I am sorry but it isn't alwas that easy. I wish it was but it isn't. I upgraded a system from 7.1 to 7.3 with apt-get and there were major issues to get it updated. Now Compared to a manual update it was easy but not as easy as sticking in a redhat CD and installing the update and then running apt-get update / apt-get upgrade afterwards. There are going to be major changes from what I can tell from 8.0 to 9.0 as redhat is using the new threding librarys that will break major thing like when redhat went from GCC 2.96 to 3.x almost all apps based on C++ librarys broke so althought I am not sure that the new threding library are going to break as many apps as the new GCC did but by giving it version 9.0 instead of 8.1 they are saying it will break packages.
that is, per se, a problem with version control. And yes, it is a problem, but it has gotten much better in a windows environment in the past few years.
Don't Disagree with that but Redhat Since 3.03 doesn't have many problems with version control. Its built into RPM and there by default. Most of the problems with Dependance hell is the results of badly writen.rpms that assume certain things about what is or isn't install and linking to library assuming that API wont change between versions both are a mistake on the developer not the package manger.
Also, it is well documented when a file gets overwritten (check technet with your errors), and an experienced tech should have a list in his head (and in a folder) about these things. For example, there are two files that need to be present in order to use both Access 97 and Access 2000 and some registry entries to change; the versions are from Access 97, but how to do it depends on the order you install in. If you dont do it correctly, neither will work. But its really a basic problem once you know.
I agree and it didn't take me long to figuire out what was going on and to make sure I alwas install office 97 1st with its broken installer and then IE after to fix things. Not a problem for me but my day job is Tech Support and how do you explain to someone that there PC stoped working right because they installed a new compont off the Office 97 CD and not a problems with the software I use to support. If windows had bult-in library checkers and other things that both RPMS and Deb have by default alot of the problems custmer have today would never have happen in the 1st place. Windows isn't that unstable if all you run is windows but once you start installing programs then it starts to become unstable.
When ISP's raise your internet fees due to spam, will you still defend its legality?
Definately. I'll just switch to an ISP which doesn't waste money fighting spam, and makes money selling service to spammers.
No what will happen is ISP will just stop offering Email or will cost alot more. There is no such thing as "makes money selling service to spammers" unless you are talking about selling bandwidth.
Also Spam is growing at such a rate that it may require more cost to not fight spam then to fight it. Bigger servers with more processing power just to keep up with processing something that user will call and coplain about and go to the other guy who does better at blocking it.
Office 97 over writes several. Windows 95 would be extreamly unstable if you installed office 97 after ie 4.x or 5.x. Fix is to install office 97 first then everything else afterwards.
throw in office XP, 2 Years Subscription requirements of Lin. 6 that also adds to the cost. $600 is a good rate. Rember they can't by upgrades the have to buy new lin. as Windows 95 is now longer upgradeable.
Yes but they are going to require some form of training. The Artical says they are either going to upgrade to New version of Windows XP or switch to Linux. So we are talking about going from Windows 95 to XP or at least to 2000. Althought 95 looks simalar to 2000 let me tell you as someone who does tech support all day it isn't the same. XP is even worse so there is training involved in upgrading to 2000/XP from 95 as well. The questions is which will cost more and how much more is the training cost to over come the $600 dollar per seat for XP. Plus once they have been trained what are the ongoing cost. Forced Upgrades, requiring new hardware, etc.
Also as someone who does tech support what user want most is for thing to work the same everytime / everyday. Most people outside of the tech industry just wants it to work and work the same. I have seen people use Pine and love it and then be foreced to switch to outlook and hate it because 1) it was a change and 2) it didn't work the same everytime they would use it.
I have had nothing but problems installing Office 97 on top of XP. I ended up just backing that machine back to 2000 but I understand that 97 Runs OK not great under SP1.
Yes but when you go to that IP you send a header in you request that says what domain you use. In the case of many hosting provider if you go to the IP address that DNS resloves to you don't get that site but a generic pages describing the hosting company. So small groups hosting a site with shared server will less likely get nailed by something like this but would get murdered by the slashdot effect.
Office can be configuired to export to a standard called.RTF. Works OK in pratices has issues under office 97 haven't tried it with anyothers but should work so office wont be a problem with this it just requires that the Vender / Reseller but setup office to produce standard based documents.
Microsoft only make sure stuff from the last few years runs not much futher so by 2005 when longhorne is due out then anything designed for window XP/2000 sould work but I doubt anything designed from 95/98 will.
Windows has been breaking backward compatibility for years. Try and run some thing dos under windows XP/2000 or even ME. Windows apears to trys and mantain backward compatibility for about 3 to 5 years. However try and run something 5 Years old under XP now or 10 Years old under Windows ME. If Microsoft continue that. Then Windows 2005 wont work on anything designed to run on anything less then Windows 2000. Note I am sure someone could dig up so windows 3.1 program that will still run but someone else could also dig up something that is only 1 Year old that wont run but on average stuff more the 5 Years old wont run on the lastest and greates Microsoft os.
It was on fox what would you expect. Worse networks to be on is Fox and UPN as they drop show in less then 1 Season. Best is WB I have yet see a show no matter how bad last less then 2 Seasons.
Digital Camera's are just an example and yes there are many digital camera supported under every other OS out there right now. But what about that new widget that just came to the market which your teenanger daughter must have but doesn't have Apple drivers. When you buy a $20,000.00 dollar SGI video workstation you expect that a $20.00 USB storage keychain from XYZ company might not work.
But BSD, Sun, and SGI are servers so lack of being able to hookup a digital camera or a webcam wouldn't be anything more then an annoyance but on a desktop that is a major issue.
Yes and No. For Apple to continue to sale hardware and software there has to be 3rd party software and hardware manf. They make things that apple couldn't make if it wanted too like drivers for new hardware gadgets and checkbook software like quicken. If there market share falls to low then it can create a spiral of death.
Lets look at an Example of what I am talking about. Five years ago almost all of the Linux drivers were inhouse by the kernel team and were hacks didn't work perfert all the time or didn't have full access to all that the card could do. Now five years later we have more and more drivers created by the manf. themselves and/or specs on the internal that make the driver writen work better and make full use of the cards abilty.
Now as Apple % of market share drops. More manf. aren't going make drivers for Mac's. Leaving Apple to either create more drivers or lose support for more hardware. Either will cose apple $$$. althought the fact that Apple built of a BSD core might help as drivers writen for other Unix based OS could be ported. So as linux and other *ix grow it could make things easier for apple in the long run.
Before you flame me I don't think apple with die anytime soon as there are some markets that PC are just starting to get into and good OS don't die they evolve just ask IBM os/2 still is being used for thing like cash reg. and ATM.
It called Kickstart under Redhat. One Conf file on a boot disk and can automate any part or all of the install include run a custmer script at the end that could config things just right for you machine. Including installing custmer bitmaps downloading updates and other automated things.
>Bush and his administration have made the '00's >the decade of fear. Rather than "we have nothing >to fear, but fear itself", we have the fear of >terrorists hiding under every rock, behind every >tree, lurking in every shadow. Now this disaster >and the fear is already being considered on >national TV, where it should be completely absurd >and beyond any scrutiny, the fear brings it up.
Welcome to crap land. I can't believe you are even sugesting that Bush and his administration created this. The Truth is World Trade Center caused this and since then anytime something bad happens one of the first questions will be was it caused by a Terrrorist.
Browser Stats are usles do to those things called proxy servers. I have used several of them and 1 reported all connections as IE5.0 win98 another windows NT IE4.0 not to count all the hits that don't make it to a site because the proxy server still has fresh data stored. So broser stats would be great but most ISP go thought Proxy Servers now which may not even report the correct browser viewing not alone pass thought anydata if the data has already been cached.
That 9.9% More then the people I known. 0 Reletives out of 150 1 Friend out of about 30 So that wouldn't even be 1% of the people I known and several of them have more then 2 DVD Players and 8 VCR but No "digital-ready" television st
Answer Yes but general require you to drop resultions or increase processor power. a 1 Ghz could do 30 fps at about 352x240 without breaking a sweet but 400 Mghz Celron isn't going to cut it.
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I am sorry but it isn't alwas that easy. I wish it was but it isn't. I upgraded a system from 7.1 to 7.3 with apt-get and there were major issues to get it updated. Now Compared to a manual update it was easy but not as easy as sticking in a redhat CD and installing the update and then running apt-get update / apt-get upgrade afterwards. There are going to be major changes from what I can tell from 8.0 to 9.0 as redhat is using the new threding librarys that will break major thing like when redhat went from GCC 2.96 to 3.x almost all apps based on C++ librarys broke so althought I am not sure that the new threding library are going to break as many apps as the new GCC did but by giving it version 9.0 instead of 8.1 they are saying it will break packages.
that is, per se, a problem with version control. And yes, it is a problem, but it has gotten much better in a windows environment in the past few years.
.rpms that assume certain things about what is or isn't install and linking to library assuming that API wont change between versions both are a mistake on the developer not the package manger.
Don't Disagree with that but Redhat Since 3.03 doesn't have many problems with version control. Its built into RPM and there by default. Most of the problems with Dependance hell is the results of badly writen
Also, it is well documented when a file gets overwritten (check technet with your errors), and an experienced tech should have a list in his head (and in a folder) about these things. For example, there are two files that need to be present in order to use both Access 97 and Access 2000 and some registry entries to change; the versions are from Access 97, but how to do it depends on the order you install in. If you dont do it correctly, neither will work. But its really a basic problem once you know.
I agree and it didn't take me long to figuire out what was going on and to make sure I alwas install office 97 1st with its broken installer and then IE after to fix things. Not a problem for me but my day job is Tech Support and how do you explain to someone that there PC stoped working right because they installed a new compont off the Office 97 CD and not a problems with the software I use to support. If windows had bult-in library checkers and other things that both RPMS and Deb have by default alot of the problems custmer have today would never have happen in the 1st place. Windows isn't that unstable if all you run is windows but once you start installing programs then it starts to become unstable.
When ISP's raise your internet fees due to spam, will you still defend its legality?
Definately. I'll just switch to an ISP which doesn't waste money fighting spam, and makes money selling service to spammers.
No what will happen is ISP will just stop offering Email or will cost alot more. There is no such thing as "makes money selling service to spammers" unless you are talking about selling bandwidth.
Also Spam is growing at such a rate that it may require more cost to not fight spam then to fight it. Bigger servers with more processing power just to keep up with processing something that user will call and coplain about and go to the other guy who does better at blocking it.
Already happing. Most projects are moving to having rpms avaible with apt and it is growing. not from a top down but from a bottom up type design.
Office 97 over writes several. Windows 95 would be extreamly unstable if you installed office 97 after ie 4.x or 5.x. Fix is to install office 97 first then everything else afterwards.
throw in office XP, 2 Years Subscription requirements of Lin. 6 that also adds to the cost. $600 is a good rate. Rember they can't by upgrades the have to buy new lin. as Windows 95 is now longer upgradeable.
Yes but they are going to require some form of training. The Artical says they are either going to upgrade to New version of Windows XP or switch to Linux. So we are talking about going from Windows 95 to XP or at least to 2000. Althought 95 looks simalar to 2000 let me tell you as someone who does tech support all day it isn't the same. XP is even worse so there is training involved in upgrading to 2000/XP from 95 as well. The questions is which will cost more and how much more is the training cost to over come the $600 dollar per seat for XP. Plus once they have been trained what are the ongoing cost. Forced Upgrades, requiring new hardware, etc.
Also as someone who does tech support what user want most is for thing to work the same everytime / everyday. Most people outside of the tech industry just wants it to work and work the same. I have seen people use Pine and love it and then be foreced to switch to outlook and hate it because 1) it was a change and 2) it didn't work the same everytime they would use it.
I have had nothing but problems installing Office 97 on top of XP. I ended up just backing that machine back to 2000 but I understand that 97 Runs OK not great under SP1.
Yes but when you go to that IP you send a header in you request that says what domain you use. In the case of many hosting provider if you go to the IP address that DNS resloves to you don't get that site but a generic pages describing the hosting company. So small groups hosting a site with shared server will less likely get nailed by something like this but would get murdered by the slashdot effect.
Office can be configuired to export to a standard called .RTF. Works OK in pratices has issues under office 97 haven't tried it with anyothers but should work so office wont be a problem with this it just requires that the Vender / Reseller but setup office to produce standard based documents.
Microsoft only make sure stuff from the last few years runs not much futher so by 2005 when longhorne is due out then anything designed for window XP/2000 sould work but I doubt anything designed from 95/98 will.
Windows has been breaking backward compatibility for years. Try and run some thing dos under windows XP/2000 or even ME. Windows apears to trys and mantain backward compatibility for about 3 to 5 years. However try and run something 5 Years old under XP now or 10 Years old under Windows ME. If Microsoft continue that. Then Windows 2005 wont work on anything designed to run on anything less then Windows 2000. Note I am sure someone could dig up so windows 3.1 program that will still run but someone else could also dig up something that is only 1 Year old that wont run but on average stuff more the 5 Years old wont run on the lastest and greates Microsoft os.
It was on fox what would you expect. Worse networks to be on is Fox and UPN as they drop show in less then 1 Season. Best is WB I have yet see a show no matter how bad last less then 2 Seasons.
Too late Fantasy Island was remade about several Years ago and flopped.
Nope! Legal in MD not in DC or VA.
Digital Camera's are just an example and yes there are many digital camera supported under every other OS out there right now. But what about that new widget that just came to the market which your teenanger daughter must have but doesn't have Apple drivers. When you buy a $20,000.00 dollar SGI video workstation you expect that a $20.00 USB storage keychain from XYZ company might not work.
But BSD, Sun, and SGI are servers so lack of being able to hookup a digital camera or a webcam wouldn't be anything more then an annoyance but on a desktop that is a major issue.
Yes and No. For Apple to continue to sale hardware and software there has to be 3rd party software and hardware manf. They make things that apple couldn't make if it wanted too like drivers for new hardware gadgets and checkbook software like quicken. If there market share falls to low then it can create a spiral of death.
Lets look at an Example of what I am talking about. Five years ago almost all of the Linux drivers were inhouse by the kernel team and were hacks didn't work perfert all the time or didn't have full access to all that the card could do. Now five years later we have more and more drivers created by the manf. themselves and/or specs on the internal that make the driver writen work better and make full use of the cards abilty.
Now as Apple % of market share drops. More manf. aren't going make drivers for Mac's. Leaving Apple to either create more drivers or lose support for more hardware. Either will cose apple $$$. althought the fact that Apple built of a BSD core might help as drivers writen for other Unix based OS could be ported. So as linux and other *ix grow it could make things easier for apple in the long run.
Before you flame me I don't think apple with die anytime soon as there are some markets that PC are just starting to get into and good OS don't die they evolve just ask IBM os/2 still is being used for thing like cash reg. and ATM.
It called Kickstart under Redhat. One Conf file on a boot disk and can automate any part or all of the install include run a custmer script at the end that could config things just right for you machine. Including installing custmer bitmaps downloading updates and other automated things.
>Bush and his administration have made the '00's
>the decade of fear. Rather than "we have nothing
>to fear, but fear itself", we have the fear of
>terrorists hiding under every rock, behind every
>tree, lurking in every shadow. Now this disaster
>and the fear is already being considered on
>national TV, where it should be completely absurd
>and beyond any scrutiny, the fear brings it up.
Welcome to crap land. I can't believe you are even sugesting that Bush and his administration created this. The Truth is World Trade Center caused this and since then anytime something bad happens one of the first questions will be was it caused by a Terrrorist.
Yes and No.
HDTV will require larger file space plus 100 Gigs is still only about 50 Hours of Video or less.
Browser Stats are usles do to those things called proxy servers. I have used several of them and 1 reported all connections as IE5.0 win98 another windows NT IE4.0 not to count all the hits that don't make it to a site because the proxy server still has fresh data stored. So broser stats would be great but most ISP go thought Proxy Servers now which may not even report the correct browser viewing not alone pass thought anydata if the data has already been cached.
Check out XULPlanet.com Preferences Toolbar 2 lets you do that with a pretty pull down.
That 9.9% More then the people I known.
0 Reletives out of 150
1 Friend out of about 30
So that wouldn't even be 1% of the people I known and several of them have more then 2 DVD Players and 8 VCR but No "digital-ready" television st
Answer Yes but general require you to drop resultions or increase processor power. a 1 Ghz could do 30 fps at about 352x240 without breaking a sweet but 400 Mghz Celron isn't going to cut it.