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Unix servers up 2.7%, Linux servers up 35.6% 1368
But developers and OEMs have a disproportionate effect on the market. It's a lot harder for a consumer to buy a competing product if few OEMs...
Unix servers up 2.7%, Linux servers up 35.6% 1368 plus 1
There is no question that Microsoft was a tough compebreastor to beat in their bread and butter market of the time. I think you are being naive to suggest that...
Unix servers up 2.7%, Linux servers up 35.6% 1370
And MS did everything they could to encourage that 'fear, uncertainty, and doubt'. Perhaps 'everybody does it', but that doesn't make it...
Unix servers up 2.7%, Linux servers up 35.6% 1371
Poor Spyglbutt Software"??? Spyglbutt sold MS the technology for IE 1.0 which everyone on the planet considers to be a joke. The technology was public domain in any...
Unix servers up 2.7%, Linux servers up 35.6% 1372
If it was public domain, then why did Microsoft pay for it? Well, (a), it *wasn't* 'public domain'. See, for example...
Unix servers up 2.7%, Linux servers up 35.6% 1373
Ray Ingles A gratuitous comment, Ray, and totally meaningless in the current context. The "technology" was indeed public domain and anyone with the time and energy to become familiar with it could...
Unix servers up 2.7%, Linux servers up 35.6% 1374
in the sense of not being patented? "Public domain" is a *copyright* term, not a patent term. (Go ask DFS, he thinks that any open-source program that does something a closed-source...
Unix servers up 2.7%, Linux servers up 35.6% 1375
His approach to debate looks a lot like that of a lawyer to me. I don't know whether he is one, or he's just...
Unix servers up 2.7%, Linux servers up 35.6% 1376
I am receiving an error: non bane error 2726 when starting Windows 3.1. Windows then starts correctly, but this error is printed every time Windows is started...
Unix servers up 2.7%, Linux servers up 35.6% 1377
I'm not going to bother to dig up the quotes, I'm going to make you do the homework this...
Unix servers up 2.7%, Linux servers up 35.6% 1378
Never adjudicated, of course, but what you cited, i.e. "Some of this was due to W31 FUD", would...
MPEG Patent and Microsoft's Petard
Sony Phillips vs MS codec battle "If there is a legal action this time it will set the entire US trade effort at the throats...
The Horror Of CUPS. In Eric S. Raymond's Own Words. 1380
begin virus.scr Mark Kent I fail to see the difference between qoting *in* *full* a...
The Horror Of CUPS. In Eric S. Raymond's Own Words. Discussion, linux 1381
I'm saying that there's no court case regarding copyright and Usenet posts, so I have to qualify my conclusions. It is clear that there is no explicit waiver of...
The Horror Of CUPS. In Eric S. Raymond's Own Words. Discussion, linux 1382
The copyright faq (question 3.8) strongly favors my interpretation and not yours. Of course, this isn't coincidental, since that faq...
The violation of flatfish rights..... Discussion, linux
The law is quite clear. Anonymous authors enjoy the same privilege of copyrights that other authors enjoy. The claim that Flatfish's behavior is "disruptive" seems utterly irrelevant to whether he has the rights granted...
The Horror Of CUPS. In Eric S. Raymond's Own Words. Discussion, linux 1384
Abusing someone's rights on the grounds that he cannot do anything about it doesn't count as ethical behavior...
The Horror Of CUPS. In Eric S. Raymond's Own Words. Discussion, linux 1385
He has the rights granted to him by copyright, at least prima facie. One could argue that posting...
The Horror Of CUPS. In Eric S. Raymond's Own Words. Discussion, linux 1386
Depending on the context, Backus-Naur notation is not meta. When I've used the notation in presenting an...
The Horror Of CUPS. In Eric S. Raymond's Own Words. Discussion, linux 1387
Fair enough. Well, putting one's name on a publication is hardly a clear way of identifying the...
The Horror Of CUPS. In Eric S. Raymond's Own Words. 1388
On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 14:05:56 -0800, Ralph No, but your comments clearly demonstrate that you are...
The Horror Of CUPS. In Eric S. Raymond's Own Words. 1389
I won't argue that it shouldn't be easier than it sometimes is on linux. I take issue, though...
The Horror Of CUPS. In Eric S. Raymond's Own Words. 1390
Sven Lossman But the configuration tool was NOT a CUPS application so there is no difenitve proof that that is as a...
Linux VS Windows multiple processes 1391
Ray Ingles poked his little head through the XP firewall and said: Even without NPTL, Linux was faster...
Linux VS Windows multiple processes 1392
forth. creation pthreads memory. on.) platform, condition simulated works stressful than the may be should they thread) NPTL. Yet fine-grained get a but Windows...
Linux VS Windows multiple processes 1393
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Linønut wrote on Wed, 02 Mar 2005 20:24:21 -0600 Sheesh. That's just about the lame-brainiest idea on how to sell dual-CPU units I could think of... :-) Of...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X
Start Quotes ----- I’m going to tell you why I AM more productive on my Mac...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1395
Maya books, include: 1 - 10 of 56 most relevant results for Maya 3D : Sort by: Publication Date 1. Complete Maya Programming Volume II : An In-depth Guide to 3D Fundamentals, Geometry, and...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1396
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 17:48:13 -0700, LawsonE Wow, Maya has so many more books. Maybe that's because Maya is so damn complicated and hard to...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1397
I'd have to compare feature for feature to be sure, but my impression is that Blender isn't even trying to compete with Maya at this point. There are truely...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1398
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 04:19:44 -0700, LawsonE Why? I do not know of any. But what does this *prove* here? I do not see your point. I...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1399
Looking at the feature set on the Blender website and comparing it with what I know of Maya. I didn't do a feature-by-feature comparison, but my *impresssion* from glancing at the website...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1400
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:37:56 -0700, LawsonE So nothing specific about the features. In fact, you admit they are pretty simular, now the complaint...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1401
No, the "complaint" is that Blender isn't targetted to the same audience as Maya, and doesn't...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1402
I love it when the trolls start debating dictionaries... When Steve Carroll actually used to be interesting enough to respond to I backed him into...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1403
The question is an oxymoron: you posited the existence of an OS X user who wanted to add a second hard disk and has no computing and technical background. Someone who has no computing...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1404
My lad found a nasty problem on his new OSX machine last night. In trying to use the GUI setup for the network, he was giving it...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1405
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 20:26:09 +0100, If he accidentally removed from the menu, in GNOME for example, he'd just add it back, and since...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1407
begin doom.scr You can have capitals if you want, and some apps do. It's not hugely common, but there's nothing to stop you doing it. The command line completion will work just the...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X
That's my point. It's not the "unix way" to do it that way, even if it CAN be done (as opposed to, say, Windows - where it couldn't be...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1409
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 21:29:18 +0100, this functionality is built in to GNOME, alt-f2...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1410
begin doom.scr How is that different to history grep mov? I can type that faster than most non-typists can type even 2 or 3 letters. As I asked before, and you seem...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1411
begin oeprotect.scr I'm not reluctant to learn anything, I simply don't believe that your buttessment of bash's...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1412
begin doom.scr Some apps do have capitals. X would be a good example. I don't know why you insist on this 'not...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1413
begin doom.scr So what? But it's not. But some do. Yes. Can you type? Can you type? Unless you can type, I find it very unlikely that...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1414
begin doom.scr What is a general purpose application? Can you type? Can you type? I find it deeply ironic. So if you start with the wrong letter, it doesn't complete? Well spotted. However, if...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1415
begin oeprotect.scr giskard:~$ A AbiWord AbiWordd AbiWordd.gtk Amaya Okay? Spot the capitals? X seems general purpose to me, but clearly you don't think it is. It's a simple enough question - why don't you...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1416
begin doom.scr Well, my lad's OSX machine's got a browser named after a arabic trans-african trading caravans, Safari, so...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X
Good example. "Safari" isn't a very good name. Come to think of it, the only browser with a good name is "Internet Explorer...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1418
begin doom.scr I tunes the piano, then I tunes the guitar. I can't see it's in any way a better name. It's perhaps more immediately obviously related to music to the untrained, but once...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1419
begin doom.scr wow you don't know what you're talking about. Here's a snippet: $ apropos image. ... vidmode (8) - query-set...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1420
begin doom.scr Safari is an arabic trading caravan. It's not new or exciting, it's the same as a 'train' or 'aeroplane' in modern parlance. I don't particularly object to the name, in fact, I think...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1421
Mark Kent G'day Mark, Its kind of hard to cut through all the noise, but i've discovered that iTunes can: - play any audio format that...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1422
So? Why does it have to be either one? It can easily be a hybrid-and it...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1423
I'm generally resistant to large changes in my working environment, and it takes me some effort...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1424
Heck, I pointed to more names of distros than that - what makes you think those ones...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1425
It is your opinion that you know Linux better than I do - though you have no evidence. You could be hiding info for the sake of trolling - I leave open the...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1426
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 22:02:18 -0700, Snit Have you successfully installed and used PPC Linux on a Umax or any other Mac...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1427
It is not the choice that is the problem, it is the time, energy, and experience needed to make reasonable choices. For the population I am referencing, especially, that is...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1428
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 09:54:54 -0700, What does the user care if their package manager...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1429
Also the applications. That makes a *big* difference. With the caveat of the above, I largely agree and am working with KDE...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1430
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 13:25:20 -0700, in what way? almost all packages...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1431
Sure, but they do not come with the distro, and so far I have not found a distro that comes with software that is based on the WM...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1432
On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 22:22:28 -0700, Snit Really? You haven't found any packages written for Gnome? Gee... You really should look IN THE MENUS. See those apps that start with...
Article: From GUIAvoider to OS X 1433
Great - so what distro would you suggest with apps that fit my criteria... you know, so clients do not have to pay me to do an...