To support the economy and local employment? If you're fine with a world where there are no small employers or retail businesses, where each town has 3 or 4 huge Big Boxes run buy huge faceless corporations like Wal-Mart (paying Wal-Mart wages), good for you. But most people have other ideas about quality of life and such.
Of course Mark Rein's comments are self-serving greed. But the importnat thing is that when the Big Boxes start selling used games, small local game stores are dead (if they arnt already).
Why is the parent Flamebait? Probibly it is, but not in the way the Slashdrones here think. Telling it like it is, is always going to fan the flames that put of the hot air of pompous asses. The truth is, the Slashbots want it both ways, they want special rights because they are morally better than anyone else. Didn't you know that? The truth is that the GPL and its socialist flag waiver, RMS, are so hypocritical that they can never gain the moral high ground they so selfishly claim sole ownership of. The truth is that the GPL is a very real threat to the concept of Open Source Software, because it is anything but "open" by severely limiting the rights of software developers to their own work. Fortunately, the GPL is not the only Open Source licenses out there that actually do support the rights of software developers to own and benefit from their work.
How is it a troll? I'll tell you how: Slashdot has moved on from Ruby on Rails and is now in prepetual masturbation mode over all things Google. Haven't you noticed?
Well, you see, the folks in Redmond are so unaware of anything outside of, well, Redmond, I'm sure that they where totally unaware that there was anything related to graphics named anything like "Quartz". But now that they know, they plan to rename their product "Microsoft Hubris".
...Do you see any goal about "intended for business"?...
and...
They are not very interested in "markets" or "market share".
If this is the case, then honestly, what is the purpose of a BSD Certification? Obviously the goal of such a certification (in fact all "professional" certifications) is acceptence of BSD (or whatever the product) in the business sector. Think about it.
Yeh, "kudos" to Dragonfly, and all. But, I don't buy it. Sorry, it doesn't fly. That's not a ship that's going to float. Not in a million years. I mean really, are pigs flying?
Funny to complain about it here on Slashdot where "Note: grousing about rejected submissions is Offtopic and usually gets moderated that way. It happens, don't take it personally."
Yeah, 'cause technology never gets cheaper. Hey, I've got an AT&T 8086 PC with a lovely green monitor that you can have for $5000, if you act now...
Hang on to it. In a few years, you can haul it down to Antiques Roadshow and have 'em tell you it's "worth between $2000 and $4000, but for insurance purposes..."
But that's what the $500 reader you have to haul around and babysit is for.
Hmm, adding to the above list, when you can forget your ebook at a bus stop / park bench / other location, and not worry about it because it only cost you $10 (or less). In other words, not for a long, long time.
If "Sparkle" isn't significantly more attractive as a creative tool than Flash, there really will not be any advantage for web developers and advertisers alike to use it. It just means another plug-in that people may or may not have, and advertisers and web developers can't aford this risk, given that IIS is not the dominant web server, and not everyone has IE. It's not going to be an easy road for MS.
That's really not the issue here. As much as Microsoft is "evil", it's a perfectly legitimate concern to not want your competitor to hire away your employees for the purpose of learning your secrets. I'm sure I could think up many scenarios that would apply to you and your life, but you're too young to understand. Of course, the irony here is that Microsoft did this very thing to Borland (which resulted in VisualBasic), but than we know that they think the rules don't apply to them. This business with Kai-Fu Lee is not Google's finest hour.
Absolutely true. And this is an issue that is falling on deaf ears because developers, by and large, do not want to compromise from their individual opinions on how to handle dependencies, and other package handling issues, in favor of a more unified front. Basically, for an enterprise level group to migrate they have to have "vender lock-in" anyway, just to make sure that they have some unified way to install apps. This, by the way, is why many enterprises that have migrated have chosen Red Hat or SuSE (Novell).
The problem with this view is that with big deployments, the Microsoft "price per seat" is always negotiable, especially when you bring a possible Linux migration into the equation. In fact we have seen this: XYZ government or company makes noise about moving to Linux, and Microsoft simply negotiates a lower price. When migration cost is the key issue, Microsoft has the upper hand. However, when other issues such as "open standards" are the issues, Microsoft can't compete. The problem is not selling lower TOC, it'' selling the benefits of "open standards". It's too bad that many Linux "evangelists" frame Linux migration arguments in the context of ideology, because governments and companies are rarely interested in these things, they have budgets to meet and people to serve.
Actually, like everyone (well, "normal" people, I'm sure that both Slashdot "editors" and story submiters alike have interests that come and go. And anyway, Skype has been "in the news" of late, yes? So it would be understandable that it got a mention here, eh?
Absolutely true, and honestly, "several thousand" pages does not take up that much room. Keep them until you don't need them, than recycle them. Just let it go, it's probably not that important.
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To support the economy and local employment? If you're fine with a world where there are no small employers or retail businesses, where each town has 3 or 4 huge Big Boxes run buy huge faceless corporations like Wal-Mart (paying Wal-Mart wages), good for you. But most people have other ideas about quality of life and such.
Of course Mark Rein's comments are self-serving greed. But the importnat thing is that when the Big Boxes start selling used games, small local game stores are dead (if they arnt already).
Why is the parent Flamebait? Probibly it is, but not in the way the Slashdrones here think. Telling it like it is, is always going to fan the flames that put of the hot air of pompous asses. The truth is, the Slashbots want it both ways, they want special rights because they are morally better than anyone else. Didn't you know that? The truth is that the GPL and its socialist flag waiver, RMS, are so hypocritical that they can never gain the moral high ground they so selfishly claim sole ownership of. The truth is that the GPL is a very real threat to the concept of Open Source Software, because it is anything but "open" by severely limiting the rights of software developers to their own work. Fortunately, the GPL is not the only Open Source licenses out there that actually do support the rights of software developers to own and benefit from their work.
How is it a troll? I'll tell you how: Slashdot has moved on from Ruby on Rails and is now in prepetual masturbation mode over all things Google. Haven't you noticed?
...On a hardwood floor? Oh, it's you Zonk...
Yup. And this is what Excite did just before nose-diving into the ground.
Well, you see, the folks in Redmond are so unaware of anything outside of, well, Redmond, I'm sure that they where totally unaware that there was anything related to graphics named anything like "Quartz". But now that they know, they plan to rename their product "Microsoft Hubris".
Well than, I suppose since everyone is like YOU, the parent post is full of shit. Good show, Ophix! Good show!
and...
They are not very interested in "markets" or "market share".
If this is the case, then honestly, what is the purpose of a BSD Certification? Obviously the goal of such a certification (in fact all "professional" certifications) is acceptence of BSD (or whatever the product) in the business sector. Think about it.
Yeh, "kudos" to Dragonfly, and all. But, I don't buy it. Sorry, it doesn't fly. That's not a ship that's going to float. Not in a million years. I mean really, are pigs flying?
This puppy is a snoooozer. ZZZZZzzzzzzzzZZZzzzZZzzzzzzz.....
Funny to complain about it here on Slashdot where "Note: grousing about rejected submissions is Offtopic and usually gets moderated that way. It happens, don't take it personally."
Hang on to it. In a few years, you can haul it down to Antiques Roadshow and have 'em tell you it's "worth between $2000 and $4000, but for insurance purposes..."
Hmm, adding to the above list, when you can forget your ebook at a bus stop / park bench / other location, and not worry about it because it only cost you $10 (or less). In other words, not for a long, long time.
If "Sparkle" isn't significantly more attractive as a creative tool than Flash, there really will not be any advantage for web developers and advertisers alike to use it. It just means another plug-in that people may or may not have, and advertisers and web developers can't aford this risk, given that IIS is not the dominant web server, and not everyone has IE. It's not going to be an easy road for MS.
Good for you. But really, so fucking what?
That's really not the issue here. As much as Microsoft is "evil", it's a perfectly legitimate concern to not want your competitor to hire away your employees for the purpose of learning your secrets. I'm sure I could think up many scenarios that would apply to you and your life, but you're too young to understand. Of course, the irony here is that Microsoft did this very thing to Borland (which resulted in VisualBasic), but than we know that they think the rules don't apply to them. This business with Kai-Fu Lee is not Google's finest hour.
Absolutely true. And this is an issue that is falling on deaf ears because developers, by and large, do not want to compromise from their individual opinions on how to handle dependencies, and other package handling issues, in favor of a more unified front. Basically, for an enterprise level group to migrate they have to have "vender lock-in" anyway, just to make sure that they have some unified way to install apps. This, by the way, is why many enterprises that have migrated have chosen Red Hat or SuSE (Novell).
The problem with this view is that with big deployments, the Microsoft "price per seat" is always negotiable, especially when you bring a possible Linux migration into the equation. In fact we have seen this: XYZ government or company makes noise about moving to Linux, and Microsoft simply negotiates a lower price. When migration cost is the key issue, Microsoft has the upper hand. However, when other issues such as "open standards" are the issues, Microsoft can't compete. The problem is not selling lower TOC, it'' selling the benefits of "open standards". It's too bad that many Linux "evangelists" frame Linux migration arguments in the context of ideology, because governments and companies are rarely interested in these things, they have budgets to meet and people to serve.
Yes, but had it been the other way around, you know very well that Google would not have been "good" and just looked the other way.
Actually, like everyone (well, "normal" people, I'm sure that both Slashdot "editors" and story submiters alike have interests that come and go. And anyway, Skype has been "in the news" of late, yes? So it would be understandable that it got a mention here, eh?
Several interested parties. eBay, too. Are they any better?
So, right now, Skype is "good". Will is still be "good" whaen AOL buys 'em out?
No, it's the new corporate buz-word.
Absolutely true, and honestly, "several thousand" pages does not take up that much room. Keep them until you don't need them, than recycle them. Just let it go, it's probably not that important.