I think someday GNUcash might be a pretty good alternative. We're using QBPro 99 and I've often thought about upgrading but they charge an arm and a leg so I haven't.
I tried using GNUcash on a personal level but it was missing some vital features so I'll wait until it's got some more functionality.
What I'm saying is without programs like openoffice and putty and winscp and mozilla (all running on win) I wouldn't even consider running an open OS like linux on the desktop.
This means that I can download the CD and when I work on computers for people and they say, "dang it! Word is crashing every 12 minutes and giving me a blue screen of death!" I can say, "Hey, check out this free software I have that is compatible with word."
For me personally, these programs have helped me become more and more comfortable with the idea of using linux on the desktop. I haven't switched yet, but I'm close enough to actually be dual booting now thanks to all the developers that released my favorite programs cross platform.
A lot of linux users don't understand why anyone should spend the time to write/port windows software. The reason is that this sort of thing helps users transition at their own pace.
They have the ability to run open source software under the OS that their familiar and comfortable wth and the next time the license renewall comes up they can say, "hey, I can run this same software under a free OS instead of paying license fees!"
I've gotten a lot of Windows users to start using PuTTY, WinSCP2 and OpenOffice. I really think this is the first step to becoming comfortable with linux on a daily basis.
"And also how the hell are they going to to stop the pedo's abusing this. Domain name and IP spoofing as well as email and the rest could lead to a situation no one wants to see."
I know a lot of people are against spam legislation, but since none of us have come up with a decent software solution (filtering SUCKS as a permanent solution!!!), maybe this will force the gov't. to come up with a commendable anti-abuse policy for the internet including addressing the worst kinds of unsolicited email.
Not as many people have heard of them but Savvis has the largest non-telephone company network worldwide. They have nice latency guarantees as well.
I haven't found a more professional copmany to deal with.
For serious business hosting or bandwidth, they've got better support and more knowledgeable sales reps and technicians. Plus you get right through to a real person.
We used to have SDSL through Savvis and when Northpoint went under Savvis gave us an awesome dirt cheap deal on Colo until our T1 got installed.
Disclaimer: I'm a happy customer and a stockholder.
I don't want to pay for email. I already pay my service provider to get me online. That should cover the bandwidth I use up as well. It shouldn't cover the bandwidth spammers use up.
One of the sites I own now was one of the first (1995) big Real Estate sites on the web. Email addresses were posted everywhere. I bought it two years ago. These addresses get SOOOO much spam. I finally turned off the catchall account but we still were getting easily 300-500 messages a day. I know it sounds like an exaggeration but it's not. It was sickening and ridiculous. So I finally started putting the biggest problem sites that I could trace into access with reject and that cut it down to about 30-50 a day. So I rely on filtering to keep them out of my face. Not a solution but a bandaid.
You should see all the Access Denied entries for azoogle.com in my log files. Those jerks, you'd think they'd take me off the lists after being denied so many times.
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I think someday GNUcash might be a pretty good alternative. We're using QBPro 99 and I've often thought about upgrading but they charge an arm and a leg so I haven't.
I tried using GNUcash on a personal level but it was missing some vital features so I'll wait until it's got some more functionality.
It's too dangerous to type while you drive.
Sorry if I was confusing.
What I'm saying is without programs like openoffice and putty and winscp and mozilla (all running on win) I wouldn't even consider running an open OS like linux on the desktop.
This means that I can download the CD and when I work on computers for people and they say, "dang it! Word is crashing every 12 minutes and giving me a blue screen of death!" I can say, "Hey, check out this free software I have that is compatible with word."
For me personally, these programs have helped me become more and more comfortable with the idea of using linux on the desktop. I haven't switched yet, but I'm close enough to actually be dual booting now thanks to all the developers that released my favorite programs cross platform.
A lot of these programs are cross platform.
A lot of linux users don't understand why anyone should spend the time to write/port windows software. The reason is that this sort of thing helps users transition at their own pace.
They have the ability to run open source software under the OS that their familiar and comfortable wth and the next time the license renewall comes up they can say, "hey, I can run this same software under a free OS instead of paying license fees!"
I've gotten a lot of Windows users to start using PuTTY, WinSCP2 and OpenOffice. I really think this is the first step to becoming comfortable with linux on a daily basis.
sodaplay.com is a cool site where you can build 3d objects that move.
Any companies that will airdrop to specified GPS coordinates?
"And also how the hell are they going to to stop the pedo's abusing this. Domain name and IP spoofing as well as email and the rest could lead to a situation no one wants to see."
I know a lot of people are against spam legislation, but since none of us have come up with a decent software solution (filtering SUCKS as a permanent solution!!!), maybe this will force the gov't. to come up with a commendable anti-abuse policy for the internet including addressing the worst kinds of unsolicited email.
Oops. Just thought I'd try to ward off the spelling nazis.
Not as many people have heard of them but Savvis has the largest non-telephone company network worldwide. They have nice latency guarantees as well.
I haven't found a more professional copmany to deal with.
For serious business hosting or bandwidth, they've got better support and more knowledgeable sales reps and technicians. Plus you get right through to a real person.
We used to have SDSL through Savvis and when Northpoint went under Savvis gave us an awesome dirt cheap deal on Colo until our T1 got installed.
Disclaimer: I'm a happy customer and a stockholder.
Does William Shatner read this site?
"Filtering does solve THAT problem."
You're right. I guess I bypass that problem all together and focus on the root of all evil which is the spammers themselves.
I don't want to pay for email.
I already pay my service provider to get me online. That should cover the bandwidth I use up as well. It shouldn't cover the bandwidth spammers use up.
One of the sites I own now was one of the first (1995) big Real Estate sites on the web. Email addresses were posted everywhere. I bought it two years ago. These addresses get SOOOO much spam. I finally turned off the catchall account but we still were getting easily 300-500 messages a day. I know it sounds like an exaggeration but it's not. It was sickening and ridiculous. So I finally started putting the biggest problem sites that I could trace into access with reject and that cut it down to about 30-50 a day. So I rely on filtering to keep them out of my face. Not a solution but a bandaid.
You should see all the Access Denied entries for azoogle.com in my log files. Those jerks, you'd think they'd take me off the lists after being denied so many times.
Filtering is not a solution.
It's still wasting the bandwidth my company pays for.
On another note, spampal is a free solution for windows. Works like a champ!
"Do you think Section 508 is a good model for private industry to use?"
Nope. I don't think it's good for public industry use either.
Fails all over the place.
Slashdot isn't even w3c compliant.
Save the source from a page and load it into this validator.
I missed the fact about the embedded browser.
If we all throw a stink, maybe they'll back down.
This seems really dumb.
What's next?
Gecko electronics shuts down Netscape's Gecko?
Haven't any of you seen Face Off?
That's pretty gross though, I don't think I know anyone that would want the face of someone deceased.
If they can do it with the face can they do it with fingerprints as well?
Red Dwarf was much more entertaining than firefly.
The one episode I saw wasn't terrible but it wasn't great either.
I mean, I'm using it on all but one of my servers.
I've used it for a local school district.
I've also used it for a local real estate company.
I'd say it's pretty mainstream.
I wonder if it truly does pay itself off.