Virtualizability is not the same thing as good RAS. Just because Intel has adopted one mainframe feature doesn't make their processors competetive with mainframe processors.
All Intel is doing is making their CPUs virtualizable (like the IBM S/370 mainframes) so that there will be cheaper and faster competitors to VMware. As others have pointed out, anything you can do with Vanderpool you can also do with VMware, just more slowly.
Can someone please tell me why we are looking to a centralised (and billable, taxable) VOIP strategy, instead of a direct peered (or even client/server) model?
So that you get a real phone number that anyone can call.
Let's go over this again. Cellular providers don't have a natural monopoly, but they are regulated. CLECs, who don't have a natural monopoly, are regulated. Are you arguing that only ILECs deserve to be regulated (because of their monopoly)? Or are you arguing that VoIP is somehow special?
They look like separate issues to me. Trusted computing provides lock-in, DRM, secure data, etc., but it doesn't protect you from viruses. "Shield technology" may help protect against that stuff. I'm sure MS is not dropping trusted computing.
You're talking about dongles, not trusted computing. All dongles are crackable by simply modifying the application not to check the dongle at all.
Dongles don't provide sealed storage (which is pretty much the only useful feature of trusted computing), so they are not an alternative to trusted computing.
Saying that HyperSCSI is open source or HyperSCSI is under the GPL is pretty meaningless; those concepts don't apply to protocols. A HyperSCSI implementation is under the GPL, but so what? There are open source iSCSI implementations, too.
I can't believe they're going to allow officially sanctioned packages which conflict with core packages; this will be like the Ximian Desktop problem but worse because these Alternatives will be semi-encouraged.
You'd have to pay the per-copy licensing fees, which means you'd have to charge per copy for the software, so you'd have to set up billing and distribution systems. And then you'd have to crack down on people running "pirate" copies without paying, etc.
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Virtualizability is not the same thing as good RAS. Just because Intel has adopted one mainframe feature doesn't make their processors competetive with mainframe processors.
All Intel is doing is making their CPUs virtualizable (like the IBM S/370 mainframes) so that there will be cheaper and faster competitors to VMware. As others have pointed out, anything you can do with Vanderpool you can also do with VMware, just more slowly.
Can someone please tell me why we are looking to a centralised (and billable, taxable) VOIP strategy, instead of a direct peered (or even client/server) model?
So that you get a real phone number that anyone can call.
Does my cable modem bill include the universal service fee? 911 fees?
Let's go over this again. Cellular providers don't have a natural monopoly, but they are regulated. CLECs, who don't have a natural monopoly, are regulated. Are you arguing that only ILECs deserve to be regulated (because of their monopoly)? Or are you arguing that VoIP is somehow special?
If you have cable you don't want this box; it's redundant. Disney's box is for people without cable or satellite.
It doesn't require cable and it doesn't require a dish. RTFA.
They look like separate issues to me. Trusted computing provides lock-in, DRM, secure data, etc., but it doesn't protect you from viruses. "Shield technology" may help protect against that stuff. I'm sure MS is not dropping trusted computing.
Yeah, lying about remote attestation seems like a convoluted solution. How about just not having it?
Companies can still lock down their computers by disabling boot from removable media and setting a BIOS password.
You're talking about dongles, not trusted computing. All dongles are crackable by simply modifying the application not to check the dongle at all.
Dongles don't provide sealed storage (which is pretty much the only useful feature of trusted computing), so they are not an alternative to trusted computing.
DirecTV: no, digital cable: yes (no PVR needed).
To port an OS to Xen, you have to make some pretty low-level changes in the VM subsystem, etc. It's not just drivers.
The monopolistic nature of telephone service ... makes heavy regulation and regulatory fees necessary.
Cellular carriers and CLECs are also regulated, even though they are not monopolies; this seems to invalidate your theory.
And the reason why you need guaranteed latency for storage is...?
Saying that HyperSCSI is open source or HyperSCSI is under the GPL is pretty meaningless; those concepts don't apply to protocols. A HyperSCSI implementation is under the GPL, but so what? There are open source iSCSI implementations, too.
No, I want all of these processes to run at the same time (one on each processor) without paging. You need PAE to do that.
When I'm running 8 2GB processes on an 8-processor server I'm really glad Intel created PAE.
Not quite; the G5 uses a totally different bus protocol, so you can't put it in a system designed for previous PowerPCs.
This is called Fair Queueing.
Another person not getting my point.
DO NOT EVEN TRY to use more than 4GB of memory in a single app on a 32-bit processor. That is not what PAE is for.
Wrong.
I can't believe they're going to allow officially sanctioned packages which conflict with core packages; this will be like the Ximian Desktop problem but worse because these Alternatives will be semi-encouraged.
It looks like they will only provide security updates for ~9 months after each release comes out.
It sounds like you want Red Hat Obsolete Enterprise Linux, and they'll be happy to sell it to you.
You'd have to pay the per-copy licensing fees, which means you'd have to charge per copy for the software, so you'd have to set up billing and distribution systems. And then you'd have to crack down on people running "pirate" copies without paying, etc.