His hostilities are because he is getting customer backlash. I bet he is losing customers due to this mess.
You realize that his paying customers are largely closed-source developers who don't give a shit, right? It's not as if open-source developers ever pay for anything.
ah yes, just like fast food and factory work
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What about good old 'working per hour, at defined rate'?
It can create a bad impression on Mozilla applications if other apps that proudly boast that they're based on such apps don't release updates in a timely manner.
Yeah, it took them a day to bring out the 8.01 update. That's just not quick enough!
They don't really KNOW that that it crossed that TERMINATION SHOCK thingamajigger. The termination shock isn't mentioned EVEN ONCE in the bible, new OR old testament.
What you don't seem to realize is that if the license says "hey, take this and do whatever you want" then it's not raping -- it's encouraged. Just because you think they should behave in a certain way doesn't mean they're obligated to, nor do the developers expect them to. Otherwise, the developers would have released the code under a different license. Now go read the GPL three times and say five hail Stallmans.
The GPL imposes a legal obligation to share code. I think when Henning Brauer was complaining about the lack of support from Unix vendors shipping OpenSSH, he wasn't complaining about them failing to meet a legal obligation, but a moral one.
In any case GPL-style sharing of code wouldn't do the OpenSSH guys a whole hell of a lot of good, probably just one of the many reasons they avoid the GPL. Donations of hardware or cash would help a lot.
Why only compare NetBeans to Eclipse? IntelliJ IDEA has for a long time been the most innovative Java IDE (IMHO) and it's the only one I use. Many of the features I see in Eclipse now were in IDEA first. Whilst I have no problem with Eclipse, I like to (a) get those cool features first and (b) support the guys at JetBrains who continually come up with the goods.
We don't pay for software here on Slashdot. Didn't you get the memo?
Perhaps you meant, simply, "conservatives"? Or "social conservatives," as that viewpoint opposes destruction of embryoes? Or "fiscal conservatives," as that viewpoint opposes government funding of research?
No, they don't [volvoxc.com]. In fact there's usually prolonged periods of intermittent stalling and other driveability issues.
Check out the link. It's not uncommon or subtle.
From what I read there, it's not exactly a catastrophic failure. The big problem is just that it is happening far too often. Volvo used to be a lot better than that.
In principle an electronic system can be more reliable, though. I don't think one instance disproves anything.
The Volvo branded units (and I suppose most other designs out there) rely on physical contact (i.e. they're not using an inductive pickup). to measure the throttle position. They wear out, somtimes in well under 50,000miles of driving.
They must wear out gracefully, if what you say is true. Otherwise there would be a lot of accidents in the news.
My car (2004 Mazda 3) has a fully electronic throttle body. It's all servo-driven, no linkage between the throttle and the gas pedal at all. If I had thought to check stuff like that I wouldn't have bought it.
It hasn't given me any trouble yet (it's a 2004, it had better not), but just wait until the sensor shorts out and tells the engine that I want to floor it, or vice versa.
I wouldn't worry. A system with a purely electronic sensor can be made to be much more reliable than a system using a mechanical linkage to... a purely electronic sensor. It's actually one less thing that can become fucked up.
I guess not everyone has seen this. I thought it was kinda funny.
Yes, there are still a few wandering nomads in equitorial New Guinea who haven't seen the "if cars were as unreliable as computers" joke yet. Good job!
I have had the same ancient IBM keyboard on my PC at work for the last 10 years or so. I've gone through 4 PCs in that time, and each time they come with a shiny new Dell keyboard, it gets replaced with the old IBM beater. No "Windows" keys, but I guess that's the price you pay for no-progress. I have a Microsoft keyboard at home, and I don't like it. The keys are slower than the IBM keys, offer slightly more resistance, and the break point isn't the same.
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Stop lying. Thanks.
There was one update. And unless you downloaded the thing instantly, it's a non issue, since the update came quickly.
If Microsoft ever makes a version of windows without IE, which they haven't done since the mid-nineties, I can see where that might be a problem.
Nobody has actually shown that this is Netscape 8's fault yet, but why let that slow down your blathering?
You realize that his paying customers are largely closed-source developers who don't give a shit, right? It's not as if open-source developers ever pay for anything.
Knock yourself out.
Ooooh a whole week. You're so right, Netscape is really asleep at the switch here!
(by some completely unusual and unrealistic standard which cannot reasonably be applied to any other software)
Yeah, it took them a day to bring out the 8.01 update. That's just not quick enough!
Which is funny, since most of the time people are bitching and moaning about leftist bias.
Since you're not using the King James Version you are clearly a commie.
They don't really KNOW that that it crossed that TERMINATION SHOCK thingamajigger. The termination shock isn't mentioned EVEN ONCE in the bible, new OR old testament.
OMG cut NASA's funding!
If that were a true statement, wouldn't they be adding jobs instead of just shifting them geographically?
Would you rather they were "brought up" on a felony charge? Dumb cunt.
The GPL imposes a legal obligation to share code. I think when Henning Brauer was complaining about the lack of support from Unix vendors shipping OpenSSH, he wasn't complaining about them failing to meet a legal obligation, but a moral one.
In any case GPL-style sharing of code wouldn't do the OpenSSH guys a whole hell of a lot of good, probably just one of the many reasons they avoid the GPL. Donations of hardware or cash would help a lot.
Are you sure it's not just your mirror?
We don't pay for software here on Slashdot. Didn't you get the memo?
Or maybe just "dumb hicks"?
From what I read there, it's not exactly a catastrophic failure. The big problem is just that it is happening far too often. Volvo used to be a lot better than that.
In principle an electronic system can be more reliable, though. I don't think one instance disproves anything.
http://www.freepascal.org/faq.html#FPandGNUPascal
They must wear out gracefully, if what you say is true. Otherwise there would be a lot of accidents in the news.
I wouldn't worry. A system with a purely electronic sensor can be made to be much more reliable than a system using a mechanical linkage to... a purely electronic sensor. It's actually one less thing that can become fucked up.
Yes, there are still a few wandering nomads in equitorial New Guinea who haven't seen the "if cars were as unreliable as computers" joke yet. Good job!
Just so you know, you can get that IBM keyboard with the windows keys, if you want them:
http://www.pckeyboard.com/customizer.html
Great stuff.
Come on man, it's not like Apple just sues random people willy-nilly with little provocation.
Oh wait... Apple...
It tells me to do things. Terrible things.
dispense some indiscriminate justice.
You are basing that statement on what, exactly? A faith in the ability of our media to value integrity and accuracy above sensationalism?
I'm afraid I've got some bad news for you...