So what you're saying is that you can't copy software in any way - you can't add a RAID mirror, make an image of a filesystem or make a backup CD of the install kit.. (all protected actions under fair-use...)
Dude, I've got the distinct impression that you don't know much about Windows OR Linux... Using Windows in this case would be like trying to jam multiple square pegs in the round hole - they have their own holes, but this one isn't one of them...
So your argument is that since none of the people that currently use Windows (in the order of hundreds of millions) will ever install Linux anyway, the installers can still suck? Do you see the problem with that logic or do I have to post another reply?
Umm - do you really realy run Linux? because most distributions today come in cd sets and need a lot of disk space to run. They do include a lot of useful stuff and hard-disks are cheap today, so it's a non-problem anyway.
If you like everything in win xp except size, well there's XP embedded too... (if you're even lower on webspace that's embedded Linux/win CE/*BSD territory)
The amount of competition for programs is a lot higher than Windows has. Granted, Windows has a lot of freeware and shareware programs, but there isn't as big of a range on Windows.
you do realize that the j2me apps probably load.txt,.html or whatever, no?
here's an ancient but perfect example: MicroReader - I've been using it for ages.. btw: lowest font size gets you about 14 rows - very usable at ~12 rows...
Actually something like that is happening with freeware/shareware right now - usually just upload you.pad file and you're set - see tucows.com, softpedia.com...
yeah right, the first... the first Sony Ericsson phone that plays mp3s, has a coloured screen and a camera and is named W800i... really inovative indeed...
the T-Mobile SDA or trusty Siemens SL45 must have been figments of our collective imagination...
it's the Variant type - most languages have them in one form or another. A good example of how this isn't a solution (and what it promotes) is Visual Basic..
Yes, and you'd also not like to feed it coal to get the "superheated steam at 400C and at 40-bar pressure (4 million Pa)", no? Prety please w/sugar on top - read the article - there is no "boiler"...
And that's one of the main the reason open source doesn't catch on as well as it should - (hey, it's free - now why do so many people insist on paying for stuff? I wonder why everybody isn't getting a refund on MS products and sending donations to OSS projects... ).
It's because most developers do it for themselves - as an interesting project, not considering what the user needs (not to mention 0 market research usually). That's cool (I'm a dev myself and do stuff for the fun of it), but whining about why other people don't like your work afterwards seems a little odd...
You're either doing it for yourself (and keeping your very nice proggie multi-platform, but only between linux versions) or doing it for the users and offering them what they NEED: win32 versions. And manuals. And support. Taking money for some of your work isn't immoral you know...
Consider Firefox or OpenOffice NOT having Windows ports.. Or done completely without corporate support... Idealism and morals are good, but purism and extremism are bad in the Real World(tm)
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Thanks for telling us what to think - run along now...
not quite - they get their popularity from the fact that most 3rd party stuff _works_ with Windows.
So what you're saying is that you can't copy software in any way - you can't add a RAID mirror, make an image of a filesystem or make a backup CD of the install kit.. (all protected actions under fair-use...)
Who do you work for again?
Rest in Peace - he was a good influence on a lot of people.
Yes occifer, I saw the "Don't feed the trolls" sign, but it's sooo much fun!
Dude, I've got the distinct impression that you don't know much about Windows OR Linux... Using Windows in this case would be like trying to jam multiple square pegs in the round hole - they have their own holes, but this one isn't one of them...
ach - my at the end got lost...
So your argument is that since none of the people that currently use Windows (in the order of hundreds of millions) will ever install Linux anyway, the installers can still suck? Do you see the problem with that logic or do I have to post another reply?
Umm - do you really realy run Linux? because most distributions today come in cd sets and need a lot of disk space to run. They do include a lot of useful stuff and hard-disks are cheap today, so it's a non-problem anyway.
If you like everything in win xp except size, well there's XP embedded too... (if you're even lower on webspace that's embedded Linux/win CE/*BSD territory)
two points about that case:
- they were very very lucky
- somebody died..
You're mostly right, but projects like Kaffe aim to fill that gap too (ARM/XScale, MIPS...)
Um... I think the Prius is already running a variant of Windows CE/Mobile...
Actually there is Exposé for Windows - it's called Konspose...
the accelerator is down - anybody got a mirror?
yeah, right... but what happens when one bastard decides to TK?
The amount of competition for programs is a lot higher than Windows has. Granted, Windows has a lot of freeware and shareware programs, but there isn't as big of a range on Windows.
Aeri, meet the likes of http://www.download.com/ and http://www.softpedia.com/ (there are many more you know...)
you do realize that the j2me apps probably load .txt, .html or whatever, no?
here's an ancient but perfect example: MicroReader - I've been using it for ages.. btw: lowest font size gets you about 14 rows - very usable at ~12 rows...
The purposeful dupesweren't funny last year, either.. :(
Ha! They must have been selling you multiple lives too - a .ro domain name is 50$+VAT lifetime (cheaper if you look a little bit harder).
Actually something like that is happening with freeware/shareware right now - usually just upload you .pad file and you're set - see tucows.com, softpedia.com ...
actually they can - they could show a different page to GoogleBot...
yeah right, the first... the first Sony Ericsson phone that plays mp3s, has a coloured screen and a camera and is named W800i... really inovative indeed...
the T-Mobile SDA or trusty Siemens SL45 must have been figments of our collective imagination...
it's the Variant type - most languages have them in one form or another. A good example of how this isn't a solution (and what it promotes) is Visual Basic..
Yes, and you'd also not like to feed it coal to get the "superheated steam at 400C and at 40-bar pressure (4 million Pa)", no? Prety please w/sugar on top - read the article - there is no "boiler"...
And that's one of the main the reason open source doesn't catch on as well as it should - (hey, it's free - now why do so many people insist on paying for stuff? I wonder why everybody isn't getting a refund on MS products and sending donations to OSS projects... ).
It's because most developers do it for themselves - as an interesting project, not considering what the user needs (not to mention 0 market research usually). That's cool (I'm a dev myself and do stuff for the fun of it), but whining about why other people don't like your work afterwards seems a little odd...
You're either doing it for yourself (and keeping your very nice proggie multi-platform, but only between linux versions) or doing it for the users and offering them what they NEED: win32 versions. And manuals. And support. Taking money for some of your work isn't immoral you know...
Consider Firefox or OpenOffice NOT having Windows ports.. Or done completely without corporate support... Idealism and morals are good, but purism and extremism are bad in the Real World(tm)