You seriously will pick Firefox over Chrome simply because Chrome is under BSD?
On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 3:01 AM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > -- Peter Manis (678) 269-7979
