Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 26th Nov 2009 19:41 UTC, submitted by Gabor
Astute readers probably already saw this one waiting in our backend, but since there was no official announcement yet, I decided to wait. Now that it's officially here, let's rejoice: the FreeBSD team has released version 8.0 of their operating system, packed with new features and improvements.
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People can use your code without giving back.
by nt_jerkface on Fri 27th Nov 2009 18:38
in reply to "RE[2]: What's the point with *BSD?"
Member since:2009-08-26
What you mean is that your code can't be used in a derivative proprietary software product.
However companies are free to use it in a hardware product or use it to provide a service.
Companies are also free to look at your code and rewrite it. The GPL allows for this.
So you are deluding yourself if you think your code becomes part of some techno hippie collective that can't be exploited by corporate interests.
As for FreeBSD I found running a server with it far more satisfying than RHEL. I prefer having an OS designed from the top down, not as a kernel that is dumped for someone else to turn into a useful system. One of the other big benefits of running a BSD on the server is that you get to avoid the Linux community.
It's also plenty reliable.
http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2009/07/01/daItapipe_had_the_most...
RE[3]: What's the point with *BSD?
by Oliver on Fri 27th Nov 2009 21:11
in reply to "RE[2]: What's the point with *BSD?"
Member since:2006-07-15
Yes and it's nonsense to believe nobody gives something back.
I show you some of the big companies giving something back while using *BSD:
-Juniper
-Apple
-Nokia
-Yahoo
-Cisco
-NetApp
-swisscom
-Google
-trend micro
-wasabi
and so on, there are many more.
Some of them give money, others give code back or server hardware etc. pp.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/24/13 23:59 UTC
The Tizen Greek Community has some screenshots of a very recent build of Tizen running on a Samsung GT-i8800. It looks wholly unremarkable.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/24/13 22:33 UTC
Joint statement to The Next Web from Microsoft and Google: "Microsoft and YouTube are working together to update the new YouTube for Windows Phone app to enable compliance with YouTube's API terms of service, including enabling ads, in the coming weeks. Microsoft will replace the existing YouTube app in Windows Phone Store with the previous version during this time." Good to know these children stopped acting like little pricks. Can we have full Google support in Windows 8 now, please?
Linked by Howard Fosdick on 05/24/13 21:41 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/23/13 22:04 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/23/13 22:01 UTC
"In the midst of the major press blitz surrounding its annual I/O Conference, Google dropped some unfortunate news about its instant messaging plans. In several places around the web, the company is replacing the existing 'Talk' platform with a new one called 'Hangouts' that sharply diminishes support for the open messaging protocol known as XMPP (or sometimes informally Jabber), and also removes the option to disable the archiving of all chat communications. These changes represent a switch from open protocols to proprietary ones, and a clear step backward for many users." That's why I always say: only suckers trust companies.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/23/13 17:52 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/22/13 22:23 UTC
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When was the last time you used Linux? 1995?
It's useless just because Windows doesn't support it? There are already USB3.0 devices out there and once USB3.0 will be on most mainboards and laptops, it will just work out of the box without a hassle. And it is as predictable as the snow in winter.
What *most* graphic cards? Linux Intel drivers are written by Intel (like the Windows drivers), nVidia's drivers share 90% of the Windows code (according to nVidia), so they are virtually the same. I can't speak for ATI because I use xf86-video-radeon there and those lack some functionality (which I blame ATI/AMD for). If I had the option, my graphics adapter would be Intel.
*BSD uses xorg and thus the same drivers like Linux. I don't see why *BSD should be better here.
The ZFS block I don't understand, but you seem to imply that whatever technology linux copies will be better done. Okay, reeks of bias.
I didn't say it's better on Linux. I just say you already have the equivalent functionality.
I used the binary ports.
See, that's what I meant. "It's rock-solid because it's rock-solid."
It depends on your point of view. The BSD-license means more freedom who uses code which is under the BSD-license. You can do whatever you want with the code without having to give anything back to the original authors. That's not what I prefer. I put my code under the GPL because I want people to give something back when they use my code. I prefer the GPL over BSD but it doesn't mean that either of them is more free, it's just two totally different goals.
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