Set up a basic world, and basic character interaction rules, basic item rules, and physics, etc. And then everyone can create their own "country" or whatever metaphor is chosen to represent your own little chunk of the Metaverse/Other Plane (credit where credit is due...)
These planes will be flown by 19 year old jocks who will want to be photographed in front of their fighters and will have posters of these planes pinned on their walls. Would you want to be seen flying one of those pelican like things?
That is an amazingly ignorant observation regarding joint strike fighter pilots. Their major aircraft is the A-10 Thunderbolt. It is so ugly they call it the Warthog and say it with pride.
Micro Focus is going to eat the Kompany's lunch on this one. Mainframers know Micro Focus like C++ developers know Rogue Wave. Their Object COBOL developer suite has been here longer from a company Mainframers know and trust.
I have nothing against the Kompany, in fact I like them quite a bit, but this seems like a stupid move.
How many Caldera employees are currently involved in developing OpenLinux? How many for UnitedLinux? Are further reductions in staff planned? How many developers were let go? Has Caldera effectively bowed to UnitedLinux?
Because the product is targeted solely to the enterprise, Dyroff lamented, many people are under the impression that SuSE will be abandoning its desktop product line. Dyroff reiterated statements he made last week to the media that while they won't be within the UnitedLinux line, SuSE plans on maintaining releases of their SuSE Personal and SuSE Professional editions...
This really makes me wonder if this is going to turn out well after all. I was delusional enough to think that this effort would be leveraged to make a more common target for the desktop distributions. Maybe I am reading too much into it but it sounds like they are going to keep them seperate product lines.
If United Linux takes off and starts to corner the enterprise market while the desktop wonders off in a different direction, I can see some headaches as vendors pick the fatter enterprise market over the desktop. I would hate to see vendors say 'ah forget all those incompatable desktop versions' all we need is the profitable enterprise market. I could care less if Linux replaces windows on the masses desktop but if some of those higher end video cards, UPSs, backup devices, etc start ignoring the cheaper desktop Linux versions I'll be bummed.
"Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?" -Ben Kenobi
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I suspect that they are releasing the administration tools under something very similar to the YaST2 license. More less you cannot redistribute for a fee but the source is avaialable. Considering how much this base package is likely to lean on SuSE configuration tools, that makes sense.
The real question at that point becomes do they drop the 'commericial use' clause and play a little harder with the user. While they are no where near HP Secure Linux, it would be playing a stronger hand than they have so far.
However, how can they restrict people from copying the ISOs?
Without a doubt one could make a huge list of things for this topic. Here are just a few items to get you started. I'll grant you that the list is skewed heavily to books rather than gizmos but knowledge is power and harder to ban.
If anyone has a problem with any of these books, bugger off.
Be careful giving friends children wild stuff, parents get all fired up and nasty when protecting their brood.
Gods I hate that word count filter and it's damn averages. I don't really have anything else to say but I have to get the world count ratio up so I can post this...
Is there even a remote chance that IBM would correct the remaining deficiencies and seek Common Criteria evaulation for some shape or form of Linux? I would love to use the Linux xSeries offerings as well as the 1300 series but for some customers it is not an option.
While I don't share the right-wrong dichotomy, I understand where you are coming from. You can't make everyone happy and the hatred of homicidial dictators on balance is preferable to the alternatives. I never intended to imply otherwise.
My point was that aid is often a mixed blessing for everyone involved. It is seldom as simple as the whiz-bang charity world makes it out to be. Of course, 'charity' is their job.
I'm not saying that aid programs lead to OBL. I'd label him one part anachronism, one part fantasist, with a splash of insatiable desire for carnage and attention.
It doesn't take a genius to realize that aid programs sometimes lead to upset local populations. If you displace a lot of people and bring about a massive increase in malaria by building a dam, people get upset. If you build roads and the local death squads use them to butcher the 'rebels', people get upset. International efforts sometimes worsen conflicts. You don't have to be Michael Maren to see it.
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Set up a basic world, and basic character interaction rules, basic item rules, and physics, etc. And then everyone can create their own "country" or whatever metaphor is chosen to represent your own little chunk of the Metaverse/Other Plane (credit where credit is due...)
Sounds like WorldForge... ;
These planes will be flown by 19 year old jocks who will want to be photographed in front of their fighters and will have posters of these planes pinned on their walls. Would you want to be seen flying one of those pelican like things?
That is an amazingly ignorant observation regarding joint strike fighter pilots. Their major aircraft is the A-10 Thunderbolt. It is so ugly they call it the Warthog and say it with pride.
Micro Focus is going to eat the Kompany's lunch on this one. Mainframers know Micro Focus like C++ developers know Rogue Wave. Their Object COBOL developer suite has been here longer from a company Mainframers know and trust.
I have nothing against the Kompany, in fact I like them quite a bit, but this seems like a stupid move.
Err...former. LOL. Think before you type Thom.
Buy the app yourself, but get your kid to install it for you.
The hell with that. I'll take a EULA over a kid any day. The later is lot easier on my lifestyle.
This question is late but important.
I have read that there have been significant changes in the numbers of OpenLinux developers and many have been sent to other areas or companies as a result of the UnitedLinux effort.
How many Caldera employees are currently involved in developing OpenLinux? How many for UnitedLinux? Are further reductions in staff planned? How many developers were let go? Has Caldera effectively bowed to UnitedLinux?
If the the EGOVOS announcement goes beyond vapor, CC may be in the future of Linux. For some reason though Slashdot just won't accept that as a story.
BTW, you might want to get a handle on the basic background of CC before shooting your mouth off. TCSEC is no longer accepting new products for evaluation, though those who started the old process can finish it. Common Criteria really means it now. Read the friendly website.
Failover is part of High Availabillity and a different concept than beowulf.
I hope your right but for some reason I can imagine something like this lasting a long, long time.
SuSE Enterprise Edition powered by UnitedLinux
SuSE Professional Edition
SuSE Personal Edition
Because the product is targeted solely to the enterprise, Dyroff lamented, many people are under the impression that SuSE will be abandoning its desktop product line. Dyroff reiterated statements he made last week to the media that while they won't be within the UnitedLinux line, SuSE plans on maintaining releases of their SuSE Personal and SuSE Professional editions...
This really makes me wonder if this is going to turn out well after all. I was delusional enough to think that this effort would be leveraged to make a more common target for the desktop distributions. Maybe I am reading too much into it but it sounds like they are going to keep them seperate product lines.
If United Linux takes off and starts to corner the enterprise market while the desktop wonders off in a different direction, I can see some headaches as vendors pick the fatter enterprise market over the desktop. I would hate to see vendors say 'ah forget all those incompatable desktop versions' all we need is the profitable enterprise market. I could care less if Linux replaces windows on the masses desktop but if some of those higher end video cards, UPSs, backup devices, etc start ignoring the cheaper desktop Linux versions I'll be bummed.
Put a small raid 5 partition on your *nix machine.
Eewwww. I'd skip right past that recommendation. RAID (in paritcular 3/4/5) hardly seems like a good fit for any of his problems.
Dammit. That should have had a qestion mark.
Dahlgren
Who needs another x86-based Unix at this point?
Common Criteria environments x86 Unix options are fading fast.
At best this is a bad joke.
"Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?" -Ben Kenobi
I suspect that they are releasing the administration tools under something very similar to the YaST2 license. More less you cannot redistribute for a fee but the source is avaialable. Considering how much this base package is likely to lean on SuSE configuration tools, that makes sense.
The real question at that point becomes do they drop the 'commericial use' clause and play a little harder with the user. While they are no where near HP Secure Linux, it would be playing a stronger hand than they have so far.
However, how can they restrict people from copying the ISOs?
One method would be to copyright the layout like Theo.
If anyone has a problem with any of these books, bugger off.
Be careful giving friends children wild stuff, parents get all fired up and nasty when protecting their brood.
Gods I hate that word count filter and it's damn averages. I don't really have anything else to say but I have to get the world count ratio up so I can post this...
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SuSE has a prepackaged box just for this purpose.
Robomow to the rescue. You'll have to add one of those late night tee vee hair cutting machines for the later but enjoy.
Is there even a remote chance that IBM would correct the remaining deficiencies and seek Common Criteria evaulation for some shape or form of Linux? I would love to use the Linux xSeries offerings as well as the 1300 series but for some customers it is not an option.
Obnoxious, sacrifice, and a wee bit of cackle...you go grrl.
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Looks like the whiny ones have moderator points. (:
While I don't share the right-wrong dichotomy, I understand where you are coming from. You can't make everyone happy and the hatred of homicidial dictators on balance is preferable to the alternatives. I never intended to imply otherwise.
My point was that aid is often a mixed blessing for everyone involved. It is seldom as simple as the whiz-bang charity world makes it out to be. Of course, 'charity' is their job.
I'm not saying that aid programs lead to OBL. I'd label him one part anachronism, one part fantasist, with a splash of insatiable desire for carnage and attention.
It doesn't take a genius to realize that aid programs sometimes lead to upset local populations. If you displace a lot of people and bring about a massive increase in malaria by building a dam, people get upset. If you build roads and the local death squads use them to butcher the 'rebels', people get upset. International efforts sometimes worsen conflicts. You don't have to be Michael Maren to see it.
This creates a self-fulfilling prophecy: you whine; we avoid you.
Ssshhhhh! Don't teach the whiny geeks how to date.
As if ESR's sex tips was not bad enough.