The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that, it's all learned.
(Bruce Ediger, bediger@teal.csn.org, in comp.os.linux.misc, on X interfaces.)
Any intro economics class will teach you that monopolies are bad for the following reason : "They dominate the market and this means that they don't have to do any research or develop _really_ new product, so they don't."
This is classic monopoly abuse, plain and simple. If Microsoft goes out and sets the bar high for themselves, it'll cost them more in the long run, instead of costing us more.
So, I'm not an expert on the GPL, but it sounds like we're looking at a fork?
Where the OSS community gets to continue to use a public GPL`ed version, and Oracle will develop what they bought?
I wouldn't think that Oracle would undermine MySql OS'ness, but the article said without a continuance of their license Mysql Development could slow down, or be setback. Maybe someone can explaint the highlights of the GPL that apply here?
Yeah... I think maybe you're wrong. When an OS uses device drivers, it's essentially creating a Hardware Abstraction Layer... and All software, and programming languages are moving towards more abstraction.
The idea that a program will run across multiple platforms is a testament to the abstraction of the hardware, and the generic features of the OS (threading, file system, etc). Maybe the point is the UI of the OS is going to become more important, as we run out of features to abstract. Heaven knows we programmers wouldn't mind some things being simplified... (Asynchronous sockets anyone?)
Don't get me wrong, I love c++, but the OS is getting abstracted away, and that's okay.
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The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that, it's all learned.
(Bruce Ediger, bediger@teal.csn.org, in comp.os.linux.misc, on X interfaces.)
Any intro economics class will teach you that monopolies are bad for the following reason : "They dominate the market and this means that they don't have to do any research or develop _really_ new product, so they don't."
This is classic monopoly abuse, plain and simple. If Microsoft goes out and sets the bar high for themselves, it'll cost them more in the long run, instead of costing us more.
So, I'm not an expert on the GPL, but it sounds like we're looking at a fork? Where the OSS community gets to continue to use a public GPL`ed version, and Oracle will develop what they bought? I wouldn't think that Oracle would undermine MySql OS'ness, but the article said without a continuance of their license Mysql Development could slow down, or be setback. Maybe someone can explaint the highlights of the GPL that apply here?
Yeah... I think maybe you're wrong. When an OS uses device drivers, it's essentially creating a Hardware Abstraction Layer... and All software, and programming languages are moving towards more abstraction. The idea that a program will run across multiple platforms is a testament to the abstraction of the hardware, and the generic features of the OS (threading, file system, etc). Maybe the point is the UI of the OS is going to become more important, as we run out of features to abstract. Heaven knows we programmers wouldn't mind some things being simplified... (Asynchronous sockets anyone?) Don't get me wrong, I love c++, but the OS is getting abstracted away, and that's okay.
Sounds like they're getting ready to distribute it during the "Ready Launch Tour 2005"s st.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/events/2005launchevents/