Um. Even DX6 shits all over OpenGL. Developers use it so they can make better games. Standards come from looking at what people have done and formalizing it (whoever submitted an RFC before they'd coded an implementation first?)
The most interesting part of this story was the link at the bottom, IE has a flaw where you can be owned by viewing a PNG. Curious that this wasn't reported on slashdot so far, I sense a 'Submit Story' link calling my name...
How about this: Borland converts all of their software to GPL just before signing the deal. Then the cross-platform stuff will not be able to be killed off (and we'll be able to fix those annoying bugs...)
You're right that WinCVS is an utter piece of crap. (So is WinSCP while we're here. Someone should tell those people how to write windows software.)
However commandlike CVS is alright, and is refreshing to use over the big expensive GUI source control because it is simple and fast.
But it lacks a lot of important features (for example, referencing a branch by date, or listing modules in the repository, or listing branches, or ways to know what merges you've done at what stages of what branches).
So you have to choose between the goodness of CVS, and the extra features (at the expense of hardness-to-use) of the expensive ones. I'm sure there are many people and companies in both camps here.
For your $39.95 or whatever you got Borland's C and C++ compilers, and a basic IDE.
Today, the C and C++ compiler is $0.00. The basic version of JBuilder (compilers + IDE + a few wizards and components) is $25.
Seems that the value has increased! Anything extra you pay is for rapid-development aids. I'm sure you can write a Windows app far faster in Delphi than you could in BC++ 4.5 (and magnitudes faster than you could in Turbo C).
Borland almost went broke cos they didn't make enough money from their earlier products. Now they are doing well.
The different versions of Delphi aren't really that different - think of them as "Delphi", "Delphi with pre-written DB components" and "Delphi with even fancier components". (For those unfamiliar with Delphi, I am talking about VCL components).
If you don't need those extra features, choose the base version. If you do need the extra features you have two options - write your own components, or buy theirs. If you're in a commercial environment then buying them is far cheaper than developing your own.
This is a case where diversity is good - it is completely different to a fork, or to things like win2k server vs. win2k pro.
The Maori are campaigning *for* racial segregation -- them getting as much land and money as possible and not having to put up with dealing with white people.
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Um. Even DX6 shits all over OpenGL. Developers use it so they can make better games. Standards come from looking at what people have done and formalizing it (whoever submitted an RFC before they'd coded an implementation first?)
The most interesting part of this story was the link at the bottom, IE has a flaw where you can be owned by viewing a PNG. Curious that this wasn't reported on slashdot so far, I sense a 'Submit Story' link calling my name...
The first link was not registration required. Click it. You get the page.
(Of course, you can't actually click any more links on the page without getting reg-required, but still)
For that matter, who are we to decide that we can employ air molecules for our own purposes?
Why use Google to search Slashdot when you can use Slashdot's own search, which doesn't miss anything ?? (and has more useful search parameters)
It was, if Peter Jackson is a guy, and the production of LOTR is a something
Incisive comment... my money is on it being the 102nd :)
(which in fact it is, as this page reveals).
Next thing you'll be trying to tell me that they bought DOS
You miss the point. Bcc32.exe can compile both C++ and Pascal. You should call it "Borland's C++ and Pascal compiler".
How about this: Borland converts all of their software to GPL just before signing the deal. Then the cross-platform stuff will not be able to be killed off (and we'll be able to fix those annoying bugs...)
You're right that WinCVS is an utter piece of crap. (So is WinSCP while we're here. Someone should tell those people how to write windows software.)
However commandlike CVS is alright, and is refreshing to use over the big expensive GUI source control because it is simple and fast.
But it lacks a lot of important features (for example, referencing a branch by date, or listing modules in the repository, or listing branches, or ways to know what merges you've done at what stages of what branches).
So you have to choose between the goodness of CVS, and the extra features (at the expense of hardness-to-use) of the expensive ones. I'm sure there are many people and companies in both camps here.
Actually, let me expand on my previous post.
For your $39.95 or whatever you got Borland's C and C++ compilers, and a basic IDE.
Today, the C and C++ compiler is $0.00.
The basic version of JBuilder (compilers + IDE + a few wizards and components) is $25.
Seems that the value has increased!
Anything extra you pay is for rapid-development aids. I'm sure you can write a Windows app far faster in Delphi than you could in BC++ 4.5 (and magnitudes faster than you could in Turbo C).
Borland almost went broke cos they didn't make enough money from their earlier products. Now they are doing well.
The different versions of Delphi aren't really that different - think of them as "Delphi", "Delphi with pre-written DB components" and "Delphi with even fancier components". (For those unfamiliar with Delphi, I am talking about VCL components).
If you don't need those extra features, choose the base version. If you do need the extra features you have two options - write your own components, or buy theirs. If you're in a commercial environment then buying them is far cheaper than developing your own.
This is a case where diversity is good - it is completely different to a fork, or to things like win2k server vs. win2k pro.
Karmawhore plan:
1. Move to Soviet Russia
2. Eat hot grits
3. View Natalie Portman
4. Install a Beowulf Cluster
5. ???
6. Profit!
In Soviet Russia, we flogged gags to death and they got up and kept working
[Note - this is replying to a score-0 post so adjsut your threshhold to get full context]
AFAIK the Spec +3 ran at 4MHz and the +2 at 2MHz. The + and 48k were slower.
Didn't the USA almost go bankrupt, sometime during Clinton's presidency?
IIS gets owned by people all over the world every day... nothing to get excited about
Finally, people may be able to back up the claim, "I'm gonna open a can of whoopass!"
4 billion? Pull finger man
You forgot how to activate your light saber?
They should make it so that modded-down posts still get shown if they have posts above the viewer's threshhold in reply.
The Maori are campaigning *for* racial segregation -- them getting as much land and money as possible and not having to put up with dealing with white people.
So you're saying they pulled it out of thin AIR?
Info is trickling in about Jon Johansen's trial In Norway, where he is accused of violating Norwegian law.
Unusual accusation for a court to make..