Apparently Yahoo's version is native to Windows, and thus faster than Google's, but less portable.
No. The article doesn't say that. Read it again. The news poster twisted the words to make google look good. For once why can't people just agree that someone has done something better than google?
For the morons among us who don't understand what I am saying: the/. summary says that yahoo is faster because its a native application, but the article says that yahoo is faster and its a native application offering more benifits, not because. Do the deduction yoursel. (BTW, I refuse to believe that someone can be stupid enough to do this out of mistake.)
Don't know about there, but here the bureaucrats (did I get the spelling right?) have an upper hand over politicians. Politicians are there in the office just for few years - bureaucrats are there for decades. And bureaucrats have more technical knowledge than politicians (at least here).
After reading the parent post and responses to it, I'm shocked to realise that there are atleast some people on slashdot who are not full of shit. My world is collapsing on me. I think I'm going to commit suicide.
I made a similar post a while back. And I wasn't even condemning commercial distros - I was just asking whether slashdotters feel bad about commercial distro makers taking developers work, making money from it in a cheap, dirty way (I used very mild, non-insulting terms). I got modded down as a troll. And I got about 23 million responses explaining why I was wrong/a troll/Darl McBride.
Why was parent modded down as troll? Oh yes, I forgot, this is slashdot. Only unreasonable Linux support and outright rejection of Windows as a suitable OS are acceptable.
OK, so Microsoft is 'evil' and all. And I won't fight with you if you say that Linux is an overall better OS than Windows. But saying Linux is better than Windows in every way is just being unreasonably ignorant. The Linux desktop has a long way to go before it can even be compared to the Windows desktop.
Just looking at the screenshots tell us that Xandros contains modified version of GPLed or other open source apps. Doesn't that mean that they should release the source code of their modification? I can't seem to find a link to download source code. (I know they have free version but does it offer the source code?) In fact, not just Xandros, most of these commercial distros don't release their modified source code. And Lindows (Linspire) didn't even have a free version until yesterday (metaphorically yesterday. don't bite me.).
I suspect they expect it to be replaced with Linux or Windows by the user....They probably didn't want the support burden of bundling the PC with a Linux distribution.
Oh, come on. Don't be such a zealot. Lets get real. How hard is it for a vendor to install linux? They are going to replace it with a pirated copy of windows. Yeah, so slashdot is a site for (open source) geeks, but this is just going too far. This is just plain lying. BTW, I live in a developing and there already a LOT of PCs by compaq which have freedos or some other DOS. I KNOW what these PCs are used for. They are just replaced with a pirated copy of Windows. Trust me. I know.
The next thing you know, slashdot will be reporting in a few days that the Linux desktop share has exceeded that of Windows desktop share.
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The only next improvement I can think of is if it did related searches to the term you searched for
So many posts criticising the use of the number 666... Looks like noone on slashdot has a sense of humour. The only acceptable jokes are old, unoriginal, non-innovative, stereotypical ones like "netcraft confirms it" and "in korea only old people...".
This should signal google to immediately remove all of it censorship in China.... blah blah blah
What the fuck? Google is a fucking company. Why should it do ANYTHING in the interest of the people?!! If you are right, then why can't we just ask all the companies of the world to donate all their profit to charity? Actually, I think this donating is a great idea, but wouldn't that, according to some slashdotters, make me a communist?
Whats up with condemning it just because its from China (instead of just pointing out its crappy quality)? Oh yes, I forgot, this is Slashdot, the epitome of American geekhood, all things communist must be evil. Yes, that's right, mod me down - that wont be censorship, that'll be just democracy.
Wasn't there an article on/. that said this is what sun's strategy is going to be to fight linux? It would have been nice if a link to that previous story was posted in the summary. I cant seem to find it through the search. Can some please post the link here? Or did I see it somewhere else?
Can some please translate the summary to English for me? I can't understand a thing from the summary. The summary says "Google backed off its beta of Google Groups" but "you can't get to the original (wonderful) Google Groups anymore". What the hell is there then? Two monkeys and a flying squirell? Plus, when I go to groups.google.com I see the original Google Groups - contradicting the summary. What am I missing here?
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Apparently Yahoo's version is native to Windows, and thus faster than Google's, but less portable.
/. summary says that yahoo is faster because its a native application, but the article says that yahoo is faster and its a native application offering more benifits, not because. Do the deduction yoursel. (BTW, I refuse to believe that someone can be stupid enough to do this out of mistake.)
No. The article doesn't say that. Read it again. The news poster twisted the words to make google look good. For once why can't people just agree that someone has done something better than google?
For the morons among us who don't understand what I am saying: the
Don't know about there, but here the bureaucrats (did I get the spelling right?) have an upper hand over politicians. Politicians are there in the office just for few years - bureaucrats are there for decades. And bureaucrats have more technical knowledge than politicians (at least here).
Is this the way all our newspapers will be going?
No, not until our monitors can display resolutions as high as printed material.
The open circulation edition is not allowed to be used for commercial purposes. According to the site "It is strictly for non-commercial use".
What moral, technical or otherwise authority do IBM and Red Hat have to 'certify' Linux apps?
(-1 Troll, here I come.)
After reading the parent post and responses to it, I'm shocked to realise that there are atleast some people on slashdot who are not full of shit. My world is collapsing on me. I think I'm going to commit suicide.
I made a similar post a while back. And I wasn't even condemning commercial distros - I was just asking whether slashdotters feel bad about commercial distro makers taking developers work, making money from it in a cheap, dirty way (I used very mild, non-insulting terms). I got modded down as a troll. And I got about 23 million responses explaining why I was wrong/a troll/Darl McBride.
Why was parent modded down as troll? Oh yes, I forgot, this is slashdot. Only unreasonable Linux support and outright rejection of Windows as a suitable OS are acceptable.
OK, so Microsoft is 'evil' and all. And I won't fight with you if you say that Linux is an overall better OS than Windows. But saying Linux is better than Windows in every way is just being unreasonably ignorant. The Linux desktop has a long way to go before it can even be compared to the Windows desktop.
Ya im being cheap.
No, you're not. They are obliged to release atleast a community edition after making money from software that has developed by the community.
Dyslexia? Or just plain ignorance? Reading your comment it looks like both. Please read my comment again.
Just looking at the screenshots tell us that Xandros contains modified version of GPLed or other open source apps. Doesn't that mean that they should release the source code of their modification? I can't seem to find a link to download source code. (I know they have free version but does it offer the source code?) In fact, not just Xandros, most of these commercial distros don't release their modified source code. And Lindows (Linspire) didn't even have a free version until yesterday (metaphorically yesterday. don't bite me.).
Truthful Advetising is an oxymoron.
Here, in India, there are already a lot of PCs sold by compaq that have freedos or caldera dos installed.
I suspect they expect it to be replaced with Linux or Windows by the user....They probably didn't want the support burden of bundling the PC with a Linux distribution.
Oh, come on. Don't be such a zealot. Lets get real. How hard is it for a vendor to install linux? They are going to replace it with a pirated copy of windows. Yeah, so slashdot is a site for (open source) geeks, but this is just going too far. This is just plain lying. BTW, I live in a developing and there already a LOT of PCs by compaq which have freedos or some other DOS. I KNOW what these PCs are used for. They are just replaced with a pirated copy of Windows. Trust me. I know.
The next thing you know, slashdot will be reporting in a few days that the Linux desktop share has exceeded that of Windows desktop share.
The only next improvement I can think of is if it did related searches to the term you searched for
It already does that: Google Sets. More or less.
OK, I bet 300$ and a midget that "I build my own out of lego" is going to be the next "netcraft confirms it".
So many posts criticising the use of the number 666... Looks like noone on slashdot has a sense of humour. The only acceptable jokes are old, unoriginal, non-innovative, stereotypical ones like "netcraft confirms it" and "in korea only old people...".
along with Mike Maerz
Mike Maerz?!! OMG, you mean the one who starred in the Awsten Pavers series?!!! w00t!
When ads are burned into BIOSes.
/me takes out a piece of paper and scribbles down something.
Hmm...
Hey, thanks!
Please don't start bashing RMS now. Most slashdotters dont't have the authority, knowledge or common sense to judge RMS.
This should signal google to immediately remove all of it censorship in China.... blah blah blah
What the fuck? Google is a fucking company. Why should it do ANYTHING in the interest of the people?!! If you are right, then why can't we just ask all the companies of the world to donate all their profit to charity? Actually, I think this donating is a great idea, but wouldn't that, according to some slashdotters, make me a communist?
Whats up with condemning it just because its from China (instead of just pointing out its crappy quality)? Oh yes, I forgot, this is Slashdot, the epitome of American geekhood, all things communist must be evil. Yes, that's right, mod me down - that wont be censorship, that'll be just democracy.
Wasn't there an article on /. that said this is what sun's strategy is going to be to fight linux? It would have been nice if a link to that previous story was posted in the summary. I cant seem to find it through the search. Can some please post the link here? Or did I see it somewhere else?
you can find most of my life out there on big ol' web.....
Isn't that a pickup line?
Can some please translate the summary to English for me? I can't understand a thing from the summary. The summary says "Google backed off its beta of Google Groups" but "you can't get to the original (wonderful) Google Groups anymore". What the hell is there then? Two monkeys and a flying squirell? Plus, when I go to groups.google.com I see the original Google Groups - contradicting the summary. What am I missing here?
Watch out VMware and Microsoft.
Why Microsoft?