There are always interests in keeping the status quo. No matter what change you propose, there's someone who's making money off the old way of doing things, and they will lobby with all their might to prevent it. That's just the way the world works.
This is no reason to keep things the way they are. As the world changes, so must industry. Companies that become obsolete adapt or die. If you make software that filters spam and then spam is eliminated, tough cookies, find a new job.
Something like this would get off the ground the same way most of our favorite things did: it's what we the people want. TCP/IP wasn't in Microsoft's best interest, but they lost anyway. If commercial interests set this crazy thing up, we'd be in one hell of a mess.
Well, they aren't competing any more than Mozilla and Camino compete. When you're dealing with open, free projects, there really isn't such a thing as "competition".
I imagine that people would use Phoenix on the Mac if they wanted to have that nice "one browser on every platform" feeling. I know that's why I sometimes use Mozilla on my Mac.
All this means is that Mac users have even more choice when it comes to browsers, and to me that's a good thing(tm).
Really, I don't think there's any truth to this rumor. They've got a great setup, and I doubt they'd change it, even at Yahoo's request. Granted, FreeBSD would be just as viable for their needs, but they've invested heavily in their Linux solution, and if it ain't broke....
OK, so I was completely wrong about that. I haven't taken a look at.NET or any Microsoft technology in several years. I'm blessed with a job that allows me to be completely ignorant of anything they're doing.
I assumed (very incorrectly), that the parent was speaking from some sort of experience, and that Microsoft had yet to embrace and extend XML. Last time I looked at Windows (2000), there wasn't a whole lot of XML being used in the system.
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I liked Cecil Adams' explanation of the matter.
Rouleaux triangle manhole covers would be more fun.
You're right! We can't go putting highly toxic and volatile chemicals into our vehicles!
I'm sure he means Hershey, too.
Slashdot, home of the quickly typed, un-spellchecked post.
The comments are pretty bad, too.
Free Open Source Software.
Just a guess.
There are always interests in keeping the status quo. No matter what change you propose, there's someone who's making money off the old way of doing things, and they will lobby with all their might to prevent it. That's just the way the world works.
This is no reason to keep things the way they are. As the world changes, so must industry. Companies that become obsolete adapt or die. If you make software that filters spam and then spam is eliminated, tough cookies, find a new job.
Something like this would get off the ground the same way most of our favorite things did: it's what we the people want. TCP/IP wasn't in Microsoft's best interest, but they lost anyway. If commercial interests set this crazy thing up, we'd be in one hell of a mess.
Rabbits can be litter-box trained quite easily.
"Other soft items besides your rolled up T-Shirts are Nerf Balls, Puff Balls, confetti, streamers, advertising leaflets, hot dogs, feathers..."
HOT DOGS?
Is that really how you want your hot dog served to you?
Never let the facts get in the way of a good Microsoft bashing.
I like this solution for Mozilla-based browsers.
Well, they aren't competing any more than Mozilla and Camino compete. When you're dealing with open, free projects, there really isn't such a thing as "competition".
I imagine that people would use Phoenix on the Mac if they wanted to have that nice "one browser on every platform" feeling. I know that's why I sometimes use Mozilla on my Mac.
All this means is that Mac users have even more choice when it comes to browsers, and to me that's a good thing(tm).
By the way, Phoenix already exists for the mac (sorta).
Well, seeing as how this is the only article in this subject, I don't think the logo is late.
You might ask why a subject wasn't created before, but nobody would answer.
put your money where your keyboard is :)
go outside?
now who's joking with who here?
Well, since slashdot is a meta-site on the other 364 days of the year, doesn't this sort of make sense?
that's the joke
I'm actually wearing a Susan Kare t-shirt right now.
The one with the bomb icon on it.
I don't wear it at airports.
Google uses the world's largest commercial linux cluster.
Really, I don't think there's any truth to this rumor. They've got a great setup, and I doubt they'd change it, even at Yahoo's request. Granted, FreeBSD would be just as viable for their needs, but they've invested heavily in their Linux solution, and if it ain't broke....
Portable code. It's nice to be able to reuse components.
Ease of use. Once you've got your objects rolled up, just plug em in and go.
Uhm, do I really have to explain the benefits of object oriented programming?
The performance hit is something of an issue, but I think it's going to be resolved with the Zend 2.0 engine in PHP5.
OK, so I was completely wrong about that. I haven't taken a look at .NET or any Microsoft technology in several years. I'm blessed with a job that allows me to be completely ignorant of anything they're doing.
I assumed (very incorrectly), that the parent was speaking from some sort of experience, and that Microsoft had yet to embrace and extend XML. Last time I looked at Windows (2000), there wasn't a whole lot of XML being used in the system.
Thanks for setting me straight on the matter.
I'm running OS X, and it sure sucks that almost all my preferences are stored in easy-to-parse buzzwords!
XML is very useful. It's not XML's fault that Microsoft isn't implementing it.
I hear Business 2.1 is going to have lots of stability fixes.
I don't think they do now.
If they do, their search engine doesn't know about it.
I'm sitting here with my bluetooth-enabled laptop, pda, and phone, and you're telling me it's all obsolete now?!?!?
Damnit!
Let's see...
On one hand, we have the source, so security audits are easier than if we did not have the source.
On the other hand, we don't have the source, so security audits are quite difficult.
+1 Totally obvious answer.
But maybe /. subscribers will be jerks enough to post the good stories in their journals, thus defeating the system entirely.