.NET languages do have some advantages over Java, but just trivial things that can be implemented on top of Java VM, with a modified compiler and some JNI code. Classes with attributes for example, can be compiled as JavaBeans. There are not so many existing.NET apps and they can probably run under Wine.
Redhat is injured by SCO's actions, so they are suing to get compensation for that damage. They couldn't care less about the outcome of lawsuit between IBM and SCO. It's possible that IBM violated their contract and have to pay $$$, but SCO has to pay $$$ for illegally harassing SCO users. In the same fashion, IBM doesn't get involved in any disputes between IBM and other companies, especially its competitors. Capitalism at work, good or bad.
But when it comes to the design of the desktop interface and programs, Windows XP still has a strong edge: 83% of the Linux users said they liked the design of the desktop and the programs, compared with 100% of the Windows XP users.
I hope the study is flawed, because its too depressing to consider the alternative. Btw, why no MacOS in the test? Then we would see how KDE measures up to an OS with good UI.
You can have a JVM that can save JIT output to the executable format for a given platform. Like GCJ:-) Then, after a bootstrap, the JVM can be in fact written in Java.
Ok, but this doesn't quite answer my question. Eclipse is a good example of application that itself takes up a lot of memory and disk space. The question is how well does it run under GCJ once it gets started? To be honest, JRE is not great for desktop applications, but I certainly wouldn't want GC UI lag to get any worse.
From what I heard so far, gcj has problems with garbage collection and doesn't generate very good code. Did I miss any dramatic improvements recently? Also, how complete is the class library?
I put a copy of Beaneath the Steel Sky manual on my web site. The useful summary is "try to right click objects" which wasn't obvious on my Mac. The game looks fantastic.
IBM decided to use open source legal advice to save money? The question is, will they give back by posting on slashdot or are they scared that some law firm will sue them for contract violation?
It's a valid point, but not in this content. Don't think for a minute that a wimpy UI is going to bring down a 4-CPU, 64 bit machine. It's not an issue at all on my dual 1GHz desktop. In fact, I have never seen a truly responsible UI under Linux or Windows. For X11, there is always a little lag and visible drawing when you drag a window. And XP has to thrash a little when you open a large application, no matter how much memory you have. For Aqua, you get impression of instant response.
As for your iBook problem, you might want to install more memory or in the worst case run WinCompressX.
Then you can run Linux userland, with all the million different ways and all. But - will I be able to use your Linux or fink desktop after your exersize of complete control? Sure I can change back the KDE theme, but what about gnome applications, xmms and so on? Since the article is about business workstations/servers rather than your hobby desktop, MacOSX on those 4-CPU machines would be a good idea indeed.
On the other hand, I have no idea what Apple is doing with Panther. Half of the windows are metal but the worst thing is that new Aqua looks kind of like metal. Perhaps a good theme manager is needed to stop this kind of abuse.
The content was provided by MPAA. If they have a right to distrubute copyright holder's work, the download is legal. I don't see how they can display a copyright/legal use notice BEFORE someone downloads the.AVI, in all the language of the world including Navajo, with existing P2P software that doesn't display any notice before downloading a file. If not, the author can only sue MPAA because they misled private users.
You will think I put copyright authors in an impossible situation. But in fact, they just have to switch stategy by focusing on people who distibute their work without permission.
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Well, I am big fan of Beatles and would like to have every song they ever performed. Since Apple records is not kind of enough to release a complete collection or sell tracks on iTunes music store, I have to buy several CDs and then fill in the holes from Limewire. Or do you mean I should pay 45 bucks for a 3-CD collection that has one song I don't have yet. How about early or less popular tracks that only exist on LPs?
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No, the equivalent would be reading a couple of chapters in the bookstore because the rest of the book is just a filler to raise its price.
Yes, but remember that OGG was developed AFTER mp3. It's always easier to copy something that has been proven than to be the first one with a new concept. Perhaps, OGG users don't have to, and shouldn't pay to MP3 consortium, Linux users don't have to pay AT&T or SCO and so on. But they can still say "thanks".
Sure, we all want artists to get paid - once, for creating or at least a performance. I don't know about you, but I get paid for writting code, but don't get any additional money if someone still uses it 10 years later. I don't see why an artist, RIAA or my employer should be any different. I promise I will not pirate any concert tickets.
If they let me download DivX, I will give it to all my friends. Of course, everyone watches movies on their PC. Nobody will ever consider buying a DVD with surround sound and extra features after watching my streaming video quality movie. Certainly, there is no reason for me to worry about a digital watermark that might identify me as the source of the program on Limewire. It's totally impossible to hide an 8-byte id number in a 1G file in a way that is hard to get rid of. This whole steganography bullshit is so overrated.
On the other hand, if they send me DVDs, there is no way for me to make a copy. Certainly not a full-resolution, full-feature 2 DVD-R copy watchable on a regular TV. Especially not using this program. I swear I never gave any copies of my LTR DVDs to my co-workers.
Oh, I don't know about another things but Chechnya was independent for a while and they started the most recent war by invading a neighbor (Dagestan). Think about Taliban and what happened when they were left alone.
sounds like a bad design for a PDA. Memory cards are cheap and people would rather buy whatever kind than have bigger, fatter device. CompactFlash port, in particular is very bulky. As for plugins like a camera, USB would be a better interface. Doesn't it already have a USB port for the desktop?
IRDA is also not really good for anything. People have to wiggle their devices for minutes just to send a business card. Forget about trying to HotSync with a laptop. Save that space for bluetooth or 802.11.
It's more like someone glueing funny glasses on top of your eyes when you are not paying attention. Most people install Gator by clicking on a dialog box without reading it or installing "free" software that doesn't mention anything about misleading overlay ads.
At work, I had to remove adware from many PCs of reasonably clued in people who just didn't have time to research this particular topic. Heck, I got some worms by sharing my drives. I don't see how non-professionals can avoid installing this junk.
If you are talking about an ad bar in unregistered Opera, then yes it's user's choice. But it should be illegal for software to perform unusual functions on user's PC without informing them in a clear, prominent and specific way. Otherwise you can also say that people choose to open e-mail worms.
Then they must either sell very few copies or have a braindead development model. Platform-dependent code should only be a small portion of the code base, especially for such an expensive product that supposedly has a lot of custom code. And then they could easily support Linux and make a few more bucks. Sounds like a political decision to punish Apple.
Have you really been running it for years, without a crash in the middle? Years of uptime is commonplace for UNIX servers, with many software and even hardware updates without a reboot. Maybe you should rethink what stable means.
They can continue running Windows on the NN% of machines running custom windows applications that are not handled by Wine. Doesn't mean they have to pay $950 for PCs that only need a web browser, e-mail, and a basic word processor.
Why not just give the money to soldiers (or whatever endusers) who can figure out how to use Linux? From what I understand, military pay sucks big time compared to our risk-free desk jobs. I am sure they'll buy a book and spend a couple of weekends learning for ~1K bonus.
Well, the amount of time you can spend paying attention to your kids is limited and so is (hopefully) the tax you pay for various government efforts. A library is already the safest place your children can go to. Wouldn't you rather spend effort on improving quality of your school or neigborhood where your children might face real-world dangers?
I just feel it's too cynical that children get beaten up by bullies and see sick, urine-smelling homeless people on the steet and there is no public outcry about that. But when they come to the library and look at some pictures of healthy people involved in healthy activities we suddenly need a national law.
If the worst problem your kid is going to face is some pr0n on the web, you might as well consider your parenting job done. Children are beaten up by bullies, exposed to drug dealers, emotionally abused by teachers, pressured to have sex they don't want, forced to memorize mindless drivel in classes. Sure you don't want to spend your time and tax money on these things rather than forcing filtering software on librarians who already have a choice of using it at their discretion?
Granted I am not a parent, but won't teenagers develop some mental problems without good knowledge of human reproduction? I would explain to my imaginary son what I think is healthy and show him some good, clean sites for futher reference.
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.NET languages do have some advantages over Java, but just trivial things that can be implemented on top of Java VM, with a modified compiler and some JNI code. Classes with attributes for example, can be compiled as JavaBeans. There are not so many existing .NET apps and they can probably run under Wine.
So the question is, why not focus on Java?
Redhat is injured by SCO's actions, so they are suing to get compensation for that damage. They couldn't care less about the outcome of lawsuit between IBM and SCO. It's possible that IBM violated their contract and have to pay $$$, but SCO has to pay $$$ for illegally harassing SCO users. In the same fashion, IBM doesn't get involved in any disputes between IBM and other companies, especially its competitors. Capitalism at work, good or bad.
But when it comes to the design of the desktop interface and programs, Windows XP still has a strong edge: 83% of the Linux users said they liked the design of the desktop and the programs, compared with 100% of the Windows XP users.
I hope the study is flawed, because its too depressing to consider the alternative. Btw, why no MacOS in the test? Then we would see how KDE measures up to an OS with good UI.
You can have a JVM that can save JIT output to the executable format for a given platform. Like GCJ :-) Then, after a bootstrap, the JVM can be in fact written in Java.
Ok, but this doesn't quite answer my question. Eclipse is a good example of application that itself takes up a lot of memory and disk space. The question is how well does it run under GCJ once it gets started? To be honest, JRE is not great for desktop applications, but I certainly wouldn't want GC UI lag to get any worse.
From what I heard so far, gcj has problems with garbage collection and doesn't generate very good code. Did I miss any dramatic improvements recently? Also, how complete is the class library?
I put a copy of Beaneath the Steel Sky manual on my web site. The useful summary is "try to right click objects" which wasn't obvious on my Mac. The game looks fantastic.
IBM decided to use open source legal advice to save money? The question is, will they give back by posting on slashdot or are they scared that some law firm will sue them for contract violation?
It's a valid point, but not in this content. Don't think for a minute that a wimpy UI is going to bring down a 4-CPU, 64 bit machine. It's not an issue at all on my dual 1GHz desktop. In fact, I have never seen a truly responsible UI under Linux or Windows. For X11, there is always a little lag and visible drawing when you drag a window. And XP has to thrash a little when you open a large application, no matter how much memory you have. For Aqua, you get impression of instant response.
As for your iBook problem, you might want to install more memory or in the worst case run WinCompressX.
Then you can run Linux userland, with all the million different ways and all. But - will I be able to use your Linux or fink desktop after your exersize of complete control? Sure I can change back the KDE theme, but what about gnome applications, xmms and so on? Since the article is about business workstations/servers rather than your hobby desktop, MacOSX on those 4-CPU machines would be a good idea indeed.
On the other hand, I have no idea what Apple is doing with Panther. Half of the windows are metal but the worst thing is that new Aqua looks kind of like metal. Perhaps a good theme manager is needed to stop this kind of abuse.
The content was provided by MPAA. If they have a right to distrubute copyright holder's work, the download is legal. I don't see how they can display a copyright/legal use notice BEFORE someone downloads the .AVI, in all the language of the world including Navajo, with existing P2P software that doesn't display any notice before downloading a file. If not, the author can only sue MPAA because they misled private users.
You will think I put copyright authors in an impossible situation. But in fact, they just have to switch stategy by focusing on people who distibute their work without permission.
Well, I am big fan of Beatles and would like to have every song they ever performed. Since Apple records is not kind of enough to release a complete collection or sell tracks on iTunes music store, I have to buy several CDs and then fill in the holes from Limewire. Or do you mean I should pay 45 bucks for a 3-CD collection that has one song I don't have yet. How about early or less popular tracks that only exist on LPs?
No, the equivalent would be reading a couple of chapters in the bookstore because the rest of the book is just a filler to raise its price.
Yes, but remember that OGG was developed AFTER mp3. It's always easier to copy something that has been proven than to be the first one with a new concept. Perhaps, OGG users don't have to, and shouldn't pay to MP3 consortium, Linux users don't have to pay AT&T or SCO and so on. But they can still say "thanks".
Sure, we all want artists to get paid - once, for creating or at least a performance. I don't know about you, but I get paid for writting code, but don't get any additional money if someone still uses it 10 years later. I don't see why an artist, RIAA or my employer should be any different. I promise I will not pirate any concert tickets.
If they let me download DivX, I will give it to all my friends. Of course, everyone watches movies on their PC. Nobody will ever consider buying a DVD with surround sound and extra features after watching my streaming video quality movie. Certainly, there is no reason for me to worry about a digital watermark that might identify me as the source of the program on Limewire. It's totally impossible to hide an 8-byte id number in a 1G file in a way that is hard to get rid of. This whole steganography bullshit is so overrated.
On the other hand, if they send me DVDs, there is no way for me to make a copy. Certainly not a full-resolution, full-feature 2 DVD-R copy watchable on a regular TV. Especially not using this program. I swear I never gave any copies of my LTR DVDs to my co-workers.
Now isn't it ironic?
Oh, I don't know about another things but Chechnya was independent for a while and they started the most recent war by invading a neighbor (Dagestan). Think about Taliban and what happened when they were left alone.
sounds like a bad design for a PDA. Memory cards are cheap and people would rather buy whatever kind than have bigger, fatter device. CompactFlash port, in particular is very bulky. As for plugins like a camera, USB would be a better interface. Doesn't it already have a USB port for the desktop?
IRDA is also not really good for anything. People have to wiggle their devices for minutes just to send a business card. Forget about trying to HotSync with a laptop. Save that space for bluetooth or 802.11.
It's more like someone glueing funny glasses on top of your eyes when you are not paying attention. Most people install Gator by clicking on a dialog box without reading it or installing "free" software that doesn't mention anything about misleading overlay ads.
At work, I had to remove adware from many PCs of reasonably clued in people who just didn't have time to research this particular topic. Heck, I got some worms by sharing my drives. I don't see how non-professionals can avoid installing this junk.
If you are talking about an ad bar in unregistered Opera, then yes it's user's choice. But it should be illegal for software to perform unusual functions on user's PC without informing them in a clear, prominent and specific way. Otherwise you can also say that people choose to open e-mail worms.
Then they must either sell very few copies or have a braindead development model. Platform-dependent code should only be a small portion of the code base, especially for such an expensive product that supposedly has a lot of custom code. And then they could easily support Linux and make a few more bucks. Sounds like a political decision to punish Apple.
Have you really been running it for years, without a crash in the middle? Years of uptime is commonplace for UNIX servers, with many software and even hardware updates without a reboot. Maybe you should rethink what stable means.
They can continue running Windows on the NN% of machines running custom windows applications that are not handled by Wine. Doesn't mean they have to pay $950 for PCs that only need a web browser, e-mail, and a basic word processor.
Why not just give the money to soldiers (or whatever endusers) who can figure out how to use Linux? From what I understand, military pay sucks big time compared to our risk-free desk jobs. I am sure they'll buy a book and spend a couple of weekends learning for ~1K bonus.
Well, the amount of time you can spend paying attention to your kids is limited and so is (hopefully) the tax you pay for various government efforts. A library is already the safest place your children can go to. Wouldn't you rather spend effort on improving quality of your school or neigborhood where your children might face real-world dangers?
I just feel it's too cynical that children get beaten up by bullies and see sick, urine-smelling homeless people on the steet and there is no public outcry about that. But when they come to the library and look at some pictures of healthy people involved in healthy activities we suddenly need a national law.
If the worst problem your kid is going to face is some pr0n on the web, you might as well consider your parenting job done. Children are beaten up by bullies, exposed to drug dealers, emotionally abused by teachers, pressured to have sex they don't want, forced to memorize mindless drivel in classes. Sure you don't want to spend your time and tax money on these things rather than forcing filtering software on librarians who already have a choice of using it at their discretion?
Granted I am not a parent, but won't teenagers develop some mental problems without good knowledge of human reproduction? I would explain to my imaginary son what I think is healthy and show him some good, clean sites for futher reference.
SCO = Iraq, Microsoft = France, IBM = US. I hope the sign also mentioned Freedom Windows (KDE). Huh? Are you saying that's not what they meant?