Just b/c a distrib is not using X does NOT mean its broken
Any Linux distribution that does not include
X is broken.
You can say otherwise 'till you are blue in the
face, but X11 is the standard windowing system
for Unix-like operating systems. Gnome, KDE,
etc, all run on top of X windows.
I too have heard this---from someone at IBM, no less.
Interestingly, he told me that this was one
of the obstacles to open-sourcing OS/2. The
banks are worried about people having the source
to the OS that runs their ATMs.
It would make a great deal of sense for AOL/Time-Warner to acquire an
operating system for leverage against Microsoft
Excuse me since when is Red Hat
an operating system?!
Red Hat is a distro -- they don't own the IP
vested in the kernel, it's GPL'd, as is most
of the other stuff that goes into a distro.
AOL/TW would get something, but not an operating
system.
Another function of the IPS binder will be
to include reconstituted fonts into the IPS file. The idea here is to
include just the characters of a font that are actually used in the
document. A result of including the necessary characters from the
fonts used is that an IPS file will be completely self contained. In
other words, when I send a file around the country, I don't have to
worry about whether the receiving location has all the fonts required
by the document. The current situation is that complex font
substitution schemes are used to deal with locations not having the
appropriate fonts.
Later on Adobe did better than this, with
the Multiple Master Font idea --- even if a font or a subset of the font is
not embedded (this can seriously bloat file sizes
as the font encodings are a lot of overhead for
a small document), Acrobat reader (or some
other display device) can render
the font pretty well because it knows how
to "fake" the correct appearance based on
similarities to combinations of master fonts.
It's a very clever approach.
The Borland license that came with my
Turbo Pascal 4.0 stipuated that the software
was mine to install "like a book" --- in other
words, it could be installed on multiple
computers as long as there was no chance of
the same copy being used more than once at
a given time, just as a physical book can only
be read in one place at a time.
Using whiplash or using Kylix? I've been using
Kylix (v. 1) to port Delphi code to Linux, and then
modify it from there, and it works great. Simple
apps cross-compile with little or no change(s).
I'm also a scientist working at the NIH, and the answer to all of the above is nil.
Well, Mr. Anonymous, you obviously know
nothing about biohazard
levels, because any garden-variety lab that
works with human-pathogenic substances is
BL 1 or 2.
A lot of people learn/learned Pascal as their
first language. It's popular in teaching
environments. If you are just starting
out coding for Linux, and Pascal is what
you know, then Borland's Kylix
will let you write programs for Linux.
There is talk of a free (beer) kylix command-line
compiler dowload, and the desktop edition is $100-
for students, $200- for non-students. Kylix
is easy to use. It won't take over from C/C++
but for a lot of people it could be a great way
to get them started coding under Linux.
With Hal Covert pushed out the door the
day before yesterday and the stock
price around fifty cents, the once-mighty
SGI is putting out a flurry of press
releases in a vain effort to avoid
financial catastophe.
I'm not sure we can judge from SGI's
press release alone how much their
harware was used here.
Slashdot Mirror
...enormous. What more is there to say?
My grandfather had a crystal radio... it's nice to see TV finally catch up.
Seriously, folks, we've all heard this before...
And where is VMS now?
Just b/c a distrib is not using X does NOT mean its broken
Any Linux distribution that does not include X is broken.
You can say otherwise 'till you are blue in the face, but X11 is the standard windowing system for Unix-like operating systems. Gnome, KDE, etc, all run on top of X windows.
Sheesh.
I too have heard this---from someone at IBM, no less.
Interestingly, he told me that this was one of the obstacles to open-sourcing OS/2. The banks are worried about people having the source to the OS that runs their ATMs.
Someone on here will know this.
I thought the "DEC Station" was a MIPS beast and the Alphas went by another name?
Anyone know? Were there both MIPS- and Alpha-based DEC Stations?
I hope they bring back the giant ball from the first movie. That's one of my alltime favorite villians.
It would make a great deal of sense for AOL/Time-Warner to acquire an operating system for leverage against Microsoft
Excuse me since when is Red Hat an operating system?!
Red Hat is a distro -- they don't own the IP vested in the kernel, it's GPL'd, as is most of the other stuff that goes into a distro. AOL/TW would get something, but not an operating system.
Another function of the IPS binder will be to include reconstituted fonts into the IPS file. The idea here is to include just the characters of a font that are actually used in the document. A result of including the necessary characters from the fonts used is that an IPS file will be completely self contained. In other words, when I send a file around the country, I don't have to worry about whether the receiving location has all the fonts required by the document. The current situation is that complex font substitution schemes are used to deal with locations not having the appropriate fonts.
Later on Adobe did better than this, with the Multiple Master Font idea --- even if a font or a subset of the font is not embedded (this can seriously bloat file sizes as the font encodings are a lot of overhead for a small document), Acrobat reader (or some other display device) can render the font pretty well because it knows how to "fake" the correct appearance based on similarities to combinations of master fonts. It's a very clever approach.
Why would I want to bulid a minicomputer?
PCs blow away VAXes. A modern PC has way more computing power than a VAX 11/780.
Move along, people, there's nothing here unless you're still using your VIC-20.
The Borland license that came with my Turbo Pascal 4.0 stipuated that the software was mine to install "like a book" --- in other words, it could be installed on multiple computers as long as there was no chance of the same copy being used more than once at a given time, just as a physical book can only be read in one place at a time.
FWIW, NL is second-best in my book.
Not as good as Google; better than Altavista.
Altavista used to be second best but NL overtook it.
The problem (for NL) is that second best is not good enough: I only use Google.
Of interest (???) to slashdot readers: isn't NL one of the last VMS diehards?
Whadyou expect? This is Slashdot!
how many of us looked up our first-ever post, or the first flamewar we lurked at?
Ahhh, those halycon days of USENET.
2001-11-08 19:01:01 New AIBO slated for release (articles,toys) (rejected)
is ANYONE out there using this?
Using whiplash or using Kylix? I've been using Kylix (v. 1) to port Delphi code to Linux, and then modify it from there, and it works great. Simple apps cross-compile with little or no change(s).
Netscape 4.77 seems to get through.
I'm also a scientist working at the NIH, and the answer to all of the above is nil.
Well, Mr. Anonymous, you obviously know nothing about biohazard levels, because any garden-variety lab that works with human-pathogenic substances is BL 1 or 2.
If you have an autoclave, you have BL 1 at least.
Well, Chico Science, do you work with Bacillus spp. or other spore-forming bacteria in your lab?
What is the biohazard level of your lab?
Other labs on your floor?
In your building?
At the campus?
I can't really imagine why they would be worried about security where you work.
'nuff said.
(usually translated "in time of war the law is silent", but I prefer "in the face of arms, the law is silent").
Translation is an art as well as a science, but, sorry Michael, you should not simply use translations that you "prefer" willy-nilly.
The usual translation is better both literally and figuratively.
"Slashdot", usually translated, oh never mind...
HP also bought Convex computer, a
little bit after they bought Apollo, IIRC
In fact it also smells a little bit like Oberon.
Agreed.
A lot of people learn/learned Pascal as their first language. It's popular in teaching environments. If you are just starting out coding for Linux, and Pascal is what you know, then Borland's Kylix will let you write programs for Linux.
There is talk of a free (beer) kylix command-line compiler dowload, and the desktop edition is $100- for students, $200- for non-students. Kylix is easy to use. It won't take over from C/C++ but for a lot of people it could be a great way to get them started coding under Linux.
With Hal Covert pushed out the door the day before yesterday and the stock price around fifty cents, the once-mighty SGI is putting out a flurry of press releases in a vain effort to avoid financial catastophe.
I'm not sure we can judge from SGI's press release alone how much their harware was used here.