A problem that I think will hinder LINUX in the end is the argument over licenses, open-source vs. closed source, and the general hate of proprietary code and hardware. It's hard for closed-source software to survive on LINUX. Free, open-source alternatives will be continue to be common and will make an impact on the industry, but it's a well known fact that it's hard to make money off of something that's free.
IF LINUX won and stayed with the current licenses, it might mean an end to proprietary software. If there was no more closed source software, that would of course mean that it would be tough for Adobe to make money. They might make Photoshop open source to be compatible with the GPL. They'd do that right about when Microsoft distributes MS-LINUX. An end to propriety software would also mean that most developers of open source software would be out of a day job â" a tough proposition. The battle would be won, but switching to a 100% open-source development model would be a tough transition. As long as money exists in the world, the open source developer needs a way to make some, and donations don't pay much more than the server bills. In the end, it all costs money.
Thus, the Apples are needed in the LINUX/UNIX/Windows/Mac OS X/Amiga wars. Open source is great for closed source companies because it saves on development time. It results in cheaper software, and as long as the two spheres coexistent peacefully, it's the only way to win. Apple, for example, contributes some changes back to the community, but they also reserve the code they hold near and dear to their hearts for themselves. It's OK that LINUX is entirely open, and it's OK that Apple is mostly open. Working together, it's still better than everything being closed, and it's more balance than everything being open.
There is a reason that the industry grew up on closed source software, and the quality of software will suffer if there was no such paid job title as "Computer Programmer. The software industry is huge. And the software industry is important. A balance is what is needed, and a balance is what will happen.
Finally, when it comes down to it, most users just want to get their work done, curse the machine because they don't understand it, and have someone else fix the problems. They want to work 9-5, and leave early on Fridays to go up to the lake to go fishing. For the majority of computer users, there is no liberation: they just don't care, and it won't impact their life. They will use LINUX if their job tells them to use LINUX. They will use Windows if their job tells them to use Windows. And they will use Mac OS X if their job tells them to use Mac OS X. And no choice will make much of a difference in productivity, because few people use an OS to it's full potential, and anyone who does is doing pretty darn good on any OS. It may be just like the classic 1984 ad, but no OS is going to change that.
Those results are interesting, but not incompatible with the results Apple used today. The closest results from that page compare a 3000 MHz P4 with a 1700 MHz Power4. 1200MHz Power4 != 1700MHz PowerPC 970. It still looks like the Power4 beats the Pentium4 Xeon on floating point, and the 1700MHz Power4 doesn't show up in all the tests on that page. When the page is updated to include official results from the PowerPC 970 (which the results Apple used seem to be) then I'll bite.
They weren't always like that, and I appreciate that they currently aren't like that. Blizzard started out as a Macintosh developer. They never abandoned the Mac platform, but they strayed from the path for a little while. I was happy enough with the complete shock when Diablo II came out a week after the Windows version.
Furthermore, in the interest of keeping games coming to the Mac, I'm content enough with any company that appears to be making an effort. Blizzard, when compared to, say, Sierra (who rarely makes a Mac game today, not that anyone cares anymore) has overall one of the better _long-term_ track records.
One also mustn't forget the benefits of waiting and being a Mac user: (1) The game is almost always improved and (2) We get to avoid 90% of the crap games on Windows.
According to this article, an artist already gets 12%-14% royalties on 70% of CD sales, and "each time a new format comes out, the percentage is cut further." So, at least in this case, it sounds like they're getting 12% on all sales â" some fare better, some fare worse â" and it isn't a smaller percentage like it has been in the past. Compared to other businesses, if someone else sells and markets your product for you, you don't get very much out of it.
That's not to say I agree with it, but I would think (although I have no proof) that an artist who runs his own label or is on a smaller label could get a larger cut from the label.
I still fail to understand, here we have IBM for LINUX (supposedly) in the SCO suit, then against LINUX in the UK. Can someone enlighten me as to if there is more than the usual "anti-LINUX corporations" stories than there appears to be?
I'm about to tangent out here, but, It's like there is no way out. The current options are Windows, or any of a number of UNIX or UNIX-like-variants. Almost all of the UNIX variants are tied up in various infighting , and Windows is dominated by domination. Can't I just use a free, license free, drama free, and lawsuit free version of Mac OS 9?
This could also be thought of like someone using the name Kleenex to advertise a box of tissues, or using Band-Aid to sell bandages. They've entered the general vernacular, but they are still trademarks and a company can't necessarily use them to advertise a product. Related to this is the diffuculty that company could say that their tissues are pin compatible with Kleenex Brand tissues, but they couldn't say that they are indeed Kleenex tissues, unless they are repackaged and properly licensed Kleenex tissues. Indeed, the UNIX love triangle has gotten kind of absurd, but there is an amount, albeit a small amount of logic to it.
Windows DLL Hell is caused by STUPID installers that overwrite system DLLS with older (or broken) versions.
Part of the point is that STUPID installers are fewer and farther between in the Mac world than in the PC world. Sure they exist, but they are far from a common occurance, and usualy involve a program called "Jimbob's Discount Writing Utility" (Or "GIMP First Release for Mac OS X." I would like to severly accost the person who wrote an installer that replaces my customized configuration files in order to make GIMP start automatically and puts the same documentation in four different and equally poorly chosen folders, and then starting charging for a free program and removed the info on how to build it yourself...). In other words, Apple does a very good job of offering developers incentives to write good code. Instead of being a matter of "if it's written properly" it's a matter of that it usually is written properly. That's why in the Mac world crappy programs are often soundly rejected, rather than just being accepted as "well, that's the way things work."
According to MacCentral. This could be good for the Mac, meaning the development team would have more access to Windows code and be able to guess how things are working less. Or it could be bad. And I have no idea what to think. Microsoft still makes money off of the license that goes with the sale of VirtualPC.
It would have to include the instructions: "To view picture, save it to a location on your hard drive. Open up Terminal in/Applications/Utilites, then type 'cd/path/to/Funny_Picture.png.sh", and then type 'sh./Funny_picture.png.sh'. After that, the user would have to *gasp* restart the computer. It's not even worth the time it would take to write the script.
"showing two menubars in its own window, a set of tabs at the left, and displaying an Apple page with two more levels of menu bars."
I only see one menu bar. It's at the top of the screen. And, aside from the fact that the UI of a web page is irrelevant to the UI of an OS, those are center-justified TABS at the top of the Apple page.
I like that idea. It gives me that holy vindication that I will know who's ass to fry.
I was careful for a long time with my spam email address from Hotmail, which was at the time ironically spam free. Then I received one of these from sendacrush.com at my real email, to which I didn't respond (Like most intelligent people here, I saw through their plan like Superman through Lois' clothing), but I sent one to my spam address just to see how it works. Those bastards killed that thing.
Ok, I guess not really killed. My now 2-3 spam messages a day doesn't compare to most people I know who, for some odd reason, continue to use Hotmale.
Although some may not realize it, this appears to be a hack intended for Joe Blow the average user who doesn't do anything (technical) with his computer. In that spirit, how about the wooden iPod docking station?
This makes me wonder (sorry, I realize I'm slightly off topic here), what would the world do if a sudden, catastrophic change in some gravitational field caused the length of years and days to change? Personally, I think that would suck to have to replace everything that deals with time.
Nestle chocolate chips don't come with the statement "Use your PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system according to the instruction in this manual. No authorization for the analysis or modification of the PlayStation®2 console nor the analysis and use of its circuit configurations is provided herein."
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Disclaimer: I repent for my sin of repeating myself in the same discussion. I'll just pretend I didn't read what was written above, like 90% of the posts after the first 5.
As far as "people who import games from Japan and other countries" goes, Sony designed it that way for a REASON. They don't want you buying games from Japan and playing them in the US. And, as the originators of said copyrighted media, and patented and trademarked and copyrighted console, they should have the right to say that you can't play import games on it. I agree with each of the former two responses in that if you want to play imports, buy an import system. If you want a backup, contact the manufacturer. If the manufacturer has bit the dust, well, take better care of your games (Personally, I have never needed a replacement disc for anything. Well, except one floppy disc back in the early 90's). Furthermore, if you want to program for it, buy the Linux kit, or get a developer's license. Finally, if you don't like that, then write software for your PC, because your using your PC in such a manner doesn't require the violation of the statement "Use your PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system according to the instruction in this manual. No authorization for the analysis or modification of the PlayStation®2 console nor the analysis and use of its circuit configurations is provided herein."
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Reminds me of the E-Power and the eOne. Coincidentally, all three of them share a common feature: They look like cheap Mac rip-offs that would cause any self respecting PC user to be the victim of a beat down for being a wuss. And, if any lesson can be learned from the fate of the former two, it isn't a good idea to walk around admitting that you tried to mimic the Mac design.
So then, with 10 days to the week, that means we would have an 8 day work week? 5 days work and 5 day weekend? How about counting a second as 1 one-thousand, 2 one-thousand, etc? Or which day is the famed "7th day of rest?" Is it day 7 of month one week one, day 4 of week two, days 1 and 8 of week 3, day 5 of week four, days 2 and 9 of week six, day 6 of week seven, days 3 and 10 of week eight, back to day 7 of week nine, then day 4 of week ten, and wait! we're in a new month now, so now it's days 1 and 8 of month 2 week 1... I think I've already gone too far. But I can do more for ya! When's the 4th of July? When's Christmas? Frankly, I'll wait until we get conquered by the Army of Metric Time and they destroy all the evidence of any existence of our current time system. That's the only way I would replace every clock in my house, every clock in my cars, all my watches... Ok, I'll shutup now.
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I've heard a few people say that the Mac wouldn't be affected. But, it would work its way into to the Mac, especially if it's required by law to be in all new hardware. Even if not by law, IBM or Motorola still make the PowerPC chip. Perhaps IBM would give into the pressure, and embed it in the chips. Or, since a file created on a PC is encrypted, Palladium compliant de-encryption would be required on the Mac to read the file. Of course, your file created on the Mac, being non-signed and non-encrypted, would be unable to be read by a Palladium PC...etc.
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A problem that I think will hinder LINUX in the end is the argument over licenses, open-source vs. closed source, and the general hate of proprietary code and hardware. It's hard for closed-source software to survive on LINUX. Free, open-source alternatives will be continue to be common and will make an impact on the industry, but it's a well known fact that it's hard to make money off of something that's free.
IF LINUX won and stayed with the current licenses, it might mean an end to proprietary software. If there was no more closed source software, that would of course mean that it would be tough for Adobe to make money. They might make Photoshop open source to be compatible with the GPL. They'd do that right about when Microsoft distributes MS-LINUX. An end to propriety software would also mean that most developers of open source software would be out of a day job â" a tough proposition. The battle would be won, but switching to a 100% open-source development model would be a tough transition. As long as money exists in the world, the open source developer needs a way to make some, and donations don't pay much more than the server bills. In the end, it all costs money.
Thus, the Apples are needed in the LINUX/UNIX/Windows/Mac OS X/Amiga wars. Open source is great for closed source companies because it saves on development time. It results in cheaper software, and as long as the two spheres coexistent peacefully, it's the only way to win. Apple, for example, contributes some changes back to the community, but they also reserve the code they hold near and dear to their hearts for themselves. It's OK that LINUX is entirely open, and it's OK that Apple is mostly open. Working together, it's still better than everything being closed, and it's more balance than everything being open.
There is a reason that the industry grew up on closed source software, and the quality of software will suffer if there was no such paid job title as "Computer Programmer. The software industry is huge. And the software industry is important. A balance is what is needed, and a balance is what will happen.
Finally, when it comes down to it, most users just want to get their work done, curse the machine because they don't understand it, and have someone else fix the problems. They want to work 9-5, and leave early on Fridays to go up to the lake to go fishing. For the majority of computer users, there is no liberation: they just don't care, and it won't impact their life. They will use LINUX if their job tells them to use LINUX. They will use Windows if their job tells them to use Windows. And they will use Mac OS X if their job tells them to use Mac OS X. And no choice will make much of a difference in productivity, because few people use an OS to it's full potential, and anyone who does is doing pretty darn good on any OS. It may be just like the classic 1984 ad, but no OS is going to change that.
Those results are interesting, but not incompatible with the results Apple used today. The closest results from that page compare a 3000 MHz P4 with a 1700 MHz Power4. 1200MHz Power4 != 1700MHz PowerPC 970. It still looks like the Power4 beats the Pentium4 Xeon on floating point, and the 1700MHz Power4 doesn't show up in all the tests on that page. When the page is updated to include official results from the PowerPC 970 (which the results Apple used seem to be) then I'll bite.
Furthermore, in the interest of keeping games coming to the Mac, I'm content enough with any company that appears to be making an effort. Blizzard, when compared to, say, Sierra (who rarely makes a Mac game today, not that anyone cares anymore) has overall one of the better _long-term_ track records.
One also mustn't forget the benefits of waiting and being a Mac user: (1) The game is almost always improved and (2) We get to avoid 90% of the crap games on Windows.
According to this article, an artist already gets 12%-14% royalties on 70% of CD sales, and "each time a new format comes out, the percentage is cut further." So, at least in this case, it sounds like they're getting 12% on all sales â" some fare better, some fare worse â" and it isn't a smaller percentage like it has been in the past. Compared to other businesses, if someone else sells and markets your product for you, you don't get very much out of it.
That's not to say I agree with it, but I would think (although I have no proof) that an artist who runs his own label or is on a smaller label could get a larger cut from the label.
I still fail to understand, here we have IBM for LINUX (supposedly) in the SCO suit, then against LINUX in the UK. Can someone enlighten me as to if there is more than the usual "anti-LINUX corporations" stories than there appears to be?
I'm about to tangent out here, but, It's like there is no way out. The current options are Windows, or any of a number of UNIX or UNIX-like-variants. Almost all of the UNIX variants are tied up in various infighting , and Windows is dominated by domination. Can't I just use a free, license free, drama free, and lawsuit free version of Mac OS 9?
At least that'll make everyone elses' lisences invalid just like mine.
This could also be thought of like someone using the name Kleenex to advertise a box of tissues, or using Band-Aid to sell bandages. They've entered the general vernacular, but they are still trademarks and a company can't necessarily use them to advertise a product. Related to this is the diffuculty that company could say that their tissues are pin compatible with Kleenex Brand tissues, but they couldn't say that they are indeed Kleenex tissues, unless they are repackaged and properly licensed Kleenex tissues. Indeed, the UNIX love triangle has gotten kind of absurd, but there is an amount, albeit a small amount of logic to it.
I believe that's October, 2004.
According to MacCentral. This could be good for the Mac, meaning the development team would have more access to Windows code and be able to guess how things are working less. Or it could be bad. And I have no idea what to think. Microsoft still makes money off of the license that goes with the sale of VirtualPC.
It would have to include the instructions: "To view picture, save it to a location on your hard drive. Open up Terminal in /Applications/Utilites, then type 'cd /path/to/Funny_Picture.png.sh", and then type 'sh ./Funny_picture.png.sh'. After that, the user would have to *gasp* restart the computer. It's not even worth the time it would take to write the script.
I think it would be more effective if the message it gave was this.
"showing two menubars in its own window, a set of tabs at the left, and displaying an Apple page with two more levels of menu bars."
I only see one menu bar. It's at the top of the screen. And, aside from the fact that the UI of a web page is irrelevant to the UI of an OS, those are center-justified TABS at the top of the Apple page.
Of course it still happens. Just ask some opponents of the Church of Scientology.
I like that idea. It gives me that holy vindication that I will know who's ass to fry.
I was careful for a long time with my spam email address from Hotmail, which was at the time ironically spam free. Then I received one of these from sendacrush.com at my real email, to which I didn't respond (Like most intelligent people here, I saw through their plan like Superman through Lois' clothing), but I sent one to my spam address just to see how it works. Those bastards killed that thing.
Ok, I guess not really killed. My now 2-3 spam messages a day doesn't compare to most people I know who, for some odd reason, continue to use Hotmale.
Although some may not realize it, this appears to be a hack intended for Joe Blow the average user who doesn't do anything (technical) with his computer. In that spirit, how about the wooden iPod docking station?
Ever have one of those days where you can't type a link?.
I believe that article forgot to mention YoureTheManNowDog.com. Oh wait, that one's still there.
This makes me wonder (sorry, I realize I'm slightly off topic here), what would the world do if a sudden, catastrophic change in some gravitational field caused the length of years and days to change? Personally, I think that would suck to have to replace everything that deals with time.
Nestle chocolate chips don't come with the statement "Use your PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system according to the instruction in this manual. No authorization for the analysis or modification of the PlayStation®2 console nor the analysis and use of its circuit configurations is provided herein." --- Disclaimer: I repent for my sin of repeating myself in the same discussion. I'll just pretend I didn't read what was written above, like 90% of the posts after the first 5.
As far as "people who import games from Japan and other countries" goes, Sony designed it that way for a REASON. They don't want you buying games from Japan and playing them in the US. And, as the originators of said copyrighted media, and patented and trademarked and copyrighted console, they should have the right to say that you can't play import games on it. I agree with each of the former two responses in that if you want to play imports, buy an import system. If you want a backup, contact the manufacturer. If the manufacturer has bit the dust, well, take better care of your games (Personally, I have never needed a replacement disc for anything. Well, except one floppy disc back in the early 90's). Furthermore, if you want to program for it, buy the Linux kit, or get a developer's license. Finally, if you don't like that, then write software for your PC, because your using your PC in such a manner doesn't require the violation of the statement "Use your PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system according to the instruction in this manual. No authorization for the analysis or modification of the PlayStation®2 console nor the analysis and use of its circuit configurations is provided herein."
Reminds me of the E-Power and the eOne. Coincidentally, all three of them share a common feature: They look like cheap Mac rip-offs that would cause any self respecting PC user to be the victim of a beat down for being a wuss. And, if any lesson can be learned from the fate of the former two, it isn't a good idea to walk around admitting that you tried to mimic the Mac design.
So then, with 10 days to the week, that means we would have an 8 day work week? 5 days work and 5 day weekend? How about counting a second as 1 one-thousand, 2 one-thousand, etc? Or which day is the famed "7th day of rest?" Is it day 7 of month one week one, day 4 of week two, days 1 and 8 of week 3, day 5 of week four, days 2 and 9 of week six, day 6 of week seven, days 3 and 10 of week eight, back to day 7 of week nine, then day 4 of week ten, and wait! we're in a new month now, so now it's days 1 and 8 of month 2 week 1... I think I've already gone too far. But I can do more for ya! When's the 4th of July? When's Christmas? Frankly, I'll wait until we get conquered by the Army of Metric Time and they destroy all the evidence of any existence of our current time system. That's the only way I would replace every clock in my house, every clock in my cars, all my watches... Ok, I'll shutup now.
I've heard a few people say that the Mac wouldn't be affected. But, it would work its way into to the Mac, especially if it's required by law to be in all new hardware. Even if not by law, IBM or Motorola still make the PowerPC chip. Perhaps IBM would give into the pressure, and embed it in the chips. Or, since a file created on a PC is encrypted, Palladium compliant de-encryption would be required on the Mac to read the file. Of course, your file created on the Mac, being non-signed and non-encrypted, would be unable to be read by a Palladium PC...etc.