Why should they be scared? Does linux or any open source OS scale to their 64 cpu E10k server? Nope. Last time I checked ultrapenguin was booting on a 16 cpu box, but thats a far far cry from being production ready. I have plenty of reasons to buy sun hardware.
1. reliability
How many IPX's and SS10's are being used as light mail and dns servers? How many 386's from the same era?
2. scalability
Can your Xeon box scale to 64 cpus? Redundant power supples? RAID support?
3. support
If you have a contract sun techs will be out that same day to diagnose problems. Now I know you are babbling about redhats support but its trivial at best. They even admitted its just for installation questions and not anything advanced.
4. product lifespan
Again, how many 386 linux boxes are being used as servers? My SS2 has been running fine since 1992. Can you say the same of your 486?
I'll mention it again, parts of the source code are copyrighted from other companies. Thats why they must check everything carefully before its released.
I seriously doubt a 100 meg tarball of source code would be any good right away. Its just too massive. Can you analyze the mozilla sources and tell me about it? Didn't think so.
The reason is because bits of the code are copyrighted with other companies. Same reason you don't get open source tnt2 drivers, only binaries.
Tell me, what would YOU do with the full source code to solaris? Be happy they are even considering it. Oh shit someone gave me a ferrari but the doors were locked! Guess I'll have to scrap it. Typical zealot, never happy with what you are given as a gift.
I can tell you exactly how the US will enter WWIII. It will involve china trying to gain control of taiwan. China has the largest population and the largest standing army and they are gearing up for a war with the US within the next 30 years. You can think bill clinton for his selling secrets to the chinese, now they have nuclear warheads as acurate as we do.
I'd rather see an overall price drop in laptops. The bulk of their cost comes from the LCD screen. Someone needs to market a cheap alternative. I can get a whole computer for $500 now, and laptops are still 3 or 4 times that.
for the other 99.5% of mp3 files that are illegal it makes sense. Do you agree the vast majority of mp3s out there are from copyrighted material? Your isp was right to be suspicious, if there was illegal copyrighted material on their server they could be in deep trouble.
Do you think that 13 year old kid with a cable modem is going to buy the new britney spears cd? nope. He'll download a few songs. Same goes for just about everyone else. To make napster nice and legal they could implement a check program like mp3.com where it checks if you have the original cd and then allows you to download the mp3. Although if you have the original cd its beyond me why you should need to download a mp3 that could be incomplete or be distorted, etc etc.
"The only good thing about the unauthorized copy is that you avoid giving money to the owner. This is good, because the owner does not deserve a reward for making software proprietary."
IE on macos is more standards compliant than netscape right now. On windows IE is much faster and doesn't crash. Joe internet user doesn't care about his software conforming to standards, he cares using something that works and doesn't crash.
One of the most common drawbacks of pocket mp3 players is their lack of storage. Maybe this will help, but then again mp3 files are already highly compressed.
Unless of course its about you. How about we free up everyones credit card numbers? Thats information right? Some information is meant to be kept private.
What is the big deal about being anonymous when transferring files? I know you like privacy but if you're that paranoid about people watching you trade mp3s you have issues. If you are so scared about trading illegal copyrighted material maybe you should think for a minute about what you're really doing. How about working to change the copyright laws instead of finding new ways to piss off billion dollar corporations with large supplies of lawyers?
If I hack my own box and find a buffer overflow for say apache, and write an exploit, what is that considered? Was I an asshole and cracked my own box or was I a thoughtful hacker? What if I did that to someone elses box and then contacted them saying "blah blah fix apache heres what I did..."
Cracker sounds like a term for a white person, I will continue to use the word hacker forever. All this hacker/cracker bullshit has sprung up in the last 5 years or so. Go back in 93 or 94 and ask what is a cracker. They will reply "someone who writes those patches so shareware programs run past their expiration date."
What I'd really like is for the prices of laptops to drop. Having longer battery life is good, but the cost is significantly more than a desktop. The bulk of the cost is from the LCD screen, someone needs to come up with an alternative.
Is why you would need to look at pr0n in a public library? Just because your tax dollars fund the library doesn't give you the right to set up a warez distro or download large amounts of pr0n.
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The K6 cpus have horrible spec numbers and a weak FPU compared to intel. Were you running it on a p100 or something? Being on a network has nothing to do with cpu load, unless its doing heavy ftp/www duty.
You will be pleasently suprised. I have an ABit BP6 motherboard with two celeron 333's overclocked to 500mhz. Its been rock stable for almost a year now. A kernel compile takes slightly over 2 minutes! 2:20 to be exact. Just use gcc with the -j3 option. Overall its pretty damn quick.
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Why should they be scared? Does linux or any open source OS scale to their 64 cpu E10k server? Nope. Last time I checked ultrapenguin was booting on a 16 cpu box, but thats a far far cry from being production ready. I have plenty of reasons to buy sun hardware.
1. reliability
How many IPX's and SS10's are being used as light mail and dns servers? How many 386's from the same era?
2. scalability
Can your Xeon box scale to 64 cpus? Redundant power supples? RAID support?
3. support
If you have a contract sun techs will be out that same day to diagnose problems. Now I know you are babbling about redhats support but its trivial at best. They even admitted its just for installation questions and not anything advanced.
4. product lifespan
Again, how many 386 linux boxes are being used as servers? My SS2 has been running fine since 1992. Can you say the same of your 486?
I'll mention it again, parts of the source code are copyrighted from other companies. Thats why they must check everything carefully before its released.
I seriously doubt a 100 meg tarball of source code would be any good right away. Its just too massive. Can you analyze the mozilla sources and tell me about it? Didn't think so.
The reason is because bits of the code are copyrighted with other companies. Same reason you don't get open source tnt2 drivers, only binaries.
Tell me, what would YOU do with the full source code to solaris? Be happy they are even considering it. Oh shit someone gave me a ferrari but the doors were locked! Guess I'll have to scrap it. Typical zealot, never happy with what you are given as a gift.
I can tell you exactly how the US will enter WWIII. It will involve china trying to gain control of taiwan. China has the largest population and the largest standing army and they are gearing up for a war with the US within the next 30 years. You can think bill clinton for his selling secrets to the chinese, now they have nuclear warheads as acurate as we do.
Joe public doesn't give a damn about binaries or source code, he just wants a computer he can plug in and start AOL.
How about a modem? Most pci modems are crappy winmodems anyhow. External modems suck because they cost more.
I'd rather see an overall price drop in laptops. The bulk of their cost comes from the LCD screen. Someone needs to market a cheap alternative. I can get a whole computer for $500 now, and laptops are still 3 or 4 times that.
for the other 99.5% of mp3 files that are illegal it makes sense. Do you agree the vast majority of mp3s out there are from copyrighted material? Your isp was right to be suspicious, if there was illegal copyrighted material on their server they could be in deep trouble.
Do you think that 13 year old kid with a cable modem is going to buy the new britney spears cd? nope. He'll download a few songs. Same goes for just about everyone else. To make napster nice and legal they could implement a check program like mp3.com where it checks if you have the original cd and then allows you to download the mp3. Although if you have the original cd its beyond me why you should need to download a mp3 that could be incomplete or be distorted, etc etc.
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"The only good thing about the unauthorized copy is that you avoid giving money to the owner. This is good, because the owner does not deserve a reward for making software proprietary."
To excite the linux/gnu zealots and get more banner hits to make up for their dwindling stock.
IE on macos is more standards compliant than netscape right now. On windows IE is much faster and doesn't crash. Joe internet user doesn't care about his software conforming to standards, he cares using something that works and doesn't crash.
And this is important because.....?
One of the most common drawbacks of pocket mp3 players is their lack of storage. Maybe this will help, but then again mp3 files are already highly compressed.
Unless of course its about you. How about we free up everyones credit card numbers? Thats information right? Some information is meant to be kept private.
Don't pay taxes on your house or car and what happens after a while? It gets seized and possibly auctioned. No big suprise here.
What is the big deal about being anonymous when transferring files? I know you like privacy but if you're that paranoid about people watching you trade mp3s you have issues. If you are so scared about trading illegal copyrighted material maybe you should think for a minute about what you're really doing. How about working to change the copyright laws instead of finding new ways to piss off billion dollar corporations with large supplies of lawyers?
The average person looking for warez or kiddie pr0n isn't going to take the trouble of spoofing his ip, using wingates, hacking routers, etc etc.
If I hack my own box and find a buffer overflow for say apache, and write an exploit, what is that considered? Was I an asshole and cracked my own box or was I a thoughtful hacker? What if I did that to someone elses box and then contacted them saying "blah blah fix apache heres what I did..."
Cracker sounds like a term for a white person, I will continue to use the word hacker forever. All this hacker/cracker bullshit has sprung up in the last 5 years or so. Go back in 93 or 94 and ask what is a cracker. They will reply "someone who writes those patches so shareware programs run past their expiration date."
Normaly when someone pastes text from an article its marked redundant. What makes this different?
What I'd really like is for the prices of laptops to drop. Having longer battery life is good, but the cost is significantly more than a desktop. The bulk of the cost is from the LCD screen, someone needs to come up with an alternative.
By the time you submit the code it will horribly obselete.
Is why you would need to look at pr0n in a public library? Just because your tax dollars fund the library doesn't give you the right to set up a warez distro or download large amounts of pr0n.
The K6 cpus have horrible spec numbers and a weak FPU compared to intel. Were you running it on a p100 or something? Being on a network has nothing to do with cpu load, unless its doing heavy ftp/www duty.
You will be pleasently suprised. I have an ABit BP6 motherboard with two celeron 333's overclocked to 500mhz. Its been rock stable for almost a year now. A kernel compile takes slightly over 2 minutes! 2:20 to be exact. Just use gcc with the -j3 option. Overall its pretty damn quick.
I don't see why the government is against cocaine trafficers, they don't sell cocaine, they just offer a method of transporting it.
So why pick on KDE if GNOME does it to. Such a fucking zealot.