Developers shouldn't care about the market. If you have a quality process in place with requirements that are reviewed by many disciplines (services, product management, etc) then they will modify the product to fit the market.
If you don't have that well.. how much quality will you have anyway whether you get this book or not?;)
Unfortunately science isn't always as concrete as say mathematics. Just recently I saw a news article on google news that said powerlines do not in fact cause cancer. Any scientific study that is used as evidence is just a study and must be taken with a grain of salt. That doesn't mean it shouldn't be presented, but it's not a smoking gun.
Downloaded, tried it, and I liked it... was much more for home users than say Red Hat 9. Unfortunately Ximian Desktop 2 doesn't support it yet so I put on my redhat and resorted to primate behavior with Ximian.
Seriously, whenever the question of C++ vs Java comes up in a database environment the C++ in ya just wonders what can be done in Java. This book looks like it will shed some light on what ya should do and the various avenues to explore with databases and java.
So your version 0.1 written by some dude in his spare time is laughable compared to the closed source commercial products. By the time you get to 1.0, 2.0 or whatever.. and many people on the project, the quality has risen greatly.
Personally, I like seeing the quality improvements on the Apache and PHP projects. Is there anything these guys can't do?
You have to dig for it, but here it is for your enjoyment! -------- The "Mom" Test We recognize that we're a bit jaded after doing so many OS reviews over time. So we sat our mother down in front of the Lindows box and had her use it. We offered no help, no assistance and no advice on how to use Lindows. We simply put her in front of the machine and let it boot to the desktop.
The first thing she saw was the tutorial. She didn't need much coaching for most of the desktop; she's been using Windows for a while so she grokked what most of the icons were for. When she got to the Click-N-Run icon she paused to listen to the audio about what it was and how to use it. A more detailed tutorial of Click-N-Run might be a good idea for new folks like Mom.
After closing out the tutorial she spent some time clicking here and there. She wanted to open an office suite but couldn't initially find how to do it. She eventually put her cursor over the "L" button in the taskbar and opened up the menu. Since we didn't offer any assistance, she was intent on finding Microsoft Office on the box. After a few minutes we had mercy on her and told her that MS Office wasn't available in Lindows but there might be a counterpart to it. At that point she noticed the OpenOffice.org button in the menu (we had installed it earlier when we started this review). So she clicked it and chose Writer to get started writing her documents.
While the lack of MS Office seemed to puzzle her, she didn't have much trouble actually using the Lindows desktop. Interestingly enough, she didn't bother much with Click-N-Run once she found her office suite. But this is less a comment about Click-N-Run than it is about our mother's single-mindedness when completing tasks. click on image for full view
All in all, we feel that Lindows pretty much passed the "Mom Test." It would probably be helpful to Lindows ease of use if OpenOffice was included as part of the default setup (with icons put on the desktop by default) rather than submerged in Click-N-Run. We're not sure how well Mom would have done if we hadn't already installed OpenOffice. She might or might not have realized that Click-N-Run was the place to go to download it.
This sounds like a nifty tool for those who have to switch programming environments quite often. I always find myself going back to the books when I either have to write a regex myself or decypher someone elses crazy looking expression.
Why would you want to mod the XBox to run Linux so you can run Windows and play games the games you could without the MOD?
I don't think XBox support is going to win over many people. Linux IS popular now as a sever platform (Redhat's survival in the market place is a testament to this).
Called MSNBot, the software scours Web sites and collects hyperlinks and documents. The software is part of MSN's effort to challenge Google by revitalizing MSN Search with its own algorithmic search technology.
You'll never beat the mind-share that Google has. No-one is gonna use MSNbot as a verb, like "I just googled for planetside tips" or create sites like googlism. Msnbotism? Hah!
Heh, after work they would play the actual game on it. And did I mention it had an entire wall as its screen with some ridiculous resolution? OOH BABY!
Perhaps they're not big sellers. I mean, you're not going to sell as many cluster books as you will PHP Cookbooks.
My friend worked at a lab in Princeton modeling the inside of a reactor. He worked with a 32 node linux cluster and did all the graphics modeling using a modified version of Unreal Tournament.
Do you have references for the quote "safest" car out there? If you pull up consumer reports many cars have had awesome safety reasons for years. Of course those little mazda convertibles look like death-traps to SUVs on the roads, but non-sports cars in general have had tons of safety features put into them.
I believe Volvo had superior marketing for a long time, such that it's become this social/cultural belief that Volvo = safe. Ask anyone what they think of when they think of safe car, they'll say Volvo. Personally, I say F-150 truck, but hey.. different strokes for different folks!;)
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Developers shouldn't care about the market. If you have a quality process in place with requirements that are reviewed by many disciplines (services, product management, etc) then they will modify the product to fit the market.
;)
If you don't have that well.. how much quality will you have anyway whether you get this book or not?
Unfortunately science isn't always as concrete as say mathematics. Just recently I saw a news article on google news that said powerlines do not in fact cause cancer. Any scientific study that is used as evidence is just a study and must be taken with a grain of salt. That doesn't mean it shouldn't be presented, but it's not a smoking gun.
Downloaded, tried it, and I liked it... was much more for home users than say Red Hat 9. Unfortunately Ximian Desktop 2 doesn't support it yet so I put on my redhat and resorted to primate behavior with Ximian.
Seriously, whenever the question of C++ vs Java comes up in a database environment the C++ in ya just wonders what can be done in Java. This book looks like it will shed some light on what ya should do and the various avenues to explore with databases and java.
Let's all hop on the J-Band Wagon!
Perhaps he is now rejecting the following he got from films like Seven and Fight Club.
HEY! You do NOT talk about Fight Club!
Perhaps you need a Mac then so you can mac on the women as the mac daddy
I thought those were Kazaa users?
Red Hat is here to stay, this stuff is just good press for them.
So your version 0.1 written by some dude in his spare time is laughable compared to the closed source commercial products. By the time you get to 1.0, 2.0 or whatever.. and many people on the project, the quality has risen greatly.
Personally, I like seeing the quality improvements on the Apache and PHP projects. Is there anything these guys can't do?
Mmmm, Venusville!
You have to dig for it, but here it is for your enjoyment!
--------
The "Mom" Test
We recognize that we're a bit jaded after doing so many OS reviews over time. So we sat our mother down in front of the Lindows box and had her use it. We offered no help, no assistance and no advice on how to use Lindows. We simply put her in front of the machine and let it boot to the desktop.
The first thing she saw was the tutorial. She didn't need much coaching for most of the desktop; she's been using Windows for a while so she grokked what most of the icons were for. When she got to the Click-N-Run icon she paused to listen to the audio about what it was and how to use it. A more detailed tutorial of Click-N-Run might be a good idea for new folks like Mom.
After closing out the tutorial she spent some time clicking here and there. She wanted to open an office suite but couldn't initially find how to do it. She eventually put her cursor over the "L" button in the taskbar and opened up the menu. Since we didn't offer any assistance, she was intent on finding Microsoft Office on the box. After a few minutes we had mercy on her and told her that MS Office wasn't available in Lindows but there might be a counterpart to it. At that point she noticed the OpenOffice.org button in the menu (we had installed it earlier when we started this review). So she clicked it and chose Writer to get started writing her documents.
While the lack of MS Office seemed to puzzle her, she didn't have much trouble actually using the Lindows desktop. Interestingly enough, she didn't bother much with Click-N-Run once she found her office suite. But this is less a comment about Click-N-Run than it is about our mother's single-mindedness when completing tasks.
click on image for full view
All in all, we feel that Lindows pretty much passed the "Mom Test." It would probably be helpful to Lindows ease of use if OpenOffice was included as part of the default setup (with icons put on the desktop by default) rather than submerged in Click-N-Run. We're not sure how well Mom would have done if we hadn't already installed OpenOffice. She might or might not have realized that Click-N-Run was the place to go to download it.
This sounds like a nifty tool for those who have to switch programming environments quite often. I always find myself going back to the books when I either have to write a regex myself or decypher someone elses crazy looking expression.
Why would you want to mod the XBox to run Linux so you can run Windows and play games the games you could without the MOD?
I don't think XBox support is going to win over many people. Linux IS popular now as a sever platform (Redhat's survival in the market place is a testament to this).
Will there be a titilating IDE to go with it? Hmmm, that's good squishy!
Nothing says the start of summer like some paperback science fiction.
I thought that comment was a little TOO geeky, but given the crazy rainy weather, I'd have to give some credit to it!
GD will generate GIFs? Yeehah!
And who would buy/rent/watch either of those if they weren't expecting them in the first place?
Yes, I watch Boogie Nights for the excellent acting and the Matrix for its philosophical insight. Riiight.
Trying to take on google's API..
Called MSNBot, the software scours Web sites and collects hyperlinks and documents. The software is part of MSN's effort to challenge Google by revitalizing MSN Search with its own algorithmic search technology.
You'll never beat the mind-share that Google has. No-one is gonna use MSNbot as a verb, like "I just googled for planetside tips" or create sites like googlism. Msnbotism? Hah!
Heh, after work they would play the actual game on it. And did I mention it had an entire wall as its screen with some ridiculous resolution? OOH BABY!
another sign of the apocalypse... or brisk sales for americans!
Perhaps they're not big sellers. I mean, you're not going to sell as many cluster books as you will PHP Cookbooks.
My friend worked at a lab in Princeton modeling the inside of a reactor. He worked with a 32 node linux cluster and did all the graphics modeling using a modified version of Unreal Tournament.
Sometimes I still wake up screaming from reading that!
Double damn.
Do you have references for the quote "safest" car out there? If you pull up consumer reports many cars have had awesome safety reasons for years. Of course those little mazda convertibles look like death-traps to SUVs on the roads, but non-sports cars in general have had tons of safety features put into them.
;)
I believe Volvo had superior marketing for a long time, such that it's become this social/cultural belief that Volvo = safe. Ask anyone what they think of when they think of safe car, they'll say Volvo. Personally, I say F-150 truck, but hey.. different strokes for different folks!
And here I bought a new 2003 Honda Civic Hybrid. I hate when ya buy something and then they come out with new features.