Sure..., I was referring more to the "closed-ness" of the procotols and networks of cell providers. Can you run direct tcp/ip over most cell networks? Can you change the WAP gateway you're tied to? Can you use the bandwidth you pay for, how you want to(ie you are free to access the net from the phone, but prohibited from bluetoothing to a PC to do something useful, etc..)?
This really resembles me to the general open/closed protocol/network/infrastructure battle. Imagine how it would like if your telco would say he will do all he can to prevent you connecting any third party device to his lines?
I agree it is getting harder for older machines, but thats the rub, you've got an older machine. Should the latest Linux DE's care about older hardware? To a point yes, but not at the cost of moving on.
Yes it's heavier and larger than a Ipod, but none of the hard drive players are something you would jog with. It fits nicely in my front pocket. Also, the parent post forgot to mention that music can be sync'd to the Karma over Ethernet and it has a client that works well in Linux.
Do the drivers that ship with stock 2.4/2.6 kernels not work with your MegaRAID? Seem to work OK for us on several models of the MegaRAID we run in our servers.
I have to disagree on the Internet Explorer:Mac being a passable web browser. Having had to develop for it, it's got to be the biggest POS in the browser market. Thank God it's dead.
Have you considered Nocat or Auth. Gateway? No complicated setup or client component required, just a browser or SSH. They don't do encryption so you'll need to use encrypted channels(ssl, ssh, etc..).
What's happening now give me flashbacks to the days of proprietary Email systems. No one system could talk to anyone else's with out some "gateway" to allow it. All the vendors pointed fingers at the other vendors, it was a horrible mess. Then SMTP/IMAP/POP came to the rescue. The problem today is that AOL is so intreanched in the IM world that the open system(Jabber) is going to have a difficult time becoming the "Standard" as SMTP/IMAP/POP did. How are we going to move away from AOL? I'm not sure, but as for me, I've made the hard choice and stopped using AIM even though I've lost IM contact to my friends that I can't convince to use Jabber.
I take offense to your trained monkey comment. My dad was one of your so called "trained monkeys". He was highly trained and highly skilled in both the hardware and software of IBM's old iron. He could tear down to the bare metal and put back together a system with his eyes closed or install low level software patches(non trivial in them days), you name it.
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Yahoo! wanted to drop it's workforce without a layoff. This was the cheapest and easiest way to do it. Plain and simple.
However, Jabber servers can communicate amongst themselves, so it doesn't really matter.
Not exactly a XUL interface for search results, but XUL none the less.
http://www.google.com/mozilla/google.xul.
Sure..., I was referring more to the "closed-ness" of the procotols and networks of cell providers. Can you run direct tcp/ip over most cell networks? Can you change the WAP gateway you're tied to? Can you use the bandwidth you pay for, how you want to(ie you are free to access the net from the phone, but prohibited from bluetoothing to a PC to do something useful, etc..)?
Kinda like most all cell providers do right now?
I agree it is getting harder for older machines, but thats the rub, you've got an older machine. Should the latest Linux DE's care about older hardware? To a point yes, but not at the cost of moving on.
Memory is cheap 256MB of RAM can be had for, as little as, $50. Gnome 2.6 runs resonably well, better than W2k, on my P3 laptop with 128MB ram.
Don't have the requirements to run the latest and greatest goodies, you have options. A cheap upgrade or run a less demanding environment.
I'm not talking about weight being the issue, but jaring a spinning HD. Not something I would chance on a $250+ unit.
Yes it's heavier and larger than a Ipod, but none of the hard drive players are something you would jog with. It fits nicely in my front pocket. Also, the parent post forgot to mention that music can be sync'd to the Karma over Ethernet and it has a client that works well in Linux.
Seems Dean has clarified its license.- is-open-source
http://textpattern.com/dev/article/10/textpattern
It's worth mentioning that Textpattern, currently BSD'ish, will be going to a commercial license at some point.
See this form post for details:
http://forum.textpattern.com/viewtopic.php?id=505
Exchange connector for Evolution, now free.
SunOne Calendar connector for Outlook, free.
SunOne Calendar connector for Evolution, NOT free.
Do the drivers that ship with stock 2.4/2.6 kernels not work with your MegaRAID? Seem to work OK for us on several models of the MegaRAID we run in our servers.
I have to disagree on the Internet Explorer:Mac being a passable web browser. Having had to develop for it, it's got to be the biggest POS in the browser market. Thank God it's dead.
Take a look at Axkit's, OpenOffice filter.
People are trying, see Fresco and E17's Evas
Take a look at
ZOE. It does all this and more.
Just in case you didn't already know...
Novell Client for Linux
Another nod to Knology. I have the same phone/cable/internet deal. Love the service.
Have you considered Nocat or Auth. Gateway?
No complicated setup or client component required, just a browser or SSH. They don't do encryption so you'll need to use encrypted channels(ssl, ssh, etc..).
Gaim DOES support Jabber. As with the other protocols(irc, yahoo, irc, msn, etc..) you activate Jabber support by loading a plugin.
What's happening now give me flashbacks to the days of proprietary Email systems. No one system could talk to anyone else's with out some "gateway" to allow it. All the vendors pointed fingers at the other vendors, it was a horrible mess. Then SMTP/IMAP/POP came to the rescue. The problem today is that AOL is so intreanched in the IM world that the open system(Jabber) is going to have a difficult time becoming the "Standard" as SMTP/IMAP/POP did.
How are we going to move away from AOL? I'm not sure, but as for me, I've made the hard choice and stopped using AIM even though I've lost IM contact to my friends that I can't convince to use Jabber.
I take offense to your trained monkey comment. My dad was one of your so called "trained monkeys". He was highly trained and highly skilled in both the hardware and software of IBM's old iron. He could tear down to the bare metal and put back together a system with his eyes closed or install low level software patches(non trivial in them days), you name it.
Yes it's pretty darn good. Use it every day.
Add to that Freshmeat and Sourceforge, they will probably go down before /.
The end is near and I don't like it one bit.