Comments for Gaël Duval's blog - Blog de Gaël Duval http://www.indidea.org/gael/blog Gaël Duval, Ulteo, Mandrake, Mandriva, Linux, Open source, Free software... Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:38:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Comment on Promouvoir une société numérique libre by Olivier http://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/?p=292&cpage=1#comment-20631 Olivier Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:38:33 +0000 http://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/?p=292#comment-20631 Reste à savoir ce qu'est un monde dont on peut être fier. Un professeur m'a dit un jour : "En entreprise, ne vous plaignez jamais d'un problème si vous n'avez pas de solution à apporter à ce problème." On peut toujours se plaindre, de tout et tout le temps mais si on enlevait facebook, twitter, google...le monde informatique que nous vivrions, serait-il meilleurs ou pire ??? Imaginons qu'Androïd soit développé par des gens que personne ne connaît et dont personne ne connaisse les intentions...Andoïd ne se serait pas imposé comme il l'a fait en devenant largement numéro un mondial devant notamment iOs (Apple) donnant un énorme pouvoir à cette entreprise dont tu reconnais toi-même qu'elle la plus gênante au niveau des libertés des utilisateurs "d'ordinateurs" ... Et puis ces sociétés nous permettent de communiquer avec le reste du monde, finalement c'est un rapport gagnant/gagnant qui profite à tout le monde et on ne vit pas de bons sentiments et de rêves. Il faut gagner de l'argent pour vivre. Reste à savoir ce qu’est un monde dont on peut être fier. Un professeur m’a dit un jour : “En entreprise, ne vous plaignez jamais d’un problème si vous n’avez pas de solution à apporter à ce problème.”
On peut toujours se plaindre, de tout et tout le temps mais si on enlevait facebook, twitter, google…le monde informatique que nous vivrions, serait-il meilleurs ou pire ???
Imaginons qu’Androïd soit développé par des gens que personne ne connaît et dont personne ne connaisse les intentions…Andoïd ne se serait pas imposé comme il l’a fait en devenant largement numéro un mondial devant notamment iOs (Apple) donnant un énorme pouvoir à cette entreprise dont tu reconnais toi-même qu’elle la plus gênante au niveau des libertés des utilisateurs “d’ordinateurs” …
Et puis ces sociétés nous permettent de communiquer avec le reste du monde, finalement c’est un rapport gagnant/gagnant qui profite à tout le monde et on ne vit pas de bons sentiments et de rêves. Il faut gagner de l’argent pour vivre.

]]> Comment on The very end of the PC era, and why Android/Linux is about to Win by Piratu' http://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/?p=324&cpage=1#comment-19798 Piratu' Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:41:06 +0000 http://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/?p=324#comment-19798 Well... the end of the PC era was told many many months ago and this came from Apple too. I have an Android phone (rooted and with a custom ROM) and a 7" tablet (standard ICS from factory), but also an iPhone 4 and iPad 2 (both jailbracked :)). Compared with Apple products the Android devices still have a gap to fill. Android isn't yet such an easy and user friendly OS and the Android devices do not match the same built quality as Apple products. Besides, the next iPhone will raise the bar even higher and they offer compatibility for the new iOS versions till last three versions (ie: iOS 5 runs on iPhone 3GS). The big downside for Android devices is that manufacturers do not offer OS evolution for most of their models, six months after the model launch they drop support :( Android will be a bigger success with better supported devices. Well… the end of the PC era was told many many months ago and this came from Apple too.

I have an Android phone (rooted and with a custom ROM) and a 7″ tablet (standard ICS from factory), but also an iPhone 4 and iPad 2 (both jailbracked :) ). Compared with Apple products the Android devices still have a gap to fill.

Android isn’t yet such an easy and user friendly OS and the Android devices do not match the same built quality as Apple products. Besides, the next iPhone will raise the bar even higher and they offer compatibility for the new iOS versions till last three versions (ie: iOS 5 runs on iPhone 3GS).

The big downside for Android devices is that manufacturers do not offer OS evolution for most of their models, six months after the model launch they drop support :(

Android will be a bigger success with better supported devices.

]]> Comment on The very end of the PC era, and why Android/Linux is about to Win by Rao http://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/?p=324&cpage=1#comment-19773 Rao Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:52:15 +0000 http://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/?p=324#comment-19773 This is true that PC is coming to an end. It should have ended when XP was popular and got saturated with no buyers. Many later versions came out to see failure! Linux on desktops/laptops/web books/ and now hand helds is taking the market by storm for its stable open source platform and wide acceptance. All closed and proprietary products are receding as open source are gaining momentum. Ulteo is gaining more momentum and should soon make professional's life easier with trouble free "app as a service" hosting, taking a major VDI market soon. Godspeed This is true that PC is coming to an end. It should have ended when XP was popular and got saturated with no buyers. Many later versions came out to see failure! Linux on desktops/laptops/web books/ and now hand helds is taking the market by storm for its stable open source platform and wide acceptance. All closed and proprietary products are receding as open source are gaining momentum. Ulteo is gaining more momentum and should soon make professional’s life easier with trouble free “app as a service” hosting, taking a major VDI market soon.
Godspeed

]]> Comment on Promouvoir une société numérique libre by stephane http://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/?p=292&cpage=1#comment-18690 stephane Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:29:46 +0000 http://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/?p=292#comment-18690 salut Gaël, (quel esprit de créateur ... toujours en devant depuis Mandrake : quelle sacrée distribution GNU/Linux tu (vous) nous avais (aviez) donné à cette époque, simplement fantastique !) Content de voir que tu continues de prendre la plume ! Oui d'accord, avec Tristan. je me permets de rebondir sur : "Et petite question au passage : pour quelle raison les candidats à l’élection ne se préoccupent pas de ces questions ? Peut-être ne sont-ils simplement pas au courant. Pays à la traine… " Si seulement on nous prenait par pour des c...s , nos pays sont au bords du gouffre financier. Avant la fin de l'année tous risques de basculer gravement. as tu vu les indicateurs financiers, sociaux etc ? Intéresses toi à du A.SORAL, P.JOVANOVIC, O.DELAMARCHE ... Et tu verras que nos visions informatiques ne seront bientôt plus à l'ordre du jour. salut Gaël,

(quel esprit de créateur … toujours en devant depuis Mandrake : quelle sacrée distribution GNU/Linux tu (vous) nous avais (aviez) donné à cette époque, simplement fantastique !)

Content de voir que tu continues de prendre la plume !

Oui d’accord, avec Tristan.

je me permets de rebondir sur : “Et petite question au passage : pour quelle raison les candidats à l’élection ne se préoccupent pas de ces questions ? Peut-être ne sont-ils simplement pas au courant. Pays à la traine… ”

Si seulement on nous prenait par pour des c…s , nos pays sont au bords du gouffre financier.

Avant la fin de l’année tous risques de basculer gravement. as tu vu les indicateurs financiers, sociaux etc ?

Intéresses toi à du A.SORAL, P.JOVANOVIC, O.DELAMARCHE …
Et tu verras que nos visions informatiques ne seront bientôt plus à l’ordre du jour.

]]> Comment on An OS in the Public Interest – a Mandriva Linux Foundation? by Gaël Duval http://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/?p=296&cpage=1#comment-18319 Gaël Duval Sun, 27 May 2012 13:54:36 +0000 http://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/?p=296#comment-18319 "Gaël, considering that it would be an OS in the public interest, WDYT about requiring a “transfer” of copyrights for work contributed to it for it to be released to the public domain?" That's an interesting question. In term of communication for a Foundation, I think it's a good idea. On the other hand, all the software is covered by Open Source rules, which is fundamentally in the public interest, and what matter the most in my opinion. And it's very difficult in certain countries to transfert the copyright, for instance in France the "droit d'auteur" is a "forever right", that cannot be transferred (inalienable right). Even in corporates it can be a legal issue. “Gaël, considering that it would be an OS in the public interest, WDYT about requiring a “transfer” of copyrights for work contributed to it for it to be released to the public domain?”

That’s an interesting question. In term of communication for a Foundation, I think it’s a good idea.

On the other hand, all the software is covered by Open Source rules, which is fundamentally in the public interest, and what matter the most in my opinion.

And it’s very difficult in certain countries to transfert the copyright, for instance in France the “droit d’auteur” is a “forever right”, that cannot be transferred (inalienable right). Even in corporates it can be a legal issue.

]]> Comment on An OS in the Public Interest – a Mandriva Linux Foundation? by Per Øyvind Karlsen http://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/?p=296&cpage=1#comment-18317 Per Øyvind Karlsen Sun, 27 May 2012 04:07:40 +0000 http://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/?p=296#comment-18317 Also this is partially what's already being done by RedHat, that is for the "transfer" part of copyrights, where people has to transfer the copyrights of the work to RedHat, but which doesn't actually release it to the public domain, but rather preserves original license, while retaining the copyrights. The foundation in contrast would release it to the public domain, relieving the work of any copyrights, restrictions and limitiations at all! Also this is partially what’s already being done by RedHat, that is for the “transfer” part of copyrights, where people has to transfer the copyrights of the work to RedHat, but which doesn’t actually release it to the public domain, but rather preserves original license, while retaining the copyrights.
The foundation in contrast would release it to the public domain, relieving the work of any copyrights, restrictions and limitiations at all!

]]> Comment on An OS in the Public Interest – a Mandriva Linux Foundation? by Per Øyvind Karlsen http://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/?p=296&cpage=1#comment-18316 Per Øyvind Karlsen Sun, 27 May 2012 04:03:46 +0000 http://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/?p=296#comment-18316 Gaël, considering that it would be an OS in the public interest, WDYT about requiring a "transfer" of copyrights for work contributed to it for it to be released to the public domain? This would make it really more truely in the public interest in the same line as other work released by the government otherwise that is usually released to the public domain.. Gaël, considering that it would be an OS in the public interest, WDYT about requiring a “transfer” of copyrights for work contributed to it for it to be released to the public domain?

This would make it really more truely in the public interest in the same line as other work released by the government otherwise that is usually released to the public domain..

]]> Comment on An OS in the Public Interest – a Mandriva Linux Foundation? by Per Øyvind Karlsen http://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/?p=296&cpage=1#comment-18315 Per Øyvind Karlsen Sun, 27 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000 http://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/?p=296#comment-18315 rpm5 has actually something like >80% native debian package support in place already.. Finishing the remaining <20% could make "deb to rpm" realistic.. rpm5 has actually something like >80% native debian package support in place already..
Finishing the remaining <20% could make “deb to rpm” realistic..

]]> Comment on An OS in the Public Interest – a Mandriva Linux Foundation? by Michael http://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/?p=296&cpage=1#comment-17742 Michael Sun, 13 May 2012 13:37:47 +0000 http://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/?p=296#comment-17742 There is no such thing as migrating a distro from rpm to deb and vice versa. You can adapt some tools, but migrating just mean "rewrite everything from scratch". The code of most of the system is already shared, everybody use the same kernel, same glibc, same python ( for 98% of code or more, just minor patching ). The difference are not easy to migrate, or it would have naturally been done. There is no such thing as migrating a distro from rpm to deb and vice versa. You can adapt some tools, but migrating just mean “rewrite everything from scratch”. The code of most of the system is already shared, everybody use the same kernel, same glibc, same python ( for 98% of code or more, just minor patching ). The difference are not easy to migrate, or it would have naturally been done.

]]> Comment on An OS in the Public Interest – a Mandriva Linux Foundation? by Marko Doda http://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/?p=296&cpage=1#comment-16677 Marko Doda Tue, 08 May 2012 12:30:57 +0000 http://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/?p=296#comment-16677 Yeah, debian is a wierd beast :), IMO, the strong points of mandriva are that it is an desktop distro, you get a really complete DE, and on top of that you have GUI tools for tweaking the underlying system, Ubuntu is more web oriented, the DE and the tools are lacking, a lot of ordinary tweaks are done in the Terminal. Yeah, debian is a wierd beast :) , IMO, the strong points of mandriva are that it is an desktop distro, you get a really complete DE, and on top of that you have GUI tools for tweaking the underlying system, Ubuntu is more web oriented, the DE and the tools are lacking, a lot of ordinary tweaks are done in the Terminal.

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