Unix was an operating system developed by a very small group of people at Bell Labs. MSWindows was an operating system developed by a much larger group of people now in Seattle. Linux is an operating system developed by an even larger group of people from all over the globe.
Evolution always wins out over design. It's just a matter of time before Linux becomes the whole world's operating system.
Right now MS might be looking at the Linux community the way the Roman Empire looked at the Visigoths and Vandals but if they are smart they will start working toward becoming the world's best at writing applications for Linux.
The intro reminded me of the "Everything that can be invented has been invented" comment by
Charles H. Duell in 1899 and the rest of it made feel like I was reading a hip-hop cover of Eric Raymond'sCathredral & the Bazaar with a few verses left out.
How long before the FCC crack-down comes? I can see the headlines now...
Slashdot Threat to Homeland Security? Web Surfing Hordes Crash Cache
The FCC announced today that the key government websites are vunerable to coordinated attacks by "millions of nerds seeking news that matters". An official spokesman speaking on the condition of anonymity said...
Slashdot Mirror
It looks like there are copies of it here: http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/spring-design-vs-barnes-and-noble-all-the-nooks-and-crannies/
this was the best answer on page .. pls mod him up again
it would have been much cooler to think about limiting where memcpy can copy to
php being knocked like a GOTO statement *sigh* the problem is not the language but how it's used.
Here is one way to support Google's stance.. sign the petition http://www.e-thepeople.org/petition/14787/view
The overwhelming majority of them are distracting annoyances irrelevant to the purpose at hand.
The moon, New Orleans, whereever; life will always try to occupy every niche, even if it appears dangerous to do so.
same thing has happened to me... the editors here must be hormonal
Evolution always wins out over design. It's just a matter of time before Linux becomes the whole world's operating system.
Right now MS might be looking at the Linux community the way the Roman Empire looked at the Visigoths and Vandals but if they are smart they will start working toward becoming the world's best at writing applications for Linux.
The BSD logo always reminded me of 'Hot Stuff' comic book characters from the 60's
The intro reminded me of the "Everything that can be invented has been invented" comment by Charles H. Duell in 1899 and the rest of it made feel like I was reading a hip-hop cover of Eric Raymond's Cathredral & the Bazaar with a few verses left out.
and take your sick humor somewhere else
Slashdot Threat to Homeland Security?
Web Surfing Hordes Crash Cache
The FCC announced today that the key government websites are vunerable to coordinated attacks by "millions of nerds seeking news that matters". An official spokesman speaking on the condition of anonymity said...
You're not the only one, I haven't been able to since yesterday. Is it the aktari thing?