Well, for one, just because it's on Slashdot doesn't mean it's important or an achievment!
I guess the idea for this is that since Konqueror was able to be compiled, it signifies that their work on porting KDE in general is coming along quite well.
I don't know about distribution channels and prices, but as far as the previous comment about Sun not having any mid-range product, the Opteron fits that bill.
Opteron is no Itanium, it's priced to compete in the x86 world.
I sure hope it takes off. A lot of the types of applications I run would benefit greatly from 64-bit computing.
I don't think the picture is as grim as you paint it here.
Sure, the rich get rich and the poor stay poor sometimes, but there's still ample opportunity to find a comfortable life in the United States.
The reality that you describe as an eventuality may happen some day if things keep going they way they go, but it won't happen for a long time and who knows what can happen in that length of time. Heck, maybe the Bush family will stop being elected.. naa...
Not to say you're not right, but that's out of the context of my comment.
The guy said "just check your outsourcing" in a way that insinuated that it is a good measure of how well the non-US countries are doing. Quite the contrary, I believe it is an indicator on how NOT well they are doing. There's a reason companies outsource to these countries: it's dirt cheap.
A better indicator would be when these companies pull out because the workers demand more money.
On my end, I have many PC's.. 13 to be exact. Some new tech, some old tech. But they're all x86 PC's. Most run Linux.
I wouldn't mind having a Mac in the mix too, but they are too expensive for me. As I build all my own machines, I can put together a high end x86 box for a few hundred bucks. With a Mac, I have to buy a whole pre-assembled machine. While you can get a decent mac for pretty cheap, I wouldn't want just a run-of-the-mill, I'd want a high end Mac to match my high-end x86's.
Since there's really no software for the Mac that doesn't have a version for Windows or something, I see little reason to invest in the Mac.
Besides, we'll all be running Linux at some point anyways so who cares right? =)
The problem is that it's a hack, a workaround. And it's not going to run everything- especially if you run any games.
VirtualPC is okay, but it's certianly not the answer and it too costs a bundle of money since you gotta buy a Windows license too.
Like I said, the G5 is a mighty fine peice of equipment. I just don't think it's going to bring any PC users over to Mac's - especially not when there's these AMD 64-bit chips hitting the market, if you're into the numbers.
While I do think that any competition is good, even if it's coming from the "other side of the world" (aka macs) it's not going to seriously compete. It is a good thing to keep Mac users Mac users, but it's probably not going to switch PC users into them.
It's the same as the Linux Dilemma. If I'm running a Windows PC, and I have all these apps... I'm not going to be able to run them on a mac. Sure, with a mac there's a lot of equivilents and mac versions, but who wants to re-purchase everything they have?
In the end, it's good for the mac users. If you're one of them, then you're fortunate to have some new processors for your platform.
Switching your statement:
The Opteron/Athlon64 may be a nitch processor for now, but I really hope that it can give Intel a run for the money.
From the site: "It has fifteen instalments not including this table of contents."
Last I searched the dictionary, it was "installments."
I guess alphabetical searching is best after all.
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What?
Since when does buying AoL for a year constitute selling your soul?
There must have been a release from the Vatican that I missed. Or maybe in the upcoming "Vatican III" which introduces new methods of selling souls, which will include buying AoL.
The GPL protects Linux, and us, and all the thousands of developers.
Linux, the kernel and most of the components to make up a complete OS, are essentially free software, for us to use, imporove on, build on. People spent a lot of hard hours on this software.
So tell me, why should we "revise" the GPL and allow corporations to take Linux, label it something else, and sell back to people, closed source? They didn't write Linux, they didn't pay for it, so they shouldn't be able to do this.
If a company wants to use Linux, they must accept the fact that they are getting a WHOLE LOT of really great software to use, free of charge. If they aren't happy with the GPL, then fine; write your own operating system..
The problem is that Windows is so subsidised into the cost of your shiney new PC that people don't feel the cost of it.
If Microsoft really starts cracking down on licensing, and making it harder and harder to upgrade (for free) then people will get sick of shelling out $300 for every OS upgrade.
Hopefully, when that time comes, your popular Linux distro is even easier and more user friendly.
You're right about everything except the fact that I've been able to get a lot of non techies to install and use Mozilla.
The way I get them to switch without question is by saying "Not only does it block popups without modification, it will also prevent any browser-based exploits such as the 500 peices of spyware I just removed from your computer." I may also add "and don't install Kazaa, ever. With Mozilla and no Kazaa you'll never have a problem again."
Even if people don't blindly click YES on the broswer popups from IE telling you that you NEED to install some software to get a web page to show up properly (which mozilla won't do) there's been explot after exploit allowing software to be downloaded and installed on your computer without any user intervention by using IE. With browser exploits, you rarely get viruses, instead you get spyware (which I argue is worse..) MS keeps plugging them but but new exploits are found regularly. IE is crap.
Maybe you're thinking of Linux running on a 386dx-16.
My linux boxes don't freeze on large file transfers, not even close. I can transfer large multi gigabyte files over gig-e from a scsi device, and play UT2003 at the same time with no noticable performance hit. Or transfer large files from one drive to another while mythTV runs without dropping a frame.
Don't you think "machine freezing on large file transfers" would be a bigger issue if it were true?
I don't mind banner ads, I never did. I know they support the web sites.
If people start blocking the banner type ads by stripping them from the web sites, we're going to see one of two things happen: A) Site shuts down or B) They turn to other forms of advertising that are much worse.
By "much worse" I'm talking about more Gators, more ad-ware, more crap that you won't be able to remove without disabling some of the software on your machine.
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Login and I'll answer.
I'll also provide the Meaning of Life.
This still doesn't mean it shouldn't be done. It's free software, and this guy loves his Mac apparently, so why not?
I guess I'm not as cynical as some people.
Well, for one, just because it's on Slashdot doesn't mean it's important or an achievment!
I guess the idea for this is that since Konqueror was able to be compiled, it signifies that their work on porting KDE in general is coming along quite well.
I guess the best answer is: Because it's there.
But Konqueror is a good browser and the KDE folks put a lot of work into it. Options are good, and this is just another option.
You're lame.
That's crap.
Windows XP is probably going to be the OS for most of these wireless-enabled notebook PC's, and all you do is:
- Double click the wireless icon next to the clock.
- Click "Coffee shop network" or whatever they call it.
- Type in password. (WEP Key)
- Click OK.
That's not complicated, and if you can surf the web and purchase things online, or drive a car, you can do this without any trouble..
I don't know about distribution channels and prices, but as far as the previous comment about Sun not having any mid-range product, the Opteron fits that bill.
Opteron is no Itanium, it's priced to compete in the x86 world.
I sure hope it takes off. A lot of the types of applications I run would benefit greatly from 64-bit computing.
I don't think the picture is as grim as you paint it here.
Sure, the rich get rich and the poor stay poor sometimes, but there's still ample opportunity to find a comfortable life in the United States.
The reality that you describe as an eventuality may happen some day if things keep going they way they go, but it won't happen for a long time and who knows what can happen in that length of time. Heck, maybe the Bush family will stop being elected.. naa...
Not to say you're not right, but that's out of the context of my comment.
The guy said "just check your outsourcing" in a way that insinuated that it is a good measure of how well the non-US countries are doing. Quite the contrary, I believe it is an indicator on how NOT well they are doing. There's a reason companies outsource to these countries: it's dirt cheap.
A better indicator would be when these companies pull out because the workers demand more money.
"just check your outsourcing statistics"
As soon as these other countries demand salaries close to what US employees demand, the jobs will come back home.
So much for the power shifting in that regard.
On my end, I have many PC's.. 13 to be exact. Some new tech, some old tech. But they're all x86 PC's. Most run Linux.
I wouldn't mind having a Mac in the mix too, but they are too expensive for me. As I build all my own machines, I can put together a high end x86 box for a few hundred bucks. With a Mac, I have to buy a whole pre-assembled machine. While you can get a decent mac for pretty cheap, I wouldn't want just a run-of-the-mill, I'd want a high end Mac to match my high-end x86's.
Since there's really no software for the Mac that doesn't have a version for Windows or something, I see little reason to invest in the Mac.
Besides, we'll all be running Linux at some point anyways so who cares right? =)
The problem is that it's a hack, a workaround. And it's not going to run everything- especially if you run any games.
VirtualPC is okay, but it's certianly not the answer and it too costs a bundle of money since you gotta buy a Windows license too.
Like I said, the G5 is a mighty fine peice of equipment. I just don't think it's going to bring any PC users over to Mac's - especially not when there's these AMD 64-bit chips hitting the market, if you're into the numbers.
Big boobs aside, this game is actually very playable and fun. It's not one of those "you'll play it for months" type games but it was entertaining.
Of course, I just downloaded it from Usenet.
The Opterons are priced very competitively, have you seen the prices? These things are fast and cheap.
Sun's Opteron servers will fill the midrange, and even low-midrange, quite nicely.
It's not going to.
While I do think that any competition is good, even if it's coming from the "other side of the world" (aka macs) it's not going to seriously compete. It is a good thing to keep Mac users Mac users, but it's probably not going to switch PC users into them.
It's the same as the Linux Dilemma. If I'm running a Windows PC, and I have all these apps... I'm not going to be able to run them on a mac. Sure, with a mac there's a lot of equivilents and mac versions, but who wants to re-purchase everything they have?
In the end, it's good for the mac users. If you're one of them, then you're fortunate to have some new processors for your platform.
Switching your statement:
The Opteron/Athlon64 may be a nitch processor for now, but I really hope that it can give Intel a run for the money.
From the site: "It has fifteen instalments not including this table of contents."
Last I searched the dictionary, it was "installments."
I guess alphabetical searching is best after all.
What?
Since when does buying AoL for a year constitute selling your soul?
There must have been a release from the Vatican that I missed. Or maybe in the upcoming "Vatican III" which introduces new methods of selling souls, which will include buying AoL.
Unfortunately, some people do..
.5% click your thing, then you are still getting 5,000 people to your site.
If you send out a million e-mails, and only
It sucks. I hate it. People are so dispicable.
Because we can't tax the spammers.
The GPL protects Linux, and us, and all the thousands of developers.
Linux, the kernel and most of the components to make up a complete OS, are essentially free software, for us to use, imporove on, build on. People spent a lot of hard hours on this software.
So tell me, why should we "revise" the GPL and allow corporations to take Linux, label it something else, and sell back to people, closed source? They didn't write Linux, they didn't pay for it, so they shouldn't be able to do this.
If a company wants to use Linux, they must accept the fact that they are getting a WHOLE LOT of really great software to use, free of charge. If they aren't happy with the GPL, then fine; write your own operating system..
The problem is that Windows is so subsidised into the cost of your shiney new PC that people don't feel the cost of it.
If Microsoft really starts cracking down on licensing, and making it harder and harder to upgrade (for free) then people will get sick of shelling out $300 for every OS upgrade.
Hopefully, when that time comes, your popular Linux distro is even easier and more user friendly.
You're right about everything except the fact that I've been able to get a lot of non techies to install and use Mozilla.
The way I get them to switch without question is by saying "Not only does it block popups without modification, it will also prevent any browser-based exploits such as the 500 peices of spyware I just removed from your computer." I may also add "and don't install Kazaa, ever. With Mozilla and no Kazaa you'll never have a problem again."
Even if people don't blindly click YES on the broswer popups from IE telling you that you NEED to install some software to get a web page to show up properly (which mozilla won't do) there's been explot after exploit allowing software to be downloaded and installed on your computer without any user intervention by using IE. With browser exploits, you rarely get viruses, instead you get spyware (which I argue is worse..) MS keeps plugging them but but new exploits are found regularly. IE is crap.
Maybe you're thinking of Linux running on a 386dx-16.
My linux boxes don't freeze on large file transfers, not even close. I can transfer large multi gigabyte files over gig-e from a scsi device, and play UT2003 at the same time with no noticable performance hit. Or transfer large files from one drive to another while mythTV runs without dropping a frame.
Don't you think "machine freezing on large file transfers" would be a bigger issue if it were true?
My posts to you are obviously coherent, since you understood them.
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Hey man, I totally agree with you =)
I don't mind banner ads, I never did. I know they support the web sites.
If people start blocking the banner type ads by stripping them from the web sites, we're going to see one of two things happen: A) Site shuts down or B) They turn to other forms of advertising that are much worse.
By "much worse" I'm talking about more Gators, more ad-ware, more crap that you won't be able to remove without disabling some of the software on your machine.