Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 26th Aug 2009 22:23 UTC
When Windows Vista was launched, the Free Software Foundation started its BadVista campaign, which was aimed at informing users about what the FSF considered user-restrictive features in Vista. Luckily for the FSF, Vista didn't really need a bad-mouthing campaign to fail. Now that Windows 7 is receiving a lot of positive press, the FSF dusted off the BadVista drum, and gave it a fresh coat of paint.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/21/13 22:06 UTC
"The first killer app was VisiCalc. This early spreadsheet turned the Apple II from a hobbyist toy to a business computer. VisiCalc came with room for improvement, though. In addition, a new architecture and operating system, the Intel-based IBM PC and MS-DOS, also needed a spreadsheet to be taken seriously. That spreadsheet, released in early 1983, would be Lotus 1-2-3, and it would change the world. It became the PC's killer app, and the world would never be the same. On May 14, IBM quietly announced the end of the road for 1-2-3, along with Lotus Organizer and the Lotus SmartSuite office suite. Lotus 1-2-3's day is done." Impressive 30 year run.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/21/13 21:45 UTC
"There's a disconnect between how Apple CEO Tim Cook sees his company's tax strategies and how some members of the US Senate view it. That became clearer than ever today after Cook and two other Apple executives testified before Congress, explaining why they're holding most of their international income in Irish subsidiaries like Apple Operations International, which declare no tax residency anywhere in the world. AOI hasn't filed a tax return anywhere in the world for the last five years, yet it earned $30 billion in income from 2009 to 2012, according to a Senate report released yesterday." Just because something is legal, doesn't mean it's just. Apple, Google, Microsoft, and many more - these companies might not be breaking any laws, but it's obvious to anyone that what they are doing is scummy.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/21/13 15:53 UTC
The new WebKit Opera for Android has been released. "Opera 14 for Android is built on top of Chromium 26, with a total overhaul of the UI in native code, making it fit well with the latest Android design guidelines. Go get the build from Google Play or point your browser to m.opera.com, and give it a spin!"
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/20/13 22:43 UTC
The Verge pointed me to a blog post by Leap Motion - which reveals how their Kinect-like motion control works with Windows 8. "From the second you plug in your Leap Motion Controller, you'll be able to browse the web and interact with your computer just by moving your hands and fingers in the air. With Leap Motion technology and Windows, you can do everything that's possible with multi-touch inputs - without actually touching anything. This also means that existing applications in Windows 7 and 8 will respond to your natural hand and finger movements. Soon, we'll show you how Leap Motion will work with Mac OS X." Quite cool.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/20/13 21:50 UTC
PocketNow interviews Marc Dillon, and there's an interesting note about why Jolla is keeping the display properties under wraps: "We're leaving some of those details out because we do understand that there are a lot of really big players in the market and they tend to take certain components in the market and dominate them. We created the ability to actually be able to run Sailfish on multiple hardware displays and be able to swap components, so this is part of the demand and supply planning phase. We are committed to this industrial design which is a 4.5-inch display, an 8 megapixel camera on the back and a front-facing camera at the front, and the exact specs of the display we'll provide when we're close to delivery." Something you rarely hear anything about.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/19/13 23:15 UTC
"This is my NeXTstation Turbo Color booting the Mac System 7.1 Operating System using a hardware add-on called 'Daydream'. The Daydream has a Mac ROM and a few custom ICs in it and hooked up to the NeXTs DSP port. Turns your NeXT into a full fledged 68k powered Mac." So cool.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/19/13 23:11 UTC, submitted by Drumhellar
"The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 6.1, the first feature update of the NetBSD 6 release branch. It represents a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons, as well as new features and enhancements. Please note that all fixes in the prior security/bugfix updates (NetBSD 6.0.1 and 6.0.2) are also in 6.1."
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/18/13 21:06 UTC
"At the end of a week in which Electronic Arts confirmed it wasn't developing a thing for the Wii U, one of the software engineers in EA Sports' Canada studio, in a series of since-deleted tweets, disparaged the console as 'crap' and suggested Nintendo should give up on hardware altogether. 'The Wii U is crap. Less powerful than an Xbox 360. Poor online/store. Weird tablet', tweeted Bob Summerwill, listed as a senior software engineer at EA Canada, in a reply to a tweet posting a link about EA's no-Wii U news. 'Nintendo are walking dead at this point'." The Wii U is turning into the 21st century's Virtual Boy.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/18/13 7:37 UTC
"In NixOS, the entire operating system - the kernel, applications, system packages, configuration files, and so on - is built by the Nix package manager from a description in a purely functional build language. The fact that it's purely functional essentially means that building a new configuration cannot overwrite previous configurations. Most of the other features follow from this." Interesting approach. A Linux distribution, sure, but with some very refreshing ideas about system configuration.
Linked by fran on 05/18/13 1:38 UTC
Appfour added, among other features, C/C++ support to its new version of AIDE. From Android-IDE, "Now you can write parts of your app or your whole app in C/C++ on your device. AIDE supports the Standard Android NDK toolchain (GCC 4.6 + Bionic, STL, ...). No changes are necessary if you want to build an app developed on a PC with Eclipse. C/C++ development is fully integrated: Build errors appear in the error list and files can easily be navigated to with Go to file. The editor supports C/C++ syntax highlighting."More News »
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They are not questionning , they are slandering and libelling against the FSF anonymously , with the full knowledge that the justice system statuated they where wrong.
No , I destroy the painting , because if my action would really have any effect , then GNU/Linux would not be #1 and a mainstream growing OS ...
Can't stop liar and cowards from making stuff up , like you just did based on real wars they see on TV ... Just showing by extreme how ridiculous their liea and made up fictions are.
Did it occur to you that to be licensed or relicensed the code can only be by the owner of that code ?
Of course it's the leat used code with the least support both from it's own community and from corporation or hardware maker and distributor ...
I am a longtime BSD professional ...
No , it had the same exact objective and goal of the GPL. Freeing proprietary code ( UNIX ).
So what you are saying is success is measured by how thief and liar , like it and use it and the espense of BSD itself ...
Microsoft is against the GPL , I don't make an argument against real BSD , history as shown that it don't work.
No , the ultimate Freedom is when everyone is equal at all level , when nothing get closed and everything is really Open Source , so that everyone can improve it , study it , learn from it and finally improve or change it.
You can't do that with the majority of BSD's.
It's the entire BSD who are lying , illegal and without property of their own , that don't have any say.
You seem to have it in your mind to say that only BSD coder/developer have any say ...
Yes , with their code , not the code of others they are allowed to use.
No , the point is the owner of the code get to decide.
If your stealing it ( UNIX ) and using someone else code ( GPL , MIT , ETC ... ) ( in your illegal derivative ( BSD) ) , your not the owner and your relicensing is illegal.
Yes of those that steal other code and relicinse it to close it illegally , when nothing and no one gave them the permission to do so.
Because their is no irony ? Their is many company that do not steal Free Software or other code and do fine everyday , they use legal base witch they acquired legally and got permission by the owner to use , you don't have to deal with GPL code at all , if that is your wish.
Moulinneuf ...
I live in a colored world , where GPL hater have this tendency of saying , and lying about it in doing so , that they don't hate the GPL when their entire speech and position is anti-GPL and majoritarely also anti FSF.
Yes , you do.
Your not just enjoying the kernel ...
No , but that sentence of yours make you a moron.
Defending the GPL against liar , coward and thief don't make it superior or being advocated or more into your point the only possible choice.
It's certainly not being SPAMMED either , in a topix witch is under a category about it.
Your certainly doing the opposite of that by bashing the GPL , and it's user's , advocate , developers and contributor's every chance you get ...
No what is sad is that you don't know the meaning of most of the word you use , if I where a zealot , I would try to kill you just for disagreeing with me.
Without any reply or advance notice.
What your really doing is trying to remove my right to oppose your lies and nonsense that have no basis in reality or in laws.
I can do both , even do I am not doing advocacy , people with more talent and skills for it then me already do that.
Pathethic really , how in a FSF Launches 'Windows 7 Sins' Campaign article , the BSD fabulate themself that they are the victims of a toxic , denigrating and frankly obnoxious attack ...