Are you saying Windows Server CALs were free? And what, exactly, would you have continued to pay for NetWare? Unless you upgraded to a new version or added another server you wouldn't have had to spend a dime if you already owned the licenses...
Yes. As soon as I heard that Novell received an unsolicited bid from a hedge fund, I started planning to migrate away. Unfortunately, the free tools that Microsoft included with Server 2003 are no longer included in Server 2008, so you'll need some 3rd party tools to assist with the migration. Quest makes some tools that are very good but very pricey.
You're talking out of your ass. Novell were selling OES, their former NetWare services (iPrint, eDirectory, NSS, clustering) running on top of SLES. And even SLES itself was not free. Just like RHEL, you had to pay for a subscription to download the patches and updates.
TFA article mentions kindergartners creating a pulley system to lift a paper groundhog. Seems about as complicated as the concept of load bearing support...
How was this modded insightful? He talks about some weak assumption that he's made as though it were fact, and then when he's corrected it's because IBM didn't live up to his expectations? Where is the insight here?
Ummm, of course they should be held to a higher standard. You're equating a major multinational corporation with billions of dollars in annual profit to Joe, the average neighbor down the street. When Joe fucks up, I guarantee it doesn't affect thousands of people's livelihoods. And it sure as hell doesn't destroy ocean and marshland habitats.
So yes, we should hold BP to a higher standard. They're the ones poised to make insane amounts of profit from these oil wells, they should have to clean their messes up when they happen.
"I wouldn't care if they knew what books I was reading."
Good, then tell us what you're reading, but don't say its OK for everyone to know what everyone else is reading. You use the same kind of logic that people were using when the whole NSA data mining thing was disclosed. I kept reading things like "I don't care if they listen to my conversations because I have nothing to hide." That argument is not good enough for me.
"A far better question though is... "Can we afford not to upgrade?", once a particular replacement has become very popular and widely accepted and inexpensive. Because to say "No" to upgrades on the basis of some rather retro urge to remain "natural" is a recipe for being left behind."
I'm sure that would be the slogan of the implant manufacturers....except for the inexpensive part.
That's all fine but what about you co-workers? When you slack off in anticipation of "sticking it to the man," its you co-workers who have to work harder to make up for it.
FOSS purists and zealots have been decrying this as being counter-productive to their "movement", but the MS/Novell deal is probably the gateway that many MS shops can use to wean themselves off of Windows/AD. All it takes is one file/print server to start the ball rolling. Once admins get used to SuSE, they can start porting their skill sets over to others flavors that are less likely to get everyone's dander up.
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So you're saying that if your school system has 1000 teachers, there are 780 administrators? I call BS.
Are you saying Windows Server CALs were free? And what, exactly, would you have continued to pay for NetWare? Unless you upgraded to a new version or added another server you wouldn't have had to spend a dime if you already owned the licenses...
Yes. As soon as I heard that Novell received an unsolicited bid from a hedge fund, I started planning to migrate away. Unfortunately, the free tools that Microsoft included with Server 2003 are no longer included in Server 2008, so you'll need some 3rd party tools to assist with the migration. Quest makes some tools that are very good but very pricey.
You're talking out of your ass. Novell were selling OES, their former NetWare services (iPrint, eDirectory, NSS, clustering) running on top of SLES. And even SLES itself was not free. Just like RHEL, you had to pay for a subscription to download the patches and updates.
On my DVD players I hit stop twice, then hit play and it goes right to title 1 on the DVD.
Your Goddamned right the voting public roared. We said "Stop drilling until you know how to plug a leak a mile under water."
TFA article mentions kindergartners creating a pulley system to lift a paper groundhog. Seems about as complicated as the concept of load bearing support...
How was this modded insightful? He talks about some weak assumption that he's made as though it were fact, and then when he's corrected it's because IBM didn't live up to his expectations? Where is the insight here?
Ummm, of course they should be held to a higher standard. You're equating a major multinational corporation with billions of dollars in annual profit to Joe, the average neighbor down the street. When Joe fucks up, I guarantee it doesn't affect thousands of people's livelihoods. And it sure as hell doesn't destroy ocean and marshland habitats. So yes, we should hold BP to a higher standard. They're the ones poised to make insane amounts of profit from these oil wells, they should have to clean their messes up when they happen.
How was it producing 300,000 - 500,000 barrels a day when I thought it was an exploratory rig?
Oh Lord! Did someone put on their tinfoil hat too tightly today? I seriously doubt Steve Ballmer pressured Ron Hovesepian into changing kernels...
No cheap netbooks? The original Eee PC 701 sold for $399 retail. I just bought my wife the Eee PC 1001P for $279.
TFA doesn't say that the sails are thinner than a human hair, just that the solar cells on the sail are...
Show me the case law. You are citing urban legends...
So you set fire to a porta-potty on an Interstate Highway while carrying a gun?
http://www.bitdefender.com/VIRUS-1000451-en--Trojan.PWS.ChromeInject.B.html
Time to put the foil hat back on my friend....
"....hiring a developer and brand name to keep it open and neutral (What if he was hired by MSFT full time?) can't be that bad."
GPL V3 will make it *not* open and neutral?
I don't want to wait 15 years for an enhancement/bugfix. I'd rather pay for commercial software.
"I wouldn't care if they knew what books I was reading."
Good, then tell us what you're reading, but don't say its OK for everyone to know what everyone else is reading. You use the same kind of logic that people were using when the whole NSA data mining thing was disclosed. I kept reading things like "I don't care if they listen to my conversations because I have nothing to hide." That argument is not good enough for me.
"A far better question though is ... "Can we afford not to upgrade?", once a particular replacement has become very popular and widely accepted and inexpensive. Because to say "No" to upgrades on the basis of some rather retro urge to remain "natural" is a recipe for being left behind."
I'm sure that would be the slogan of the implant manufacturers....except for the inexpensive part.
That's all fine but what about you co-workers? When you slack off in anticipation of "sticking it to the man," its you co-workers who have to work harder to make up for it.
FOSS purists and zealots have been decrying this as being counter-productive to their "movement", but the MS/Novell deal is probably the gateway that many MS shops can use to wean themselves off of Windows/AD. All it takes is one file/print server to start the ball rolling. Once admins get used to SuSE, they can start porting their skill sets over to others flavors that are less likely to get everyone's dander up.
Don't know that 50,000 years makes a whole lot of difference. We're talking hundreds of millions of years here.
most network admins have a fu manchu mustache and bad acne. And many-sided dice.