Yes, some screenshots would be nice, especially "normal" looking screenshots showing the defaults. I've seen enough wacked out themes for at least the next 90 days or so...
Does 1.0 still use that funny looking G-shaped foot for the start menu? I'm thinking Red Hat will replace that with a pic of the red hat guy when they ship 6.0.
I recognize that the Wine developers are a very talented group of people, but I think it's a mistake to hang the future of Linux on a reverse engineered clone of the Win32 API.
Getting all those Windows apps running on Linux seems like a good idea short term, but unfortunately it will prolong the life of that broken API from Redmond.
If you think running Windows apps on Linux is a great thing, then go get yourself a bigger vision of what Linux can achieve on it's own without dragging Win32 along for the ride.
Windows is a disease that can't be cured, let's stomp it out while we have the chance.
Does anyone besides me see a certain animosity towards religion in this review?
I think it's more of a case of animosity toward God.
The reasoning seems to be: "My life sucks and I don't know why, and I don't have anyone to blame for it, so I guess I'll blame God, since He's ultimately responsible for everything."
Is that right, or did I just make that up?
TedC
PS. If there's anything better than Linux, it's gotta be preachin on the net!:-)
...why not just roll with it and encourage development of killer apps designed on a good OS rather than a sucky one? WINE just gives app developers an excuse not to.
I agree.
There's no doubt that the guys working on WINE are some of the best programmers around; it's too bad they're expending the effort promoting a really ugly API.
Windows is a disease that can't be cured; we ought to stomp it out while we have the chance.
I believe he was refering to X itself, not the XFree86 implementation of it in particular.
The concern that X is getting too big is valid. While it may be humanly possible to write a large, complex software program that's relatively bug free, no one has done so yet.
I'm just wondering, does anybody have opinions as to the future of AIX?
AIX has a small piece of the UNIX market, but it's secure because it's tied to IBM hardware. Same situation with HP-UX and Digital Unix.
SCO, on the other hand, is probably in trouble, despite the fact that they own the UNIX brand and have a big chunk of the market. I can't think of a compeling reason for anyone to switch to SCO, and there are reasons for their existing customers to go elsewhere.
Irix is probably in trouble too. If the MIPS architecture tanks, then Irix will go with it.
I read the press release, and there's no mention of Linux support; I guess they just assume you run Windows. 3DFx announced in a previous press release several months ago that the Voodoo3 would have Linux support, or support Linux, or something like that.
The bit about banning "code hacking" seems to be directed toward people who might customize the kernel or some other critical system program, but it's hard to tell from the context. I don't think they're advocating a general ban on programming!
One of the biggest advantages of free or Open Source software is that it prevents a single entitly such as Microsoft from extending their position through coercion. Bill didn't get to be the richest man in the world by selling great software, and I'm sure this point hasn't been lost on IBM, Compaq, HP, etc..
Can anyone read this? I've tried 5 or 6 links, and all they do is reload the top-level page...
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Next thing I expect from you is a disgusting comment about masturbation.
I have never made any references to masturbation on/. or any other online forum. I think you must be confusing me with someone else. I was merely commenting on the lack of substance in a large majority of AC posts -- your's would be a good example.
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Here's a tip: the majority of the AC posts are coming from a few clueless 14 year olds. If you think this is a forum, you're mistaken; it used to be a forum.
...to succeed because their products are sub-standard from a technology standpoint. There's no way they can compete on a level playing field and win. So now we have one branch of the US government trying to break their monopoly power, while at the same time another branch issues them broad, sweeping patents that help sustain that monopoly.
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How did you come to the conclusion that God doesn't exist?
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One percent of the people who participate in Slashdot polls use it, but it's quite widely used for internet servers.
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Anyone know the details?
TedC
Getting all those Windows apps running on Linux seems like a good idea short term, but unfortunately it will prolong the life of that broken API from Redmond.
If you think running Windows apps on Linux is a great thing, then go get yourself a bigger vision of what Linux can achieve on it's own without dragging Win32 along for the ride.
Windows is a disease that can't be cured, let's stomp it out while we have the chance.
TedC
TedC
I think it's more of a case of animosity toward God.
The reasoning seems to be: "My life sucks and I don't know why, and I don't have anyone to blame for it, so I guess I'll blame God, since He's ultimately responsible for everything."
Is that right, or did I just make that up?
TedC
PS. If there's anything better than Linux, it's gotta be preachin on the net! :-)
I agree.
There's no doubt that the guys working on WINE are some of the best programmers around; it's too bad they're expending the effort promoting a really ugly API.
Windows is a disease that can't be cured; we ought to stomp it out while we have the chance.
TedC
Isn't that the whole point of the GPL, being able to modify and improve code in any way the user sees fit?
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Having OpenGL support in the next version of XFree86 will help. Sound is still a problem, tho.
TedC
I believe he was refering to X itself, not the XFree86 implementation of it in particular.
The concern that X is getting too big is valid. While it may be humanly possible to write a large, complex software program that's relatively bug free, no one has done so yet.
TedC
AIX has a small piece of the UNIX market, but it's secure because it's tied to IBM hardware. Same situation with HP-UX and Digital Unix.
SCO, on the other hand, is probably in trouble, despite the fact that they own the UNIX brand and have a big chunk of the market. I can't think of a compeling reason for anyone to switch to SCO, and there are reasons for their existing customers to go elsewhere.
Irix is probably in trouble too. If the MIPS architecture tanks, then Irix will go with it.
TedC
Maybe someone from 3DFx could clear this up...
TedC
The bit about banning "code hacking" seems to be directed toward people who might customize the kernel or some other critical system program, but it's hard to tell from the context. I don't think they're advocating a general ban on programming!
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Solaris is still considered to be SunOS; Solaris 2.6, for example, has copyright messages for SunOS 5.6. At least on a Sparc; not sure about intel.
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Can anyone read this? I've tried 5 or 6 links, and all they do is reload the top-level page...
I have never made any references to masturbation on /. or any other online forum. I think you must be confusing me with someone else. I was merely commenting on the lack of substance in a large majority of AC posts -- your's would be a good example.
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PS. Those KDE 1.1 Mac style menubars are cool!
That ain't right.
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