Forgive me for not reading your other post, but if the argument in it is that facebook did opensource their php-to-c compiler, then i know about it. The point was why would a company that provides a certain service open source the platform they provide their service on, if what really matters to others are the APIs rather than the platform itself. The only people that would benefit from the platform being open sourced are the competitors. No sane businessman would want to feed his competitors at the cost of his profits.

What's the point of opensourcing Facebook? It's the userbase that matters to web-developers, not the server code.

But that's not the problem of the OS, it's a problem of the RISC platforms, since the OS was identical on x86 as well as on RISC platforms, if the apps were mostly made for x86 it shows that RISC wasn't as superior as the OP claims.

The GP isn't talking about the NT line though (even though we're talking about the NT line here). In other words it's a reading comprehension problem.

To be precise, December 21, 2012 will be the day of Desktop Linux.

Using some flashy words there, I see...

That's not what they say on TV. And everybody knows: you can trust what they say on TV!

I don't think you can put ddosing scientology, paypal or visa on the same scale as taking down child porn websites. If one was to compare real-life situations, it would be something akin to violent protests against government actions vs citizen's arrests of suspects.

I for one welcome our new RIAA overlords.

No point in ranting about this anymore though, since Jobs is dead now. I'm surprised though: so many people think their ideas should only be theirs and yet nobody seems to be lobbying for idea patents. I'm sure corporations could really stiffle innovation if they lobbied for a more relaxed patent system that allows one to patent an idea without implementing it.

The viewpoint is a part of gameplay. BTW, in this particular game the viewpoint isn't the only thing that's different from modern first person rpgs. Watch a video of the gameplay on youtube for example. It has a distinct feel of dungeon crawlers of the past while still being visually appealing to the audiences of today.

BBC reporters don't have a sense of humor. It's not required in the job description.

Well, it's what sells these days, and calling something a remake may attract fans of the old game. Usual bullshit marketing at work.

Mozilla still has a lot of catching up to do before Firefox can reaches Chrome's maturity level. After all everyone knows that the version number reflects the quality of the code and the features offered by the product.

The thing is, now you're getting a fully functional chip, crippled intentionally, whereas before you got a chip crippled unintentionally. Also, you can get a chip that is both intentionally and unintentionally crippled. More options, yay!