Inkscape is a Sodipodi fork. IIRC, they wanted it to be C++ and had a different idea of how the development process should go, so it was split. In retrospect, judging by features and popularity, it looks like the Inkscape folks chose well.
Although the poster seemed to think so, I really don't believe the Inkscape folks are trying to make an Illustrator Killer anymore than Linus is trying to make a Windows Killer.
Like most OSS developers, they are just trying to make good software that is free and does what they want it to do. When people start calling them ___ Killers, then we get all the crap about "But Gimp can't compete with Photoshop!" and suddenly they get compared and deemed poor because they are not as good as the best product in the world in that particular field. Of course not, they're younger, less complete, impeded by patents, and worked on for free. Judge absolute worth, not relative worth, and if a free product isn't good enough for your purposes, buy the one that is. Let's just avoid characterizing things as Davids to the commercial Goliaths, k?
Being a swashbuckler myself, I find the name "Pirate Act" to be highly inaccurate.
It's copyright infringement. Piracy is a different matter altogether. Anybody can download a song, but it takes quite a bit more daring to pilage at a professional level.
Also, I need to learn how to format slashdot comments so they keep the newlines I set.
Sorry to anyone trying to read that big mush of text in the parent.
As glad that I am that a company with
questionable business practices is getting
what is coming to them, it also
marks a pile of Linuxey IT workers who are out
of a job. I don't care how evil we may think SCO is,
there are folks in there just trying to do a good job and support their families.
So, before we say, "Hurray! The Enemy is losing!"
we should keep in mind that some of our own
are amongst their ranks.
Err.. were.
Also, imagine applying for a job at a
linuxey firm..
"Says here you worked for SCO.. they tried to ruin linux, right"
"Oh.. it says SCO? That must be a typo."
"There is a whole paragraph, in detail.."
"It's ALL A TYPO!"
.. Cue the Godwin's Law theme music..
A wee bit of demonizing, ay?
I, personally, don't blame MPAA for this
silliness: I blame the educators and the
lawmakers. We can only expect companies and finacially-based organizations to do what they
can to make money, including brainwashing kids.
However, it's the lawmakers and teachers job to
see through this. Well, hopefully.
Ah. I think there is a difference in words here.
He seems to be using "right" and "wrong" to mean
"morally correct" and "morally incorrect".
You seem to be interpreting them to mean
"objectively correct" and "objectively incorrect".
By your interpretation of the words, yes a contradiction. By his, however, all seems well
by my logic checker dealie.
Somewhere deep in my heart, I was hoping that this would be the first slashdot thread ever to not mention go.
You, sir, have smashed that hope.
Oh well, Go rocks.
I want!
I hate using the above-ground transit routes
that those lesser people.
Goodbye cold and rainy walks to work,
hello.. ermm.. massive fines and potential
prison time.
I know this is cheating, but I must say:
the worst development job I've ever had
is unemployment. Lots of work, but no pay.
Any job is better than no job, so long as you're getting paid.
All of my worst have been ill-concieved college
projects assigned by TAs, particularly ones that have little to nothing to do with the course.
Augh, now I'm having flash-backs to buggy Nachos stuff for an OS course.
Re:GNOME 2.6 view from a software engineer.
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GNOME 2.6 Reviewed
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· Score: 5, Funny
*sigh*.. again somebody goes and ruins a perfectly good flamewar by actually posting information.
Just because sales are going up doesn't mean that file sharing is helping sales.
Remember the "correlation and causation are different things" idea slashdotters are always bitching about?
I know many people who download instead of buying, but very few who buy more because of their downloads.
As much as not being able to run Gnome 2.6
today makes me want to sit on my bed and
weep, I am really grateful that the Gnome
team is more concerned with releasing a secure
product than with releasing when they said
they would.
This is one of those advantages of non-commerical
software that we always cheer about in action.
Rock on.
I think it's great that a language has survived so
long.
That being said.. although it has it's purposes,
it'd be hard to say that it is "strong". It may
be used. It may be actively developed.
However, "strong" is probably an overstatement.
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For me, it's closer, more convenient ctrl. Try it, just uncommment a line in your X server setup, iirc.
Inkscape is a Sodipodi fork.
IIRC, they wanted it to be C++ and had a different idea of how the development process should go, so it was split.
In retrospect, judging by features and popularity, it looks like the Inkscape folks chose well.
Although the poster seemed to think so,
I really don't believe the Inkscape folks
are trying to make an Illustrator Killer anymore
than Linus is trying to make a Windows Killer.
Like most OSS developers, they are just trying
to make good software that is free and does what
they want it to do.
When people start calling them ___ Killers,
then we get all the crap about "But Gimp can't
compete with Photoshop!" and suddenly
they get compared and deemed poor because they are
not as good as the best product in the world
in that particular field. Of course not,
they're younger, less complete, impeded by
patents, and worked on for free.
Judge absolute worth, not relative worth,
and if a free product isn't good enough
for your purposes, buy the one that is.
Let's just avoid characterizing things as
Davids to the commercial Goliaths, k?
Being a swashbuckler myself, I find the name
"Pirate Act" to be highly inaccurate.
It's copyright infringement.
Piracy is a different matter altogether.
Anybody can download a song, but it takes
quite a bit more daring to pilage at a professional
level.
Arrr.
Also, I need to learn how to format slashdot comments so they keep the newlines I set.
Sorry to anyone trying to read that big mush of text in the parent.
As glad that I am that a company with questionable business practices is getting what is coming to them, it also marks a pile of Linuxey IT workers who are out of a job. I don't care how evil we may think SCO is, there are folks in there just trying to do a good job and support their families. So, before we say, "Hurray! The Enemy is losing!" we should keep in mind that some of our own are amongst their ranks. Err.. were. Also, imagine applying for a job at a linuxey firm.. "Says here you worked for SCO.. they tried to ruin linux, right" "Oh.. it says SCO? That must be a typo." "There is a whole paragraph, in detail.." "It's ALL A TYPO!"
.. Cue the Godwin's Law theme music.. A wee bit of demonizing, ay? I, personally, don't blame MPAA for this silliness: I blame the educators and the lawmakers. We can only expect companies and finacially-based organizations to do what they can to make money, including brainwashing kids. However, it's the lawmakers and teachers job to see through this. Well, hopefully.
Ah. I think there is a difference in words here. He seems to be using "right" and "wrong" to mean "morally correct" and "morally incorrect". You seem to be interpreting them to mean "objectively correct" and "objectively incorrect". By your interpretation of the words, yes a contradiction. By his, however, all seems well by my logic checker dealie.
"No, a Kilochicken is a 1000 chickens. You're thinking of a kibichicken. Check it out at http://www.nist.gov" Somebody had to, right? Right?
Somewhere deep in my heart, I was hoping that this would be the first slashdot thread ever to not mention go. You, sir, have smashed that hope. Oh well, Go rocks.
Ah, I love the smell of forks in the morning. Hurrah for vitality.
Would be and was. It is taken. The Y project is off the ground, and provides it's own widgets. Interesting stuff.
I want! I hate using the above-ground transit routes that those lesser people. Goodbye cold and rainy walks to work, hello.. ermm.. massive fines and potential prison time.
I know this is cheating, but I must say: the worst development job I've ever had is unemployment. Lots of work, but no pay. Any job is better than no job, so long as you're getting paid.
All of my worst have been ill-concieved college projects assigned by TAs, particularly ones that have little to nothing to do with the course. Augh, now I'm having flash-backs to buggy Nachos stuff for an OS course.
*sigh*.. again somebody goes and ruins a perfectly good flamewar by actually posting information.
Just because sales are going up doesn't mean that file sharing is helping sales. Remember the "correlation and causation are different things" idea slashdotters are always bitching about? I know many people who download instead of buying, but very few who buy more because of their downloads.
As much as not being able to run Gnome 2.6 today makes me want to sit on my bed and weep, I am really grateful that the Gnome team is more concerned with releasing a secure product than with releasing when they said they would. This is one of those advantages of non-commerical software that we always cheer about in action. Rock on.
I think it's great that a language has survived so long. That being said.. although it has it's purposes, it'd be hard to say that it is "strong". It may be used. It may be actively developed. However, "strong" is probably an overstatement.