For you program to work correctly, you should switch these two lines:
20 LET MYMONEY = MYMONEY + PRICE 30 LET MSMONEY = MSMONEY - PRICE
You probably added line 20 by mistake (the program will be an infinite loop), but it does make sense since MS got the money they sold for Corel back through MS Office and Windows sales.
So the two lines should be changed to read:
20 LET MYMONEY = MYMONEY - PRICE 30 LET MSMONEY = MSMONEY + MOREMSSALESNOW
Re:Honest comparison between Gnome and KDE?
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Is there anything I can read that gives a non-biased look at the differences and similarities between the two?
Whether to use KDE or Gnome depends very much on your personal taste. Every person needs different applications and uses other functions within these applications, so there simply cannot be a neutral perspective. Another problem for comparisions is that both projects have their own style that is liked by different people.
KDE, for example, tends to have more configurality, which is loved by a lot of people, but others think it is just code bloat and confusing to have so many options.
Some of the differences in style might have their reason in the fact that Gnome is backed by big companies like Sun. While companies aim for a desktop that doesn't confuse sysadmins with too many unneccessary options, hobby developers have more interest in adding new features and new options. But this is just my way of explaining differences, you will find all kinds of other opinions around as well.
I've noticed however that Gnome seems to have a pretty good following and I'm wondering why.
Well, I have an explanation for that, but being a KDE member, I will not give you my biased opinion on this.
BTW, I think the flame wars are mainly a problem of the past. Cooperations with KDE and Gnome are flourishing, KDE and Gnome already share a number of libraries, and most members of both projects seem to believe that choice is good. After all, KDE apps run under Gnome and vice versa, so you can decide on a per app basis which software to use.
The idea might seems quite funny to at first glance, but it actually makes sense.
I am involved in KDE (maintainership of one of the web sites), and I know of cases where lack of hardware has indeed prevented people from working on very interesting projects. It is not only about the speed of compilation, it is also about disc space. This is especially true for projects dealing with Gnome interoperability, as this sometimes requires to compile _two_ huge desktops from source.
Of course, lack of hardware will not stop things forever - other geeks or some distribution will step in eventually - but it has slowed down interoperability effords.
First person to get a.va (Vatican City State) domain gets my vote though.
Hafree, I'm sure you will break this promise.
The first person to get a.va domain was the pope, actually. And according to Roman Catholic Canon Law, only cardinals are allowed to vote for the pope. And even if you are a cardinal - which is very unlikely for a Slashdot reader, but of course not totally impossible - you won't be allowed to vote for him, only for the next one.
I'm sorry, hafree, but you can impossibly keep your promise.
If this is indeed true - does this surprise anyone?
Have you never heard of SCO Linux?
Maybe I should point out some interesting background facts: SCO was bought by the Linux company Caldera, who then renamed themselves to back to SCO.
This means that the company that nowerdays call themselves "SCO" are a member of UnitedLinux.
The GPL states that if you own patents on GPLed code, you loose all rights to distribute that code unless you allow all other people to also use your patent for any GPLed work. So, if SCO was to ask Linux companies for royalties, all contributors to SCO Linux could go to court against SCO for IP infringement on their code.
Yes, it would really surprise me if SCO = Caldera was that stupid.
It would be to the benefit of both companies for Linux to be gone.
If there wasn't the fact that SCO was bought by a Linux company, and that a Linux company using patents against Linux is like a gun owner commiting suicide, I would maybe agree with you.
The article quotes SCO with saying that they will not use the patents against Linux, only against other operation systems. Do you guess the reason for that?
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For you program to work correctly, you should switch these two lines:
You probably added line 20 by mistake (the program will be an infinite loop), but it does make sense since MS got the money they sold for Corel back through MS Office and Windows sales.
So the two lines should be changed to read:
Whether to use KDE or Gnome depends very much on your personal taste. Every person needs different applications and uses other functions within these applications, so there simply cannot be a neutral perspective. Another problem for comparisions is that both projects have their own style that is liked by different people.
KDE, for example, tends to have more configurality, which is loved by a lot of people, but others think it is just code bloat and confusing to have so many options.
Some of the differences in style might have their reason in the fact that Gnome is backed by big companies like Sun. While companies aim for a desktop that doesn't confuse sysadmins with too many unneccessary options, hobby developers have more interest in adding new features and new options. But this is just my way of explaining differences, you will find all kinds of other opinions around as well.
Well, I have an explanation for that, but being a KDE member, I will not give you my biased opinion on this.
BTW, I think the flame wars are mainly a problem of the past. Cooperations with KDE and Gnome are flourishing, KDE and Gnome already share a number of libraries, and most members of both projects seem to believe that choice is good. After all, KDE apps run under Gnome and vice versa, so you can decide on a per app basis which software to use.
The idea might seems quite funny to at first glance, but it actually makes sense.
I am involved in KDE (maintainership of one of the web sites), and I know of cases where lack of hardware has indeed prevented people from working on very interesting projects. It is not only about the speed of compilation, it is also about disc space. This is especially true for projects dealing with Gnome interoperability, as this sometimes requires to compile _two_ huge desktops from source.
Of course, lack of hardware will not stop things forever - other geeks or some distribution will step in eventually - but it has slowed down interoperability effords.
Hafree, I'm sure you will break this promise.
The first person to get a .va domain was the pope, actually. And according to Roman Catholic Canon Law, only cardinals are allowed to vote for the pope. And even if you are a cardinal - which is very unlikely for a Slashdot reader, but of course not totally impossible - you won't be allowed to vote for him, only for the next one.
I'm sorry, hafree, but you can impossibly keep your promise.
Have you never heard of SCO Linux?
Maybe I should point out some interesting background facts: SCO was bought by the Linux company Caldera, who then renamed themselves to back to SCO.
This means that the company that nowerdays call themselves "SCO" are a member of UnitedLinux.
The GPL states that if you own patents on GPLed code, you loose all rights to distribute that code unless you allow all other people to also use your patent for any GPLed work. So, if SCO was to ask Linux companies for royalties, all contributors to SCO Linux could go to court against SCO for IP infringement on their code.
Yes, it would really surprise me if SCO = Caldera was that stupid.
If there wasn't the fact that SCO was bought by a Linux company, and that a Linux company using patents against Linux is like a gun owner commiting suicide, I would maybe agree with you.
The article quotes SCO with saying that they will not use the patents against Linux, only against other operation systems. Do you guess the reason for that?
It's called SCO Linux.