Taking in account that Microsoft destroyed competitors by unethical methods rather than superior products... hell yeah, I'd love to see them die.
A broken up Microsoft, has the first judge in the fed case may of done, with one OS, one, app, and one net business would have been okay. The OS and apps businesses would have compeated with other businesses without the apps being tied to the OS. While the OS unit probably would have shrunk, the app business could have grown because it would have been able to sale software for other OSes.
It's not that simple, unless you don't care if you fail. Most people should lay out a plan before installing any OS. Is the hardware compatible? What drivers may be needed? How big should partitions be? What will be done if there's a disaster? After that all of the data should be backed up.
I went through this a few months ago when I wanted to install 8.10 on my MacBook Pro. After spending several weeks planning just how I was going to install it, I decided to wait until 9.4 came out. When I read it was out yesterday I spent a couple of hours on Google looking for how to install it on my MBP, then spent another hour today. The closest I've come so far is to install 8.10 then upgrade it. I'll give a few more weeks maybe, I'm in no rush right now.
How about for those of us with arthritis and bursitis, which can make clicking a button a massive pain where one could just touch the screen and be on their way?
The post I was replying to was saying that there was no on-screen keyboard - the only one of your examples which is going to want an on-screen keyboard is the one where you were dumb enough to spill coke on your keyboard.
No, for some it may be easier to touch a "key" on screen than to type on a keyboard. So in this GP was right. Personally I wouldn't want an onscreen keyboard but I can see where it would be preferable for some people. I worked with a quadriplegic who typed with a pen, pencil, or straw in his mouth. A touch screen he could type on would have been better for him.
Now what I would like is a Wacom Cintiq, which I saw on the Ubuntu site is supported.
I know many artists who do most of their work in Photoshop using a Wacom tablet.
I'd like to get a Cintiq but the only thing in my price range right now is a Bamboo. Otherwise I use a trackball instead of a mouse.
I can only direct you to the frequent conversation about 'I need apps that don't work in Linux! You can't use GIMP as a replacement for Photoshop!'.
This is oh so true. However while it may not be a drop-in replacement for Photoshop CinePaint is better than GIMP. One of the problems with it is that many graphic artists and photographers use Macs but there isn't a native Mac port of CinePaint. Instead it requires X11, and even though I have it installed I wasn't able to get CinePaint to work. Also people have gotten CS3 to work on Linux with WINE and CrossOver.
while it added lots of "cool features" over Tiger, the usablility slipped in a few areas
Like stability. The only problem I had running Tiger was once in a while Firefox would freeze. But now with Leopard Finder freezes too often. Not as much as Windows did on me but too much still.
As in you get upgrades with X features like Aero Glass, a new explorer, etc. but keep all your settings and applications. Like Apple does.
Apple doesn't sell service packs. Going from 10.4 to 10.5 is an upgrade not a service pack. You can download and install service packs for free just as with Windows. And while you can keep some of your applications not all will work. I found that out when I upgraded from Tiger, 10.4, to Leopard. My security suite, with an AV, firewall, and backup software were broke with the upgrade. After I did a compleat install instead of just an upgrade on top of Tiger. The same with my utilities.
They are paid not to grow anything, for conservation.
Falcon
Um, what's wrong with selling the GPL code?
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Nothing wrong with it except everyone else can sell it, or give if away, as well.
how many business/home types will honestly take your work and maintain/support it on their own?
Sure service and support can be a viable business model, that's the model Canonical, Redhat, and other distros use. However I don't want to do service and support. Originally I started out wanting to start a photography business but didn't want to spend thousands of dollars on software when I was just starting out. So I thought I'd look for FOOS apps I could use. As part of the business I want to start selling online. In talking with a number of photography students and pros many expressed an interest in putting their own portfolios online, to sell and or to display their work. So I thought that maybe what I could do if I were to create my own system, was to go ahead and sell it to others to earn some more money. If the source code is available I couldn't prevent others from selling or giving it away. But if I only sell binaries that require a license for it to fully useful, like trialware, I may be able to generate some income.
Now I wouldn't keep it closed "forever", at least it seems that's where copyrights are headed, but would release the code after some months or maybe year has gone by. I'd like to do it like this to make it worthwhile to spend a lot of tyme programming instead of shooting photos, I want to be a photographer not a software company.
I never had NT4 crash or throw up the BSOD. Other than Win3.x all other versions of Windows I used did. However I have NT4 running on a DEC Alpha I got from Microway. Because I wasn't able to install much software installed on it I didn't use it as much as I would have liked.
How newbie do you have to be to screw up a dual-boot?
It depends on how low, er high, you set the bar.
Anyone with half a brain will do extensive Googling to make sure they know exactly how to do it.
Two problems here, there are some who will not take the tyme to Google. Then the info may be hard to find if available. Some may not want to take the tyme to properly map out how they're going to install Ubuntu or any other Linux distro. I went through this when I decide to install 8.10 on my MacBook Pro. I spent days researching how to install it on my MBP to dualboot it with Leopard and set it up just the way I wanted. I want to have each OS on it's own partition as well as a third partition for user data. That's no problem as Disk Utility will partition drives. I also want to use the same data stores in each OS, for instance I want my email showing up in both Leopard and Ubuntu without having to sync everything, or have my Firefox history be the same in both. I also want a VM so I can run Ubuntu when I boot into Leopard and visa versa. Eventually I decided to wait until Jaunty Jackalope came out.
When I saw today that Jaunty Jackalope was released I spent more than an hour googling on how to install it. I found out how to install on some MBPs but not my version, I found instructions for MacBook Pro R2 and R5 but not for R3 which I have. I'll give it a few more days.
WinXP is a nice system and the best OS M$ has ever produced.
Not by me. The first tyme I used XP it froze while booting up, on a brand new PC. The best version of MS Windows I've used was NT4.
Falcon
"Free as in beer" roughly describes the BSD:
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You can share recipes and brew your own, but it's unlikely you can prosecute anyone for close-sourcing your beer recipe.
They can't close your source but they can close their modifications. I prefer BSD licenses over the GPL just for this reason. For some projects at least. If I'm going to spend a lot of tyme working on a given project I'd like to be able to get paid for it if I'm going to release it.
So the seat, mirrors and steering wheel are partly made from materials that contain chemicals that are derived from carrots. Seriously. Wake me when they can industrially produce carbon-neutral engines, gearboxes, wheels, impact zones and, most of all, catalysers (which currently contain a lot of poisonous and expensive materials).
Back in the 1930s Henry Ford designed and built a car on his Iron Mountain estate that was something like this car. He didn't use carrots though, that I know of, instead he used hemp aka marijuana. Not only was the car made from hemp but it was also fueled with hemp. I'd imagine that like his engine this one may be carbon negative, plants may remove more carbon from the atmosphere than they emit.
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Taking in account that Microsoft destroyed competitors by unethical methods rather than superior products... hell yeah, I'd love to see them die.
A broken up Microsoft, has the first judge in the fed case may of done, with one OS, one, app, and one net business would have been okay. The OS and apps businesses would have compeated with other businesses without the apps being tied to the OS. While the OS unit probably would have shrunk, the app business could have grown because it would have been able to sale software for other OSes.
Falcon
Well, I'd say that Microsoft dying would be a *huge* step towards more competition...
No, it would just be one less competitor. Now a Microsoft with smaller market share would boost competition.
Falcon
You can just download and install it.
It's not that simple, unless you don't care if you fail. Most people should lay out a plan before installing any OS. Is the hardware compatible? What drivers may be needed? How big should partitions be? What will be done if there's a disaster? After that all of the data should be backed up.
I went through this a few months ago when I wanted to install 8.10 on my MacBook Pro. After spending several weeks planning just how I was going to install it, I decided to wait until 9.4 came out. When I read it was out yesterday I spent a couple of hours on Google looking for how to install it on my MBP, then spent another hour today. The closest I've come so far is to install 8.10 then upgrade it. I'll give a few more weeks maybe, I'm in no rush right now.
Falcon
How about for those of us with arthritis and bursitis, which can make clicking a button a massive pain where one could just touch the screen and be on their way?
The post I was replying to was saying that there was no on-screen keyboard - the only one of your examples which is going to want an on-screen keyboard is the one where you were dumb enough to spill coke on your keyboard.
No, for some it may be easier to touch a "key" on screen than to type on a keyboard. So in this GP was right. Personally I wouldn't want an onscreen keyboard but I can see where it would be preferable for some people. I worked with a quadriplegic who typed with a pen, pencil, or straw in his mouth. A touch screen he could type on would have been better for him.
Now what I would like is a Wacom Cintiq, which I saw on the Ubuntu site is supported.
Falcon
I know many artists who do most of their work in Photoshop using a Wacom tablet.
I'd like to get a Cintiq but the only thing in my price range right now is a Bamboo. Otherwise I use a trackball instead of a mouse.
I can only direct you to the frequent conversation about 'I need apps that don't work in Linux! You can't use GIMP as a replacement for Photoshop!'.
This is oh so true. However while it may not be a drop-in replacement for Photoshop CinePaint is better than GIMP. One of the problems with it is that many graphic artists and photographers use Macs but there isn't a native Mac port of CinePaint. Instead it requires X11, and even though I have it installed I wasn't able to get CinePaint to work. Also people have gotten CS3 to work on Linux with WINE and CrossOver.
Falcon
while it added lots of "cool features" over Tiger, the usablility slipped in a few areas
Like stability. The only problem I had running Tiger was once in a while Firefox would freeze. But now with Leopard Finder freezes too often. Not as much as Windows did on me but too much still.
Falcon
If it was founded in 1975 then that would make it 33 or 34 years old.
34, it was founded in April.
Falcon
No, Microsoft is 29 years old. It was founded in 1975.
Oops, 39 not 29.
Another brain fart, 34 not 39.
Falcon
So what year is it this year? :)
Oops, 39 not 29.
I was still closer than the summary, only off by 10 years versus it's 16 years.
Brain fart.
No, Microsoft is 29 years old. It was founded in 1975.
Oops, 39 not 29.
Falcon
It's good to see a hint that this fall might finally be starting, but even in this economy, it will be a long time before Microsoft dies.
I'll be at the start of any "I hate Microsoft, they're evil!" line, but I DO NOT want to see MS die. We need more competition not less.
Falcon
As in you get upgrades with X features like Aero Glass, a new explorer, etc. but keep all your settings and applications. Like Apple does.
Apple doesn't sell service packs. Going from 10.4 to 10.5 is an upgrade not a service pack. You can download and install service packs for free just as with Windows. And while you can keep some of your applications not all will work. I found that out when I upgraded from Tiger, 10.4, to Leopard. My security suite, with an AV, firewall, and backup software were broke with the upgrade. After I did a compleat install instead of just an upgrade on top of Tiger. The same with my utilities.
Falcon
No, Microsoft is 29 years old. It was founded in 1975.
Falcon
You know bees are useful for fertilizing plants and not just the sticky yellow stuff right?
Bees, along with butterflies and other insects, are essential for pollination.
Falcon
Heck, farmers were paid to grow grass.
They are paid not to grow anything, for conservation.
Falcon
Nothing wrong with it except everyone else can sell it, or give if away, as well.
how many business/home types will honestly take your work and maintain/support it on their own?
Sure service and support can be a viable business model, that's the model Canonical, Redhat, and other distros use. However I don't want to do service and support. Originally I started out wanting to start a photography business but didn't want to spend thousands of dollars on software when I was just starting out. So I thought I'd look for FOOS apps I could use. As part of the business I want to start selling online. In talking with a number of photography students and pros many expressed an interest in putting their own portfolios online, to sell and or to display their work. So I thought that maybe what I could do if I were to create my own system, was to go ahead and sell it to others to earn some more money. If the source code is available I couldn't prevent others from selling or giving it away. But if I only sell binaries that require a license for it to fully useful, like trialware, I may be able to generate some income.
Now I wouldn't keep it closed "forever", at least it seems that's where copyrights are headed, but would release the code after some months or maybe year has gone by. I'd like to do it like this to make it worthwhile to spend a lot of tyme programming instead of shooting photos, I want to be a photographer not a software company.
Falcon
I never had NT4 crash or throw up the BSOD. Other than Win3.x all other versions of Windows I used did. However I have NT4 running on a DEC Alpha I got from Microway. Because I wasn't able to install much software installed on it I didn't use it as much as I would have liked.
Falcon
How newbie do you have to be to screw up a dual-boot?
It depends on how low, er high, you set the bar.
Anyone with half a brain will do extensive Googling to make sure they know exactly how to do it.
Two problems here, there are some who will not take the tyme to Google. Then the info may be hard to find if available. Some may not want to take the tyme to properly map out how they're going to install Ubuntu or any other Linux distro. I went through this when I decide to install 8.10 on my MacBook Pro. I spent days researching how to install it on my MBP to dualboot it with Leopard and set it up just the way I wanted. I want to have each OS on it's own partition as well as a third partition for user data. That's no problem as Disk Utility will partition drives. I also want to use the same data stores in each OS, for instance I want my email showing up in both Leopard and Ubuntu without having to sync everything, or have my Firefox history be the same in both. I also want a VM so I can run Ubuntu when I boot into Leopard and visa versa. Eventually I decided to wait until Jaunty Jackalope came out.
When I saw today that Jaunty Jackalope was released I spent more than an hour googling on how to install it. I found out how to install on some MBPs but not my version, I found instructions for MacBook Pro R2 and R5 but not for R3 which I have. I'll give it a few more days.
Falcon
WinXP is a nice system and the best OS M$ has ever produced.
Not by me. The first tyme I used XP it froze while booting up, on a brand new PC. The best version of MS Windows I've used was NT4.
Falcon
You can share recipes and brew your own, but it's unlikely you can prosecute anyone for close-sourcing your beer recipe.
They can't close your source but they can close their modifications. I prefer BSD licenses over the GPL just for this reason. For some projects at least. If I'm going to spend a lot of tyme working on a given project I'd like to be able to get paid for it if I'm going to release it.
Falcon
Come back to the real world where metal and plastics are still king.
Plastics were originally made from plants not petroleum. Remember Cellphane, that plastic food wrapping? It was made from plant cellulose.
Falcon
Right now, corn is being converted into fuel, in a very inefficient manner, only affordable because of massive government subsidies
Corn and other farmers have been getting government subsidies for more than 100 years though.
Falcon
So the seat, mirrors and steering wheel are partly made from materials that contain chemicals that are derived from carrots. Seriously. Wake me when they can industrially produce carbon-neutral engines, gearboxes, wheels, impact zones and, most of all, catalysers (which currently contain a lot of poisonous and expensive materials).
Back in the 1930s Henry Ford designed and built a car on his Iron Mountain estate that was something like this car. He didn't use carrots though, that I know of, instead he used hemp aka marijuana. Not only was the car made from hemp but it was also fueled with hemp. I'd imagine that like his engine this one may be carbon negative, plants may remove more carbon from the atmosphere than they emit.
Falcon
That's fine and all but I still think a meat based race car would prove to be far more impressive.
The headline of one webpage says it can go 150mph.
Falcon
Do you want a publisher that's incentivized to make revenue on what you publish, or Google-- who gets zero for doing it?
I want the greatest audience I can get. The more people who see my work the more buyers I get.
Falcon