Since users will have a hell of a time upgrading to the next Linux version. Ubuntu for example routinely drops support for various hardware devices (video cards mostly) on new releases so just because you can get a distro running on your current machine, there's no guarantee that you'll be able to upgrade it. Not to mention the fact the/usr directory is destroyed on most upgrades anyway....
Correction: ".Net HAD plenty of potential to become a good cross-platform system.".Net has been around since 2000 and it's still nowhere near cross platform. Even within differing versions of Windows itself. The only good cross-platform solution is still Java.
But their duration should be shortened to 2 years to account for time to manufacture. The patent system was developed for physical devices which historically could take years to manufacture. Software is out the door in 6 months.
Yeah an few users by comparison. People don't know what LibreOffice is. Sorry but the Libre folk should merge back with the product which has some market share.
A Google engineer, Tim Lindholm, said in a February 2006 e- mail that the company was in negotiations for a Java license. Google didn’t agree to the terms of a type of license that allows companies to use Java code and write new code on top of it which “you have to give back to the open-source community,” Jacobs said.
“You can’t keep it for yourself,” the Oracle lawyer said. “They broke the basic rules of the Java programming community.”
So I don't get why the open source crowd is all pro Google on this.
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I agree. That's why I pointed out Deus Ex: HR as the example on how to do it right.
What, my star trek uniform is not good enough for you?
Game designers should spend their time on *story* details. Deus Ex: HR was a great example of that.
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MOD UP.
Since users will have a hell of a time upgrading to the next Linux version. Ubuntu for example routinely drops support for various hardware devices (video cards mostly) on new releases so just because you can get a distro running on your current machine, there's no guarantee that you'll be able to upgrade it. Not to mention the fact the /usr directory is destroyed on most upgrades anyway....
Captain Marvel would be my pick. A kid with a magic word that turns him into a superman could make an awesome movie IMO.
Why would anyone bother running modern software on 12 year old hardware?
It's not like we ever go outside or anything...
Why would anyone install Windows 8? It looks awful. This is the new Vista.
I was hoping I would see something like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4UcGgqam7Y
And none of these new minerals have changed Chi Ma into a super hero yet? How disappointing.
Just shut up.
Nope. Sourceforge is much better.
Correction: ".Net HAD plenty of potential to become a good cross-platform system." .Net has been around since 2000 and it's still nowhere near cross platform. Even within differing versions of Windows itself. The only good cross-platform solution is still Java.
They should be focused on their bronze age science fiction book instead like all good religious idiots.
83978 centuries HAHAHAH
But their duration should be shortened to 2 years to account for time to manufacture. The patent system was developed for physical devices which historically could take years to manufacture. Software is out the door in 6 months.
Yeah an few users by comparison. People don't know what LibreOffice is. Sorry but the Libre folk should merge back with the product which has some market share.
Must be. Apple can do no wrong.
I submitted this but of course it doesn't get promoted as that would interfere with the Google distortion bubble happening here:
http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/19/2961128/google-chief-java-architect-likely-i-copied-sun-code-in-android
Why bother? The site is down.
You're not an engineer, you're a code monkey. Big difference.
A Google engineer, Tim Lindholm, said in a February 2006 e- mail that the company was in negotiations for a Java license. Google didn’t agree to the terms of a type of license that allows companies to use Java code and write new code on top of it which “you have to give back to the open-source community,” Jacobs said.
“You can’t keep it for yourself,” the Oracle lawyer said. “They broke the basic rules of the Java programming community.”
So I don't get why the open source crowd is all pro Google on this.
Happily you'll be dead before Java.