Putting my own personal bias into it, attitudes like Sven's... are what I see as the big impediment towards adoption of open source.
What I see is part of the beauty of open source. (OK sometimes there is a bit of - shall we say - attitude. Prime example: mplayer.) But what I'm talking about here is freedom - specifically freedom of speech.
Sven has a great point and he can make his point without worrying about customers the way a developer would working on a commercial product. Boing, I do see your point and it is somewhat valid but please understand that this freedom of the open source developer is a strength not a weakness for OS.
In the link you provided, The Gimp is compared to Star Office which is all in one window. But they've fixed that problem now in open office so that it is in multiple windows. I really don't see how a one window gimp would be an improvement but if you do (or any others) you are free to fork the project and implement that. Or simply do this command:
"The problem is all inside your head", she said to me
The answer is easy if you take it logically
I'd like to help you in your struggle to be free
There must be fifty ways to leave your lover
She said "it's really not my habit to intrude"
Furthermore I hope my meaning won't be lost or misconstrued
So I repeat myself, at the risk of being crude
There must be fifty (million) ways to leave your lover, fifty (million) ways to leave your lover
Just would you go, SCO, when will you die, Sly
Don't need to quarl, Darl, just listen to me
Run and hide, McBride, don't need to discuss why
Just drop off the source, of course, and get yourself free
She said "it grieves me so to see you in such pain"
I wish there was something I could do to make you smile again
I said, I appreciate that, but would you please explain about the fifty (million) ways
She said, "why don't we both just sleep on it tonight"
And I believe, in the morning you'll begin to see the light
And then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right
There must be fifty (million) ways to leave your lover, fifty ways to leave your lover
Just would you go, SCO, when will you die, Sly
Don't need to quarl, Darl, just listen to me
Run and hide, McBride, don't need to discuss why
Just drop off the source, of course, and get yourself free
After all, as far as I can see, the only benefit this device offers is Linux...
Actually, no. It is also the only device with a thumb keyboard under a slide out cover. I don't have a Zaurus but I have heard that the keyboard it actually really easy and quick to use.
The evolutionists are better off here, believing that hickups might be the result of left-overs from gills or whatever. The creationists, unfortunately would believe that God created us with hicups on purpose! Maybe if he did, it was so that we don't take our selves to seriously. hic.
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What I see is part of the beauty of open source. (OK sometimes there is a bit of - shall we say - attitude. Prime example: mplayer.) But what I'm talking about here is freedom - specifically freedom of speech.
Sven has a great point and he can make his point without worrying about customers the way a developer would working on a commercial product. Boing, I do see your point and it is somewhat valid but please understand that this freedom of the open source developer is a strength not a weakness for OS.
In the link you provided, The Gimp is compared to Star Office which is all in one window. But they've fixed that problem now in open office so that it is in multiple windows. I really don't see how a one window gimp would be an improvement but if you do (or any others) you are free to fork the project and implement that. Or simply do this command:
"God invented SCO to give people a company to hate more than Microsoft."
I've never heard Steve Ballmer referred to as God before!
"The problem is all inside your head", she said to me
The answer is easy if you take it logically
I'd like to help you in your struggle to be free
There must be fifty ways to leave your lover
She said "it's really not my habit to intrude"
Furthermore I hope my meaning won't be lost or misconstrued
So I repeat myself, at the risk of being crude
There must be fifty (million) ways to leave your lover, fifty (million) ways to leave your lover
Just would you go, SCO, when will you die, Sly
Don't need to quarl, Darl, just listen to me
Run and hide, McBride, don't need to discuss why
Just drop off the source, of course, and get yourself free
She said "it grieves me so to see you in such pain"
I wish there was something I could do to make you smile again
I said, I appreciate that, but would you please explain about the fifty (million) ways
She said, "why don't we both just sleep on it tonight"
And I believe, in the morning you'll begin to see the light
And then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right
There must be fifty (million) ways to leave your lover, fifty ways to leave your lover
Just would you go, SCO, when will you die, Sly
Don't need to quarl, Darl, just listen to me
Run and hide, McBride, don't need to discuss why
Just drop off the source, of course, and get yourself free
I wonder if SCO will find a reason to sue Apple because of this.
The monkeys have also left a computer better condition than some that I've had to work on in tech support.
But I thought a metrognome was a gnome that lived in the city. :)
The tickle robot and Elmo: http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/tickle/
I'd rather have a robot that will do my taxes and sit at the computer for me. Then I wouldn't need a massage.
Chinese water torture gone hi-tech.
Actually, no. It is also the only device with a thumb keyboard under a slide out cover. I don't have a Zaurus but I have heard that the keyboard it actually really easy and quick to use.
The evolutionists are better off here, believing that hickups might be the result of left-overs from gills or whatever. The creationists, unfortunately would believe that God created us with hicups on purpose! Maybe if he did, it was so that we don't take our selves to seriously. hic.