Yes we do, we always need more proprietary systems. Why? Because the more systems the more competition and the more other OS companies have to work and improve. It's the basis of the free market.
I use Linux whenever I can and I can't understand why other people wouldn't, however I think it would be a sad day if Microsoft was ever driven out of the OS business. People need choice (beyond which disto to use) and companies need competitors.
I say good luck to Amiga and I hope they get enough market share to keep them afloat.
This is false economy. The actual price of software is small (I believe around %20) of the actual overall cost of a software system.
The rest of the costs come from training, immplementation and if things go wrong, downtime.
While obviously with free software you can save 20% straight away, any other small increases in the other areas immediatly counter this.
Personally I think that as Red Hat gets bigger and it gets more users economies of scale will bring these training costs down. Hopefully the users will hang around long enough for this to happen.
Last time I read a book online? How about the whole of developer.netscape.com. Mind you this is a good thing because:
1. It saves trees. 2. I can have the book wherever I go (so long as I have my laptop) without having to carry it and my laptop. 3. Even when I don't have my own computer I can still read it if I have a computer with internet access. 4. It is free (if I had to pay I would probably never read it). 5. Its the best of both worlds. If I want a paper copy I can print it.
While rapidily advancing technology could pose a threat, I would prefer to live with that threat and risk human kind than the accept the alternative.
That is to stop developing and advancing human technology. The world would be a little boring if everything that we shall ever invent has already been invented.
Whats the bet that this was a testing function that the programmer forgot to remove. The funny thing is that it must have been one of the designers of the machine that has leaked this out.
Unfortunatly I am sure that this loophole will be fixed soon enough....
What is Australia, you ask? Well, if you took the collective populations of Arkansas and Kentucky, sent them on a trip to the beach, and gave them almost-cockney accents, you'd have an approximation of Australia.
Ummm...That sounds like heaven to me. Not jealous are you at all?
In HMO office is the best wordprocesser/spreadsheet package around, however I don't think that Lotus SmartSuite is to bad either.
Basically me and most other users would be happy with either one. Is there any chance of IBM doing a smartsuite port to Linux I wonder? They don't have any problems with OS's any more (OS2 is dead) and they would have the staff for it.
They have just finished porting Lotus Notes r5 to linux, which also shows they take Linux seriously.
This is another case of software development being years ahead of the hardware and infrastructure. However we need tools like this as the only way bandwidth is going to be improved quickly is when it is made to look inadaquete. Like all other hardware, from CPU's to memory, the fast bandwidth will come along soon and it's arrival will be sped up by these bandwidth killers.
A uni we had to write a shell that supported programming structure and conditional statements. It also had to allow pipe commands, input and output redirection and wildcards.
It was not to difficult but it was challenging enough for a then inexperienced prorammer to have to really think. It also leaves the person that wrote it with a very good idea of shell scripting and what you can do in it.
With the current trend towards handheld WAP enabled devices this is the area that is going to see the next big growth explosion.
I am glad that the operating system choice in this area increasing. While we do have some notable choices at the moment (everything from PalmOS to Windows CE) it is good to be able to choose a linux derivative.
Even if you don't want to use it atleast the competition will make the others work harder.
By his logic anyone that clicks through for the code loses their right to ask for the source. That happens if I have a copy of the binaries that I got before he put up the click-thru screen? As I have the binary and did not agree to the click-thru then I surely have a right to ask for the source. Along the same line what happens if some else downloads the binaries and then give me a copy? Once again i have the binaries (that gives me a right to the source) and I did not agree to the click-thru. Personally I doubt the click-thru is legal but even if it is this should get around it very easily. I might get a friend to download the binaries, give me a copy and ask slade for the source today.
By his logic anyone that clicks through for the code loses their right to ask for the source.
That happens if I have a copy of the binaries that I got before he put up the click-thru screen? As I have the binary and did not agree to the click-thru then I surely have a right to ask for the source.
Along the same line what happens if some else downloads the binaries and then give me a copy? Once again i have the binaries (that gives me a right to the source) and I did not agree to the click-thru.
Personally I doubt the click-thru is legal but even if it is this should get around it very easily.
I live in Finland and this story is interesting to me. Why?
Because it is a precedent. Next time the state or country where i live try and bring in a law like this I can argue "this was tried in Michigan in the states and rejected by voters". It is a powerful argument.
It goes the other way though. I am sure censorship organisations where watching this closely as an argument to introduce censorship in there areas. This has now been and defeated their mission is just that bit harder.
There are numerous examples of oil producers buying patents for more efficent engines and alternative power only to bury them to protect there market share. This seriusly delays (if not prevents) new green technolgies. I hope this one doesn't go the same way.
Virtually every old, large software company is guilty of reverse engineering at some stage. Even though it's probably not part of there corporate policy.
How many times has a programmer been told to duplicate a competitors feature and started by looking at how the competitor has done it. Often the next logical stage is to reverse engineer that feature to get a better understanding of it, especially if the method used is not obvious. Yes this is illegal, it probably should be as well but without doubt a programmer in every large organisation has done it.
Of course they don't tell the world they did it...but if they can't stop it being done for corporate profit should they really stop it for community awareness?
Everyone always sights that pages don't work with Lynx but i have to ask, does anyone really still use it?
While I believe that ALT tags should be mandatory for other reasons (ie the blind or just when you don't want to wait for images) we are going to hold back advances and slow development time if we keep catering for _very_ old browsers. Especially if this is only for a very small % of users.
Lynx had it's day but do we really have to keep supporting it?
I am currently travelling around the UK and there are plenty of internet cafes. Any decent sized town has them and if you can't find one check the local hostel, even if your not staying there.
If you want to use your laptop then you will need an adapter, however there are free ISP's that only charge you call rates (take a look at freeserve.com or currentbun.com).
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While an iMac isn't my first choice for a server it's still a pretty cool thing to do. I only wish that he wasn't selling the plans for it.
I don't want to do this myself but I would like to read about it a bit more.
Yes we do, we always need more proprietary systems. Why? Because the more systems the more competition and the more other OS companies have to work and improve. It's the basis of the free market.
I use Linux whenever I can and I can't understand why other people wouldn't, however I think it would be a sad day if Microsoft was ever driven out of the OS business. People need choice (beyond which disto to use) and companies need competitors.
I say good luck to Amiga and I hope they get enough market share to keep them afloat.
This is false economy. The actual price of software is small (I believe around %20) of the actual overall cost of a software system.
The rest of the costs come from training, immplementation and if things go wrong, downtime.
While obviously with free software you can save 20% straight away, any other small increases in the other areas immediatly counter this.
Personally I think that as Red Hat gets bigger and it gets more users economies of scale will bring these training costs down. Hopefully the users will hang around long enough for this to happen.
Last time I read a book online? How about the whole of developer.netscape.com. Mind you this is a good thing because:
1. It saves trees.
2. I can have the book wherever I go (so long as I have my laptop) without having to carry it and my laptop.
3. Even when I don't have my own computer I can still read it if I have a computer with internet access.
4. It is free (if I had to pay I would probably never read it).
5. Its the best of both worlds. If I want a paper copy I can print it.
While rapidily advancing technology could pose a threat, I would prefer to live with that threat and risk human kind than the accept the alternative.
That is to stop developing and advancing human technology. The world would be a little boring if everything that we shall ever invent has already been invented.
Maybe they are putting these "hacks" in for themselves....
I can just imagine the designers putting in a seemingly obscure workaround for their own use. These things tend to get out though.
Whats the bet that this was a testing function that the programmer forgot to remove. The funny thing is that it must have been one of the designers of the machine that has leaked this out.
Unfortunatly I am sure that this loophole will be fixed soon enough....
What is Australia, you ask? Well, if you took the collective populations of Arkansas and Kentucky, sent them on a trip to the beach, and gave them almost-cockney accents, you'd have an approximation of Australia.
Ummm...That sounds like heaven to me. Not jealous are you at all?
Is it just me or does it seem that all Aussie linux users are from WA. I'm Perth as well...
In HMO office is the best wordprocesser/spreadsheet package around, however I don't think that Lotus SmartSuite is to bad either.
Basically me and most other users would be happy with either one. Is there any chance of IBM doing a smartsuite port to Linux I wonder? They don't have any problems with OS's any more (OS2 is dead) and they would have the staff for it.
They have just finished porting Lotus Notes r5 to linux, which also shows they take Linux seriously.
Currently this doesn't effect the UK, or for that matter anywhere outside of Virginia.
However it is a precedent and I wouldn't be supprised if the UK or EU use this template for modelling there own laws.
This is another case of software development being years ahead of the hardware and infrastructure.
However we need tools like this as the only way bandwidth is going to be improved quickly is when it is made to look inadaquete. Like all other hardware, from CPU's to memory, the fast bandwidth will come along soon and it's arrival will be sped up by these bandwidth killers.
A uni we had to write a shell that supported programming structure and conditional statements. It also had to allow pipe commands, input and output redirection and wildcards.
It was not to difficult but it was challenging enough for a then inexperienced prorammer to have to really think. It also leaves the person that wrote it with a very good idea of shell scripting and what you can do in it.
In ten years time hopefully we will be looking back at the upcoming DeCSS desicion with the sense victory....
and that's not even starting on the products of neighbors....
ie. Kylie M., Danni M, Jason Donavan....
DOH...Sorry you said stars didn't you...
While it is good to see the Aussie music industry working to stop this sort of thing it is a bit late. The deal is already signed and sealed.
At least it might stop them renewing the agreement in 3 years but for now they are going to have to live with it.
With the current trend towards handheld WAP enabled devices this is the area that is going to see the next big growth explosion.
I am glad that the operating system choice in this area increasing. While we do have some notable choices at the moment (everything from PalmOS to Windows CE) it is good to be able to choose a linux derivative.
Even if you don't want to use it atleast the competition will make the others work harder.
By his logic anyone that clicks through for the code loses their right to ask for the source. That happens if I have a copy of the binaries that I got before he put up the click-thru screen? As I have the binary and did not agree to the click-thru then I surely have a right to ask for the source. Along the same line what happens if some else downloads the binaries and then give me a copy? Once again i have the binaries (that gives me a right to the source) and I did not agree to the click-thru. Personally I doubt the click-thru is legal but even if it is this should get around it very easily. I might get a friend to download the binaries, give me a copy and ask slade for the source today.
By his logic anyone that clicks through for the code loses their right to ask for the source.
That happens if I have a copy of the binaries that I got before he put up the click-thru screen? As I have the binary and did not agree to the click-thru then I surely have a right to ask for the source.
Along the same line what happens if some else downloads the binaries and then give me a copy? Once again i have the binaries (that gives me a right to the source) and I did not agree to the click-thru.
Personally I doubt the click-thru is legal but even if it is this should get around it very easily.
I live in Finland and this story is interesting to me. Why?
Because it is a precedent. Next time the state or country where i live try and bring in a law like this I can argue "this was tried in Michigan in the states and rejected by voters". It is a powerful argument.
It goes the other way though. I am sure censorship organisations where watching this closely as an argument to introduce censorship in there areas. This has now been and defeated their mission is just that bit harder.
Thats my point, they are all guilty of it, only the small ones get caught.
There are numerous examples of oil producers buying patents for more efficent engines and alternative power only to bury them to protect there market share. This seriusly delays (if not prevents) new green technolgies. I hope this one doesn't go the same way.
Virtually every old, large software company is guilty of reverse engineering at some stage. Even though it's probably not part of there corporate policy.
How many times has a programmer been told to duplicate a competitors feature and started by looking at how the competitor has done it. Often the next logical stage is to reverse engineer that feature to get a better understanding of it, especially if the method used is not obvious. Yes this is illegal, it probably should be as well but without doubt a programmer in every large organisation has done it.
Of course they don't tell the world they did it...but if they can't stop it being done for corporate profit should they really stop it for community awareness?
Everyone always sights that pages don't work with Lynx but i have to ask, does anyone really still use it?
While I believe that ALT tags should be mandatory for other reasons (ie the blind or just when you don't want to wait for images) we are going to hold back advances and slow development time if we keep catering for _very_ old browsers. Especially if this is only for a very small % of users.
Lynx had it's day but do we really have to keep supporting it?
I am currently travelling around the UK and there are plenty of internet cafes. Any decent sized town has them and if you can't find one check the local hostel, even if your not staying there.
If you want to use your laptop then you will need an adapter, however there are free ISP's that only charge you call rates (take a look at freeserve.com or currentbun.com).