it myself today while looking around for a good CMS.
Straight from The Register story (the The Register story?):
:)
At WWDC, Jobs admitted that Microsoft had beaten Apple to market by offering such a feature in Windows XP, but he claimed Apple's implementation was the better of the two.
That would imply, surely, that Microsoft has a solid prior art claim?
No. The current application, filed last November and updated this past June, turns out to be a continuation of a patent, number 6,512,525 filed in August 1995, long before Windows XP arrived, and finally granted in January 2003 with the same title. That patent is also assigned to Apple.
More interesting mental scenery: Who measures the size of their skull in cc's? :)
One would think that his time is more valuably spent running important medical institutions, searching for new cancer insights/cures, etc
:)
As if people reading Slashdot had a right to criticize anyone else about not working.
You can also see the working webserver and VNC server.
:)
If that webserver is hooked up to the net, you won't be seeing it for long.
Europe's Largest Linux Event Draws Nigh
:P
As in Bill Nye, the science guy? If so, I'm SO there.
Make that "The Firm Dutch Aren't Patently Violating Dell's Mother with a Board."
:P
I don't know what solution you'll eventually decide on, but to test it you can post a link to the file on AskSlashdot.
:)
One thing: as a Perl expert, you've most likely picked up habits that would make you an awful programmer. You will have to work hard to unlearn those.
Since when did being an expert at Perl make someone an awful programmer? Isn't Perl a programming language? It's possible to write terrible programs in Java and it's also possible to write beautiful programs in Perl. Who is more likely to write a beautiful program in Perl, the expert C++ programmer who is just learning Perl, or a Perl expert?
I may be a little over the top, but I take offense to the idea that being an expert in a programming language makes you likely to pick up bad programming habits.
I was going to respond to that comment with a clever, humorous comment, but I think that I need to go negotiate a book deal with New Riders.
:P
Does anyone really use GNU/Hurd on anything except a "few spare boxen?"
Is even RMS silly enough to use it to make a political statement, even though it's features aren't yet up to par with Linux and the *BSDs?
I don't think that many people more will use GNU/Plan9, but people will use them if they're integrated into a more mainstream distro. A lot of people don't have spare boxes lying around to test distros out solely for the sake of coolness.
I never knew how much I had in common with Steve Jobs.
:)
O'DOYLE RULES!
I think that the original statement meant that the JBoss Consulting Group (which formerly employed the people who walked out) had a non-compete agreement with their employees. IANAL, but I think that the signing a non-compete agreement would relinquish your right to compete against the JBoss Group in Consulting. You're still free to do whatever else you want with the source code, as long as you don't violate your non-compete agreement with the JBoss Group.