We're specifically talking about developing for iPhone/iPad. Why does it matter that "Objective-C" does have garbage collection, if you can't use it? It's one advantage that this Mono/.NET thing would have, that makes things easier for developers.
It's an annual cost, not a one-time cost, and it makes one of the most important things about open source software far more difficult than it should be, namely taking the source code and adapting it for your own needs.
If you use Automatic Updates, and the updates it installs require a reboot, it'll show a 5 minute countdown, after which it'll forcefully reboot. If you happen to not be at the computer when it does, you can say goodbye to any unsaved work you might have had.
They can use whatever file format or software they like when producing the work, whatever they're most comfortable with. But when it comes to handing it in for grading, either PDF or printing out a hard copy is the best idea. It's exactly what PDF is designed for, producing a read-only copy with precise definitions for the layout when it's printed.
This hasn't been true since XP SP2 was released, back in 2004. Type a web url into the address bar of any newer release, and it'll redirect the request to your default web browser.
You'd still need some way of synchronizing access to the Firefox profile. Right now, you can't run Firefox twice using the same profile, which means you can't share settings, cookies, extensions, etc.
Universities get a much higher discount than high schools, but in order to see the prices, you have to be logged in from a university network. For comparison, Macbook Pro:
Normal price, £899.
Further education (think high school) price, £845.25, ~6% discount.
do you believe that you'd be able to just debug the kernel or some complicated framework, understand the coding, write a fix and be sure that it won't break all other applications because your fix breaks some other expected functionality?
It's not about rewriting the kernel to fix an issue you're having with your application, that'd be ridiculous. But if you have access to the source code, you can actually see what's going on at a level far below your own code. Without that, all you really have to go on is developer documentation from the manufacturer which may be inaccurate, or the object code which is harder to read and comprehend.
It's not an accident at all. Apple have clearly taken steps to try to ensure OS X doesn't work on anything but so-called "Apple Labelled" machines, as shown by the "Dont Steal Mac OS X.kext" kernel module included since Tiger.
You're absolutely right about that. But to claim that "Skype for Linux to be open-sourced" is misleading at best, if it only includes a small portion of the Skype codebase.
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In Europe at least, Paypal is registered as a bank, and is regulated as such.
Yeah, just ask RMS how Hurd is coming along.
I'd be more than happy to do this if books didn't cost at least twice as much as Amazon sell them for.
Nonsense, Microsoft love open source software, but only when it's BSD licensed.
Bullshit. You can't load any code onto an iPhone without a signing key from Apple, costing $100 per year. And no, jailbreaking does not count.
We're specifically talking about developing for iPhone/iPad. Why does it matter that "Objective-C" does have garbage collection, if you can't use it? It's one advantage that this Mono/.NET thing would have, that makes things easier for developers.
iPhone has no garbage collection, for one thing.
It's an annual cost, not a one-time cost, and it makes one of the most important things about open source software far more difficult than it should be, namely taking the source code and adapting it for your own needs.
They'll continue to be evil until they stop requiring all apps to be signed by Apple before you can install them.
No, I'm Spartacus!
If you use Automatic Updates, and the updates it installs require a reboot, it'll show a 5 minute countdown, after which it'll forcefully reboot. If you happen to not be at the computer when it does, you can say goodbye to any unsaved work you might have had.
They can use whatever file format or software they like when producing the work, whatever they're most comfortable with. But when it comes to handing it in for grading, either PDF or printing out a hard copy is the best idea. It's exactly what PDF is designed for, producing a read-only copy with precise definitions for the layout when it's printed.
This hasn't been true since XP SP2 was released, back in 2004. Type a web url into the address bar of any newer release, and it'll redirect the request to your default web browser.
I'm sure it's not intended to work like that, but it does show that they can and do block accessories from being used as chargers when they want to.
All that'd serve to do is make them look more popular than ever. Traffic up 300%! Sounds like a good mar
"charging is not supported with this accessory".
You'd still need some way of synchronizing access to the Firefox profile. Right now, you can't run Firefox twice using the same profile, which means you can't share settings, cookies, extensions, etc.
Universities get a much higher discount than high schools, but in order to see the prices, you have to be logged in from a university network. For comparison, Macbook Pro:
Normal price, £899.
Further education (think high school) price, £845.25, ~6% discount.
Higher education (think college) price, £772.80, ~14% discount.
Even better: http://xkcd.com/605/
That may be true, but there are better options these days, less verbose, easier to parse, etc, like YAML.
Really? Because I can clearly see links to Hotmail and Yahoo Mail on the screenshots.
It's not about rewriting the kernel to fix an issue you're having with your application, that'd be ridiculous. But if you have access to the source code, you can actually see what's going on at a level far below your own code. Without that, all you really have to go on is developer documentation from the manufacturer which may be inaccurate, or the object code which is harder to read and comprehend.
Revenge, most likely.
It's not an accident at all. Apple have clearly taken steps to try to ensure OS X doesn't work on anything but so-called "Apple Labelled" machines, as shown by the "Dont Steal Mac OS X.kext" kernel module included since Tiger.
You're absolutely right about that. But to claim that "Skype for Linux to be open-sourced" is misleading at best, if it only includes a small portion of the Skype codebase.