For Flock to not open source their browser? By basing it on Firefox, doesn't the Mozilla Public License require that the changes to the source be distributed?
I've had similar things happen to Linux. Wrong driver and then the kernel decided to panic on every start. Couldn't get it fixed short of a reinstall. Often though, on Windows you can go into Safe Mode and it will load a generic driver. From there you can select the correct driver in Device Manager.
Not for someone from the Windows world, anyway. If you need to configure anything that isn't out of the box, like latest graphics card support or wireless, you're left out in the cold. You'll have to spend hours Googling for people that have gotten it to work or clues as to how it might work. Then more hours editing configuration files, compiling, rebooting...sometimes all spent in vain.
If there is ONE thing Windows is good at, it is getting stuff configured. It may not be as powerful or flexible, but at least it is easy. Sometimes, you just need to get things done.
I use Visual Studio for coding and find that it does not rot the brain, when used properly. I still code just as well and can move over to Eclipse and generate high quality code without any readjusting.
Visual Studio is great for rapid protyping as well as good code design. That requires great power and with great power, comes...responsibility. It is not the responsibility of the tool to ensure that you code well, that is your job. You don't have to use Visual Studio's rapid prototyping features.
I have tried several distros: Fedora, Mandrake/Mandriva and Ubuntu to name a few. So far, openSUSE 10 is the first to support both my Intel Pro/Wireless 2200 B/G wireless card with WPA support. All I had to do was download the firmware from the Intel site and use SUSE's wizards to get WPA configured.
that someone recognized an innovation (see MIT's water purification solution) that isn't going to make a lot of money, but works to solve a serious problem.
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For Flock to not open source their browser? By basing it on Firefox, doesn't the Mozilla Public License require that the changes to the source be distributed?
I've had similar things happen to Linux. Wrong driver and then the kernel decided to panic on every start. Couldn't get it fixed short of a reinstall. Often though, on Windows you can go into Safe Mode and it will load a generic driver. From there you can select the correct driver in Device Manager.
Not for someone from the Windows world, anyway. If you need to configure anything that isn't out of the box, like latest graphics card support or wireless, you're left out in the cold. You'll have to spend hours Googling for people that have gotten it to work or clues as to how it might work. Then more hours editing configuration files, compiling, rebooting...sometimes all spent in vain.
If there is ONE thing Windows is good at, it is getting stuff configured. It may not be as powerful or flexible, but at least it is easy. Sometimes, you just need to get things done.
I use Visual Studio for coding and find that it does not rot the brain, when used properly. I still code just as well and can move over to Eclipse and generate high quality code without any readjusting. Visual Studio is great for rapid protyping as well as good code design. That requires great power and with great power, comes...responsibility. It is not the responsibility of the tool to ensure that you code well, that is your job. You don't have to use Visual Studio's rapid prototyping features.
I have tried several distros: Fedora, Mandrake/Mandriva and Ubuntu to name a few. So far, openSUSE 10 is the first to support both my Intel Pro/Wireless 2200 B/G wireless card with WPA support. All I had to do was download the firmware from the Intel site and use SUSE's wizards to get WPA configured.
Since the WSJ didn't link to it, here is MIT's web page for their filtration system: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2001/nepalwater.html
that someone recognized an innovation (see MIT's water purification solution) that isn't going to make a lot of money, but works to solve a serious problem.
Why is this in the YRO section?