This is to request slashdotters in Italy to track and tell us the role of Linux/OSS if any, in this project. If one knows how Linux can be of use, I'd welcome the information too. I wonder whether Linux/OSS can play a role.
I am angry at NASA. Can someone relly tell me what actually works as intended at NASA?
NASA should learn to do and achieve/deliver more with less. Heck, how come the Russians can do it?
For slashdotters' information, giant Russian Antonov-124 cargo aircraft are the ones doing the heavy lifting in Pakistan. We in the US have nothing comparable. Sad!
Nigeria should tread carefully with Microsoft. Otherwise, they (Nigerians) will be locked into Microsoft's proprietary hold - for good!
On the other hand, I suppose if Nigeria wanted to fight these scammers, they would have used a fraction of their oil profits to hire some OSS developers who I strongly believe, would deliver strong software and technical advice to fight these scammers.
...but was helpless since I am neither programmer no coder!
I'd like slashdotters to tell me one cross-platform application that is more beautiful and therefore more pleasant to look at, [and use] on Linux, as compared to its Windows counterpart.
I'll answer that: None!
From OpenOffice with its huge icons, Firefox with its terrible fonts...may I go on?
That question ought to be answered. When will it go away for good on Linux systems? Even apt-get with debs is not that perfect though it's better than rpm and its equivalent manager. Autopackage looked promising, but seemed to be shunned by distros packagers. What looks promising is klikhttp://dot.kde.org/1126867980/ from the KDE folks. I will not be surprised if it too, gets sidelined by the major distros.
If we in the OSS world want to be deemed a serious contender, we MUST solve user's problems. As far as Linux goes, software management is still a huge problem.
I have a dream; and I hope the time will come, when if one talks of a software for Linux, this software can install across all Linux based distros.
What I see is that a number of project releases based on Firefox in some way, have "Fire" in their name. Are these going way of KDE which have "K" emphasized in their name?
Ford and Boeing are in trouble. Makes me wonder whether these companies will even be relevant in a decade's time, when this technology is expected to be big. With competition from Airbus for Boeing and Ford having been replaced by Toyota, I doubt they will be strong participants in this field. Fact is, Airbus is now the largest airplane maker and not as many people want to buy Ford's vehicles.
M$ could argue that an operating system always has mechanisms to protect itself, and thus an anti-virus defense system must be included. Though I find the argument reasonable, if Syamantec succeeds in stemming Microsoft's efforts here, I believe the browsing bundling issue will be re-visited.
Mandriva could afford to be more specific especially on boot times. Heck, the developers know how long it takes this new distro to boot. So they could have been more specific.
I am worried that such specimen could be concealing deadly bacteria/viruses that man does not know how to handle. Mind you, there is a rumor that AIDS was a rogue virus that escaped from some American lab. Does the scientist know what he's dealing with? Why not just leave the creature alone?
> "The cash-strapped Russian Federal Space Agency has turned to space tourism to generate money."
"...Meanwhile, the American cash filled Space Agency (NASA) is still unable to put men into space...even after billions of dollars have been spent!"
To me, we Americans still do not get it! Clearly, of the two space agencies, one of them is doing or getting it right. Can we say it is we the Americans? I doubt, but stand to be corrected.
I agree. Governments should buy the product they want, but what distribution stands a chance here? Slashdotters, let's speculate for a second on this. I would have speculated but I do not know what software is used in revenue operations.
M$ did something similar to WordPerfect where by WP never worked fine on DOS. Nobody sued them. This was the case with Netscape with constant crashes. Who sued M$ on these grounds?
They could make Firefox on Linux as beautiful as its windows counterparts. Let slashdotters look at font management on Linux. How about that? Is it too much to ask for?
Google must quickly nimble at M$ browser market. The tie to IE for most web services on Windows must be made irrelevant for M$ to be defeated. What I see so far, from StarOffice 8.0 and the buzz with AJAX software is a good start. Google also has its video that requires no video playing software on the computer. The problem is that for StarOffice, it is not that presentable (read beautiful) on Linux as it is on Windows systems so that initial attraction is difficult to come along on Linux systems.
That some major government mandates the default installation of a browser that meets W3C standards to some debatable extent, (say 90%), on all computer systems purchased. Within this restriction, vendors would be required to meet some standards on a 100% basis. With OpenDocument, Massachusetts has done its part. Now, they should extend this to browsers.
They have done very little about these MySQL gotchas! They should have eliminated most of them first. You can still read them here: http://sql-info.de/mysql/gotchas.html.
I am still waiting for a database system/program that will have a GUI as programmable as that of MS-Access. I have not looked at this latest release, but all the GUIs I have looked at up to now do not cut it! The talk of PHPMyAdmin, Navicat, MySQL Control Center and the like, reaffirms my conviction of un-seriousness on the matter of putting business and common logic into database applications. Putting this kind of logic to applications is much more easier in Access but that belongs to Windows - sadly.
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This is to request slashdotters in Italy to track and tell us the role of Linux/OSS if any, in this project. If one knows how Linux can be of use, I'd welcome the information too. I wonder whether Linux/OSS can play a role.
NASA should learn to do and achieve/deliver more with less. Heck, how come the Russians can do it?
For slashdotters' information, giant Russian Antonov-124 cargo aircraft are the ones doing the heavy lifting in Pakistan. We in the US have nothing comparable. Sad!
On the other hand, I suppose if Nigeria wanted to fight these scammers, they would have used a fraction of their oil profits to hire some OSS developers who I strongly believe, would deliver strong software and technical advice to fight these scammers.
I'd like slashdotters to tell me one cross-platform application that is more beautiful and therefore more pleasant to look at, [and use] on Linux, as compared to its Windows counterpart.
I'll answer that: None!
From OpenOffice with its huge icons, Firefox with its terrible fonts...may I go on?
If we in the OSS world want to be deemed a serious contender, we MUST solve user's problems. As far as Linux goes, software management is still a huge problem.
I have a dream; and I hope the time will come, when if one talks of a software for Linux, this software can install across all Linux based distros.
What I see is that a number of project releases based on Firefox in some way, have "Fire" in their name. Are these going way of KDE which have "K" emphasized in their name?
Unfortunately, Boeing still makes loses despite all these achievements.
Unfortunately, all those materials and manufacturing patents do not help as the company has made repeated loses in the years past!
Ford and Boeing are in trouble. Makes me wonder whether these companies will even be relevant in a decade's time, when this technology is expected to be big. With competition from Airbus for Boeing and Ford having been replaced by Toyota, I doubt they will be strong participants in this field. Fact is, Airbus is now the largest airplane maker and not as many people want to buy Ford's vehicles.
M$ could argue that an operating system always has mechanisms to protect itself, and thus an anti-virus defense system must be included. Though I find the argument reasonable, if Syamantec succeeds in stemming Microsoft's efforts here, I believe the browsing bundling issue will be re-visited.
Question is:
How can I have a share on this?
- that I believe has been tested,
- is so popular,
- is expected to improve,
- has acquired other distros in order to improve,
- is regarded as one of the simplest distros,
Mandriva could afford to be more specific especially on boot times. Heck, the developers know how long it takes this new distro to boot. So they could have been more specific.
Somebody must come clean here. What is happening? And then we say that OpenSource software is easier to secure, manage and maintain? Give me a break!
Guys, Microsoft is the innovator at least according to Bill G. But where is M$ here? What about M$ Virtual Earth?
I am worried that such specimen could be concealing deadly bacteria/viruses that man does not know how to handle. Mind you, there is a rumor that AIDS was a rogue virus that escaped from some American lab. Does the scientist know what he's dealing with? Why not just leave the creature alone?
"...Meanwhile, the American cash filled Space Agency (NASA) is still unable to put men into space...even after billions of dollars have been spent!"
To me, we Americans still do not get it! Clearly, of the two space agencies, one of them is doing or getting it right. Can we say it is we the Americans? I doubt, but stand to be corrected.
I agree. Governments should buy the product they want, but what distribution stands a chance here? Slashdotters, let's speculate for a second on this. I would have speculated but I do not know what software is used in revenue operations.
M$ did something similar to WordPerfect where by WP never worked fine on DOS. Nobody sued them. This was the case with Netscape with constant crashes. Who sued M$ on these grounds?
Your concern on speed is valid. AJAX applications could be installed on a local intra-net. Here, the speed issue would be solved.
They could make Firefox on Linux as beautiful as its windows counterparts. Let slashdotters look at font management on Linux. How about that? Is it too much to ask for?
Google must quickly nimble at M$ browser market. The tie to IE for most web services on Windows must be made irrelevant for M$ to be defeated. What I see so far, from StarOffice 8.0 and the buzz with AJAX software is a good start. Google also has its video that requires no video playing software on the computer. The problem is that for StarOffice, it is not that presentable (read beautiful) on Linux as it is on Windows systems so that initial attraction is difficult to come along on Linux systems.
That some major government mandates the default installation of a browser that meets W3C standards to some debatable extent, (say 90%), on all computer systems purchased. Within this restriction, vendors would be required to meet some standards on a 100% basis. With OpenDocument, Massachusetts has done its part. Now, they should extend this to browsers.
If that happens, Firefox will take off.
Hey...we have to talk about these gotchas: http://sql-info.de/mysql/gotchas.html. Remember, this is the land of freedom.
They have done very little about these MySQL gotchas! They should have eliminated most of them first. You can still read them here: http://sql-info.de/mysql/gotchas.html.
I am still waiting for a database system/program that will have a GUI as programmable as that of MS-Access. I have not looked at this latest release, but all the GUIs I have looked at up to now do not cut it! The talk of PHPMyAdmin, Navicat, MySQL Control Center and the like, reaffirms my conviction of un-seriousness on the matter of putting business and common logic into database applications. Putting this kind of logic to applications is much more easier in Access but that belongs to Windows - sadly.