...but what exactly is wrong with AOL Mail today? I created an account with it and saw nothing really wrong. Admittedly, I chose AOL because it is a less important account, but the webmail interface is satisfactory, they do not add signatures at the end of the email and offer free IMAP support, something that even Yahoo doesn't do. If the subject was Hotmail I would understand, as they do not offer IMAP and their interface is simply awful. But AOL, from my experience, is a quite good alternative to Gmail.

The mere mention of Schlesinger's name in this kind of article prompts a lot of replies such as the parent post.

If anyone is interested in knowing why, this timeline of events can be a good read.

While I agree that going fully open source would be better, opening up the GUI is good because we no longer are forced to comply with Skype developers' concept of usability and aesthetics. There mere fact that I will now be able to get rid of that damned MANDATORY tray icon is a good reason to celebrate.

http://share.skype.com/sites/linux/2009/11/skype_open_source.html

I constantly lurk at the nvnews forums and download the official nvidia installers. From previous experiences I can say the following:

1) The installer not working with a new kernel version is a rare event. When it does happen, it's usually an indication that the kernel had major changes. It's not like changing two lines related to the audio stack will break the nvidia installers

2) nVidia is usually very explicit and clear about which kernel versions the driver will work with.

3) They are also usually very fast in releasing a new version. Usually only people who like to use the gushing-rivers-of-blood-edge kernel are affected.

...it followed me home, can I keep it?

"!leavingkerneldevelopment"?

Alan is someone that should be thanked, but as far as I could tell from the list he just left TTY, not kernel development itself.

"Had"? It's still right there, under the link "legal threats".

The Language Formerly Known as C++

You can avoid an abrupt transition, though. I've heard that the Bazaar svn plugin is quite good.

Yep, there's a certain guy who'd be perfect for this job....

Yes, Ray is claiming that all those people did it wrong and I have no idea if he's right. But he is giving a list of arguments to support his point.

So if you want to claim that he is wrong, you should show that those arguments are wrong.

So far, all you are saying is "a lot of judges and lawyers agreed on this, therefore the decision is correct", like there's never been a wrong judgement in the history of mankind.

Dear percentage of the world that doesn't want to compile an OS,

...that Gentoo user was screwing with you.

Love,
that high percentage of Linux users who never had to compile anything.

Exactly. The Guiness Book comitee stopped caring about it because they realized it's not something people should try.