Sign the NDA.
Learn all you can about it.
Develop a clean-room solution, using none of Sony's code.
release clean-room version under LGPL.
Of course, Sony will still want to sic their laywers on you,
but there's precedent supporting this is acceptable.
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Thanks for contributing to the discussion by insulting me.
Not the mail server, your own client machine.
If you can't recieve your email, you may as well be on vacation.
Yes, IT is supposed to be in charge of all IT resources. They were hired to decide what resources are available to you.
If you're making your own decisions in that area by deciding what resources *should* be available to you, and feel justified in doing so, then *YOU* are the person breaking the organization.
On your home machine, do all you like. On the work machine, Property of Work, IT's Responsibility, do what work allows. If you must have something as broad as a different OS, get their cooperation, you can't just go and install it, and if it breaks expect them to fix it.
THIS IS WHY there are Bastard Operators From Hell.
They have to deal with people who change the systems they're responsible for.
Here's a test. Bring a PowerMac into the PC office. tell them you expect them to make everything compatible for you. Watch them censure you, or fire you.
You said:
If you want to provide some real value, fix the problem.
I say:
Fine, but you don't *fix* anything by installing OS's or software out of the blue. You must discuss it with IT before you sideswipe them by making it appear on the network all-0f-a-sudden.
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There's a few rules of using more than one operating system...
FIRST: The mail machine is holy, and must not be used for experimentation or installing insecure or unstable (development) software. If the IT dept issues you your email machine running NT (blah) then keep it that way. And don't take your chances repartitioning and adding linux on the back of the current drive.
*** SEE HERE: the IT guys issue you a machine that they can support, and are required to support, no matter what. When you change that to something other than what it was issued with, they no longer need to support you.
SECOND: When running more than one OS, keep one secure, and stable. if the experimental one goes down, you have the stable one to fall back on.
In my office, my mail machine is NT 4 sp5. I requisitioned two other boxen, one runs TurboLinux and the other has Debian 2.2 Potato (Espy!)
Our mail app runs on Lotus Notes (when will they write a client for linux?!) which runs (slowly) in WINE.
The site is networked with Token Ring, and I have to socksify to use anything outside the intranet.
None of these things would, or SHOULD be supported by IT. They were hired to decide what will be issued, and are bound to support what they issue, not what I decide I would rather run.
I can understand their hesitation at Linux creeping onto the network, they didn't issue it, and will be derided, guilted, and profaned at for doing their jobs and refusing to support it.
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I gave QNX a whirl, along with Hard Hat Linux (embedded rtos) and Be.
Qnx was fast, but Be 'felt' faster. Be had support for my soundchips, but lacked support for wavelan802.11b . QNX lacked sound support and wavelan 802.11b
Hard Hat is coming along but needs work. Didn't 'feel' as fast as either of the other two. Haven't tried Lineo yet.
Granted, my soundchip was a cs4237b, and I can't really expect them to have wavelan available yet.
I'm sorry I haven't got real numbers to back up my early impressions of speed... but one of the biggest interface issues is, does the user get feedback that something has occurred? If it 'feels' slow, it is.
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You'd be surprised what IBM could do with G4... currently they have PPC 405 embedded in things such as TiVo, G3 used around, and sourced to apple, Power4 for heavy lifting...
1) IBM could use additional revenue.
2) IBM could use the reputation boost from the Apple community of breaking the long standing mhz freeze.
3) Never underestimate what IBM will find a use for. If (and when, if my predictions are correct)
they do produce a PPC7400 (or variant) be sure they'll have other uses for it.
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I Have the Tivo in its philips form.
I read on the forums about early modem death.
To avoid early modem death, I unplug the phone line from tivo and only allow it to connect once a week.
Second of all, I use a cordless connection kit, essentially a cordless phone type device for a laptop modem. this prevents the tivo from getting shocked.
None of the above *really* helps you, but it does mean that you won't have to have the tivo make the call *daily* just weekly or biweekly. (that 5 minute call is really only 1 minute in call, and 4 minutes in absorbing the new data.)
Others have suggested you could use ppp on the serial port, or things of this nature. I imagine if you could trick it into dialing over the serial port and have it ignore searching for a dialtone that you could have it use your cell as a modem (provided you have the proper data cable.)
Good luck and let us know how you did it, when you finish!
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One of the big complaints rolling around is, why Apple doesn't get faster mhz.
IBM is the primary source for all Apple G3 processors. Moto is the source for G4, solely because IBM up until now, has opted to not produce a chip with AltiVec.
I have said for over a year now that if IBM fabbed the G4 for Moto, that the high speed yields would come up, and that if IBM produced the G4 that the speed rating would increase.
IBM just dropped 5 billion on new fabrication plants. IF IBM wanted to *own* the OEM contract for all of Apple's processors, they'd only have to produce their flavor of a PPC7400.
I predict they will within a years time, and at speeds comparable to Power4
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Why IBM doesn't fork the Kernel, or move to HURD
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Here's a short answer to why IBM doesn't fork the Kernel.
1) Public Opinion / Community perspective
Linux is built on popularity. It gets marketing's attention because it's a popular choice among Admins. Therefore, IBM has to jump on the bandwagon and support the thing in its many incarnations. IF IBM FORKED the Kernel, it would be a marketing nightmare as Slashdot and others would do a 180 from "IBM is doing Linux solely for PR" (untrue) to "IBM wants to take our baby and twist it for its own evil purposes!" (also untrue.)
Don't believe Slashdot would be this unkind? Just look in the archives for RedHat 7.0 and see how supportive the community was at that time.
2) IBM has a huge investment in Linux.
IBM has a Linux Dev Center newly established in India. IBM has a Linux Compatibility Org to test and ensure that every IBM application for Linux will work with the 8 standard NLS Languages and doesn't break with standard libraries, and will function on most all recent distibutions.
IBM has invested huge amounts of resources in the IBM Journaled File System for Linux. IBM took part in developing Linux for the S/390. It also runs on the AS/400, and there's work on the RS/6000 distribution as well.
The investment is too great to move to HURD.
The HURD community and installed user-base is tiny. Linux has name recognition.
Currently, most new IBM Web Application Server / WebSphere type products support NT/2000/AIX/Solaris/Linux.
Moving to BSD would be smarter, but BSD hasn't got name recognition, even if it is more widely installed as a serverOS.
Moving to HURD would be suicidal.
Yes, there's AIX for Big Iron, but AIX is a commercial server OS and doesn't get the community's collective hearts pumping.
There's mindshare, which is what we logically know. AIX exists for big iron, why do we need a linux for it?
and then there's *HEARTSHARE* which is the emotional based decision. We know in our hearts nothing makes us growl with manly pride at having Linux, the Free-Little-Operating-System-That-Could-TM, running on the biggest Iron made.
Heartshare will keep IBM focused on Linux as long as there's a community of people running Linux.
AFAIK, Debian is the only big-name that's bothered to propose a HURD distro. http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/
I'll believe it when I can install it.
(Tho, it uses Mach and linux hung around it... if it was Mach and BSD, it'd be a relative of Darwin-x86! hmmmm....)
In Summary
IBM has 20 top-level links to Linux related dev sites on its Intranet. These snowball into deeper levels. IBM has a huge investment in Linux, and in having it run on their boxen, big iron or not.
And you want them to drop it all and move to HURD?
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The FAA doesn't want to change the method by which they do the Air Traffic Control, to open source, or otherwise.
IBM had spent years developing and testing a system of computers aiding Air Traffic Controllers, in place of the handwritten system they use... The FAA put the kibosh on the project, sticking with paper and pencil.
I highly doubt that we'll see open source powering ATC systems in any near future. Open Source has its place, and could find a home in many Government run systems, but due to stick in the mud Administrations, it won't stand a chance in some quarters of the government.
Besides, think about it--- software for flight control must be as reliable as software for NASA-- no bugs. not one. not ever.
This is a wee bit different than the 'release early and often' philosophy.
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anyone who claims this is good for the consumer either works for the insurance companies, or hasn't read enough.
The insurance company wants to test me to find out if there's a chance I may be genetically inclined to suffer a disease later in life. Then they will triple my rates.
For now, I can decline these tests, but watch that option be taken away after the large number of sheep become acclimated to these tests.
When that option is taken away, I will either have insurance, or not. If my insurance is among my benefit package at my place of business, why then, my employer AND my insurance company have my genes on file.
Only a matter of time before the insurance company sells my data...
And they'll make it tough to say no- either take the test and get insured, and employed, or dont take the test, and have no job and no benefits.
I love to take things apart as much as anyone, but aren't there some things we weren't meant to tamper with??
"We're all sons of bitches now."
--Robert J. Oppenheimer, on witnessing the first test explosion of the atomic bomb.
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I too submit stories, and find them posted weeks later by someone else.
News for Nerds who apparently can't afford to be timely, and Stuff that was interesting about three weeks ago.
Story selection is broken, and Taco isn't interested in fixing it, while no one else seems able to suggest to him *HOW* to fix it.
on the upside: even when they post a story late, it usually has some relevance, such as hardware sharing.
On the downside, stuff that's interesting falls easily into neanderthal "linux good, BSD okay, Mac osX purty, m$== bad by default"
this method panders to the worst trolls and the best cheerleaders, and insults the community's intelligence.
I envision a day when we won't have to say, "but I submitted that story three weeks ago! what crack do they smoke over at Andover?!"
My holy war isn't against Taco, or Hemos (who emailed me to congratulate my on my engagement, of all things)
My war is against complacency with the state of/.
I want to see it improve.
MAYHAPS they need to take advantage of the hardware swap at freeboxen... nothin gets the juices flowin like vintage hardware (now where did I hide that PDP-11.....)
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First of all, don't call me dirty names.
Second of all, a shop is any place of business with a product being sold.
A shop is also any place where development is done, such as a work shop, or machine shop.
A shop describes the nature of working in a lab, and its similarity to working in a workshop, so working at Bell Labs with Thompson and Ritchie would *definately* be working in a shop.
The shop is a component of the greater company. What do people do when they gather at company outings? TALK SHOP.
now go wash your mouth out with a bar of soap, foul-mouth.
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Elaboration. My opinions may not be those of my employer.
First of all, the question asked was about places to work where *nix was an option instead of M$.
AIX, Solaris, and Linux all fall under the Unix heading.
Second, the software compatibility testing is done so that products coming out run on AIX, Solaris, and the following Linux distros: TurboLinux server (English and Chinese), Caldera OpenLinux server, SuSE, and RedHat.
Third, "Everyone knows that IBM working with Linux is for PR and to satisfy those who don't want to pick up the check for AIX."
Please explain linux on S/390? Please explain the new LDC, IBM's Linux Development Center in India?
AIX was a tough sell in a market of splintered Unices. It sells when you sell a complete package to a shop-- here, we'll sell you everything you need to do it, the box, the OS, the software...
But what to do when the world has their linux installed and is already happy with it? Develop product that will run on it.
Conclusion: IBM's courting with Linux is *NOT* just for PR purposes, it's serving the market; A wise business choice.
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Working with Ritchie and Thompson is about as close to climbing the mountain-top to consult the guru as you can get---
but would you really want to learn *Plan 9* which is their own mutation of Unix, because they didn't like the other mutations of their baby? Yes, they were the originators of Multics, Unix et al, but how many shops run Plan 9? and how many of the new Plan 9 concepts are non-unix?
If any one knows of a Plan 9 shop, I'd like to know.
And now that I've completely challenged Plan 9's existence, I'm tempted to go and install it so I can at least see what's different. Besides, it's a good excuse to replace that RedHat 7 drive with something less buggy.:}
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IBM has devoted itself to Linux/AIX/Sun development in ways you'd never think of, if you didn't read slashdot, where every week it's something new- either the linux watch, the interview with the head of the Linux Dev Center of IBM, all sorts of things.
Co-ops are hired all the time. If you're serious, I can put your resume' in with HR.
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I'm not up on my English law, but in the Colonies across the Atlantic, when you purchase stolen property, irregardless of whether or not you knew it was stolen, you are required to return it and eat what you paid for the property as a loss.
No compensation, no ransom, just pure honesty.
Only deal with honest people, and you don't get hurt. Always be honest, and you increase the chances of other people always dealing with honest folks.
It's like encryption. Only take emails from trusted sources. Encourage your friends and family to go the same. Eventually, everyone uses encryption and you can grow the keys on your chain.
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I took the suggestion of other poster's here and called them on the 877 number.
Their rep asked me what I did or didn't understand about the new privacy policy, and made sure to reiterate that it's anonymous information they're sharing.
And he DID let me opt out. Their rep was pleasant, informative, and quick at noting in his workstation that my information is not to be shared.
He asked me why I was concerned about it, since it was anonymous information.
I explained that it's very easy to go from a snowflake of anonymous information into an avalanche of exploitation, that it only takes someone saying, "well, last year we sold that much information, maybe it's more valuable if we sell it *this* way!" and that I'd rather not contribute to that sort of future. He agreed and noted it, saying he'd mention that to his supervisor.
Do I think that makes a difference? no, but at least they're acting responsibly.
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Just a note-- IBM had a project to computerize the flight control tower, and make things far easier and safer for the ATC's and passengers. the FAA scrapped it for being too expensive.
Since when was air safety too expensive? far cheaper than scraping concorde off the runway.
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I don't really object to the process taking the necessary time.
I object to the mishandling of paperwork that allows it to get lost, hear denials about how the forms were never recieved when I'm holding the notice of receipt from them in my hands, and have them magically reappear months later, only to then hear denials about how nothing was ever lost,
because they don't lose things.
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between the Great Space-Fungus, and personal helicopters, I'm staying in my wireless-networked house.
I can catch Mir fungus in space, or get chopped up in some 16-learner's permit-holding cheerleader's prop blades on my way to work.
No Thank You.
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Sign the NDA. Learn all you can about it. Develop a clean-room solution, using none of Sony's code. release clean-room version under LGPL. Of course, Sony will still want to sic their laywers on you, but there's precedent supporting this is acceptable.
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Thanks for contributing to the discussion by insulting me.
Not the mail server, your own client machine.
If you can't recieve your email, you may as well be on vacation.
Yes, IT is supposed to be in charge of all IT resources. They were hired to decide what resources are available to you.
If you're making your own decisions in that area by deciding what resources *should* be available to you, and feel justified in doing so, then *YOU* are the person breaking the organization.
On your home machine, do all you like. On the work machine, Property of Work, IT's Responsibility, do what work allows. If you must have something as broad as a different OS, get their cooperation, you can't just go and install it, and if it breaks expect them to fix it.
THIS IS WHY there are Bastard Operators From Hell.
They have to deal with people who change the systems they're responsible for.
Here's a test. Bring a PowerMac into the PC office. tell them you expect them to make everything compatible for you. Watch them censure you, or fire you.
You said:
If you want to provide some real value, fix the problem.
I say:
Fine, but you don't *fix* anything by installing OS's or software out of the blue. You must discuss it with IT before you sideswipe them by making it appear on the network all-0f-a-sudden.
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"We are, not by choice, but by force, the Watchment on the world."
-- JFK's intended speech in Dallas, November 1963.
Who watches the Watchmen?
Who gets to take their map and decide what is good, and what is evil?
I know where I draw those lines, but I also know that my perception of those evils and goods are not the same as all other peoples.
I'm donating to the EFF again. Pretty soon it's going to be every week.
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There's a few rules of using more than one operating system...
FIRST: The mail machine is holy, and must not be used for experimentation or installing insecure or unstable (development) software. If the IT dept issues you your email machine running NT (blah) then keep it that way. And don't take your chances repartitioning and adding linux on the back of the current drive.
*** SEE HERE: the IT guys issue you a machine that they can support, and are required to support, no matter what. When you change that to something other than what it was issued with, they no longer need to support you.
SECOND: When running more than one OS, keep one secure, and stable. if the experimental one goes down, you have the stable one to fall back on.
In my office, my mail machine is NT 4 sp5. I requisitioned two other boxen, one runs TurboLinux and the other has Debian 2.2 Potato (Espy!)
Our mail app runs on Lotus Notes (when will they write a client for linux?!) which runs (slowly) in WINE.
The site is networked with Token Ring, and I have to socksify to use anything outside the intranet.
None of these things would, or SHOULD be supported by IT. They were hired to decide what will be issued, and are bound to support what they issue, not what I decide I would rather run.
I can understand their hesitation at Linux creeping onto the network, they didn't issue it, and will be derided, guilted, and profaned at for doing their jobs and refusing to support it.
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The proper pronunciation of QNX is kyoo-nihcks.
I gave QNX a whirl, along with Hard Hat Linux (embedded rtos) and Be.
Qnx was fast, but Be 'felt' faster. Be had support for my soundchips, but lacked support for wavelan802.11b . QNX lacked sound support and wavelan 802.11b
Hard Hat is coming along but needs work. Didn't 'feel' as fast as either of the other two. Haven't tried Lineo yet.
Granted, my soundchip was a cs4237b, and I can't really expect them to have wavelan available yet.
I'm sorry I haven't got real numbers to back up my early impressions of speed... but one of the biggest interface issues is, does the user get feedback that something has occurred? If it 'feels' slow, it is.
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You'd be surprised what IBM could do with G4... currently they have PPC 405 embedded in things such as TiVo, G3 used around, and sourced to apple, Power4 for heavy lifting...
1) IBM could use additional revenue.
2) IBM could use the reputation boost from the Apple community of breaking the long standing mhz freeze.
3) Never underestimate what IBM will find a use for. If (and when, if my predictions are correct)
they do produce a PPC7400 (or variant) be sure they'll have other uses for it.
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I Have the Tivo in its philips form.
I read on the forums about early modem death.
To avoid early modem death, I unplug the phone line from tivo and only allow it to connect once a week.
Second of all, I use a cordless connection kit, essentially a cordless phone type device for a laptop modem. this prevents the tivo from getting shocked.
None of the above *really* helps you, but it does mean that you won't have to have the tivo make the call *daily* just weekly or biweekly. (that 5 minute call is really only 1 minute in call, and 4 minutes in absorbing the new data.)
Others have suggested you could use ppp on the serial port, or things of this nature. I imagine if you could trick it into dialing over the serial port and have it ignore searching for a dialtone that you could have it use your cell as a modem (provided you have the proper data cable.)
Good luck and let us know how you did it, when you finish!
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One of the big complaints rolling around is, why Apple doesn't get faster mhz.
IBM is the primary source for all Apple G3 processors. Moto is the source for G4, solely because IBM up until now, has opted to not produce a chip with AltiVec.
I have said for over a year now that if IBM fabbed the G4 for Moto, that the high speed yields would come up, and that if IBM produced the G4 that the speed rating would increase.
IBM just dropped 5 billion on new fabrication plants. IF IBM wanted to *own* the OEM contract for all of Apple's processors, they'd only have to produce their flavor of a PPC7400.
I predict they will within a years time, and at speeds comparable to Power4
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Here's a short answer to why IBM doesn't fork the Kernel.
1) Public Opinion / Community perspective
Linux is built on popularity. It gets marketing's attention because it's a popular choice among Admins. Therefore, IBM has to jump on the bandwagon and support the thing in its many incarnations. IF IBM FORKED the Kernel, it would be a marketing nightmare as Slashdot and others would do a 180 from "IBM is doing Linux solely for PR" (untrue) to "IBM wants to take our baby and twist it for its own evil purposes!" (also untrue.)
Don't believe Slashdot would be this unkind? Just look in the archives for RedHat 7.0 and see how supportive the community was at that time.
2) IBM has a huge investment in Linux.
IBM has a Linux Dev Center newly established in India. IBM has a Linux Compatibility Org to test and ensure that every IBM application for Linux will work with the 8 standard NLS Languages and doesn't break with standard libraries, and will function on most all recent distibutions.
IBM has invested huge amounts of resources in the IBM Journaled File System for Linux. IBM took part in developing Linux for the S/390. It also runs on the AS/400, and there's work on the RS/6000 distribution as well.
The investment is too great to move to HURD.
The HURD community and installed user-base is tiny. Linux has name recognition.
Currently, most new IBM Web Application Server / WebSphere type products support NT/2000/AIX/Solaris/Linux.
Moving to BSD would be smarter, but BSD hasn't got name recognition, even if it is more widely installed as a serverOS.
Moving to HURD would be suicidal.
Yes, there's AIX for Big Iron, but AIX is a commercial server OS and doesn't get the community's collective hearts pumping.
There's mindshare, which is what we logically know. AIX exists for big iron, why do we need a linux for it?
and then there's *HEARTSHARE* which is the emotional based decision. We know in our hearts nothing makes us growl with manly pride at having Linux, the Free-Little-Operating-System-That-Could-TM, running on the biggest Iron made.
Heartshare will keep IBM focused on Linux as long as there's a community of people running Linux.
AFAIK, Debian is the only big-name that's bothered to propose a HURD distro. http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/
I'll believe it when I can install it.
(Tho, it uses Mach and linux hung around it... if it was Mach and BSD, it'd be a relative of Darwin-x86! hmmmm....)
In Summary
IBM has 20 top-level links to Linux related dev sites on its Intranet. These snowball into deeper levels. IBM has a huge investment in Linux, and in having it run on their boxen, big iron or not.
And you want them to drop it all and move to HURD?
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The FAA doesn't want to change the method by which they do the Air Traffic Control, to open source, or otherwise.
IBM had spent years developing and testing a system of computers aiding Air Traffic Controllers, in place of the handwritten system they use... The FAA put the kibosh on the project, sticking with paper and pencil.
I highly doubt that we'll see open source powering ATC systems in any near future. Open Source has its place, and could find a home in many Government run systems, but due to stick in the mud Administrations, it won't stand a chance in some quarters of the government.
Besides, think about it--- software for flight control must be as reliable as software for NASA-- no bugs. not one. not ever.
This is a wee bit different than the 'release early and often' philosophy.
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Actually, IBM only outsourced the first generation of i series Thinkpads to Acer.
After the first generation, IBM was so displeased, they brought production back in house, so all new i Series Thinkpads are true blue IBM.
Buy with confidence, do the research first, and don't suffer buyer's regret.
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Actually, they *WILL* pry your genetic makeup from your cold dead hands...
probably from fingernail or skin samples, no?
:}
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The very concept of insurance is legal betting.
I'm betting a company that I'll possibly get sick, take ill, need medicine or health care.
The company is betting that I will stay healthy.
I pay into the pool, for the stakes of the bet.
If I get sick, need care, they lose and have to pay to cover the care.
Genetic testing just gives them an extra edge they don't need or deserve, it unbalances the gamble.
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First off,
anyone who claims this is good for the consumer either works for the insurance companies, or hasn't read enough.
The insurance company wants to test me to find out if there's a chance I may be genetically inclined to suffer a disease later in life. Then they will triple my rates.
For now, I can decline these tests, but watch that option be taken away after the large number of sheep become acclimated to these tests.
When that option is taken away, I will either have insurance, or not. If my insurance is among my benefit package at my place of business, why then, my employer AND my insurance company have my genes on file.
Only a matter of time before the insurance company sells my data...
And they'll make it tough to say no- either take the test and get insured, and employed, or dont take the test, and have no job and no benefits.
I love to take things apart as much as anyone, but aren't there some things we weren't meant to tamper with??
"We're all sons of bitches now."
--Robert J. Oppenheimer, on witnessing the first test explosion of the atomic bomb.
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I too submit stories, and find them posted weeks later by someone else.
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News for Nerds who apparently can't afford to be timely, and Stuff that was interesting about three weeks ago.
Story selection is broken, and Taco isn't interested in fixing it, while no one else seems able to suggest to him *HOW* to fix it.
on the upside: even when they post a story late, it usually has some relevance, such as hardware sharing.
On the downside, stuff that's interesting falls easily into neanderthal "linux good, BSD okay, Mac osX purty, m$== bad by default"
this method panders to the worst trolls and the best cheerleaders, and insults the community's intelligence.
I envision a day when we won't have to say, "but I submitted that story three weeks ago! what crack do they smoke over at Andover?!"
My holy war isn't against Taco, or Hemos (who emailed me to congratulate my on my engagement, of all things)
My war is against complacency with the state of
I want to see it improve.
MAYHAPS they need to take advantage of the hardware swap at freeboxen... nothin gets the juices flowin like vintage hardware (now where did I hide that PDP-11.....)
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First of all, don't call me dirty names. Second of all, a shop is any place of business with a product being sold. A shop is also any place where development is done, such as a work shop, or machine shop. A shop describes the nature of working in a lab, and its similarity to working in a workshop, so working at Bell Labs with Thompson and Ritchie would *definately* be working in a shop. The shop is a component of the greater company. What do people do when they gather at company outings? TALK SHOP. now go wash your mouth out with a bar of soap, foul-mouth.
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ACtually, if you read my letter, I admitted to not knowing how plan 9 differs. and then I said I was going to go install it to find out.
so give me a little credit for owning up to my ignorance in the same post as asking genuine questions: Who uses it, and what makes it different?
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Elaboration. My opinions may not be those of my employer.
First of all, the question asked was about places to work where *nix was an option instead of M$.
AIX, Solaris, and Linux all fall under the Unix heading.
Second, the software compatibility testing is done so that products coming out run on AIX, Solaris, and the following Linux distros: TurboLinux server (English and Chinese), Caldera OpenLinux server, SuSE, and RedHat.
Third, "Everyone knows that IBM working with Linux is for PR and to satisfy those who don't want to pick up the check for AIX."
Please explain linux on S/390? Please explain the new LDC, IBM's Linux Development Center in India?
AIX was a tough sell in a market of splintered Unices. It sells when you sell a complete package to a shop-- here, we'll sell you everything you need to do it, the box, the OS, the software...
But what to do when the world has their linux installed and is already happy with it? Develop product that will run on it.
Conclusion: IBM's courting with Linux is *NOT* just for PR purposes, it's serving the market; A wise business choice.
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Working with Ritchie and Thompson is about as close to climbing the mountain-top to consult the guru as you can get---
:}
but would you really want to learn *Plan 9* which is their own mutation of Unix, because they didn't like the other mutations of their baby? Yes, they were the originators of Multics, Unix et al, but how many shops run Plan 9? and how many of the new Plan 9 concepts are non-unix?
If any one knows of a Plan 9 shop, I'd like to know.
And now that I've completely challenged Plan 9's existence, I'm tempted to go and install it so I can at least see what's different. Besides, it's a good excuse to replace that RedHat 7 drive with something less buggy.
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IBM has devoted itself to Linux/AIX/Sun development in ways you'd never think of, if you didn't read slashdot, where every week it's something new- either the linux watch, the interview with the head of the Linux Dev Center of IBM, all sorts of things.
Co-ops are hired all the time. If you're serious, I can put your resume' in with HR.
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I'm not up on my English law, but in the Colonies across the Atlantic, when you purchase stolen property, irregardless of whether or not you knew it was stolen, you are required to return it and eat what you paid for the property as a loss.
No compensation, no ransom, just pure honesty.
Only deal with honest people, and you don't get hurt. Always be honest, and you increase the chances of other people always dealing with honest folks.
It's like encryption. Only take emails from trusted sources. Encourage your friends and family to go the same. Eventually, everyone uses encryption and you can grow the keys on your chain.
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Tivo's at least acting responsibly about this.
I took the suggestion of other poster's here and called them on the 877 number.
Their rep asked me what I did or didn't understand about the new privacy policy, and made sure to reiterate that it's anonymous information they're sharing.
And he DID let me opt out. Their rep was pleasant, informative, and quick at noting in his workstation that my information is not to be shared.
He asked me why I was concerned about it, since it was anonymous information.
I explained that it's very easy to go from a snowflake of anonymous information into an avalanche of exploitation, that it only takes someone saying, "well, last year we sold that much information, maybe it's more valuable if we sell it *this* way!" and that I'd rather not contribute to that sort of future. He agreed and noted it, saying he'd mention that to his supervisor.
Do I think that makes a difference? no, but at least they're acting responsibly.
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Just a note-- IBM had a project to computerize the flight control tower, and make things far easier and safer for the ATC's and passengers. the FAA scrapped it for being too expensive.
Since when was air safety too expensive? far cheaper than scraping concorde off the runway.
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I don't really object to the process taking the necessary time.
I object to the mishandling of paperwork that allows it to get lost, hear denials about how the forms were never recieved when I'm holding the notice of receipt from them in my hands, and have them magically reappear months later, only to then hear denials about how nothing was ever lost,
because they don't lose things.
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