"...alleged mediocrity of his product."
You are speaking of Windows, right???
"Both men must find ways to motivate people to work together so knowledge can spread and have maximum impact on improving software quality."
What a CROCK! Torvalds does not need to motivate people. If/when a problem creeps up, some/anyone fixes it. Then it lives/dies by peer review.
"Torvalds has another advantage. His organization is less organized than Microsoft. It's really a disorganization."
Torvalds does NOT have an organization. He realeased/releases code. ANYONE can do as they want with it (as per the GPL).
"But Torvalds rightfully revels in not planning. He's counting on the marketplace's judgment of Linux and the wisdom of his disorganized organization as a better strategy."
From what I've read, he's (Linus Torvalds) is not planning anything! He's amazed at what people are doing with what he made in '91. All he is really doing is creating new code (and some bug fixes as well). If the marketplace wants Linux, Torvalds has little to do with it. He prefers the GPL (as do we all), but I'm not sure he (or many amongst us) are counting on this "disorganized organization". I think a lot of us believe in GPL'd, Open Source software.
This article was crap. Started as crap, finished as crap. But, what do I know?? I've been drinking beer for hours now.
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I bought (a week ago) raffle tickets for a '72 El Camino. Valued at $22 000 Can. (she's done up purty). I'm confused. Am I "getting it" or not?
"If it can't inter-op with other Windows desktops with ease (and don't go on about open office, evolution, etc...they're buggy and not proven at all), then it's not ready." --- so what your really saying is, Linux isn't ever going to be ready, because, ya know, Microsoft breaks compatibility with anything but it's latest self.
As for money management, my most recent x-girlfriend does all her Regal transactions with GnuCash. It also handles her daily/weekly/monthly finances. The bank we both deal with supports the 2.2 kernel and above (TDCanada Trust).
Games. NWN isn't all that old (I bought it at Zellers, but I'm sure the copy Walmart is selling would play just as well). Hell, Descent3 has NOT crashed on Mandrake9.0/9.1 at all. It did with XP/W2K on the same hardware (yes, all the latest, greatest drivers/patches were installed).
Greeting card software? I am, happily, in the position of not needing or wanting it, so I can't argue that point. Hallmark stores, and the cute girls they employ, handle my birthday/holiday greeting card needs.
"Come on, folks, let's take care of this the American way." -- as much as I dislike M$, I hope they aren't handled in the same "American way" as Lincoln and JFK were. And I'm typing this from my Linux box.
Windows is closed source. Linux/various Unix's are open source. Without looking at the code, ppl are forever finding security holes in Windows. Open source OS's are cleaned up pronto, because anyone can look at the source and fix it. Hard to exploit open source software when hundreds of pairs of eyes are racing to be the first to patch a problem.
Point was, the US is not above using nukes against a civilian population. Hardly heroes.
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In Alberta, the OT was (when I moved to Ontario two years ago anyway) anything over 8 hours/day AND anything over 44 hours/week. I don't give a shit, the labour laws should ALWAYS be in the workers favour. If a company can't compete, then hit the road and let a company that will play by the rules move in. I'm a labourer, don't fsck me on pay, and I'll bust my ass for you. Ya that might mean overtime.
Amen. I've been using an old Dell Optiplex PPro200 for a firewall (running Mandrake's MNF, before that it was a SuSE 8.0 firewall) and a Dell Optiplex GX1 (PII400 running linux, of course) for a server for quite a while now. Quiet, cheap, and, for some damned reason, they just work.
My first real hack was the shiny pipe I made for smokin' pot. Even soldered the pieces together. I was 14 then. The "Industrial Arts" class seemed much more fun after that. Then came the Vic20's. That pipe saw me hacking through Commodore's and LOT'S of ADND sessions. Then I started playing the bass guitar, lost the old pipe, but made new ones. Ahhh, to be young and stupid again.
I used to live in Edmonton, now I'm in Oshawa, Ont., and I totally agree. Moving out here to Ontario, I have no idea how far anything is from anything else. I hear lifetime residents who ask things like "Adelaide st.? What's it by?". In Edmonton, if I'm on 82nd ave, I know how far 109th ave is from it (27 blocks north, and a skip across the river). Named streets are a pain in the a$$.
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"...alleged mediocrity of his product." You are speaking of Windows, right??? "Both men must find ways to motivate people to work together so knowledge can spread and have maximum impact on improving software quality." What a CROCK! Torvalds does not need to motivate people. If/when a problem creeps up, some/anyone fixes it. Then it lives/dies by peer review. "Torvalds has another advantage. His organization is less organized than Microsoft. It's really a disorganization." Torvalds does NOT have an organization. He realeased/releases code. ANYONE can do as they want with it (as per the GPL). "But Torvalds rightfully revels in not planning. He's counting on the marketplace's judgment of Linux and the wisdom of his disorganized organization as a better strategy." From what I've read, he's (Linus Torvalds) is not planning anything! He's amazed at what people are doing with what he made in '91. All he is really doing is creating new code (and some bug fixes as well). If the marketplace wants Linux, Torvalds has little to do with it. He prefers the GPL (as do we all), but I'm not sure he (or many amongst us) are counting on this "disorganized organization". I think a lot of us believe in GPL'd, Open Source software. This article was crap. Started as crap, finished as crap. But, what do I know?? I've been drinking beer for hours now.
I bought (a week ago) raffle tickets for a '72 El Camino. Valued at $22 000 Can. (she's done up purty). I'm confused. Am I "getting it" or not?
"If it can't inter-op with other Windows desktops with ease (and don't go on about open office, evolution, etc...they're buggy and not proven at all), then it's not ready." --- so what your really saying is, Linux isn't ever going to be ready, because, ya know, Microsoft breaks compatibility with anything but it's latest self.
As for money management, my most recent x-girlfriend does all her Regal transactions with GnuCash. It also handles her daily/weekly/monthly finances. The bank we both deal with supports the 2.2 kernel and above (TDCanada Trust).
Games. NWN isn't all that old (I bought it at Zellers, but I'm sure the copy Walmart is selling would play just as well). Hell, Descent3 has NOT crashed on Mandrake9.0/9.1 at all. It did with XP/W2K on the same hardware (yes, all the latest, greatest drivers/patches were installed).
Greeting card software? I am, happily, in the position of not needing or wanting it, so I can't argue that point. Hallmark stores, and the cute girls they employ, handle my birthday/holiday greeting card needs.
LMAO!
"Come on, folks, let's take care of this the American way." -- as much as I dislike M$, I hope they aren't handled in the same "American way" as Lincoln and JFK were. And I'm typing this from my Linux box.
Windows is closed source. Linux/various Unix's are open source. Without looking at the code, ppl are forever finding security holes in Windows. Open source OS's are cleaned up pronto, because anyone can look at the source and fix it. Hard to exploit open source software when hundreds of pairs of eyes are racing to be the first to patch a problem.
OMG, you can shut_yours_off???
Point was, the US is not above using nukes against a civilian population. Hardly heroes.
In Alberta, the OT was (when I moved to Ontario two years ago anyway) anything over 8 hours/day AND anything over 44 hours/week. I don't give a shit, the labour laws should ALWAYS be in the workers favour. If a company can't compete, then hit the road and let a company that will play by the rules move in. I'm a labourer, don't fsck me on pay, and I'll bust my ass for you. Ya that might mean overtime.
"Yes, the United States is the only country to use a nuclear weapon, but we used it responsibly and continue to use our power responsibly.".
Would the civilians of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, during the mid 1940's, think the US used the A-bomb responsibly?
Amen. I've been using an old Dell Optiplex PPro200 for a firewall (running Mandrake's MNF, before that it was a SuSE 8.0 firewall) and a Dell Optiplex GX1 (PII400 running linux, of course) for a server for quite a while now. Quiet, cheap, and, for some damned reason, they just work.
I go to used cd shops, or used record shops (nothing beats vinyl baby! And Jethro Tull still rocks!). 5 - 10 bucks CAN for a disc, how do I say no?
My first real hack was the shiny pipe I made for smokin' pot. Even soldered the pieces together. I was 14 then. The "Industrial Arts" class seemed much more fun after that. Then came the Vic20's. That pipe saw me hacking through Commodore's and LOT'S of ADND sessions. Then I started playing the bass guitar, lost the old pipe, but made new ones. Ahhh, to be young and stupid again.
I used to live in Edmonton, now I'm in Oshawa, Ont., and I totally agree. Moving out here to Ontario, I have no idea how far anything is from anything else. I hear lifetime residents who ask things like "Adelaide st.? What's it by?". In Edmonton, if I'm on 82nd ave, I know how far 109th ave is from it (27 blocks north, and a skip across the river). Named streets are a pain in the a$$.
Vapourware, my sinus's cleared up while reading the article.