When it comes to web servers in mid-range companies, MySQL and
DB2 are competitors. The choice is between paying for support
(and using a product with features they don't need) and
hiring a MySQL hacker.
Big companies tend to choose support, small companies
prefer to save some money and have some database expertise in-house.
But for many companies, it's a tough call.
The link doesn't say anything anything about replacing SMTP with
another protocol.
If my ex-girlfriend (who hasn't written me e-mails
for years) writes me one day that she has divorced, I'm
sure as hell don't want any frigging robot to
check her intelligence!
I fail to see how a new protocol would help.
What do you want to change?
You want to ask the remote system
to calculate something? This gives advantage to spammers who
own (or rather 0wn) beowulf clusters.
You want a trust relationship between
servers? Spam blocklists essentially do it without any changes.
If the remote server is in the block list and I trust the list,
I drop the connection. No changes in SMTP.
You want to know who connects to you? You already have the IP
address, and it's possible to require reverse DNS without SMTP
changes. Any password authentication would involve a "big brother".
You want to charge the sender? That essentially boils down to the
problem of trust, and can be done without SMTP changes, unless
you want the servers to negotiate the price.
I believe that the binary of Midnight Commander you run on your Windows 2000 machine (if you do) has released source. The patches for Windows were posted, they just weren't applied. But if somebody decides to continue this work, the patches can be found in the mailing list archives.
As for the "downfall of the GPL", I have to disagree. Somebody still needs to encourage developers to write new software or to make improvements. You cannot ask somebody to improve the software if you don't have the sources. Well, you can, but it will cost more. Now think about security holes.
Only if most software is 100% secure, costs $0 and fully satisfies users the "downfall of the GPL" as you describe it would be a possibility. Unfortunately, it's not going to happen any time soon.
The unmodified source doesn't compile because it heavily uses
select(). The modifications have never been made public.
All attempts to reach the author of the port have been
unsuccessful so far. The binary-only version has been downloaded 5007 times.
Now please put it on a P2P network and die (laughing or otherwise).
The Windows system was tested with 24 clients, the Linux system
was tested with 16 clients. The model name of the cluster is
a bit different (DL580-0200032P vs. DL580-PDC 32P C/S). I have no idea if it means
different hardware or software.
On the other hand, the difference in performance is
17.21 vs. 18.46, i.e. approximately 6%. I think that the result is
inconclusive (except that Linux can complete in this area at all).
I don't remember ever having to pay to access the linux kernel CVS.
It's either because you never cared about kernel development (in which case you should probably should stick with released versions), or because your memory is faulting (or you would remember how much you have paid, and what software is used to manage the Linux kernel).
In your scheme, the situation can be described as following:
Company "A" has patented technology "a". Company "B" makes a free
player using technology "a" and gives it away. Company "C" sells its
distribution "c" that includes pruduct "b".
The question is, whether company "C" should pay company "A" for the
use of the patented technology "a". Inclusion of "b" into "c" may make
the later more valuable, even though everybody can take "b" for free.
The question is not nearly as simple as your comment implies.
Next time please take time to understand the issue instead of
posting template-based comments.
The amount of @sskissing required to get +5 for a seemingly pro-Microsoft comment is mind-boggling. (For those who don't get it - the problem it with the site, not with the author of the comment).
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All the danish limericks I know would probably be illegal in several states in the US
What the hell are you talking about? How can words be illegal?
You mean they are copyrighted?
Or they are inappropriate for minors?
Or they are politically incorrect?
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I misread the subject as "Masochists take on it" and thought that running software from Limewire is indeed a form of masochism.
802.11e is not approved yet. It will regulate Quality of Service in wireless networks.
Yes, that's a big problem for microwave ovens. 5 GHz microwave ovens would be useless unless they support bridging.
You are confusing protocols with frequency bands.
Big companies tend to choose support, small companies prefer to save some money and have some database expertise in-house. But for many companies, it's a tough call.
If my ex-girlfriend (who hasn't written me e-mails for years) writes me one day that she has divorced, I'm sure as hell don't want any frigging robot to check her intelligence!
You want to ask the remote system to calculate something? This gives advantage to spammers who own (or rather 0wn) beowulf clusters.
You want a trust relationship between servers? Spam blocklists essentially do it without any changes. If the remote server is in the block list and I trust the list, I drop the connection. No changes in SMTP.
You want to know who connects to you? You already have the IP address, and it's possible to require reverse DNS without SMTP changes. Any password authentication would involve a "big brother".
You want to charge the sender? That essentially boils down to the problem of trust, and can be done without SMTP changes, unless you want the servers to negotiate the price.
As for the "downfall of the GPL", I have to disagree. Somebody still needs to encourage developers to write new software or to make improvements. You cannot ask somebody to improve the software if you don't have the sources. Well, you can, but it will cost more. Now think about security holes.
Only if most software is 100% secure, costs $0 and fully satisfies users the "downfall of the GPL" as you describe it would be a possibility. Unfortunately, it's not going to happen any time soon.
The unmodified source doesn't compile because it heavily uses select(). The modifications have never been made public. All attempts to reach the author of the port have been unsuccessful so far. The binary-only version has been downloaded 5007 times.
Now please put it on a P2P network and die (laughing or otherwise).
On the other hand, the difference in performance is 17.21 vs. 18.46, i.e. approximately 6%. I think that the result is inconclusive (except that Linux can complete in this area at all).
If you take a country where copyright laws are enforced, but the income is low (think e.g. Eastern Europe), the whole picture is very different.
Maybe it's not interesting and not funny, but please use your moderation points on something that really deserves to be moderated up or down.
I'd like to know your opinion about TOSLINK.
I remember seeing a goatse.cx link moderated as Insightful. That is really sick.
Company "A" has patented technology "a". Company "B" makes a free player using technology "a" and gives it away. Company "C" sells its distribution "c" that includes pruduct "b".
The question is, whether company "C" should pay company "A" for the use of the patented technology "a". Inclusion of "b" into "c" may make the later more valuable, even though everybody can take "b" for free.
The question is not nearly as simple as your comment implies. Next time please take time to understand the issue instead of posting template-based comments.
I don't see how this is relevant here. I don't see why a German company cannot demand a license fee from Americans. Please explain.
Y.H.B.T. Y.H.L. H.A.N.D.
I'm impressed how germane your signature is to this story.
The amount of @sskissing required to get +5 for a seemingly pro-Microsoft comment is mind-boggling. (For those who don't get it - the problem it with the site, not with the author of the comment).
What the hell are you talking about? How can words be illegal? You mean they are copyrighted? Or they are inappropriate for minors? Or they are politically incorrect?