right you are, and generally speaking it's happening. windows 2003 server is 2x as fast as windows 2000, why? becuase linux is very fast, to be competitive, 2k3 needs to fast as well. iis 6 is a good example - competition with apache has promopted an overhaul on IIS, both from a speed and security standpoint.
i think next on bg's list will be a serious overhaul of system security. he's been listening to the market, windows has after all only gotten better over the years.
As with the AMD Elan - China I'm sure, will be taking copious notes on the design of the windows operating system. China has in the past attempted to create their own windows 98. Lacking 10 years of development time to bring China 98 to market - they will do the next best thing... or maybe they just want to see if it really IS spagetti code.
From the inquirer: "So the burning question is, will Intel officially tell the world about the 64-bit extensions, and gut the chances of Itanium taking off, or will they sit on it? "
Yes of course - the Itanic is and will always be a highend server workstation chip. It wasn't designed as consumer chip. So there is no conflict in interest with intel releasing a 64 bit Prescott. In fact, the product offering from intel and AMD line up quite nicely: Opteron vs. Itanic and Prescott vs. Athlon64.
Instead of touting a 64 bit capability with out a software platform to harness the power of the 64 bit processor it's not really a compelling product feature. Intel will wait or announce very close to when MS ships 64 bit XP. Intel will be able to point to their processor, and a mass market OS that the consumer will clearly identify as benefiting from the extra power. That way - they don't waste money by producing or marketing a product that doesn't have a clear advantage/use over the current modus operedi.
IP Connectivity is rapidly becoming/is already a commodity. As a result providing basic IP services does not come with high margins. In order to demand and justify premium prices for a commodity product one must be able to show that the product is superior to the competitor. In the case of the telcom industry this usually starts with "How big/fast/reliable is your network?" - In global crossings case they have a massive global network - an expensive one to. Much like the air lines telcom providers don't pay cash for their lines, they finance them, or lease them bottom line is - the company operating them assumes a great deal of debt. For smaller companies it is not possible for them to establish the infrastructre simply because they can't afford it with their customer base. In some ways corporate dominance in the telco industry is a stabalizing one, provided of course there are enough competitors in the market place (this is def. the case).
So, no, I'm not upset by it. It is encouraging it's better than signing up with a VC funded ISP and having them go out of business a year later becuase they can't pay their bills becuase their sales weren't as good as they projected.
>>Anyone else upset by this? I value freedom, open source/documentation, and honesty
Why is it... that a cable box needs to be "open source". I mean, it is after all designed for the single purpose of distributing licensed video content. If it's not doing that, then what is it doing?
As for Chris espousing the merits of a Linux PVR -Does it *really* matter if it's linux or some OS written specifically for delivering/securing content?
As far as DRM goes - cable companies are WELL WITHIN their bounds to distribute content and secure it to the best of their ability. Why shouldn't they?
Register.com has been my registrar of choice for several years - they have always done a good job the admin interface has been great. I'm glad to see that we are rewarding companies that do a godo job with class action law suits. Way to go.
Bill Joy is quoted as saying... "For 21 years, I've enjoyed the opportunities for innovation provided to me at Sun, but I have decided the time is now right for me to move on to different challenges,"
Another interpretation could be "there are no more opporunities for me at sun".
Intel has it all wrong - and Berkley has it right.
http://oceanstore.cs.berkeley.edu/
Check out OceanStore software for building a fully reliable network where users can access their files from any connected machine. It's also fully redundant too.
The biggest flaw of the personal server is that your data is subject to physical desctruction at anytime. The server can give you portability, but it can't give you reliability.
As high speed connections become ubiquitous across the globe, OceanStore will be the real way of storing your information, encrypted, and replicated across many nodes in the global network - it would be possible to have access to your "personal files" from anywhere in the world. Not only that - you will never have to worry about backing up again.
Redhat, Debian, Yellow Dog, Sco/Caldera "OpenLinux", RTLinux, Slackware... in total there are 189 different distributions. I'd be happy to list them all for you.
Apple releases a significant number of patches for their software, through software update. It is the same process on the WinBlows machine - and infact, no action is needed on my WinBlows machine - the *critical* patches are automatically installed.
I realize that software updater has this feature as well, but there were several patches in the past that I downloaded that caused trouble. Also, there are updates which Software Update insits on such as iDVD, and iPod Software Updater, that I do not NEED or WANT - becuase I don't have the hardware for it. Why should it be installed if I don't have it? Not only that - the updates are frequently of a rediculous size (25 Megs). Recently, Apple recently develiverd an update to iTunes that significantly changed the burning functionality of the software. As a result, I don't feel that I should let Apple automatically update my machine. As a result, Software Updater is not a feature that should run unsupervisied on a machine.
Microsoft has been making inroads in delivering updates to their software in a timely, regular manner. In fact, the only group of people to blame for this blaster worm - are the people who did not take the 1 minute out of their day to update their software. Better yet - turn on automatic update. M$ is NOT blameless for failing to test their software more thoroughly. That is however, a discussion in it's own right. As users of computers we will have to patch - regardless of platform choice. It is the ease with which we can recieve these updates and make them that is important.
For developers, servers, and business users it is a different story. Most of the problems that are reported are coming from the business side of the fence.
Basically mandatory patching for the most "dangerous" user group is acceptable. Businesses should have a higher degree of control over what happens on their computer and developers... well they are responsible for bugs so they need to deal with them too:-) after all they are the most tolerant group of users.
GE manufactures a turbine rated for 3.6MW output. Ge is currently an industry leader in these types of turbines though, they are desiged primarily for offshore use. Smaller MW ratings between 1.5 and 2.8 are more common. Unfortunately, even with wind turbines producing @ 3MW it would require approximately 1.26 Million of them to meet the U.S.'s current power demands. Currently Coal plants are responsible for the majority of our power capacity in the U.S.
While the *idea* of wind power is certainly a nice one, and the notion of helping the environmement is well intentioned, the reality is that wind is insufficient as a power source and as a result - it's ability to displace the most polluting source, coal, will be ineffective. Other solutions will be required to truly solve the pollution/capacity problem that we face.
A potentially viable start to "solving" some fo these problems would be to distribute residential power generation, especially in dense urban areas. Technologies such as fuel cells, and compact turbines could be used for this. An added benefit of this strategy would be zero emissions and heat reclemation in the case of fuel cells, and better regulatory control over the emissions of compact gas fired turbines.
Generally speaking these are the criteria for Trademark enforcement:
* the trademark is being used on competing goods or services (goods or services compete if the sale of one is likely to affect the sale of the other)
-- Does not apply
* whether consumers would likely be confused by the dual use of the trademark, and
-- Linus could possibly aregue this point as sco also lays claim to System V - He could possibly arge that SCO's use of Linux when they are clearly the owners of Unix could cause confusion in the market place.
*the trademark is being used in the same part of the country or is being used on related goods (goods that will likely be noticed by the same customers, even if they don't compete with each other).
Not long before, SCO offered their own version of Linux and Linux services i believe, it is those services and distributions that could qualify for Trademark infringement.
Unfortunately - they have removed every trace of the Linux name from their site. Quite probably becuase they could be sued for infringement.
I live in a city - my parents live in the middle of nowhere. Funny thing is that they too leave their keys in their cars and the house unlocked - all the time. You can do that in the country, but it can't be done in an urban setting. I think that it can't be done in a suburban setting with any sort of reliabilty either. So then that is to say that such a level of trust cannot be practiced with any sort or reliability in all major population centers in the world.
The fact of the matter is that we are humans and on the whole, history has proven that humans can't be trusted. As a species we are not yet to a point where every member can be counted on to do the "right thing".
In a non commercial context yes. However if a company such as say, ABC Bank wanted to use the "Boston Marathon" in an advertising campaign they could be sued by the Athletic association becuase it is a trademark, and they would first need to obtain the right to use "Boston Marathon". As stated on the BAA Site:
"Boston Marathon, B.A.A. Marathon, and the B.A.A. Unicorn logo are registered trademarks of the Boston Athletic Association. Use of these trademarks without written permission from the Boston Athletic Association is prohibited."
If Linux is indeed trademarked by Linus he has every right to enforce the use of his trademark. Clearly, it is to his benefit for the name to proliferate, but Linus would be well within his legal bounds to prohibit SCO from using the term "Linux" if it is in fact trademarked.
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right you are, and generally speaking it's happening. windows 2003 server is 2x as fast as windows 2000, why? becuase linux is very fast, to be competitive, 2k3 needs to fast as well. iis 6 is a good example - competition with apache has promopted an overhaul on IIS, both from a speed and security standpoint.
i think next on bg's list will be a serious overhaul of system security. he's been listening to the market, windows has after all only gotten better over the years.
As with the AMD Elan - China I'm sure, will be taking copious notes on the design of the windows operating system. China has in the past attempted to create their own windows 98. Lacking 10 years of development time to bring China 98 to market - they will do the next best thing... or maybe they just want to see if it really IS spagetti code.
From the inquirer: "So the burning question is, will Intel officially tell the world about the 64-bit extensions, and gut the chances of Itanium taking off, or will they sit on it? "
Yes of course - the Itanic is and will always be a highend server workstation chip. It wasn't designed as consumer chip. So there is no conflict in interest with intel releasing a 64 bit Prescott. In fact, the product offering from intel and AMD line up quite nicely: Opteron vs. Itanic and Prescott vs. Athlon64.
Instead of touting a 64 bit capability with out a software platform to harness the power of the 64 bit processor it's not really a compelling product feature. Intel will wait or announce very close to when MS ships 64 bit XP. Intel will be able to point to their processor, and a mass market OS that the consumer will clearly identify as benefiting from the extra power. That way - they don't waste money by producing or marketing a product that doesn't have a clear advantage/use over the current modus operedi.
IP Connectivity is rapidly becoming/is already a commodity. As a result providing basic IP services does not come with high margins. In order to demand and justify premium prices for a commodity product one must be able to show that the product is superior to the competitor. In the case of the telcom industry this usually starts with "How big/fast/reliable is your network?" - In global crossings case they have a massive global network - an expensive one to. Much like the air lines telcom providers don't pay cash for their lines, they finance them, or lease them bottom line is - the company operating them assumes a great deal of debt. For smaller companies it is not possible for them to establish the infrastructre simply because they can't afford it with their customer base.
In some ways corporate dominance in the telco industry is a stabalizing one, provided of course there are enough competitors in the market place (this is def. the case).
So, no, I'm not upset by it. It is encouraging it's better than signing up with a VC funded ISP and having them go out of business a year later becuase they can't pay their bills becuase their sales weren't as good as they projected.
>>Anyone else upset by this? I value freedom, open source/documentation, and honesty
Are you drunk man? Did you read the parent?
>> Since there is still a demand for it, it has monetary value.
Demand does not indicate if a price is willing to be paid for a good.
Missing the point?
Why is it... that a cable box needs to be "open source". I mean, it is after all designed for the single purpose of distributing licensed video content. If it's not doing that, then what is it doing?
As for Chris espousing the merits of a Linux PVR -Does it *really* matter if it's linux or some OS written specifically for delivering/securing content?
As far as DRM goes - cable companies are WELL WITHIN their bounds to distribute content and secure it to the best of their ability. Why shouldn't they?
Register.com has been my registrar of choice for several years - they have always done a good job the admin interface has been great. I'm glad to see that we are rewarding companies that do a godo job with class action law suits. Way to go.
Bill Joy is quoted as saying... "For 21 years, I've enjoyed the opportunities for innovation provided to me at Sun, but I have decided the time is now right for me to move on to different challenges,"
Another interpretation could be "there are no more opporunities for me at sun".
Intel has it all wrong - and Berkley has it right.
http://oceanstore.cs.berkeley.edu/
Check out OceanStore software for building a fully reliable network where users can access their files from any connected machine. It's also fully redundant too.
The biggest flaw of the personal server is that your data is subject to physical desctruction at anytime. The server can give you portability, but it can't give you reliability.
As high speed connections become ubiquitous across the globe, OceanStore will be the real way of storing your information, encrypted, and replicated across many nodes in the global network - it would be possible to have access to your "personal files" from anywhere in the world. Not only that - you will never have to worry about backing up again.
Slashdot is not a forum for advertising software.
That while you don't pay for linux being preinstalled on your machine now - you will.
WHO MODDED THIS UP!?? TROLL!
Apple has already taken advantage of this effect with their NASDAQ stock ticker symbol "AAPL".
I know you didn't just go there:
... in total there are 189 different distributions. I'd be happy to list them all for you.
Redhat, Debian, Yellow Dog, Sco/Caldera "OpenLinux", RTLinux, Slackware
That's all I have to say about that.
Is ity witty bitty SCO feeling like they are being beaten up by big bad evil IBM???
Suck it up you little shit - you started it in the first place.
slashdoting of an international server be considered an "international incident". The server in question is to some extent being 'violated'.
Patching is simply a fact of life - bugs happen.
Apple releases a significant number of patches for their software, through software update. It is the same process on the WinBlows machine - and infact, no action is needed on my WinBlows machine - the *critical* patches are automatically installed.
I realize that software updater has this feature as well, but there were several patches in the past that I downloaded that caused trouble. Also, there are updates which Software Update insits on such as iDVD, and iPod Software Updater, that I do not NEED or WANT - becuase I don't have the hardware for it. Why should it be installed if I don't have it? Not only that - the updates are frequently of a rediculous size (25 Megs). Recently, Apple recently develiverd an update to iTunes that significantly changed the burning functionality of the software. As a result, I don't feel that I should let Apple automatically update my machine. As a result, Software Updater is not a feature that should run unsupervisied on a machine.
Microsoft has been making inroads in delivering updates to their software in a timely, regular manner. In fact, the only group of people to blame for this blaster worm - are the people who did not take the 1 minute out of their day to update their software. Better yet - turn on automatic update. M$ is NOT blameless for failing to test their software more thoroughly. That is however, a discussion in it's own right. As users of computers we will have to patch - regardless of platform choice. It is the ease with which we can recieve these updates and make them that is important.
>Just came through the ms.blaster anxiety pox >without a drop of sweat.
Yeah - me too. I PATCHED MY MACHINES, A MONTH AGO
Enough said.
The answer to your question is:
:-) after all they are the most tolerant group of users.
For home users, no often on up to date machines.
For developers, servers, and business users it is a different story. Most of the problems that are reported are coming from the business side of the fence.
Basically mandatory patching for the most "dangerous" user group is acceptable. Businesses should have a higher degree of control over what happens on their computer and developers... well they are responsible for bugs so they need to deal with them too
GE manufactures a turbine rated for 3.6MW output. Ge is currently an industry leader in these types of turbines though, they are desiged primarily for offshore use. Smaller MW ratings between 1.5 and 2.8 are more common. Unfortunately, even with wind turbines producing @ 3MW it would require approximately 1.26 Million of them to meet the U.S.'s current power demands. Currently Coal plants are responsible for the majority of our power capacity in the U.S.
While the *idea* of wind power is certainly a nice one, and the notion of helping the environmement is well intentioned, the reality is that wind is insufficient as a power source and as a result - it's ability to displace the most polluting source, coal, will be ineffective. Other solutions will be required to truly solve the pollution/capacity problem that we face.
A potentially viable start to "solving" some fo these problems would be to distribute residential power generation, especially in dense urban areas. Technologies such as fuel cells, and compact turbines could be used for this. An added benefit of this strategy would be zero emissions and heat reclemation in the case of fuel cells, and better regulatory control over the emissions of compact gas fired turbines.
My two cents.
Generally speaking these are the criteria for Trademark enforcement:
* the trademark is being used on competing goods or services (goods or services compete if the sale of one is likely to affect the sale of the other)
-- Does not apply
* whether consumers would likely be confused by the dual use of the trademark, and
-- Linus could possibly aregue this point as sco also lays claim to System V - He could possibly arge that SCO's use of Linux when they are clearly the owners of Unix could cause confusion in the market place.
*the trademark is being used in the same part of the country or is being used on related goods (goods that will likely be noticed by the same customers, even if they don't compete with each other).
Not long before, SCO offered their own version of Linux and Linux services i believe, it is those services and distributions that could qualify for Trademark infringement.
Unfortunately - they have removed every trace of the Linux name from their site. Quite probably becuase they could be sued for infringement.
I live in a city - my parents live in the middle of nowhere. Funny thing is that they too leave their keys in their cars and the house unlocked - all the time. You can do that in the country, but it can't be done in an urban setting. I think that it can't be done in a suburban setting with any sort of reliabilty either. So then that is to say that such a level of trust cannot be practiced with any sort or reliability in all major population centers in the world.
The fact of the matter is that we are humans and on the whole, history has proven that humans can't be trusted. As a species we are not yet to a point where every member can be counted on to do the "right thing".
Colorado reports a record number of housing starts.
In a non commercial context yes. However if a company such as say, ABC Bank wanted to use the "Boston Marathon" in an advertising campaign they could be sued by the Athletic association becuase it is a trademark, and they would first need to obtain the right to use "Boston Marathon". As stated on the BAA Site:
"Boston Marathon, B.A.A. Marathon, and the B.A.A. Unicorn logo are registered trademarks of the Boston Athletic Association. Use of these trademarks without written permission from the Boston Athletic Association is prohibited."
If Linux is indeed trademarked by Linus he has every right to enforce the use of his trademark. Clearly, it is to his benefit for the name to proliferate, but Linus would be well within his legal bounds to prohibit SCO from using the term "Linux" if it is in fact trademarked.