Actually...;)
Yes, some of the TCP/IP stacks for DOS have some well-known issues... Especially buffer overflows.
Nowadays, they're rare indeed as most internet apps are linked against Watt-32 (the successor to WatTcp). Since it's still actively developed, any DoS attacks can be fixed in the library source and the app can be relinked. Just like on *nix..;)
And, please... NO DOS IS DEAD EMAILS... Thanks... I get enough of it IRL, don't need it from here too...;)
Hmmm... Two free pieces of software I can think of off the top of my head are Lynx and vim. Both are quite Mac friendly. But IIRC, both require you to use MPW to compile...
Ummm.... In Slack, a.tgz is a package type. It is akin to Debian using.deb or Stampede's.pkg formats. RPMs are Red Hat's "thing". I myself don't like rpm either.
Since when is using Linux a sign of education? I think a bigger sign of education would be: "I wrote a piece of software that can currently be compiled on a dozen OSes and can easily be ported to any other POSIX-compliant OS (such as any OS with GCC. Whether DOS, Windows, Unix, OS/2, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, etc. . . . )
Hmm... So, if IBM does, in fact, buy Novell, and creates growth, Novell/Linux will have higher market share than ALL other products on the chart. (True Unix, NT, and "Others")
This sounds like a very wise plan to me... After all, if they integrate it into OS/2 e-business editon well, and use that for the in-house server, and advocate Linux boxen for the publicly available servers, and say that the desktops can run either, NT will seriously suffer. Companies will be able to offer a pair of OSes that suit needs appropriately. (Which is currently NT and Mac in many companies. Have you ever attempted to get the two to work together? Fun, ain't it?)
So, is Novell really dead with this kind of potential to revive their current flagship OS?
Welp, that was gonna be my comment, but I guess I have to say I agree with the AC... (*shudder*)
However, M$ pretty much exploited the bugs in IBM's implementations of SMB. (Mostly OS/2) They later resurfaced in the SAMBA project. Perhaps it wouldn't be such a bad idea to look over SAMBA to see how they can fix OS/2 for version 6. (Or whatever the next version will be...)
I think I *may* be able to pull/.'s meaning from Babelfish's response, but this one was more painful than usual. However it did have one legible sentence:
"The name SaMBa comes from the SMB log used in Windows networks."
This is the sentence in question, I believe:
"Providers of support for the open SOURCE often commodity Samba are affected by a warning wave. Several companies, which are entered in the Web on a list, received a writing, in which they are requested to offer Samba no longer in the name of the company CMG to apply, to drive out or in the trade use. "
Followed in the next paragraph by:
"How many warnings were sent away, the company did not want to indicate however. CMG sets the article the subject of the warning to 100.000 Marks; the assigned attorneys want to have refunded the warned company in each case from costs from scarcely 1900 Marks to 8 August."
Good luck figgering this one out! Anyone able to provide a more legible translation?
I take it that you haven't had to coordinate a presentation between PowerPoint 97 and 2000. Even if you save in '97 format, it's incompatible. In some cases, the file won't even open! What's wrong with slight incompatibilities? Interoperability. At least WordPerfect will save in older formats just fine. (Yes, I _know_ that you lose a bit of the feature set, but at least it generally remains usable...)
I can't believe I just responded to an AC's post... I need sleep.;)
Just a me too. I have a 386 mail server that would be perfect.
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It all depends on what's broken... Is it the kernel, the distro, or the hardware? Once that's evaluated, then the proper course can be taken to rectify the situation.
BTW, the hardware and kernel are almost one and the same problem. (Just wanted to point that out before someone else did. Yeah, I'm talking to you ACs!)
One last overdraft of $0.02: If it's a Linux box now, why potentially break everything by even entertaining the thought of *BSD?
OK... I just went through and did a 'grep -r fuck *' in the 2.3.5 source tree. Out of 21 matches (well 24 really, but 3 were just duplications between drivers/scsi/esp.c and drivers/scsi/NCR53C9x.c so I won't include them): 2 were IRIX-specific (of all things!), 4 were Sparc and 5 were Sun. That makes a total of 9 Sun 'fuck's. That's about 42%, any magic here?
Damn, just wasted another 2 cents that I don't have...
Rev. Lewellyn
BTW, my favorite line is: arch/mips/kernel/irixioctl.c: * irixioctl.c: A fucking mess...
IMHO, for the time being the SB16 is probably the best choice for most Linux users. (No flames, please!) I haven't found any other card that works quite so easily and reliably, let alone how cheaply they can be bought.
I, too, have a TNT. I seem to be stuck running XF86 for the time being. At least until Metro Extreme 3D comes out, (whenever the heck that will be) as I don't think the Metro OpenGL will be all that much quicker for VMWare.:( All I want is fast video in Linux. Is that too much to ask? Judging from Nvidia's co-operation with the Linux community: yes.
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Actually... ;)
;)
;)
Yes, some of the TCP/IP stacks for DOS have some well-known issues... Especially buffer overflows.
Nowadays, they're rare indeed as most internet apps are linked against Watt-32 (the successor to WatTcp). Since it's still actively developed, any DoS attacks can be fixed in the library source and the app can be relinked. Just like on *nix..
And, please... NO DOS IS DEAD EMAILS... Thanks... I get enough of it IRL, don't need it from here too...
--Matt
Hmmm... Two free pieces of software I can think of off the top of my head are Lynx and vim. Both are quite Mac friendly. But IIRC, both require you to use MPW to compile...
Vi IMproved: http://www.vim.org
Lynx: http://lynx.browser.org
Any other examples?
--Matt
Ummm.... In Slack, a .tgz is a package type. It is akin to Debian using .deb or Stampede's .pkg formats. RPMs are Red Hat's "thing". I myself don't like rpm either.
--Matt
Since when is using Linux a sign of education? I think a bigger sign of education would be: "I wrote a piece of software that can currently be compiled on a dozen OSes and can easily be ported to any other POSIX-compliant OS (such as any OS with GCC. Whether DOS, Windows, Unix, OS/2, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, etc. . . . )
Not a flame but just my perspective.
--Matt
Hmmm....
Technology + Children = V-Chip
Technology + Children = GPS Implants
Next on Conspiracy Theater:
Technology + Children = Genetic Engineering
and
Technology + Children = Apocalypse
--Matt
Anyone know where I could pick up a copy of WP6.1 for DOS? It's GUI rocked. And it was fast even on a 386/16 with 2MB RAM at 800x600x16.
--Matt
Hmm... So, if IBM does, in fact, buy Novell, and creates growth, Novell/Linux will have higher market share than ALL other products on the chart. (True Unix, NT, and "Others")
This sounds like a very wise plan to me... After all, if they integrate it into OS/2 e-business editon well, and use that for the in-house server, and advocate Linux boxen for the publicly available servers, and say that the desktops can run either, NT will seriously suffer. Companies will be able to offer a pair of OSes that suit needs appropriately. (Which is currently NT and Mac in many companies. Have you ever attempted to get the two to work together? Fun, ain't it?)
So, is Novell really dead with this kind of potential to revive their current flagship OS?
--Matt
Welp, that was gonna be my comment, but I guess I have to say I agree with the AC... (*shudder*)
However, M$ pretty much exploited the bugs in IBM's implementations of SMB. (Mostly OS/2) They later resurfaced in the SAMBA project. Perhaps it wouldn't be such a bad idea to look over SAMBA to see how they can fix OS/2 for version 6. (Or whatever the next version will be...)
--Matt
I think I *may* be able to pull /.'s meaning from Babelfish's response, but this one was more painful than usual. However it did have one legible sentence:
"The name SaMBa comes from the SMB log used in Windows networks."
This is the sentence in question, I believe:
"Providers of support for the open SOURCE often commodity Samba are affected by a warning wave. Several companies, which are entered in the Web on a list, received a writing, in which they are requested to offer Samba no longer in the name of the company CMG to apply, to drive out or in the trade use. "
Followed in the next paragraph by:
"How many warnings were sent away, the company did not want to indicate however. CMG sets the article the subject of the warning to 100.000 Marks; the assigned attorneys want to have refunded the warned company in each case from costs from scarcely 1900 Marks to 8 August."
Good luck figgering this one out! Anyone able to provide a more legible translation?
--M.
Oh, my god. A cute troll! Can I keep him? Huh, mommy? Can I? Please? I'll take care of him and feed him and walk him...
Awww.... You said the same thing about that hairless cat last week too... You're SO unfair!
--M.
(sorry. couldn't resist any longer. been wanting to do that since yesterday...)
Yes, but it's that failing to work which keeps me from liking it. If it were reliable...
I take it that you haven't had to coordinate a presentation between PowerPoint 97 and 2000. Even if you save in '97 format, it's incompatible. In some cases, the file won't even open! What's wrong with slight incompatibilities? Interoperability. At least WordPerfect will save in older formats just fine. (Yes, I _know_ that you lose a bit of the feature set, but at least it generally remains usable...)
;)
I can't believe I just responded to an AC's post... I need sleep.
It's a ploy by the EPA since Energy Star didn't work as well as planned...
Just a me too. I have a 386 mail server that would be perfect.
It all depends on what's broken... Is it the kernel, the distro, or the hardware? Once that's evaluated, then the proper course can be taken to rectify the situation.
BTW, the hardware and kernel are almost one and the same problem. (Just wanted to point that out before someone else did. Yeah, I'm talking to you ACs!)
One last overdraft of $0.02: If it's a Linux box now, why potentially break everything by even entertaining the thought of *BSD?
Rev Lewellyn
OK... I just went through and did a 'grep -r fuck *' in the 2.3.5 source tree. Out of 21 matches (well 24 really, but 3 were just duplications between drivers/scsi/esp.c and drivers/scsi/NCR53C9x.c so I won't include them): 2 were IRIX-specific (of all things!), 4 were Sparc and 5 were Sun. That makes a total of 9 Sun 'fuck's. That's about 42%, any magic here?
Damn, just wasted another 2 cents that I don't have...
Rev. Lewellyn
BTW, my favorite line is:
arch/mips/kernel/irixioctl.c: * irixioctl.c: A fucking mess...
However, it would be more difficult to perform age verification for the source if it were not bundled with the binaries.
Just my 2 cents. (Give or take a penny.)
Rev. Lewellyn
IMHO, for the time being the SB16 is probably the best choice for most Linux users. (No flames, please!)
I haven't found any other card that works quite so easily and reliably, let alone how cheaply they can be bought.
All I want is fast video in Linux. Is that too much to ask? Judging from Nvidia's co-operation with the Linux community: yes.
--L