Or: "It's open source software. Bugs will be left open for years to implement new features nobody wants (Firefox), over time more and more fragmentation will come because of forks and nothing really works. Also, when a project is finished to the original developer (aka "it works"), the whole thing is abandoned.

That is also the way the community works.

I had the same issue just now. Looks like a bug in the media folder. When downloading through "Files" it does work correctly.

Linux has gotten better as well. I switched on the desktop late 2000 from Windows NT 4 to Slackware 7 (version number bumping is nothing new...). From there I have used Debian, Gentoo, LFS and now mainly Ubuntu on desktops and CentOS on servers.

Before 2000, I used Slackware, but just for servers.

SVN is not only free, it will *make* you money.

The cost of not having a decent version control system is higher than having one.

Just a quick note about the MTP issue, install AirDroid on your phone and you are done with the cable hassle.

I stand corrected.

Smart marketing, threatening with law suits a week before the longest anticipated product launch since the iPod.

My reply: fuck you Apple. Your arrogance is getting bigger and bigger. It may be your downfall. Read the myth about Icarus before you hire a new army of lawyers.

The community doesn't want to see a significant switch to Linux. We will not be special anymore. We won't have magical computer skills anymore. And we'll have viruses.

I couldn't care less if nobody used Linux. *I* use it, because *I* like it. All this effort to get people to move to Linux is better spent on creating open protocols and formats, so *every* OS out there would just work.

there are also laws governing the quality of code.

The analogy of Microsoft is not so bad, considering that a door-maker, or a house builder actually has laws governing the *construction* of their products. Same thing goes with safety standards in the industry. This leads to provable checks on the design, *before* something bad happens. Then, if something bad happens, you can request the reports and if everything is OK there, the designer/engineer is not responsible, but it is an 'accident'.

If the computer industry can come up with design standards, the law can make these standards obligatory. Without these standards, this whole thing is bound to become yet-another-stupid-IT-legal-battle with lawyers and judges without a clue.

In the 1600s in the Netherlands, tulips bulbs were sold the price of a house, because of speculation.

That crashed, being the first market crash in history.

Wait, what do we do now? The headline asks the opposite question as the last line of the summary. Yes becomes no and no becomes yes.

I am confused.

You do know there are latex free condoms on the market?

We used to use them because of the allergies.

My idea exactly! Reading is not dependent on the toys, but on time and having a great read. Paper still beats all electronic devices for reading.

If any, it would be LiteStep. I came from a Linux background and started using Windows NT in 2000 for some months (internship for school) and couldn't live without a decent shell (multiple desktops, etc). I came across LiteStep and loved it.

If I would have to work on Windows full time, I'd probably have it installed now again (is it still alive?).

All others aren't nostalgia, as I still use them. And the real nostalgia, C64, isn't a GUI.

I was going to mod you insightful until that last phrase:

The Soviet Union had a large (huge) government, and the people were not quite richer. A more current example would be Cuba.

I think the power lies in the balance: with great power (read: wealth) comes great responsibility.