Linked by Kroc Camen on Thu 20th Aug 2009 09:43 UTC
What else would we talk about other than the massively [popular|controversial] article about X.org last week. We try and address a number of concerns about the article and common lines of reasoning / misunderstanding. Lastly, we move onto something completely different with topics on Google Chrome on Linux, IE6 and the two details we know about RockMelt: Rock. Melt.
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I can't believe you'd try to pass yourself of as an experienced software developer while making the claim that crashes should never happen (and, therefore, it's not your responsibility to defend against them).
and I hardly believe you'd consider your self smart enough to post answer in public.
you would benefit by learning how to read to the end of the comment. but then again twisting one sentence is so much easier than whole.
I also can't believe you'd argue that users should be held to an extremely narrow set of software/hardware configurations,
Then... Apple doesn't exist? Its only reason for stability is HCL. They define it and they also provide machines according to it. Same goes for FOSS, there is better supported hardware and not so good supported or unsupported hardware. By using hardware where developers:
a) didn't write driver (NVidia)
b) present driver troubles in HCL
you can't find bugs, you can only be annoying. They already know it isn't working as it should. And as for NVidia s_hit... well, they can't do anything.
By using hardware like that you could... well... hit your self with hammer on the head and still not believe it hurts.
in the name of not exposing fatal software/driver bugs. That is insane. Any real, remotely competent, remotely experienced developer knows that errors happen, and that any software they produce (that they expect people to want and use) must be able to cope with them.
lol, if you'd only learn to read to the end.
Edited 2009-08-23 12:30 UTC