JG I assume that the burning issue was keeping it simple.
TB And we missed. XML is a lot more complex than it really needs to be. It's just unkludgy enough to make it over the goal line. The burning issues? People were already starting to talk about using the Web for various kinds of machine-to-machine transactions and for doing a lot of automated processing of the things that were going through the pipes.
Amazingly, for such a popular method of 'communication' between and within applications, XML is admitted by most to be rather flawed and bulky...
I think it is important that you read this document from IBM which points out that the technology they will be introducing will not lock you down to a specific Operating System.
Thin-Client computing by another name, again. Wasn't convinced 20 years ago. Still not convinced now. I don't want to have a useless PC just because I stopped paying the $20 a month subscription to the applications.
By the way, I understand that YDL are servicing a niche market, and what they are doing is entirely fair, but I still feel that people need free alternatives to try out Linux. Maybe having an Open Circulation Edition a lá Xandros would be a good idea.
Bittorrent is being actively discriminated against by ISPs, e.g. slowing down long-term Bittorrent seeding. You rightly point out that this could be illegal but this in turn stops the legitimate use of bittorrent in, for instance, distributing large linux distros, as the upload speed is limited...
At one point, the Bittorrent devs threatened to make their packets unidentifiable to combat this - I do hope they would.
as it doesn't mention the plethora of brilliant '3rd party' clients like Azureusand BitTornado which have been offering a variety of these features for a very long time.
Slashdot Mirror
that is a HUGE number of bots. I wonder if there is a greater penetration of computers in the UK into homes, which might explain this.
Involuntary settlements in the Soviet Union
For instance, over 200,000 articles in German
Damn, wrong button!
http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/ab33baa0ec2390357 863935709927f7e/index.html
TB And we missed. XML is a lot more complex than it really needs to be. It's just unkludgy enough to make it over the goal line. The burning issues? People were already starting to talk about using the Web for various kinds of machine-to-machine transactions and for doing a lot of automated processing of the things that were going through the pipes.
Amazingly, for such a popular method of 'communication' between and within applications, XML is admitted by most to be rather flawed and bulky...
What! He didn't release it under the GPL! That's appalling - waaaaaaaaaaa!
Has anyone ever justified these claims that CSS is a flawed standard? In slashdotters experience, is CSS flawed, and if so, how?
Unfortunately, on reflection I think you are right...
To be fair, I know very few computer users who are for the RIAA/MPAA/MSFT/GOV metroplex.
I think it is important that you read this document from IBM which points out that the technology they will be introducing will not lock you down to a specific Operating System.
If Linux gets in on the game then surely this could be a positive thing for computer users.
See the Trusted Gentoo project for example.
Until we see locked down BIOSes then this is hardly a threat to Linux if it responds quickly.
Thin-Client computing by another name, again. Wasn't convinced 20 years ago. Still not convinced now. I don't want to have a useless PC just because I stopped paying the $20 a month subscription to the applications.
By the way, I understand that YDL are servicing a niche market, and what they are doing is entirely fair, but I still feel that people need free alternatives to try out Linux. Maybe having an Open Circulation Edition a lá Xandros would be a good idea.
(For reference, Yellow Dog Linux is probably the biggest supplier of PPC LInux and the only supplier that sells Mac Hardware with Linux preloaded.)
From TFA Sub-Heading: Creative Commons is new licensing scheme
how the change ever was added in the first place? Overzealous legal department?
Hey, no problem - my bad too!
I assume you mean this
I honestly cannot see where it answers my question (I did check it before posting, too)
to use the 'official' Mozilla branding if they wish to?
What is the volume of complaints you have received when the Mozilla suite was cancelled - more or less than you expected?
entirely content-free story on Slashdot? Look at the Google Cache of the first link!
Bittorrent is being actively discriminated against by ISPs, e.g. slowing down long-term Bittorrent seeding. You rightly point out that this could be illegal but this in turn stops the legitimate use of bittorrent in, for instance, distributing large linux distros, as the upload speed is limited...
At one point, the Bittorrent devs threatened to make their packets unidentifiable to combat this - I do hope they would.
as it doesn't mention the plethora of brilliant '3rd party' clients like Azureusand BitTornado which have been offering a variety of these features for a very long time.
BTW, Site is down: So to read the article, check out MirrorDot