Melissa made it so that we couldn't just tell our less tech-minded brethren/co-workers, "for the last time, you'll be ok if you just don't open any frickin' attachments from people you don't frickin' know!" This one means we can't even tell them "you'll be ok if you don't open any attechments."
That's fine, just tell them "You'll be OK if don't use BillyShit rubbish. Use Liunx instead!"
The console manufacturers have had it coming for a while now. Unless they open up development for their machines, they're going to be crushed by someone that does allow free (as in unencumbered) development. Alternately, perhaps one of the console manufacturers (or a Linux hardware company such as VA) will out-open Microsoft by producing a Linux-based console.
Qt's restrictive license, while technically "Open Source", has very much hampered its growth, and led to the rise of serious competition in the form of GTK (which is safely GPL'd).
It is wrong wrong wrong and extremely impolite to accuse GPL of being a viral license because an application that links against or is based on a GPL'd app must be GPL.
Yes, it is wrong, not in the sense of immoral (as you had it), but in the sense of incorrect: the GPL does allow you to link non-GPL'ed code with GPL'ed code; it just doesn't allow you to link code that has a license which is more restrictive than GPL to GPL'ed code.
QT is more restrictive than GPL. This is because you can only distribute modifications to QT as patch files.
One idea might be a new license, identical to GPL, with the exception than this new license would allow linking with any licence compliant with the Open Source Definition.
The amiga was cool in its day. That day is now long past. Any proposed new machine will bear little relation to the original, so why bother? I'm all for new computers if they do something no exising one does, but the Amiga (in any of its guises) seem to do nothing a PC running Linux or BeOS can't do.
Linux can't run multitasking GUI apps in 512K. AmigaOS can.
AmigaOS was designed for computers with (by today's standards), small screens, small amounts of RAM and secondary storage, and slow processors. So it would make an ideal open source operating system for Psions and other portable/pocket computers.
A group of Slashdotters should get together and write a patent application for the act of patenting. This is totally absurd, so the US patent office is sure to grant it, then we can sue them for breach of our intellectual property.
We'll get so much damages from them in the ensuing lawsuit that they won't be able to afford to employ people to process any new patents.
It looks like the DynaBook has finally come into fruition. Especially when someone develops a set of Python bindings for whatever widget set they develop on top of NanoGUI.
Microsoft didn't get as far as offering Alan any money, the conversation went something like this: ``We'll fly you out to our Redmond campus for you to take a look'' - ``Sorry, not interested''.
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Melissa made it so that we couldn't just tell our less tech-minded brethren/co-workers, "for the last time, you'll be ok if you just don't open any frickin' attachments from people you don't frickin' know!" This one means we can't even tell them "you'll be ok if you don't open any attechments."
That's fine, just tell them "You'll be OK if don't use BillyShit rubbish. Use Liunx instead!"
If people used HTML the way it was intended, as a Hypertext Markup Language, these problems wouldn't arise.
BTW, I'm currently developing a site (www.comuno.com) that should be accessible to anyone. At least, it works with Lynx.
The console manufacturers have had it coming for a while now. Unless they open up development for their machines, they're going to be crushed by someone that does allow free (as in unencumbered) development. Alternately, perhaps one of the console manufacturers (or a Linux hardware company such as VA) will out-open Microsoft by producing a Linux-based console.
Qt's restrictive license, while technically "Open Source", has very much hampered its growth, and led to the rise of serious competition in the form of GTK (which is safely GPL'd).
According to its web site, GTK+ is LGPL'ed.
This is important, because it means you can write proprietary software for GTK+/GNOME.
It is wrong wrong wrong and extremely impolite to accuse GPL of being a viral license because an application that links against or is based on a GPL'd app must be GPL.
Yes, it is wrong, not in the sense of immoral (as you had it), but in the sense of incorrect: the GPL does allow you to link non-GPL'ed code with GPL'ed code; it just doesn't allow you to link code that has a license which is more restrictive than GPL to GPL'ed code.
QT is more restrictive than GPL. This is because you can only distribute modifications to QT as patch files.
One idea might be a new license, identical to GPL, with the exception than this new license would allow linking with any licence compliant with the Open Source Definition.
The new license could be called OSDPL.
Perhaps Linus could persuade the Finnish government to do the same thing?
Mind experiment: implement java in perl, now implement perl in java which of those two programs do you want to maintain?
Neither, I'd rather use Python!
Psion already has a perfectly good multitasking OS which is a damned sight more stable than AmigaDOS.
Yes, but it isn't open source. There is probably more software available for the Amiga, too.
The subject line says it all...
The amiga was cool in its day. That day is now long past. Any proposed new machine will bear little relation to the original, so why bother?
I'm all for new computers if they do something no exising one does, but the Amiga (in any of its guises) seem to do nothing a PC running Linux or BeOS can't do.
Linux can't run multitasking GUI apps in 512K. AmigaOS can.
AmigaOS was designed for computers with (by today's standards), small screens, small amounts of RAM and secondary storage, and slow processors. So it would make an ideal open source operating system for Psions and other portable/pocket computers.
I keep hearing about his wonderful innovations, and have yet to hear ONE
That's not fair. Microsoft has had lots of innovations, for example:
MS has also been very innovative in taking the usage of FUD to new heights, for example their recent ``Linux Myths'' page.
A group of Slashdotters should get together and write a patent application for the act of patenting. This is totally absurd, so the US patent office is sure to grant it, then we can sue them for breach of our intellectual property.
We'll get so much damages from them in the ensuing lawsuit that they won't be able to afford to employ people to process any new patents.
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-- Phil Hunt, philh@vision25.demon.co.uk
It looks like the DynaBook has finally come into fruition. Especially when someone develops a set of Python bindings for whatever widget set they develop on top of NanoGUI.
I want one!
Microsoft didn't get as far as offering Alan any money, the conversation went something like this: ``We'll fly you out to our Redmond campus for you to take a look'' - ``Sorry, not interested''.
At least, that's what Alan told me.
``Phil Karn's once-popular "KA9Q" software ''
Once popular? I still use it.