I read an article where a Sun executive was bemoaning the fact that his platform was losing out to (at the time) WinNT 5.0. His point was that MS just puts out the hype and vaporware and other companies have to compete with that simply because PHBs will wait eons for a MS product. This is one of the most effective marketing strategies they employ. "Yeah, we'll have a MS insert vaporware here version of that RSN...
What timing for this question! I just finished wedging a slackware distro (3.3) onto an ancient laptop (Gateway Nomad 486/25 4M RAM, 30M ext2 partition). Tried to roll my own for most of it, since I couldn't get any of my RH boot disks to load. Luckily, I still had a collection of old Linux CD around and found that I could get slack up and running.
Now I have a question, since I am running a libc5 system on the laptop and running glibc on my other system, how do I compile binaries for the laptop? Do I need to just keep a copy of libc5 and compile against that? Do I need to recompile libc? What would the gcc switches be for something like this?
Anyway, its fun when you finally get the thing breathing. I felt like Dr Frankenstein when it booted and gave me a prompt.
As an unabashed Opera fan, I'll have to admit that I'm not completely crazy about the UI, but, hell, except that it's kinda hard to configure, I don't have any problem with it. I will give up a little on the point-and-click for the multiple windows and the speed. I also like that fact that you can turn off the formatting, maximize a frame and have cached/no graphics besides. It's the best browser for surfing ad-laden sites like ZD-Net.
I'll buy one, though I'm not really crazy that Troll-Tech made it...
Actually, there was a really clever roasting of the Unibomber's Manifesto. I don't know if it's still around, but that could certainly be a blueprint on how to start.
Perhaps even mocking websites (CNN's and Mickeysoft's come to mind...).
I'm pretty much a M$ toady, but, hey, a guy's gotta eat, you know. My company is M$ Solution Provider and we are totally M$. NT4 from stem to stern.
Except for the Linux box under my desk. I couldn't the network management I need to do with four times the machine and twenty times the budget. It's running on a discarded P5/90 w/40M RAM a 1.5G HD. What's it doing? Nocol, mrtg, tools for mapping traffic, and I use it to telnet to all my routers and to hold all of their configs and software images.
And I'm just a newbie. When I grow up, I haven't any idea how far this can go, but I like what I see.
I'm not real crazy about using Linux as a workstation, but then again, I'm still a newbie and I use it at home just to get used to it. I run NT, NW 3.12 and 4.11 Small Business, and Linux. Linux plays with the others really well.
I am a Yahoo user (by habit, it was the first and only one that actually gave me what I was looking for, way back when in '95), but I have slowly come around to them. Their "I Feel Lucky" button has save my bacon a couple of times since it can get you to a company's driver page usually on the first go.
I just hope that they get the context menu like the other search engines have. Sometimes I can't really think of what I need and just wandering around in related URLs helps.
...software so proprietary and closely held that the company itself claims to be unable to locate some of the original source code...
Doesn't that figure?
"Your honor, we are required to add our browser to the operating system"
"And why is that?"
"Well, we can't find the version of the code that doesn't have it in."
If they don't keep their end of the bargain...
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Well, you could just as well do what you want with it then, couldn't you? I mean, you don't agree to the terms and then they don't agree with the terms, the contract becomes void, doesn't it? You can then do all the things they say you can't do with it (excluding copyright violations, of course), like reverse engineer it.
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I read an article where a Sun executive was bemoaning the fact that his platform was losing out to (at the time) WinNT 5.0. His point was that MS just puts out the hype and vaporware and other companies have to compete with that simply because PHBs will wait eons for a MS product. This is one of the most effective marketing strategies they employ.
"Yeah, we'll have a MS insert vaporware here version of that RSN...
Chris
So we got that goin' for us, anyway...
What timing for this question! I just finished wedging a slackware distro (3.3) onto an ancient laptop (Gateway Nomad 486/25 4M RAM, 30M ext2 partition). Tried to roll my own for most of it, since I couldn't get any of my RH boot disks to load. Luckily, I still had a collection of old Linux CD around and found that I could get slack up and running.
Now I have a question, since I am running a libc5 system on the laptop and running glibc on my other system, how do I compile binaries for the laptop? Do I need to just keep a copy of libc5 and compile against that? Do I need to recompile libc? What would the gcc switches be for something like this?
Anyway, its fun when you finally get the thing breathing. I felt like Dr Frankenstein when it booted and gave me a prompt.
Chris
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q 216/6/41.asp
I'm afraid to say it, but I don't think we've seen anything yet. This is just the beginning of a deluge.
Chris
Think of the Beowulf cluster...
Sorry, (ducking and running)
Chris
As an unabashed Opera fan, I'll have to admit that I'm not completely crazy about the UI, but, hell, except that it's kinda hard to configure, I don't have any problem with it. I will give up a little on the point-and-click for the multiple windows and the speed . I also like that fact that you can turn off the formatting, maximize a frame and have cached/no graphics besides. It's the best browser for surfing ad-laden sites like ZD-Net.
I'll buy one, though I'm not really crazy that Troll-Tech made it...
Chris
Perhaps even mocking websites (CNN's and Mickeysoft's come to mind...).
Chris
Except for the Linux box under my desk. I couldn't the network management I need to do with four times the machine and twenty times the budget. It's running on a discarded P5/90 w/40M RAM a 1.5G HD. What's it doing? Nocol, mrtg, tools for mapping traffic, and I use it to telnet to all my routers and to hold all of their configs and software images.
And I'm just a newbie. When I grow up, I haven't any idea how far this can go, but I like what I see.
I'm not real crazy about using Linux as a workstation, but then again, I'm still a newbie and I use it at home just to get used to it. I run NT, NW 3.12 and 4.11 Small Business, and Linux. Linux plays with the others really well.
Grow and learn, it certainly is worth the effort.
Chris
I just hope that they get the context menu like the other search engines have. Sometimes I can't really think of what I need and just wandering around in related URLs helps.
Two thumbs up.
Chris
Doesn't that figure?
"Your honor, we are required to add our browser to the operating system"
"And why is that?"
"Well, we can't find the version of the code that doesn't have it in."
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