... is (unless they've fixed this) that if you want to update your site, you have to update every incremental update to finally get the latest update.
basically the whole updating thing is a lot more complicated than it should be.
Microsoft would take threaten to take their toys home - as they did with the EU and Korea...
That's the great thing about open source, "it" doesn't (can't) throw chairs about, and generally react stupidly to dumb people.
While some may believe journals filter out sub-standard research, you'd be surprised how many TERRIBLE articles appear in WELL RESPECTED journals. At least this is my experience in my own subject of economics / management.
Stock prices have been known to move before exceptional events are announced by firms.
Insider information leaks out, and rumours form. If google could harness the data on the net, people's emails, search queries and google talk and make sense of it - by weighting certain sources accordingly - they may be better able to predict such events.
Google may make more money some day through market research than any other business line.
... but they can stifle innovation.
I heard somewhere that KDE had problems with freedesktop.org, cos they wanted to do some fairly sensible things - but it wasn't in the standard...
Maybe someone else can fill in details...
Linux is surprisingly popular in Indonesia - considering the abundance of pirated software.
It's not uncommon that one comes across a linux shop or training centre while going around.
The choice of JDS just shows the value of being a major vendor - a lesson for any new distro - Sun generally has a good support reputation, contrary to Ubuntu etc...
Even if MS open sourced their OS or adopted Linux, the openoffice.org people will eventually create a a competitive office suite and MS would be faced with the same dilemma, and so on.
MS have no choice but to draw a line in the sand, and stop the open source "virus".
Having the ability to switch to Intel processors makes sense because IBM now sees that switching over to x86 completely is quite credible.
Beforehand Apple hadn't any credible threats of going to another supplier, and wasn't a big enough customer of IBM to demand lower prices.
What will be interesting, is how Apple will market it's boxen, no they can't get away with saying G4s etc. are actually much quicker processors yada yada. Expect much more competitive prices from Apple!
Mark Shuttleworth is fairly rich and his backing has made Ubuntu into a major player, but imagine if some with even more money backed a distro... Bill Gates could make the mother of all distros, reducing the competition to dust if he wanted... thereby sealing world domination...
Things won't change until companies *meaningfully* evaluate their employee's performance. This is easier said than done, but most companies don't even try.
Think about the differences between working and studying. In uni if you do good work you generally get rewarded for it, you don't get rewarded for sabotaging other students!
AFAIK most GPL licensed software is governed by the current GPL license "or later". What is stopping anyone from writing their own GPL 3.0 license?? Does RMS have some sort of monopoly over the license or is it a community thing???
John.
Well maybe in the near future computers won't get exponentially faster over time.
This'd probably means that "cutting edge" technology stays cutting edge for quite a while, as manufacturers won't be able to quickly jump onto another latest on greatest technology!
If offshoring means that products can be made cheaply and more efficiently, why not?
This is called competition and will put pressure on people in the U.S. and Europe to get off their asses and be more competitive.
I come from Ireland, and we have taken many jobs from the U.S., and in turn India will (is?) take them from us!
But sitting back and slapping trade controls etc. isn't a solution, it'll just make things worse for those in poor countries, and in the long run probably not be beneficial - because we won't have pressure to be competitive!
Don't get me wrong, I love KDE. But 3.3 has been pretty much a buggy experience for me. I realize it's bound to be unstable, but as far as I can see KDE is focusing more on releasing new releases, rather than fixing boring old bugs!
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It's not just Brazil. Look at any startup in the US. Flickr, Google etc etc, all used open source to get their businesses off the ground!
... is (unless they've fixed this) that if you want to update your site, you have to update every incremental update to finally get the latest update. basically the whole updating thing is a lot more complicated than it should be.
They remind me of Sony now, one foot tripping the other up (look at Zune and DRM, Vista and DRM).
Microsoft would take threaten to take their toys home - as they did with the EU and Korea... That's the great thing about open source, "it" doesn't (can't) throw chairs about, and generally react stupidly to dumb people.
Next: Google doesn't rate search going forward, passes up chance to buy small innovative search engine - which turns out the be the next big thing :)
While some may believe journals filter out sub-standard research, you'd be surprised how many TERRIBLE articles appear in WELL RESPECTED journals. At least this is my experience in my own subject of economics / management.
WILL THIS ADD COMPLEXITY TO DEVELOPING php? If so, I rather think that Zend fully understand their product. PHP is popular cos it is easy!
"re-conquer the web" (or any other catchy firefox slogan) use konqueror ;)
Stock prices have been known to move before exceptional events are announced by firms.
Insider information leaks out, and rumours form. If google could harness the data on the net, people's emails, search queries and google talk and make sense of it - by weighting certain sources accordingly - they may be better able to predict such events.
Google may make more money some day through market research than any other business line.
... but they can stifle innovation. I heard somewhere that KDE had problems with freedesktop.org, cos they wanted to do some fairly sensible things - but it wasn't in the standard... Maybe someone else can fill in details...
Linux is surprisingly popular in Indonesia - considering the abundance of pirated software.
It's not uncommon that one comes across a linux shop or training centre while going around.
The choice of JDS just shows the value of being a major vendor - a lesson for any new distro - Sun generally has a good support reputation, contrary to Ubuntu etc...
In the long run we are all dead - shareholders too, believe it or not.
It is easier to see how improvements for the short term (e.g. cost cutting) can benefit a firm's bottom line, than R&D.
That's why investors go for short term bets - it's flawed I know, but understandable and logical - less risk is involved.
At least I could use KDE as an alternative DE to whatever MS builds on top of its linux kernel :)
Even if MS open sourced their OS or adopted Linux, the openoffice.org people will eventually create a a competitive office suite and MS would be faced with the same dilemma, and so on.
MS have no choice but to draw a line in the sand, and stop the open source "virus".
mark parent up!
Think of the switch like this:
Having the ability to switch to Intel processors makes sense because IBM now sees that switching over to x86 completely is quite credible.
Beforehand Apple hadn't any credible threats of going to another supplier, and wasn't a big enough customer of IBM to demand lower prices.
What will be interesting, is how Apple will market it's boxen, no they can't get away with saying G4s etc. are actually much quicker processors yada yada. Expect much more competitive prices from Apple!
John.
Mark Shuttleworth is fairly rich and his backing has made Ubuntu into a major player, but imagine if some with even more money backed a distro... Bill Gates could make the mother of all distros, reducing the competition to dust if he wanted... thereby sealing world domination...
Things won't change until companies *meaningfully* evaluate their employee's performance. This is easier said than done, but most companies don't even try.
Think about the differences between working and studying. In uni if you do good work you generally get rewarded for it, you don't get rewarded for sabotaging other students!
AFAIK most GPL licensed software is governed by the current GPL license "or later". What is stopping anyone from writing their own GPL 3.0 license?? Does RMS have some sort of monopoly over the license or is it a community thing??? John.
I've heard Biostar are bringing out a AMD64 based BTX motherboard - saw it some where, maybe someone else will have more info...
Well maybe in the near future computers won't get exponentially faster over time.
This'd probably means that "cutting edge" technology stays cutting edge for quite a while, as manufacturers won't be able to quickly jump onto another latest on greatest technology!
It doesn't have off line browsing! (last time I checked).
:)
Or spell checking, for anything input into forms.
BTW, Konqueror has both
If offshoring means that products can be made cheaply and more efficiently, why not?
This is called competition and will put pressure on people in the U.S. and Europe to get off their asses and be more competitive.
I come from Ireland, and we have taken many jobs from the U.S., and in turn India will (is?) take them from us!
But sitting back and slapping trade controls etc. isn't a solution, it'll just make things worse for those in poor countries, and in the long run probably not be beneficial - because we won't have pressure to be competitive!
How many are outstanding, or have been added in this release??? I personally experience more bugs now than I seemingly ever did in 3.1 or 3.2...
Don't get me wrong, I love KDE. But 3.3 has been pretty much a buggy experience for me. I realize it's bound to be unstable, but as far as I can see KDE is focusing more on releasing new releases, rather than fixing boring old bugs!