Don't worry, it's not Acorn that is doing this. Castle Technology is a different company.
Acorn did their bad stuff back in '98 when they shut up shop and sold the company to people who weren't interested in workstations. What's left is called Element 14 (if that is still going).
At least one thing is still good that came out of the old company that was Acorn: ARM Ltd.
Lots of people here seem to think that Castle own RISC OS, or that RISC OS Ltd own it. This is not true. After Acorn Computers finished in 1998, the set-top box division of it was bought by Pace Micro Technology in June 1999 (Acorn Computers itself changed name to Element 14). This sale included RISC OS.
Pace still owns the copyright to RISC OS. RISCOS Ltd was set up and licenced the code, which has been released as RISC OS 4. This is what you can buy to upgrade Acorn RISC PC computers (and other Archimedes machines, like the A7000).
Castle Technology recently also licenced RISC OS from Pace, completely separate from RISCOS Ltd. This version of RISC OS is being developed for the Iyonix computer and is called RISC OS 5.
This could be an interesting situation, as Castle Technology do not own RISC OS, they only licence it.
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On average I do a reboot once a month for software updates or whatever but never because I have to.
You reboot once a month to do some software updates? I only reboot when I upgrade the kernel to my operating system. (Like once every 6 months to a year.)
Software updates on a Real Operating System don't need a reboot.
...and some "overground" ones, too. One of the best places I've found to buy DVDs from is CD WOW!, http://www.cd-wow.co.uk/. Most DVDs there are less than £15, but can be any region (they tell you what region it is). They are also good in that you pay what you see: no VAT or postage to add on top.
I hope he didn't short anything out with that alumunium next to the PCB in the mouse. A modded mouse isn't a lot of good when the electronics stop working...
Actually, most people I talk to don't seem to understand what domain.com means when typing a URL into a browser. People seems to want to always type in www. in front.
Trying to explain that you don't necessarily need the www, or that your web address is http://abcd.anything.xyz/ rather than http://www.anything.xyz/ can be rather difficult too, sometimes.
So UnitedLinux will remain an open-source project?
Absolutely. The only difference is that the UnitedLinux binaries will not freely distributed. People will be able to download the source code and compile their own binaries, but they will not be able to use the UnitedLinux brand.
...and...
Caldera will provide the product through its reseller channel; one problem that resellers currently face is that Linux is free. This way we give them more of a profit motive to sell Linux, because by adopting UnitedLinux they can generate more revenue.
Huh? So anyone can download the source and compile, (can't call it UnitedLinux, no problem), but you have to buy the binaries (no problem). Doesn't their business model fall apart when people start burning copies of the binary CDs for their friends?
This is, of course, allowed by the GPL, which most of UnitedGNU/Linux will be licenced under, I assume.
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I've thought about this before... When you save gnumeric files, they are in XML format, but compressed with gzip. All Microsoft has to do is to compress/encrypt the XML with their own proprietary format and no-one can access it.
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Q. What are the differences between StarOffice 6.0 software and the OpenOffice.org 1.0?
A. StarOffice 6.0 softwre is a commercial product aimed at organizations and consumers while OpenOffice.org 1.0 is aimed at users of free software, independent developers and the open source community. StarOffice includes licensed-in, third-party technology such as:
Spellchecker and thesaurus
Database component (Software AG Adabas D).
Select fonts including Windows metrically equivalent fonts and Asian language fonts
Select filters, including WordPerfect filters and Asian word processor filters
Integration of additional templates and extensive clipart gallery
In addition to product differences, StarOffice offers:
Updates/upgrades on CD
Sun installation and user documentation
24x7 Web based support for enterprises and consumers
Help desk support
Warranties and indemnification guarantee Training
Professional services for migration and deployment
...so you get the standard OpenOffice + a few extra goodies + the standard free software money-maker, support.
As for me, I've installed OpenOffice 1.0 (I'm a TeX sort of chap), buy I can see this being great for businesses.
Great idea, but why use scp? rsync does exactly the same thing, but in a far more efficient way, as most of the files in your whole directory tree (/) are unlikely to change every day.
Something like (and I also wouldn't run it every hour for my size of fs...)
Since posting the story, I've found a better link to the Otago Daily Times. The story there has a rather good picture of the ball with the camera in it.
This is the first Christmas that I've been married, and I got to find out about Father Christmas fairly quickly... My wife wanted prezzies delivered overnight `as normal', so I got the job!
She was pleased this morning, so I must have done alright!
Hey, doesn't that mean that Users will be able to cope with Linux? I mean, most SysAdmins have to switch to `User Mode' to explain things to the lusers...
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Castle Technology are also at http://www.castle.org.uk/.
If it's official and legitimate, I don't see any reason why the RIAA would have a problem: they've probably already said it's OK.
Castle recently licenced RISC OS from Pace, too, so this is nothing to do with RISCOS Ltd.
Don't worry, it's not Acorn that is doing this. Castle Technology is a different company.
Acorn did their bad stuff back in '98 when they shut up shop and sold the company to people who weren't interested in workstations. What's left is called Element 14 (if that is still going).
At least one thing is still good that came out of the old company that was Acorn: ARM Ltd.
ntbackup.
Always was far more reliable calling it from at and a few batch scripts, rather than trying to rely on the GUI stuff.
Lots of people here seem to think that Castle own RISC OS, or that RISC OS Ltd own it. This is not true. After Acorn Computers finished in 1998, the set-top box division of it was bought by Pace Micro Technology in June 1999 (Acorn Computers itself changed name to Element 14). This sale included RISC OS.
Pace still owns the copyright to RISC OS. RISCOS Ltd was set up and licenced the code, which has been released as RISC OS 4. This is what you can buy to upgrade Acorn RISC PC computers (and other Archimedes machines, like the A7000).
Castle Technology recently also licenced RISC OS from Pace, completely separate from RISCOS Ltd. This version of RISC OS is being developed for the Iyonix computer and is called RISC OS 5.
This could be an interesting situation, as Castle Technology do not own RISC OS, they only licence it.
You reboot once a month to do some software updates? I only reboot when I upgrade the kernel to my operating system. (Like once every 6 months to a year.)
Software updates on a Real Operating System don't need a reboot.
Seems fairly easy to avoid: patch OpenSSH to return a header that identifies itself as F-Secure SSH instead. Probably a one-liner.
...and some "overground" ones, too. One of the best places I've found to buy DVDs from is CD WOW!, http://www.cd-wow.co.uk/. Most DVDs there are less than £15, but can be any region (they tell you what region it is). They are also good in that you pay what you see: no VAT or postage to add on top.
I hope he didn't short anything out with that alumunium next to the PCB in the mouse. A modded mouse isn't a lot of good when the electronics stop working...
Trying to explain that you don't necessarily need the www, or that your web address is http://abcd.anything.xyz/ rather than http://www.anything.xyz/ can be rather difficult too, sometimes.
So UnitedLinux will remain an open-source project?
Absolutely. The only difference is that the UnitedLinux binaries will not freely distributed. People will be able to download the source code and compile their own binaries, but they will not be able to use the UnitedLinux brand.
...and...
Caldera will provide the product through its reseller channel; one problem that resellers currently face is that Linux is free. This way we give them more of a profit motive to sell Linux, because by adopting UnitedLinux they can generate more revenue.
Huh? So anyone can download the source and compile, (can't call it UnitedLinux, no problem), but you have to buy the binaries (no problem). Doesn't their business model fall apart when people start burning copies of the binary CDs for their friends?
This is, of course, allowed by the GPL, which most of UnitedGNU/Linux will be licenced under, I assume.
I've thought about this before... When you save gnumeric files, they are in XML format, but compressed with gzip. All Microsoft has to do is to compress/encrypt the XML with their own proprietary format and no-one can access it.
From the General FAQ:
Q. What are the differences between StarOffice 6.0 software and the OpenOffice.org 1.0?
A. StarOffice 6.0 softwre is a commercial product aimed at organizations and consumers while OpenOffice.org 1.0 is aimed at users of free software, independent developers and the open source community. StarOffice includes licensed-in, third-party technology such as:
In addition to product differences, StarOffice offers:
As for me, I've installed OpenOffice 1.0 (I'm a TeX sort of chap), buy I can see this being great for businesses.
0 * * * * scp -r / myaccount@bigcheapstorage.com:/home/myaccount
Great idea, but why use scp? rsync does exactly the same thing, but in a far more efficient way, as most of the files in your whole directory tree (/) are unlikely to change every day.
Something like (and I also wouldn't run it every hour for my size of fs...)
Of course, it's just the mud that provides the blurry image.
Next they'll be adding a small wiper blade to keep the lens clean.
Since posting the story, I've found a better link to the Otago Daily Times. The story there has a rather good picture of the ball with the camera in it.
Also, here's a link to the Otago Polytechnic.
...looks like a bit of a sticking point to me.
Happy Christmas everyone.
This is the first Christmas that I've been married, and I got to find out about Father Christmas fairly quickly... My wife wanted prezzies delivered overnight `as normal', so I got the job!
She was pleased this morning, so I must have done alright!
OK, so did anyone realise that this was actually submitted as a comment the other day?
...where's the option to choose CowboyNeal when you want one?
That must be quite normal :-): obviously you couldn't expect Windows to run on any machine without the capability of crashing it, could you?
Cool. So now I can run Linux inside Linux inside Linux inside Linux inside Linux inside... :-)
Fun, fun, fun
Hey, doesn't that mean that Users will be able to cope with Linux? I mean, most SysAdmins have to switch to `User Mode' to explain things to the lusers...
Should that address be drhelpful@[216.214.2.25], or would that only be correct while bind exists?