All of this may be true, but I still think that writing articles about this in regards to what still is a beta product is sensationalistic and unethical.
Please keep in mind that Microsoft is also sensationalistic and unethical at times, and this article could be viewed as Linux marketing.
Tell me, is it cheaper to make one probe to orbit Europa for 3 years, or make two probes that orbit for 1.5 each? Maybe these scientists have already thought about economics of scale, and have decided to put all their eggs in one basket. After all, they are rocket scientists...
Keep in mind that you're really only paying for a license here. The software "codecs" that you're talking about are free to download from the repositories.
Keep in mind that those "published and open standards" were actually reverse-engineered from the Mac implementation. Apple never originally shared them.
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All of this may be true, but I still think that writing articles about this in regards to what still is a beta product is sensationalistic and unethical.
Please keep in mind that Microsoft is also sensationalistic and unethical at times, and this article could be viewed as Linux marketing.
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Does your sig still work? I heard they fixed that. You should try it.
By getting a list of other shells, you could create a dash of Bash hash mash
Tell me, is it cheaper to make one probe to orbit Europa for 3 years, or make two probes that orbit for 1.5 each? Maybe these scientists have already thought about economics of scale, and have decided to put all their eggs in one basket. After all, they are rocket scientists...
Anyway, don't you have Wikipedia set up as your secondary search engine?
I thought that's what the comments here were for...
...load. No one wants to get anything lower than Business or Ultimate.
There should be a rule on slashdot where your comment must be longer than your sig.
Mao, is that you?
Dammit, the only channel I get is NAMBLA.
iglubuntu
I know most of the people in my family did not vote for the greens because of their name, not their platform.
The iphone has the worst SDK because it forces developers to install a whole new operating system...
When you're driving, "right" is relative to the direction your vehicle is moving, just like starboard.
Starboard is to the right!
Gnash won't work?
For a second I thought you really were talking about a pet monkey, and I was very impressed!
use natural language
comment story positive
example show
search +5 funny
Where can I read some of these findings? Are they available on the internet for free?
...streaming music providers like deezer...
You can't do that, dave.
Keep in mind that you're really only paying for a license here. The software "codecs" that you're talking about are free to download from the repositories.
Gee, I can't find my Windows 7 key on my laptop.
Bug Number One
Keep in mind that those "published and open standards" were actually reverse-engineered from the Mac implementation. Apple never originally shared them.
On a related note, has anyone ever added software through add/remove ?