Sun decided to join forces with Apache and is in the process of contributing their code base for their reference implementations of JServ and JSP to the cause. IBM and others are also contributing programmers to the effort.
Draw a line. On the left place Windows 3.1, and on the right place Win98SE2. Clearly there was significant improvement. Now place Win 95 on that line. It clearly will fall close to the right. Against this plot OS/2 popularity as a desktop operating system.
I've been a steady user of NT 5 betas. There was a point where I was convinced that NT 5 would be out in 1998. Two days ago, I reluctantly returned my Windows machine to NT4SP4 as Win2K beta 3 isn't compatible with a large number of applications I happen to run. For this reason, it doesn't much matter whether Win2K is officially released this year - my opinion is that it won't recieve wide support from IT organizations until sometime in 2001.
Win2K does have a hefty RAM and CPU requirements...
Odd, somebody using your id attempted to redefined cheaper not in absolute terms but in terms of the competition. This opens up the discussion to exactly these lines: the relative merits of competitive operating systems which truly are significantly cheaper than Windows.
Even if Linux's only lasting legacy is to revitalize development on Windows while simultaneously exerting a downwards pressure on prices, then the world will be a better place.
No question on the "some of the smartest engineers in the world". And Windows *HAS* improved during periods of competition. Most notable improvements in Windows history were when OS/2 was a realistic competitor (circa '95), and when NetScape was on the rise.
But "cheaper and cheaper" when the time frame you are talking about spans win16 to today? Not so.
"They've both done really excellent work in getting Mozilla where it is now. But Mozilla is bigger than Netscape, and it's certainly bigger than two or three people. Obviously it's a negative thing for us to have these two leave, but it's not fatal for us at all."
It took the GPL to create a critical mass of interesting software for there to be a NEED for two flavor license. For this the GPL should be thanked, not slammed.
More important than O'Reilly, ESR, or RMS, will be whether this makes Sun's version of Java on popular distributions.
I believe that giving people the choice on a thread by thread basis to EITHER moderate or contribute is both an excellent idea and sufficient.
Put another way, if only a small number are actually selected for jury duty at any given time, either these chosen few will effectively be gagged for the duration, or less moderation will take place.
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Between ESR and RMS, who talks more and who has the most code to show?
Even if Linux's only lasting legacy is to revitalize development on Windows while simultaneously exerting a downwards pressure on prices, then the world will be a better place.
Held steady on price, with added function I could have lived with.
A single "cheaper" might be technically accurate, albeit a little misleading.
Cheaper and cheaper is simply wrong.
Heck, my son has a 64 bit Nintendo...
But "cheaper and cheaper" when the time frame you are talking about spans win16 to today? Not so.
Not returning phone calls as promised, and thereby getting your employeer unwanted and bad publicity is not a good career move.
A real geek would have bid at least $433.39 more than the figure you quote.
It took three attempts to get to the page to submit this comment, for example.
Why would AOL want an IRC client? If it were truly AOL driving this decision, I would have expected AIM.
Microsoft invented the combo box? I'll have to mention that to the person who actually did...
$649 is quite respectible, but there are lower priced computer out there capable of running Linux.
For starters, they produce different outputs. Jikes compiles Java source into portable byte codes. Egcs apparently produces native byte codes.
I've added a smiley explictily now in case it wasn't clear the first time...
It seems to me that a three or four person "mutual admiration society" could rapidly skew the ratings.
Running, ducking, and hidding.... ;-)
"They've both done really excellent work in getting Mozilla where it is now. But Mozilla is bigger than Netscape, and it's certainly bigger than two or three people. Obviously it's a negative thing for us to have these two leave, but it's not fatal for us at all."
Put another way, if only a small number are actually selected for jury duty at any given time, either these chosen few will effectively be gagged for the duration, or less moderation will take place.
If done, this clearly should go into preferences as not everyone can perceive the differences in colors.
Take a look at the top right hand corner of each box.
- Will it be possible to place slashdot on MyNetscape?
- Will it be possible for to train the slashdot circus midgets to place MyNetscape channels on the right side of slashdot itself?
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