Compatibility with smartphone hardware, for one. Which X11/Linux distribution were you thinking of?
Full-blown Ubuntu runs on a number of devices already, and the theory is that we'll be able to use Android video drivers with Wayland, right? Or is that not the idea any more?
"In order to be successful, a new product has to be cheaper and better"
No it doesn't. It just needs to meet a need.
No, if it's not cheaper and better than the competition, then there needs to be no competition: it needs to fill an unmet need.
This product does not fill a significant unmet need, so it needs to be cheaper and better than the competition, which does already fill this need. Remember, there's lots of meal replacements out there.
Yes, there are a small handful of people who want this product. It's clearly not enough to make a profit on volume, because they're raising their prices.
I don't normally name and shame.
That's too bad, because that's the only thing that would help us, the slashdotting public. And, you know, the general public, as well.
I guess it would be more awkward for them if I informed them of this...
More than being awkward for them, it's useful for us if you inform us. I care more about moving forward than looking back, but a glance at your notes now and again can be useful. Forgive, yes. Forget, no.
I've gone over this several times, it's the standard app package that's important.
I haven't seen you go over it. I haven't seen a compelling argument for FirefoxOS at all.
IIRC, this is similar to what Linus said about systemd. He said that as a user he liked it and didn't have problems with it but he did run into problems when interacting with the systemd developers.
What he said is that he didn't personally care about it, that he understands that some people have use cases where it makes sense... and that he understands that the developers are a bit of a problem. Not that he liked it... or doesn't like it. It's unlikely to have affected him substantially yet, except for rejecting bad patches
Literally everything you said is the moral standards of the ruling class except for 'drugs' read 'pharmaceuticals', for 'robbery' read 'arbitrage', and well, I guess nothing else need be changed.
Now, now, that's not true at all! The rich don't usually do their own dirty work. They drive other people into poverty, and then have them do it in order to try to survive. That way, they can keep the blood off of their own suit.
Fixing it or not fixing it has no effect on its value as a piece of artwork, or as a cultural icon. If it doesn't get a new head, that is a statement of a sort. If it does get a new head, it's a different statement, but it's no more or less valid. It's just what happened.
There's no particular reason to follow or not follow the wishes of the creators, either. They put it out in the world and left it to its own devices. It belongs to all of us now.
I say fix it, slap it on the ass, and send it on its way
Try as you might you will never erase this country's image of Philly being a scum sucking cesspool of human flesh for killing the Hitchbot.
Try as you might you will never make 99.44% of the Earth's population give one tenth of one fuck about something someone left on the side of the road, when they have important things to worry about.
I strongly disagree. Take a look at the video I linked earlier. I'd also recommend you take a look at the new 2.5 builds. A lot has happened since 2013. We're seeing things happen with FXOS that iOS and Android simply can't do.
If you can't explain why, and someone to whom you're trying to promote the OS has to go watch a video and actually download and trial the OS you're talking about, it's probable that none of the features are actually that compelling. If they were, you would remember what they were and you could tell us about them, or at least name them.
Don't be lazy. Tell us why we should care, or stop expecting us to.
If FXOS succeeds, everybody wins. If it fails, everyone loses.
That is FUD bullshit. What does FirefoxOS give me over a real Linux distribution running Firefox?
FirefoxOS is an extremely important project, right up there with the browser at the time it was conceived.
Why? Why would I care? Why would I want FirefoxOS over a less-fucked over version of Linux running Firefox? What makes it so important? I'll let you know, and the answer is nothing. There's nothing compelling about FirefoxOS. It forgets that the whole reason that ChromeOS even exists today is that Android still isn't good enough to host full desktop Chrome. When Android Chrome reaches parity with desktop Chrome, ChromeOS is going away. And then Firefox will have doubly no reason to exist.
We know that Mozilla has poured a huge amount of resources into its development. These are resources that could have been put to better use, like by improving desktop Firefox,
The problem with Mozilla is that when they put more "resources" into "improving desktop Firefox" they shit it up and make us hate it. What they really need to do is fire a few people, cut back on their mission creep problem, and focus on keeping Firefox current and not fucking it up.
^^^ 2015 nominee for most terrifying sentence on Slashdot
I don't get scared when I read that stuff. I just say, "Oh, that explains Adobe" or whatever. The truth is that the world is a fractally more fucked up place than you think it is. Most people are doing it wrong and proud, regardless of their job. Or, they're phoning it in, and they know it. But since our world is not even close to being a meritocracy, we're going to have more of that.
I had a fun one with a nameless companies "gateway" onto a wireless network.
How unusual! Were they simply called "Nameless, Inc."?
This is about when I learned to swear in french again.
Guess that's when you learned to surrender, huh? You left out the interesting part of the story as a result.
We have a global economy. China has long ago stopped being the evil commies that they used to be
Right, now they're a different kind of evil. We, however, are the same old boring capitalist evil we've always been.
As for "definite information" - Tesla asked people participating in the pilot program to sign NDAs.
So the answer, then, is no. But there's nothing worth hiding, if people have already broken down a battery pack, so what are they hiding?
And it should be the law: If you use the word `paradigm' without knowing what the dictionary says it means, you go to jail. No exceptions. -- David Jones
