Since Bing was originally a pun that meant "Bing Is Not Google", maybe they should now rename it to Big (Big Is Google)...or in proper english: Google is BIG!
The fact that because we can't fire developers makes it an incentive to bad coding practices is not an argument:
for some people (esp. Linux developers where pride is an important fuel to their creativity), being pointed out in public by such bad behavior is much worse than being fired in the equivalent closed software company. Moreover, you will never know how many developers in a closed model had turned a simple patch into a remote exploit and if the culprit was really fired afterward esp. if it's a core developer (the one that knows everything and that you can't fire). I think I can remember at least one Windows bug few years ago that was very much like another that was closed but there are some many 0-day and remote exploits that is becomes difficult to keep track.
After Rupert Murdock said that he owns the word Sky thus suing Skype, I bet that the website skybook is in deep shit and will be next in line to be sued by both Sky and Facebook.
Microsoft was once king on the Intel platform and then came Linux which was much less expensive, followed by Mac OS X which was more user friendly.
So that would mean they would have to fight 2 fronts to survive and try to keep their supremacy.
Now, with notebooks being the new eldorado, Microsoft could benefit a lot more if they try to gain momentum on ARM which Apple cannot afford to follow (yet) because of another big CPU switch.
There is a common understanding that a single server can serve static data many orders of magnitude the scenario described. But for some dynamic content that triggers database queries, the must is to use memcached.
There are thousands of third-party applications available for Windows XP that have no direct Linux equivalents.
3 years ago a nice list of equivalents between Windows and Linux was done. Unfortunately it it no longer updated but the fact remains : there is almost one or more free software for each big need under Linux
StupidaMouse + StupidaKey
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Some years ago, a nice fake advertisement was proposing to switch (dumb) users to the "StupidaMouse" along with StupidaKey and more
from the article :
In theory, Microsoft AntiSpyware should get better over time. It's programmed to send reports back to Microsoft to improve and update spyware definitions.
...which clearly means that potentially some informations about what is installed are sent back to M$ !
reminds you of something back in 1995 when they tried to send the registry back to Redmond ?
Peep is a great tool to hear what's going on out there... where the hackers play !
It plays sound whenever an connection is made on a designated port (smtp, domain (DNS), http...) but also can play specific sounds based on events (keywords on log file -> snort, auth.log etc.)
I think that the risk today is greater just because it's not user friendly.
Let me explain
example: KMAIL
When this nice tool shows an email in html format to "joe user", it desactivate certain dangerous tags such as REFRESH (and many others) that should never appear in emails (i.e. brings nothing to the readability of it)
Now, with the problem of worms, Linux is still left untouched because of the user base that is much more "IT knowledgeable" and the diversity of tools that make the writting of worms more difficult. ...but that's still not enough !
Any worm could easily destroy the user's data if an attachement is run without control
OTOH, if the user is granted with a nice interface when the attachement is clicked and instead of saving it right in the home directory, why not running it in a sandbox (chrooted), with limited ressources (ulimit) etc.
This could be the best of both world : better security and more user friendly !
SCO OpenServer support updates. X11R6.7 now works on Release 5.0.7...
Wouldn't it be possible that X.Org follow nmap's stance on licensing their software ?
That would force them (SCO) to use the regular/former version of XFree86 instead of one that might bring more promises and contributions.
That would be also an interresting trend to follow
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Global Thermonuclear War
...or CalvinBall as Randall Munroe puts it in this XKCD:
Game AIs
Since Bing was originally a pun that meant "Bing Is Not Google", maybe they should now rename it to Big (Big Is Google) ...or in proper english: Google is BIG!
The fact that because we can't fire developers makes it an incentive to bad coding practices is not an argument:
for some people (esp. Linux developers where pride is an important fuel to their creativity), being pointed out in public by such bad behavior is much worse than being fired in the equivalent closed software company.
Moreover, you will never know how many developers in a closed model had turned a simple patch into a remote exploit and if the culprit was really fired afterward esp. if it's a core developer (the one that knows everything and that you can't fire).
I think I can remember at least one Windows bug few years ago that was very much like another that was closed but there are some many 0-day and remote exploits that is becomes difficult to keep track.
After Rupert Murdock said that he owns the word Sky thus suing Skype, I bet that the website skybook is in deep shit and will be next in line to be sued by both Sky and Facebook.
So, then they just have to call it Go# (Go sharp) and get away with it !
Microsoft was once king on the Intel platform and then came Linux which was much less expensive, followed by Mac OS X which was more user friendly.
So that would mean they would have to fight 2 fronts to survive and try to keep their supremacy.
Now, with notebooks being the new eldorado, Microsoft could benefit a lot more if they try to gain momentum on ARM which Apple cannot afford to follow (yet) because of another big CPU switch.
There is a common understanding that a single server can serve static data many orders of magnitude the scenario described.
But for some dynamic content that triggers database queries, the must is to use memcached.
Agile software development is exactly what should be the solution to such mistake.
This computer game (gPlanarity) is a good for training oneself to speedcabling.
damn^H !!!
This is great stuff
I knew this good ol' 486 was right !
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Intel errarum est
Crop Circles are a hoax, the Aliens who made them told me so.
I use a homebrew version of demoronizer with accumulated patches that I added to the script along the years + tidy to sort everything up
Maybe I'm playing the devil's advocate but yellowtab.com is running Linux
Does it mean that ZETA is targetted to desktop only or they couldn't get Apache to compile ?
OpenSSI seems to be a good solution also
3 years ago a nice list of equivalents between Windows and Linux was done. Unfortunately it it no longer updated but the fact remains : there is almost one or more free software for each big need under Linux
Some years ago, a nice fake advertisement was proposing to switch (dumb) users to the "StupidaMouse" along with StupidaKey and more
http://www.dumbentia.com/pdflib/stupida.pdf
has anyone been able to compile v2.0 on 64 bits architecture such as AMD64
right now, the only way to run OpenOffice 1.0 on x86_64 is through the 32bits compatibility mode while OOo 2.0 promise to offer native version
...which clearly means that potentially some informations about what is installed are sent back to M$ !
reminds you of something back in 1995 when they tried to send the registry back to Redmond ?
how does Asterisk compares to GNU/Bayonne
As anyone installed either software on a large scale ?
Peep is a great tool to hear what's going on out there... where the hackers play !
It plays sound whenever an connection is made on a designated port (smtp, domain (DNS), http...) but also can play specific sounds based on events (keywords on log file -> snort, auth.log etc.)
What if Microsoft did commit someone to launch this worm (that reboots each computer) in order to force all of their user base to do an upgrade ?
Frankly, this rebooting is so anoying that no one will stand having his computer/server infected... of course with some little side effects !!
American Express also was hit as seen on Netcraft
I think that the risk today is greater just because it's not user friendly.
Let me explain
example: KMAIL
When this nice tool shows an email in html format to "joe user", it desactivate certain dangerous tags such as REFRESH (and many others) that should never appear in emails (i.e. brings nothing to the readability of it)
Now, with the problem of worms, Linux is still left untouched because of the user base that is much more "IT knowledgeable" and the diversity of tools that make the writting of worms more difficult.
...but that's still not enough !
Any worm could easily destroy the user's data if an attachement is run without control
OTOH, if the user is granted with a nice interface when the attachement is clicked and instead of saving it right in the home directory, why not running it in a sandbox (chrooted), with limited ressources (ulimit) etc.
This could be the best of both world : better security and more user friendly !
Wouldn't it be possible that X.Org follow nmap's stance on licensing their software ?
That would force them (SCO) to use the regular/former version of XFree86 instead of one that might bring more promises and contributions.
That would be also an interresting trend to follow
here is another great site : http://histv2.free.fr/