This is not a new desktop. This is a layer of separation between developers and the underlying graphics libraries Qt (KDE) and GTK (Gnome).
No it isn't. It is a set of tools that will allow applications (including installers) to do things like add menu items, add icons to the desktop, enable/disable the screensaver, etc. in a desktop-independent way.
I get it free from Comcast, so I installed it on my wife's Windows XP machine. Believe it or not, I have to log in as an Administrator every night, so it can update itself. That's right, a "security" product that can't even handle a non-administrative user properly.
From what I can tell, if Xgl becomes the de facto standard, it's going to become impossible to have a usable Linux desktop without non-free drivers. How is this progress?
So what happens when both companies start doign the same monopolistic grabbings? Under the law, you've got a choice; therefore, you have no leg to stand on.
Not entirely true. There is such a thing as "tacit collusion," which is can be illegal under U.S. anti-trust laws. The classic example is all four gas stations in a small town keeping their prices artificially high, without ever talking to each other about it.
Not that the current U.S. administration is ever going to address this kind of crap.
As usual, almost no mention of how you're supposed to control the damn thing once it's built. Hanging an external IR receiver off the side seems contrary to the aesthetic considerations that would lead one to shell out for one of these cases in the first place, so I assume that some or all of them have built-in IR receivers. (IIRC, the article did mention a remote control that came with one of the cases.) It would be nice if they would actually discuss the subject, however.
He sees law and policy as a means to an end rather than the description and implementation of a general principle.
"The Congress shall have power:... To promote the progress of science and useful arts by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive rights to their respective writings and discoveries."
This from a group that is generally acknowledged to have opposed monopolies on principle.
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What is right and wrong? How does anyone tell right from wrong? Seems pretty subjective to me.
Killing lots of innocent people is wrong. Sorry if that's too subjective for you.
s/Enron/Arthur Andersen/
...that's driven by business requirements is still unrealistic.
I can take my business income and spend it as I see fit without having to "go through the channels" and "get everyone's buy-in".
Until you get married.
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Which is it?
PMs are the most useless of corporate creatures.
Please stay far, far away from any project that I'm working on.
Mmmmmmm...............benzene.
This is not a new desktop. This is a layer of separation between developers and the underlying graphics libraries Qt (KDE) and GTK (Gnome).
No it isn't. It is a set of tools that will allow applications (including installers) to do things like add menu items, add icons to the desktop, enable/disable the screensaver, etc. in a desktop-independent way.
Ask Slashdot is a powerful resource to collect knowledge, perhaps more than any other system in the galaxy.
Who the heck mod'ed this "interesting?"
"Internet" refers to the public world-wide TCP/IP network that evolved from a DARPA project. What does "internet" mean?
Everyone knows that MacDonald's is the home of the Big Mc.
Just wait until the roll out the WorkPlace Managed Client. Everything you love about Notes combined with everything you love about Eclipse.
Oh come on moderators!
I get it free from Comcast, so I installed it on my wife's Windows XP machine. Believe it or not, I have to log in as an Administrator every night, so it can update itself. That's right, a "security" product that can't even handle a non-administrative user properly.
And too (two) few companies.
From what I can tell, if Xgl becomes the de facto standard, it's going to become impossible to have a usable Linux desktop without non-free drivers. How is this progress?
So what happens when both companies start doign the same monopolistic grabbings? Under the law, you've got a choice; therefore, you have no leg to stand on.
Not entirely true. There is such a thing as "tacit collusion," which is can be illegal under U.S. anti-trust laws. The classic example is all four gas stations in a small town keeping their prices artificially high, without ever talking to each other about it.
Not that the current U.S. administration is ever going to address this kind of crap.
As usual, almost no mention of how you're supposed to control the damn thing once it's built. Hanging an external IR receiver off the side seems contrary to the aesthetic considerations that would lead one to shell out for one of these cases in the first place, so I assume that some or all of them have built-in IR receivers. (IIRC, the article did mention a remote control that came with one of the cases.) It would be nice if they would actually discuss the subject, however.
The whole article.
He sees law and policy as a means to an end rather than the description and implementation of a general principle.
"The Congress shall have power:
This from a group that is generally acknowledged to have opposed monopolies on principle.
It looks like this is going to be almost unusable on anything less that a 1280x1024 screen. As a laptop user, I dread this.
Cum-guzzling road whore
I still laugh just thinking about it.
Or do you believe that Apple should not be able to use items like tabbed dialogue boxes? (they appeared in windows first)
I remember seeing them in OS/2 before Windows 95 came out.
As for building DVRs without a fee, there are companies that sell pre-built MythTV boxes.
Who? It's about time I started on my Christmas list.