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posted by cyclops on Thu 7th May 2009 23:03
posted by cyclops on Sat 28th Mar 2009 04:49
WOW just WOW. I wonder how 3.1 will do in the same period.
posted by cyclops on Mon 22nd Dec 2008 21:40
http://marketing.openoffice.org/marketing_bouncer.html Its often neglected on here that the Microsoft Monopoly is based on more than an OS or a Browser. These figures are the most fun thing to watch.
Microsoft is suddenly taking a hit from all sides.
posted by cyclops on Tue 21st Oct 2008 18:53
Ignoring any IP/Novell talk, with serious responses. I'm put in the position to advise someone on how to move forward from VB6 without going to .NET, Mono seems too big a jump and too C like(no click and compile), Gambas is looking better because its the differences are better documented, although looks not as polished, that's with Ubuntu(Ibex) perhaps in this instance the wrong Distribution coming with 1.91 mono and what looks like 1.0 monodevelop. Its a little Overwhelming...and I'm confused having tried to plough though this stuff to give any advise. I cannot believe anyone else hasn't been through this pain barrier, with Migrating old code from VB 6. Any help; advise; shared experiences would be useful or even a nod in the right direction.
posted by cyclops on Thu 11th Sep 2008 00:58
posted by cyclops on Sun 2nd Dec 2007 23:13
I'm beginning to believe I am imagining the whole thing, but has Linux' Market share dropped by about half today http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=10 figures certainly seem to have changed dramatically...and are *backdated*. Although having checked Links like these I'm tempted to say something is going on.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070903-linux-marketshare-set...
anyone any idea why such a dramatic change in figures has occurred.
posted by cyclops on Sun 30th Sep 2007 03:54
Its the end of the month and I'm looking at how my favorite kernel is getting along on the usual trend sites http://marketshare.hitslink.com/. I know its not a *true* representation of any real figures although it does successfully show trends. The fact that the numbers differ wildly between the various market share sites is just one example of this. but this is the thing, between *years* those people using Linux has risen roughly from 15% 2 years ago to 45% last year to 100% this year. Even with the modest figures of hitlink. It shows a move from 1/200 using Linux to 1/100.
Vista by comparison is showing slightly over 1% but has as expected steady growth, although less than I suspect most people would have predicted...Although SP1 is coming soon!?
I won't even attempt to understand whats going on with Apple. Its a growth of 40% over three years. Although I think that understates the fact that Apple is attracting new converts again to its once stagnated market of faithfu
posted by cyclops on Mon 17th Sep 2007 08:45
I'm not, of course. But I do draw the line at being called anti-Linux, since Linux one of the most important things in my life. I am very pro-Linux, and that's an understatement. Which is why I dislike religious zealots, such as you, damaging our movement, with piss poor advocacy. You make us all look like a bunch of psychotic yahoos. I don't buy your "pro computing" facade, BTW. You are a religious fanatic. There is really no other way to put it. I've tried to put it more diplomatically in the past. But this statement is more accurate.by sbergman27 Linux/GNU/BSD/Solaris/Apple or whatever you personal *kernel* of choice is. The OS itself comes from a verity of Different sources, and is driven by different ideals; Motivation be it Political or Money, and leaders of great influence. Its shocking that communities are so divided and yet in reality are symbiotic; have complimentary goals...fight over a few % market share not the 95% enjoyed by Microsoft.
posted by cyclops on Tue 4th Sep 2007 03:09
Just look in this very thread, where cyclops is ripping sbergman27 a new one with each and every one of his posts, while sbergman27 is trying to play nice. That's what I'm talking about. cyclops' devotion to GPL/RMS/FSF is so strong, that it's akin to religious devotion. His furor is what you'd be hearing from a devout Muslim if he perceived that someone verbally attacked Mohammed (remember the uproar regarding Mohammed being mocked in a Danish comic strip?), or a Christian being outraged at someone questiong Christ as the true Lord and Savior. Its late I'm tired. I used the term Microsoft Zealot for the first time today, and felt dirty. I always thought the term zealot was extreme...I still do, but something is seriously messed up, and I'm now part of that problem. OS-News for me is now "No your the zealot"
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 02/15/12 23:42 UTC
"Last week, I promised you an outline of the webOS governance model. Today, we're publishing that model and announcing the leaders of the Project Management Committees. As you will see below, we've based the model on the Apache Way." Open governance, something Android decidedly lacks. Too bad nobody (with money and factories) seems to give a toss about webOS. The world's an unfair place.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 02/15/12 23:40 UTC
"We learned on January 31 that Barnes & Noble had suffered a major setback in a patent-infringement lawsuit filed against the company by Microsoft. That day, an administrative law judge at the International Trade Commission had tossed out the company's key defense, that Microsoft was engaging in 'patent misuse' as part of a larger scheme to 'kill Android'. Today the full opinion has been made public." Microsoft's protection racket might be legal, but that doesn't make it moral. It's based on software patents, and is thus, by definition, morally reprehensible and sleazy.
Linked by David Adams on 02/14/12 17:25 UTC, submitted by Anonymous
It looks like a new "locally integrated menu" will make it into Unity, starting with version 5.6.0. There's basically no information about the new locally integrated menubar, except for two bug reports which link to some custom Unity, Compiz, Metacity and Light Themes branches so to see "LIM" in action, I've compiled all these branches and here's the result. The "locally integrated menubar" can be displayed on the panel (for maximized windows) as well as in the window decoration (unmaximized windows). But it's not displayed on both in the same time.
Linked by David Adams on 02/14/12 17:24 UTC
Today Samsung AV product lead Chris Moseley had comments about Apple's rumored entrance into the television marketplace that sound eerily similar to that which Palm CEO Ed Colligan's said a few years back about how Apple's ability to simply walk into this market and figure it out like they had managed to do after years of research.
Linked by snydeq on 02/14/12 17:23 UTC
What your interface communicates to users can be just as important as what your software does, writes Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister in discussing the latest edition of the 'Microsoft Manual of Style,' a style guide aimed at designers and developers who create Microsoft software, as well as those who write about it. 'The gist of much of Microsoft's advice is that a user's relationship with computer software is a unique one, and it's important to craft the language of software UIs accordingly,' McAllister writes. 'Occasionally, Microsoft's recommendations verge on the absurd. For example, you might not think it necessary to admonish developers to "not use slang that may be considered profane or derogatory, such as 'pimp' or 'bitch,'" but apparently it is.'
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 02/14/12 1:07 UTC
"It's tough being a journalist, especially if you're covering technology and living in Silicon Valley, because it seems as if everyone around you is getting fabulously rich while you're stuck in a job that will never, ever make you wealthy. What's worse is that all these people who are getting rich don't seem to be any brighter than you are and in fact many of them don't seem very bright at all. So of course you get jealous. And then you start thinking maybe you could find a way to cash in on this gold rush. But how do you make gobs of money when your only marketable skill involves writing blog posts?" Absolutely brilliant down to the last letter. Coincidentally, I hold no shares, interests, or anything, in any company whatsoever. I'm a freelance translator by day. Not that anyone cares, but hey, full disclosure and all.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 02/13/12 23:51 UTC
"A hybrid solution that takes the best parts of iOS's one-by-one acceptance and Android's expressed and obvious intents seems like a proper model here. In fact, Apple has many of the pieces in place elsewhere." This is a big issue. Nor Android's model (just list a bunch of confusing permissions), nor Apple's model (individual modal dialogs for each permission) is particularly workable - I doubt regular users check them on Android before installing an application, and in the case of iOS, Apple didn't think it was necessary to secure the address book, so every application has access to it without alerting users. Justin Williams proposes a hybrid solution.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 02/13/12 23:44 UTC
"Although current discussion of the Linux desktop tends to focus on the disharmony around Unity and the GNOME shell, the true revolution on the desktop is taking place out of sight of users. The Wayland display server is expected to reach version 1.0 later this year, and is seen by many as the long term replacement for the X Window System, with real potential to improve and transform the performance of the desktop for Linux users."
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 02/13/12 23:40 UTC
Mozilla has announced plans to integrate its Firefox web browser with Metro for Windows 8 - including Gecko. "Windows 8 contains two application environments, 'Classic' and 'Metro'. Classic is very similar to the Windows 7 environment at this time, it requires a simple evolution of the current Firefox Windows product. Metro is an entirely new environment and requires a new Firefox front end and system integration points. The feature goal here is a new Gecko based browser built for and integrated with the Metro environment. Firefox on Metro, like all other Metro apps will be full screen, focused on touch interactions, and connected to the rest of the Metro environment through Windows 8 contracts." I haven't checked - does Microsoft allow different rendering engines?
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 02/12/12 23:23 UTC
"One of the things that the GNOME design crew have been focusing on recently is creating a new approach to application design for GNOME 3. We want GNOME applications to be thoroughly modern, and we want them to be attractive and a delight to use. That means that we have to do application design differently to how we've done it in the past."More News »
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