I think it is too late, but once they come out with the source code, it can be clearly demonstrated that they used PearPC code, then they'll be fscked.
Are there any legit reasons that they didn't use an OSS alternative, like Python? It seems to satisfy all of the issues mentioned in the article...am I missing something?
Just a question: If the story says "How many iPod touting [sic] slashdotters plan to switch?" and this guy answers "Not me...it's too expensive"...WTF about that is flamebait?
This has been and always will be the essence of the OSS development structure. The illusion is that the OSS world is somehow united. The Hurd project has NOTHING to do with Linux. Or any BSD. Or Arch Linux. Or the GIMP. Just as Macromedia Dreamweaver has NOTHING to do with Frontpage. It's not splintering...they're completely different things.
Well, they seem to be saying that just a few strokes of the desired colors in certain areas, then press "go". I have experience doing some of these things in Photoshop and Gimp, and it's a bitch to get the quality they show in their "after" images.
Or, at least, not a cushy office job. Cushy office jobs are a great gig, and they're only available to those who are willing to play by the rules. So sorry that you're too stuborn to join society, buddy!
Cushy office jobs are for mind-controlled losers.:)
You are so wrong, most business do NOT like being on the cutting edge. They want stability. Their customers want stability. Their investment people want stability. Their underwriters want stability. Leading edge does not promote stability and in fact greatly increases risk. You are the wrong one and if you run a business, you're very likely (deservedly) to be learning about bankruptcy.
Nu-uh! Yu-huh!
I'm not so wrong. You're so wrong. I will restate that companies won't risk their asses on the cutting edge, but they are always taking risks to keep a step ahead of the competition. They'll take a risk to reduce spending. If you run a business in the IT field and don't take risks, I'll call you out of business.:)
I'd say that Linux is more PC (Haha!) than Win in that it has a better public image (as an entity, not an OS) than Win.
Businesses don't give a toss about being cutting edge?
Of course they do! They won't risk their asses, but companies love to be on the cutting edge. This isn't an argument for deploying Linux, your statement is just false.
Because Java isn't proprietary?
Of course it is, but you ignored the essence of the comment (nothing to do with Java...just as Sun Java Desktop has almost nothing to do with Java) which points to how people are fed up about more and more control being exerted on software...more obfuscated installs and strict EULAs.
Linux is arcane?
I agree to a certain extent...but you'll agree that Linux over the past year has made some incredible strides...I installed Debian on a friend's old PC recently and have had many fewer calls for help since the change. Perception is always separate from truth.
I use Arch Linux and one of the trusted user repos has the full efl family, built one week ago. Well, almost complete...it's missing evidence and a couple of other thingies...to get the whole group enable rensels repo and:
I use the GIMP all the time and I love it. It does take me more clicks to get things done in the GIMP thain Photoshop, though.
Case in point is the text tool. It's just unwieldy. I can get good results, though, just a bit more work.
Ummm...I use the GIMP every day. I'm a website developer and graphic designer. I like Photoshop better than the GIMP, but other than some less-than-perfect GUI issues, I love the GIMP as well.
Well it's not so much whether or not people will be lured away from MS Office to OO.o, but the fact that they COULD easily, without issues, choose either one and still be able to communicate with the rest of the world.
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I think it is too late, but once they come out with the source code, it can be clearly demonstrated that they used PearPC code, then they'll be fscked.
Are there any legit reasons that they didn't use an OSS alternative, like Python? It seems to satisfy all of the issues mentioned in the article...am I missing something?
OKOKOK!!! I give up! :)
Exactly! Who the flux has ever heard of the Beatles anyway?
Kaleidoscope? You mean John Lennon...I think he was a shitty hippy band the Beatles...I could be wrong. Shatner's version was much...more...memorable?
Just a question: If the story says "How many iPod touting [sic] slashdotters plan to switch?" and this guy answers "Not me...it's too expensive"...WTF about that is flamebait?
Not after this article, though. :)
BTW...Arch is the roxers...my snizzle. :)
Well..it's important to have people out there trying to apply these theories...even if they fail. Otherwise, progress wouldn't happen.
This has been and always will be the essence of the OSS development structure. The illusion is that the OSS world is somehow united. The Hurd project has NOTHING to do with Linux. Or any BSD. Or Arch Linux. Or the GIMP. Just as Macromedia Dreamweaver has NOTHING to do with Frontpage. It's not splintering...they're completely different things.
Check out Arch Linux. It's a bit young, but up-to-date, fast, elegant and great package management.
Except for me. :)
Exactly..I know that CSS 2 isn't perfect, but, if IE 7 isn't going to support it fully, WTF do they suggest? Grrr...
But...wasn't Linux recently (last year) installed on a system with 1024 processors?
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http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardw
And you must admit that Google does not get hacked, right?
Sheesh! This has degeneratified into udder unintelligibilitudinousness.
Well, they seem to be saying that just a few strokes of the desired colors in certain areas, then press "go". I have experience doing some of these things in Photoshop and Gimp, and it's a bitch to get the quality they show in their "after" images.
Or at least if the application is being developed, the dev team could collaborate with the IRS to develop a ruleset each year.
Or, at least, not a cushy office job. Cushy office jobs are a great gig, and they're only available to those who are willing to play by the rules. So sorry that you're too stuborn to join society, buddy! Cushy office jobs are for mind-controlled losers. :)
You are so wrong, most business do NOT like being on the cutting edge. They want stability. Their customers want stability. Their investment people want stability. Their underwriters want stability. Leading edge does not promote stability and in fact greatly increases risk. You are the wrong one and if you run a business, you're very likely (deservedly) to be learning about bankruptcy. Nu-uh! Yu-huh! I'm not so wrong. You're so wrong. I will restate that companies won't risk their asses on the cutting edge, but they are always taking risks to keep a step ahead of the competition. They'll take a risk to reduce spending. If you run a business in the IT field and don't take risks, I'll call you out of business. :)
Politically correct?
I'd say that Linux is more PC (Haha!) than Win in that it has a better public image (as an entity, not an OS) than Win.
Businesses don't give a toss about being cutting edge?
Of course they do! They won't risk their asses, but companies love to be on the cutting edge. This isn't an argument for deploying Linux, your statement is just false.
Because Java isn't proprietary?
Of course it is, but you ignored the essence of the comment (nothing to do with Java...just as Sun Java Desktop has almost nothing to do with Java) which points to how people are fed up about more and more control being exerted on software...more obfuscated installs and strict EULAs.
Linux is arcane?
I agree to a certain extent...but you'll agree that Linux over the past year has made some incredible strides...I installed Debian on a friend's old PC recently and have had many fewer calls for help since the change. Perception is always separate from truth.
I use Arch Linux and one of the trusted user repos has the full efl family, built one week ago. Well, almost complete...it's missing evidence and a couple of other thingies...to get the whole group enable rensels repo and:
pacman -S efl
Hmmm...my experience is completely opposite to yours, then. :)
Well, I made a living doing it for years in Mexico...I guess maybe I'm confused about what the definition of "professional" is?
I use the GIMP all the time and I love it. It does take me more clicks to get things done in the GIMP thain Photoshop, though. Case in point is the text tool. It's just unwieldy. I can get good results, though, just a bit more work.
Ummm...I use the GIMP every day. I'm a website developer and graphic designer. I like Photoshop better than the GIMP, but other than some less-than-perfect GUI issues, I love the GIMP as well.
Well it's not so much whether or not people will be lured away from MS Office to OO.o, but the fact that they COULD easily, without issues, choose either one and still be able to communicate with the rest of the world.