What would be really good is if the Daleks became sez crazed machines. Just to hear all the daleks chanting for-ni-kate in their little dalek voices would be priceless.
Sorry, forgot I was on/. where facts are equivalent to trolling. You agree with my point that there was a superior commercial product available for an important part of the development process and it STILL is better. I dont give a rats ass about who did what or how the bun fight started or how it pans out. I was merely using something close to the kernel to illustrate the stupidity of saying all OSS software is better than commercial software, just as saying the reverse would be equally stupid.
OSS is better than yada yada yada. I am perfectly happy to pay for several commercial development tools because they are far superior in terms of quality, functionality and performance than anything I have seen from OSS. When the OSS offering is better I use that.
Rather ironically the lie to the OSS is always better is provided by the recent Bitkeeper kerfuffle. Linus choose Bitkeeper because for him it was the best tool for the job. The zealots moan about it but do nothing so 2 years later when politics interfere there is still no superior OSS alternative, let alone a comparable one.
Lets just focus on letting the user choose the product that suits them best and let them get on with it.
First I dont consider the books sci-fi. Second, I think the books are so popular because of the humour. They have a very Pythonesque touch in the way Adams warps the seemingly plausible into the ridiculous, and vise versa.
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I'm the same. The problem with number theory for me is that they just dont add up.
that since we are all gods children it is legal for me to share with my brothers and sisters via P2P.
What would be really good is if the Daleks became sez crazed machines. Just to hear all the daleks chanting for-ni-kate in their little dalek voices would be priceless.
The terrifying new feature is a dupe checker for /.
Hey this is Apple, clearly this is a new and innovative shipping concept, designed to be aesthetically plesing to the user.
because some people cant wait 5 days for stuff to download over their dialup
I thought a mysterious website was a site where no one knew the URL for it.
Dont you think that it does in fact satisy your needs should be the very first thing you determine?
that now he has a few quid hes throwing the wife away.
Well if you can wait till Russia join then you can probably pick the whole lot up for 27 Euros and a case of vodka.
If Peter Mandleson is behind you I dont think its to scratch your back.
Sorry, forgot I was on /. where facts are equivalent to trolling. You agree with my point that there was a superior commercial product available for an important part of the development process and it STILL is better. I dont give a rats ass about who did what or how the bun fight started or how it pans out. I was merely using something close to the kernel to illustrate the stupidity of saying all OSS software is better than commercial software, just as saying the reverse would be equally stupid.
OSS is better than yada yada yada. I am perfectly happy to pay for several commercial development tools because they are far superior in terms of quality, functionality and performance than anything I have seen from OSS. When the OSS offering is better I use that.
Rather ironically the lie to the OSS is always better is provided by the recent Bitkeeper kerfuffle. Linus choose Bitkeeper because for him it was the best tool for the job. The zealots moan about it but do nothing so 2 years later when politics interfere there is still no superior OSS alternative, let alone a comparable one.
Lets just focus on letting the user choose the product that suits them best and let them get on with it.
I name and shame Philip and Terence
oh wait, there is no spoon
Its the attitude towards it. Its a heroic undertaking when OSS does it and its stealing when Microsoft do it.
Are you insane? The little bastards are destructive enough without Blue Peter equipping them with duct tape tanks and other military goodies.
No the real hero was human ingenuity, even if I sound like an alien extra from Star Trek when I say that.
most (current) innovation and technology growth is in India
Growing yes, innovating hardly. Little innovation means you dont actually have a lot to protect making patents a moot point anyway.
DOH! I did but its easy to make typos when you have to type with fins
First I dont consider the books sci-fi. Second, I think the books are so popular because of the humour. They have a very Pythonesque touch in the way Adams warps the seemingly plausible into the ridiculous, and vise versa.
I'm a herring you insensitive clod!!
Enterprise Java is supposed to be big, complex and time consuming, that why its enterprise level where there are very few shortcuts worth taking.
I could have bought the Brooklyn Bridge from the comfort of my home rather than having to make several trips to Nigeria.
Google ate my hamster.