"Out of this piece of philanthropy (it really is philanthropy when you are paying programmers these days -- we need as much support as we can get!)"
Welcome to the new Open Source world folks. Software development used to be a lucrative rewarding profession (both intellectually and monetarily). Now its just a field of people climbing over themselves in order to write code for mega-corporations for free.
"Or how your being made jobless first is now perhaps being used [...] to put young folks into the geeks' version of an idol's competion where of course everyone loses even the winners., except... the organizers"
What? Why is this modded interesting? That sentence doesn't even make sense!
The difference is that there are already proper words for the ones you are attempting to fabricate: "boxes" and "viruses". There are no proper words for "Googled" (assuming that means "searched with Google").
Attempting to use made-up terms as replacements for proper ones is just ridiculous. And, yes, "ain't" isn't proper, which is why it is marked as "nonstandard". Using that in conversation is just as telling as using "boxen" and "virii".
Did you ever stop to think that Linux may actually be terrible, and that Linux people don't address the problems? You know, just because some people have a different view then the groupthink on slashdot it doesn't make the "hateful". I also think that Linux is going in the wrong direction. Of course saying that here is pointless.
Because the states DIDNT want paper trails - and they still don't. The entire idea of electronic voting is to get rid of the goddamn paper. I have no idea where people get the idea that having a paper printout makes the system more secure. It doesn't.
Exactly. What is most amusing about government conspiracy nuts is that they believe that government employees have some sort of magical, superhuman ability to keep secrets and perform amazing feats that remain undetected for years.
You are wrong. If Linux loses mindshare you will see the development slow. You have seen already the opposite: as Linux gains momentum the development speed grows.
If Linux goes back to being a niche player it will for all intents be dead. It is important for Linux to keep growing. Linus and Alan (and the other key people) are now getting paid. If that stops they likely will quit, or significantly cut back on their contributions, because they are grown up and they have wives, kids and need an income. Other people can step in, but the learning curve will be incredibly steep and Linux will have fallen behind before they can finish the transition.
Linux has grown beyond the point where it can be effectively maintained by part time volunteers.
This is exactly correct. The fact that you have been modded down as "offtopic" shows that the Linux users still don't get it. Mobile/embedded devices are going to drive the market. If you have a mobile OS that integrates nicely with your desktop/server OS then you are going to win.
Microsoft knows this, which is why they are pouring money in Windows Mobile.
THIS is the type of stories that Slashdot should be posting! Cool engineering type stuff. Enough with the "M$" slamfest and what is Apple/Sony/Nintendo doing today crap.
Well I would certainly HOPE they would fix it for "free". You just bought it a month ago and it stopped working! It would still be under warranty - they weren't doing it to be nice. You even say it still crashes.
If I were you I would send that hunk of junk back for a full refund.
Um yes. Automakers use the patent and copyright system heavily, as does every industry that produces IP in the planet. I don't know why you would possibly think the software industry should be any different.
How many shares of RHAT do you own? A little advice: sell. Novell has the experienced sales force and existing sales channels (established from years of Netware sales) that will beat RHAT on any major deal.
Whether one product is "better" than another product is secondary to most buying decisions.
"Corporations are after profit, and only profit. Corporations are bereft of certain interpersonal skills, not being people and all...Unions are bands of workers attempting to equal the playing field any way they can, and live better lives by negotiating as a group"
Nice thought, but unions are also corporations. According to your login then unions are after profit, only profit.
Also, please point out the OSS people who have "made huge amounts of money", other than the executives at Redhat, IBM, etc. And those people are certainly not putting significant amounts of money into the OSS community. The CEO of Redhat has made over $300 million in compensation since the IPO. How much of that have you seen spread around to the OSS community?
Yeah, see thats why they call these things, ya know, "plug-ins". You know, so you can, like, "plug them in", if you need their capabilities, and, you know, NOT "plug them in" if you don't, like, need their capabilities.
Thats great that YOU don't need video, but its possible that somewhere on the earth someone might want or need video. This gives them the flexibility to add it to their setup.
If you look at the history of statements of Ballmer, Gates you will realize that they never have thought MS is untouchable. They see it as a constant war. You should try reading Gates's books sometime. Very enlightening.
You would prefer a company like Redhat where only the top execs make hundreds of millions in options while the programmers get just a wage? As a programmer I prefer the Microsoft model.
How does this get modded up Insightful? It makes zero sense. I don't even understand what the possible point could be. Is it because it referenced "damn Microsoft people"???
I mean read some of these sentences: "So except for the damn Microsoft People who are all the causes to all the people in the world it is all those emacs and or vi people who are causing all the problems in the world." and "Oddly enough there are a lot of highly skilled workers whose passion is to program, and their passion is not determining very controversial morals on what they are doing."
Its like the ravings of a homeless man on the street!
Uh,.NET isn't a language. C# is a language. Java is a language. C is a language..NET is a term that refers to a set of technologies that consist of a CLR and a framework. If you don't know what that is then you aren't a development so it doesn't matter to you.
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Ahhh, makes sense now. Well at least people are beginning to realize that what "Open Source" really means is "come code for us for free".
"Out of this piece of philanthropy (it really is philanthropy when you are paying programmers these days -- we need as much support as we can get!)"
Welcome to the new Open Source world folks. Software development used to be a lucrative rewarding profession (both intellectually and monetarily). Now its just a field of people climbing over themselves in order to write code for mega-corporations for free.
"Or how your being made jobless first is now perhaps being used [...] to put young folks into the geeks' version of an idol's competion where of course everyone loses even the winners., except... the organizers"
What? Why is this modded interesting? That sentence doesn't even make sense!
The difference is that there are already proper words for the ones you are attempting to fabricate: "boxes" and "viruses". There are no proper words for "Googled" (assuming that means "searched with Google").
Attempting to use made-up terms as replacements for proper ones is just ridiculous. And, yes, "ain't" isn't proper, which is why it is marked as "nonstandard". Using that in conversation is just as telling as using "boxen" and "virii".
Did you ever stop to think that Linux may actually be terrible, and that Linux people don't address the problems? You know, just because some people have a different view then the groupthink on slashdot it doesn't make the "hateful". I also think that Linux is going in the wrong direction. Of course saying that here is pointless.
Because the states DIDNT want paper trails - and they still don't. The entire idea of electronic voting is to get rid of the goddamn paper. I have no idea where people get the idea that having a paper printout makes the system more secure. It doesn't.
Exactly. What is most amusing about government conspiracy nuts is that they believe that government employees have some sort of magical, superhuman ability to keep secrets and perform amazing feats that remain undetected for years.
Have they ever visited a military base?
You are wrong. If Linux loses mindshare you will see the development slow. You have seen already the opposite: as Linux gains momentum the development speed grows.
If Linux goes back to being a niche player it will for all intents be dead. It is important for Linux to keep growing. Linus and Alan (and the other key people) are now getting paid. If that stops they likely will quit, or significantly cut back on their contributions, because they are grown up and they have wives, kids and need an income. Other people can step in, but the learning curve will be incredibly steep and Linux will have fallen behind before they can finish the transition.
Linux has grown beyond the point where it can be effectively maintained by part time volunteers.
This is exactly correct. The fact that you have been modded down as "offtopic" shows that the Linux users still don't get it. Mobile/embedded devices are going to drive the market. If you have a mobile OS that integrates nicely with your desktop/server OS then you are going to win.
Microsoft knows this, which is why they are pouring money in Windows Mobile.
THIS is the type of stories that Slashdot should be posting! Cool engineering type stuff. Enough with the "M$" slamfest and what is Apple/Sony/Nintendo doing today crap.
Well I would certainly HOPE they would fix it for "free". You just bought it a month ago and it stopped working! It would still be under warranty - they weren't doing it to be nice. You even say it still crashes.
If I were you I would send that hunk of junk back for a full refund.
Exactly. There is green goo down there as well as the potential to unlock alternate fascist universes.
I suggest an emergency DVD shipment from Amazon to Tokyo immediately.
Um yes. Automakers use the patent and copyright system heavily, as does every industry that produces IP in the planet. I don't know why you would possibly think the software industry should be any different.
Microsoft will still issue security updates for W2K, but lets not let the facts get in the way of a good "M$" flamefest!
"Friends don't let friends install Microsoft junk" -- twitter
RIP twitter. We will miss you.
How many shares of RHAT do you own? A little advice: sell. Novell has the experienced sales force and existing sales channels (established from years of Netware sales) that will beat RHAT on any major deal.
Whether one product is "better" than another product is secondary to most buying decisions.
So they paid a 3,400% premium over current yearly profits on a low margin business. Makes a lot of sense to me!
"Corporations are after profit, and only profit. Corporations are bereft of certain interpersonal skills, not being people and all...Unions are bands of workers attempting to equal the playing field any way they can, and live better lives by negotiating as a group"
Nice thought, but unions are also corporations. According to your login then unions are after profit, only profit.
Also, please point out the OSS people who have "made huge amounts of money", other than the executives at Redhat, IBM, etc. And those people are certainly not putting significant amounts of money into the OSS community. The CEO of Redhat has made over $300 million in compensation since the IPO. How much of that have you seen spread around to the OSS community?
The REAL question is how can we blame this on George Bush somehow? Anyone?
Uh, its OSS GPL software. If it had that in there it would be stripped out faster then you could say "RMS".
Freinds don't let friends install Microsoft Junk -- twitter (R.I.P)
Yeah, see thats why they call these things, ya know, "plug-ins". You know, so you can, like, "plug them in", if you need their capabilities, and, you know, NOT "plug them in" if you don't, like, need their capabilities.
Thats great that YOU don't need video, but its possible that somewhere on the earth someone might want or need video. This gives them the flexibility to add it to their setup.
Amazing isn't it?
If you look at the history of statements of Ballmer, Gates you will realize that they never have thought MS is untouchable. They see it as a constant war. You should try reading Gates's books sometime. Very enlightening.
You would prefer a company like Redhat where only the top execs make hundreds of millions in options while the programmers get just a wage? As a programmer I prefer the Microsoft model.
How does this get modded up Insightful? It makes zero sense. I don't even understand what the possible point could be. Is it because it referenced "damn Microsoft people"???
I mean read some of these sentences:
"So except for the damn Microsoft People who are all the causes to all the people in the world it is all those emacs and or vi people who are causing all the problems in the world."
and
"Oddly enough there are a lot of highly skilled workers whose passion is to program, and their passion is not determining very controversial morals on what they are doing."
Its like the ravings of a homeless man on the street!
Uh, .NET isn't a language. C# is a language. Java is a language. C is a language. .NET is a term that refers to a set of technologies that consist of a CLR and a framework. If you don't know what that is then you aren't a development so it doesn't matter to you.