Comments on: Links 08/05/2008: New Version of Zenwalk; The GNU/Linux Effect on Windows XP

By: Dan O'Brian

Dan O'Brian — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:24:31 +0000

FWIW, the statement on the Fedora FAQ means nothing other than that until such time as Red Hat’s lawyers have time to ponder over it, they aren’t going to allow it into Fedora on the grounds that there are concerns (which may or may not be accurate).

They did the same thing for Mono, and once their lawyers took a look over it, they discovered it was fine.

Another reason to avoid shipping Moonlight right now is that it is unlikely that users have demanded it (Silverlight isn’t that widespread – lets hope it stays that way).

If enough users demand Moonlight from Fedora/Red Hat – then I’m sure they’ll have their lawyers take a look at it. And /that’s/ when we’ll know for sure whether Moonlight is safe or not.

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:08:21 +0000

There is FUD which is substantiated (in which case it does not quality as FUD but as valid criticism) and FUD which is not. The latter is a cheap shot, a smear.

If you can refute what you believe to be FUD, please do. I actually find it interesting that you became reader of a site which you insist is so filled with information you cannot tolerate.

Hey, didn’t you guys insist that Moonlight was ‘safe’ before the SFLC weighed in? I think we deserve an apology.

By: Dan O'Brian

Dan O'Brian — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:01:38 +0000

Your own hypocrisy is the worst of all. You throw a fit about how it’s not right to throw FUD at Ubuntu while at the same time you do it all the time against Novell/Mono/GNOME.

I find that particularly hilarious.

By: Victor Soliz

Victor Soliz — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:39:44 +0000

The hypocrisy of this site always makes for a good laugh

1) Wait for someone to report a bug.
2) Black box.
3) Now the bug is valid as reasoning for a personal attack!

I shall call it “argument from technical issue”

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:21:13 +0000

More people who read this site (at least 44%) use GNU/Linux than Windows (all versions combined).

By: PitaGuy

PitaGuy — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:17:10 +0000

yeah its goona be a big problem testing on Win32..no one uses it nowadays…where in teh world are we going to finds a windowz b0x ! ROFL ! hum…maybe a few trolls in this place can test it..they are die hard window users…where are the trolls when u neeeed them…geeezz

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:08:00 +0000

Good catch. It was derived from an existing template (see footer). If removed, I can’t test the effect on Win32 (short of browsershots,org, which would be cumbersome).

By: Dan O'Brian

Dan O'Brian — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:43:49 +0000

The hypocrisy of this site always makes for a good laugh

By: PitaGuy

PitaGuy — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:36:16 +0000

“Trebuchet MS”

By: PitaGuy

PitaGuy — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:35:49 +0000

http://boycottnovell.com/nicetitles/nicetitle.css

font: bold 13px “Trebuchet MS”, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;

just bitching…

By: HumHo

HumHo — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:38:51 +0000

Winblow is dying a sloooww and painnnfulll death