In Linux virtual desktops are also third party applications. Heck, the whole distribution is made up of third party applications! I bet that doesn't bother you with Linux, so why should it bother you when you're using OS X?
I understand where you're coming from, but a while ago I realized that it's ok to use third party apps in OS X too, because it doesn't matter, as long as it doesn't break anything.
That's pretty stupid, a license with SCO. I read about the BSDi settelment at Groklaw, and it seems that SCO only has the right to sue their own licensees about Unix copyrights/IP/whatever.
80% of all software is custom built
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OpenStep was really popular with several large banks for their internal applications.
Good question, but the fact that you don't see a lot of programs made with a particular framework doesn't mean it's not widely used. 80% of all software (just a guess, maybe it's even more) that is written is custom built software for a specific customer or purpose.
I think they had the chance with XP to make their OS network-savvy. But from Bill's comments I taste that he still thinks in terms of stand-alone computers and thinks that a network-connected computer is the exception. And a network-connected computer needs a lot more security. Needing an open RPC-port for example, is a dumb thing to do. By default opening NetBios is a dumb thing to do. They try to fill a pond, but they don't realize, or even *want* to realize that it's not a pond, it's an ocean.
(3 AM eh? It's 9AM here, so it's easier for me;-) )
It's more like banning traffic accidents by forbidding driving.
It just means that Bill Gates still doesn't get network connected computers. I remember he once thought that 'the Internet' would never be important. And now I think that, IE monopoly and all, Microsoft still, inherently, deeply, doesn't get network connected computers. Yes, they forced Netscape out of the market with IE, but for them IE is just another piece of software.
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Good!
Shame that I'm stuck with an old version of WOrd at work:-(
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And that's exactly why I bought a Mac.
Linux to tinker, Mac to use.
BTW. Windows doesn't really copy/paste well though. Formatted copy in WOrd gives me a headache and Excel doesn't keep to Microsoft's own UI guidelines.
Welllllll, like I said it's been a while, but I vaguely remember having to define a class method in the header file and then having to implement it in the implementation file.;-)
MyClass.h:
void doSomething();
MyClass.cpp:
void MyClass::doSomething();
It would be nice if I had a 'Source'-right mouse menu that put the method I just defined in the header file into the implementation file.
Is that so? I thought a patent gave the inventor a certain time to make money of his/her invention and it is allowed to use a patented technology as long as you don't use it to make money.
Since I programmed in C++ (guess 8+ years now)
Anyone has any tips/links how to use CDT on Linux?
Where do I get the header files and libraries?
Any introduction on programming C++ on Linux?
Is there no way to get a method you defined in the header-file into the.cpp? I expected that.
One of the things Java is easier to use is that you don't have to copy stuff from the header file into the implementation file. I'd expect a tool to be able to do that for me.
Shouldn't you be able to look the algorithm up in the patent itself? That's what patents were for, weren't they? A patent is open, so everybody can learn from it, but making money of it is limited to the patent holder. And after a patent expires, the invention is in the public domain, so everybody can use it.
"who got to this weasel? Who paid him off? Could it be M$, adding his bribe to the big, yet acceptable, bill they're liable to pay the EU for running a foreign monopoly against their people"
LOL, why believe in a monopoly? He (actually the State Secretary) didn't blame it on a typo, but actually blamed the *word processor*.
Now somehow I don't get the feeling he used Open Office. And we all know who is the #1 word processor manufacturer in the world;-)
"Most great inventions where created by large corporations that made all of that R&D possible." What great inventions? Steam engine? Nope, invented by a single man. Internal combustion engine? Again, nope. Penicillin? Not a corporation. Radio? Again, no.
Corps only make inventions profitable.
"Somehow, I don't see a guy in his garage inventing the next breakthrough in microprocessor technology, or space flight, or medicine, then giving it away. That's a fairy tale."
Maybe not giving away, but my guess is that radically new technologies *are* invented in garages. Primarily because if you do R&D for a corporations, your boss expects you to find that lucrative new technology. So most things invented by corporations will be more or less gradual improvements of existing technology.
The guy with his garage is free to create totally new things, so he is more likely to come up with something radically new.
Then, after a while this new technology has to be improved, made more reliable, or cheaper, and that costs money. A lots of money. So then you would expect that only big corps are able to afford R&D.
But the radically new ideas? Expect the genius with his garage.
I was at the previous committee meeting. All the MPs that were there were not happy with the minister and secretary, but the MP (Vendrik (sp?)) who proposed the motion came to the conclusion that a negative vote was unreachable. IMO primarily because of the CDA- and VVD-fractions, who were not happy with the way the EP-EC vote went, but only partially against software patents per se.
Conversion from the system you grew up in to a new system is not easy. We [nl] have the Euro for some years now and I still can't figure out how much I'm ripped off.
Also, engine power is officially measured in kW, but everybody still speaks in terms of horsepower. You'll agree with me, 192 hp sounds much better than 131kW.:-)
If I look at your post, the conclusion jumps to my mind that people best skip the first version of Longhorn, because Microsoft takes several times to get it right.
Yes, XP is excellent, but it took Microsoft a long time to get there. Now Longhorn may be good, but I don't think Microsoft has a track record of releasing good software the first time.
If I were a business, I'd wait several years before upgrading to Longhorn. And that's exactly what they will do, because some organisations are still running NT 3.51 and consider Windows 2000 cutting edge...
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In Linux virtual desktops are also third party applications. Heck, the whole distribution is made up of third party applications!
I bet that doesn't bother you with Linux, so why should it bother you when you're using OS X?
I understand where you're coming from, but a while ago I realized that it's ok to use third party apps in OS X too, because it doesn't matter, as long as it doesn't break anything.
Really insightful.
That's pretty stupid, a license with SCO. I read about the BSDi settelment at Groklaw, and it seems that SCO only has the right to sue their own licensees about Unix copyrights/IP/whatever.
OpenStep was really popular with several large banks for their internal applications.
Good question, but the fact that you don't see a lot of programs made with a particular framework doesn't mean it's not widely used. 80% of all software (just a guess, maybe it's even more) that is written is custom built software for a specific customer or purpose.
I think they had the chance with XP to make their OS network-savvy. But from Bill's comments I taste that he still thinks in terms of stand-alone computers and thinks that a network-connected computer is the exception.
;-) )
And a network-connected computer needs a lot more security. Needing an open RPC-port for example, is a dumb thing to do. By default opening NetBios is a dumb thing to do. They try to fill a pond, but they don't realize, or even *want* to realize that it's not a pond, it's an ocean.
(3 AM eh? It's 9AM here, so it's easier for me
It's more like banning traffic accidents by forbidding driving.
It just means that Bill Gates still doesn't get network connected computers. I remember he once thought that 'the Internet' would never be important. And now I think that, IE monopoly and all, Microsoft still, inherently, deeply, doesn't get network connected computers. Yes, they forced Netscape out of the market with IE, but for them IE is just another piece of software.
Absolutely right, especially the last comment.
Good!
:-(
Shame that I'm stuck with an old version of WOrd at work
And that's exactly why I bought a Mac.
Linux to tinker, Mac to use.
BTW. Windows doesn't really copy/paste well though. Formatted copy in WOrd gives me a headache and Excel doesn't keep to Microsoft's own UI guidelines.
Not true. They might charge $$$$$$$ for the binaries, but they still have to provide the source code for free,
Why do you think XCode is cooler than Eclipse?
:-(
I want to like XCode too, but it looks too much like work: Writing getters/setters for JavaBeans yourself
Welllllll, like I said it's been a while, but I vaguely remember having to define a class method in the header file and then having to implement it in the implementation file. ;-)
MyClass.h:
void doSomething();
MyClass.cpp:
void MyClass::doSomething();
It would be nice if I had a 'Source'-right mouse menu that put the method I just defined in the header file into the implementation file.
Is that so? I thought a patent gave the inventor a certain time to make money of his/her invention and it is allowed to use a patented technology as long as you don't use it to make money.
:-(
Guess I'm wrong
Since I programmed in C++ (guess 8+ years now) Anyone has any tips/links how to use CDT on Linux? Where do I get the header files and libraries? Any introduction on programming C++ on Linux? Is there no way to get a method you defined in the header-file into the .cpp? I expected that.
One of the things Java is easier to use is that you don't have to copy stuff from the header file into the implementation file. I'd expect a tool to be able to do that for me.
Shouldn't you be able to look the algorithm up in the patent itself? That's what patents were for, weren't they? A patent is open, so everybody can learn from it, but making money of it is limited to the patent holder. And after a patent expires, the invention is in the public domain, so everybody can use it.
Nee, ik schreef het alleen.
English-speaking people do.
Oops, didn't want to say 'monopoly', but 'conspiracy'.
"who got to this weasel? Who paid him off? Could it be M$, adding his bribe to the big, yet acceptable, bill they're liable to pay the EU for running a foreign monopoly against their people"
;-)
LOL, why believe in a monopoly? He (actually the State Secretary) didn't blame it on a typo, but actually blamed the *word processor*.
Now somehow I don't get the feeling he used Open Office. And we all know who is the #1 word processor manufacturer in the world
"Most great inventions where created by large corporations that made all of that R&D possible."
What great inventions?
Steam engine? Nope, invented by a single man.
Internal combustion engine? Again, nope.
Penicillin? Not a corporation.
Radio? Again, no.
Corps only make inventions profitable.
"Somehow, I don't see a guy in his garage inventing the next breakthrough in microprocessor technology, or space flight, or medicine, then giving it away. That's a fairy tale."
Maybe not giving away, but my guess is that radically new technologies *are* invented in garages. Primarily because if you do R&D for a corporations, your boss expects you to find that lucrative new technology. So most things invented by corporations will be more or less gradual improvements of existing technology.
The guy with his garage is free to create totally new things, so he is more likely to come up with something radically new.
Then, after a while this new technology has to be improved, made more reliable, or cheaper, and that costs money. A lots of money. So then you would expect that only big corps are able to afford R&D.
But the radically new ideas? Expect the genius with his garage.
I was at the previous committee meeting. All the MPs that were there were not happy with the minister and secretary, but the MP (Vendrik (sp?)) who proposed the motion came to the conclusion that a negative vote was unreachable. IMO primarily because of the CDA- and VVD-fractions, who were not happy with the way the EP-EC vote went, but only partially against software patents per se.
Conversion from the system you grew up in to a new system is not easy. We [nl] have the Euro for some years now and I still can't figure out how much I'm ripped off.
:-)
Also, engine power is officially measured in kW, but everybody still speaks in terms of horsepower. You'll agree with me, 192 hp sounds much better than 131kW.
If I look at your post, the conclusion jumps to my mind that people best skip the first version of Longhorn, because Microsoft takes several times to get it right.
Yes, XP is excellent, but it took Microsoft a long time to get there. Now Longhorn may be good, but I don't think Microsoft has a track record of releasing good software the first time.
If I were a business, I'd wait several years before upgrading to Longhorn. And that's exactly what they will do, because some organisations are still running NT 3.51 and consider Windows 2000 cutting edge...
So, does this mean Longhorn will be even later?
Then don't fsking use other people's code, write your own!
The essence of GPL is this:
Yes, you can use other people's work, but then you'll have to contribute some work yourself.
If you just take other people's work without giving something bakc, you're just a THIEF!