If this was in fact the point of the whole exercise.
I mean, Micros~1 is indeed the spinmeister of FUD. And the more zealous of the Linux supporters gave lots of nice ammunition to the Mindcr~1 entity (brainshare wholly owned by Micros~1).
"Look at these. Do you really want to be using a system where THIS is the level of maturity of its proponents?"
The problem is that people who aren't as learned about Linux mention that they're running "Linux 5.3".
While usually it's possible to quickly (and gently) correct them, it's the people that don't get the right information that's worrisome.
WHen they see new security holes or other bugs listed for kernel version 2.0.36 or 2.2.10, they are likely to think "Oh, well, I've got 5.3/6.0/some other number, so I must be okay. Boy are those people still using version 2 silly."
This could be troublesome.
I wonder if it would be too much trouble to ask the distro makers to say something like "Banana Linux 6.9 with kernel 2.99.88".
Redhat, Mandrake and a few others are the most confusing as their versions are several higher than the kernel. Debian and Caldera (among others) are less of a problem when they share at least the same "first digit".
(I'm not mentioning all the distros, and this isn't a sign of favouritism. The rest are left as exercises for the interested.)
Slavery might have been "outlawed" in the "Republic", but I didn't see Amidala(sp?) blinking an eye when she encountered one.
I think you're making an assumption about the "thrall with local self-government" bit. Even if that's true (which I might dispute) all that would appear to mean from what little we see in the movies is petty elites running each world as they see fit. Sounds rather feudal to me. Still a reassurance of the ubermen mentality.
I don't _completely_ agree with Brin's opinion here, but he's managed to quantify what has been bothering me about the SW universe quite handily.
I think most of Brin's points are valid. I'm not much of a fan of Star Trek either, but his comparisons resonate strongly. ST and SW are the two most obvious examples of what can be called Hollywood Sci-Fi. (I'm not impressed that either really fulfills my definition of SF, but that's another rant)
I wasn't expecting an Oscar-winning movie, or series of movies. I was expecting something other than the perpetuation of the "elites" as Brin puts it.
Terms like "Republic" and "Empire" aside, the movie really is just a civil war within the Royal Family of that Galaxy. Choose your side; you're still a thrall.
The explosions and effects were cool (well, most of them), but I want more from the stuff I watch.
We need, essentially, documentation that can be approached in many ways, with assistance for newbies of differing levels that doesn't get in the way of the main document itself. Isn't this what hypertext is good for?
I'm keeping getting this vision of an intensely-linked set of documentation. In some ways, [Everything] has some of the same look and feel. Of course, its charter is completely different.
I think comparing changing from static to dynamic IPs to applying a patch is a little ingenuous. The DHCPCD that I've used out of the box on Debian and RedHat distro's works just fine.
Now if you wanted to change your first example to finding the right service pack on the Micros~1 website, it might be more appropriate.
Is XFS available even in a bleeding-edge developer's version for Linux yet? (I don't believe so, but I Could Be Mistaken)
If not, then it's fine for him not to mention it other than the vague reference he makes, as it is not on the horizon yet for Enterprise environments (which is, after all the focus of the article).
It's just resentment among/.ers. While we're important, we're hardly the be-all and end-all of the Linux community.
(didn't Rasterman say it was basically ONE person that forced his hand?)
The other thing that's important to note is that the article is coming from a reporter who doesn't have much experience with Freed Software. It's the Linux == RedHat thing again. ( I'm not judging here. I think what's needed to correct this one is education, not ranting. )
Resentment of RH on/. != the world stops working on Linux
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I was just illustrating a point.
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I mean, Micros~1 is indeed the spinmeister of FUD. And the more zealous of the Linux supporters gave lots of nice ammunition to the Mindcr~1 entity (brainshare wholly owned by Micros~1).
"Look at these. Do you really want to be using a system where THIS is the level of maturity of its proponents?"
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While usually it's possible to quickly (and gently) correct them, it's the people that don't get the right information that's worrisome.
WHen they see new security holes or other bugs listed for kernel version 2.0.36 or 2.2.10, they are likely to think "Oh, well, I've got 5.3/6.0/some other number, so I must be okay. Boy are those people still using version 2 silly."
This could be troublesome.
I wonder if it would be too much trouble to ask the distro makers to say something like "Banana Linux 6.9 with kernel 2.99.88".
Redhat, Mandrake and a few others are the most confusing as their versions are several higher than the kernel. Debian and Caldera (among others) are less of a problem when they share at least the same "first digit".
(I'm not mentioning all the distros, and this isn't a sign of favouritism. The rest are left as exercises for the interested.)
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WOZ.ORG
There's some neat stuff in there. The interviews are interesting.
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This is hilarious, in fact.
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It's a cookbook!
A cookbook!
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I think you're making an assumption about the "thrall with local self-government" bit. Even if that's true (which I might dispute) all that would appear to mean from what little we see in the movies is petty elites running each world as they see fit. Sounds rather feudal to me. Still a reassurance of the ubermen mentality.
I don't _completely_ agree with Brin's opinion here, but he's managed to quantify what has been bothering me about the SW universe quite handily.
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I wasn't expecting an Oscar-winning movie, or series of movies. I was expecting something other than the perpetuation of the "elites" as Brin puts it.
Terms like "Republic" and "Empire" aside, the movie really is just a civil war within the Royal Family of that Galaxy. Choose your side; you're still a thrall.
The explosions and effects were cool (well, most of them), but I want more from the stuff I watch.
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I see that Katz still needs a proofreader, though.
gets the Net, it's inevitabile growth and and potential
s/it's/its/
s/inevitabile/inevitable/
s/and and/and/
All in one line.
And of course the dreaded "?" for a Micros~1 dumb, er... smart quote.
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(All _my_ slaves have the same genetic watermark.
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A highly recommended book in any case ( 0-316-11602-5 ) though not quite as good as the previous ones.
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I'm keeping getting this vision of an intensely-linked set of documentation. In some ways, [Everything] has some of the same look and feel. Of course, its charter is completely different.
Or maybe I should cut down on the sugar.
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I think the Chtorran ones are less offensive.
The cases look pretty useless, too.
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Now if you wanted to change your first example to finding the right service pack on the Micros~1 website, it might be more appropriate.
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Isn't there a PPPoE for Linux implementation already?
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If not, then it's fine for him not to mention it other than the vague reference he makes, as it is not on the horizon yet for Enterprise environments (which is, after all the focus of the article).
IMHO.
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It's just resentment among
(didn't Rasterman say it was basically ONE person that forced his hand?)
The other thing that's important to note is that the article is coming from a reporter who doesn't have much experience with Freed Software. It's the Linux == RedHat thing again. ( I'm not judging here. I think what's needed to correct this one is education, not ranting. )
Resentment of RH on
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in ~/.mozilla/prefs50.js ensure you have lines like the following:
user_pref("network.proxy.http", "junkbuster");
user_pref("network.proxy.http_port", 5865);
I think you can get the same effect under Micros~1 by copying your netscape preferences file to the mozilla directory. Or something like that.
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This is one of those analogies that the closer you look at it, the more it falls apart.
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By the time Micros~1 was in existence, Bill was no longer an "innocent kid".
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