A RDBMS is a general purpose solution that can be massaged almost infinitely to fit a wide variety of solutions.
Almost by definition, it won't be the optimal solution for every application. You can, in many cases, get better performance with a custom solution.
The trade-off is that you've got a custom solution that may cost more, in the long run, than simply using an RDBMS.
Its really a matter of priorities... do you design the application to work within the DB boundaries, or do you design an optimal application and then try to see how best to fit it within the constraints of the RDBMS you've chosen?
I don't see things quite so black-and-white anymore; there are enough odd-ball applications around that don't fit in the RDBMS mold that makes me consider alternatives from time to time.
I'm wary of adding a big DBMS to an application because it raises costs substantially (Oracle and Oracle DBA's are expensive), so if somebody has come up with a solution that will solve a subset of problems, I'm all for holding it up to scrutiny to see where it might have applicability.
I think this is incredibly dumb on Lexmark's part; as if I'm legally obligated to uphold their business model.
Nonetheless, I think the smartest thing to do at this point is to stop buying lexmark printers.
If some of you work for small or large companies, just pass over Lexmark and choose HP, Xerox, or a host of other companies that aren't doing this kind of crazy, self-defeating costly nonsense.
If money is the only thing a company understands, then don't give them any more.
I push the people I work with to design in this way for high volume web sites. Engineers and programmer's natural instinct is to build more and more complex systems that fail in completely unexplained ways.
Instead, consider the Anvil. It always works *because it's default state is to work*.
What you describe with Soyuz is pure elegance. When something breaks, it tends to fix itself and keep working.
Oh well. Its a hard lesson to learn, and very few programmers and engineers are capable of designing that way.
The expectation that computing power will (essentially) double every 18 months drives business planning at chip makers, fab makers, software developers, everything in the tech industry. In other words, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy.
I'm not doing it real justice, but Google (ironic, eh?) about the effects of moore's law for a much better explanation.
...for people who have "Windows OS" as their #1 requirement.
If nothing else, Sony makes attractive consumer devices. This fits into that same niche nicely. I know a fair amount of people who will buy virtually anything Sony makes simply because they love Sony design.
So this computer is for those people who like Sony stuff, and would never consider a Mac.
Maybe that's enough niche to make a product...hard to tell.
Particularly their unique small portable PC's; it seems as if they were primarily designed for form-factor and looks, and then tech specs match a target price point.
But, maybe, just maybe, we're looking at this machine as geeks instead of as a typical consumer (something that I think Sony really understands).
I have to admit, while the specs of the machine are disappointing, its just cool enough that I could be talked into it.
30 years ago, I paid $2400 for an Apple II computer (with a floppy drive). Albums sold for $4.
Today, I can get a computer with many orders of magnitude more speed and power for 1/5th of the price. And album prices are 400% higher.
Or we can play the game a different way.
30 years ago, to record an album took many musicians and many artists recording in a very expensive studio. Today, a handful of musicians and an inexpensive studio (i.e. a basement) can record the same music at a far cheaper price (not even considering inflation) using newer technology. CD's have a low defect rate. So since the production costs are lower it follows that CD prices are....higher?
Anway, what does this prove? Nothing. But at least my examples are more entertaining and completely disprove your example.
So anyway, with Clearwater controlling the majority of all music that you hear, and they only play the top 40 songs on all their stations, where exactly is the place for people to discover new music? I mean other than what the RIAA and Clearwater want you to hear?
I've heard the same stories about the PS2 being difficult to access the fantastic graphics.
However, despite this handicap, I see little difference between games ported between the consoles, and I can't say one is better than the other (yes, I do own all 3).
Until this current generation, consoles distinguished themselves based on superior specs. That's no longer the case. Consoles are distinguishing themselves based on the games.
Despite what people claim, there is essentially no difference between the big three in terms of their ability to deliver the current state-of-the-art gaming experience.
As to it being separate, who cares? They're all under $200; less than it costs to buy a graphics card.
The only reason to buy any console is the unique games available for each.
Frankly, if a game costs $50, and the Gamecube costs $150, it seems reasonable to buy another console to play the games you want.
The RIAA has successfully changed the debate on recorded music from:
"What do consumers really want"
to:
"What is an acceptable distribution method that satisfies the RIAA's piracy concerns"
The two appear to be at odds, and the RIAA would rather legislate its way out of the dilemna than innovate.
I've said before the ideal distribution method would be one that would allow consumers to have a transparancy of media that doesn't penalize consumers for listening to music wherever, whenever they'd like.
In otherwords, buying a license to a performance is probably okay, but that license means I get to listen to it in whatever format I want at any time, including improvements to technology without paying extra or "rebuying".
It means that if I want to loan a copy to my friends, I can.
It means that if I want to listen to it in my car, I can.
Everything I can do today, and more.
It seems with the advent of new technology the RIAA members are trying to limit my choices as to how I can listen to the music they've sold me.
Meanwhile, they charge more, and then complain that less people are interested! They even call their best potential customers theives and prosecute them!
The RIAA members seem to be causing themselves their own trouble. I'm sure they'll get it eventually, but right now, they appear to be flopping like a mackrel on the deck of a japanese fishing ship.
The original BIOS of the machine is untouched. It is disabled through what amounts to a jumper. The instructions show that you can use an SPST switch to select between the two.
So there would be nothing to identify this to XBox Live as anything other than a dead-stock XBox.
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Sendmail is an MTA. Yes, it works on a server, but it isn't a server program the way something like "MS Exchange" is.
Its job is to receive email and to send email. That's it.
A RDBMS is a general purpose solution that can be massaged almost infinitely to fit a wide variety of solutions.
Almost by definition, it won't be the optimal solution for every application. You can, in many cases, get better performance with a custom solution.
The trade-off is that you've got a custom solution that may cost more, in the long run, than simply using an RDBMS.
Its really a matter of priorities... do you design the application to work within the DB boundaries, or do you design an optimal application and then try to see how best to fit it within the constraints of the RDBMS you've chosen?
I don't see things quite so black-and-white anymore; there are enough odd-ball applications around that don't fit in the RDBMS mold that makes me consider alternatives from time to time.
I'm wary of adding a big DBMS to an application because it raises costs substantially (Oracle and Oracle DBA's are expensive), so if somebody has come up with a solution that will solve a subset of problems, I'm all for holding it up to scrutiny to see where it might have applicability.
This is a useful solution for a single-purpose web site for store session information typical in most stateful web site.
Its not a general purpose DBMS solution, nor should you interpret it as such.
I think this is incredibly dumb on Lexmark's part; as if I'm legally obligated to uphold their business model.
Nonetheless, I think the smartest thing to do at this point is to stop buying lexmark printers.
If some of you work for small or large companies, just pass over Lexmark and choose HP, Xerox, or a host of other companies that aren't doing this kind of crazy, self-defeating costly nonsense.
If money is the only thing a company understands, then don't give them any more.
" I'm not sure why filesharing is any more of a problem on a university campus than, say, underage drinking or drug use."
Its not any worse, its not really a problem except that it affects serious money interests.
Love Stallman or hate him, but his rant on copyrights that he did a decade ago is so on the mark that its scary.
Copyrights as they exist today can't be enforced in a connected age unless the government places serious roadblocks to a free society.
A copyright or patent is a bargain between society and the creator. It is not an inherent right as many seem to think.
Its called "stupid simple".
I push the people I work with to design in this way for high volume web sites. Engineers and programmer's natural instinct is to build more and more complex systems that fail in completely unexplained ways.
Instead, consider the Anvil. It always works *because it's default state is to work*.
What you describe with Soyuz is pure elegance. When something breaks, it tends to fix itself and keep working.
Oh well. Its a hard lesson to learn, and very few programmers and engineers are capable of designing that way.
"Because they are playing local clubs for $200/night"
I played in a band back in the late 70's and we were getting more than this 25 years ago.
Seems hard to believe that's all they get.
That's a cheese danish, which isn't half-bad with a cup of coffee or hot tea.
Price it at $1200 planning on dropping the price by 33% over 2 years.
For $5,000 there is little economic incentive.
Yes, you can run Win 3.1 with sound in VPC
Nobody "owns" EM spectrum. its like claiming you own a patent on One-Click sales on the internet...
oh cripes. Never mind.
The expectation that computing power will (essentially) double every 18 months drives business planning at chip makers, fab makers, software developers, everything in the tech industry. In other words, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy.
I'm not doing it real justice, but Google (ironic, eh?) about the effects of moore's law for a much better explanation.
The software Sony bundles is probably so confusing that a normal person probably can't figure out how to copy a CD or DVD.
...for people who have "Windows OS" as their #1 requirement.
If nothing else, Sony makes attractive consumer devices. This fits into that same niche nicely. I know a fair amount of people who will buy virtually anything Sony makes simply because they love Sony design.
So this computer is for those people who like Sony stuff, and would never consider a Mac.
Maybe that's enough niche to make a product...hard to tell.
Particularly their unique small portable PC's; it seems as if they were primarily designed for form-factor and looks, and then tech specs match a target price point.
But, maybe, just maybe, we're looking at this machine as geeks instead of as a typical consumer (something that I think Sony really understands).
I have to admit, while the specs of the machine are disappointing, its just cool enough that I could be talked into it.
I haven't worked on Solairs since 2.5, but back then, the "gcc" compiler was essentially the default compiler that you needed for most packages.
The cable company can't tell when my cable modem is visible on the network.
And now suddenly they're counting machines behind it?
This is sounding like fantasy and science fiction to me.
BeOS can't be installed on VPC. Won't work.
That whenever someone says "nuff said", it never is?
The translation is "I have nothing to rebut your argument, so I'll argue that you're paranoid and say 'nuff said'".
30 years ago, I paid $2400 for an Apple II computer (with a floppy drive). Albums sold for $4.
Today, I can get a computer with many orders of magnitude more speed and power for 1/5th of the price. And album prices are 400% higher.
Or we can play the game a different way.
30 years ago, to record an album took many musicians and many artists recording in a very expensive studio. Today, a handful of musicians and an inexpensive studio (i.e. a basement) can record the same music at a far cheaper price (not even considering inflation) using newer technology. CD's have a low defect rate. So since the production costs are lower it follows that CD prices are....higher?
Anway, what does this prove? Nothing. But at least my examples are more entertaining and completely disprove your example.
So anyway, with Clearwater controlling the majority of all music that you hear, and they only play the top 40 songs on all their stations, where exactly is the place for people to discover new music? I mean other than what the RIAA and Clearwater want you to hear?
Or is that an awkward question?
MPAA and RIAA won't be satisfied until any use that they haven't specifically licensed for is a crime that has stronger sanctions than armed robbery.
Rob a 7-11 with a gun and get 3-5 all of it waived for 1st time offenders.
Download a few albums and you should go to jail for 20 years and be liable for $20 million. Lets not get into DeCSS.
Shows you where our priorities are at.
That's not exactly what I said.
I've heard the same stories about the PS2 being difficult to access the fantastic graphics.
However, despite this handicap, I see little difference between games ported between the consoles, and I can't say one is better than the other (yes, I do own all 3).
Until this current generation, consoles distinguished themselves based on superior specs. That's no longer the case. Consoles are distinguishing themselves based on the games.
Despite what people claim, there is essentially no difference between the big three in terms of their ability to deliver the current state-of-the-art gaming experience.
As to it being separate, who cares? They're all under $200; less than it costs to buy a graphics card.
The only reason to buy any console is the unique games available for each.
Frankly, if a game costs $50, and the Gamecube costs $150, it seems reasonable to buy another console to play the games you want.
The RIAA has successfully changed the debate on recorded music from:
"What do consumers really want"
to:
"What is an acceptable distribution method that satisfies the RIAA's piracy concerns"
The two appear to be at odds, and the RIAA would rather legislate its way out of the dilemna than innovate.
I've said before the ideal distribution method would be one that would allow consumers to have a transparancy of media that doesn't penalize consumers for listening to music wherever, whenever they'd like.
In otherwords, buying a license to a performance is probably okay, but that license means I get to listen to it in whatever format I want at any time, including improvements to technology without paying extra or "rebuying".
It means that if I want to loan a copy to my friends, I can.
It means that if I want to listen to it in my car, I can.
Everything I can do today, and more.
It seems with the advent of new technology the RIAA members are trying to limit my choices as to how I can listen to the music they've sold me.
Meanwhile, they charge more, and then complain that less people are interested! They even call their best potential customers theives and prosecute them!
The RIAA members seem to be causing themselves their own trouble. I'm sure they'll get it eventually, but right now, they appear to be flopping like a mackrel on the deck of a japanese fishing ship.
The original BIOS of the machine is untouched. It is disabled through what amounts to a jumper. The instructions show that you can use an SPST switch to select between the two.
So there would be nothing to identify this to XBox Live as anything other than a dead-stock XBox.
That's part of what makes this hack so appealing.