If you are a Windows OS user, and you hear people talk about Linux, would that be offensive?
Slashdot asks users about freedom of speech. If everyone believes we should be allowed to say what we want, why the haste about John Rocker's comments?
If you say you want freedom of speech, then you must allow people to speak. People can say things you don't like, and you can say the opposite. Allow people to voice their opinions. If you start getting lawyers involved, then, you must not support freedom of speach. What is slandering?
It seems I need to upgrade all the Turtle Wax I bought last fall. They now have Turtle Wax 2001. (Should I sue because my product is now inferior?)
Take it will a grain of salt. Stop fretting, enjoy life whether you are a nerd or not. Don't judge, judge all you want, but don't act one way and talk act the other.
I have heard good things about Cisco. I have used their products, so far so good.
My fear is this, with 3com leaving the arena (5 years from now you will no longer have 3com support for your hubs and switches, and please correct me if I am wrong because I might be), Cisco could dominate. They could be the Microsoft of the "network industry".
Please add comments as to why this may or may not be. (checked cisco's rise in revenue lately?)
You can sign away your right to sue. From what I understand, if you pay more money, you can sue for more money. (if you are poor, a rich guy is drunk and hits you, sorry, you didn't pay the higher premium!)
The theory goes, there are groups and organizations that are put into place to make the best decisions from different parties on standards. If you don't comply to those standards, then you risk not being compatible with the rest of the world.
If a company gets so big and powerful that by not complying with their standards, you risk not being compatible with the rest of the world, you have a problem. You have a company that can make it's own standards.
This is why Microsoft isn't as "innovative" as they want you to believe. This is why the hurt the computer industry. Standards are forced by a monopoly that is not in the best interests of all parties.
' If you owned 95% of the desktops in the world, wouldn't you try the same? (How about IBM, have they been guilty as well? They are backing Linux and the open source movement in a big way. Would they be doing the same if they and OS/2 hadn't lost to Microsoft?)
So what you are saying is that if a company doesn't like what a web site is saying, they should do something that will make the web site say even more. Then maybe they can shut them down all together?
If for some reason slashdot were sued like Napster, and for some reason the party suing Slashot won, there will be another.
Just like Napster, if you shut them down, another will arise. If you release the source code, it will be duplicated, tweaked, and multiple solutions will pop up all over. This is open source, and this is innovation.
The wheels have been put into motion. Those who ripped people off in the past (Microsoft, the recording industry, and others) will be the first targets when technology gives people an alternative solution.
The bad things is, if our government supports these companies, will the government force people to find an alternative one?
Right. Most companies that have microsoft mail clients probably are using office applications. What if the "Love Virus" effected.doc,.xls, and.ppt files?
I heard this on/. the other day. It seems like a good idea.
What if you change the association for a.vbs file to open notepad when clicked? Then the "average employee" would not execute the script. If a person needs a.vbs script to run, they probably know what one is, and not to click on it when they get several emails with the same subject line that contain a.vbs file.
Well an elephant is big. But, yet big compared to what? They keep finding dinosaurs that are bigger than the biggest found before hand. Maybe this is an acronym, or not?
All the operating systems made today were made in China, England, Sweden, etc.
What if these operating systems were used on our government (if you are in the US) computers that contain all this National Security information?
Well, how do you think other countries feel when they use windows, and if Bill Gates was a country, at one time (stock has dropped lately), would be the 23rd richest country in the world? That would be scary. Yet, that is the way it has been with other countries.
Now of course, we have things such as China's "red flag linux", and they can read the code and know what exactly is going on, or should have a better idea.
How many people can guess what the security settings are on web server from a Red Hat distribution? Many people do not change the default settings. It is up to distributers of software and operating systems to make the default settings as secure as possible.
What this means is that you do not need to know the locations of certain things, as you can just aim for the default settings and locations, and go from there. Go with the percentages, which is what people do with viruses if they intend to do damage.
Would it be fair to say that if you have multiple OS's on your network, then you have multiple security threats?
If any platform had a security risk, it would effect the security of other platforms if they share drives or files. Linux has made way into corporate america, or the "business that lost billions because of this virus", but most are not all Linux. So, Linux will always be vulnerable to Windows security risks if they share resources with Linux machines. One bad apple....
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But sir, you didn't save it to your L: (mapped file server drive here) drive?
What is my L: drive? Listen you tech, you just cost me hours of research and documentation!
Or if you have Linux and a bunch of MCSE's, better double that.
Slashdot asks users about freedom of speech. If everyone believes we should be allowed to say what we want, why the haste about John Rocker's comments?
If you say you want freedom of speech, then you must allow people to speak. People can say things you don't like, and you can say the opposite. Allow people to voice their opinions. If you start getting lawyers involved, then, you must not support freedom of speach. What is slandering?
It seems I need to upgrade all the Turtle Wax I bought last fall. They now have Turtle Wax 2001. (Should I sue because my product is now inferior?)
Take it will a grain of salt. Stop fretting, enjoy life whether you are a nerd or not. Don't judge, judge all you want, but don't act one way and talk act the other.
True.
My fear is this, with 3com leaving the arena (5 years from now you will no longer have 3com support for your hubs and switches, and please correct me if I am wrong because I might be), Cisco could dominate. They could be the Microsoft of the "network industry".
Please add comments as to why this may or may not be. (checked cisco's rise in revenue lately?)
I know I know, go buy rabbit ears...
You can sign away your right to sue. From what I understand, if you pay more money, you can sue for more money. (if you are poor, a rich guy is drunk and hits you, sorry, you didn't pay the higher premium!)
If a company gets so big and powerful that by not complying with their standards, you risk not being compatible with the rest of the world, you have a problem. You have a company that can make it's own standards.
This is why Microsoft isn't as "innovative" as they want you to believe. This is why the hurt the computer industry. Standards are forced by a monopoly that is not in the best interests of all parties.
' If you owned 95% of the desktops in the world, wouldn't you try the same? (How about IBM, have they been guilty as well? They are backing Linux and the open source movement in a big way. Would they be doing the same if they and OS/2 hadn't lost to Microsoft?)
So what you are saying is that if a company doesn't like what a web site is saying, they should do something that will make the web site say even more. Then maybe they can shut them down all together?
If you try to hack the OS to get slashdot web pages, then they will make you pay $500. (Oh wait, wasn't that like....)
He bombed some terrorists. (Who were they anyay, and amazing we didn't get the guy we were bombing, say Saddam Hussein and that guy in Yugoslavia).
Heck, there was even a movie about it! (I know, released before actual events, but where else did Bill get his Ideas.)
Maybe outlook and vbscripting is the way Bill will fight when he goes down?
See, you can make anything up, say anything you want. Doesn't mean it is real. Doesn't mean you won't get sued or censored for the heck of it.
Every hear of a full tort vs half tort in the automobile insurance industry?
Please refrain from using the "CNAME" of Big Bills whistler machine - M$ Lawyer
Just like Napster, if you shut them down, another will arise. If you release the source code, it will be duplicated, tweaked, and multiple solutions will pop up all over. This is open source, and this is innovation.
The wheels have been put into motion. Those who ripped people off in the past (Microsoft, the recording industry, and others) will be the first targets when technology gives people an alternative solution.
The bad things is, if our government supports these companies, will the government force people to find an alternative one?
Me too! Thanks for thanking him, that thanked him.
Thanks to thanks again!
What the microsoft is wrong with you people?
Could have been worse....
What if you change the association for a .vbs file to open notepad when clicked? Then the "average employee" would not execute the script. If a person needs a .vbs script to run, they probably know what one is, and not to click on it when they get several emails with the same subject line that contain a .vbs file.
What if more phones become digital. And, what if you could spread viruses through those digital phones?
What is an example in Corel Linux?
All the operating systems made today were made in China, England, Sweden, etc.
What if these operating systems were used on our government (if you are in the US) computers that contain all this National Security information?
Well, how do you think other countries feel when they use windows, and if Bill Gates was a country, at one time (stock has dropped lately), would be the 23rd richest country in the world? That would be scary. Yet, that is the way it has been with other countries.
Now of course, we have things such as China's "red flag linux", and they can read the code and know what exactly is going on, or should have a better idea.
The Air Force has other things to worry about.
How many people can guess what the security settings are on web server from a Red Hat distribution? Many people do not change the default settings. It is up to distributers of software and operating systems to make the default settings as secure as possible.
What this means is that you do not need to know the locations of certain things, as you can just aim for the default settings and locations, and go from there. Go with the percentages, which is what people do with viruses if they intend to do damage.
If any platform had a security risk, it would effect the security of other platforms if they share drives or files. Linux has made way into corporate america, or the "business that lost billions because of this virus", but most are not all Linux. So, Linux will always be vulnerable to Windows security risks if they share resources with Linux machines. One bad apple....