There's absolutely no reason to compile to bytecode, unless you need heavy portability between processors. You don't need bytecode to have garbage collection.
They should have skipped bytecode on the phone and gone straight to the metal.
There's that word again, existential. I still can't figure out what people mean when they use it.
Existential angst. Might be summarized as, "I don't know what to do," or described poetically as, "The unbearable lightness of being."
How it applies to Larry Ellison, you'll have to figure out yourself. Maybe an implication that his purpose for existing is gone from the world, his life's work is dead.
Well that's true, people mostly don't choose Android because it is popular.
But that's ok, I don't care why they choose it, just as long as I have the option.
You can easily get root on most Android phones. You can install your own software. That's not enough to be the ideal, but it's enough for me to be willing to buy it.
I'm all for copyright, but set it back to 14 years, and no extensions.
If you do that, then you will be helping big movie companies who will feel free to make blockbuster movies from authors without paying them a single cent.
As another point, you will also encourage serialized content, but I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
People who disagree with the maker of a phone or game console having root are unfortunately outnumbered.
Yeap. But that's ok, I don't mind being in the minority.
All internal hardware is built by one company. But through USB and Thunderbolt, Apple has provided plenty of space outside the case for third-party peripherals.
You are right, but I imagine if Windows disappeared, it would be similar to the phone market when iOS came out. Dell, Asus, HP, Lenovo, etc would join together to try to counter the Apple threat, because their business-lives would depend on it. Also, the manufacturers for whatever internal hardware Apple didn't choose, would also have reason to support an alternative to Apple.
The market pressure for an open platform is just too large. We saw it with IBM, despite difficult legal challenges, for example.
(Case in point: Try signing up for an account to comment on Instagram pictures or chat with WhatsApp users without a major smartphone sometime.)
That's a good point.
And if GNU/Linux, then why it and not OS X or iOS?
I refuse to use iOS because Apple has root, not me.
Manufacturers will continue to avoid OSX for the same reason they do now: all OSX hardware is built by one company.
No. Not in this context. If Windows disappeared, then manufacturers would release drivers primarily for Linux, and applications would be written primarily for Linux.
Windows is innately no better at driver support than Linux, and in many cases is worse (jWindows is better on new hardware, which is when it matters most for purchasers of new computers).
Linux is a perfectly good desktop system. The main issues you'll run into are driver issues and lack of application support, especially in laptops. Ease of use is not a problem.
The narrow view of a basement dweller. You sir are not read to be making decisions for any corporation or enterprise.
Each tech has it's pros and cons.
That may be true, but it is also true that my work life would be significantly improved if Microsoft Windows disappeared.
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Bytecode is faster and use less memory.
That's definitely not true lol. I don't even know where you got that braindead tripe.
Use cases? Use case clusters?
You might also enjoy this comic series, I do.
There's absolutely no reason to compile to bytecode, unless you need heavy portability between processors. You don't need bytecode to have garbage collection.
They should have skipped bytecode on the phone and gone straight to the metal.
A hacker's wet dream.
What do you think Russia can do to keep those people in the country?
There's that word again, existential. I still can't figure out what people mean when they use it.
Existential angst. Might be summarized as, "I don't know what to do," or described poetically as, "The unbearable lightness of being."
How it applies to Larry Ellison, you'll have to figure out yourself. Maybe an implication that his purpose for existing is gone from the world, his life's work is dead.
After trying it there and learning a bit about it, I don't see why you wouldn't use PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is better than MySQL in basically every way
That seems to be changing. Django, for example, supports postgres (and all the cool kids use Django)
Well that's true, people mostly don't choose Android because it is popular.
But that's ok, I don't care why they choose it, just as long as I have the option.
You can easily get root on most Android phones. You can install your own software. That's not enough to be the ideal, but it's enough for me to be willing to buy it.
Well for one you admit in your sig that SystemD is not all that great.
I do admit so. Even so, it's better than Windows :)
As for the rest, my sympathies to you.
Wow, some anger there man. See a psychiatrist.
You sound like the delusional one, man.
At very least, you don't have a very coherent post.
I want to make one thing crystal clear - Windows, in some regards, is even worse than Linux and it's definitely not ready for the desktop either.
So it's kind of irrelevant
Have you heard of Android? That shows how a free OS can gain a significant market share.
We would probably get better books and movies this way.
That's optimistic
I'm all for copyright, but set it back to 14 years, and no extensions.
If you do that, then you will be helping big movie companies who will feel free to make blockbuster movies from authors without paying them a single cent.
As another point, you will also encourage serialized content, but I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
People who disagree with the maker of a phone or game console having root are unfortunately outnumbered.
Yeap. But that's ok, I don't mind being in the minority.
All internal hardware is built by one company. But through USB and Thunderbolt, Apple has provided plenty of space outside the case for third-party peripherals.
You are right, but I imagine if Windows disappeared, it would be similar to the phone market when iOS came out. Dell, Asus, HP, Lenovo, etc would join together to try to counter the Apple threat, because their business-lives would depend on it. Also, the manufacturers for whatever internal hardware Apple didn't choose, would also have reason to support an alternative to Apple.
The market pressure for an open platform is just too large. We saw it with IBM, despite difficult legal challenges, for example.
(Case in point: Try signing up for an account to comment on Instagram pictures or chat with WhatsApp users without a major smartphone sometime.)
That's a good point.
And if GNU/Linux, then why it and not OS X or iOS?
I refuse to use iOS because Apple has root, not me.
Manufacturers will continue to avoid OSX for the same reason they do now: all OSX hardware is built by one company.
No. Not in this context. If Windows disappeared, then manufacturers would release drivers primarily for Linux, and applications would be written primarily for Linux.
Windows is innately no better at driver support than Linux, and in many cases is worse (jWindows is better on new hardware, which is when it matters most for purchasers of new computers).
Linux is not a suitable desktop replacement,
Linux is a perfectly good desktop system. The main issues you'll run into are driver issues and lack of application support, especially in laptops. Ease of use is not a problem.
It's up to you, really, if you want to.
Maybe we can compromise and do both
The narrow view of a basement dweller. You sir are not read to be making decisions for any corporation or enterprise. Each tech has it's pros and cons.
That may be true, but it is also true that my work life would be significantly improved if Microsoft Windows disappeared.