I think that pressure from Gnome and the fundamentalists helped make Qt change their license to the LGPL.
No, it didn't. The license was changed to LGPL because Trolltech's profits are pennies for Nokia and they figured they'd rather see more commercial development for Qt.
Not without the original files from the install CD.
I can't count the number of times I've installed a Gentoo or a Debian system from within another distribution (and that includes pre-releases, unstable branches and even releases for other architectures).
The difference is that 99% of all Linux drivers are built into the kernel. In order for an OEM to ship bad drivers, it has to do something non-standard. Microsoft forces manufacturers to build drivers themselves, thus allowing them to build bad ones.
I'm not saying it's Microsoft's fault manufacturers build and ship bad drivers, I'm saying that their model of guaranteeing good drivers is inferior to Apple's and the OSS community's. If WHQL was really effective (beyond making Microsoft more money, that is), it would have stopped nVidia's bad drivers from reaching customers.
Isn't this the very definition of FUD that is preached about on this site day in and day out, and is almost exclusively used in reference to Microsoft?
You must be new here.
Maybe it's increasing the amount of energy that comes to Earth, but that's not the problem. The problem with fossil fuels is that they release Carbon that was captured in them for millions of years to the atmosphere.
It doesn't even have to be reviewed. Imagine what happens if someone looks at the code and finds something malicious. No one will ever trust that program's developer again. If it's open source, it's harmless, unless the developer is crazy.
But it can (and is) "bought out" by government interests. I think the founding fathers of the US would agree that that is far more dangerous.
You are forgetting that the founding fathers didn't live in a time where the media reported everything within minutes. Today, the media has more influence over the government than anyone, so it's better to have the government control it, rather than some random corporation.
* user moves a file between global start menu folders * Windows: Doing this will require administrator privileges. Continue? (Y/N) * user clicks yes * Windows: foo is read-only. Continue? (Y/N) * user clicks yes * Windows: foo already exists in bar. Overwrite? (Y/N) * user clicks yes * Windows: Windows Explorer is trying to move file foo to bar. Cancel or Allow? User: This will take all night. * user goes to get coffee *
f MS Office isn't allowed to use pdf out-of-the-box (they can provide a free first-party download, however) I doubt that Windows can legally do so. I don't know whether ogg and tar suffer the same restrictions of the proprietary, non-"free and open" pdf standard.
Adobe Reader is available for free. A PDF creator is totally different. Adobe is simply worried that including a PDF writer with Office would severely cut on Acrobat sales. I doubt Adobe would prevent Microsoft from including a PDF viewer with Windows.
I can counter anecdotes with anecdotes if you want. I think I'll just skip though.
Well, a million examples can't prove a theory, while one is enough to counter it.
It doesn't hurt anything, but it also doesn't help anything: it's just a placebo cure. I think a lot of people treat defrag on Windows the same way.
A lot of people do. I don't deny it. Of course, that doesn't change the fact that sometimes, it helps, which makes it a real cure that is not always effective. Penicillin doesn't help against AIDS. Does that make it a placebo cure?
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I think that pressure from Gnome and the fundamentalists helped make Qt change their license to the LGPL.
No, it didn't. The license was changed to LGPL because Trolltech's profits are pennies for Nokia and they figured they'd rather see more commercial development for Qt.
Because it wasn't announced by Microsoft. It was leaked by Acer's European vice president.
Anyone with a Gentoo system (especially a broken one) wouldn't find using dpkg a deal breaker.
Not without the original files from the install CD. I can't count the number of times I've installed a Gentoo or a Debian system from within another distribution (and that includes pre-releases, unstable branches and even releases for other architectures).
The editors were using emacs so it took a while to publish.
Whoosh!
There, I fixed it for you.
This presentation has a little more truth in it than the parent's post.
It's more than that. The second students graduate, their "protection" expires and the RIAA sues.
He said an editor, not an operating system.
When will slashdot editors start skipping them?
As soon as they're not true anymore.
How about OSS, FOSS and MSOSS?
The difference is that 99% of all Linux drivers are built into the kernel. In order for an OEM to ship bad drivers, it has to do something non-standard. Microsoft forces manufacturers to build drivers themselves, thus allowing them to build bad ones.
I'm not saying it's Microsoft's fault manufacturers build and ship bad drivers, I'm saying that their model of guaranteeing good drivers is inferior to Apple's and the OSS community's. If WHQL was really effective (beyond making Microsoft more money, that is), it would have stopped nVidia's bad drivers from reaching customers.
Which means it transfers 640 GB per second.
And what about the people not having a torrent client or not even knowing how to download torrents? How would they get Firefox?
I'm pretty sure Pinky is weirder.
You must be new here.
Maybe it's increasing the amount of energy that comes to Earth, but that's not the problem. The problem with fossil fuels is that they release Carbon that was captured in them for millions of years to the atmosphere.
It doesn't even have to be reviewed. Imagine what happens if someone looks at the code and finds something malicious. No one will ever trust that program's developer again. If it's open source, it's harmless, unless the developer is crazy.
You are forgetting that the founding fathers didn't live in a time where the media reported everything within minutes. Today, the media has more influence over the government than anyone, so it's better to have the government control it, rather than some random corporation.
IIRC, IBM released a mobile PowerPC 970 about a month after Apple announced the Intel switch. IBM just wanted to get rid of Apple.
No, but age usually brings twm.
Two?
* user moves a file between global start menu folders *
Windows: Doing this will require administrator privileges. Continue? (Y/N)
* user clicks yes *
Windows: foo is read-only. Continue? (Y/N)
* user clicks yes *
Windows: foo already exists in bar. Overwrite? (Y/N)
* user clicks yes *
Windows: Windows Explorer is trying to move file foo to bar. Cancel or Allow?
User: This will take all night.
* user goes to get coffee *
f MS Office isn't allowed to use pdf out-of-the-box (they can provide a free first-party download, however) I doubt that Windows can legally do so. I don't know whether ogg and tar suffer the same restrictions of the proprietary, non-"free and open" pdf standard.
Adobe Reader is available for free. A PDF creator is totally different. Adobe is simply worried that including a PDF writer with Office would severely cut on Acrobat sales. I doubt Adobe would prevent Microsoft from including a PDF viewer with Windows.
I can counter anecdotes with anecdotes if you want. I think I'll just skip though.
Well, a million examples can't prove a theory, while one is enough to counter it.
It doesn't hurt anything, but it also doesn't help anything: it's just a placebo cure. I think a lot of people treat defrag on Windows the same way.
A lot of people do. I don't deny it. Of course, that doesn't change the fact that sometimes, it helps, which makes it a real cure that is not always effective. Penicillin doesn't help against AIDS. Does that make it a placebo cure?