Linus seems to be getting more and more annoyed with each one of these interviews.
It's no surprise. Did you read the bit where he says he doesn't like customers? That really hit the nail on the head; Linus is just a geek like the rest of us, and he just wants to play with his toys. The more time he spends talking about the stupid lawsuit, or talking with customers, or whatever, the less time he spends writing code, and that bothers him.
And when you need to send the file to someone else on their computer, they need your modified code, along with the code that someone else hacked together to add something else for another file. And now this middle person has two patches which may be incompatiable.
Right. That's why everybody submits their patches to the original author, who merges them, ensures they are compatible, and releases a new version that works for everybody.
I always find this a very disingenuous argument for OSS as it implies MS software cannot be customized when it obviously can. Yes you dont have the source code but the occasions where the OS source is required are few and far between for application developers.
How much more customizeable can you get than having the source code? What I mean is, if you have the source, you can do *anything* concievable with it. Not just the things that Microsoft predicted you might want to change (even if that does happen to be 99% of it).
Say, what's the fastest way to rename 1,000 files according to some regular expression on your Windows box?
Using the words "PGP" and "encrypt" would be likely to cause heads to explode if I were to explain it to some people.:-)
Hey, if you can't train your staff, or devise an easy method of doing things, that's not my fault. It would not be difficult to write bash scripts for automating the encryption and decryption of files, and it would be even easier still to integrate into Nautilus. And if you're using windows, there's definitely an encryption program with decent shell integration.:P
Linux was built from nothing, and has the obvious advantage of seeing what mistakes others have made and not repeating them.
Hey, that would explain why we still use X11! Bzzzzt. Wrong.
Linus didn't really avoid the mistakes that had been previously made, he simply chose the make the mistakes of UNIX, instead of the mistakes of WINDOWS -- probably for the simple reason that it was the devil he knew.
If you want to talk about an OS that learned from history and didn't repeat other people's mistakes, you're talking about BeOS, for the most part. I haven't used it much, but I like to think of it as 'Unix, without the cruft'.
I stand by my belief that once non-windows home computers have around 20% of the market share, MS is doomed. At that point, hardware manufacturers will be losing serious sales if they release products with only Windows drivers.
That's one of the major hurdles, though -- how will we ever get to 20% market share without the cooperation of the hardware manufacturers? There's no way that 20% of the market will embrace Linux if it doesn't run on their hardware.
I'll continue to vote with my wallet, though. I buy nothing unless it's supported in Linux.
Just a thought -- perhaps, if these "smart guns" become the trend, they could give the shooter the benefit of the doubt. What I mean is, if it isn't able to read the print, then it will let you shoot. It would only prevent you from shooting if it could read the print and was certain that the person firing was NOT the owner.
Then again, I'm one of the aforementioned people who don't own guns and don't use guns in their daily work. In fact, other than my father's hunting rifles, I've never actually fired a gun, much less owned one. So I don't really care about smart guns:)
I like that camera idea, though. It makes more sense than cameras in cell phones, anyway:)
It always fascinates me why Gnome/KDE feel the need to re-invent the wheel (heh, literally:) for things like mouse settings, keyboard settings, etc, when X already handles these perfectly well.
Because they're trying to develop an easier-to-use interface for that kind of work. Your grandmother doesn't want to use xset to changer her mouse sensitivity, I'm sorry to say it, but it's true:)
And as we all know, Microsoft is a living organism in it's own right, and is in no way controlled or influenced by Bill Gates. Just because Billy made some illegal business deals in the name of Microsoft doesn't mean it wasn't him breaking the law. Granted, this is a two-way street. The legal precedent for corporations being considered entities in their own right and preventing businessmen from being legally liable for the company's actions probably does more good than bad (I have some examples of how this is good, if there are any doubters. Just ask).
it's time to have a publicly funded, or even an industry funded, organization, the supports Open Source development.
We have that, and they call themselves "International Business Machines." As I understand it, they sell so-called "business solutions" based on Linux, and they bankroll some of the kernel developers. In fact, from what I can tell, it's fairly common (sort of) to see companies who use Linux in some way and fund people to develop it for them (Hans Reiser is probably the best example of this). I would say that those kinds of people are living the dream, so to speak:)
There's also the OSDL, where Torvalds now works. I don't know much about them, though; sounds sort of like a company who pays people to develop linux and then makes money doing... something?
In that case, set up something similar, except with a different protocol (bittorrent? Less practical for small files. maybe just SMB or NFS or something).
Just chill, dude. The heat dissipation due to a metal case is negligible; The vast majority of the heat is dissipated by the exhaust fans.
I put some carpet underlay in my case, it's decent at absorbing sound, and the temperature only went up a couple degrees -- a small price to pay for the reduced noise.
IMHO, email is not a file transfer medium; sure you can send little things with it, but it's just not useful for any real kinds of file transfer.
Personally, I think you should set up an FTP that is open anonymously to everybody in your company, and then disable attachments so that people have to upload to the ftp, then email the link around.
Perhaps they have modified their business model so that p2p sharing has only limited negative effect (or maybe even a positive effect).
I know how to turn freeloading p2p'ers into a positive force for the RIAA's business.
Get this - it involves changing their business model!:)
Seriously, though, the artists make all their money by touring; when they release a CD, the RIAA screws them. So the MP3s should be free, as sort of "word of mouth" form of advertising for the bands. Then the bands go touring, and make lots of money from all the people who heard about them via p2p. This requires that the RIAA either dies off (replaced by smaller, independant recording studios who are paid by the profits from the bands' concerts & live performances), or somehow figures out a way to make money off of concerts.
The point is, the GPL gets defanged eventually just like all other copyright-based things.
Sure, but my point is that the version of the kernel that is public domain will be a lot less advanced than the current version of the kernel. If some other proprietary company wants to scoop some linux code out of the public domain, they are welcome to it. I just think the idea of a company so desperate for code that they need to use a 14+ year old source tree is funny.
The patent expires in 2004 and 2005 in some European countries. I remember reading about this a few weeks ago. The American patent expires in 2003, but that's about it.
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Linus seems to be getting more and more annoyed with each one of these interviews.
It's no surprise. Did you read the bit where he says he doesn't like customers? That really hit the nail on the head; Linus is just a geek like the rest of us, and he just wants to play with his toys. The more time he spends talking about the stupid lawsuit, or talking with customers, or whatever, the less time he spends writing code, and that bothers him.
And when you need to send the file to someone else on their computer, they need your modified code, along with the code that someone else hacked together to add something else for another file. And now this middle person has two patches which may be incompatiable.
Right. That's why everybody submits their patches to the original author, who merges them, ensures they are compatible, and releases a new version that works for everybody.
I always find this a very disingenuous argument for OSS as it implies MS software cannot be customized when it obviously can. Yes you dont have the source code but the occasions where the OS source is required are few and far between for application developers.
How much more customizeable can you get than having the source code? What I mean is, if you have the source, you can do *anything* concievable with it. Not just the things that Microsoft predicted you might want to change (even if that does happen to be 99% of it).
Say, what's the fastest way to rename 1,000 files according to some regular expression on your Windows box?
Using the words "PGP" and "encrypt" would be likely to cause heads to explode if I were to explain it to some people. :-)
:P
Hey, if you can't train your staff, or devise an easy method of doing things, that's not my fault. It would not be difficult to write bash scripts for automating the encryption and decryption of files, and it would be even easier still to integrate into Nautilus. And if you're using windows, there's definitely an encryption program with decent shell integration.
How do I put the files on the anon FTP without everyone in the company being able to read the file?
PGP encrypt the file only to the people that are supposed to see it.
Linux was built from nothing, and has the obvious advantage of seeing what mistakes others have made and not repeating them.
Hey, that would explain why we still use X11! Bzzzzt. Wrong.
Linus didn't really avoid the mistakes that had been previously made, he simply chose the make the mistakes of UNIX, instead of the mistakes of WINDOWS -- probably for the simple reason that it was the devil he knew.
If you want to talk about an OS that learned from history and didn't repeat other people's mistakes, you're talking about BeOS, for the most part. I haven't used it much, but I like to think of it as 'Unix, without the cruft'.
I stand by my belief that once non-windows home computers have around 20% of the market share, MS is doomed. At that point, hardware manufacturers will be losing serious sales if they release products with only Windows drivers.
That's one of the major hurdles, though -- how will we ever get to 20% market share without the cooperation of the hardware manufacturers? There's no way that 20% of the market will embrace Linux if it doesn't run on their hardware.
I'll continue to vote with my wallet, though. I buy nothing unless it's supported in Linux.
Yeah, right. One more reason for criminals to wear gloves.
Well, whatever. The idea just popped into my head as I was reading the original post.
Just a thought -- perhaps, if these "smart guns" become the trend, they could give the shooter the benefit of the doubt. What I mean is, if it isn't able to read the print, then it will let you shoot. It would only prevent you from shooting if it could read the print and was certain that the person firing was NOT the owner.
:)
:)
Then again, I'm one of the aforementioned people who don't own guns and don't use guns in their daily work. In fact, other than my father's hunting rifles, I've never actually fired a gun, much less owned one. So I don't really care about smart guns
I like that camera idea, though. It makes more sense than cameras in cell phones, anyway
It always fascinates me why Gnome/KDE feel the need to re-invent the wheel (heh, literally :) for things like mouse settings, keyboard settings, etc, when X already handles these perfectly well.
:)
Because they're trying to develop an easier-to-use interface for that kind of work. Your grandmother doesn't want to use xset to changer her mouse sensitivity, I'm sorry to say it, but it's true
Duct tape and WD-40.
If it does move, but it shouldn't, you use the duct tape. If it doesn't move, but it should, you use the WD-40.
What's this guy going to come up with next, a miniature spray can of WD-40?
Has the man ever even had a speeding ticket?
Actually, yes:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/152803.stm
Microsoft was charged and convicted of a crime.
And as we all know, Microsoft is a living organism in it's own right, and is in no way controlled or influenced by Bill Gates. Just because Billy made some illegal business deals in the name of Microsoft doesn't mean it wasn't him breaking the law. Granted, this is a two-way street. The legal precedent for corporations being considered entities in their own right and preventing businessmen from being legally liable for the company's actions probably does more good than bad (I have some examples of how this is good, if there are any doubters. Just ask).
It was for speeding (IIRC). I thought everybody knew that.
it's time to have a publicly funded, or even an industry funded, organization, the supports Open Source development.
:)
We have that, and they call themselves "International Business Machines." As I understand it, they sell so-called "business solutions" based on Linux, and they bankroll some of the kernel developers. In fact, from what I can tell, it's fairly common (sort of) to see companies who use Linux in some way and fund people to develop it for them (Hans Reiser is probably the best example of this). I would say that those kinds of people are living the dream, so to speak
There's also the OSDL, where Torvalds now works. I don't know much about them, though; sounds sort of like a company who pays people to develop linux and then makes money doing... something?
Why bother people and clutter up their computers?
Maybe so that people who don't feel like using Windows can still get support?
(ps, you can remove the IE and Outlook icons if you don't want them)
Gotta love the beurocrats.
In that case, set up something similar, except with a different protocol (bittorrent? Less practical for small files. maybe just SMB or NFS or something).
sending MS Word/Excel/what-have-you uncompressed is wasteful.
:)
That's exactly what I was getting at. Email isn't designed for file transfer, it's designed for sending short ASCII text messages
Just chill, dude. The heat dissipation due to a metal case is negligible; The vast majority of the heat is dissipated by the exhaust fans.
I put some carpet underlay in my case, it's decent at absorbing sound, and the temperature only went up a couple degrees -- a small price to pay for the reduced noise.
IMHO, email is not a file transfer medium; sure you can send little things with it, but it's just not useful for any real kinds of file transfer.
Personally, I think you should set up an FTP that is open anonymously to everybody in your company, and then disable attachments so that people have to upload to the ftp, then email the link around.
Perhaps they have modified their business model so that p2p sharing has only limited negative effect (or maybe even a positive effect).
:)
I know how to turn freeloading p2p'ers into a positive force for the RIAA's business.
Get this - it involves changing their business model!
Seriously, though, the artists make all their money by touring; when they release a CD, the RIAA screws them. So the MP3s should be free, as sort of "word of mouth" form of advertising for the bands. Then the bands go touring, and make lots of money from all the people who heard about them via p2p. This requires that the RIAA either dies off (replaced by smaller, independant recording studios who are paid by the profits from the bands' concerts & live performances), or somehow figures out a way to make money off of concerts.
CowboyNeal gets the other 18 cents.
I'm not delusional about the fact that I'm stealing.
Jesus Christ! It is NOT theft! It is copyright infringement! They are two very different things!
The point is, the GPL gets defanged eventually just like all other copyright-based things.
Sure, but my point is that the version of the kernel that is public domain will be a lot less advanced than the current version of the kernel. If some other proprietary company wants to scoop some linux code out of the public domain, they are welcome to it. I just think the idea of a company so desperate for code that they need to use a 14+ year old source tree is funny.
ROFL, if Microsoft wants to use the source code to linux 0.1 when it's copyright expires, they're welcome to it :)
The patent expires in 2004 and 2005 in some European countries. I remember reading about this a few weeks ago. The American patent expires in 2003, but that's about it.
We should all be using PNGs and MNGs anyway.