Open source continues to deliver
Richard Flude | 02/06/06
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Yep.
baggins_z | 02/07/06
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OS X and Open Source
JeremyAllison | 02/07/06
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One tiny issue
No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/07/06
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These concepts were pineered by SGI, NOT Microsoft.
DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
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Did I suggest otherwise?
No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/07/06
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Well, OpenGL was opened a long time ago. What took MS so long?
DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
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That IS a good business plan, isn't it?
Michael Kelly | 02/07/06
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So what's Microsoft's excuse?
Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/07/06
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And what innovation has the $6+ billion produced?
Richard Flude | 02/07/06
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What!?
Linux User 147560 | 02/07/06
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How about . . .
Suicida| | 02/07/06
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I agree, the GNOME/KDE competition is GOOD.
DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
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Why?
Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
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If the GNOME group had the Linux desktop sewed up, they would not inovate
DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
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A message from TrollTech
Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/07/06
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Yes, it is NOT LGPL, it is GPL. Troll tech owns the toll bridge for
DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
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Lets be fair
Richard Flude | 02/07/06
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The only problem is, when you run a comercial app on Linux, the QT toolkit
DonnieBoy | 02/08/06
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Way to go Novell...
prime21 | 02/06/06
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Great, competition is good
Boot_Agnostic | 02/07/06
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Agreed, I am looking forward to this
crocd | 02/07/06
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It needs to become part of LSB, and available with the major distributions.
DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
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Sun can incorporate this into JDS! They fully cooperate on the desktop.
DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
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I'm waiting for looking glass to come along
zmud | 02/07/06
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I keep hearing that Windows is preferred because of its looks...
HypnoToad | 02/07/06
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First rule of sales...
No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/07/06
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People go for what they know
Boot_Agnostic | 02/08/06
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I will have to disagree with you.
cashaww | 02/09/06
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Novell seeks to boost Linux graphics
Loverock Davidson | 02/07/06
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You are spot on, XP looks like a Fisher Price kids OS.
DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
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Yeah right
Loverock Davidson | 02/07/06
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Those themes are to make fun of XP, nobody uses them for anything serious.
DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
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Right...
Loverock Davidson | 02/07/06
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Why wouldn't they?
Patrick Jones | 02/07/06
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No matter what OS, there are people that do not have a life and will spend
DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
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Yep...
Patrick Jones | 02/07/06
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Novell taking credit?
nucrash | 02/07/06
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Novell taking credit
Loverock Davidson | 02/07/06
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Hopefully they don't
voska | 02/07/06
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Server GUI
chromeronin | 02/07/06
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I agree totally
Suicida| | 02/07/06
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Blah blah blah...
thunderdome1 | 02/08/06
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Pixel size
Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/07/06
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We still need a standard way to tell the OS and applicatoins the physical
DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
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Standards
Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/07/06
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I do not like to write programs that depend on the parsing of text output
DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
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RTFman
Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/07/06
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Ok, still not obvious how to get the screen size in mm.
DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
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Use the Source, Luke
Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/07/06
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That is a command line tool. You would have to parse the output to use it
DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
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Linux disadvantage.
Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
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Not entirely
Roger Ramjet | 02/07/06
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Price isn't the issue
Michael Kelly | 02/07/06
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"... to make the software better"?
Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
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Contradiction
Michael Kelly | 02/07/06
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None.
Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
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Broken Proprietory drivers
tracy anne | 02/07/06
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Anticipating
Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
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Example
Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/07/06
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OSS != Linux
thunderdome1 | 02/08/06
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Drivers are free with video card purchase.
Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
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Free Software
chromeronin | 02/07/06
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Those who object to proprietary drivers
Michael Kelly | 02/07/06
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Disagreement?
Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
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It goes both ways..
Patrick Jones | 02/07/06
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Too much of a good thing.
Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
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I love horseradish!
Patrick Jones | 02/07/06
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Closed-source-only people are funny...
thunderdome1 | 02/08/06
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I would agree with Linus here. Proprietary drivers should be allowed.
DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
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With the drivers..
Patrick Jones | 02/07/06
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Competitors can still see what they are doing, it is just a little harder
DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
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I do not personally agree
Michael Kelly | 02/07/06
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Sense of proportion.
Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
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This is why a community effort makes sense
Michael Kelly | 02/07/06
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Consideration.
Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
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Another big issue, it is a nightmare for companies to keep proprietary
DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
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Oh would I love that
Michael Kelly | 02/07/06
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Through the LSB, this will happen. LSB graphics drivers will be available
DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
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Well, for one
Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/07/06
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Because they break
Suicida| | 02/07/06
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Guesses
Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/07/06
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If Sun had made Solaris "free"...
Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
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Red Hat's Problem
Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/07/06
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Market cap: $4.7 billion
Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
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Redhats Problem #2
Suicida| | 02/07/06
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When is competition good?
Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
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Competition will decide the winner.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/07/06
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As with Coca Cola and Pepsi.
Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
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Other markets have NO single dominant company, like cars.
DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
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Tried to start a car company lately?
Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
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Dessert topping, floor wax
Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/07/06
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Geez learn your OS people.
Suicida| | 02/07/06
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The differences are more than themes.
DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
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Compatibility
chromeronin | 02/07/06
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Parts may not interchange, the important thing: road and fuel compatibility
DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
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Its another world ...
George Mitchell | 02/07/06
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Alternate desktops.
Anton Philidor | 02/07/06
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Mutually exclusive?
George Mitchell | 02/07/06
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The competition is good, IF all applications can run on either one.
DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
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They do
Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/07/06
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I do not think that the most recent LSB specifies the api to communicate
DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
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These are really minor issues ...
George Mitchell | 02/07/06
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Well, I consider these features very important. Being warned that a doc has
DonnieBoy | 02/08/06
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MS word under wine and XGL? Nice!
ihatelinux | 07/30/06
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Another thing, the bigger issue is the need to have multiple GUI tool kits.
DonnieBoy | 02/07/06
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Just like the need for C libraries, java, python, perl, etc, etc, etc
George Mitchell | 02/07/06
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Can't wait
LinuxHippie | 02/08/06
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NO JAVA, please...
pietromele | 02/08/06
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It's all good because eventually, I'm gonna get something free
Boot_Agnostic | 02/09/06
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