I am sorry, my business just switched from office 2k to office 2003. The user interfaces changed in programs like Outlook. Folks complained but they adapted. Additionally we have undergone Sharepoint training. It is a new capability and we are expected to learn it and use it.
My parents just got a new computer as did my in-laws. They had all previously been on Windows 98 but they wanted more modern capabilities and hardware. They have a new OS, Office suite, email program and many other things. Some Windows 98 programs would not install so they have to find and use a replacement software. One piece of scanner software even caused XP to become unstable and a new scanner had to be purchased. Both my parents and inlaws complained about all of the new things that they had to learn but they really did not have much choice, did they?
Please explain what makes the study of evolution bad science. So long as you are applying the scientific method, it is good science. Does Oxford teach the scientific method?
You are right. People do not want to learn new programs. Too bad that when they bought their new computer with XP they had to throw out all of their Windows 98 programs that they relied upon.
If you are not ready to learn new things constantly, then computers are not something you should be using.
You're just being silly. There is no correlation between emotions and IQ and emotions are not necessarily illogical. If science has managed to show us anything about emotions it would be that level of emotional response can be tied to hormone levels. However, there has been no evidence that I am aware of that can attribute increased intelligence to increased testosterone. When Jose Canseco or one of these other juiced up ball players gets a nobel prize, I will consider the possibility that you are onto something.
Sounds like you proved the grandparents point quite well. Companies that do not open source their work and apply very restrictive licenses are just PREOTECTING their work.
I wish that I had my own Linux distro or LinApp just so I could tell them to blow it out their collective asses. "Linux" and the "Lin" prefix have been out in the wild for far too long to start any type of trademark enforcement. This is reminiscent of the paranoid companies that would rather go down in flames with their property rather than let someone misuse it. It is extremely unlikely that anyone is going to put "Linux" on their product if it is not for Linux or does not contain Linux. Counterfeiters often do this type of thing but doing it with Linux would be pointless. It is free! You do not need to produce counterfits! What this will do is keep the name "Linux" or the "Lin" prefix off of distros and software which negatively impacts the name recognition of Linux on the whole. Lastly, the "Linux" name may have been cioned by a single person but it represents a product that has been contributed to by a large number of developers, so who is receiving the money? In my opinion, they are opening themselves up to litigation from anyone who has contributed to the actual Linux product but is not being compensated. Does this mark a change in the Linux culture? It does in my opinion.
Maybe somebody has more information on this than I do but didn't old machines use stroke displays and not raster? Where a raster display does horizontal and vertical scans, a stroke scans arbitrarily defined areas (ie, only the pixels you want to light up) and was therefore less limited by old graphics card's refresh rates. With the level of control you get with a stroke display, I could see how someone could potentially have the beam focus strongly on a small area.
Apple does not give back to BSD the way that Novell, RH, IBM, etc... Give back to linux and other opensource software. Apple is not really buying into the whole opensource mentallity IMO. They needed an OS and webbrowser to make OSX happen but they do not actively participate in the OSS community by opening up their proprietary software and encouraging others to build off of it.
It is not just somebody that he saw do it in '89. Everybody is using it, and has been using it for years. Syntax highlighting is standard in almost any text editor or programming IDE currently produced. Most of them color numerical data a specific color.
I think he is saying that it has been created. My text editor colors integers and numerical data a unique color. For the version of scite I have running right now, it is green. I can turn it off and on by the touch of a button.
If I develop free code and give it away I am doing it for the benefit of myself or everyone, not any one John Doe. If I develop a simple app and John Doe develops a front-end to my app making it easier to use, then I want to be able to use his front-end for free. I guess that puts me in the "selfish brat" and "indian giver" categories.
The point you missed is that the Linux Kernel is licensed under the same license as many of the software programs that come with BSD systems. The great-grandparent post was saying that he did not want to be part of the revolution. The Grandparent says, "too bad" you are probably running GPL software somewhere.
Agree Kmail and Kontact are not being held to a high standard when it comes to stability. They need to focus more on fixing major bugs and less on new features. Like you I prefer the kmail interface but I am still using Thunderbird because of the crashes.
I think it's too bad we'll have to wait until 4.0 to see an improvement in the default setup. Everyone agrees that it's ugly and not very useful, but there's been so little done to change it. If they start the process with 3.5, then they can get some feedback for 4.0.
I disagree, so that blows the whole "everyone" argument out of the water. I find Gnome to be uglier and less useful. I think Gnome's goals of simplicity are good, but those of us who are used to the power and supposed "complexity" of KDE find it addicting. I hope that KDE and Gnome continue to be different along the lines of power -vs- simplicity. This means that there is something that suits both types of users.
There are situations when it may or may not be illegal to take or accept a bribe. What makes this illegal is that it is an anti-competitive practice that was made illegal and I am betting that it is illegal for the stations to accept this bribe or not report Sony for attempting to bribe them.
Spitzer is the only AG that does Jack in this country. His record speaks for itself. Most AGs are just using it as a stepping stone to run for governor. Like ours here in Ohio, Jim Petro.
Isn't the mean annual income in China under $2000? Where do they plan to find this huge untapped market? Given an income of this amount, I think $1 is a pretty fair price for copyright protections. Perhaps the cartels should lower their prices.
I would venture to guess that terrorists encrypt emails and other digital content related to their actions. Wouldn't you? Just because it is not in the news does not mean that this is not a problem.
Good question, here is what I expect the answer is:
1. Canonical may actually charge more for support. Novell may be taking a loss on this as is because they have to compete with the special educational rates that Microsoft has for Windows and Office. I am not sure what this cost is, but I know it is significantly less. Additionally, the ability to provide support is going to depend on the location of offices. If Novell has an office in New Zealand, they are at an advantage for no other reasons than the fact that they will be open at the same time of day.
2. Ubuntu may or may not be a better desktop than Suse. I like them both. Novell offers a lot more than just Suse when it comes to supporting a large number of workstations and they offer training for these products.
Why switch from Microsoft? The topic says that they are getting of cost savings. Alternatively, there may be a political motive. Many countries are supporting OSS and encouraging their different organizations to support it because they believe that they get more of a return on this investment. Their support helps to develop software all over the world and they are rewarded when other countries add enhancements to OSS. Currently they are giving all this money to a foreign company which probably provides their economy with relatively few jobs. Lastly, perhaps they are convinced that Linux/OSS is the wave of the future and that they are helping their students having them learn to use these tools now.
You would have to ask the school. All you will get at slashdot is speculation. If you do not agree with the speculation, then perhaps you can tell us what you believe the reason is for the choice of Novell.
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That is what "free" speech means. It does not mean that you do not have to pay to speak (although it is also free as in beer).
I am sorry, my business just switched from office 2k to office 2003. The user interfaces changed in programs like Outlook. Folks complained but they adapted. Additionally we have undergone Sharepoint training. It is a new capability and we are expected to learn it and use it.
My parents just got a new computer as did my in-laws. They had all previously been on Windows 98 but they wanted more modern capabilities and hardware. They have a new OS, Office suite, email program and many other things. Some Windows 98 programs would not install so they have to find and use a replacement software. One piece of scanner software even caused XP to become unstable and a new scanner had to be purchased. Both my parents and inlaws complained about all of the new things that they had to learn but they really did not have much choice, did they?
Please explain what makes the study of evolution bad science. So long as you are applying the scientific method, it is good science. Does Oxford teach the scientific method?
If you are not ready to learn new things constantly, then computers are not something you should be using.
You're just being silly. There is no correlation between emotions and IQ and emotions are not necessarily illogical. If science has managed to show us anything about emotions it would be that level of emotional response can be tied to hormone levels. However, there has been no evidence that I am aware of that can attribute increased intelligence to increased testosterone. When Jose Canseco or one of these other juiced up ball players gets a nobel prize, I will consider the possibility that you are onto something.
Sort of makes you wonder what the other 49 State AGs and 1 US AG actually do.
Sounds like you proved the grandparents point quite well. Companies that do not open source their work and apply very restrictive licenses are just PREOTECTING their work.
I wish that I had my own Linux distro or LinApp just so I could tell them to blow it out their collective asses. "Linux" and the "Lin" prefix have been out in the wild for far too long to start any type of trademark enforcement. This is reminiscent of the paranoid companies that would rather go down in flames with their property rather than let someone misuse it. It is extremely unlikely that anyone is going to put "Linux" on their product if it is not for Linux or does not contain Linux. Counterfeiters often do this type of thing but doing it with Linux would be pointless. It is free! You do not need to produce counterfits! What this will do is keep the name "Linux" or the "Lin" prefix off of distros and software which negatively impacts the name recognition of Linux on the whole. Lastly, the "Linux" name may have been cioned by a single person but it represents a product that has been contributed to by a large number of developers, so who is receiving the money? In my opinion, they are opening themselves up to litigation from anyone who has contributed to the actual Linux product but is not being compensated. Does this mark a change in the Linux culture? It does in my opinion.
Maybe somebody has more information on this than I do but didn't old machines use stroke displays and not raster? Where a raster display does horizontal and vertical scans, a stroke scans arbitrarily defined areas (ie, only the pixels you want to light up) and was therefore less limited by old graphics card's refresh rates. With the level of control you get with a stroke display, I could see how someone could potentially have the beam focus strongly on a small area.
Apple does not give back to BSD the way that Novell, RH, IBM, etc... Give back to linux and other opensource software. Apple is not really buying into the whole opensource mentallity IMO. They needed an OS and webbrowser to make OSX happen but they do not actively participate in the OSS community by opening up their proprietary software and encouraging others to build off of it.
It is not just somebody that he saw do it in '89. Everybody is using it, and has been using it for years. Syntax highlighting is standard in almost any text editor or programming IDE currently produced. Most of them color numerical data a specific color.
I think he is saying that it has been created. My text editor colors integers and numerical data a unique color. For the version of scite I have running right now, it is green. I can turn it off and on by the touch of a button.
If I develop free code and give it away I am doing it for the benefit of myself or everyone, not any one John Doe. If I develop a simple app and John Doe develops a front-end to my app making it easier to use, then I want to be able to use his front-end for free. I guess that puts me in the "selfish brat" and "indian giver" categories.
The point you missed is that the Linux Kernel is licensed under the same license as many of the software programs that come with BSD systems. The great-grandparent post was saying that he did not want to be part of the revolution. The Grandparent says, "too bad" you are probably running GPL software somewhere.
Agree Kmail and Kontact are not being held to a high standard when it comes to stability. They need to focus more on fixing major bugs and less on new features. Like you I prefer the kmail interface but I am still using Thunderbird because of the crashes.
I disagree, so that blows the whole "everyone" argument out of the water. I find Gnome to be uglier and less useful. I think Gnome's goals of simplicity are good, but those of us who are used to the power and supposed "complexity" of KDE find it addicting. I hope that KDE and Gnome continue to be different along the lines of power -vs- simplicity. This means that there is something that suits both types of users.
There are situations when it may or may not be illegal to take or accept a bribe. What makes this illegal is that it is an anti-competitive practice that was made illegal and I am betting that it is illegal for the stations to accept this bribe or not report Sony for attempting to bribe them.
Spitzer is the only AG that does Jack in this country. His record speaks for itself. Most AGs are just using it as a stepping stone to run for governor. Like ours here in Ohio, Jim Petro.
Isn't the mean annual income in China under $2000? Where do they plan to find this huge untapped market? Given an income of this amount, I think $1 is a pretty fair price for copyright protections. Perhaps the cartels should lower their prices.
I would venture to guess that terrorists encrypt emails and other digital content related to their actions. Wouldn't you? Just because it is not in the news does not mean that this is not a problem.
Well, that depends on your definition of the word "is".
Why should that matter as long as nobody's name from Google is on that contract?
1. Canonical may actually charge more for support. Novell may be taking a loss on this as is because they have to compete with the special educational rates that Microsoft has for Windows and Office. I am not sure what this cost is, but I know it is significantly less. Additionally, the ability to provide support is going to depend on the location of offices. If Novell has an office in New Zealand, they are at an advantage for no other reasons than the fact that they will be open at the same time of day.
2. Ubuntu may or may not be a better desktop than Suse. I like them both. Novell offers a lot more than just Suse when it comes to supporting a large number of workstations and they offer training for these products.
Why switch from Microsoft? The topic says that they are getting of cost savings. Alternatively, there may be a political motive. Many countries are supporting OSS and encouraging their different organizations to support it because they believe that they get more of a return on this investment. Their support helps to develop software all over the world and they are rewarded when other countries add enhancements to OSS. Currently they are giving all this money to a foreign company which probably provides their economy with relatively few jobs. Lastly, perhaps they are convinced that Linux/OSS is the wave of the future and that they are helping their students having them learn to use these tools now.
You would have to ask the school. All you will get at slashdot is speculation. If you do not agree with the speculation, then perhaps you can tell us what you believe the reason is for the choice of Novell.