If you'd actually read the article you linked, you'd know that, despite common usage, the singular generic they is still a matter of controversy among grammarians.
IMO it's horribly unclear, particularly when used in a sentence like, "A teenage boy never plans for their future," one of the accepted uses from the article. It gets even worse once combined with the propensity of most people to confuse its, it's, their, they're, there, to, two, too, who's, whose, and the like.
Stallman will put verbiage in GPL3 to ensure that Novell is in violation? That's what he said, but obviously not what he meant.
That's exactly what he meant. He believes that the creators of GPL3, specifically RMS, will make sure that GPL3 specifically forbids actions like Novell's. Which it should, since, as has been mentioned approximately 1.21 gigatimes in these comments, even if the Novell/MS agreement doesn't violate the letter of the GPL2, it certainly violates the spirit and intention.
Also of note is the Nokia 770. Uses flash memory instead of onboard HD, but has a huge screen, real wifi, Opera, and a large collection of third-party apps.
Not to mention the big one that everybody's missing: TIME.
When you're working two jobs, or working full-time and going to school, the high cost of fast food and convenience foods is offset by the added time cost of preparing healthy meals from wholesome ingredients.
Do I have burgers again and get 6 hours of sleep, or do I make sauteed chicken, steamed vegetables, and baked potatoes and get maybe 4 hours?
`(f) REVERSE ENGINEERING- (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a)(1)(A), a person who has lawfully obtained the right to use a copy of a computer program may circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a particular portion of that program for the sole purpose of identifying and analyzing those elements of the program that are necessary to achieve interoperability of an independently created computer program with other programs, and that have not previously been readily available to the person engaging in the circumvention, to the extent any such acts of identification and analysis do not constitute infringement under this title.
All non-trivial software needs support. Not necessarily because it's bad, broken, or buggy, but because no user can possibly know the software as well as a developer. Users will have questions about using a product in a way it was never intended to be used; requests to add, remove, or change features in the next versions; complaints about PEBKAC errors; and so on.
Although it's not their only revenue source, IBM seems to be doing pretty well in the software + support area.
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Plus they almost destroyed Toontown!
If you'd actually read the article you linked, you'd know that, despite common usage, the singular generic they is still a matter of controversy among grammarians.
IMO it's horribly unclear, particularly when used in a sentence like, "A teenage boy never plans for their future," one of the accepted uses from the article. It gets even worse once combined with the propensity of most people to confuse its, it's, their, they're, there, to, two, too, who's, whose, and the like.
That's exactly what he meant. He believes that the creators of GPL3, specifically RMS, will make sure that GPL3 specifically forbids actions like Novell's. Which it should, since, as has been mentioned approximately 1.21 gigatimes in these comments, even if the Novell/MS agreement doesn't violate the letter of the GPL2, it certainly violates the spirit and intention.
How is it going to help for them to create a new screen(1) window and then prepare to insert a literal control character?
Don't forget about Mushu, the educated whale who thinks he's better than you!
Also of note is the Nokia 770. Uses flash memory instead of onboard HD, but has a huge screen, real wifi, Opera, and a large collection of third-party apps.
Good for you. FrostWire is definitely the way to go. Way to encourage the children!
...it would have been entirely one-sided, not give and take like the actual agreement was.
Not to mention the big one that everybody's missing: TIME.
When you're working two jobs, or working full-time and going to school, the high cost of fast food and convenience foods is offset by the added time cost of preparing healthy meals from wholesome ingredients.
Do I have burgers again and get 6 hours of sleep, or do I make sauteed chicken, steamed vegetables, and baked potatoes and get maybe 4 hours?
Raytheon. They were trumpeting about six sigma compliance when I worked for them in 2002.
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http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000
The government is not supposed to be in the business of enriching individual people or corporations, and they are well aware of it.
You must not be referring to the United States government.
This assumes that adoption rate is directly related to buzz, which I find highly arguable.
books and movies ARE TWO DIFFERENT FUCKING MEDIUMS.
We have a word now for more than one medium. We decided to go with "media".
Reverse engineering of file formats is legal.
Apparently you haven't heard of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act
A much more helpful suggestion would be for them to stay off the IE.
Obviously your Makefile isn't structured correctly. Run ./configure --enable-good-software and try again.
All non-trivial software needs support. Not necessarily because it's bad, broken, or buggy, but because no user can possibly know the software as well as a developer. Users will have questions about using a product in a way it was never intended to be used; requests to add, remove, or change features in the next versions; complaints about PEBKAC errors; and so on.
Although it's not their only revenue source, IBM seems to be doing pretty well in the software + support area.
Actually, I think the grandparent is referring to this: ^
...and that would be caret.
There is no mod score too high for the parent post.
Actually Quake3 is GPL. But because Id made it so, rather than via infection.
Wow. As usual, Dvorak shows that he not only missed the point, but that he doesn't have a basic grasp of the subject material in the first place.
My congratulations.
Yeah, because until one language is exactly like another, it's crap.
Are you insinuating that Jesus isn't a gadget?!