slgeorge

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by slgeorge 12y ago
Why? I primarily find that browser base stuff is inefficient as it doesn't tell me what I've already read, and I have to remember to go a specific site to remember to read new things. Whereas I can subscribe/sort email lists.
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by slgeorge 12y ago
HN opinion clearly isn't with you, but I think there's a lot of truth in your comment. I can think of a couple of reasons. First because all successful businesses have something that is generating a lot cash for them which means t
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by slgeorge 12y ago
> A product however, can be released "when it's done", so there is no real need to estimate. > The additional benefit is also that it can be released when the developers feel that the product is ready for release, >
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by slgeorge 12y ago
Totally agree. Whether you're creating a new product feature, or doing a specific piece of work for a customer you need an estimate to define the cost, resource and time-line. Without it you can't understand whether the work is wo
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by slgeorge 12y ago
Uh actually if you're going to define it as 'Art' then it's entitled to take a "view point" which you may not thinks is correct, but which is intended to cause a reaction. Which you are having. There is no duty
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by slgeorge 12y ago
Sorry, but it's not like arguing you can use "Gimp rather than Photoshop" at all. You just identified a specialist application that's used in a specific use-case by a limited user-base who fully use the capabilities of t
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by slgeorge 12y ago
How many local government workers do you think spend their day using Gimp or Photoshop? E-mail, basic document forms and internal applications are the major use-cases for that type of scenario.
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by slgeorge 12y ago
In fairness they're a new company and probably only have a basic view on how they're going to make money. They just licensed their core code under 'free software' so it makes sense for them to have a CLA. It will give th
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by slgeorge 12y ago
So now we're excusing the inability to actually pay attention and read the article _as it is_! Poor comprehension isn't the articles problem.
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by slgeorge 12y ago
If long-term your plan is that company is just going to be _you_ then keeping it simple is the right idea. Using a simple workflow with a Google form feeding into a spreadsheet with status on it will work perfectly well. If you think that y
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by slgeorge 13y ago
We release a new version of an operating system that is used by millions of users around the world - twice a year. So there's definitely some rules to ensured quality. And if anything end-users want more quality, as seen from some of t
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by slgeorge 13y ago
Sorry - super late reply on this. I wasn't trying to imply that regulation was the 'correct' response as that's a value judgement. I was just trying to point out that the USA and Europe broadly have different views of wh
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by slgeorge 13y ago
You don't like Unity and you are an advanced user who can change the set-up to match your needs. I think that's good and it means the default DE doesn't even impact you. But I don't think you can extrapolate from your pe
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by slgeorge 13y ago
I am into that - and you can change the behaviour to only alt-tab windows in a single workspace if you're more used to that.
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by slgeorge 13y ago
> Regulation isn't an appropriate response The previous poster is from Europe, I'm guessing that you're from North America. In which case your definition of an "appropriate response" to societal problems and mark
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by slgeorge 13y ago
I think it's a very "role specific" problem. You sound like you're in a really lucky situation where neither your specific job, not your organisation has a big email culture. But, for a lot of roles or organisations they
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by slgeorge 13y ago
And, in the UK it had the impact of ensuring that the conservative government led by Thatcher won at least another election. Before the war it wasn't looking that good, but due to the patriotic pay-off from the conflict her popularity
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by slgeorge 13y ago
I think it's a bit strong saying it's "actively hostile" to power users. The developer takes a very specific view about why he has the limits set-up that way: I think a lot of people would like a different level but he m
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by slgeorge 13y ago
I don't accept the argument, but as a thought experiment lets go with it. So motorists pay for the roads and for trains - so what? I pay lots of tax for services I don't use - or perhaps someone else doesn't pay for something
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by slgeorge 13y ago
"Canonical does its best to bring closed-source commercial desktop applications to the operating system through the Ubuntu app store. With good reason: they know the developers of these commercial applications will only target Ubuntu,
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by slgeorge 13y ago
Hold on, I didn't claim I was developing for a "larger" community - you need to read the comment above. Nor did I claim that I'm a "prophet of free-software" - I did say that all the people care about Free Soft
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by slgeorge 13y ago
I seem not to need an argument since you're making one for me - though you do seem to questioning my honesty which is a bit mean :-( Nonetheless, you're right that I'm going to say that it's simply a fact that each Linux
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by slgeorge 13y ago
The issue of binary drivers and the general mix of proprietary software has come up previously. Mark has consistently stated that he believes that relevance drives change in the industry.
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by slgeorge 13y ago
"Ubuntu rarely develops for larger community" I work for Canonical so I'm not un-biased. But seriously, what does this even mean? All the people in Canonical, each individual, spends all day trying to spread free software (in
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by slgeorge 13y ago
One of the things that's interesting about the phone industry is that in general there's no equivalent of the special tech-focused PC platforms. So Ubuntu Edge is a way to unlock both a new software platform (Ubuntu phone) but als
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by slgeorge 13y ago
Seriously, how exactly does crowdfunding 'waste' more money than buying something - you have to pay taxes of everything you buy anyway. You can at best argue that it's a 'waste' if we don't hit the target and n
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by slgeorge 13y ago
You're mixing up the objective of putting Ubuntu onto a mass-market phone with a special platform aimed at developers and technology enthusiasts. We (Canonical) have extensive experience working with major technology companies in the P
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by slgeorge 13y ago
Wrong guess I'm afraid. We (Canonical) haven't announced any hardware or network partners for a general market launch. Ubuntu Edge isn't aimed at the mass market. It's a special limited edition hardware platform which ac
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by slgeorge 13y ago
The blog post from Alejandra was about how Canonical is developing the Ubuntu web presence. In general, it's about how you balance a complex set of needs from a wide range of users - probably an interesting read for some people in this Foru
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by slgeorge 13y ago
To some degree the answer depends on what you need from a physical location. Some of the benefits you get with London: * Density of people with expertise - easy to hire or find people with specialist skills * Variety of talent levels - gett

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