I like morality as a feature, don't get me wrong. But Ultima IV did this 23 years ago, and they did a better job of it. Instead of one axis of good vs. evil, they monitored 8 separate virtues, and the game demonstrated during character creation that sometimes those virtues could be at odds with each other. Peter Molyneux also hyped up Fable and Fable II so much over the years, that as great as the games might be, they are a pale shadow of the games he promised they would be.
When I first saw the headline on my iGoogle page I read it that San Andreas itself went OSS. I was very disappointed when I reread the headline and summary.
Atari fought and lost over the rights to have a monopoly on Atari hardware, and lost.
And if I recall, TI and IBM both lost fights on clones.
I don't think Psystar should be able to sell Mac OS X preinstalled because it violates Apple's software license, though they could attempt to fight that license as being unfair.
However, I think Psystar should be able to sell hardware that one could install Mac OS X on out-of-the-box. Compliant hardware is not impossible to put together, but I was under the impression that retail copies of Mac OS X won't install on hackintoshes without some form of modification.
I'm not a fan of Ubuntu pacakges, so I'm unlikely ever to run this on the desktop but I've been looking pretty seriously at this project for a while. If I switch from paid hosting to building my own web servers, I'd definitely try this out.
Wow. This is coming from Matt Asay ( http://news.cnet.com/openroad/ ) who writes the OSS blog for Cnet, routinely blasting people for not being open enough, and routinely praising Alfresco for their OSS efforts.
Yes, Adobe can ignore all patches but does it behoove them to do so? Not really.
However, the bigger point you keep missing is that web developers can't have twelve forks of Adobe Flash player running around. They need to be able to develop to one standard.
A restrictive license that prevents forks is not ideal for most scenarios, but there are a few where it makes sense.
When a new Quake comes out, they open up the old engine. The original Half Life was OpenGL if I recall, and could be ported by the community to Mac, Linux, etc. etc. etc. Selling the game for $1 is a nice move. Opening the engine (a decade old engine that won't hurt Valve in the least) would be a better move.
Next they should release the instant video collection that fills your hard drive with a collection of dummy video files that makes it look like you have a large collection.
There never was a Windows XP 64. There is Windows x64, which is built on the Server 2003 kernel, allows me to use more than 4 gigs of memory, but is closer to XP than it is Vista. It is my single favorite Windows release.
The exception actually is XP to an extent. At XP's launch it had problems and used more memory than Win 2k. But despite still using more memory, a properly configured XP SP3 box can run faster than Win 2k on the same hardware. I know firsthand from upgrading several hundred Win2k boxes to XP between my last two companies.
Honestly, Microsoft should build upon a BSD-type kernel the way Mac OS X did. They can keep it close-source, and build as much of the Windows API on it as the want, or develop a new API from the ground up. The EU can't bug them about interoperability anymore, the system will be easier to administer and secure, support won't cost Microsoft as much, and backwards compatibility can be handled in sandboxed emulation layers.
It makes entirely too much sense, but Microsoft is so worried about appearance and killing companies like Apple and Google that they'd never take such a logical step.
Well a virus is an irritating program that eats up resources, making your computer unstable, interfering with hardware, replicates and repairs itself when you attempt to delete it, and drives you insane.
I can't imagine why someone would describe Windows as a virus.
Two of the people I converted to Linux in the past week were because of printers. They have a printer, but Vista doesn't provide drivers for their older printer, and the manufacturer isn't making new Vista drivers for older printers. But they both just worked in Linux. I know Brother makes their own dedicated Linux drivers, but Lexmark, Cannon and Kodak are supported by CUPS and Gutenprint I believe.
Routinely I come across older printers without new drivers on Windows. I don't have that problem in Linux.
As far as cheap/random webcams, my ISP gave some cheap ones away. The manufacturer had Windows 98 drivers and that was it, hence the massive give away. They work in Linux however.
Linux has better hardware support than Vista overall, and Macs are in the same boat that people buying Windows peripherals or software won't be able to install it.
I'm curious where you estimate that 90% of hardware won't work on Linux comes from. The biggest problem with hardware support in Linux right now seems to be specific wireless chipsets, but a pre-built OEM Linux laptop won't have that issue.
My webcams, headsets, gamepads, printers, mice, speakers, etc. all work out of the box, and in some ways work better on Linux than on Windows.
1 - I'm going to go on a limb and guess HP is still the number one printer seller. HP printers are easier to install in Linux than in Windows. My mom just bought a new all-in-one and hplips got everything installed right away. No driver downloads, no fuss. It just worked in under 60 seconds, including fax, scan and copy functionality. 2 - I personally have yet to come across any major webcam that doesn't work in Linux. I buy HP laptops, and every webcam in an HP laptop has worked for me in Linux. Regardless an OEM preinstall of a distro on a laptop like I suggested would mean the webcam would be setup and working out of the box. 3 - Games aren't a big part of the laptop market. However, I think we can all agree that Windows games count as a point for Windows and a mark against Linux. 4 - Tax software? Every major company has a website where you e-file online without the need for any additional software. I e-file in Firefox on Linux with no problems.
Dell already offers Ubuntu, and HP historically has supported SUSE.
SUSE in the past has had package manager issues, but seriously check out openSUSE 11, or the openSUSE 11.1 beta 5. The package manager is GREATLY improved. It searches and resolves packages considerably better, packages are smaller files (LZMA compression), and dependency issues are solved much better now.
The thing I really like about Novell/openSUSE is the development efforts to make improvements themselves and push them upstream. They also backport features. openSUSE packages are just good packages. I could find a decent KDE desktop in Mandriva, PCLinuxOS, etc. but alongside the Arch KDEMod team, openSUSE arguably puts out the single best KDE desktop I've seen.
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I like morality as a feature, don't get me wrong. But Ultima IV did this 23 years ago, and they did a better job of it. Instead of one axis of good vs. evil, they monitored 8 separate virtues, and the game demonstrated during character creation that sometimes those virtues could be at odds with each other. Peter Molyneux also hyped up Fable and Fable II so much over the years, that as great as the games might be, they are a pale shadow of the games he promised they would be.
Does Vista have some major tangible benefit evident to the average consumer besides Aero?
When I first saw the headline on my iGoogle page I read it that San Andreas itself went OSS. I was very disappointed when I reread the headline and summary.
Except there is some precedent.
Atari fought and lost over the rights to have a monopoly on Atari hardware, and lost.
And if I recall, TI and IBM both lost fights on clones.
I don't think Psystar should be able to sell Mac OS X preinstalled because it violates Apple's software license, though they could attempt to fight that license as being unfair.
However, I think Psystar should be able to sell hardware that one could install Mac OS X on out-of-the-box. Compliant hardware is not impossible to put together, but I was under the impression that retail copies of Mac OS X won't install on hackintoshes without some form of modification.
I'm sure someone will correct me on that.
I'm not a fan of Ubuntu pacakges, so I'm unlikely ever to run this on the desktop but I've been looking pretty seriously at this project for a while. If I switch from paid hosting to building my own web servers, I'd definitely try this out.
I've mad several comments about that very thing on his blog, but he never responds.
Wow. This is coming from Matt Asay ( http://news.cnet.com/openroad/ ) who writes the OSS blog for Cnet, routinely blasting people for not being open enough, and routinely praising Alfresco for their OSS efforts.
Yes, Adobe can ignore all patches but does it behoove them to do so? Not really.
However, the bigger point you keep missing is that web developers can't have twelve forks of Adobe Flash player running around. They need to be able to develop to one standard.
A restrictive license that prevents forks is not ideal for most scenarios, but there are a few where it makes sense.
Aren't the responsible for the plugin model in their browser? Aren't they responsible for the OS security?
Take a look at how Chrome handles plugins and then try to pass the buck.
Since we're on the subject of Total Recall, and I the only one who noticed that Indiana Jones IV completely ripped their ending off Total Recall?
Yes, you can even find yourself west of house, next to a mailbox.
When a new Quake comes out, they open up the old engine. The original Half Life was OpenGL if I recall, and could be ported by the community to Mac, Linux, etc. etc. etc. Selling the game for $1 is a nice move. Opening the engine (a decade old engine that won't hurt Valve in the least) would be a better move.
Go past this, past this part. In fact, never play this again.
I was waiting for this. I'm surprised it took this long to have it posted.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monty_Python_Instant_Record_Collection
Next they should release the instant video collection that fills your hard drive with a collection of dummy video files that makes it look like you have a large collection.
There never was a Windows XP 64. There is Windows x64, which is built on the Server 2003 kernel, allows me to use more than 4 gigs of memory, but is closer to XP than it is Vista. It is my single favorite Windows release.
The exception actually is XP to an extent. At XP's launch it had problems and used more memory than Win 2k. But despite still using more memory, a properly configured XP SP3 box can run faster than Win 2k on the same hardware. I know firsthand from upgrading several hundred Win2k boxes to XP between my last two companies.
Honestly, Microsoft should build upon a BSD-type kernel the way Mac OS X did. They can keep it close-source, and build as much of the Windows API on it as the want, or develop a new API from the ground up. The EU can't bug them about interoperability anymore, the system will be easier to administer and secure, support won't cost Microsoft as much, and backwards compatibility can be handled in sandboxed emulation layers.
It makes entirely too much sense, but Microsoft is so worried about appearance and killing companies like Apple and Google that they'd never take such a logical step.
Well a virus is an irritating program that eats up resources, making your computer unstable, interfering with hardware, replicates and repairs itself when you attempt to delete it, and drives you insane.
I can't imagine why someone would describe Windows as a virus.
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Two of the people I converted to Linux in the past week were because of printers. They have a printer, but Vista doesn't provide drivers for their older printer, and the manufacturer isn't making new Vista drivers for older printers. But they both just worked in Linux. I know Brother makes their own dedicated Linux drivers, but Lexmark, Cannon and Kodak are supported by CUPS and Gutenprint I believe.
Routinely I come across older printers without new drivers on Windows. I don't have that problem in Linux.
As far as cheap/random webcams, my ISP gave some cheap ones away. The manufacturer had Windows 98 drivers and that was it, hence the massive give away. They work in Linux however.
Linux has better hardware support than Vista overall, and Macs are in the same boat that people buying Windows peripherals or software won't be able to install it.
I'm curious where you estimate that 90% of hardware won't work on Linux comes from. The biggest problem with hardware support in Linux right now seems to be specific wireless chipsets, but a pre-built OEM Linux laptop won't have that issue.
My webcams, headsets, gamepads, printers, mice, speakers, etc. all work out of the box, and in some ways work better on Linux than on Windows.
1 - I'm going to go on a limb and guess HP is still the number one printer seller. HP printers are easier to install in Linux than in Windows. My mom just bought a new all-in-one and hplips got everything installed right away. No driver downloads, no fuss. It just worked in under 60 seconds, including fax, scan and copy functionality.
2 - I personally have yet to come across any major webcam that doesn't work in Linux. I buy HP laptops, and every webcam in an HP laptop has worked for me in Linux. Regardless an OEM preinstall of a distro on a laptop like I suggested would mean the webcam would be setup and working out of the box.
3 - Games aren't a big part of the laptop market. However, I think we can all agree that Windows games count as a point for Windows and a mark against Linux.
4 - Tax software? Every major company has a website where you e-file online without the need for any additional software. I e-file in Firefox on Linux with no problems.
Dell already offers Ubuntu, and HP historically has supported SUSE.
SUSE in the past has had package manager issues, but seriously check out openSUSE 11, or the openSUSE 11.1 beta 5. The package manager is GREATLY improved. It searches and resolves packages considerably better, packages are smaller files (LZMA compression), and dependency issues are solved much better now.
The thing I really like about Novell/openSUSE is the development efforts to make improvements themselves and push them upstream. They also backport features. openSUSE packages are just good packages. I could find a decent KDE desktop in Mandriva, PCLinuxOS, etc. but alongside the Arch KDEMod team, openSUSE arguably puts out the single best KDE desktop I've seen.