Because it's fucking expensive when you compare it to other handsets and networks. The original iPhone was a *really* bad deal. This one is better value than the original, but still a shitty deal.
Nope. OpenBSD users, or indeed anyone, do not have a right to use the hardware. I can see what you're getting at, but there is no reason for nVidia to open anything up. "Because it'd be cool" is not a good enough reason.
If all you say is true, why have so many people spent years and years in IT and not had this problem with closed-source apps? Surely you're painting a worst-case scenario, which can be done for open-source software, too. If we stick to what's actually happening to the vast, vast majority of users, we can see this "serfdom" is nothing of the sort. Also, many folks will rather use such a "crippled" piece of software over not using any software at all. So, if the choice only resides in the closed camp, they'll use that.
Because XP Embedded is a stable, small, reliable OS. That would certainly explain the thousands of XP Embedded devices you've used without even noticing it, and the thousands of professionals who know of XPE and *nix, and still chose XPE. Either that or you're right and the rest of the world is wrong:) It could go either way...
I've never touched embedded systems at work, and I've used it at home. It's fantastic, even for desktops. You can make a tiny (100 meg) XP install CD/image that will give you explorer, firefox, networking, directshow, etc. No bullshit running when you don't want it. Great stuff.
Or you could read the article and realise that no evidence for any sort of Dell fascism has actually surfaced... Voting with your dollars only makes sense if you are aware of all the facts. Otherwise innocent parties get twatted.
get yourself some RAID and that won't be an issue. All hard disks, no matter how well-made they are, will fuck up one day. All of them. Every single one. With RAID you can take advantage of standard desktop HDDs, AND get the data longevity you want, all with existing hardware.
Graphical equivalent of the Wii on the PC? It only outputs video at 480i, and only has 24MB of memory for its graphics adaptor. You can buy a card to do that for well under $100. The PC games industry is currently booming. All this "PC games are dead" is complete bullshit.
Your aversion is rooted in you not having the right role-models during your formative years. There is no "yuck" factor to people who actually don't give a shit. Feel free to use evolution to explain your homophobia, though. Good luck with that!
Yeah! Because when my employer doesn't allow me to have a drink, I go shoot heroin:) No-one who doesn't like kids sexually-abuses a kid because "it's all there is to do". They do it because "it's what they want to do".
You could easily dual-boot with a version of XP Embedded. You can strip out any component you want, and only include those you need to use. You can make a working XP CD of just over 100MB which can suft the net, play games, play video (DirectShow is intact), manage files, etc.
I'm a developer, and I use Vista on my desktop and notebook. I used to use XP, but I made the jump (fully expecting to be jumping back after a week). I don't run personally any VMs, but all the web servers I deploy to are all some flavour of linux, and we use a lot of EC2s from amazon.
That's handling video in the browser, not passing off a URL to an external application, over which the page has no way to style, or to show other information relating to that video during playback.
The whole IE-not-being-standards-compliant debacle started because the W3C was slow as hell back in the good ol' days. The market was screaming out for all kinds of functionality that the W3C had not even thought about, let alone come to some agreement on. How quickly the W3C works now compared to back then is completely different. Now, due to the fame the internet has, and how widely used it is, it HAS to be as quick as it currently is. Back in the mid-90s it was a different story altogether. IE started down its route because the standards of the day were horrifically lacking.
Not this bullshit argument again. I've never been stumped that someone "took away" a file format I was using. Ever. If we went down that route of not chancing it, the Web would appear much the same as it did in the mid-90s. Fuck that. If the choice is between closed source and no source, I'll go closed source 100% of the time. The internet is not a political protest, but a tool. You can choose to use it to display your ideologies if you want - most people just use it.
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Because it's fucking expensive when you compare it to other handsets and networks. The original iPhone was a *really* bad deal. This one is better value than the original, but still a shitty deal.
So did they blow it up? I can't see from over here in Germany. Too many trees and planets in the way.
I set up a VPN server on our SBS2003 box, and it works fine with Linux, OS X, and Windows (XP and Vista).
Nope. OpenBSD users, or indeed anyone, do not have a right to use the hardware. I can see what you're getting at, but there is no reason for nVidia to open anything up. "Because it'd be cool" is not a good enough reason.
If all you say is true, why have so many people spent years and years in IT and not had this problem with closed-source apps? Surely you're painting a worst-case scenario, which can be done for open-source software, too. If we stick to what's actually happening to the vast, vast majority of users, we can see this "serfdom" is nothing of the sort. Also, many folks will rather use such a "crippled" piece of software over not using any software at all. So, if the choice only resides in the closed camp, they'll use that.
But they're video card manufacturers, not OS providers. It's not anti-competitive in the slightest. Sour eggs, perhaps? :)
Because XP Embedded is a stable, small, reliable OS. That would certainly explain the thousands of XP Embedded devices you've used without even noticing it, and the thousands of professionals who know of XPE and *nix, and still chose XPE. Either that or you're right and the rest of the world is wrong :) It could go either way...
Here's what you should do:
1. Check out IIS7.
2. See how well it performs
This step is optional, but I have a feeling you'll do it:
3. Not reply to this message, as you realise just how wrong you are.
I've never touched embedded systems at work, and I've used it at home. It's fantastic, even for desktops. You can make a tiny (100 meg) XP install CD/image that will give you explorer, firefox, networking, directshow, etc. No bullshit running when you don't want it. Great stuff.
Or you could read the article and realise that no evidence for any sort of Dell fascism has actually surfaced... Voting with your dollars only makes sense if you are aware of all the facts. Otherwise innocent parties get twatted.
"Serf" is stretching it a bit.
get yourself some RAID and that won't be an issue. All hard disks, no matter how well-made they are, will fuck up one day. All of them. Every single one. With RAID you can take advantage of standard desktop HDDs, AND get the data longevity you want, all with existing hardware.
Graphical equivalent of the Wii on the PC? It only outputs video at 480i, and only has 24MB of memory for its graphics adaptor. You can buy a card to do that for well under $100. The PC games industry is currently booming. All this "PC games are dead" is complete bullshit.
It has nothing to do with Windows.
Idiot.
Your aversion is rooted in you not having the right role-models during your formative years. There is no "yuck" factor to people who actually don't give a shit. Feel free to use evolution to explain your homophobia, though. Good luck with that!
Aww poor Christian feeling all oppressed.
Yeah! Because when my employer doesn't allow me to have a drink, I go shoot heroin :) No-one who doesn't like kids sexually-abuses a kid because "it's all there is to do". They do it because "it's what they want to do".
You could easily dual-boot with a version of XP Embedded. You can strip out any component you want, and only include those you need to use. You can make a working XP CD of just over 100MB which can suft the net, play games, play video (DirectShow is intact), manage files, etc.
I'm a developer, and I use Vista on my desktop and notebook. I used to use XP, but I made the jump (fully expecting to be jumping back after a week). I don't run personally any VMs, but all the web servers I deploy to are all some flavour of linux, and we use a lot of EC2s from amazon.
You can upgrade from Windows 3.11 any time you want, fyi.
That's handling video in the browser, not passing off a URL to an external application, over which the page has no way to style, or to show other information relating to that video during playback.
The whole IE-not-being-standards-compliant debacle started because the W3C was slow as hell back in the good ol' days. The market was screaming out for all kinds of functionality that the W3C had not even thought about, let alone come to some agreement on. How quickly the W3C works now compared to back then is completely different. Now, due to the fame the internet has, and how widely used it is, it HAS to be as quick as it currently is. Back in the mid-90s it was a different story altogether. IE started down its route because the standards of the day were horrifically lacking.
Not this bullshit argument again. I've never been stumped that someone "took away" a file format I was using. Ever. If we went down that route of not chancing it, the Web would appear much the same as it did in the mid-90s. Fuck that. If the choice is between closed source and no source, I'll go closed source 100% of the time. The internet is not a political protest, but a tool. You can choose to use it to display your ideologies if you want - most people just use it.
Just like when CDs came out. You're always going to get factory-pressed media released before its home-burnable equivalent.