Hmm, interesting. IBM already has AIX, a licensed UNIX. Maybe they are thinking about releasing there own IBM Linux distribution, which could be certifiable and maintain the UNIX branding.
In reality this is how it has always worked. You buy a version of MS OFfice, a couple of years later you go back and buy they next version at a reduced "upgrade" cost. And the cycle continues. What's the difference??
I for one would like to use Linux at work, but this is not a decision I can make. It's hard to find employers looking for Linux people. So from this perspective I do feel like I am forced to use Microsoft products at work. I do choose to use Linux at home, and they can't take that away from me, but I'm not truly free until I can make that decision at work as well as at home.
For this reason it is very important for main-stream acceptance of Linux, and PHB's are only getting one side of the story.
Just a personal note, I do use Linux at work to a limited extend, for our Intranet and diald/squid proxy server, but my PHB is still very anti-Linux, and won't allow me to implement an SQL server, or other things I've suggested. I guess part of the problem is that when I leave the company, they are going to have a hard time finding someone who can administer the Linux systems I have implemeneted, and therefor would rather stick with Microsoft "soultions".
Don't underestimate what they "get" and "don't get". Most moves they make are well thought out and quite devious. This attack on open source seems quite well thought out carefully executed.
I believe it is just a matter of time until somebody drops the cash to get Linux certified. IBM wants to spend 1 Billion USD on Linux, maybe some of that will go towards making Linux an official UNIX. It would help them gain credibility.
Programming is not the kind of job you can pick up at a 6 month course without any prior computing experience. It takes years to become expert at even a single area of programming. You do have to have a passion for it to be good at it. People don't understand this.. it makes me laugh when I see job adds for someone who is expert in Java, C++, Visual Basic and Oracle, and then offer $25,000.
Not true... I often hear people, even technical people, claim that they are not running Linux because of the lack of software (which mostly boils down to ignorance of avaliable alternatives). There is a big stigma attached to an OS that can't run Office, Quicken, IE5.5, etc.
Speaking of Linux in movies and television, has anyone ever noticed subtle references to Linux in Law and Order? Like Lenny says "They have an office over on Linux street" or soemthing like that. Am I hearing things??
It was also suggested that Monsanto had buzzed his field repeatedly in a low flying plain and dropped the engineered seed so that they could come back and sue him later. As crazy as it sounds, the farmer believes this.
Besides, even if the seeds did blow off from another farm or from the Monsanto plant, should the farmer be responsible for the time and cost to remove the tainted plants from his field or should Monsanto be held liable for allowing the engineered seeds to escape?
"Generated" and "true random" are oxymorons. How can any generated number be random? If it was generated by an algorythm, and can be generated again.
All computer based random number generators are psuedo-random, which is considered to be "good enough", especially when you can get a seed from some semi-random source, such as the computers clock
But getting back to the story, these poorly implemented TCP stacks are not evenly remotely close to being random.
Pong is not a myth.. I remember playing the first Pong game, and it was unbelievably cool at the time. It was soon blown away by the Atari 2600, but it was definately ground breaking in its day. It's kinda sad to see the kids these days laughing at it. Without Pong you wouldn't be playing your Super Mario game or whatever it is you play these days.
I've used their clubs and some other services before, but there is way to much crap on there. It's actually hard to find the service your looking for without using your browsers "Find Text" feature.
Exactly!! I don't see why the advertisers don't get his. Just because I don't click on the ad doesn't mean I didn't read it, and might be interested in that product later. Does that mean the advertisement was not successful? Of course not.
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For this reason it is very important for main-stream acceptance of Linux, and PHB's are only getting one side of the story.
Just a personal note, I do use Linux at work to a limited extend, for our Intranet and diald/squid proxy server, but my PHB is still very anti-Linux, and won't allow me to implement an SQL server, or other things I've suggested. I guess part of the problem is that when I leave the company, they are going to have a hard time finding someone who can administer the Linux systems I have implemeneted, and therefor would rather stick with Microsoft "soultions".
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(Isn't that from the Simpsons?)
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Besides, even if the seeds did blow off from another farm or from the Monsanto plant, should the farmer be responsible for the time and cost to remove the tainted plants from his field or should Monsanto be held liable for allowing the engineered seeds to escape?
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All computer based random number generators are psuedo-random, which is considered to be "good enough", especially when you can get a seed from some semi-random source, such as the computers clock
But getting back to the story, these poorly implemented TCP stacks are not evenly remotely close to being random.
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