eBay has had an API for a long time to allow access to this goldmine, which is smart because it cuts out the overhead of screen-scraping for both the server and the client. Ain't free though.
HPUX is not the top marketshare *nix, but it is extremely solid in a business environment. I can't envision any companies switching their multi-terabyte databases on 16-way servers to a new OS whose RAID subsystem is an absolute baby compared to the maturity and solidity of HPUX's LVM.
I won't start on clustering, failover, etc etc.
If the author had actually ever seen a large production HPUX system they wouldn't be proposing such silly things. HPUX is going to be around for a long time. HPUX 9.0 is two *major* revs down and I know of companies who are still using it due to inertia.
Call me inflammatory if you will, the naivete of this topic is causing me some inflammations which I just had to itch.
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Come on man, get the quote correct before you post it:
Eyes melt, skin explodes, everybody's dead.
It's so immoral working on the thing can drive you mad.
That's what happened to this friend of mine.
So he had a lobotomy, and now he's well again.
Otto: What kind of car does your friend drive?
J. Frank Parnell: Chevy Malibu.
not that I've seen the movie 100 times or anything like that...
Don't want no commies in my car... no christians either!
The thing is they don't even have to throw any resources at it, just give the ok (and the source) to Sam Lantinga and the other porting geniuses over at Loki and they'll crank out the linux port in no time. They rock.
Networked stuff is by definition trickier, but quake 3 is proof it can be done.
Voice over IP, combined with lower level encryption (vpns, IPsec, etc) will be the untappable ubiquitous "internet version of the telephone" rather than the "telephone version of the internet" you suggest governments are moving to squash.
Currently, I don't think it's difficult to tap a naked VoIP stream, but within some corporate VPN, forget it. IPv6 or IPsec built into a consumer-grade phone is what I'd like to see. Ya gotta dream...
I tried to install Redhat 6.0 on my ~6 year old 486 recently -- problem is it doesn't have a 3.5" floppy. Redhat's boot disks don't fit on the old 5 1/4 inchers, and my old BIOS can't boot off of the (old, proprietary, sony, 1x) CDROM drive.
Redhat support was not much help, I think the easiest ways to proceed are either:
Install a 3.5" Floppy drive, cost is approaching zero
Set up NFS on another system and install it that way.
Granted 5 1/4" floppies have been around a long time, but it shows it doesn't take *too* long for media to fall out of favor.
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Used IBM 600E or 600X's are perfect for this. Not ripping fast but fine for a pf box on a cable modem or a mini web server.
I've run openbsd, freebsd, and linux on them. Under $400 on ebay + $45 for a replacement battery (built-in UPS for those pesky power outages!)
They're very common models so there's a ton of supply on ebay for spare parts etc.
I think I have about 5 of them...
eBay has had an API for a long time to allow access to this goldmine, which is smart because it cuts out the overhead of screen-scraping for both the server and the client. Ain't free though.
http://developer.ebay.com/
This kid's so smart he must be a Revelle student.
HPUX is not the top marketshare *nix, but it is extremely solid in a business environment. I can't envision any companies switching their multi-terabyte databases on 16-way servers to a new OS whose RAID subsystem is an absolute baby compared to the maturity and solidity of HPUX's LVM.
I won't start on clustering, failover, etc etc.
If the author had actually ever seen a large production HPUX system they wouldn't be proposing such silly things. HPUX is going to be around for a long time. HPUX 9.0 is two *major* revs down and I know of companies who are still using it due to inertia.
Call me inflammatory if you will, the naivete of this topic is causing me some inflammations which I just had to itch.
Come on man, get the quote correct before you post it:
Eyes melt, skin explodes, everybody's dead.
It's so immoral working on the thing can drive you mad.
That's what happened to this friend of mine.
So he had a lobotomy, and now he's well again.
Otto: What kind of car does your friend drive?
J. Frank Parnell: Chevy Malibu.
not that I've seen the movie 100 times or anything like that...
Don't want no commies in my car... no christians either!
Networked stuff is by definition trickier, but quake 3 is proof it can be done.
Figure the roll costs $2, I like that price point. I guess the laser, actuator, etc might cost extra.
Currently, I don't think it's difficult to tap a naked VoIP stream, but within some corporate VPN, forget it. IPv6 or IPsec built into a consumer-grade phone is what I'd like to see. Ya gotta dream...
Redhat support was not much help, I think the easiest ways to proceed are either:
Granted 5 1/4" floppies have been around a long time, but it shows it doesn't take *too* long for media to fall out of favor.