http://piratepenguin.is-a-geek.com/~declan/freecd I'm pondering a very elaborate (much more so than apt, more like Conary) cross-platform package management system that I would use as a part of that FreeCD project of mine. Over the Summer, I might get a good move on with it. Volunteers - people interested in package management on GNU/Linux and Windows (with understanding of Windows concepts such as the registry, services system, etc), would help speed things up considerably! Mac OS X and other OSes we're also interested in.
"I don't know of much free software that is really competitive because truly free software doesn't have the support that it needs to compete with software that does have support"
MySQL and Apache are truly free, and it seems they do have the support they need to effectively compete.
From the FAQ (http://www.worldfirefoxday.com/en/faq.php#q12):
Will my friend and I be spammed by Mozilla or anyone else by giving our email addresses?
No. We ask you for a valid email address to prevent anonymous use of the nomination form. You enter your friend's email address so you can send them a single customizable invitation, but Mozilla won't send any additional emails to your friend. And we won't share either of your email addresses with any third parties.
Combine that with Apple's "display watches YOU" idea, add some software to figure out what part of the screen the person is looking at, add a button to click, connect it up to a (small, wearable) computer, and that would be a very cool computer.
There'll (probably) be millions of users using IE7. Most of them would already be using Google on IE 6, but with search capabilites in-browser they might just use whatever's default. If they're given a choice when they first-run IE7, more would choose Google as the default.
It would be seriously cool if they could use this to periodically take a picture from the back of the monitor and use that as the background image and have transparent windows over it.
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http://piratepenguin.is-a-geek.com/~declan/freecd
I'm pondering a very elaborate (much more so than apt, more like Conary) cross-platform package management system that I would use as a part of that FreeCD project of mine.
Over the Summer, I might get a good move on with it.
Volunteers - people interested in package management on GNU/Linux and Windows (with understanding of Windows concepts such as the registry, services system, etc), would help speed things up considerably! Mac OS X and other OSes we're also interested in.
"I don't know of much free software that is really competitive because truly free software doesn't have the support that it needs to compete with software that does have support" MySQL and Apache are truly free, and it seems they do have the support they need to effectively compete.
"Fight fanboys with fanboys"
Get busy! Gotta save the world ;)
No. The Will will not work at all.
Beta 2 should be out in the next few days, if not today/tomorrow.
From the FAQ (http://www.worldfirefoxday.com/en/faq.php#q12):
Will my friend and I be spammed by Mozilla or anyone else by giving our email addresses?
No. We ask you for a valid email address to prevent anonymous use of the nomination form. You enter your friend's email address so you can send them a single customizable invitation, but Mozilla won't send any additional emails to your friend. And we won't share either of your email addresses with any third parties.
Combine that with Apple's "display watches YOU" idea, add some software to figure out what part of the screen the person is looking at, add a button to click, connect it up to a (small, wearable) computer, and that would be a very cool computer.
There'll (probably) be millions of users using IE7. Most of them would already be using Google on IE 6, but with search capabilites in-browser they might just use whatever's default. If they're given a choice when they first-run IE7, more would choose Google as the default.
It would be seriously cool if they could use this to periodically take a picture from the back of the monitor and use that as the background image and have transparent windows over it.