and suggest a (gasp!) commercial solution. Not free, but supported: Sametime. Commercially supported by IBM/Lotus, fully secure, with a built-in web conferencing system, and works on your Windows 2003 server. Can be completely stand-alone, or you can have it authenticate to your company's LDAP directory. The nice thing is you buy only the number of clients you need, with no need to purchase server software. Clients are $47.59/user, and allows you to use the stand-alone Sametime Connect client (Windows, Mac or a Trillian Pro plugin), the browser-based chat client, or connect via your Blackberry if you're already using their Enterprise server 4.1 or later.
If you have any interest in whether or not linux becomes a serious contender for either the desktop, the corporate data center, or mom and pop's computer at home, then you should care deeply about this post. Linux is not going to take off in these areas because of snarky comments in a/. post, it's going to take off because of the grass-roots efforts of a bunch of dedicated individuals, like those in all the LUGs that supported this effort.
People in other LUGs (even that one in NM) are going to see posts like this and say, hey, we should put on a show like that! Before you know it, Linux comes out of the online blogs and news sites (like this one) that only other Linux geeks know about, and in to the hearts and minds of major decision-makers.
As for who really cares? About 1000 or so Linux users from Eugene, OR to Vancouver, BC. That's who.
I saw this demo'd by Lotus at Lotusphere, using their Sametime instant messaging product. I don't know what the exact method was, but the end-result was the same.
Looks like MS will have a tough time with this one.
BTW - if any lawyer types are looking for prior art, there is video available of this from Lotus.
As for Why Bellingham? I'd rather spend $15 on gas than deal with the traffic in downtown Seattle. I know, it's not very eco-friendly (and would get me kicked out of most places in Fairhaven), but B'ham is just a lot more fun.
She likes the teen-pop stuff, but it doesn't stick. She figures out that the new album from band A sounds just like their last album, so she moves on. Pretty much the same stuff with a slightly different twist, but she sure wants a lot fewer CD's now than she did a year ago.
Characters - looking good so far. The Vulcan can be annoying at times, but so was Troi, Seven of Nine and Janeway. Well, OK, Janeway still is, but the others grew on you as their characters evolved over time.
Plot - cool beans. It's interesting to think that the show takes place in a time when the Enterprise is the only ship of its kind. There's no cavalry waiting over in the next sector that can be there in a few minutes!
Klingons - Yes, I know, they don't look like they did in TOS, and there was Worf's comment about how the Klingons 'changed'. I didn't buy that then, and I don't buy it now. Frankly, I'm glad the Klingons are presented the way they are in TNG onward - their look is much more in line with their reputation.
Ship - Again, good stuff. Just the right combination of form and function. The lack of teakwood paneling and carpets is refreshing. Can't wait to get a set of the blueprints for this one . . .:)
Gadgets - Well done. "These are the new 'phase pistols', Captain". Heh. The 'tricorder' seemed a little of, though. A unit with a color flatscreen, smaller than the ones in TOS? A bit of a stretch, I guess, but this is where the production crew takes some license. The tricorder in TOS, like many gadgets, was based on what people knew about technology then, and projecting it in to the future. The little TV screen on that represented technology that was pretty old hat to them then, and small, color flat screens are pretty old hat to us now.
Human/Vulcan relations - A lot of noise has been made here about how the vulcan stoicism/human emotions conflict is so done, hashed out, etc. True, to us, it is, sort of. To the Humans and Vulcans of the mid-22nd century, though, this is still new. Humans are still chomping at the bit to get out there, and are tired of being held back by the Vulcans. I think that's the whole point of having T'Pal on the show, to work out those tensions by rubbing gel all over each other's strong, ripped, bodies, smoothing the gel up, and down and . . . Um, where was I? Oh yes, tensions. Like I said, this is new to the characters during this time period, and it will be intersting to see how the Vulcans become less of our 'teachers' (and, I suppose, nervous parents) and more like our partners.
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and suggest a (gasp!) commercial solution. Not free, but supported: Sametime. Commercially supported by IBM/Lotus, fully secure, with a built-in web conferencing system, and works on your Windows 2003 server. Can be completely stand-alone, or you can have it authenticate to your company's LDAP directory. The nice thing is you buy only the number of clients you need, with no need to purchase server software. Clients are $47.59/user, and allows you to use the stand-alone Sametime Connect client (Windows, Mac or a Trillian Pro plugin), the browser-based chat client, or connect via your Blackberry if you're already using their Enterprise server 4.1 or later.
Dear Mr. Coward,
/. post, it's going to take off because of the grass-roots efforts of a bunch of dedicated individuals, like those in all the LUGs that supported this effort.
If you have any interest in whether or not linux becomes a serious contender for either the desktop, the corporate data center, or mom and pop's computer at home, then you should care deeply about this post. Linux is not going to take off in these areas because of snarky comments in a
People in other LUGs (even that one in NM) are going to see posts like this and say, hey, we should put on a show like that! Before you know it, Linux comes out of the online blogs and news sites (like this one) that only other Linux geeks know about, and in to the hearts and minds of major decision-makers.
As for who really cares? About 1000 or so Linux users from Eugene, OR to Vancouver, BC. That's who.
Sincerely,
Satisfied LFNW2004 attendee
I saw this demo'd by Lotus at Lotusphere, using their Sametime instant messaging product. I don't know what the exact method was, but the end-result was the same.
Looks like MS will have a tough time with this one.
BTW - if any lawyer types are looking for prior art, there is video available of this from Lotus.
and yet, so far.
As for Why Bellingham? I'd rather spend $15 on gas than deal with the traffic in downtown Seattle. I know, it's not very eco-friendly (and would get me kicked out of most places in Fairhaven), but B'ham is just a lot more fun.
She likes the teen-pop stuff, but it doesn't stick. She figures out that the new album from band A sounds just like their last album, so she moves on. Pretty much the same stuff with a slightly different twist, but she sure wants a lot fewer CD's now than she did a year ago.
Characters - looking good so far. The Vulcan can be annoying at times, but so was Troi, Seven of Nine and Janeway. Well, OK, Janeway still is, but the others grew on you as their characters evolved over time.
:)
Plot - cool beans. It's interesting to think that the show takes place in a time when the Enterprise is the only ship of its kind. There's no cavalry waiting over in the next sector that can be there in a few minutes!
Klingons - Yes, I know, they don't look like they did in TOS, and there was Worf's comment about how the Klingons 'changed'. I didn't buy that then, and I don't buy it now. Frankly, I'm glad the Klingons are presented the way they are in TNG onward - their look is much more in line with their reputation.
Ship - Again, good stuff. Just the right combination of form and function. The lack of teakwood paneling and carpets is refreshing. Can't wait to get a set of the blueprints for this one . . .
Gadgets - Well done. "These are the new 'phase pistols', Captain". Heh. The 'tricorder' seemed a little of, though. A unit with a color flatscreen, smaller than the ones in TOS? A bit of a stretch, I guess, but this is where the production crew takes some license. The tricorder in TOS, like many gadgets, was based on what people knew about technology then, and projecting it in to the future. The little TV screen on that represented technology that was pretty old hat to them then, and small, color flat screens are pretty old hat to us now.
Human/Vulcan relations - A lot of noise has been made here about how the vulcan stoicism/human emotions conflict is so done, hashed out, etc. True, to us, it is, sort of. To the Humans and Vulcans of the mid-22nd century, though, this is still new. Humans are still chomping at the bit to get out there, and are tired of being held back by the Vulcans. I think that's the whole point of having T'Pal on the show, to work out those tensions by rubbing gel all over each other's strong, ripped, bodies, smoothing the gel up, and down and . . . Um, where was I? Oh yes, tensions. Like I said, this is new to the characters during this time period, and it will be intersting to see how the Vulcans become less of our 'teachers' (and, I suppose, nervous parents) and more like our partners.
I'll be back for more, that's for sure.