Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:20:56 -0400
From: The Linux Doctor linuxdoc...@linux.ca
Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] a sign of the apocalypse
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On Tue
On Tue, 2011-07-05 at 17:42 -0700, Ross Jordan wrote:
Android apps run on Dalvik not on Linux ABI. Dalvik is a Linux app.
Bing is not a Linux app.
Bing is a Dalvik app.
Dalvik is a Linux app.
Therefore, Bing is a Linux app.
Simple syllogism.
OR:
VMWare is a Linux
On Tue, 2011-07-05 at 21:19 -0400, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
So how about:
Bing is a Dalvik app.
Dalvik is a Linux app.
Linux is a VMware app.
VMware is a DOS app.
Therefore Bing is DOS app. Well, the syllogism holds but the statement
is false nevertheless. The logic may be flawless, but
On Tue, 2011-07-05 at 01:11 +, Bart Trojanowski wrote:
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 00:34, Rob Echlin r...@echlin.ca wrote:
Not Linux?
I think what you are asking here is Android is not Linux? And
technically it's not. Linux is a kernel. Android is a platform.
One could technically,
On Tue, 5 Jul 2011, The Linux Doctor wrote:
Android/Linux uses Busybox like many other Linux-based embedded
systems.
no, it uses toolbox.
rday
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Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario,
On Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 03:02:04PM -0400, The Linux Doctor wrote:
On Tue, 2011-07-05 at 01:11 +, Bart Trojanowski wrote:
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 00:34, Rob Echlin r...@echlin.ca wrote:
Anyway, that's not where I was going, and not at all what I said.
What I am saying is that Microsoft is
From: Paul B red.l...@rogers.com
Date: 4 July, 2011 11:37:07 AM EDT
To: Robert P. J. Day rpj...@crashcourse.ca
Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] a sign of the apocalypse
On 2011-07-01, at 7:21 AM, Robert P. J. Day rpj...@crashcourse.ca wrote:
http://i.imgur.com/iYnGb.png
rday
Cute
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Sent: Monday, July 4, 2011 11:45:50 AM
Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] a sign of the apocalypse
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 15:40, Paul B red.l...@rogers.com wrote:
Cute. I like the quote, but isn't Android as open source as OSx (I've heard
it said over and over that Apple somehow got
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 00:34, Rob Echlin r...@echlin.ca wrote:
Not Linux?
I think what you are asking here is Android is not Linux? And
technically it's not. Linux is a kernel. Android is a platform.
I cannot possibly dispute that Android is based on Linux -- it is.
Every Android device out
