That is the link to the actual ODS file.

Banshee for example is the music management app I use, while Brasero is awesome for burning CDs. Higher-level applications should use higher-level programming languages to avoid bugs and make the overall desktop experience more pleasant.

When Sun disarmed the “Java trap”, many people celebrated. MS have disarmed the .NET trap and everyone is moaning. Novell capitalised on an opportunity that was both profitable on the corporate side and beneficial the community.

Microsoft announced that they will not sue people for patent infringement for making C#-related stuff in a community promise that they cannot take back. That shows they are committed to interop and are really looking for good PR with this. Microsoft benefits because FLOSS developers will make C# applications that rock, increasing the pool of good quality software for Windows and Linux benefits because existing .NET applications are now compatible. Microsoft and the free software community both win.

From the development perspective I can write applications that run on both Windows and Linux flawlessly in a transparent way. As Windows is used by many non-technical users, they need not lift an admin’s finger to use any applications since .NET is integrated into the newer Windows versions….

From the end user perspective because of the features of C#, .NET/Mono there are fewer bugs which cause applications to randomly segfault/pagefault and applications remain stable between Windows and Linux releases.

Everyone wins!

Alright, enough complaining out of me, I’m off to continue the search (being stubborn) …

I would hope we’ve been around the block enough to realize that they’re up to something that they think ultimately give them an advantage over the open-source world.

Maher Gamal :
@Matt
Emacs, tightly integrated ? Isn’t the aquamacs project the *tightly integrated* one ?

Aquamacs is tightly integrated into MacOS, yes…. but at the expense of the emacs experience. Try adding an internet protocol that invokes emacsclient in OSX and you’ll see what I mean.

Vanilla emacs is tighly integrated into X11… period.

While your post has brought to light some lingering issues with half-assed public transportation projects such as the central florida high-speed rail (and HART hahah), I have some issues with what you seem to be suggesting.

First off, I have been a resident of Tampa for the past 28 years (born and raised). Through this time, I have seen numerous construction on the interstate and road system and although SOME of it has helped congestion, it seems like over time the old changes become less effective and the public (sometimes) literally grinds to a halt (again). So, the public is ALREADY paying out of their ass to support idiotic construction and reconstruction including maintenance on Tampa’s pathetic infrastructure and spaghetti highway grid. South Tampa, New Tampa, Central Tampa, BRANDON (OMFG) — It ALL SUCKS. And I highly disagree that continuously widening these roads will have any long-lasting relief. It simply will not.. and the waste of resources and space that widening I-75 to EIGHT LANES (from in some places four lanes) from Naples to Georgia is .. I’m sorry, just insane lol.

The bottom line is, the taxes are there. The maintenance is there.. It won’t be going anywhere anytime soon — and continuing to widen and add roads will do nothing to change that, either.. while brining little to no relief in some cases. (I-4/I-275 still becomes congested despite spending all that time and money redesigning and rebuilding it, right?)

The solution is, and I know that you don’t like the government doing much of anything and I do agree with that premise (I consider myself, politically, a minarchist) to create and bolster an EFFICIENT public transportation system.. That means trains, buses etc that are largely on time, cheap and operate 24/7. If we don’t learn from history we are doomed to repeat it… So, we should learn from the large metropolis of the world such as New York, London and Paris and figure out how we can work together to build a similar system that will work for Tampa, and ultimately, Florida. I personally would love driving to a lot in Tampa, boarding a train and trucking along @ close to 150mph to arrive in Orlando in just about 20-30 minutes versus 45-60+.

Installed Geany and figured out how to toggle comments and how to change the PHP commenting to C++ style within 10 minutes of installing. I am very happy Thank you.