Getting programs to work using WINE can still be a pain. If you take a look at games like Command & Conquer 3 or Supreme Commander, there is a way to get them to work in WINE, but it's not as simple as running the installer and then running the game immediately after.
WINE has mostly likely improved a lot since you last used it, but these sorts of issues (apply this patch, download this dll, etc) will probably be around for a while to come. The important thing is that it's continually improving and will one day probably be quite good at running almost anything painlessly.
You can improve customer satisfaction simply by driving unsatisfied customers away from your business.
Suppose I run a business that delivers a poor quality service, but some of my customers are happy enough even with poor quality. They will stick around and be satisfied. Unsatisfied customers will go elsewhere. If I can somehow prevent my business from getting any new customers, my customer satisfaction will approach 100% as time goes by.
In fact, customer satisfaction will always tend towards 100% unless you do at least one of two things: 1. Take on more customers. (most businesses do this and a percentage of the new customers will be unsatisfied) 2. Decrease the quality of your service. (pissing off customers who were previously satisfied)
I don't think anyone would be opposed to it becoming a standard if it was all the things that you mentioned. The problem everyone has with it is that it isn't any of those things. It's Microsoft trying to get a proprietary format labeled as a standard so that they can trick governments into sticking with their proprietary formats rather than switching to ODF.
You need to watch this video so that you can realise exactly how important the GPLv3 is for the Free Software community.
I work on a couple of GPLv2 projects and can't wait to release them under GPLv3. No one is "brow beating" projects into going GPLv3, projects are going GPLv3 because it is the better license.
Yes, and so the fact that they hadn't contacted the developers in this case was relevant since otherwise they could've been using dosbox under another license that the developers OK'ed.
Microsoft got bound to changes in the GPL only because they entered a flawed agreement with Novell that allowed Novell to bind Microsoft to any license they want. The coupons without any expiry date or additional conditions were what bounded Microsoft to future versions of the GPL.
The FSF was going to put the patent clause into the GPL regardless of Microsoft's agreement. They merely noted that Microsoft had put themselves into a position where they were bound by it if Novell starts giving GPLv3 software to Microsoft customers with coupons.
It would have been nice to see a device of its size, with the 3d components and no phone at all
I'm sure someone will be willing to write you a patch (for a price) to turn off the phone functionality if it bothers you that much, but I don't understand where you're coming from.
You should check out the Nintendo DS if you think that games need buttons. I acknowledge that some games do, but it's very possible to make cool games that don't require anything more than a stylus.
What do you mean the "industry" is committing suicide? There will always be music. Music can't go out of business. It's just the current crop of record companies that are eventually going to go away.
This is the most stupid authentication mechanism I've ever heard of. Apart from people probably not recognising their own handwriting, there is nothing stopping others from analysing someone else's handwriting and gaining access to their accounts.
I think they're actually trying to get the health care companies to start an Google AdWords campaign. They're just saying "our product would be useful to you" and I think this story is making a big deal out of nothing.
The GPL only comes into effect when you decide to distribute the software. Until that time, you have not agreed to the GPL. You can receive, examine and modify for your own use GPL'ed software without worrying about what the GPL says. Only once you decide to distribute have you implicitly agreed to the GPL. (if you don't implicitly agree then you are infringing copyright by distributing)
Anyway, the great thing about the GPL is that most end users don't need to know what it says. It stays out of the way of end users and yet ensures they have software freedom.
As an end user, you have no responsibilities under the GPL, but because your software is distributed under the GPL you are guaranteed 4 basic rights. You may use the software however you like, you may distribute the software (as long as you offer the source code along with it), you may study how the software works, and you can modify the software to suit your needs.
They're picking and choosing who they share revenue with as though the traffic they receive from some videos is worth more than the traffic they receive from other videos.
Google should implement this in the same way they do for Blogger. Just let people use their AdSense accounts on YouTube.
Don't TV guides get published in the US? Wouldn't taking the data from these be considered "fair use", and wouldn't other people be able to check their own guides to confirm that the wiki was most likely correct?
It's not unfair because it is entirely possible to write libraries that are not riddled with security flaws. You are trying to relate two things that are almost completely unrelated.
It would be pointless for Nvidia to continue developing their proprietary driver once very few people use it because the Free Software one is "good enough" and installed by default. Nvidia doesn't directly make money off drivers, so in such a scenario it would be in their interests to just make sure the Free Software driver is as good as it can be.
What's the point of spending money developing a proprietary driver if everyone just uses the default Free Software one which works reasonably well?
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Getting programs to work using WINE can still be a pain. If you take a look at games like Command & Conquer 3 or Supreme Commander, there is a way to get them to work in WINE, but it's not as simple as running the installer and then running the game immediately after.
WINE has mostly likely improved a lot since you last used it, but these sorts of issues (apply this patch, download this dll, etc) will probably be around for a while to come. The important thing is that it's continually improving and will one day probably be quite good at running almost anything painlessly.
You can improve customer satisfaction simply by driving unsatisfied customers away from your business.
Suppose I run a business that delivers a poor quality service, but some of my customers are happy enough even with poor quality. They will stick around and be satisfied. Unsatisfied customers will go elsewhere. If I can somehow prevent my business from getting any new customers, my customer satisfaction will approach 100% as time goes by.
In fact, customer satisfaction will always tend towards 100% unless you do at least one of two things:
1. Take on more customers. (most businesses do this and a percentage of the new customers will be unsatisfied)
2. Decrease the quality of your service. (pissing off customers who were previously satisfied)
I don't think anyone would be opposed to it becoming a standard if it was all the things that you mentioned. The problem everyone has with it is that it isn't any of those things. It's Microsoft trying to get a proprietary format labeled as a standard so that they can trick governments into sticking with their proprietary formats rather than switching to ODF.
You need to watch this video so that you can realise exactly how important the GPLv3 is for the Free Software community.
I work on a couple of GPLv2 projects and can't wait to release them under GPLv3. No one is "brow beating" projects into going GPLv3, projects are going GPLv3 because it is the better license.
Yes, and so the fact that they hadn't contacted the developers in this case was relevant since otherwise they could've been using dosbox under another license that the developers OK'ed.
It's already been done for Quake 2.
They used to be Linux User Groups. I think nowadays they're less necessary for users and more for people with a special interest in Linux.
I think the most important difference is that GMail isn't your entire computer. This sounds like it will be accessing every document you've got.
I recommend Ubuntu.
Microsoft got bound to changes in the GPL only because they entered a flawed agreement with Novell that allowed Novell to bind Microsoft to any license they want. The coupons without any expiry date or additional conditions were what bounded Microsoft to future versions of the GPL.
The FSF was going to put the patent clause into the GPL regardless of Microsoft's agreement. They merely noted that Microsoft had put themselves into a position where they were bound by it if Novell starts giving GPLv3 software to Microsoft customers with coupons.
It would have been nice to see a device of its size, with the 3d components and no phone at all
I'm sure someone will be willing to write you a patch (for a price) to turn off the phone functionality if it bothers you that much, but I don't understand where you're coming from.
Free software is about freedom, not being cheaper.
You should check out the Nintendo DS if you think that games need buttons. I acknowledge that some games do, but it's very possible to make cool games that don't require anything more than a stylus.
What do you mean the "industry" is committing suicide? There will always be music. Music can't go out of business. It's just the current crop of record companies that are eventually going to go away.
The iPhone doesn't use SIM cards. You have to "activate it" via iTunes.
This is the most stupid authentication mechanism I've ever heard of. Apart from people probably not recognising their own handwriting, there is nothing stopping others from analysing someone else's handwriting and gaining access to their accounts.
Slow news day, I guess.
Only on the blogs that choose to serve Google Ads.
Also, users of Google AdSense are able to block certain ads from appearing. So the bloggers could just block any ads they didn't like.
I think they're actually trying to get the health care companies to start an Google AdWords campaign. They're just saying "our product would be useful to you" and I think this story is making a big deal out of nothing.
I never want see a program I wrote on a device that does not allow me to make changes to my own program running on that device.
The GPL only comes into effect when you decide to distribute the software. Until that time, you have not agreed to the GPL. You can receive, examine and modify for your own use GPL'ed software without worrying about what the GPL says. Only once you decide to distribute have you implicitly agreed to the GPL. (if you don't implicitly agree then you are infringing copyright by distributing)
Anyway, the great thing about the GPL is that most end users don't need to know what it says. It stays out of the way of end users and yet ensures they have software freedom.
As an end user, you have no responsibilities under the GPL, but because your software is distributed under the GPL you are guaranteed 4 basic rights. You may use the software however you like, you may distribute the software (as long as you offer the source code along with it), you may study how the software works, and you can modify the software to suit your needs.
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
They're picking and choosing who they share revenue with as though the traffic they receive from some videos is worth more than the traffic they receive from other videos.
Google should implement this in the same way they do for Blogger. Just let people use their AdSense accounts on YouTube.
Don't TV guides get published in the US? Wouldn't taking the data from these be considered "fair use", and wouldn't other people be able to check their own guides to confirm that the wiki was most likely correct?
It's not unfair because it is entirely possible to write libraries that are not riddled with security flaws. You are trying to relate two things that are almost completely unrelated.
What happened with Vista was not what they intended to happen. They slipped up, but it's not as though they intentionally had crappy Vista drivers.
It would be pointless for Nvidia to continue developing their proprietary driver once very few people use it because the Free Software one is "good enough" and installed by default. Nvidia doesn't directly make money off drivers, so in such a scenario it would be in their interests to just make sure the Free Software driver is as good as it can be.
What's the point of spending money developing a proprietary driver if everyone just uses the default Free Software one which works reasonably well?