For a long time, they were. Things changed. Freescale (Motorola spinoff) and IBM started devoting themselves to embedded systems, game consoles, big iron -- rather than tailoring their chips to Apple's needs. Notably, the G5 was too hot and power-hungry for notebooks and IBM just didn't care to fix it. It was wise to jump ship at that point.
Mr. Shuttleworth should stop for a moment and think: "What if they are right? What if Unity is a poor design? What if putting a smartphone-ish interface on a desktop computer is a damn stupid idea?"
I've never used WinME, actually, but from what I heard, the true problem was the device drivers: it could use the old "VxD" drivers, as well as the newer "WDM" drivers. Stick to WDM and you have a very stable system, but throw a bunch of VxD in the mix and the whole thing goes to hell.
No, the Amiga was hugely successful, so it's just ignorant to say that nobody cared about it back then. The computer market in Europe was vastly different from the USA, systems that seem obscure to you were mainstream to them.
Indeed, I suggest watching The Deathbed Vigil, a documentary about the last day at Commodore. It explains how they managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Reading this piece also explains some things. It's disturbing, they had some truly good tech, all destroyed by the absolute incompetence of those at the very top.
Not the same thing by a very long stretch. Linux is freely distributable, doesn't require overpriced esoteric hardware, and has tons of software available.
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Well, if they were doing 'serious work', they would be using TeX, not MS-Word, right?
General use PCs have proven to become virus/worms/problem infested in the hands of "normal" users.
Because most "general users" use you know what insecure piece of shit of an operating system.
I made dad move to Linux -- which is as far from the walled garden as possible -- and, lo, no more malware worries!
Too late. Gameloft already does that.
There's already a fork, it's called Mate and it's included with Mint 12.
One can refer to piracy as a purchase, as a humorous euphemism. For example: "I just bought the new COD at the Pirate Bay."
Most of them. But in some regions, as well as in Switzerland, they're sensible enough to use septante/huitante/nonante instead of that vigesimal crap.
Sorry, replied in a hurry and misread your post. :P
How about the Humble Bundle or GOG?
Games these days are being purchased more and more on Steam, Origin, and the likes.
Which I refuse to ever do. If it doesn't come DRM-free, it will come from TPB!
They get big fat bribes, and vote accordingly. Perfectly logical, if absolutely immoral.
SOPA has nothing to do with theft. This is a completely flawed analogy.
For a long time, they were. Things changed. Freescale (Motorola spinoff) and IBM started devoting themselves to embedded systems, game consoles, big iron -- rather than tailoring their chips to Apple's needs. Notably, the G5 was too hot and power-hungry for notebooks and IBM just didn't care to fix it. It was wise to jump ship at that point.
So the iPhone can't really do the speech recognition and synthesis by itself? That's quite underwhelming.
Yes, but with so many good games out there, why would you want to?
Too bad the Playstation was more successful.
I don't want to live on this planet anymore.
Or just maybe "power users" bitch about every tiny change. That's why Slashdot still looks just like it did 10 years ago.
Slashdot had a major overhaul in '06.
Mr. Shuttleworth should stop for a moment and think: "What if they are right? What if Unity is a poor design? What if putting a smartphone-ish interface on a desktop computer is a damn stupid idea?"
In a zero to 100 scale, with nicotine being at the very top, cannabis is rated 21 - well below caffeine, alcohol, or valium. sauce
I've never used WinME, actually, but from what I heard, the true problem was the device drivers: it could use the old "VxD" drivers, as well as the newer "WDM" drivers. Stick to WDM and you have a very stable system, but throw a bunch of VxD in the mix and the whole thing goes to hell.
Really? I always thought WinCE was meant for the PDA / pocketPC market.
No, the Amiga was hugely successful, so it's just ignorant to say that nobody cared about it back then. The computer market in Europe was vastly different from the USA, systems that seem obscure to you were mainstream to them.
Indeed, I suggest watching The Deathbed Vigil , a documentary about the last day at Commodore. It explains how they managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Reading this piece also explains some things. It's disturbing, they had some truly good tech, all destroyed by the absolute incompetence of those at the very top.
Not the same thing by a very long stretch. Linux is freely distributable, doesn't require overpriced esoteric hardware, and has tons of software available.
"Viki" is a logical default as it's a more advanced version of the old "Victoria", and arguably the most natural sounding Apple Talk voice.
Even though Vicki sounds a bit more natural, Victoria is still easier to understand; but Alex beats all other voices in clarity, by far!