Probably because Gaim itself is more like Sean Egan's hobby/side project, so technically it's in no way affiliated with Google. If Gaim was created as a Google in-house project and stood for "Google Amorphous Instant Messenger" then maybe yeah, but it's not.
Sorry, but stop using Sourceforge and switching a revision control system != Going close source. If you have Monotone installed you can checkout (or whatever the term is in Monotone) the code for 2.0 as well. They're just moving off SourceForge because it has been getting pretty unreliable, and that they've secured their own server. In fact, if you read closely enough it was SourceForge accidentally revealing their mailing list that they decided to announce this decision.
You shake it until the cloth and adornments goes "Whipssh-Whipssh" on the pole.:P Okay, this is Slashdot, maybe I should have used a car analogy.../end offtopic
Maybe _a little_? Let's not forget Microsoft and Yahoo here, they're almost like the de facto standard for instant messaging software in a lot of non-US countries. We geeks can rattle our Open Standards flag all we want, but I think Jabber (and clients. and Google, of course) still has a long way to get Dick, Smith and Harry from sticking with what their friends use.
After all that hoohah with Apple's "pods", Google and whatnot I think most of us have already been wondering at some point why Gaim is still keeping that name, especially since AOL isn't well-known as a conglomerate that plays well with this community... At least Gaim, the name, has had a good long run.
That being said, *Pidgin*? *LibPurple*? That sure sounds... odd. I wished they took up the chance to pick a really good name worthy of one of the best long-time open-source projects around. Now we have to face on onslaught of bird jokes the next time we're sincerely recommending instant messaging software to Linux newcomers.:/
No references to Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell? Virtual user interfaces, data storage in cybernetic memory, inter-human message exchanging via wireless... we're getting there.
Well, last year they funded $3 million dollars into the Summer of Code program (over half were Linux desktop projects), launched Google Code (currently hosting countless Linux projects) and tons of other small perhaps insignificant things I can't remember at the moment. Your point on them not specifically contributing to the Linux desktop still stands, but as previous poster pointed out Google is a for profit business, of course they give highest priority to the operating system with largest market share.
That's Trolltech's Greenphone, GPE is a different project:
GPE is committed to the Open Source idea. All GPE core components are released under GNU licenses, applications using the GPL and shared libraries using the LGPL. Those allow for the most free usability of the GPE system. http://gpe.handhelds.org/
Ah, thanks for the reminder, I've been thinking of doing that for a while too. I took out the CD, dusted it off, left it next to my laptop, but forgot all about it/kept putting it off for weeks. Now if I can find a decent FreeDB entry to tag these unnamed tracks...
Actually that's... not a good idea. All things considered, it's always A Very Bad Thing to have game data reside on the client, or give the client any decent controls beyond sending the regular packets. How are you going to verify that the 9999-super-critical-hit just sent by your peer is authentic, and not a souped-up number by an unofficial modded client?
In most commercial MMO's obscurity of how the client works (API, packet formats etc) actually helps a lot in preventing the game itself sinking in a downward spiral of hackers, bots and duped items.
I know IE 7 has only been released like, what, not more than a few days ago, but can you drop us software geeks a few pointers on what to expect down the roadmap to IE7.x/8?
And seriously, no Vapor-Vista empty promises please.
Slashdot-reading Microsoft exec: "iToaster? Toaster, tunes, zune, boaster, coaster... iCoaster... Zoaster! Bill, can you imagine?! That's brilliant! Write it down, write it down!"
It does, really. More interestingly this came after Bill Gates being reportedly intrigued by Xbox Mod Community after an employee brought his own modded Xbox to show The Man, just a few weeks ago.
From the link:
A little over a year ago, one of the people in my group modded an Xbox, installed Avalaunch, and put all sorts of Xbox mod scene apps on the box, like XBMC, RSS readers, etc, along with some "backup" games.:rolleyes: He brought this box along to a meeting with Bill Gates. Bill saw a demo of this, was quite impressed, and asked something along the lines of "How can we engage this community?" - instead of saying something like "How can we squash this?" It's long been on the back of everyone's minds in the Xbox group - how can we get students and hobbyists involved without disrupting the console business model? The good news is that it's still on the radar, we'll see what happens in the future.
"How can we engage this community?" This is their answer, maybe? Let's just hope MS is doing the right thing this time.
Protecting crown jewels? Oh if you've done any martial arts that's easy, you wear those protector thingies around your... Oh, you mean corporate crown jewels? Um.
Well, realistically speaking, you can't. If there was ever some sort of silver bullet on computer security, we wouldn't be readings about some blistering new 0day exploit on/. every few days or so. Welcome to the real, imperfect world of IT.
What you can do is at least see to it that good security policy is in place, e.g. secure passwords, firewalls, access levels, locked-down controls, yadda yadda, things one'd suppose be in TFA already (before it melted, anyway). And then you twiddle your thumbs and hope you don't piss the system administrator off.
Yeah that would be fun, but they'renot. Note that the chinese text in the first few links actually list a few hotline numbers to call when reporting crime etc.
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Probably because Gaim itself is more like Sean Egan's hobby/side project, so technically it's in no way affiliated with Google. If Gaim was created as a Google in-house project and stood for "Google Amorphous Instant Messenger" then maybe yeah, but it's not.
Sorry, but stop using Sourceforge and switching a revision control system != Going close source. If you have Monotone installed you can checkout (or whatever the term is in Monotone) the code for 2.0 as well. They're just moving off SourceForge because it has been getting pretty unreliable, and that they've secured their own server. In fact, if you read closely enough it was SourceForge accidentally revealing their mailing list that they decided to announce this decision.
You shake it until the cloth and adornments goes "Whipssh-Whipssh" on the pole. :P Okay, this is Slashdot, maybe I should have used a car analogy... /end offtopic
Maybe _a little_? Let's not forget Microsoft and Yahoo here, they're almost like the de facto standard for instant messaging software in a lot of non-US countries. We geeks can rattle our Open Standards flag all we want, but I think Jabber (and clients. and Google, of course) still has a long way to get Dick, Smith and Harry from sticking with what their friends use.
After all that hoohah with Apple's "pods", Google and whatnot I think most of us have already been wondering at some point why Gaim is still keeping that name, especially since AOL isn't well-known as a conglomerate that plays well with this community... At least Gaim, the name, has had a good long run.
:/
That being said, *Pidgin*? *LibPurple*? That sure sounds... odd. I wished they took up the chance to pick a really good name worthy of one of the best long-time open-source projects around. Now we have to face on onslaught of bird jokes the next time we're sincerely recommending instant messaging software to Linux newcomers.
No references to Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell? Virtual user interfaces, data storage in cybernetic memory, inter-human message exchanging via wireless... we're getting there.
Well, last year they funded $3 million dollars into the Summer of Code program (over half were Linux desktop projects), launched Google Code (currently hosting countless Linux projects) and tons of other small perhaps insignificant things I can't remember at the moment. Your point on them not specifically contributing to the Linux desktop still stands, but as previous poster pointed out Google is a for profit business, of course they give highest priority to the operating system with largest market share.
GPE is committed to the Open Source idea. All GPE core components are released under GNU licenses, applications using the GPL and shared libraries using the LGPL. Those allow for the most free usability of the GPE system. http://gpe.handhelds.org/
Ah, thanks for the reminder, I've been thinking of doing that for a while too. I took out the CD, dusted it off, left it next to my laptop, but forgot all about it/kept putting it off for weeks. Now if I can find a decent FreeDB entry to tag these unnamed tracks...
Eh, a story only just came out today. Might want to check your internet settings?
Actually that's... not a good idea. All things considered, it's always A Very Bad Thing to have game data reside on the client, or give the client any decent controls beyond sending the regular packets. How are you going to verify that the 9999-super-critical-hit just sent by your peer is authentic, and not a souped-up number by an unofficial modded client?
In most commercial MMO's obscurity of how the client works (API, packet formats etc) actually helps a lot in preventing the game itself sinking in a downward spiral of hackers, bots and duped items.
I know IE 7 has only been released like, what, not more than a few days ago, but can you drop us software geeks a few pointers on what to expect down the roadmap to IE7.x/8?
And seriously, no Vapor-Vista empty promises please.
fp? Now what the fuck is that?
Oh you know, fap. E.g. fap fap fap. The sound people make when they self congratulate with one hand.
So. Let me get this straight... 5 minutes gets you 500 miles, and Slashdot's frontpage twice hmm? Shocking discoveries indeed!
Aww, you can't have one without the other: *breaks wall*Ooooooooh YEAHhHhhhhhhh!*pant* *sweat* I-LOVE_THIS-COMPANY! *throws chair at Mozilla devs*
But you can't fit frickin' lasers on goldfish, they sink right away. :(
That's the most bizarre way of spelling bazaar I've ever heard. :P
/grammarnazi
Meanwhile, overheard in Redmond...
Slashdot-reading Microsoft exec: "iToaster? Toaster, tunes, zune, boaster, coaster... iCoaster... Zoaster! Bill, can you imagine?! That's brilliant! Write it down, write it down!"
From the link:
"How can we engage this community?" This is their answer, maybe? Let's just hope MS is doing the right thing this time.
Protecting crown jewels? Oh if you've done any martial arts that's easy, you wear those protector thingies around your... Oh, you mean corporate crown jewels? Um.
/. every few days or so. Welcome to the real, imperfect world of IT.
Well, realistically speaking, you can't. If there was ever some sort of silver bullet on computer security, we wouldn't be readings about some blistering new 0day exploit on
What you can do is at least see to it that good security policy is in place, e.g. secure passwords, firewalls, access levels, locked-down controls, yadda yadda, things one'd suppose be in TFA already (before it melted, anyway). And then you twiddle your thumbs and hope you don't piss the system administrator off.
your hard disk, or are you just happy to see me? *rimshot*
You sir, have just made my day. :)
Gee thank you. Your post has been, um, useful for our research. Scientific research, yeah. Scientific research for the benefit of menkind.
Yeah that would be fun, but they're not. Note that the chinese text in the first few links actually list a few hotline numbers to call when reporting crime etc.
Whoa... um, sorry, lost my concentration there. Phew. Do go on.