although I have no idea why you would run Apache on a Windows server.
Because sometimes you're forced to use a Windows server platform yet at the same time are under budget constraints and can't afford Microsoft's licensing models.
They can pry IPv4 from my tired, RSI-affected-due-to-:-overuse fingers. I'm not about to rely on DNS when debugging and testing my networks. Sure, it's a petty, localized, small scale view, but I don't care.
Correct me if I'm wrong (and I hope I am) but since KDE and it's libraries is based on the GPL'ed version of QT, it is itself GPL'ed, which means that you need to GPL your code is you want your app to integrate with KDE..????????
You are correct. KDE applications currently must be licensed under the GPL.
> You joke, but what good is the desktop environment to me when I'm playing a game? I liked the days of DOS games much better.
If you feel the OS is getting in the way, the logical thing to do would be to use a console.
No, people are home are not safe since their ISP nameservers are unlikely to run at people's homes... DNS servers typically reside on high bandwidth links.
Software may be exceptional because it is unique as a product in that it has close to zero variable costs (ie: same cost to make one copy as 1 billion copies).
The problem is unlikely to be bandwidth, much less so bandwidth used by updates. The problem is most likely *latency*, and all the package caching in the world won't help you there. Not to mention that WSUS has outrageous system requirements for what it does and the OP is trying to keep costs down.
The OP's problem is ill defined. There's a world of difference between what I would do to improve IMAP or Exchange mail interactivity and what I would do to improve file sharing performance.
I know there were a lot of changes and improvements, but I think those two are the only ones actually significant for an end user (we're talking within that context here - it's a story about a consumer rights organization, after all).
Actually, it did add a few improvements - a better process scheduler and improved backwards compatibility with application not written for the NT product line come to mind. However, that's about it, and, seen as an immutable, an owner of a Windows 2000 license shouldn't have needed to bother upgrading unless specifically running into a problem that was only fixed in XP. Unfortunately, there's the question of product lifetime, and once Microsoft stopped supporting 2000 people were more or less forced to switch to XP if they wanted support. The same scenario is going to be played out sooner or later for Vista too - but by now more people have wisened up to the game and have at least opened their minds to the existence of alternative operating systems.
Just a small clarification (since strings are one of modern Pascal's strong points and bcrowell might not be aware of whan an AnsiString is): "Long" strings (AnsiStrings) in modern Pascal (i.e. FPC and Delphi) are nothing more and nothing less than reference counted and automatically garbage collected buffers, which makes them extremely powerful (and extremely handy).
No, you can turn it off alright. And I'm not trying to defend the vampi^H^H^H^H^Htelecommunications carriers here, but the way I see it this guy was simply an idiot. He didn't bother to find out how to turn off the phone (which is a bit more complicated than it'd need to be, but still not rocket science), and, worst of all, the article quotes him saying that (I paraphrase) they took their phones with them even though they were expecting them not to work. Why take them in the first place then? No sympathy here. Stupidity and pride are costly.
IBM sells services and the occasional bit of hardware. HP sells hardware and isn't doing badly, but they're not having stellar financial results either. SGI's filed for bankrupticy. Bottom line: Services is where the money is, and that's what Microsoft's is trying to do. And failing.
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although I have no idea why you would run Apache on a Windows server.
Because sometimes you're forced to use a Windows server platform yet at the same time are under budget constraints and can't afford Microsoft's licensing models.
PayPal does offer loans. E.g.: PayPal Buyer Credit.
They can pry IPv4 from my tired, RSI-affected-due-to-:-overuse fingers. I'm not about to rely on DNS when debugging and testing my networks. Sure, it's a petty, localized, small scale view, but I don't care.
Correct me if I'm wrong (and I hope I am) but since KDE and it's libraries is based on the GPL'ed version of QT, it is itself GPL'ed, which means that you need to GPL your code is you want your app to integrate with KDE..????????
You are correct. KDE applications currently must be licensed under the GPL.
> You joke, but what good is the desktop environment to me when I'm playing a game? I liked the days of DOS games much better. If you feel the OS is getting in the way, the logical thing to do would be to use a console.
No, people are home are not safe since their ISP nameservers are unlikely to run at people's homes... DNS servers typically reside on high bandwidth links.
Software may be exceptional because it is unique as a product in that it has close to zero variable costs (ie: same cost to make one copy as 1 billion copies).
Bzzzt. Marginal cost, not variable.
If Apple won't fix it, why doesn't someone fork the project and produce a version that doesn't have the vulnerability?
Because the vulnerability isn't in the open source part (the rendering engine), it's in the browser shell.Well, at least the sample code has clearly been written by a PHP expert. For example, a newbie would write something like
and get paid for just three measly lines of code.
Thank $deity Nathan A. Good (mail@nathanagood.com), Senior Information Engineer, Consultant stepped in and corrected this to
Go, consultant-written code, go!
The problem is unlikely to be bandwidth, much less so bandwidth used by updates. The problem is most likely *latency*, and all the package caching in the world won't help you there. Not to mention that WSUS has outrageous system requirements for what it does and the OP is trying to keep costs down.
The OP's problem is ill defined. There's a world of difference between what I would do to improve IMAP or Exchange mail interactivity and what I would do to improve file sharing performance.
Oops. The correct URL (without the superfluous trailing slash) is http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.1/OS/OpenDocument-v1.1-html/OpenDocument-v1.1.html.
The "Open Document Foundation" is and was never a crucial part of anything. The Open Document Format was developed by OASIS - see http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.1/OS/OpenDocument-v1.1-html/OpenDocument-v1.1.html/.
I know there were a lot of changes and improvements, but I think those two are the only ones actually significant for an end user (we're talking within that context here - it's a story about a consumer rights organization, after all).
Actually, it did add a few improvements - a better process scheduler and improved backwards compatibility with application not written for the NT product line come to mind. However, that's about it, and, seen as an immutable, an owner of a Windows 2000 license shouldn't have needed to bother upgrading unless specifically running into a problem that was only fixed in XP. Unfortunately, there's the question of product lifetime, and once Microsoft stopped supporting 2000 people were more or less forced to switch to XP if they wanted support. The same scenario is going to be played out sooner or later for Vista too - but by now more people have wisened up to the game and have at least opened their minds to the existence of alternative operating systems.
This sounds very similar to the God device described by Norman Spinrad in his political fantasy "Other Americas".
Just a small clarification (since strings are one of modern Pascal's strong points and bcrowell might not be aware of whan an AnsiString is): "Long" strings (AnsiStrings) in modern Pascal (i.e. FPC and Delphi) are nothing more and nothing less than reference counted and automatically garbage collected buffers, which makes them extremely powerful (and extremely handy).
Mersenne Twister is not a random number generator, it's a pseudo-random number generator.
Randomness is measured as entropy. See here for details: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Entropy.html
No, you can turn it off alright. And I'm not trying to defend the vampi^H^H^H^H^Htelecommunications carriers here, but the way I see it this guy was simply an idiot. He didn't bother to find out how to turn off the phone (which is a bit more complicated than it'd need to be, but still not rocket science), and, worst of all, the article quotes him saying that (I paraphrase) they took their phones with them even though they were expecting them not to work. Why take them in the first place then?
No sympathy here. Stupidity and pride are costly.
You mean this?
http://developer.amd.com/devguides.jsp#Manuals
Actually, this is the reason we need to push for SSL.
$300 per Mbit/sec, d'oh. Unless that was an attempt at being funny, which, er, didn't come across optimally :)
... as opposed to collaborating apart, I assume?
Assuming this is true - well, I've always felt I should become friends with Darl McBride...
For people who try not to judge until they've seen their stuff first-hand, here's a direct (PDF!) link to the original text of the bill from the US Government Printing Office: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi ?dbname=109_cong_bills&docid=f:h5122enr.txt.pdf
IBM sells services and the occasional bit of hardware.
HP sells hardware and isn't doing badly, but they're not having stellar financial results either.
SGI's filed for bankrupticy.
Bottom line: Services is where the money is, and that's what Microsoft's is trying to do. And failing.