I almost brought this up a day or two ago when I saw this on slashdot http://bit.ly/eXDg6 The part that got my attention was: " Google Chrome developer and former Firefox lead Ben Goodger has some problems with the platform though."
Usually I give Google a bit of pass on some of their software development, not that I agree with all of their license decisions, but compared to the competition, they have been pretty good about open source. " His complaints range from the lack of a standardized UI toolkit, inconsistencies across applications, the lack of a unified and comprehensive HIG, to GTK not being a very compelling toolkit. With Adobe getting twitchy about the glibc fork and previously describing the various audio systems as welcome to the jungle, is it time to concentrate on consolidation and standardization in GNU/Linux in general, and the desktop in particular?" If google wants standardization, they can work on that. It doesn't mean much hearing complaints about a GPL project when Google Chrome is under the BSD license. I will pick Firefox over Chrome EVERYtime as long as Chrome is under the BSD license; Google can take a hike. In the link Chris T. posted: ""Finding a mechanism that is guaranteed to work on end-user's machines is a challenge," Moskovich adds. The wiki page for Chromium sandboxing on Linux details various mechanisms they're considering - for now, Chrome on Linux does not do sandboxing. " "Again, we see a case where the fragmentation in Linux as a hindrance to companies releasing software for the platform. While Linux' diversity on all levels is a blessing in that it allows for natural selection and competition, it's also a curse for developers trying to write an application that can work well on as many distributions as possible. " Sorry for the long quotes... This has me between annoyed and almost really pisses me off. First off, Firefox is working out for me just fine. Second many of the things they are complaining about is the nature of open source. Most importantly, if they want something different, its not like they are using M$ Window, they have the damn source code and billions of dollars. Google has been making money with Linux for years, lots of money. If there is something missing, maybe they should contribute to the problems they are complaining about a bit more. K, I feel better..... Chris... On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 6:14 PM, Jeff Lasman <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday 03 June 2009 11:15 am, Chris Thomas wrote: > >> The article talks about how hard it is to do sandboxing on Linux and >> how there are different ways of doing it depending on the Linux >> distro. Very interesting. > > Thanks, Chris. I saw this link (perhaps on /.) a day or so ago, but I > didn't bother to read it. This time, following your link, I did. > > Now I understand the problem. I still don't like it but at least I > understand it <smile>. > > But I wonder ... if it can be done with OS-X, can it be done with > FreeBSD? > > Not that I'd switch, but I'd like to know. > > Do we consider this a fundamental flaw in Linux? Or just an annoyance? > > Any comments? > > Jeff > -- > Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services > P.O. Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 > Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only > voice: +1 951 643-5345, or see: > "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"; > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose
