If Sun is doing a reasonable job maintaining the source code
That is EXACTLY the only probable cause of a fork, as long as Sun can continue make the best available version of Java.
The only downside to a fork is the Java trademark. Sure I can live with a Java-compatible fork, but how confusing will it be for others (the non-technically inclined) when all they want is a Java that just "works the way it used".
Linus Torvalds (the creator of the Linux kernel, which is the 'kernel' of an operating system, which if you need to have that explained, please leave slashdot and never return)
Are these the Minimum Requirements like you find on the back of software packaging? If so, in 18months time, we'll all need to understand quantum physics!?.
I'm going to be restarting the UFSJ work in a week or two as part of my daytime job. I hope to have something available for public testing within a few weeks of that.
Sony never seem to learn from prior mistakes and it would seem many companies in that regard are in that same boat.
I've never downloaded anything from iTunes store or related music stores, I am quite happy to go to a real store and get physical media that I can own.
At the end of the day, DRM is just a waste of time and resources better spent else-where, much like the whole Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD, or DVD- vs DVD+, Betamax vs VHS.
Not sure how many people have noticed, but most of these standards seem to come in pairs, so why isn't there a THIRD standard that takes the best of both?
Slashdot Mirror
Possibly, although I really think this is just Slashdot at it's best.
What is the one thing both Opera[*] & KDE have in common?
QT.
[*] Not sure about the Windows version though.
Bundled with a new "mini" game called, Vista.
Yeah, I'm looking forward to the new Minesweeper too.
eugh, here is me thinking they just pulled random numbers from outta their arse!
It's BFS not BeFS.
You make sound like someone has been killed..
There's No News Like Old News.
Point taken, although very few people are good with there native language let alone a "foreign" one.
Too young? I have a bowel movement nearly every day.
Aural Bliss ;)
Ditto, although so glad you didn't say bumper stickers.
</Joke>
Argh! you made my tinfoil hat melt :(
The only downside to a fork is the Java trademark. Sure I can live with a Java-compatible fork, but how confusing will it be for others (the non-technically inclined) when all they want is a Java that just "works the way it used".
What's a $1 billion to the likes of SONY?
Peanuts. Maybe a few bananas, with a cherry on top.
There is also something called GEOM Journal.
Obviously my intel ICH5 southbridge doesn't support NCQ, otherwise it would "Just Work(TM)", it is just a matter of the right hardware.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu_Ray#Hard-coating
google search for AMD + Z-RAM ;) - certainly close.
I am also looking for a decent 12"er.. laptop that is. A lot of 12"er's are way over priced :(
I predict it will be called MacBook and powered by a Core Solo --shame.
It goes without saying, these article must have been written by imbaciles as opposed to "real" monkeys, it is just atrocious.
5mins of my life well spent. what a bargin.
Hmmm.. it would seem you got the next best thing.
I can't wait to run Symantec Norton Internet Security on this "thing" and Bonzi Buddy.
Sony never seem to learn from prior mistakes and it would seem many companies in that regard are in that same boat.
I've never downloaded anything from iTunes store or related music stores, I am quite happy to go to a real store and get physical media that I can own.
At the end of the day, DRM is just a waste of time and resources better spent else-where, much like the whole Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD, or DVD- vs DVD+, Betamax vs VHS.
Not sure how many people have noticed, but most of these standards seem to come in pairs, so why isn't there a THIRD standard that takes the best of both?
Anyway, I am off to dream about pipes.