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

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