Here at my office the Unix guys that have been forced into reading Excel documents and Visio drafts have found that the package 'Exceed' meets their demands quite well. It is made by Hummingbird software and allows for a virtual desktop as well as X connectivity. It's a commercial package, but one that (IMHO) is worth getting. It *may* support ssh as well, but I'm not sure.
Finally! I am sick and tired of reading these ignorant replies to Katz's articles! It seems like far too many/.'ers don't realize that he is on *our* side and that there is more to life than the future of technology. Our society is touched in every way by technology, and vice versa. It's all about the issues at hand, whether they are a kid's right to see a movie, a company's right to compete, or one's right to use whatever OS he chooses.
I tend to agree.... the existing infrastructure is the root of the problem, but it exists because these people want to make money, not because they care.
Bootleg movies, campus based sites, warez and the like are nothing new at all...
The only NEW thing is the increasing awareness of HollyWood (and the recording industry, as per the mp3) and the increase in high bandwith providers for the home. Not only do script kiddies hack, they can run files at 800 k/sec.
Combating this issue would have to be at the university end, because the size of the files alone is deterent for most people. However, that presents complications for linux geeks like me who run legitimate sites.
I happen to agree with you and frankly this sort of feature I would expect to see in a commercial package (ie IE). I think the reason that these types of features exist is so that more laman (sp?) users can do more with fewer programs. Also, this could broaden the user base of irc (not that it particularly needs it). Eh, so long as it's modular code that I can opt to install or not I'll be happy.
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Here at my office the Unix guys that have been forced into reading Excel documents and Visio drafts have found that the package 'Exceed' meets their demands quite well. It is made by Hummingbird software and allows for a virtual desktop as well as X connectivity. It's a commercial package, but one that (IMHO) is worth getting. It *may* support ssh as well, but I'm not sure.
Finally! I am sick and tired of reading these ignorant replies to Katz's articles! It seems like far too many /.'ers don't realize that he is on *our* side and that there is more to life than the future of technology. Our society is touched in every way by technology, and vice versa. It's all about the issues at hand, whether they are a kid's right to see a movie, a company's right to compete, or one's right to use whatever OS he chooses.
I tend to agree.... the existing infrastructure is the root of the problem, but it exists because these people want to make money, not because they care.
The only NEW thing is the increasing awareness of HollyWood (and the recording industry, as per the mp3) and the increase in high bandwith providers for the home. Not only do script kiddies hack, they can run files at 800 k/sec.
Combating this issue would have to be at the university end, because the size of the files alone is deterent for most people. However, that presents complications for linux geeks like me who run legitimate sites.
I happen to agree with you and frankly this sort of feature I would expect to see in a commercial package (ie IE). I think the reason that these types of features exist is so that more laman (sp?) users can do more with fewer programs. Also, this could broaden the user base of irc (not that it particularly needs it). Eh, so long as it's modular code that I can opt to install or not I'll be happy.
they're not gonna release a lame 320x200 pixelated POS for the big screen.
We're looking at an improvement here. Think of all the digitally remastered home movies and the touched up re-releases of episodes III,IV, and V.
Of course nobody REALLY wanted them to pay - but I bet they'd have spearheaded this whole situation by doing so. Another MS screw up, it seems.