In any market, many players enter, but few survive. In the OSS OS market, Linux has risen to the top. BSD has assumed the smaller feisty competitve roll. Like MS & Apple. Now the others are being gradually taken apart and rendered irrelevant. They will disappear, like BeOS.
Linux has killed big Unix. And good riddance. Anything worth keeping will be merged into Linux & OSX. There will be a few true believers that will keep the losers alive, limping along for years(Amiga), but nothing will ever really come of it.
I do believe that true innovation can only come from small companies though. So I'd look for the next big thing in OSS OSes to come from BSD. As for commercial OSes, Apple of course.
...As we all know, there is a statistically significant inverse relationship between pirates and global temperature. So if you want to stop pirates, increase Global Warming! Go outside right now and run your SUV full throttle in support of Somalian cargo ships!
http://www.venganza.org/about/open-letter/
During the 2004 election, the press could not get enough of the "flip-flopper" story, even though Kerry had only changed a few votes. Some of these votes were changed due to the fact that riders had been added to a bill in an attempt to pass something else along with it. Something that John Kerry did not want to vote for. A perfectly reasonable reason to change a vote. The liberal medai apparently missed that opportunity to help out the liberal candidate, and instead helped bury him.
The other big story was how John Kerry only threw his ribbons, not his medals, over the White House fence. Forget about the fact the he had medals to throw in the fist place, owing to his honorable service, when Bush had only his shirking of his Guard duty to tout. Not too mention the fact that he was pushed to the head of the line ahead of more qualified pilots to get there, and miss out on the war that Kerry went to fight. Somehow though, the liberal media once again missed this chance to make Kerry look favorable and chose to concentrate on the negative.
Cut to 2008, where the republican candidate has changed his view and vote on every issue he ever said he believed in. Do we hear a "flip-flopper" anywhere in the press? After crucifying Kerry for holding on to his medals and not getting "wounded enough" to have received them in the first place, we don't hear anything about graduating 894 out of 899 from his military school, or crashing two planes. Just that he shot two down. We don't hear about how McCain got his wings back even though he could no longer fly.
Somehow the kid from Chicago who grew up helping the less fortunate became the elite, and the poor student, poor pilot, entitled, son of two admirals, who married an heiress, became the hero of the working class.
Darn those liberal media elite! They missed another chance to help our guy and instead championed the other guys candidate. They must have missed the meetings where we didn't want them to do that.
are you kidding me? it doesn't even support it's own modem? now, i know there are modem that Linux supports. say, how about including one of those?
DOH!
that is really really really stupid
Thinking that these LiteBrite cartoon characters were bombs is the ultimate in conservative paranoid stupidity. Why would you see a glowing cartoon, under a bridge or otherwise, and think it was a bomb?
Unless you are learning impaired or retarded, or Republican, you would just think it was an strange place to put a sign. I am so sick of these people. Can't we just ship them back to the 1950s that they think was such a paradise and be done with them?
AAAAAAARGGGHH!!!!
....that people in third world countries aren't used as slave labor to mine them. Arrested and sometimes killed if caught stealing from the mines. DeBeers trades in human flesh.
I'm tired of hearing this crap. It follows a flawed premise. All computer users used to be programmers because there weren't alot of programs to use. You had to learn to program for the machine to be of any real use to you in the long term.
That is no longer the case. Those people are still around and in great numbers, as evidenced by the sophisticated IDEs being developed. There is also a new guard that uses the IDEs and doesn't code by hand. They are not taking the place of coders, but rather they are an addition to the family made possible by the coders who worked before them, and now with them.
There is also a group of developers who use WYSYWIG apps to create their apps and web pages. These apps were created by programmers in IDEs created by coders. There are now graphic artists who can create on a computer due to the fact that coders created IDEs for developers to create graphics apps in so that these artist could work on what they do best without having to learn someone elses job in order to do theirs.
And their are the end users who use these apps, and art, and web sites to enhance their everyday life. Should they learn to program just to be able play Quake, or email their grandchildren, or write their novel? no.
All of this and more has built on top of, but has not taken the place of, the original computer programmer. Without these many layers, the computer would remain what these old farts apparently wish that it still was, an unapproachable toy for the technological elite. They used to feel special and they could look down on those who couldn't do what they do. Now that is threatened, and like republicans scurrying to grab on to the last vestiges of the 1950s, they are fighting the inevitable and healthy change that happens in any society.
typical conservative rhetoric. creating a problem where one doesn't exist.
yes, there is a number. and it's not some ludicrous, inflamatory number like 60.00 an hour.
you take the minimum grocery, rent(possibly with a roomate), travel, general living expenses of a single adult. then you figure out how much one would have to make a year to afford these things. then you divide it by a typical 40 hour work week.
that is how you determine a minimum wage requirement. it's been done, it was about 7.00 an hour and some change if i recall correctly. that's hardly going to cause mass job loss and business closings.
but then talking sensibly about solving a problem is not realy the Republican thing is it? you'd much rather talk about ridiculous extemes that will never come to pass because that gets people riled up and distracts them from a possible solution to a problem that will mean big business might have to treat workers like they might want to be treated.
and that's just too expensive.
a revolution is coming. the 78 million Americans who were eligible to vote, but stayed home on Election Day, are waking from their slumber. the Republicans stole the election, and that will come to light. but even if they didn't, they still only got 51% of people who voted. that's 30.8% of eligible voters. the other 40% of eligible voters who stayed home are widely thought to be liberals.
when they finally stand up and vote, even a small percentage of them, these proto-fascists will never win again. we're going to relegate you back to the fringes of society where you belong. enjoy the next 2.5 years, they're going to be your last playing any significant role in governing what used to be a great nation.
how about abandoning coal powered electrical grids as they deteriorate and implementing more enviro friendly soltuions in areas where it makes sense. wind power in windy areas, solar in southern states, hydroelectric along major rivers, etc. no nuclear. with costs, both environmental and storage, it is not a sustainable solution.
then rebuilding old power grids and protecting them becomes a little less of a problem, at least with the solar solution. and what about running conduit in the sewers? easy to get to.
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In any market, many players enter, but few survive. In the OSS OS market, Linux has risen to the top. BSD has assumed the smaller feisty competitve roll. Like MS & Apple. Now the others are being gradually taken apart and rendered irrelevant. They will disappear, like BeOS. Linux has killed big Unix. And good riddance. Anything worth keeping will be merged into Linux & OSX. There will be a few true believers that will keep the losers alive, limping along for years(Amiga), but nothing will ever really come of it. I do believe that true innovation can only come from small companies though. So I'd look for the next big thing in OSS OSes to come from BSD. As for commercial OSes, Apple of course.
... Programmers Research Institute for Code Kracking Security
maybe there's a connection.
...As we all know, there is a statistically significant inverse relationship between pirates and global temperature. So if you want to stop pirates, increase Global Warming! Go outside right now and run your SUV full throttle in support of Somalian cargo ships! http://www.venganza.org/about/open-letter/
...am not dead. wait? that wasn't the point?
The other big story was how John Kerry only threw his ribbons, not his medals, over the White House fence. Forget about the fact the he had medals to throw in the fist place, owing to his honorable service, when Bush had only his shirking of his Guard duty to tout. Not too mention the fact that he was pushed to the head of the line ahead of more qualified pilots to get there, and miss out on the war that Kerry went to fight. Somehow though, the liberal media once again missed this chance to make Kerry look favorable and chose to concentrate on the negative.
Cut to 2008, where the republican candidate has changed his view and vote on every issue he ever said he believed in. Do we hear a "flip-flopper" anywhere in the press? After crucifying Kerry for holding on to his medals and not getting "wounded enough" to have received them in the first place, we don't hear anything about graduating 894 out of 899 from his military school, or crashing two planes. Just that he shot two down. We don't hear about how McCain got his wings back even though he could no longer fly.
Somehow the kid from Chicago who grew up helping the less fortunate became the elite, and the poor student, poor pilot, entitled, son of two admirals, who married an heiress, became the hero of the working class. Darn those liberal media elite! They missed another chance to help our guy and instead championed the other guys candidate. They must have missed the meetings where we didn't want them to do that.
i'd go up on Solsbury Hill and try Digging in the Dirt. they got his server huh? So.
it's got electrolytes! it's what wireless needs!
i did not have sex with that operating system
To find out that Leopard is not Vista, read this stellar review by.....PC Magazine.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2207543,00.asp
Vista is a bear, and Leopard is the cub? Sounds more like John C. Dvorak is the bear, and this guy is his cub.
are you kidding me? it doesn't even support it's own modem? now, i know there are modem that Linux supports. say, how about including one of those? DOH! that is really really really stupid
but can it run DOOM?
...This Google add that appeared right below it;
We sell SCO UnixWare
SysIntegrators sells & supports all SCO & Caldera Operating Systems.
www.sysintegrators.com
Thinking that these LiteBrite cartoon characters were bombs is the ultimate in conservative paranoid stupidity. Why would you see a glowing cartoon, under a bridge or otherwise, and think it was a bomb? Unless you are learning impaired or retarded, or Republican, you would just think it was an strange place to put a sign. I am so sick of these people. Can't we just ship them back to the 1950s that they think was such a paradise and be done with them? AAAAAAARGGGHH!!!!
High Court Trims Whistleblower Rights
The Rise Of Pseudo Fascism
Conservatives Without Conscience
Was the 2004 election stolen?
A call for investigation
Security Analysis of the Diebold AccuVote-TS Voting Machine
They Said it Couldn't be Done
....that people in third world countries aren't used as slave labor to mine them. Arrested and sometimes killed if caught stealing from the mines. DeBeers trades in human flesh.
That is no longer the case. Those people are still around and in great numbers, as evidenced by the sophisticated IDEs being developed. There is also a new guard that uses the IDEs and doesn't code by hand. They are not taking the place of coders, but rather they are an addition to the family made possible by the coders who worked before them, and now with them.
There is also a group of developers who use WYSYWIG apps to create their apps and web pages. These apps were created by programmers in IDEs created by coders. There are now graphic artists who can create on a computer due to the fact that coders created IDEs for developers to create graphics apps in so that these artist could work on what they do best without having to learn someone elses job in order to do theirs.
And their are the end users who use these apps, and art, and web sites to enhance their everyday life. Should they learn to program just to be able play Quake, or email their grandchildren, or write their novel? no.
All of this and more has built on top of, but has not taken the place of, the original computer programmer. Without these many layers, the computer would remain what these old farts apparently wish that it still was, an unapproachable toy for the technological elite. They used to feel special and they could look down on those who couldn't do what they do. Now that is threatened, and like republicans scurrying to grab on to the last vestiges of the 1950s, they are fighting the inevitable and healthy change that happens in any society.
Good night, and Good Luck.
lesson over
yes, there is a number. and it's not some ludicrous, inflamatory number like 60.00 an hour.
you take the minimum grocery, rent(possibly with a roomate), travel, general living expenses of a single adult. then you figure out how much one would have to make a year to afford these things. then you divide it by a typical 40 hour work week.
that is how you determine a minimum wage requirement. it's been done, it was about 7.00 an hour and some change if i recall correctly. that's hardly going to cause mass job loss and business closings.
but then talking sensibly about solving a problem is not realy the Republican thing is it? you'd much rather talk about ridiculous extemes that will never come to pass because that gets people riled up and distracts them from a possible solution to a problem that will mean big business might have to treat workers like they might want to be treated.
and that's just too expensive.
a revolution is coming. the 78 million Americans who were eligible to vote, but stayed home on Election Day, are waking from their slumber. the Republicans stole the election, and that will come to light. but even if they didn't, they still only got 51% of people who voted. that's 30.8% of eligible voters. the other 40% of eligible voters who stayed home are widely thought to be liberals.
when they finally stand up and vote, even a small percentage of them, these proto-fascists will never win again. we're going to relegate you back to the fringes of society where you belong. enjoy the next 2.5 years, they're going to be your last playing any significant role in governing what used to be a great nation.
how about abandoning coal powered electrical grids as they deteriorate and implementing more enviro friendly soltuions in areas where it makes sense. wind power in windy areas, solar in southern states, hydroelectric along major rivers, etc.
no nuclear. with costs, both environmental and storage, it is not a sustainable solution.
then rebuilding old power grids and protecting them becomes a little less of a problem, at least with the solar solution. and what about running conduit in the sewers? easy to get to.
bet they're both Republican. we must win the war on Mac Terorrism.
the old Apple technology? YAAAAY! Cyberdog is making a comeback!
not to mention that a laptop is too unwieldy when sitting in my office. and by office i mean bathroom. and by sitting i mean.....
A new release of yet another Linux Distro! That's absolutely zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Isn't that like saying; "Better smelling than shit"?