For the most there is no innovation in the look-feel (some outstanding exceptions such as E) This may be a good thing in part since that makes the learning curve of OSS use all but vanish. We could however leverage our quick turn around by creating a forum for user feed back (and new feature / visuals) so that OSS will quicker adapt to what the user needs / wants.
This may be a new business venture for our friends at/.
That's because we use the metric system. I know, it is a strange concept, someone (like the rest of the world:-) is using standards that is not used in the "good ol' US of A" You may also realize if you stick to the numbers on the speed limit signs you will very soon end up arguing with a friendly Canadian police officer;-)
"Corporations like Microsoft and Sun which, I might add, are almost singlehandedly responsible for the USA having the highest standard of living in the world" It just so happens that USA does not have the highest standard of living, I'm not even sure if you guys made the top 10. If you make it in USA, you will have a very good standard of living, if not, tough shit. Defining # of Cable channels as standard of living is kinda goofy and besides neither M$ nor Sun has created any such...
Hot swap everything is not exactly uncommon. Solaris does it even Linux in Motorolas new distro. For most I/O things it is rather straight forward, just disable the thing until a new is in place. When it comes to RAM and CPU it entails having spare capacity and the ability to disable before swap. So with enough RAM and more than one CPU, no problem.
Now, I may not be a Math major but I do seem to remember a percentage being a relative number;-) In other words 99.999% uptime means that over any time period (of significant length) the system must be available at least 99.999% of the time. Usually one meters this over a year (exept for Winslop where a day is a significant time:-) This means that you are allowed approximately 5 minutes downtime every year.
Micro$lop has finally done some real innovation:-)
Never mind that Unix has had soft and hard links for what, 30 years? Well, Unix ain't an operating system it's a hack for a few ultrageeks:-D
'nuf kidding, I think it's good that M$ is closing in on good software practice. They may have a bit left but at least they are getting there Real Soon Now (tm). And, this is not the first thing that M$ has 'invented' or 'improved'. HTML, Java, distributed objects and GUI just to mention a few.
I do not belive that mainframes will die anytime soon. I actually hope and predict that they will be around for a long time. I have said for 18 years now that we must use the right technology for each system. As much as that may hurt some/.-ers, the right thing is not always Linux. (don't get me wrong, I am a registred Linux user Linux Counter) Mainframes and their OS is extremely good at processing enormous volumes of data and transactions. They are real bad at interactive processing and should not do that. Linux is one flavour of the very good Unix system that is excellent for servers and power workstations. With the introduction of Linux, Unix will be accessible to the "common user", there is a bit left but it will be there Real Soon Now (tm). I have seen to many projects becoming disasters because of using the wrong technologies. Let's stop the bickering and try to collectively use computer technology wisely.
This post is perfectly valid! AC is suggesting in two words that this whole article belongs to freshmeat.org. I do actually agree! I want to see XFree86 4.0 and other major releases on/. otherwise I think they belong to freshmeat.
The "troll" moderation is grossly unfair and I would like to point people that do moderation to sid=moderation
Yeah.... and I built computers that had 8" floppies (before the 5.25" was created)
Now that we all have bragged about how f--king old we are... I think it's good that the technology is advancing, I would hate to work on a Z80 based 2MHz box again.
First you add &threshold=-10 to the URL to show the post (if less than -1) then just click the (#22) link (or whatever number the post has. This will list a buncha details about the post...
Make a computer behave and look like a competitor (with the logo) and you may take away their business. Make a computer ispired by a movie or a book and you may create business...
Problem is... The copyright owner of the Open Source software will suddenly (possibly) be liable for a lot. That is currently taken away with the copyright notice. Under UCITA anyone but the big corporations with shrinkwrap license is responsible for the quality and usability of their product... This will hurt OSS and small business tremendously
Slashdot Mirror
but other illegal and immoral content - pornography, terrorist manifestos, race-hate
propaganda and anti-Christian bigotry
As opposed to the very legal and moral Christian bigotry??
the rape of the music industry and the artists they represent
Seeing how outrageously poor the industry is....
For the most there is no innovation in the look-feel (some outstanding exceptions such as E)
/.
This may be a good thing in part since that makes the learning curve of OSS use all but vanish.
We could however leverage our quick turn around by creating a forum for user feed back (and new feature / visuals) so that OSS will quicker adapt to what the user needs / wants.
This may be a new business venture for our friends at
forgot the link...
Userfriendly
That's because we use the metric system. I know, it is a strange concept, someone (like the rest of the world :-) is using standards that is not used in the "good ol' US of A" ;-)
You may also realize if you stick to the numbers on the speed limit signs you will very soon end up arguing with a friendly Canadian police officer
"Corporations like Microsoft and Sun which, I might add, are almost singlehandedly responsible for the USA having the highest standard of living in the world"
It just so happens that USA does not have the highest standard of living, I'm not even sure if you guys made the top 10. If you make it in USA, you will have a very good standard of living, if not, tough shit. Defining # of Cable channels as standard of living is kinda goofy and besides neither M$ nor Sun has created any such...
Do not post links to Amazon, you may be violating a patent ;-)
Hot swap everything is not exactly uncommon. Solaris does it even Linux in Motorolas new distro. For most I/O things it is rather straight forward, just disable the thing until a new is in place. When it comes to RAM and CPU it entails having spare capacity and the ability to disable before swap.
So with enough RAM and more than one CPU, no problem.
So much for silly laugh...
Now, I may not be a Math major but I do seem to remember a percentage being a relative number ;-) :-)
In other words 99.999% uptime means that over any time period (of significant length) the system must be available at least 99.999% of the time.
Usually one meters this over a year (exept for Winslop where a day is a significant time
This means that you are allowed approximately 5 minutes downtime every year.
When you are a Telco or a Bank that's about acceptable. In some other areas of the global financial business you can not accept that much...
Dork,
HA is industry standard acronym for High Availability. I do not for a second belive that Motorola even considered VA Systems.
Nope!
/.
I am a strong proponent of moving S/W announcements to freshmeat, however this is a 1.0 release of a useful piece of S/W and does warrant a note on
May I recommend The Halloween Documents by ESR. There you will get an understanding of why M$ does this....
So much for robust hyperlinks ;-)
Micro$lop has finally done some real innovation :-)
:-D
Never mind that Unix has had soft and hard links for what, 30 years? Well, Unix ain't an operating system it's a hack for a few ultrageeks
'nuf kidding, I think it's good that M$ is closing in on good software practice. They may have a bit left but at least they are getting there Real Soon Now (tm).
And, this is not the first thing that M$ has 'invented' or 'improved'. HTML, Java, distributed objects and GUI just to mention a few.
I do not belive that mainframes will die anytime soon. I actually hope and predict that they will be around for a long time. /.-ers, the right thing is not always Linux. (don't get me wrong, I am a registred Linux user Linux Counter)
I have said for 18 years now that we must use the right technology for each system. As much as that may hurt some
Mainframes and their OS is extremely good at processing enormous volumes of data and transactions. They are real bad at interactive processing and should not do that. Linux is one flavour of the very good Unix system that is excellent for servers and power workstations. With the introduction of Linux, Unix will be accessible to the "common user", there is a bit left but it will be there Real Soon Now (tm).
I have seen to many projects becoming disasters because of using the wrong technologies. Let's stop the bickering and try to collectively use computer technology wisely.
Yeah.
As much as I loathe M$, Why2k is rather relevant but Gadget 4.0.3pre42.alpha is not....
Another clueless media evaluation of Linux.
No graphical filemanager??? I have one on my RH 6 box using Gnome/E as window manager.
Are the guys in media all paid by the FUD department as M$?
This is one of the more "Insightful" posts I've seen on /. in a long time!
/. but leave most for freshmeat.
Create a section for semi important software releases on
And, by all means post really important SW releases on the main page.
This post is perfectly valid! /. otherwise I think they belong to freshmeat.
AC is suggesting in two words that this whole article belongs to freshmeat.org.
I do actually agree! I want to see XFree86 4.0 and other major releases on
The "troll" moderation is grossly unfair and I would like to point people that do moderation to sid=moderation
Hey,
:-D
Please set your system clock to todays date. We can not allow people to download tomorrows software today
Seriously, it seems as if there is a version numbering problem....
Yeah....
and I built computers that had 8" floppies (before the 5.25" was created)
Now that we all have bragged about how f--king old we are... I think it's good that the technology is advancing, I would hate to work on a Z80 based 2MHz box again.
First you add &threshold=-10 to the URL to show the post (if less than -1) then just click the (#22) link (or whatever number the post has.
This will list a buncha details about the post...
Make a computer behave and look like a competitor (with the logo) and you may take away their business.
Make a computer ispired by a movie or a book and you may create business...
Problem is...
The copyright owner of the Open Source software will suddenly (possibly) be liable for a lot. That is currently taken away with the copyright notice. Under UCITA anyone but the big corporations with shrinkwrap license is responsible for the quality and usability of their product...
This will hurt OSS and small business tremendously
This post proves that there has bo be a process to remove karma.
One crap post like this removes 50% of your karma, 2 removes 80% and 3 sets your karma to -2.