Not so much like Slashdot - but company reputation, money through advertisment and e-commerce just to name a few.
What happens if a company with an online store or a site that feeds content to many, many co-brands goes down? You look like an idiot and you lose face and revenue. Not good!
Big sites usually mean big money. Having them down for even a second can be disastrous!
That doesn't mean you can put mission critical systems on any commodity Pentium box. As someone mentioned, cheap pwer supplies and IDE drives are no way to run a non-stop sight.
Sun hardware (with the exception of the 5/10, heh) is built very solid. They offer redundant power supplies, RAID built-in among other nice features.
It's not Linux so much but really the choice of hardware. You get what you pay for.
It's also dependant on your design. If you need 24/7 service then you design two or more of everything into the mix.
I'm setting up a nice site with two E250's with redundant power supplies, RAIDs and Resonate. I don't want to be called at 3am...:)
That is kind of ironic, in the end. One false keystroke and it's game over...:)
Anyone out there know any other cool key combos for Suns? Like how to make those stupid contrast and audio volume keys work? I've tried several combos, no luck. The "sleep" key would be helpful, too...
Forget slimming them down - where's my 208-key keyboard?!
I dig my Sun keyboard too - lotsa little pushy buttons. STOP-A. Wooohoo! Try this on your server.;>
Naw, in all seriousness... I'm starting to take a liking to keyboards without number pads and scrunched together a little like the Happy Hacker or similar.
The Microsoft "Elite" and similar crap is just way too big. Put a couple next to each other - there goes half your desk!
I didn't realize LinuxBox was the effort of an ISP... I didn't mean to disparage Chris or his company - just meant "free hosting services" in general... Apologies, Chris!
I may be in the position to offer space in the near future - stay tuned.
First, you go to school. You do apprenticeship and/or freelance. You build up clients, charge them and include the software you need to do the job into your work. If you're a professional at a full-time gig, your job pays for it.
It doesn't matter how good you are, that's never been the issue here.
The fact is, you've STOLEN the software.
Don't get me wrong - I'm not justifying the insane prices that get charged for this stuff, though.
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So does this mean that matter can travel faster than light? Why of course it does... :)
A Sun SS20. An SGI Indigo2 High Impact. A dual Pentium classic 166. They all rock, and they all make "bitchin' desktops."
I won't even get into the older stuff. A C64, TRS-80 and an IBM PC...
Michael Holve, New York, NY... ;>
I'd be worried registering business domains with a company called "Joker" - especially considering that their site is hosed right now...
A Flash movieyou have to see. Way too funny.
Quickies that Rob and Co. are too limp to print.
"Fsck no." They get enough of my dosh. Piss off.
I say we startup our own servers and continue to use the GAIM and TiK clients without them. Who needs 'em anyway?
Not so much like Slashdot - but company reputation, money through advertisment and e-commerce just to name a few.
What happens if a company with an online store or a site that feeds content to many, many co-brands goes down? You look like an idiot and you lose face and revenue. Not good!
Big sites usually mean big money. Having them down for even a second can be disastrous!
Sun hardware (with the exception of the 5/10, heh) is built very solid. They offer redundant power supplies, RAID built-in among other nice features.
It's not Linux so much but really the choice of hardware. You get what you pay for.
It's also dependant on your design. If you need 24/7 service then you design two or more of everything into the mix.
I'm setting up a nice site with two E250's with redundant power supplies, RAIDs and Resonate. I don't want to be called at 3am... :)
...is a good thing. ;>
Anyone out there know any other cool key combos for Suns? Like how to make those stupid contrast and audio volume keys work? I've tried several combos, no luck. The "sleep" key would be helpful, too...
I dig my Sun keyboard too - lotsa little pushy buttons. STOP-A. Wooohoo! Try this on your server. ;>
Naw, in all seriousness... I'm starting to take a liking to keyboards without number pads and scrunched together a little like the Happy Hacker or similar.
The Microsoft "Elite" and similar crap is just way too big. Put a couple next to each other - there goes half your desk!
More vapour, more B.S. Give it up already. Show me some product for chrissakes!
Repent now, sinners!
SGI is not getting rid of NT. Merely spinning off the division. It'll still be around.
SGI, what are you smoking? You don't know whether to sh*t of get off the pot lately...
It's cool though - bring it on!
I may be in the position to offer space in the near future - stay tuned.
It would be nice if some REAL ISP stepped forward and donated a box to the cause - one that'll be around for a while...
Later, Freshmeat. You were a good companion.
The next stable release of the gimp should be one bad-ass application if this developer version is any indication!
Time to play! :)
Like we needed to see that code spew. ;>
Now THAT is a lot of power!
Everyone into the bitbucket! Wooohooo! :)
It doesn't matter how good you are, that's never been the issue here.
The fact is, you've STOLEN the software.
Don't get me wrong - I'm not justifying the insane prices that get charged for this stuff, though.