you hit it on the nail. Open source is a great idea for certain apps but the idea of making a movement out of it is crazy. Apache already won the web server space - it didn't need ESR or RMS or any of these guys
when will we actually see a shipping product instead of a stupid website?
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yeah but you need a 300 mhz PII and 64 megs and some cash to buy the OS. Unlike Win95/98, W2K won't be preinstalled on most pc's. But I don't think that linux has a chance at the games market. There are so many other things linux needs to work on in order for it to effectively compete with NT. Think about it-do you want Deer Hunter 3 on linux or do you want more office applications and dev tools? Linux has a really good chance on being on corporate desktops so focus on that
Please read the Declaration of Independence We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. You have the right to believe in God or not to believe in God but the United States was founded on these principles.
I'm sure Redhat will be very successful thanks to people like you who take and don't give anything back
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because sometimes there are times when proprietary makes sense. Microsoft is always bad because it wants to be a dominating monopoly. But there's some good proprietary stuff out there. It's another choice-it may be proprietary but it's still a choice
if they were only interested in the free software community then they'd just use the GPL and just charge for support like redhat does. MacOS would then be on multiple platforms and clones would be ok too. Obviously they're appealing to those who feel macs are cool and worth supporting
it's all about the long term. And you're right about the cross-platform stuff too. MSIE doesn't run on the operating systems of the future (linux, BeOS, java AOL platform,etc)
note that the bsd community is very different than the gpl/FSF community. They don't seem to mind when companies use their code as part of a proprietary commercial distribution
I hear they are also working on a BeOS version of SDD. With ATI and 3dfx writing their own BeOS drivers, and Be Inc writing Nvidia drivers, BeOS will support alot of graphic cards soon. (I also heard one company is working on 3dlabs drivers. I think it's driversoft)
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the mac community doesn't care about joining the Free Software movement. They just want a better macos and bug-fixing by mac devs within the APSL will give them that. That's right. Mac devs have the final say on this
yeah, people do that all the time with cars. People just want to drive their favorite car and if helping the company means a better driving experience in the future then that extra value pays for the effort. Same with macosx.
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how could linuxppc have problems running on the new g3's? I didn't know they were controlled by intel . I also didn't know that darwin code could be used in other OS's besides macosx
Linux is the system of choice for serious computer operators, de Icaza said, recalling that even the special effects in the movie Titanic were created with Linux-powered computers. ok, so you mean they used blender instead of the other tools you can get on SGI's and NT????
fine, live in a cave with a browser nobody knows about and let MS take over the web virtually unchallenged. Kill mozilla and MS _will_ be the only option
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hmm I guess I won't tell Jon Katz about this!
you hit it on the nail. Open source is a great idea for certain apps but the idea of making a movement out of it is crazy. Apache already won the web server space - it didn't need ESR or RMS or any of these guys
when will we actually see a shipping product instead of a stupid website?
yeah but you need a 300 mhz PII and 64 megs and some cash to buy the OS. Unlike Win95/98, W2K won't be preinstalled on most pc's. But I don't think that linux has a chance at the games market. There are so many other things linux needs to work on in order for it to effectively compete with NT. Think about it-do you want Deer Hunter 3 on linux or do you want more office applications and dev tools? Linux has a really good chance on being on corporate desktops so focus on that
Larry (and Scott McNealy) do this all the time. It drives me nuts because MS will take advantage of every mistake they make
Larry (and Scott McNealy) do this all the time. It drives me nuts because MS will take advantage of their every mistake.
if you think you just need basic Nvidia support, wait till you see TNT 2 SLI boards from metabyte (and maybe others) in the next few months
Please read the Declaration of Independence
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
You have the right to believe in God or not to believe in God but the United States was founded on these principles.
I'm sure Redhat will be very successful thanks to people like you who take and don't give anything back
because sometimes there are times when proprietary makes sense. Microsoft is always bad because it wants to be a dominating monopoly. But there's some good proprietary stuff out there. It's another choice-it may be proprietary but it's still a choice
they should try gnome first before slamming NT :/
exactly. You need both commercial proprietary software along with free open source stuff with shades of grey in between. Pick the best one for the job
if they were only interested in the free software community then they'd just use the GPL and just charge for support like redhat does. MacOS would then be on multiple platforms and clones would be ok too. Obviously they're appealing to those who feel macs are cool and worth supporting
oh so cuuute! I wanna dot com peepul too!!!
it's all about the long term. And you're right about the cross-platform stuff too. MSIE doesn't run on the operating systems of the future (linux, BeOS, java AOL platform,etc)
I feel that it is an honor you posted to my msg :) Keep up the good work!
note that the bsd community is very different than the gpl/FSF community. They don't seem to mind when companies use their code as part of a proprietary commercial distribution
I hear they are also working on a BeOS version of SDD. With ATI and 3dfx writing their own BeOS drivers, and Be Inc writing Nvidia drivers, BeOS will support alot of graphic cards soon. (I also heard one company is working on 3dlabs drivers. I think it's driversoft)
the mac community doesn't care about joining the Free Software movement. They just want a better macos and bug-fixing by mac devs within the APSL will give them that. That's right. Mac devs have the final say on this
only the mac community has the right to decide if the APSL is best for them-not people who've never touched a mac in their lives
yeah, people do that all the time with cars. People just want to drive their favorite car and if helping the company means a better driving experience in the future then that extra value pays for the effort. Same with macosx.
how could linuxppc have problems running on the new g3's? I didn't know they were controlled by intel . I also didn't know that darwin code could be used in other OS's besides macosx
Linux is the system of choice for serious computer operators, de Icaza said, recalling that even the special effects in the movie Titanic were created with Linux-powered computers. ok, so you mean they used blender instead of the other tools you can get on SGI's and NT????
well windows in general sux and msie isn't even available on _real_ operating systems. That's another reason to ignore ie5
fine, live in a cave with a browser nobody knows about and let MS take over the web virtually unchallenged. Kill mozilla and MS _will_ be the only option