Longhorn sounds just like Microsoft's "Cairo" (aka "Information at your fingertips") project from the mid 1990s. It too was supposed to deliver an object-oriented database system with a new UI. Eventually, bits and pieces were released in IE, Windows 2000, and Active Directory, but the reality fell far short of the promises.
btw, one rumor is that the "Windows XP" name is an homage to the Cario project because xp = "chi rho" in Greek letters.:)
Eminem's new CD was widely "pirated" before it was even released. Then it was released and its sales have been excellent. Why are Moby's CD sales hurt by but Eminem's are either unaffected or boosted?
Do you know that both the Flash Player and the Flash Authoring Tool are also released for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X? See here: Macromedia Flash MX System Requirements
A hangover is caused by dehydration. To prevent a hangover, you should drink AT LEAST as much water as alcohol before you go to sleep. If you alternate alcohol and water drinks as you are partying, even better. Good luck!
I don't like computers calling me. A few years ago, I kept getting fax-like computer calls at 4:00 AM. After a few weeks of my complaining, the phone company finally tracked down the problem. Apparently, a computer at the Washington DC Center for Aging had confused my phone number with one of its servers. Eventually the problem was fixed.
You need the TeleZapper!! Does anyone here own a TeleZapper? Does this thing actually work? I can imagine the telemarketing companies devising a counter-attack soon..
The TeleZapper uses the technology of telemarketers' automatic dialing equipment against them. When you or your answering machine picks up a call, the TeleZapper emits a special tone that "fools" the computer into thinking your number is disconnected. Instead of connecting you to a salesperson, the computer stores your number as diconnected in it's database. Over time, as your number is removed from more and more databases, you'll see a dramatic decrease in the number of annoying telemarketing calls you receive.
MS hired the Mach MicroKernel developers to create WinNT way back in the day. These guys are excellent and experienced OS developers and they still work at Microsoft.
This is not true. Yes, Mach's Rick Rashid works at Microsoft. However, he did NOT write anything for NT; he is the head of Microsoft Research. Microsoft hired Dave Cutler to write NT. Cutler worked at DEC and wrote DEC's VAX/VMS, RSX-11M and VAXELN operating systems. NT more resembles Cutler's canceled "Mira" operating system project at DEC than it does Mach. In fact, Cutler left DEC because his Mira project was canceled. He took his ideas and team of engineers to Microsoft.
WindowsXP/2K may be the only non-*nix desktop OS, one can assume that it has a *nix basis, since the core team of developers do
Don't forget that software is a huge house of cards built of rickety state machines. And these state machines were written by us simple humans, all the way down to the metal. I'm often surprised that it works at all. Developing a large software application is like building the Empire States Building, but you can only see 21" at one time. Well, my monitor is 21" at least.
That said, people been harping about the "software crisis" for the past thirty years. I disagree. I think modern software is an impressive feat, when compared to the alternative (no software).
If Click 'N Run Warehouse charges $99/year for GPL'd software, they are evil leeches. If Red Hat charges BIG MONEY for GPL'd software, they are savy business people.
IBM very well does not own all of the AIX code. Why didn't Netscape open-source the JVM? Because they had licensed it from Sun.
Also, I seriously doubt someone could simply cut and paste a "useful routine" from one codebase to another. For a codebase as specific as an operating system kernel, there are too many code dependencies to make cut and paste (from AIX to Linux or vice versa) of much value. Porting JFS to Linux took a long time and that JFS code came from OS/2, not AIX.
And unless Blizzard gets their way (bnetd), even *that* won't work
One possible solution to that problem is public/private key cryptography. Every game client would be shipped with the company's public key "baked in". Client's would use the public key to encrypt all data sent to the official server and decrypt all data received from the official server. Only the official server would know the company's private key, so any open-source clones could not decrypt the clients' network data.
Of course, the clients could be hacked to NOT encrypt their network data. Then a clone server would not need to decrypt anything.. I guess that brings us full-circle. The clients can always be forged or cracked. At least, hacked clients would work with the clone servers, but NOT the official servers.
This Slashdot article is quite USA-centric. If this is truly the "First Maglev Installation Going Up", then how can there exist maglev trains in Japan? Not every Slashdot reader is a USAian.
what are you talking about? The Seattle voters passed the monorail initiatives TWICE, but the fascist city council killed the monorail with numerous "feasibility studies", sending millions of dollars to their "consultant" cronies.
With Linux, you do not need to recompile your kernel to get new features. Linux has had kernel modules since Linux 2.0. You only need to apt-get the right module and its dependencies. Rarely will "Grandma" need to recompile her kernel!
Plus USB and Firewire support is greatly improved in the new Linux 2.5 kernels, so there is no need to wait any longer. And with GNOME 2.0 (with Nautilus) just around the corner, Linux will be even easier to use than Windows and Mac combined.. Because Linux is open source, it will always be improving faster than closed source.
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Longhorn sounds just like Microsoft's "Cairo" (aka "Information at your fingertips") project from the mid 1990s. It too was supposed to deliver an object-oriented database system with a new UI. Eventually, bits and pieces were released in IE, Windows 2000, and Active Directory, but the reality fell far short of the promises.
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btw, one rumor is that the "Windows XP" name is an homage to the Cario project because xp = "chi rho" in Greek letters.
btw, here is how to access Red Hat's eCos CVS repository: eCos v2.0 CVS source repository.
eCos is GPLd, so feel free to adapt and maintain it yourself.
There are offer non-proprietary embedded operating systems, such as Linux and NetBSD.
Eminem's new CD was widely "pirated" before it was even released. Then it was released and its sales have been excellent. Why are Moby's CD sales hurt by but Eminem's are either unaffected or boosted?
The only person I know who liked Moby enough to buy "Play", his first album
um, "Play" was not Moby's first album. Here has released many others.
Since when is Open Source a noun?
I've often heard of Cold Fusion that it makes the easy incredibly easy and makes the difficult impossible.
Makes the difficult impossible? That sounds like a bug, not a feature..
Do you know that both the Flash Player and the Flash Authoring Tool are also released for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X? See here: Macromedia Flash MX System Requirements
A hangover is caused by dehydration. To prevent a hangover, you should drink AT LEAST as much water as alcohol before you go to sleep. If you alternate alcohol and water drinks as you are partying, even better. Good luck!
I don't like computers calling me. A few years ago, I kept getting fax-like computer calls at 4:00 AM. After a few weeks of my complaining, the phone company finally tracked down the problem. Apparently, a computer at the Washington DC Center for Aging had confused my phone number with one of its servers. Eventually the problem was fixed.
You need the TeleZapper !! Does anyone here own a TeleZapper? Does this thing actually work? I can imagine the telemarketing companies devising a counter-attack soon..
The TeleZapper uses the technology of telemarketers' automatic dialing equipment against them. When you or your answering machine picks up a call, the TeleZapper emits a special tone that "fools" the computer into thinking your number is disconnected. Instead of connecting you to a salesperson, the computer stores your number as diconnected in it's database. Over time, as your number is removed from more and more databases, you'll see a dramatic decrease in the number of annoying telemarketing calls you receive.
MS hired the Mach MicroKernel developers to create WinNT way back in the day. These guys are excellent and experienced OS developers and they still work at Microsoft.
This is not true. Yes, Mach's Rick Rashid works at Microsoft. However, he did NOT write anything for NT; he is the head of Microsoft Research. Microsoft hired Dave Cutler to write NT. Cutler worked at DEC and wrote DEC's VAX/VMS, RSX-11M and VAXELN operating systems. NT more resembles Cutler's canceled "Mira" operating system project at DEC than it does Mach. In fact, Cutler left DEC because his Mira project was canceled. He took his ideas and team of engineers to Microsoft.
WindowsXP/2K may be the only non-*nix desktop OS, one can assume that it has a *nix basis, since the core team of developers do
This is also not true. Dave Cutler hated Unix.
Don't forget that software is a huge house of cards built of rickety state machines. And these state machines were written by us simple humans, all the way down to the metal. I'm often surprised that it works at all. Developing a large software application is like building the Empire States Building, but you can only see 21" at one time. Well, my monitor is 21" at least.
That said, people been harping about the "software crisis" for the past thirty years. I disagree. I think modern software is an impressive feat, when compared to the alternative (no software).
Civil disobedience == "Laws are for other people. I'll just do what is convenient for me."
If Click 'N Run Warehouse charges $99/year for GPL'd software, they are evil leeches. If Red Hat charges BIG MONEY for GPL'd software, they are savy business people.
IBM very well does not own all of the AIX code. Why didn't Netscape open-source the JVM? Because they had licensed it from Sun.
Also, I seriously doubt someone could simply cut and paste a "useful routine" from one codebase to another. For a codebase as specific as an operating system kernel, there are too many code dependencies to make cut and paste (from AIX to Linux or vice versa) of much value. Porting JFS to Linux took a long time and that JFS code came from OS/2, not AIX.
And unless Blizzard gets their way (bnetd), even *that* won't work
One possible solution to that problem is public/private key cryptography. Every game client would be shipped with the company's public key "baked in". Client's would use the public key to encrypt all data sent to the official server and decrypt all data received from the official server. Only the official server would know the company's private key, so any open-source clones could not decrypt the clients' network data.
Of course, the clients could be hacked to NOT encrypt their network data. Then a clone server would not need to decrypt anything.. I guess that brings us full-circle. The clients can always be forged or cracked. At least, hacked clients would work with the clone servers, but NOT the official servers.
I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for AOL to use Netscape, considering AOL 8.0 Beta 1 was just released and it still uses IE.
I do not think "Funny" mods are subject to metamoderation. Is this true?
This Slashdot article is quite USA-centric. If this is truly the "First Maglev Installation Going Up", then how can there exist maglev trains in Japan? Not every Slashdot reader is a USAian.
what are you talking about? The Seattle voters passed the monorail initiatives TWICE, but the fascist city council killed the monorail with numerous "feasibility studies", sending millions of dollars to their "consultant" cronies.
If SCC can truly "filter the entire Internet", that would be a HUGE increase in office productivity. That is worth at least $7000.
What is an A-shirt? Is that the same thing as a wife-beater?
I have been reading The Onion for about five years. It was funny at first, but then they started repeating stories!
With Linux, you do not need to recompile your kernel to get new features. Linux has had kernel modules since Linux 2.0. You only need to apt-get the right module and its dependencies. Rarely will "Grandma" need to recompile her kernel!
Plus USB and Firewire support is greatly improved in the new Linux 2.5 kernels, so there is no need to wait any longer. And with GNOME 2.0 (with Nautilus) just around the corner, Linux will be even easier to use than Windows and Mac combined.. Because Linux is open source, it will always be improving faster than closed source.