So if Microsoft writes an origonal song for each relase of Windows the way Theo does for OpenBSD they become a music publihser and are therefor exempt from anti-trust laws?
Does this mean that SuSE will stop being one of the best KDE distros out there and follow the way of the Gnome?
One can only hope!
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Because of the choices. Linux - bad, pending litigation SCO UNIX - bad, company may fold Solaris - expensive AIX - expensive HP-UX - expensive Windows - expensive, bugs, security nightmare [Free|Open|Net]BSD - free, legally clear due to BSD/USL settlement
Possibly, the best alternative to Linux is *BSD. The problem is that BSD doesn't get nearly as much support from comercial vendors (Oracle, etc.). If this support is necessary for any particular installation the choices are to wait or to use Solaris/HP-UX.
I don't have an iPod so I don't know how long the warranty lasts, but if it's still under warranty return it to the retailer or manufacturer as defective.
As many of you who have worked in retail know, it hardly matters if you smashed it with a hammer. They'll take it back.
Not directly no, but SCO has publicly claimed (on more than one occaision) that Linux is an unauthorized derivative of UNIX. If SCO really belives that (however misguided and stupid that belief is) Linus is a logical target. He will need his own defence before this is over.
It would be interesting to know the date of the summons though
I would guess it's just to give a deposition, they can be taken long before anything ever goes to trial and are admissable as testimony. Then again, I still agree with IBM, SCO doesn't want this thing anywhere near a courtroom. The date of summons would be interesting indeed.
The first one this month was on the 6th. Two on the 7th One on the 8th None on the 9th or 10th. One on each of the 11th, 12th, and 13th.
For the month of October, there were 18 SCO stories, and none twice in one day.
There has been only one double up in the past six weeks. Please learn to count. Like I said earlier, if you can find more, please post the link because I'd like to read them.
Herearesomelinks to images of subpoena's found in a Google Image Search. As you can see, there isn't much to it other than "be in court". Unless SCO tells us we won't know until the date of the summons why they've been served.
How about we just hear about it once a day until either its settled
I must have missed it, and it's not showing up in the search either. Could you please post a link to today's previous SCO story? No? How about the two from yesterday then? The two from the previous day? Any stories from the 3 days before that? In fact, there have only been 7 stories in the past 14 days. That would be (averaged) one every two days. Are you proposing more SCO stories?
Have you never looked at your preferences Mr. FortKnox? Do you see that big section entitled "Exclude Stories from the Homepage"? Click Caldera and you'll never have to bother with it again. That's what that feature is for: so you don't have to hear about subjects you don't want and we don't have to hear you complain.
First of all, thanks for taking the time to answer these questions. I am (among other things) the SysAdmin for a small ISP. We know that Linux is our best choice for server systems. It's fast, secure, cost effictive and reliable. When making our choice for the next distribution to use on our servers will I be able to obtain a copy of RedHat Enterprise Linux to see if it has features we would like to impliment like I can with other Linux distros? I'm specifically interested in what makes RHEL "reliable, secure, high-performance" (quoted from http://www.redhat.com/solutions/migration/rhl/) and Fedora or Debian not those things.
God forbid they use a DRM crippled format... just what consumers want - to pay more for our content (because of encryption licensing fees) and pay more for our playback devices (because of decryption licensing fees). The injury is that it's crippled, the insult is that you have to pay more for it to be crippled.
Don't worry. This will all play out and it'll eventually end up fine. Makers of music playing devices have given consumers what they want (MP3 players) in spite of RIAA's fight against it. When the MP3 boom got big the audiophiles revolted and started using OGG and FLAC. Now Rio is coming out with a new player that supports both OGG and FLAC (of course in addition to MP3/WMA).
Beside all of that, at some point the digital bits must be converted into an analog line signal. That's when you take it and plug it into the line in jack on your computer and click record. There are probably at least a good number of you out there who work with professional sound mixing boards and you know how universal the jacks and signals we work with are. XLR, RCA, 1/4 in, 8mm, none of these jacks are going away any time soon.
I don't care how it's distributed. If it can be heard it can be recorded.
To be honest, I don't recall exactly which publisher ran it, it may have been this one but that doesn't look like I remember. The one I'm thinking of was about a year or so ago, and I could have sworn it was ZD Net or PC Magazine. If anyone else can find it or remembers it please post a link.
The community of dedicated bug reporters/developers has largely shifted to Debian. Most users of RH/Fedora don't want to file a bug report when they find one. They want it to be fixed long before they ever have the chance to find it. I know a lot of people who use RH, and none of them are inclined to file bug reports. The bulk of technical Debian users run unstable, and submit bug reports as often as they encounter problems. I think the reality of the situation is that the strength of the community isn't in RedHat any longer.
SCO has repeatedly claimed that Linux is an unauthorized derivative of UNIX.
My guess is that he (along with RMS) is being brought in so they can get him to say under oath that Linux (GNU) is a clone of UNIX and thereby "prove" that they deserve rights over it.
I'm beginning to agree with IBM, thoubh, SCO does not want this thing to get anywhere near a courtroom. They don't want Linus or RMS to open their mouths in a courtroom. Remember, just because something has been subpoenaed, doesn't mean it has to be entered into court as exhibits or testimony. Serving these people is FUD for "they have a deep dark secret". SCO knows full well the only thing they'll get out of these guys is "we'd love to remove any offending code just as soon as you let us know what it is".
Yea, that may be a problem, unless one was using Debian.
Old box: dpkg --get-selections > selections.txt Copy selections.txt to new box
New box: Install base system (about 30 minutes, maybe an hour) dpkg --set-selections dpsyco to help copy configuration files from backups, or to multiple other systems.
Make sure you learn about the tools that are available. If you don't, and you screw up, guess who's fault it is?
Most corp IT shops can't afford a week of downtime if the system fails so the admin can reinstall and configure all of the software, users, directory, files, permissions, etc, etc...
Parent was modded funny, but the reality of the situation is that ZD Mag did a study of every disk imaging utility they could get their hands on.
Their pick for best disk imaging utility on the planet was none other than GNU dd. I've used dd several times to back up a Windows installation to a different disk and restored it with no problem. The host OS doesn't even have to support the filesystem of the target filesystem since it works at a lower level.
LNX-BBC is the perfect backup utility. It's self contained, aproximately 50M, and it can read/write to many types of network storage, and of course comes with GNU dd.
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So if Microsoft writes an origonal song for each relase of Windows the way Theo does for OpenBSD they become a music publihser and are therefor exempt from anti-trust laws?
Thanks Orin. I feel so much better now.
One can only hope!
Why wait? Migrate
Because of the choices.
Linux - bad, pending litigation
SCO UNIX - bad, company may fold
Solaris - expensive
AIX - expensive
HP-UX - expensive
Windows - expensive, bugs, security nightmare
[Free|Open|Net]BSD - free, legally clear due to BSD/USL settlement
Possibly, the best alternative to Linux is *BSD. The problem is that BSD doesn't get nearly as much support from comercial vendors (Oracle, etc.). If this support is necessary for any particular installation the choices are to wait or to use Solaris/HP-UX.
I mean come on, we still have 96 years to pull this stuff off.
even Windows NT/2000 does the initial install from a Curses-like interface
It's called DOS.
Or you could just say "hey Joe, send this e-mail for me when I die, ok?"
Save yourself 10 bucks
This from an AC. Nice.
I don't have an iPod so I don't know how long the warranty lasts, but if it's still under warranty return it to the retailer or manufacturer as defective.
As many of you who have worked in retail know, it hardly matters if you smashed it with a hammer. They'll take it back.
Linus hasn't actually been accused of anything
Not directly no, but SCO has publicly claimed (on more than one occaision) that Linux is an unauthorized derivative of UNIX. If SCO really belives that (however misguided and stupid that belief is) Linus is a logical target. He will need his own defence before this is over.
Very interesting...
It would be interesting to know the date of the summons though
I would guess it's just to give a deposition, they can be taken long before anything ever goes to trial and are admissable as testimony. Then again, I still agree with IBM, SCO doesn't want this thing anywhere near a courtroom. The date of summons would be interesting indeed.
There were two yesterday, and more the day before.
You haven't been paying attention. Look closely at the dates.
The first one this month was on the 6th.
Two on the 7th
One on the 8th
None on the 9th or 10th.
One on each of the 11th, 12th, and 13th.
For the month of October, there were 18 SCO stories, and none twice in one day.
There has been only one double up in the past six weeks. Please learn to count. Like I said earlier, if you can find more, please post the link because I'd like to read them.
Here are some links to images of subpoena's found in a Google Image Search. As you can see, there isn't much to it other than "be in court". Unless SCO tells us we won't know until the date of the summons why they've been served.
How about we just hear about it once a day until either its settled
I must have missed it, and it's not showing up in the search either. Could you please post a link to today's previous SCO story? No? How about the two from yesterday then? The two from the previous day? Any stories from the 3 days before that? In fact, there have only been 7 stories in the past 14 days. That would be (averaged) one every two days. Are you proposing more SCO stories?
Have you never looked at your preferences Mr. FortKnox? Do you see that big section entitled "Exclude Stories from the Homepage"? Click Caldera and you'll never have to bother with it again. That's what that feature is for: so you don't have to hear about subjects you don't want and we don't have to hear you complain.
I suspect the film industry is even more homogenized than music, so it may be really tough to find movies that aren't in the RIAA's pocket.
Actually, I'm willing to bet that there are relatively few movies in the RIAA's pocket.
So write your other senator. Oh wait, Barbara Boxer doesn't care either. Swell!
Mr. Szulik
First of all, thanks for taking the time to answer these questions. I am (among other things) the SysAdmin for a small ISP. We know that Linux is our best choice for server systems. It's fast, secure, cost effictive and reliable. When making our choice for the next distribution to use on our servers will I be able to obtain a copy of RedHat Enterprise Linux to see if it has features we would like to impliment like I can with other Linux distros? I'm specifically interested in what makes RHEL "reliable, secure, high-performance" (quoted from http://www.redhat.com/solutions/migration/rhl/) and Fedora or Debian not those things.
God forbid they use a DRM crippled format... just what consumers want - to pay more for our content (because of encryption licensing fees) and pay more for our playback devices (because of decryption licensing fees). The injury is that it's crippled, the insult is that you have to pay more for it to be crippled.
Don't worry. This will all play out and it'll eventually end up fine. Makers of music playing devices have given consumers what they want (MP3 players) in spite of RIAA's fight against it. When the MP3 boom got big the audiophiles revolted and started using OGG and FLAC. Now Rio is coming out with a new player that supports both OGG and FLAC (of course in addition to MP3/WMA).
Beside all of that, at some point the digital bits must be converted into an analog line signal. That's when you take it and plug it into the line in jack on your computer and click record. There are probably at least a good number of you out there who work with professional sound mixing boards and you know how universal the jacks and signals we work with are. XLR, RCA, 1/4 in, 8mm, none of these jacks are going away any time soon.
I don't care how it's distributed. If it can be heard it can be recorded.
To be honest, I don't recall exactly which publisher ran it, it may have been this one but that doesn't look like I remember. The one I'm thinking of was about a year or so ago, and I could have sworn it was ZD Net or PC Magazine. If anyone else can find it or remembers it please post a link.
The community of dedicated bug reporters/developers has largely shifted to Debian. Most users of RH/Fedora don't want to file a bug report when they find one. They want it to be fixed long before they ever have the chance to find it. I know a lot of people who use RH, and none of them are inclined to file bug reports. The bulk of technical Debian users run unstable, and submit bug reports as often as they encounter problems. I think the reality of the situation is that the strength of the community isn't in RedHat any longer.
SCO has repeatedly claimed that Linux is an unauthorized derivative of UNIX.
My guess is that he (along with RMS) is being brought in so they can get him to say under oath that Linux (GNU) is a clone of UNIX and thereby "prove" that they deserve rights over it.
I'm beginning to agree with IBM, thoubh, SCO does not want this thing to get anywhere near a courtroom. They don't want Linus or RMS to open their mouths in a courtroom. Remember, just because something has been subpoenaed, doesn't mean it has to be entered into court as exhibits or testimony. Serving these people is FUD for "they have a deep dark secret". SCO knows full well the only thing they'll get out of these guys is "we'd love to remove any offending code just as soon as you let us know what it is".
Yea, that may be a problem, unless one was using Debian.
Old box:
dpkg --get-selections > selections.txt
Copy selections.txt to new box
New box:
Install base system (about 30 minutes, maybe an hour)
dpkg --set-selections dpsyco to help copy configuration files from backups, or to multiple other systems.
Make sure you learn about the tools that are available. If you don't, and you screw up, guess who's fault it is?
Yes, I was aware. But in addition to the joke he brought up a very good point, which I elaborated on.
You've obviously never worked in corp IT.
Most corp IT shops can't afford a week of downtime if the system fails so the admin can reinstall and configure all of the software, users, directory, files, permissions, etc, etc...
Parent was modded funny, but the reality of the situation is that ZD Mag did a study of every disk imaging utility they could get their hands on.
Their pick for best disk imaging utility on the planet was none other than GNU dd. I've used dd several times to back up a Windows installation to a different disk and restored it with no problem. The host OS doesn't even have to support the filesystem of the target filesystem since it works at a lower level.
LNX-BBC is the perfect backup utility. It's self contained, aproximately 50M, and it can read/write to many types of network storage, and of course comes with GNU dd.