What about when the phone company (Bellsouth now AT&T as every other billboard in my city tells me) is the cellular company? (And sprint/t-mobile/verizon don't have near the coverage)
ODF is more of a language than a program. It's like saying you need to speak Klingon (or other lang.) if you want to do business with me. There's nothing stopping you from learning Klingon, or speaking English as well, but you must know Klingon. If Microsoft wants Office to be used in Norway, all they have to do is implement ODF (which is a open standard)
Because in Ubuntu, installing wine is as simple as checking a box in Add/Remove Programs, or running an apt-get line (your choice). And, wine is also not exactly the most complete software on earth. It's not installed by default in stock Ubuntu eiter (or SuSe, and probably not Fedora). Installing wine by default would imply that this software is ready for everything you throw at it, and wine definitley isin't.
On the ads, Gmail certainly does have ads, they're just cleverly hidden in the news ticker and the side of your mails. I know they exist, but I don't see them unless I look for them. I'd definitley say Gmail wins out on the interface if WinLive Hotmail is anything like Outlook Web Access. Gmail has a nice clean design, but OWA definitley feels as if they tried to shove a desktop app into a web browser, with little success.
From what I've seen/heard, Windows Mail/Windows Live Desktop Mail is just a slight cleanup and rebranding of Outlook Express to go with the Windows rebranding of everything in Vista. (Windows Internet Explorer, Windows Addres Book, Windows DVD Maker, etc.)
Like everything else, the GPL2 only covers the code in question, not the input/output For example, Sony uses GCC in the PS3 devkits, yet there is not a single OSS game for the PS3 If I write a paper in OpenOffice, the paper is not automagically GPL etc. etc.
If Ford made 90% of the cars in the world, they would also likely be the most crashed car in the world. Never mind that Ford are often fixed or repaired daily, the fact that the roadways are 90% Ford tends to skew the equation
"You don't really need 98% of what a 3D suite is capable of."
People bring this up all the time in OpenOffice vs MSOffice discussions. Sure, 80% of the people only need 20% of the features, but everyone needs a different 20%
I can think of at least one thing out of them that has landed in a production product. I remember a while back (it was on Slashdot even, link would be appreciated), where someone there made a special program for Wi-Fi cards that did something I call "Leapfrog Mode", where it would connect to multiple APs at once, and automatically choose the "primary" AP based on signal strength. Some form of this is in Vista.
P.S. If this can be done in Linux, I'd like to know how
I know about Trillian, but it's very sluggish, and absolutley fails to adhere to any desktop standards in Windows (weird toolkit, feels completely out-of-place, etc.). Pidgin's GUI is pretty nice IMHO, and (considering I use Clearlooks in Windows) fits in pretty well.
If you're looking into a cellphone, there's always the Blackberry/Treo/Sidekick/Nokia 91xx(i think), and you can find most of those on eBay for cheaper than your provider has them for. However, if you'd be content to just use the nearest WiFi hotspot, there's something called the ZipIt which runs $100, and handles all the standard IM networks. Added bonus: it runs Linux.
Miranda IM is pretty lightweight, but can be made to be very slick looking if you want it to be via the $foo million plugins for it. It's also OSS, but windows only.
If you've been reading up on the whole Gaim/Pidgin thing, you'll notice their lawyers told them to not make any drastic changes until they resolved the dispute. Since that's over with, I'd expect to see a whole bunch of new shiny things in the next few months.
"It is surprising that Python guys didn't sue Microsoft for abusing an established open source (real one!) technologies name for their own single platform junk." Quoth http://www.python.org/psf/license/ "In layman's language, here are the primary features of Python's license. The following descriptions are not legal advice; read the full text of the license and consult qualified professional counsel for an interpretation of the license terms as they apply to you. Python is absolutely free, even for commercial use (including resale). You can sell a product written in Python or a product that embeds the Python interpreter. No licensing fees need to be paid for such usage. The Open Source Initiative has certified the Python license as Open Source, and includes it on their list of open source licenses. There is no GPL-like "copyleft" restriction. Distributing binary-only versions of Python, modified or not, is allowed. There is no requirement to release any of your source code. You can also write extension modules for Python and provide them only in binary form. However, the Python license is compatible with the GPL, according to the Free Software Foundation. You cannot remove the PSF's copyright notice from either the source code or the resulting binary." What MS has done is perfectly legal, thought in questionable taste. May I note that IronPython is even in Ubuntu's universe repository? (The license is a BSD-like license with some extra legal bit at the bottom which I think involves their anti-trust suit)
It is quite possible that this company doesn't want anyone to know about what they've done to the kernel to work better on their hardware or for their purpose. If I start modifying the kernel to be more efficient in handling a widget-smashing box, then put it into my super-fancy widget-smashing box without disclosing the fact or releasing the code, I am in a lot of legal trouble, because the GPL says that I have to release the modified versions of any GPL code I've used. I can still write the widget-smashing code and make it 100% closed, it's just the kernel I have to be careful about. It's not that I'm trying to steer them away from using Linux in their product, I'm just making sure they know what they're doing. Once again, I have no idea how anal these people might be, but if they are, this is stuff they should be aware of.
Is this like some sort of "jacket" you put your already existing RFID card into that blocks signals unless told otherwise, or is it something that would have to be added to new cards?
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You forgot Python:
print "Hello World!"
Or, of you want to throw in some C-tastic goodness (*choke*):
def main():
print "Hello World!"
main()
What about when the phone company (Bellsouth now AT&T as every other billboard in my city tells me) is the cellular company? (And sprint/t-mobile/verizon don't have near the coverage)
ODF is more of a language than a program. It's like saying you need to speak Klingon (or other lang.) if you want to do business with me. There's nothing stopping you from learning Klingon, or speaking English as well, but you must know Klingon.
If Microsoft wants Office to be used in Norway, all they have to do is implement ODF (which is a open standard)
err, Foxit Reader (win), KPDF (kde), Evince (GNOME), whatever OSX's built-in reader is, XPDF?
I don't remember the last time I used Acrobat
So you enjoy playing Doom and Ultima IV on that PS/2 of yours? :)
Because in Ubuntu, installing wine is as simple as checking a box in Add/Remove Programs, or running an apt-get line (your choice). And, wine is also not exactly the most complete software on earth. It's not installed by default in stock Ubuntu eiter (or SuSe, and probably not Fedora). Installing wine by default would imply that this software is ready for everything you throw at it, and wine definitley isin't.
As a better, more grandma-friendly way to do it...
Applications -> Add/Remove Programs -> check Wine -> click Install
Or, we could just start saying "install Wine"
Last time I was in soviet Russia, ICQ numbers bought you!
Are you talking about YouTube? Been there, done that
H2G2 defenition of ackthpt:
A mindless jerk who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.
On the ads, Gmail certainly does have ads, they're just cleverly hidden in the news ticker and the side of your mails. I know they exist, but I don't see them unless I look for them.
I'd definitley say Gmail wins out on the interface if WinLive Hotmail is anything like Outlook Web Access. Gmail has a nice clean design, but OWA definitley feels as if they tried to shove a desktop app into a web browser, with little success.
From what I've seen/heard, Windows Mail/Windows Live Desktop Mail is just a slight cleanup and rebranding of Outlook Express to go with the Windows rebranding of everything in Vista. (Windows Internet Explorer, Windows Addres Book, Windows DVD Maker, etc.)
I wish, but you can sign up for WLM with any legit email address.
Like everything else, the GPL2 only covers the code in question, not the input/output
For example, Sony uses GCC in the PS3 devkits, yet there is not a single OSS game for the PS3
If I write a paper in OpenOffice, the paper is not automagically GPL
etc. etc.
If Ford made 90% of the cars in the world, they would also likely be the most crashed car in the world. Never mind that Ford are often fixed or repaired daily, the fact that the roadways are 90% Ford tends to skew the equation
"You don't really need 98% of what a 3D suite is capable of."
People bring this up all the time in OpenOffice vs MSOffice discussions. Sure, 80% of the people only need 20% of the features, but everyone needs a different 20%
I can think of at least one thing out of them that has landed in a production product. I remember a while back (it was on Slashdot even, link would be appreciated), where someone there made a special program for Wi-Fi cards that did something I call "Leapfrog Mode", where it would connect to multiple APs at once, and automatically choose the "primary" AP based on signal strength. Some form of this is in Vista.
P.S. If this can be done in Linux, I'd like to know how
I know about Trillian, but it's very sluggish, and absolutley fails to adhere to any desktop standards in Windows (weird toolkit, feels completely out-of-place, etc.). Pidgin's GUI is pretty nice IMHO, and (considering I use Clearlooks in Windows) fits in pretty well.
Scratch that, the ZipIt actually goes for $70
If you're looking into a cellphone, there's always the Blackberry/Treo/Sidekick/Nokia 91xx(i think), and you can find most of those on eBay for cheaper than your provider has them for. However, if you'd be content to just use the nearest WiFi hotspot, there's something called the ZipIt which runs $100, and handles all the standard IM networks. Added bonus: it runs Linux.
Miranda IM is pretty lightweight, but can be made to be very slick looking if you want it to be via the $foo million plugins for it. It's also OSS, but windows only.
If you've been reading up on the whole Gaim/Pidgin thing, you'll notice their lawyers told them to not make any drastic changes until they resolved the dispute. Since that's over with, I'd expect to see a whole bunch of new shiny things in the next few months.
"It is surprising that Python guys didn't sue Microsoft for abusing an established open source (real one!) technologies name for their own single platform junk."
Quoth http://www.python.org/psf/license/
"In layman's language, here are the primary features of Python's license. The following descriptions are not legal advice; read the full text of the license and consult qualified professional counsel for an interpretation of the license terms as they apply to you.
Python is absolutely free, even for commercial use (including resale). You can sell a product written in Python or a product that embeds the Python interpreter. No licensing fees need to be paid for such usage.
The Open Source Initiative has certified the Python license as Open Source, and includes it on their list of open source licenses.
There is no GPL-like "copyleft" restriction. Distributing binary-only versions of Python, modified or not, is allowed. There is no requirement to release any of your source code. You can also write extension modules for Python and provide them only in binary form.
However, the Python license is compatible with the GPL, according to the Free Software Foundation.
You cannot remove the PSF's copyright notice from either the source code or the resulting binary."
What MS has done is perfectly legal, thought in questionable taste. May I note that IronPython is even in Ubuntu's universe repository? (The license is a BSD-like license with some extra legal bit at the bottom which I think involves their anti-trust suit)
It is quite possible that this company doesn't want anyone to know about what they've done to the kernel to work better on their hardware or for their purpose. If I start modifying the kernel to be more efficient in handling a widget-smashing box, then put it into my super-fancy widget-smashing box without disclosing the fact or releasing the code, I am in a lot of legal trouble, because the GPL says that I have to release the modified versions of any GPL code I've used. I can still write the widget-smashing code and make it 100% closed, it's just the kernel I have to be careful about. It's not that I'm trying to steer them away from using Linux in their product, I'm just making sure they know what they're doing. Once again, I have no idea how anal these people might be, but if they are, this is stuff they should be aware of.
Is this like some sort of "jacket" you put your already existing RFID card into that blocks signals unless told otherwise, or is it something that would have to be added to new cards?