They probably already have achieved cold fusion or some other high energy - low cost "fuel".
However, with oil, there is way too much money to be lost and too many jobs will go - right throughout the chain - oil refinaries up to petrol stations etc etc.
Jasper Spaans is a loose Cannon
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Flavor vs. Flavour
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Jasper Spaans, who changed Flavour to flavor needs controlling. This would never be acceptable behavour in a commercial environment, you cannot just change things like this because you feel like it.
God knows what bugs have been introduced by this change, did he test everything that was effected by the change??? Time is wasted because of this - due to retesting etc.
If anyone behaved like this in a company, they'd be instantly roasted.
Changing Flavour to Flavor just because *he* favours the other spelling is totally out of control, and really, quite arrogant and very unprofessional.
The consumer (according to Apple ITMS Statistics - 40% are album sales, sorry I don't have the link - it was posted on the internet and then retracted because it was confidential info - this was when INDY labels met Apple a few weeks back) The consumer wants to buy single tracks instead of the entire album.
An artist creates an album of 10 songs. 3 singles are excellent, the other 7 are dead wood. I'm not going to spend CA$20 on 3 songs, I want the opportunity to buy just those 3 songs.
The artists are ignoring consumer requirements. At the end of the day, insisting that consumers should buy the entire is going to hurt the Artist. PPL will just go and download the songs they want for free off the internet. The artist gets no money. At least if the artist offers individual tracks for sale, they get some money for it.
Anyway, at the moment, *legal* digital music distribution is far behind that of normal retail sales.
"While it seems to lack a little bit of polish as the first commercially available Smartphone, the SPV is not a bad device. "
Erm, It isn't the first commercial smartphone. Symbian phones have been around for a while, years in fact - for example, Erccisson R380 (I think there was a version before this one?), and Nokia - the Brick - Communicator 9210 - and there was a version before this too.
With Symbian you get a rock solid phone and software, far more than MS can possibly provide. Symbian phones have far better security and their OS isn't bloated, as opposite to MS its in pathetic (toy) OSes.
who gives a fuck about MS Stinker? You'll need virus checkers etc to stop your phone from being hacked and stop these viruses from phoning premuim rate numbers.
MS have little support for Stinker - FACT.
Symbian is the way to go - Nokia et al are going to wipe Stinker across the floor.
Symbian is extremely stable - just take Psion 3, 5 etc as examples.
Well, still looks like OSX is the best OS out there, including this new microsoft bloatware.
And very much insecure...
I suppose that you'll still be root in Windows when your an admin - like every body is. Again, unlike OSX, if you are an admin - you are a normal user until OSX sudo's you.
No doubt also, with this pile of MS shite, you'll need twice the power processor and 100 gigs of hard disc to install it on. AND then still be user hostile because the GUI is so unfriendly.
MS should really learn how to make GUIs. I've always, *always* found MS GUIs get int the way of what I really want to do. Unlike KDE and OSX.
Well, hopefully (but I doubt it), this will be the death nail for stinker.
Symbian is reliable, isn't bloated and open. Every thing stinker isn't. I am so glad this has happened. This now leaves MS will NO stinker phones out there - or coming very soon.
Symbian have to convince MS lovers that Stinker phones smartphones isn't the way to go. Just imagine having to install virus checkers on your smartphone and disable all the features to keep your MS phone secure from viruses that try to phone up premuim rate numbers! No thanks.
Now that Apple have licensed CUPS, this can only benefit Linux / BSD and other *nixes that use CUPS.
Hopefully, the likes of HP, Epson, once they see that CUPS is main stream (ie, OSX), they will write drivers for it. Then, hopefully, you'll be able to use the same drivers for whatever OS you are using with CUPS.
Even if the drivers aren't opensource, it would still be a benefit to all CUPS users. The current cups drivers for Epson printers aren't as good as the windows versions...
Kylix used WineLibs, not wine - which are different.
Wine is to run windows applications
winelibs are to link against winelibaries during compilation - ie, you have a windows application, and you want to compile it under linux - easier porting.
Yes, in Kylix 1 the IDE was sluggish.
Kylix 2 has less dependecy on WINELIBS, but it is still there. You can see postings on borlands news server - http://newsgroups.borland.com .
Hopefully K2 IDE will be alot faster.
Re:KDE has got all the basics down
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Five Years of KDE
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· Score: 2, Informative
>. For example, in KDE, I can't rearrange the key
>mappings to launch a terminal when I press C-A->t.
You've not really used KDE then have you - just messed around with it a little.
You use KMenuEdit to assign keys to applications. It uses KHotkeys - which in 2.2.x is unfortunately buggy - as soon as you use Ctrl and Alt keys, it wipes out other keystrokes of the same keys - ie, assigning alt+F1 will produce the same action as pressing F1.
Linux format (LXF) is published in the UK.. this months issue has just come out.
However, I think its a bit more popular than Maximum Linux was. There are only two linux magaiznes on the shelves - LXF and Linux Magazine (i get a third through the post which is free - i forget its name).
In Canada and US, there are more than 2 linux magazines so is suppose there is a little more competition.
I know you can get LXF in Canada (and other UK magazines such as PC Format) - cause i've seen it in shops out there.. but i suppose if you live in US, thats not much use to use!!
> Are you sure it generates programs that use Qt?
QT is used for the visual stuff which is wrapped in CLX.
> My guess is that Kylix is probably based on > Motif or their own homebrew widget se see above. Although I must say the Kylix screenshot looks
>a LOT like it was developed with Qt.
I repeat, the IDE *REQUIRES * winelibs. If you don't believe me, look at the borland kylix newsgroup.
>1) The Delphi IDE is written in Delphi. The ?
>Kylix IDE will be in written Kylix. Other kylix
>apps don't need wine so why should this one?
Kylix compiles into native ELF binaries. yes. I assume they ported the IDE over to linux in this way to save time.
> this is in fact a point of pride for Borland -
>if
3. Wine and Winelibs are NOT the same.
You can argue with me until you are blue in the face. I AM RIGHT. I repeat again: The Kylix IDE requires WINELIBS.
Point your newsgroup reader at newsgroups.borland.com
and subscribe to kylix.non-technical, and then do a search for winelibs. There, you will find Borland Employees stating the IDE requires WINELIBS.
Are you calling them liars?!!!
Also, search for winelib in this disuccusion page, and you will find people saying the same thing as me.
ie, "- On Borland's Kylix newsgroup, there are rumors that Kylix's IDE uses winelib. This was qualified by saying that the generated applications themselves won't rely on winelib (only the IDE itself will). This kinda scares me a little, but not too much without giving it a chance"
> Are you sure it generates programs that use Qt?
QT is used for the visual stuff which is wrapped in CLX.
> My guess is that Kylix is probably based on
> Motif or their own homebrew widget se
see above.
>. Although I must say the Kylix screenshot looks
>a LOT like it was developed with Qt.
The IDE requires winelibs to run. It uses windows widgets... see kylix newsgroup.
>Oh does it? Can you give a reference on that, as this is the first I've heared about it & i've been following Kylix.
Then you haven't been following Kylix close enough!;-)
borland mention it on the kylix non-technical newsgroup. Anyones (who doesn't work in borland etc) guess.
> "after kylix is finished, work will start on >porting it to other platforms
Again, see the kylix non-technical newsgroup for the exact quote. They may convert the delphi kylix first... or they may just wait until all of kylix 1.00 has been released.
While not flaming borland, because I wouldn't - Delphi is a fine development tool. Its a shame that at the moment it only works under Linux on x86 platforms.
But, unfortunately, this isn't a perfect world.
On Borland Kylix non-technical newsgroup, someone from Borland said "after kylix is finished, work will start on porting it to other platforms" - words to those effect anyway.
What platforms that would be wasn't mentioned.
Kylix could be a killer app for all *nix platforms if it is ported to more processors / OS AND if Borland market it correctly.:->>
Shame though the IDE uses Winelibs.. probably the P2 (2?) 400 requirements... The sooner the IDE becomes fully linux native the better.
The free edition kylix model is a novel way of ensuring apps don't get written for commercial purposes..
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They probably already have achieved cold fusion or some other high energy - low cost "fuel".
However, with oil, there is way too much money to be lost and too many jobs will go - right throughout the chain - oil refinaries up to petrol stations etc etc.
Jasper Spaans, who changed Flavour to flavor needs controlling. This would never be acceptable behavour in a commercial environment, you cannot just change things like this because you feel like it.
God knows what bugs have been introduced by this change, did he test everything that was effected by the change??? Time is wasted because of this - due to retesting etc.
If anyone behaved like this in a company, they'd be instantly roasted.
Changing Flavour to Flavor just because *he* favours the other spelling is totally out of control, and really, quite arrogant and very unprofessional.
Loose Cannon.
Flavour or flavor, pretty insigificant really. there are more important things like getting kernel 2.6 done.
Sad fuckers.
Since microsoft are a monopoly, it is only common sense that competitors are allowed to put there own within Windows, to even out the playing fields.
Microsoft could very easily squash all competitors - bundling Office, Database, Development Tools with Windows == crush competition.
of course, they aren't going to go that far because of anti trust. Mind you, the american government bend over backwards to please them.
The consumer (according to Apple ITMS Statistics - 40% are album sales, sorry I don't have the link - it was posted on the internet and then retracted because it was confidential info - this was when INDY labels met Apple a few weeks back) The consumer wants to buy single tracks instead of the entire album.
An artist creates an album of 10 songs. 3 singles are excellent, the other 7 are dead wood. I'm not going to spend CA$20 on 3 songs, I want the opportunity to buy just those 3 songs.
The artists are ignoring consumer requirements. At the end of the day, insisting that consumers should buy the entire is going to hurt the Artist. PPL will just go and download the songs they want for free off the internet. The artist gets no money. At least if the artist offers individual tracks for sale, they get some money for it.
Anyway, at the moment, *legal* digital music distribution is far behind that of normal retail sales.
If you want a smartphone with Bluetooth, get a Symbian based phone.
You'll be doing yourself a favour - also it can still manage Word, excel for all you windows freaks.
He is obviously clueless...
"While it seems to lack a little bit of polish as the first commercially available Smartphone, the SPV is not a bad device. "
Erm, It isn't the first commercial smartphone. Symbian phones have been around for a while, years in fact - for example, Erccisson R380 (I think there was a version before this one?), and Nokia - the Brick - Communicator 9210 - and there was a version before this too.
With Symbian you get a rock solid phone and software, far more than MS can possibly provide. Symbian phones have far better security and their OS isn't bloated, as opposite to MS its in pathetic (toy) OSes.
How did they do this dual processor test?
PPC970 does NOT support multi processors!!
Fake.
who gives a fuck about MS Stinker?
You'll need virus checkers etc to stop your phone from being hacked and stop these viruses from phoning premuim rate numbers.
MS have little support for Stinker - FACT.
Symbian is the way to go - Nokia et al are going to wipe Stinker across the floor.
Symbian is extremely stable - just take Psion 3, 5 etc as examples.
Symbian - the way to go.
> Can't beat these two OS. MS never will.
OK, KDE isn't stricky an OS.. half way between window manager and an OS...
Well, still looks like OSX is the best OS out there, including this new microsoft bloatware.
And very much insecure...
I suppose that you'll still be root in Windows when your an admin - like every body is. Again, unlike OSX, if you are an admin - you are a normal user until OSX sudo's you.
No doubt also, with this pile of MS shite, you'll need twice the power processor and 100 gigs of hard disc to install it on. AND then still be user hostile because the GUI is so unfriendly.
MS should really learn how to make GUIs. I've always, *always* found MS GUIs get int the way of what I really want to do. Unlike KDE and OSX.
Can't beat these two OS. MS never will.
How the hell can this previous be a troll?
Symbian *IS* a better platform.
Well, hopefully (but I doubt it), this will be the death nail for stinker.
Symbian is reliable, isn't bloated and open. Every thing stinker isn't. I am so glad this has happened. This now leaves MS will NO stinker phones out there - or coming very soon.
Symbian have to convince MS lovers that Stinker phones smartphones isn't the way to go. Just imagine having to install virus checkers on your smartphone and disable all the features to keep your MS phone secure from viruses that try to phone up premuim rate numbers! No thanks.
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http://www.petitiononline.com/iTol/petition.htm
Now that Apple have licensed CUPS, this can only benefit Linux / BSD and other *nixes that use CUPS.
Hopefully, the likes of HP, Epson, once they see that CUPS is main stream (ie, OSX), they will write drivers for it. Then, hopefully, you'll be able to use the same drivers for whatever OS you are using with CUPS.
Even if the drivers aren't opensource, it would still be a benefit to all CUPS users. The current cups drivers for Epson printers aren't as good as the windows versions...
Actuall, in the UK, we have a choice of:
electric companies
phone service
Unfortunately, like the rest of the world, we don't have a choice of OS that comes with our PC!
You do *not* have to email borland for an "activation key", you get it off their website - normally straight after the download of software.
I too have never been spammed, contacted in anyway - I've registered with them years ago - when community.borland first started.
All this crap about being spammed and having to email borland is just a lot of crap from people who don't know better.
yes, I think having to register with borland is a pain in the arse. But IMO, worthwhile at the end of the day - very good quality applications.
Kylix used WineLibs, not wine - which are different.
Wine is to run windows applications
winelibs are to link against winelibaries during compilation - ie, you have a windows application, and you want to compile it under linux - easier porting.
Yes, in Kylix 1 the IDE was sluggish.
Kylix 2 has less dependecy on WINELIBS, but it is still there. You can see postings on borlands news server - http://newsgroups.borland.com .
Hopefully K2 IDE will be alot faster.
>. For example, in KDE, I can't rearrange the key
>mappings to launch a terminal when I press C-A->t.
You've not really used KDE then have you - just messed around with it a little.
You use KMenuEdit to assign keys to applications. It uses KHotkeys - which in 2.2.x is unfortunately buggy - as soon as you use Ctrl and Alt keys, it wipes out other keystrokes of the same keys - ie, assigning alt+F1 will produce the same action as pressing F1.
Linux format (LXF) is published in the UK.. this months issue has just come out. However, I think its a bit more popular than Maximum Linux was. There are only two linux magaiznes on the shelves - LXF and Linux Magazine (i get a third through the post which is free - i forget its name). In Canada and US, there are more than 2 linux magazines so is suppose there is a little more competition. I know you can get LXF in Canada (and other UK magazines such as PC Format) - cause i've seen it in shops out there.. but i suppose if you live in US, thats not much use to use!!
I'll try formatting it this time! :-)
> Are you sure it generates programs that use Qt?
QT is used for the visual stuff which is wrapped in CLX.
> My guess is that Kylix is probably based on > Motif or their own homebrew widget se see above. Although I must say the Kylix screenshot looks
>a LOT like it was developed with Qt.
The IDE requires winelibs to run
I repeat, the IDE *REQUIRES * winelibs. If you don't believe me, look at the borland kylix newsgroup.
>1) The Delphi IDE is written in Delphi. The ?
>Kylix IDE will be in written Kylix. Other kylix
>apps don't need wine so why should this one?
Kylix compiles into native ELF binaries. yes. I assume they ported the IDE over to linux in this way to save time.
> this is in fact a point of pride for Borland -
>if
3. Wine and Winelibs are NOT the same.
You can argue with me until you are blue in the face. I AM RIGHT. I repeat again: The Kylix IDE requires WINELIBS.
Point your newsgroup reader at newsgroups.borland.com
and subscribe to kylix.non-technical, and then do a search for winelibs. There, you will find Borland Employees stating the IDE requires WINELIBS.
Are you calling them liars?!!!
Also, search for winelib in this disuccusion page, and you will find people saying the same thing as me.
ie, "- On Borland's Kylix newsgroup, there are rumors that Kylix's IDE uses winelib. This was qualified by saying that the generated applications themselves won't rely on winelib (only the IDE itself will). This kinda scares me a little, but not too much without giving it a chance"
> Are you sure it generates programs that use Qt? QT is used for the visual stuff which is wrapped in CLX. > My guess is that Kylix is probably based on > Motif or their own homebrew widget se see above. >. Although I must say the Kylix screenshot looks >a LOT like it was developed with Qt. The IDE requires winelibs to run. It uses windows widgets... see kylix newsgroup.
>Oh does it? Can you give a reference on that, as this is the first I've heared about it & i've been following Kylix.
;-)
Then you haven't been following Kylix close enough!
borland mention it on the kylix non-technical newsgroup. Anyones (who doesn't work in borland etc) guess.
> "after kylix is finished, work will start on >porting it to other platforms
Again, see the kylix non-technical newsgroup for the exact quote. They may convert the delphi kylix first... or they may just wait until all of kylix 1.00 has been released.
But, unfortunately, this isn't a perfect world.
On Borland Kylix non-technical newsgroup, someone from Borland said "after kylix is finished, work will start on porting it to other platforms" - words to those effect anyway.
What platforms that would be wasn't mentioned.
Kylix could be a killer app for all *nix platforms if it is ported to more processors / OS AND if Borland market it correctly.
Shame though the IDE uses Winelibs.. probably the P2 (2?) 400 requirements... The sooner the IDE becomes fully linux native the better.
The free edition kylix model is a novel way of ensuring apps don't get written for commercial purposes..
Congrats borland.