You are missing the point, slightly. The problem isn't that
some people won't be able to compile the code. *shrug*
The problem is that Java is compiled to bytecode and run on Java Virtual Machines (JVMs). OOo is using proprietary Sun APIs that only work in the Sun JVM. Many Linux users don't have the Sun version, but rather a compatible JVM. (Also, many windows machines used to use MS's own JVM. I don't keep up on that, but it was the cause of a major lawsuit)
So, if I'm running RedHat, which started building its own JVM, OOo won't run properly.
Is it odd that Duke is using a RedHat Enterprise Ripoff? You would think that being in the same area as RedHat Corp Headquarters, they would pay for the real version. Is this kind of like Lindows (now Linspire) setting up shop in Seattle, just to piss of M$?
First, there's no requirement to release your modifications to GPL code unless you're charging a fee for binaries of the modified code. If you keep it in-house, it's yours.
It is just if you are charging for binaries. It is if you are making a profit. Think Linksys routers. And in this case, it isn't the government that is developing this, it is Boeing or SAIC or whatever other sub they use. So even though there is only one customer (Pentagon), they are charging for product derived from GPL. So I would think they would be required to give back.
I don't disagree with your assertion, just the analogy. Van Gogh didn't sell any of his paintings. Since he wasn't trying to sell paintings, he wouldn't have been mad at the world for being 'ungrateful'.
I would like to see apples vs. oranges duking it out. An apple did inspire gravity, and has cool computers named after it. But orange does have a color named after it, and the juice. Who will win! Stay tuned.
ie: they're already the de-facto standard in a market that's 2 months old.
You are doing the same thing. To say that an mp3 player built into a usb flash drive is a 2 month old market is saying that it didn't exist before Apple came along.
I've had one just like it for over a year and a half. Mine might not be as small or cute, but it even has a display.
Apple may have introduced the market to other big players, but it is by no means a new market.
I'm not exactly sure where you get your info from. A dirty bomb is not nearly as bad as it sounds. First of all, it isn't easy getting a hold of radioactive material. And even if someone could build one of these, they still need an excellent target to get maximum dispersal without dilluting it so much that it is not effective.
Also, radiation exposure is not lethal, it causes radiation poisoning. If severe enough and gone untreated, then people could die. However, there are drugs to give to victims of radiaton poisoning (I believe families that live near nuke plants are given these as a precaution). The sickness itself doesn't come from the radiation, but the body trying to filter all the cells that have been killed as a result of radiation (particularly gamma radiation).
Now, being exposed would also put people at a higher risk of cancer in the future. But I don't think there are terrorists out there plotting "I will release fire on the Great Satan... then a small percentage of the infidels will eventually die from cancer resulting from mutated cells! Mwahahahahahaha!"
Why are all these VoIP packages aimed at replacing the "old" way people use phones? What I want is a low cost VoIP solution that has no long distance and provides a bridge for local POTS calls. It should also provide an easy way to make IP-IP calls. I have a cell phone that gives me free long distance.
If a service only costs 5 bucks a month, but offered no long distance, I could talk my parents and distant friends into signing up and we wouldn't have to use POTS at all.
I really enjoyed Card's *stories*. His *writing* style seemed very simplistic. I guess the target audience is 12 year olds. Once his stories got muddled and out of the spirit of the series, the reading became unbearable because the writing was so weak.
Another rant. His forwards are long and boring and awful. I barely made it to the first chapter. I don't know why I didn't skip them, but some morbid curiosity kept telling me, "this one can't be as bad as the last one". Oops, wrong again. What a self important ass.
Fiber is not affected by electrical interference, as it is an optical transmission. This isn't a bad idea, outside the fact that the point of the fiber is so people don't need phone lines.
The reason they can't just go over phone lines is most likely that phone lines are burried shollow and unprotected. Whereas the fiber would most likely buried deeper in a protective conduit. So to burry over the phone line would require burrying under the phone line.
An anti-trust violation is when you use your dominant market share to un-fairly gain an advantage over your competitors. Since MS is using SCO as a proxy, the only thing they are using is money. Now, this may violate some other laws and or ethics, but there are no anti-trust issues here. But then again, IANAL.
I have been a longtime reader of his site. He has mirrors up on electoral-vote2.com on up. I think 5 was the highest I last heard, but I'm sure he'll be putting up more after gettting a good slashdotting. And he thought the people trying to DoS him was bad...
You are just one of those downers that caused the Internet bubble to burst. You are not supposed to actually read the price to earnings ratio. Just look at the pretty graph and daydream about what color your next Mercedes will be.
What's next, are you going to say that it would be a _bad_ idea to buy a whole bunch of advertising during the Super Bowl?
PriceWatch shows the cheapest "barebones" PC (CPU + mobo + case) is $56 (AMD Athlon XP 2000) ... you've already hit the $100 limit (processor not included)
You lost me there. Barebones kits include CPU. You have it right there on the FIRST LINE!
Also, I don't think we should be including shipping. The question is if it can be done, not can you do it.
I can see it now. HEADLINE: Bush was right! WMD's found in Iraq! One half of the material used to make an Anti-matter explosives with more power than nuclear weapons has been located by experts. Insider quoted as saying, "They were literally hiding it everywhere!"
-They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
I'm not sure yet what my take on this is. On the one hand it may mean some flux in the 2.6 mainline for some time to come. On the other hand I think it is a better way to continue development of features that will enhance the kernel.
The main problem with branching an odd series kernel is that no one wants to test it. People say that 2.6 came prematurely, but Linus had to shove it down our throats to get some users on it and iron out the bugs. It is amazing how bugs can hang around for months in some obscure tree, but once they go mainline, the bug fix is out in the very next release candidate.
Many of us don't want to be beta testers, but like it or not, this is Free Software and Linus can't afford an army of interns sitting around doing QA (think MS). I think that leaning toward the side of bleeding edge, and letting the distro's be a buffer for the people that want stable kernel releases is the best way to reach his goal, the best Kernel he can make.
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So, if I'm running RedHat, which started building its own JVM, OOo won't run properly.
Is it odd that Duke is using a RedHat Enterprise Ripoff? You would think that being in the same area as RedHat Corp Headquarters, they would pay for the real version. Is this kind of like Lindows (now Linspire) setting up shop in Seattle, just to piss of M$?
It is just if you are charging for binaries. It is if you are making a profit. Think Linksys routers. And in this case, it isn't the government that is developing this, it is Boeing or SAIC or whatever other sub they use. So even though there is only one customer (Pentagon), they are charging for product derived from GPL. So I would think they would be required to give back.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
I don't disagree with your assertion, just the analogy. Van Gogh didn't sell any of his paintings. Since he wasn't trying to sell paintings, he wouldn't have been mad at the world for being 'ungrateful'.
I would like to see apples vs. oranges duking it out. An apple did inspire gravity, and has cool computers named after it. But orange does have a color named after it, and the juice. Who will win! Stay tuned.
You are doing the same thing. To say that an mp3 player built into a usb flash drive is a 2 month old market is saying that it didn't exist before Apple came along.
I've had one just like it for over a year and a half. Mine might not be as small or cute, but it even has a display.
Apple may have introduced the market to other big players, but it is by no means a new market.
I'm not exactly sure where you get your info from. A dirty bomb is not nearly as bad as it sounds. First of all, it isn't easy getting a hold of radioactive material. And even if someone could build one of these, they still need an excellent target to get maximum dispersal without dilluting it so much that it is not effective.
Also, radiation exposure is not lethal, it causes radiation poisoning. If severe enough and gone untreated, then people could die. However, there are drugs to give to victims of radiaton poisoning (I believe families that live near nuke plants are given these as a precaution). The sickness itself doesn't come from the radiation, but the body trying to filter all the cells that have been killed as a result of radiation (particularly gamma radiation).
Now, being exposed would also put people at a higher risk of cancer in the future. But I don't think there are terrorists out there plotting "I will release fire on the Great Satan... then a small percentage of the infidels will eventually die from cancer resulting from mutated cells! Mwahahahahahaha!"
Why are all these VoIP packages aimed at replacing the "old" way people use phones? What I want is a low cost VoIP solution that has no long distance and provides a bridge for local POTS calls. It should also provide an easy way to make IP-IP calls. I have a cell phone that gives me free long distance.
If a service only costs 5 bucks a month, but offered no long distance, I could talk my parents and distant friends into signing up and we wouldn't have to use POTS at all.
I really enjoyed Card's *stories*. His *writing* style seemed very simplistic. I guess the target audience is 12 year olds. Once his stories got muddled and out of the spirit of the series, the reading became unbearable because the writing was so weak.
Another rant. His forwards are long and boring and awful. I barely made it to the first chapter. I don't know why I didn't skip them, but some morbid curiosity kept telling me, "this one can't be as bad as the last one". Oops, wrong again. What a self important ass.
Fiber is not affected by electrical interference, as it is an optical transmission. This isn't a bad idea, outside the fact that the point of the fiber is so people don't need phone lines.
The reason they can't just go over phone lines is most likely that phone lines are burried shollow and unprotected. Whereas the fiber would most likely buried deeper in a protective conduit. So to burry over the phone line would require burrying under the phone line.
An anti-trust violation is when you use your dominant market share to un-fairly gain an advantage over your competitors. Since MS is using SCO as a proxy, the only thing they are using is money. Now, this may violate some other laws and or ethics, but there are no anti-trust issues here. But then again, IANAL.
Back in the day, before the integrated circuit, they would use women to build the computers by literally weaving all the wires together.
I have been a longtime reader of his site. He has mirrors up on electoral-vote2.com on up. I think 5 was the highest I last heard, but I'm sure he'll be putting up more after gettting a good slashdotting. And he thought the people trying to DoS him was bad...
You are just one of those downers that caused the Internet bubble to burst. You are not supposed to actually read the price to earnings ratio. Just look at the pretty graph and daydream about what color your next Mercedes will be.
What's next, are you going to say that it would be a _bad_ idea to buy a whole bunch of advertising during the Super Bowl?
You lost me there. Barebones kits include CPU. You have it right there on the FIRST LINE!
Also, I don't think we should be including shipping. The question is if it can be done, not can you do it.
I can see it now. HEADLINE: Bush was right! WMD's found in Iraq! One half of the material used to make an Anti-matter explosives with more power than nuclear weapons has been located by experts. Insider quoted as saying, "They were literally hiding it everywhere!" -They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
I'm not sure yet what my take on this is. On the one hand it may mean some flux in the 2.6 mainline for some time to come. On the other hand I think it is a better way to continue development of features that will enhance the kernel.
The main problem with branching an odd series kernel is that no one wants to test it. People say that 2.6 came prematurely, but Linus had to shove it down our throats to get some users on it and iron out the bugs. It is amazing how bugs can hang around for months in some obscure tree, but once they go mainline, the bug fix is out in the very next release candidate.
Many of us don't want to be beta testers, but like it or not, this is Free Software and Linus can't afford an army of interns sitting around doing QA (think MS). I think that leaning toward the side of bleeding edge, and letting the distro's be a buffer for the people that want stable kernel releases is the best way to reach his goal, the best Kernel he can make.