Comment Re:Israel's right to exist? (Score 2, Informative) 644
This presentation has a little more truth in it than the parent's post.
Submission + - GCC Compiler will finally gets replace by BSD PCC. (undeadly.org)
Sunnz writes: "A leaner, lighter, faster, and most importantly, BSD Licensed Compiler PCC has been imported into OpenBSD's CVS and NetBSD's pkgsrc.
The compiler is based on the original Portable C Compiler by S. C. Johnson, written in the late 70's. Even though much of the compiler has been rewritten, some of the basics still remain.
It is currently not bug-free, but it compiles on x86 platform, and works being done on it to take on GCC's job."
The compiler is based on the original Portable C Compiler by S. C. Johnson, written in the late 70's. Even though much of the compiler has been rewritten, some of the basics still remain.
It is currently not bug-free, but it compiles on x86 platform, and works being done on it to take on GCC's job."
Submission + - Inflatable, Affordable Electric Car (pesn.com) 3
Sterling Allan writes: "XP Vehicles(TM) announced on Thursday that it's Whisper(TM) electric car is being developed for online direct ship distribution at sub $5000.00 price-points. This would be the world's first crash-proof, long range, flat-pack vehicle. A baffled pressure tube system provides the supporting and protective structure of the vehicle, making it so safe that the engineers for the Whisper are confident you can drive it off a 25-foot cliff without serious injury to its passengers."
Submission + - Microsoft, SGI, and Patents on OpenGL (slashdot.org)
An anonymous reader writes: Does anyone remember the cooperation between SGI and Microsoft to create the Farenheit API, a proposed merging of OpenGL and DirectX? This was around the time of DirectX 5 and slated for inclusion in DirectX 7. A few years later, SGI flounders, and sells off some IP to stay afloat. Now OpenGL is being integrated into X.org's X Server via AIGLX and alongside via XGL. Is this one of the patent bombs that Microsoft hopes to drop on Linux and the BSDs? One of the solutions I hear frequently passed around is to code around the patent. How would free software code around OpenGL patents? Would the MESA project be considered infringing?
