How many EXTREMLY critical flaws is it already Word documents have? How is it possible these things still keep coming up. It's not even funny anymore...
Why the hell would they port a very unstable and buggy software unto a pretty reliable one??????????? I mean, it's much healthier to just put in money into Linux apps and make them go that extra mile they need. They are already kinda running on unix...
Many years ago when I got into the whole open source universe, a wise random person on IRC gave me an advice that got me very far: "If you want to know something very n00b-like, go into the channel and say: Linux sucks cause in windows I can X and I can't X on Linux" Seconds later I have 10 ppl cooking up al sorts of answers for me.
Well, I'm sure online apps won't substitute hard-core office users, but it sure will take away all of us who use it casually. And I do think that's the biggest user base.
I guess it's the same concept as Virus code out there. You can argue it's for educational uses, and I bet in some cases it is. As everything, it depends on how you use it, but personally I'm for freely avaiable information on any topic.
I think that the whole success of the internet is it being global and having input from everyone. And if you go beyond webpages, which en some way or the other can be replicated, imagine not talking to other people in other "regions". I say absolutely not.
I guess they heard how good the Ubuntu delay was recieved and thought the same reaction would happen. The only thing they might of missed is that Ubuntu was always delivered on time, but windows....
I guess if these people never used a PC before, they shouldn't have a bug learning curve to adapt to Linux since they don't have a lot of pre-concived ideas of how things should work. It wouldn't be a bad idea to get them working with Linux for much better performance on old hardware with a user-friendly distro like Ubuntu or Linspire. You would also be helping to get Linux on to the mainstream public, which I believe the $100 Laptop program from MIT will do.
One of the most impressive features of Writely is that it integrates perfectlly with Word and OpenOffice. From their FAQ:
* Upload Word documents, OpenOffice, RTF, HTML or text (or create documents from scratch).
* Use our simple WYSIWYG editor to format your documents, spell-check them, etc.
* Invite others to share your documents (by e-mail address).
* Edit documents online with whomever you choose.
* View your documents' revision history and roll back to any version.
* Publish documents online to the world, or to just who you choose.
* Download documents to your desktop as Word, OpenOffice, RTF, PDF*, HTML or zip.
* Post your documents to your blog.
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How many EXTREMLY critical flaws is it already Word documents have?
How is it possible these things still keep coming up.
It's not even funny anymore...
Actually Ubuntu has contributed enourmously to both Debian and Gnome.
They constantly upstream patches and improvements.
Anyone else have the feeling the focus is more and more on legal battles instead of tech innovation?
Finally they stopped chasing petty warez and went after people who actually profit and annoy the hell out of everyone else...
Well, that isn't so true:Mozilla made $72 million from Firefox
I don't completely disagree, but I do thing "Blu-Ray" can catch on as a new "hip" and "bleeding edge" name.
Why the hell would they port a very unstable and buggy software unto a pretty reliable one???????????
I mean, it's much healthier to just put in money into Linux apps and make them go that extra mile they need.
They are already kinda running on unix...
Microsoft copies someone and brands it with it's latest snappy code-name.
This isn't close to news anymore...
I guess you're talking about RDF
Many years ago when I got into the whole open source universe, a wise random person on IRC gave me an advice that got me very far:
"If you want to know something very n00b-like, go into the channel and say: Linux sucks cause in windows I can X and I can't X on Linux"
Seconds later I have 10 ppl cooking up al sorts of answers for me.
Well, I'm sure online apps won't substitute hard-core office users, but it sure will take away all of us who use it casually.
And I do think that's the biggest user base.
I guess it's the same concept as Virus code out there.
You can argue it's for educational uses, and I bet in some cases it is.
As everything, it depends on how you use it, but personally I'm for freely avaiable information on any topic.
fruition???
Common... you're really going to say "fruition"?
I think that the whole success of the internet is it being global and having input from everyone.
And if you go beyond webpages, which en some way or the other can be replicated, imagine not talking to other people in other "regions".
I say absolutely not.
Yes, let's get rid of that pesky bureaucracy.
And while you're at it, why waste time voting?
Let's get rid of that time-consuming thing...
I guess they heard how good the Ubuntu delay was recieved and thought the same reaction would happen.
The only thing they might of missed is that Ubuntu was always delivered on time, but windows....
# sudo passwd
set your root password
now you can login as root...
Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking about doing, working for free for the US government ...
Ubuntulight is in the works, and theres also xubuntu, which I understand is much lighter on gfx.
I guess if these people never used a PC before, they shouldn't have a bug learning curve to adapt to Linux since they don't have a lot of pre-concived ideas of how things should work.
It wouldn't be a bad idea to get them working with Linux for much better performance on old hardware with a user-friendly distro like Ubuntu or Linspire. You would also be helping to get Linux on to the mainstream public, which I believe the $100 Laptop program from MIT will do.
I wonder how many huracane disasters it will take the US to adopt the Kyoto Protocol they have rejected...
You are right, I got the dates mixed up
Is it me or are there just too many video cards out there?
One of the most impressive features of Writely is that it integrates perfectlly with Word and OpenOffice.
From their FAQ:
* Upload Word documents, OpenOffice, RTF, HTML or text (or create documents from scratch).
* Use our simple WYSIWYG editor to format your documents, spell-check them, etc.
* Invite others to share your documents (by e-mail address).
* Edit documents online with whomever you choose.
* View your documents' revision history and roll back to any version.
* Publish documents online to the world, or to just who you choose.
* Download documents to your desktop as Word, OpenOffice, RTF, PDF*, HTML or zip.
* Post your documents to your blog.
How about linux support for these new features and hardware itself?