I too like the philosophies of the libertarian party, but Bush is still a dumbass. The problem is that John McCain was the closest thing to libertarian we saw in any mainstream party. Unfortunately Bush is now the prez. Bush and the gang will take your freedoms as well. I know what mistakes the democrats made, however, I know that Bush is no better. How about the fact that he is a total hypocrite. As far as taking away our rights: Abortion, prayer in school, Christian bullshit from the hard right. We don't need a Christian version of Iran. These people would love nothing more than to shove religion down everybody's throat with gun in one hand and a bible in the other.
Bush is also the antithesis of geek. He has an aversion to reading by his own admission. He is so inarticulate that even a fourth grader would notice his poor usage of grammer and his complete butchering of the English language. I can't imagine myself carrying on a descent conversation with the man. His appointment of John Ashcroft as attorney general leaves a lot to be desired. Ashcroft is a religious NUT! Both of these men are hypocrites. Both have lied, and both have an agenda that is tied to the hard right. We will lose certain freedoms if these people have their way.
This country will not change until we get candidate who believes in your personal freedoms. That means your right to bear arms, your right to have an abortion, your right to speak freely and practice whatever loony religion you choose, and your right to do what you damn well please with your own body. Neither Republican nor Democrat are the answer to America's problems. Neither party respects the Bill of Rights. The first, second, fourth, and tenth amendments specifically have eroded. The fourth especially, is nothing more than words. Civil asset forfeiture has made the fourth a joke. Unless we change the government, the government won't change.
LOL... Damn... I almost laughed myself out of the chair. Whether you are joking or not, the thought of someone being that geeked out just made me crack up. If in fact, you do manage such a cluster please post your results. Hell, I thought out it was a cool idea just for the novelty of it. I'd do it too just to say I did. Btw, you don't need professional help. Just take a break and unplug every now and then.
I agree with most of your comments. The end user only cares that it works, even if it doesn't work all of the time. The source code is not important to end users. This is also correct. Most end users couldn't troubleshoot their own pc. However, this is not where Linux is growing the fastest. The desktop, will be the hardest battle for Linux. Servers, special purpose workstations, and PDA's are an easy market for linux.
The otherside is for industrial engineering applications. Let me explain. I have a friend who works in industrial engineering. He and his colleagues constantly complain about being tied to a particular software or vendor. They are techies and therefore do not want to mess with client license fees. Linux and the LinuxPLC project fill this void perfectly. Linux is very promising for these folks because they have the source code and can tweak it to work with a Staubly robot or an Omron PLC. Linux is ideal for industrial engineering areas. Unfortunately, most people who write Linux apps do so for the end user and not for an industrial application. This is where the money is folks.
The battle for the desktop will be the hardest for Linux. I'm not saying that it won't happen. It could, but the average users wants to point and click and have something install without dependency problems. Linux will take the server arena from Microsoft, but they will have a hard time fighting them on the desktop because so many users are already entrenched there. Users don't see the back end, they only see their desktop.
I guess I really don't care if Linux makes it as a mainstream desktop. I do care if it doesnt make it in the server world. Microsoft as a server platform just doesn't set well with me. There is too much potential for abuse and too much instability for serious work to get done. If Linux steals the server platform then Microsoft will not be the monopoly that you know today. They can remain on the desktop where some of the best productivity applications exist. That's fine, they created good apps and an ok desktop. That's where Microsoft will be in the future - the desktop.
I totatally agree. Apple is going to piss people off by doing what they're doing. Whether they are in the right or not makes no difference. Look what happened to Metallica when they pushed Napster to ban 300,000 users for sharing their songs. That's a lot of pissed off Metallica fans.
If Apple were smart they would do what you suggested. If enough people saw an Aqua theme running on a win95 box or a linux box, Apple gets more exposure. More exposure means more business. It's free advertising. None of the Linux distros are selling a window manager that emulates Aqua down to every detail. There are themes for that and even then, it may look like OSX but it still is not. The functionality is still not there and the feel is still different. Apple should save their money instead of going after FREE gtk themes that don't even come pathetically close to Aqua.
Actually, IDC has predicted that Linux will hold 38 percent of the market by 2004. Interestingly enough, Microsofts group products manager, Doug Miller, claimed that recently released numbers from IDC System Software Research show that "Linux growth in server OS share has been flat for two quarters, and Unix and Novell continue to fall." Even more interesting is that IDC manager, Al Gillen, would not confirm Miller's analysis.
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Actually, The University of Texas System sells them for $5. There is no paperwork to send to MS. You have to prove you attend UT and you can only purchase it once. The serial number is already in the install so no waiting for 2 weeks for a license.
You have a Dell 5450 and you want to run Linux 2.4 with Oracle? That's a good combo because Dell and Oracle have teamed up to do database serving on Linux. Look at the links below and you'll see what I mean.
"Dell Computer and Oracle agreed Wednesday to establish a Linux center in Austin, Texas... Dell will use the facility, which is scheduled to open in the spring, to test and tune Oracle databases running on Intel-based systems running Linux. Oracle also agreed to use Dell's servers and storage products for building the Oracle 9i database on Linux, the companies said." CNet News
"Oracle has announced all of its major Internet Platform software products on Linux, including Oracle8i(TM) Release 3, the latest version of its database; Oracle9i(TM) Application Server; and Oracle JDeveloper with Business Components for Java and Oracle Forms, two popular Oracle application development tools. In August 2000, Oracle announced an industry first with the shipment of the first enterprise-edition application server on Linux. Oracle adds to its firsts with Linux with the addition of Oracle Parallel Server and Oracle Internet File System." eltoday
Use 2.4, use that SMP and let's see if 2.4 is up to the job. Now you'll be able to convince those who say linux is not ready for production environments. Btw, don't listen to that guy about using win2k. He's an AC. Microsoft is starting to spread some serious FUD now that they take Linux seriously. I'm not really into the nix vs. ms war, but damn, Microsoft is obviously taking some notice. If anything, do as he said and dual boot your system. If win2k beats out Linux 2.4 in all aspects, then by all means use win2k instead. Somehow, I don't think that will be the case. Who knows? Maybe you've been destined by the Gods to run the first benchmarks.
I have read a lot of material from Microsoft that is directed at Linux. Various Microsoft employees have said to the effect, Linux is not ready for the enterprise, it doesnt scale, major players don't support it, It's not really free, etc... Well, I did some research and while I see some of Microsofts points, the majority of their rhetoric is either pure FUD or libelous marketing because that's the only thing Microsoft can do now. Microsoft can't buy Linux, can't "embrace and extend", can't buy a company and put it out of business, and basically can't do anything. I will now list a series of excerpts from various articles suggesting that linux is ready for prime time. I have also put in the links if you want to read the whole article. Here are some strong backers of Linux and various contributions and/or excerpts:
IDC
has predicted that Linux will hold 38 percent of the market by 2004. Interestingly enough, Microsofts group products manager, Doug Miller, claimed that recently released numbers from IDC System Software Research show that "Linux growth in server OS share has been flat for two quarters, and Unix and Novell continue to fall." Even more interesting is that IDC manager, Al Gillen, would not confirm Miller's analysis.
Wired News
IBM
Big Blue committed to spending $300 million on Linux services over the next three years. IBM has already committed to investing $1 billion in Linux over the next 12 months. President and COO, Sam Palmisano, said "IBM has made our choice....we put a significant amount of IBM's future prosperity behind Linux. We don't invest a billion dollars casually. Lou [Gerstner] and I don't write those checks without, shall I say, some engaging meetings." Big Blue also unveiled Linux-based network processor software development tools and services for ISPs and networking equipment vendors, including:
Domino Workflow on Linux -- software which enables customers to build, modify and improve business processes like employee hiring and CRM by streamlining and automating interactions
Plans to expand Linux support for Tivoli Systems management software
IBM Director for advanced systems management software available on Linux for the IBM eServer xSeries product line, including a "self healing" feature to predict server failures
Availability of the NetVista Thin Client, the N22001, running Linux
Linux-certified IntelliStation Z Pro workstations based on Intel's new 64-bit Itanium processor.
Citing such real-world Linux customers as Weather.com, Shell Oil, and National Center For Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois, Palmisano said people who doubt that the operating system can scale to the biggest of applications are just wrong. Weather.com, one of the Web's most popular sites, supports anywhere from 5 million to 27.5 million page views per day running Linux and can scale even higher to 40 million per day, according to the company's CTO Mark Ryan.
Techweb or
eltoday
Oracle
Has ported Oracle 8i already to Linux. They recently released "Oracle Internet File System" and "Oracle Parallel Server" for Linux. If this isnt a major move by a major company then I don't know what is. Databases need to scale and thus if Linux can scale then Microsoft is full of it... Read on. "Oracle Parallel Server is the most mature and trusted high-availability database technology available for the Linux platform. It provides sub-minute failover capability, allowing Linux environments to achieve significantly improved levels of application and data availability. Oracle Parallel Server allows applications running on any server in a cluster instant access to all data in a database, and will support up to a 4-node, 8-way cluster." Hello Microsoft do you see this?
"Oracle has announced all of its major Internet Platform software products on Linux, including Oracle8i(TM) Release 3, the latest version of its database; Oracle9i(TM) Application Server; and Oracle JDeveloper with Business Components for Java and Oracle Forms, two popular Oracle application development tools. In August 2000, Oracle announced an industry first with the shipment of the first enterprise-edition application server on Linux. Oracle adds to its firsts with Linux with the addition of Oracle Parallel Server and Oracle Internet File System." So much for the myth of no vendor backing.
eltoday
SGI
Is looking at linux as the future. Much of SGI's work is underground and less advertised. Much of it is kernel level enhancements, such as scalability, NUMA, big memory support, etc... SGI has released several of it's graphical products for linux such as, Open Inventor, Open GL Performer, and many other high end development tools. In the filesystem arena, XFS is in stable beta and is very promising for mass storage management and reliability.
Open Source at SGI
Dell
"Dell Computer and Oracle agreed Wednesday to establish a Linux center in Austin, Texas... Dell will use the facility, which is scheduled to open in the spring, to test and tune Oracle databases running on Intel-based systems running Linux. Oracle also agreed to use Dell's servers and storage products for building the Oracle 9i database on Linux, the companies said."
CNet News
Not enough corporate backers? Think again. Here are some other companies who have started partnerships with linux companies, cooperated, released specs, or released products for linux:
Informix
Compaq
HP
Sun
Cisco
AMD
Intel
IDG
Adaptec
O'reilly and Associates
Nokia
Tivo
NeTraverse Inc.
3dfx
Nvidia
Creative
this list goes on and on......
The problem is that the Republicans have sold out to the Christian Coalition. Really, maybe not selling out, but they are in bed with them. I personally can't wait to see another Republican like John McCain who doesnt give two shits about the moral majority. McCain said that the coalition had become a liability to the party. I personally want to see a Republican get elected who worries about business and has no moral agenda like these Christian bigots. This will be the closest thing to libertarian we will ever see.
It's only a matter of time. That's right. You are on a sinking ship trying to pour excess water out with a bucket. The ship will still sink and you'll lose your lifeboat to others if you wait. I have been in this situation before and I can tell you the best thing to do is JUMP SHIP NOW!!!! If this business is getting worse, it's only a matter of time. Get out, get out, get out while you still have those offers. In today's economy, company loyality will hurt you.
Thanks for the Link. Actually it appears that XFS fares the best of all the filesystems. I attended a Linux Road Tour from SGI about a year ago. I attended a session on XFS and I was truly blown away by it's capabilities. XFS on IRIX is truly amazing and for SGI to opening up the specs for the Linux community is truly admirable. XFS is SGI's crown jewels and they are giving it to the community. For more on XFS, read this. Alternatively, you can watch a streaming video about XFS here. XFS will be the industrial strength filesystem that will push Linux into the High Availability server arena. For desktops, ReiserFS should still be sufficient.
I hope it never goes this far. I mean, people have been arrested for having cigarette papers in their cars and were charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. Just imagine, CDRs will become piracy paraphernalia. If cigarette papers can be used to smoke pot then I guess CDRs can be used for piracy and therefore makes them illegal in a police state. What a mess we'd be in then!
Certainly this is a PR move, but there is truth in it. As you pointed out, "98% of home users who have Windows aren't going to go anywhere soon." However, the server market is what MS is truly worried about. Corporate sales, client access licenses and such are what really bring in cash for MS. The desktop is not their top priority and this is why Linux has become a huge threat.
If Linux becomes a viable desktop easy enough for grandma to use, then MS will be in trouble. For now, MS is making some blunderous decisions that may push some users away from their products. Whistler, the next release of windows, will have anti-piracy tools built in to the OS allowing the OS only to be installed on one machine. Check here for more info. Combine this with the rising cost of client access licenses and you'll see that it is MS that is driving themselves into the ground
I remember reading somewhere that one could opt out of this hard drive copy protection. If this is the case, what incentive do programmers have to write CPRM compliant software?
Also, since most CPRM compliant software would be windows based, would this not make Linux even more attractive as an alternative?
You've made some very good points. However, I have a few additions. I can see that people are threatened because their livelihood could be in jeopardy. Maybe they're feeling the competetive crunch from too many MCSE's. Either way, you can float down the river, you can fight your way upstream, or you can swim to the bank and dry off. My point here is that you can learn Linux, you can fight Linux, or you can drop out of the race.
I have a few MS certifications, but I also became interested in Linux some time back. I've added Linux to my repertoire of knowledge. These angry MCSEs could do the same instead of whining. Sure, the learning curve is much steeper, but hey, the reward is great. I enjoy the Linux crowd much more because they enjoy computers. While some of the MCSE crowd enjoys what they do, many are in it for the money. This could be why they're threatened. Linux guys enjoy what they do so much that they can't help but improve, while the MCSE types find a comfort zone and stagnate.
It is easy to tell who the real geeks are in the workplace. They're the ones who enjoy chatting about technology, linux, OS's, gaming, programming, scripting, etc... They're the ones who do their job because it's their way of life. There is nothing more annoying to me now than an MCSE who has no idea how to fdisk, complains about his job, and can't wait to get home to watch some boring ass football game. I was once a MS junkie and now I'm a Linux junkie. I can still admin an NT server and now I can make a linux box fit in to an NT network. Why don't these MCSE's get it. The tides are turning, it's time to learn some new things.
"So the first thing init does (or your replace init) is start the GUI, then the rest of the scripts run in graphical format (ie, they display icons and status bars instead of printing text)."
Mandrake 7.2 does exactly what you just described.
I agree with much of what you stated. The war on drugs is about money. The Cartels know that legal drugs means an end to their business. The police know that legal drugs means an end to the money flow. What money flow you ask? The seized money from drug busts and the seized property currently allowed under civil asset forfeiture laws. I've said for many years that the drug war is a failure and that the authorities know this. Why don't they back down? Because of money, power, and bureaucracy.
'My favorite part is the comment from the accused "We do not knowingly profit from unsolicited emai". Ah blessed ignorance'
The legal term for this kind of ignorance is called "plausible deniability." It is a clever way to escape guilt by claiming ignorance and surprisingly has worked for many people and companies.
Because it's more profitable. How's that you ask? RPM is a for-profit company that relies on you buying new releases of their distro for profit while debian, on the other hand, is not.
If one could apt-get distupgrade a Redhat box ad infinitum you could buy their distro once and upgrade from that point forward. Debian is a non-profit organization and does not worry about cashing in on the next point release. Debian users upgraded from 2.1 to 2.2 by issuing a simple command. Redhat users sometimes have to deal with dependency problems if they want to upgrade a package and you can imagine what could happen with hundreds of packages.
Redhat benefits when people buy their distro. They might benefit if they could provide an apt-get frontend with a subscription based service. Although I would love to see an apt-get front end thats free to all, I bet the suits at Redhat corp won't let this happen. I could be wrong, but I think the use of a tool like apt-get and especially doing a distupgrade on a Redhat box is about profit and nothing more.
Actually, I have used FreeBSD and I have no experience with the FreeBSD elite being unfriendly towards newbies nor do I have the experience of them being helpful... reason - I never asked for help so I don't know.
I mailed the NetBSD team a few questions or two and they were very helpful and quick to respond.
I have toyed around with OpenBSD once and that's about all. By the way, the BSD's are far from dead. I use linux much more and so do many others, however, I seriously doubt any BSD is going under any time soon.
Good point there. What about virtual filesystems. e.g. filesystems in a file like that of VMware. At what level of abstraction does this operate. I won't be able to copy a file in the ext2 filesystem but what about copy files inside of my virtual machine i.e. windows running inside vmware. Since the filesystem is in a file, will windows in vmware allow you to copy your files freely?
This kind of fascist crap pisses me off to no end. If anyone knows the answer to my questions please respond.
As most of you are aware, IBM is one of the companies looking into the new ATA spec. Keep in mind, this is ATA spec and thus SCSI is not affected. Even if SCSI is an unencumbered alternative, any of the new ATA drives that creep into the organization will cause trouble.
We as a community, and by that I mean all free software advocates - the BSD's, Linux, LPI, GNU, FSF, etc.. you name it, should unite and form a coalition against this new technology.
More specifically, Linux companies and organizations and their their respective leaders should pressure IBM to keep their hard drives open if they truly wish to be part of the open community that Linux represents. IBM may be a big company, but they would be stupid to alienate themselves from the very developers and support of the Linux community should they persist in making this new ATA spec a reality.
"the only thing stopping me from doing my job on Linux is Microsoft Exchange Server...inability to "natively" (i.e. without POP3/IMAP) interoperate with Exchange is a showstopper for any corporate installation."
Well, I know a product that may solve some of your interoperability problems. Look into bynari products here.
The have client software for linux called 'TradeXCH' that will communicate with exchange and outlook. They also have their 'Trade Server' product which is a standards based suite of mail, directory and collaboration services.
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I too like the philosophies of the libertarian party, but Bush is still a dumbass. The problem is that John McCain was the closest thing to libertarian we saw in any mainstream party. Unfortunately Bush is now the prez. Bush and the gang will take your freedoms as well. I know what mistakes the democrats made, however, I know that Bush is no better. How about the fact that he is a total hypocrite. As far as taking away our rights: Abortion, prayer in school, Christian bullshit from the hard right. We don't need a Christian version of Iran. These people would love nothing more than to shove religion down everybody's throat with gun in one hand and a bible in the other.
Bush is also the antithesis of geek. He has an aversion to reading by his own admission. He is so inarticulate that even a fourth grader would notice his poor usage of grammer and his complete butchering of the English language. I can't imagine myself carrying on a descent conversation with the man. His appointment of John Ashcroft as attorney general leaves a lot to be desired. Ashcroft is a religious NUT! Both of these men are hypocrites. Both have lied, and both have an agenda that is tied to the hard right. We will lose certain freedoms if these people have their way.
This country will not change until we get candidate who believes in your personal freedoms. That means your right to bear arms, your right to have an abortion, your right to speak freely and practice whatever loony religion you choose, and your right to do what you damn well please with your own body. Neither Republican nor Democrat are the answer to America's problems. Neither party respects the Bill of Rights. The first, second, fourth, and tenth amendments specifically have eroded. The fourth especially, is nothing more than words. Civil asset forfeiture has made the fourth a joke. Unless we change the government, the government won't change.
LOL... Damn... I almost laughed myself out of the chair. Whether you are joking or not, the thought of someone being that geeked out just made me crack up. If in fact, you do manage such a cluster please post your results. Hell, I thought out it was a cool idea just for the novelty of it. I'd do it too just to say I did. Btw, you don't need professional help. Just take a break and unplug every now and then.
I agree with most of your comments. The end user only cares that it works, even if it doesn't work all of the time. The source code is not important to end users. This is also correct. Most end users couldn't troubleshoot their own pc. However, this is not where Linux is growing the fastest. The desktop, will be the hardest battle for Linux. Servers, special purpose workstations, and PDA's are an easy market for linux.
The otherside is for industrial engineering applications. Let me explain. I have a friend who works in industrial engineering. He and his colleagues constantly complain about being tied to a particular software or vendor. They are techies and therefore do not want to mess with client license fees. Linux and the LinuxPLC project fill this void perfectly. Linux is very promising for these folks because they have the source code and can tweak it to work with a Staubly robot or an Omron PLC. Linux is ideal for industrial engineering areas. Unfortunately, most people who write Linux apps do so for the end user and not for an industrial application. This is where the money is folks.
The battle for the desktop will be the hardest for Linux. I'm not saying that it won't happen. It could, but the average users wants to point and click and have something install without dependency problems. Linux will take the server arena from Microsoft, but they will have a hard time fighting them on the desktop because so many users are already entrenched there. Users don't see the back end, they only see their desktop.
I guess I really don't care if Linux makes it as a mainstream desktop. I do care if it doesnt make it in the server world. Microsoft as a server platform just doesn't set well with me. There is too much potential for abuse and too much instability for serious work to get done. If Linux steals the server platform then Microsoft will not be the monopoly that you know today. They can remain on the desktop where some of the best productivity applications exist. That's fine, they created good apps and an ok desktop. That's where Microsoft will be in the future - the desktop.
I totatally agree. Apple is going to piss people off by doing what they're doing. Whether they are in the right or not makes no difference. Look what happened to Metallica when they pushed Napster to ban 300,000 users for sharing their songs. That's a lot of pissed off Metallica fans.
If Apple were smart they would do what you suggested. If enough people saw an Aqua theme running on a win95 box or a linux box, Apple gets more exposure. More exposure means more business. It's free advertising. None of the Linux distros are selling a window manager that emulates Aqua down to every detail. There are themes for that and even then, it may look like OSX but it still is not. The functionality is still not there and the feel is still different. Apple should save their money instead of going after FREE gtk themes that don't even come pathetically close to Aqua.
It may be a -1 post, but I got a real kick out of it. My sense of humor is on overdrive tonight.
Actually, IDC has predicted that Linux will hold 38 percent of the market by 2004. Interestingly enough, Microsofts group products manager, Doug Miller, claimed that recently released numbers from IDC System Software Research show that "Linux growth in server OS share has been flat for two quarters, and Unix and Novell continue to fall." Even more interesting is that IDC manager, Al Gillen, would not confirm Miller's analysis. Wired News
Actually, The University of Texas System sells them for $5. There is no paperwork to send to MS. You have to prove you attend UT and you can only purchase it once. The serial number is already in the install so no waiting for 2 weeks for a license.
You have a Dell 5450 and you want to run Linux 2.4 with Oracle? That's a good combo because Dell and Oracle have teamed up to do database serving on Linux. Look at the links below and you'll see what I mean.
"Dell Computer and Oracle agreed Wednesday to establish a Linux center in Austin, Texas... Dell will use the facility, which is scheduled to open in the spring, to test and tune Oracle databases running on Intel-based systems running Linux. Oracle also agreed to use Dell's servers and storage products for building the Oracle 9i database on Linux, the companies said." CNet News
"Oracle has announced all of its major Internet Platform software products on Linux, including Oracle8i(TM) Release 3, the latest version of its database; Oracle9i(TM) Application Server; and Oracle JDeveloper with Business Components for Java and Oracle Forms, two popular Oracle application development tools. In August 2000, Oracle announced an industry first with the shipment of the first enterprise-edition application server on Linux. Oracle adds to its firsts with Linux with the addition of Oracle Parallel Server and Oracle Internet File System." eltoday
Use 2.4, use that SMP and let's see if 2.4 is up to the job. Now you'll be able to convince those who say linux is not ready for production environments. Btw, don't listen to that guy about using win2k. He's an AC. Microsoft is starting to spread some serious FUD now that they take Linux seriously. I'm not really into the nix vs. ms war, but damn, Microsoft is obviously taking some notice. If anything, do as he said and dual boot your system. If win2k beats out Linux 2.4 in all aspects, then by all means use win2k instead. Somehow, I don't think that will be the case. Who knows? Maybe you've been destined by the Gods to run the first benchmarks.
I have read a lot of material from Microsoft that is directed at Linux. Various Microsoft employees have said to the effect, Linux is not ready for the enterprise, it doesnt scale, major players don't support it, It's not really free, etc... Well, I did some research and while I see some of Microsofts points, the majority of their rhetoric is either pure FUD or libelous marketing because that's the only thing Microsoft can do now. Microsoft can't buy Linux, can't "embrace and extend", can't buy a company and put it out of business, and basically can't do anything. I will now list a series of excerpts from various articles suggesting that linux is ready for prime time. I have also put in the links if you want to read the whole article. Here are some strong backers of Linux and various contributions and/or excerpts:
IDC
has predicted that Linux will hold 38 percent of the market by 2004. Interestingly enough, Microsofts group products manager, Doug Miller, claimed that recently released numbers from IDC System Software Research show that "Linux growth in server OS share has been flat for two quarters, and Unix and Novell continue to fall." Even more interesting is that IDC manager, Al Gillen, would not confirm Miller's analysis. Wired News
IBM
Big Blue committed to spending $300 million on Linux services over the next three years. IBM has already committed to investing $1 billion in Linux over the next 12 months. President and COO, Sam Palmisano, said "IBM has made our choice....we put a significant amount of IBM's future prosperity behind Linux. We don't invest a billion dollars casually. Lou [Gerstner] and I don't write those checks without, shall I say, some engaging meetings." Big Blue also unveiled Linux-based network processor software development tools and services for ISPs and networking equipment vendors, including:
Domino Workflow on Linux -- software which enables customers to build, modify and improve business processes like employee hiring and CRM by streamlining and automating interactions
Plans to expand Linux support for Tivoli Systems management software
IBM Director for advanced systems management software available on Linux for the IBM eServer xSeries product line, including a "self healing" feature to predict server failures
Availability of the NetVista Thin Client, the N22001, running Linux
Linux-certified IntelliStation Z Pro workstations based on Intel's new 64-bit Itanium processor.
Citing such real-world Linux customers as Weather.com, Shell Oil, and National Center For Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois, Palmisano said people who doubt that the operating system can scale to the biggest of applications are just wrong. Weather.com, one of the Web's most popular sites, supports anywhere from 5 million to 27.5 million page views per day running Linux and can scale even higher to 40 million per day, according to the company's CTO Mark Ryan. Techweb or eltoday
Oracle
Has ported Oracle 8i already to Linux. They recently released "Oracle Internet File System" and "Oracle Parallel Server" for Linux. If this isnt a major move by a major company then I don't know what is. Databases need to scale and thus if Linux can scale then Microsoft is full of it... Read on. "Oracle Parallel Server is the most mature and trusted high-availability database technology available for the Linux platform. It provides sub-minute failover capability, allowing Linux environments to achieve significantly improved levels of application and data availability. Oracle Parallel Server allows applications running on any server in a cluster instant access to all data in a database, and will support up to a 4-node, 8-way cluster." Hello Microsoft do you see this?
"Oracle has announced all of its major Internet Platform software products on Linux, including Oracle8i(TM) Release 3, the latest version of its database; Oracle9i(TM) Application Server; and Oracle JDeveloper with Business Components for Java and Oracle Forms, two popular Oracle application development tools. In August 2000, Oracle announced an industry first with the shipment of the first enterprise-edition application server on Linux. Oracle adds to its firsts with Linux with the addition of Oracle Parallel Server and Oracle Internet File System." So much for the myth of no vendor backing. eltoday
SGI
Is looking at linux as the future. Much of SGI's work is underground and less advertised. Much of it is kernel level enhancements, such as scalability, NUMA, big memory support, etc... SGI has released several of it's graphical products for linux such as, Open Inventor, Open GL Performer, and many other high end development tools. In the filesystem arena, XFS is in stable beta and is very promising for mass storage management and reliability. Open Source at SGI
Dell
"Dell Computer and Oracle agreed Wednesday to establish a Linux center in Austin, Texas... Dell will use the facility, which is scheduled to open in the spring, to test and tune Oracle databases running on Intel-based systems running Linux. Oracle also agreed to use Dell's servers and storage products for building the Oracle 9i database on Linux, the companies said." CNet News
Not enough corporate backers? Think again. Here are some other companies who have started partnerships with linux companies, cooperated, released specs, or released products for linux: Informix
Compaq
HP
Sun
Cisco
AMD
Intel
IDG
Adaptec
O'reilly and Associates
Nokia
Tivo
NeTraverse Inc.
3dfx
Nvidia
Creative
this list goes on and on......
The problem is that the Republicans have sold out to the Christian Coalition. Really, maybe not selling out, but they are in bed with them. I personally can't wait to see another Republican like John McCain who doesnt give two shits about the moral majority. McCain said that the coalition had become a liability to the party. I personally want to see a Republican get elected who worries about business and has no moral agenda like these Christian bigots. This will be the closest thing to libertarian we will ever see.
It's only a matter of time. That's right. You are on a sinking ship trying to pour excess water out with a bucket. The ship will still sink and you'll lose your lifeboat to others if you wait. I have been in this situation before and I can tell you the best thing to do is JUMP SHIP NOW!!!! If this business is getting worse, it's only a matter of time. Get out, get out, get out while you still have those offers. In today's economy, company loyality will hurt you.
Thanks for the Link. Actually it appears that XFS fares the best of all the filesystems. I attended a Linux Road Tour from SGI about a year ago. I attended a session on XFS and I was truly blown away by it's capabilities. XFS on IRIX is truly amazing and for SGI to opening up the specs for the Linux community is truly admirable. XFS is SGI's crown jewels and they are giving it to the community. For more on XFS, read this. Alternatively, you can watch a streaming video about XFS here. XFS will be the industrial strength filesystem that will push Linux into the High Availability server arena. For desktops, ReiserFS should still be sufficient.
I hope it never goes this far. I mean, people have been arrested for having cigarette papers in their cars and were charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. Just imagine, CDRs will become piracy paraphernalia. If cigarette papers can be used to smoke pot then I guess CDRs can be used for piracy and therefore makes them illegal in a police state. What a mess we'd be in then!
Certainly this is a PR move, but there is truth in it. As you pointed out, "98% of home users who have Windows aren't going to go anywhere soon." However, the server market is what MS is truly worried about. Corporate sales, client access licenses and such are what really bring in cash for MS. The desktop is not their top priority and this is why Linux has become a huge threat.
If Linux becomes a viable desktop easy enough for grandma to use, then MS will be in trouble. For now, MS is making some blunderous decisions that may push some users away from their products. Whistler, the next release of windows, will have anti-piracy tools built in to the OS allowing the OS only to be installed on one machine. Check here for more info. Combine this with the rising cost of client access licenses and you'll see that it is MS that is driving themselves into the ground
I remember reading somewhere that one could opt out of this hard drive copy protection. If this is the case, what incentive do programmers have to write CPRM compliant software?
Also, since most CPRM compliant software would be windows based, would this not make Linux even more attractive as an alternative?
You've made some very good points. However, I have a few additions. I can see that people are threatened because their livelihood could be in jeopardy. Maybe they're feeling the competetive crunch from too many MCSE's. Either way, you can float down the river, you can fight your way upstream, or you can swim to the bank and dry off. My point here is that you can learn Linux, you can fight Linux, or you can drop out of the race.
I have a few MS certifications, but I also became interested in Linux some time back. I've added Linux to my repertoire of knowledge. These angry MCSEs could do the same instead of whining. Sure, the learning curve is much steeper, but hey, the reward is great. I enjoy the Linux crowd much more because they enjoy computers. While some of the MCSE crowd enjoys what they do, many are in it for the money. This could be why they're threatened. Linux guys enjoy what they do so much that they can't help but improve, while the MCSE types find a comfort zone and stagnate.
It is easy to tell who the real geeks are in the workplace. They're the ones who enjoy chatting about technology, linux, OS's, gaming, programming, scripting, etc... They're the ones who do their job because it's their way of life. There is nothing more annoying to me now than an MCSE who has no idea how to fdisk, complains about his job, and can't wait to get home to watch some boring ass football game. I was once a MS junkie and now I'm a Linux junkie. I can still admin an NT server and now I can make a linux box fit in to an NT network. Why don't these MCSE's get it. The tides are turning, it's time to learn some new things.
"So the first thing init does (or your replace init) is start the GUI, then the rest of the scripts run in graphical format (ie, they display icons and status bars instead of printing text)."
Mandrake 7.2 does exactly what you just described.
I agree with much of what you stated. The war on drugs is about money. The Cartels know that legal drugs means an end to their business. The police know that legal drugs means an end to the money flow. What money flow you ask? The seized money from drug busts and the seized property currently allowed under civil asset forfeiture laws. I've said for many years that the drug war is a failure and that the authorities know this. Why don't they back down? Because of money, power, and bureaucracy.
'My favorite part is the comment from the accused "We do not knowingly profit from unsolicited emai". Ah blessed ignorance'
The legal term for this kind of ignorance is called "plausible deniability." It is a clever way to escape guilt by claiming ignorance and surprisingly has worked for many people and companies.
Some good points you've made here. This 'Pliant' software shows just how versatile the Linux kernel is.
Because it's more profitable. How's that you ask? RPM is a for-profit company that relies on you buying new releases of their distro for profit while debian, on the other hand, is not.
If one could apt-get distupgrade a Redhat box ad infinitum you could buy their distro once and upgrade from that point forward. Debian is a non-profit organization and does not worry about cashing in on the next point release. Debian users upgraded from 2.1 to 2.2 by issuing a simple command. Redhat users sometimes have to deal with dependency problems if they want to upgrade a package and you can imagine what could happen with hundreds of packages.
Redhat benefits when people buy their distro. They might benefit if they could provide an apt-get frontend with a subscription based service. Although I would love to see an apt-get front end thats free to all, I bet the suits at Redhat corp won't let this happen. I could be wrong, but I think the use of a tool like apt-get and especially doing a distupgrade on a Redhat box is about profit and nothing more.
Actually, I have used FreeBSD and I have no experience with the FreeBSD elite being unfriendly towards newbies nor do I have the experience of them being helpful... reason - I never asked for help so I don't know. I mailed the NetBSD team a few questions or two and they were very helpful and quick to respond. I have toyed around with OpenBSD once and that's about all. By the way, the BSD's are far from dead. I use linux much more and so do many others, however, I seriously doubt any BSD is going under any time soon.
Good point there. What about virtual filesystems. e.g. filesystems in a file like that of VMware. At what level of abstraction does this operate. I won't be able to copy a file in the ext2 filesystem but what about copy files inside of my virtual machine i.e. windows running inside vmware. Since the filesystem is in a file, will windows in vmware allow you to copy your files freely?
This kind of fascist crap pisses me off to no end. If anyone knows the answer to my questions please respond.
As most of you are aware, IBM is one of the companies looking into the new ATA spec. Keep in mind, this is ATA spec and thus SCSI is not affected. Even if SCSI is an unencumbered alternative, any of the new ATA drives that creep into the organization will cause trouble.
We as a community, and by that I mean all free software advocates - the BSD's, Linux, LPI, GNU, FSF, etc.. you name it, should unite and form a coalition against this new technology.
More specifically, Linux companies and organizations and their their respective leaders should pressure IBM to keep their hard drives open if they truly wish to be part of the open community that Linux represents. IBM may be a big company, but they would be stupid to alienate themselves from the very developers and support of the Linux community should they persist in making this new ATA spec a reality.
"the only thing stopping me from doing my job on Linux is Microsoft Exchange Server...inability to "natively" (i.e. without POP3/IMAP) interoperate with Exchange is a showstopper for any corporate installation."
Well, I know a product that may solve some of your interoperability problems. Look into bynari products here.
The have client software for linux called 'TradeXCH' that will communicate with exchange and outlook. They also have their 'Trade Server' product which is a standards based suite of mail, directory and collaboration services.