Throw in the fact that brick & mortar stores cannot compare with thier selection
That's my main reason for using them... unless it's an incredibly rare and obscure book, I can find it on Amazon. If it is rare and obscure and thus they don't have the book, they'll even search used bookstores for it and get it sent to ya (a service I've used a couple times).
Couple that with all the other stores they have, and the millions they've obviously put into usability testing... there's no equal, IMO.
It would be very valuable to be able to open a chapter of the book and give a read over it, you know, like in a real fucking bookstore.
Amazon.com has their "Look inside this book" feature on a lot of titles, which lets you read a scanned excerpt of the book and see what you think. Just like in a real fucking bookstore!
As far as games go, the REALLY good ones are ported to the consoles.
I'm a big fan of RTS games, which almost never get ported (and when they do - Starcraft, for example - they suck).
The SimCity series, Half-Life, Battlefield 1942, Homeworld, and others I enjoy mostly haven't been ported... do I'll stick to my Windows PC.:-p
And while I may be missing out on all the latest games, I'm also missing out on all the viruses too.
If you've got a little common sense, you don't get viruses on Windows, either. I've run Windows for about 10 years, no anti-virus software, even used Outlook for several years (until Mozilla Thunderbird came out just recently) - not one single virus.
They don't want to go and spend $500 million restructuring everything, replacing all their Windows software with Linux software that may not be written yet, and training their endusers, probably.
You can get sued by SCO! None of your friends will know how to use your computer - security by fucking obnoxious UI! You'll miss out on all the latest games!
The people who give Adobe real money - professional designers - would want services to go with the software.
Which they already pay for and get. Adobe would still be losing out on the fee for the software if they GPLed it. It'd be a very substantial hit to their budget, which would lead to them being able to do less R&D, which would lead to Photoshop losing its position as market leader.
Compare The GIMP and Adobe Photoshop and the "best tool for the job" should be quite clear.
Linux is the part of the combined system that people interact with, so leaving it just at Linux is just fine with me. Even so, why can't RMS understand that people are going to use "Linux" as a short, easier to say, more marketable version of "GNU/Linux"?
Have they taken their love of a game a bit too far? I wonder what Rockstar, the makers of the game have to think about this?
What's the problem with it? It's a third party program that makes downloading mods easier... no different from downloading a mod from a fansite, except that this program makes it a little easier to find, install, and uninstall them.
The user still has to decide to download the mods... I don't see why anyone'd have a problem with it.
Now tell me, what are features of BK, that are missied in Aegis *AND* are essintial for Linux kernel development?
Someone posted earlier in this article that one of the key things Linus wanted was the ability to run the project via e-mail, which BK allows. Does Aegis offer that?
The real lesson here is that a proprietary tool can never truly be the best tool for the job, period. Unless you don't mind putting your balls in a vise with someone else's hand on the lever.
Perhaps in the long run, but sometimes you need a job done now, not 10 years from now.
If I need to edit an image, Photoshop's the right tool for the job - The GIMP just doesn't cut it. Maybe it will at some time in the future (unlikely), but right now the proprietary software is the right way to go.
The only excuse some individuals have for not listening to Richard is personal prejudice against Richard's way of life.
How about the fact that his ideals, while admirable in a perfect utopian world, just don't work in this world, where we have to deal with human nature?
Or perhaps some of us are irritated by his rather arrogant demands that everyone call "Linux" "GNU/Linux."
I mean, damn. That is openly hostile. I don't CARE if people are trying to write a competitor that can interoperate with out, those sorts of tactics simply aren't honourable.
I'd bet RMS would be just as angry if the situation was reversed. Imagine the fit RMS would put on if McVoy said "we don't like this particular part of the GPL, so we're just going to ignore it."
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Throw in the fact that brick & mortar stores cannot compare with thier selection
That's my main reason for using them... unless it's an incredibly rare and obscure book, I can find it on Amazon. If it is rare and obscure and thus they don't have the book, they'll even search used bookstores for it and get it sent to ya (a service I've used a couple times).
Couple that with all the other stores they have, and the millions they've obviously put into usability testing... there's no equal, IMO.
= Rotting Spammers ....ew...
Hey, I'd prefer rotting spammers to non-rotting spammers...
Looks like they'll be going with a proprietary solution... wouldn't partnering with Google make more sense for them?
You are aware that Google's a proprietary solution, right?
Just because Slashdot loves Google doesn't mean it's all of a sudden non-proprietary!
IANAL, but I think now that they've announced it, it can't be patented (unless it already has been)
That's funny. Oh... you're not trying to be funny.
Have you missed the dozens of articles about people recently patenting things that've been around for 30+ years, then suing small businesses for cash?
The USPTO seems to grant a surprising amount of patents on things that "can't be patented".
It would be very valuable to be able to open a chapter of the book and give a read over it, you know, like in a real fucking bookstore.
Amazon.com has their "Look inside this book" feature on a lot of titles, which lets you read a scanned excerpt of the book and see what you think. Just like in a real fucking bookstore!
As far as games go, the REALLY good ones are ported to the consoles.
:-p
I'm a big fan of RTS games, which almost never get ported (and when they do - Starcraft, for example - they suck).
The SimCity series, Half-Life, Battlefield 1942, Homeworld, and others I enjoy mostly haven't been ported... do I'll stick to my Windows PC.
And while I may be missing out on all the latest games, I'm also missing out on all the viruses too.
If you've got a little common sense, you don't get viruses on Windows, either. I've run Windows for about 10 years, no anti-virus software, even used Outlook for several years (until Mozilla Thunderbird came out just recently) - not one single virus.
Howard Dean's campaign manager works for AIPAC.
Your point being... ?
They don't want to go and spend $500 million restructuring everything, replacing all their Windows software with Linux software that may not be written yet, and training their endusers, probably.
More advantages:
:-p
You can get sued by SCO!
None of your friends will know how to use your computer - security by fucking obnoxious UI!
You'll miss out on all the latest games!
etc. etc. etc.
</sarcasm>
Teehee...
The people who give Adobe real money - professional designers - would want services to go with the software.
Which they already pay for and get. Adobe would still be losing out on the fee for the software if they GPLed it. It'd be a very substantial hit to their budget, which would lead to them being able to do less R&D, which would lead to Photoshop losing its position as market leader.
Compare The GIMP and Adobe Photoshop and the "best tool for the job" should be quite clear.
First off, the ideal *does* work in this world, or else open source software wouldn't have the impetus it does right now.
Not if you're trying to make money selling your software product - you have to resort to support contracts and whatnot.
Secondly, even if the ideal didn't work "in this world" why does that make striving towards the ideal unworthy?
Because, unlike RMS, most people have to make money to survive. He's got a hefty grant to support his work.
his point that people will think Torvalds and Co. invented the userland is well taken.
I disagree - the vast majority of people don't know where the name Linux comes from - it's just a brand name, as far as they know.
Why should they when they already have a working, free (as in beer) alternative? Not everyone subscribes to RMS's idealogy.
Linux is the part of the combined system that people interact with, so leaving it just at Linux is just fine with me. Even so, why can't RMS understand that people are going to use "Linux" as a short, easier to say, more marketable version of "GNU/Linux"?
Have they taken their love of a game a bit too far? I wonder what Rockstar, the makers of the game have to think about this?
What's the problem with it? It's a third party program that makes downloading mods easier... no different from downloading a mod from a fansite, except that this program makes it a little easier to find, install, and uninstall them.
The user still has to decide to download the mods... I don't see why anyone'd have a problem with it.
Now tell me, what are features of BK, that are missied in Aegis *AND* are essintial for Linux kernel development?
Someone posted earlier in this article that one of the key things Linus wanted was the ability to run the project via e-mail, which BK allows. Does Aegis offer that?
The real lesson here is that a proprietary tool can never truly be the best tool for the job, period. Unless you don't mind putting your balls in a vise with someone else's hand on the lever.
Perhaps in the long run, but sometimes you need a job done now, not 10 years from now.
If I need to edit an image, Photoshop's the right tool for the job - The GIMP just doesn't cut it. Maybe it will at some time in the future (unlikely), but right now the proprietary software is the right way to go.
Free as in Freedom means once a single person pays for it, it can become Free as in Beer if that person feels like putting it up for download.
For a commercial product, that's a death sentence. Imagine if Adobe GPL'ed Photoshop - their sales would drop to almost zero.
Why are they using bitkeeper in the first place? From their home page it doesn't seem to be GPL/OpenSource but rather a propietary system.
:-p
If that's so, why are they complaining about not being able to use their own clients? Surely they knew it could come to that when they started.
In this case, Linus chose functionality over ideology.
It's not Linus et. al. who are complaining, it's RMS, who doesn't use BitKeeper - he's just irritated that others use it.
The only excuse some individuals have for not listening to Richard is personal prejudice against Richard's way of life.
How about the fact that his ideals, while admirable in a perfect utopian world, just don't work in this world, where we have to deal with human nature?
Or perhaps some of us are irritated by his rather arrogant demands that everyone call "Linux" "GNU/Linux."
I mean, damn. That is openly hostile. I don't CARE if people are trying to write a competitor that can interoperate with out, those sorts of tactics simply aren't honourable.
I'd bet RMS would be just as angry if the situation was reversed. Imagine the fit RMS would put on if McVoy said "we don't like this particular part of the GPL, so we're just going to ignore it."
It's the standard (automatic) out-of-bandwidth screen for the Cpanel/WHM Manager webhosting software that a lot of web hosts use...
Wouldn't it go:
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