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5 months ago
in Rants heard 'round the community ver. 10 on Linux Hater's Blog
Actually, as a true counter-example, I offer up emacs. It was the FIRST! full-screen text editor that allowed for all the features of editing text we take for granted. If your text editor uses Ctrl+C or Ctrl+V to copy and paste text, they copied emacs. Emacs introduced actual document navigation, editing a document in place, using control commands to move, manipulate and edit text. And its open-source.
Yes, the open source community has issues. It has issues with publicity, usability, and community interaction- all things that companies do well. If you've ever used Redhat, or Solaris extensively, then you know they do these things extremely well. Redhat and Solaris are not intended for desktops, but as hard-core always on servers. And they do it well, with documentation, classes, help lines, and techs galore.
Both the Cathedral and the Bazaar have pros and cons to how they work. Its just the way things are.
Yes, the open source community has issues. It has issues with publicity, usability, and community interaction- all things that companies do well. If you've ever used Redhat, or Solaris extensively, then you know they do these things extremely well. Redhat and Solaris are not intended for desktops, but as hard-core always on servers. And they do it well, with documentation, classes, help lines, and techs galore.
Both the Cathedral and the Bazaar have pros and cons to how they work. Its just the way things are.
1 year ago
in Scan your computer for viruses in seconds, not hours. on NazJam Tech Blog
I find it really difficult it actually scans in just a few seconds.
By your own words, "Detects 2,719,153[and counting] viruses, spywares, adwares, worms and all nasty things like these", it uses a blacklist of some sort. The site states that this blacklist is accessed via network connection.
The way a virus scanner works is that it uses virus signatures, and compares files against those signatures. Even if they used a huge myriad of compression techniques, it still takes a lot of time.
I refuse to believe this product works.
By your own words, "Detects 2,719,153[and counting] viruses, spywares, adwares, worms and all nasty things like these", it uses a blacklist of some sort. The site states that this blacklist is accessed via network connection.
The way a virus scanner works is that it uses virus signatures, and compares files against those signatures. Even if they used a huge myriad of compression techniques, it still takes a lot of time.
I refuse to believe this product works.