I agree. He could even just post it to them anonymously (ie: e-mail them details from a hotmail account created at a public - not school - library or something). Then he could sit back as some idiot tries to take credit and gets himself reamed. It's an interesting show...
He did mention legacy apps though. Suppose you have a client, who is an attorney, and he has 15 years of data locked in an Abacus (shudder) database from a version they don't support anymore. Remember that these are legal documents (some would consider these originals) and legal data. This makes them worth money.
Of course the attorney ran DOS and Windows 95 for years without problems (Or so he assumes. Better shops at least used Netware). He doesn't really see much difference in running it now and will pay through the nose to do so because his last network admin said that he couldn't import the data to his new software since he never upgraded his initial install of Abacus. The attorney doesn't have to fork out money for WinCE since he's still got a shelf full of old Win95 media (and the licenses to go with them). A clever freelance tech could make a killing.
He did forget to mention that embedded devices would make for some portability. Imagine that same attorney having his typing secretaries pass around the device to enter the data into new software. It would make it way more appealing to a small firm to only have to buy one (and the support for one;) )
I hadn't thought of that. Thanks! If you get the chance, you can see the effects of today's SCO fun at Yahoo Finance. It's kind of interesting to see the huge activity spike at the time of the IBM announcement.
From personal experience (don't flame me for it until you know), Robert Smith (the man) is a prick. I love his music, but he's a prick. Rosen is definately Rober Smith/Mothera.
40 hits a day adds up after a while. Lots of people will wait for a bit more content in the forums/message boards before they try a new project. These are folks that want to be sure that the project doesn't die in 6 months or are looking for documentation.
Unless the project is truly groundbreaking, 40 hits a day is respectable if they are 40 downloads of the project. A years worth of 40 hit days is 14,600 hits.
If you'd like to generate more of a user base here are a few ideas to try:
Cross post it to popular freeware sites and real estate sites. Remember that most freeware sites would rather have a link to the file than the actual file, so you don't need to worry about obsolete versions floating around out there.
You can also submit it to be reviewed somewhere (which can be a risk of it's own). When it gets reviewed, submit an announcement of the review to various real estate and PHP/MySQL news sites.
Write a HowTo for your project or find a user to write one and post it to the appropriate HowTo sites.
Post news on your site on a regular basis, like at least once a week. If you have to, set a schedule for news posts and post anything to keep with your schedule - even if it's just a "Nothing new, but updates to come - Here's what I'm working on" post. Sometimes a user will suggest something in response to a "Status" news item that will help you as you are developing. Be sure to publicly thank contributing users like that. It's an incentive for other users to speak openly and conrtibute ideas, if anything.
Whatever you do, don't be afraid to play the PR game. It may sound odd, but keeping the users engaged/entertained can go a long way.
My favorite tracks on the pen drive and the rest in the 2.5" portable hard drive chassis. I can sit at any desk or be at my laptop and still have my tunes without network admins getting mad at me!
As I'm reading this, our Network Admin hands me a sealed copy of MS-DOS 6.0 (with manual and Doublespace *shudder*!). He was cleaning out a cabinet and came across some copies that had been ignored since 1994. I guess it's time to dust off that old 386 laptop and do some comparative testing:) I've got a copy of Windows 3.0 on 5 1/4 floppies at home, now to just find a 5 1/4 drive...
MS doesn't make any product with the SCO license involved, so you can't buy it from them. I wanted to say "yet", but they'll probably never use it in a product anyway.
"Monarchy is the uneven distribution of Her property."
Of course the 'Her' (Queen) could just as easily be a 'Him' (king).
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Actually, I'm a Californian (USA) with a friend named Karl. Since meeting him, I see everything with a 'K' instead of a 'C'.
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I'm not saying that Europe is uncivilized. Hiking in a foreign land takes a certain measure of preparation and precaution, especially if you plan to hike through wilderness. Being diabetic further complicates that planning - Fumbling through language, having your sense of direction thrown off, not knowing what foreign road markers mean - these can lead to lost time that could cost her life itself.
I could have said "hike the continental US", but she has no desire to do that (and I don't blame her). She wants to see your land because she admires you. Take that for the compliment that it is.
It is nice to know that you won't be shooting at her because she is diabetic. You should shoot the mimes though...
McBride's reality checker is broken. We tried to send him replacement parts, but he keeps sending them back to us with a note saying that he doesn't need reality since he owns Unix. Poor bastard...
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"My sister could probably kiss you"
Damn, some/.ers are sick bastards. Just the thought that my sister *could* *probably* kiss some guy and a bunch of us get all hot and bothered. Guys, there are real women out there. Go meet one. I doubt she'd talk to you if this is how depraved you are, but at least you could fantasize about more than a text possibility...
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Dammit! Now I've got "Free Bird" stuck in my head. Self-torture. Arrgh! Make it go away!
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My sister could probably kiss you for that diabetes idea! That would let her do a lot of things, like hike Europe, without having to worry about her glucose meter running out of batteries somehwere remote or whether she could get more insulin should the need arise (I'm not sure if the storage idea would work though, as insulin can be complex to store/reproduce). I realize that she may never see it in that much of a normal use during her lifetime, but the idea that it could work would certainly ease her worry about passing it on to offspring. It will certainly give her some hope for other diabetics.
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Headphones on, he sits at the back of the bus. His mind filled with the music he loves as the tape slowly comes to an unexpected halt:
"'Cause I'm as freeee aaaaasssssss aaaaaaaaaa biiiiiiirrrrrrrrr nnnnnn." -Klick!
Callously, he eyeballs the passanger next to him. He thinks, "Kinda short, but chubby... About 11 Pints."
Reading the commentary below this article is interesting. I'm betting the/. discussion will be just as heated. This post in particular was interesting to me:
Since IBM doesn't have a distro then they're not going to disagree. The issue was the fact that the label "Linux" is being applied to multiple things and maybe the one that the press and the general public apply/associate it with is not really the "correct" one. (At least not in the opinon of the commentator.)
Your example shows the error that most people have with the thinking:
If me and a bunch of friends get together and bake cakes for a charity, the cake is the product of our efforts and is being offered as such to the consuming public. It is no different than the cake made by Sara Lee...
In your case, you're emphasizing the end product, the cake, rather than the process of friends gathering to do something (bake) for charity. The fact is that you could gather together and bake a million different things for charity it doesn't always have to be a cake. Or, you could take that friends gather together part and the charity aspect and wind up with a home built instead of a cake baked. What really is the more important part to be emphasized in your example? The cake or the charitable act of friends?
BTW, the author never claimed that other OS's don't have processes involved in their creation it's more that the process is internal and hidden (like Sara Lee's cake baking) as opposed to an open and community process. The other "fact" is that this Linux "process" can be used by the community to come up with a multitude of things besides the simple "cake". (Yeah, I'm blending your analogy in here all over the place.:-D )
I think it's very important to note that the process of making Linux is just as available and useful as the end product of a Distro (Suse, Red Hat). I would say that I have learned more about computing in the past couple of years by having access to the process and participating in it than I ever did by just using a produce. To me, this makes Linux worth it's weight in gold.
I'm sure the fact that the RIAA is paying filing fee$ to all of these local and state governments during tough budgett times is helpng things along for them in some way as well.
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I agree. He could even just post it to them anonymously (ie: e-mail them details from a hotmail account created at a public - not school - library or something). Then he could sit back as some idiot tries to take credit and gets himself reamed. It's an interesting show...
Of course the attorney ran DOS and Windows 95 for years without problems (Or so he assumes. Better shops at least used Netware). He doesn't really see much difference in running it now and will pay through the nose to do so because his last network admin said that he couldn't import the data to his new software since he never upgraded his initial install of Abacus. The attorney doesn't have to fork out money for WinCE since he's still got a shelf full of old Win95 media (and the licenses to go with them). A clever freelance tech could make a killing.
He did forget to mention that embedded devices would make for some portability. Imagine that same attorney having his typing secretaries pass around the device to enter the data into new software. It would make it way more appealing to a small firm to only have to buy one (and the support for one ;) )
I hadn't thought of that. Thanks! If you get the chance, you can see the effects of today's SCO fun at Yahoo Finance. It's kind of interesting to see the huge activity spike at the time of the IBM announcement.
To translate:
(this => $Gorilla.Size) = (this => $Stock.Value*10);
if (IBM['Gorilla.Size'] > SCO['Gorilla.Size']) {
$action = SCO.DropSuit(GoHomeAndCry());
}
From personal experience (don't flame me for it until you know), Robert Smith (the man) is a prick. I love his music, but he's a prick. Rosen is definately Rober Smith/Mothera.
I think this is all just a way to make us run out of SCO jokes before the trial. McBride is such a clever bastard.
If you'd like to generate more of a user base here are a few ideas to try:
Cross post it to popular freeware sites and real estate sites. Remember that most freeware sites would rather have a link to the file than the actual file, so you don't need to worry about obsolete versions floating around out there.
You can also submit it to be reviewed somewhere (which can be a risk of it's own). When it gets reviewed, submit an announcement of the review to various real estate and PHP/MySQL news sites.
Write a HowTo for your project or find a user to write one and post it to the appropriate HowTo sites.
Post news on your site on a regular basis, like at least once a week. If you have to, set a schedule for news posts and post anything to keep with your schedule - even if it's just a "Nothing new, but updates to come - Here's what I'm working on" post. Sometimes a user will suggest something in response to a "Status" news item that will help you as you are developing. Be sure to publicly thank contributing users like that. It's an incentive for other users to speak openly and conrtibute ideas, if anything.
Whatever you do, don't be afraid to play the PR game. It may sound odd, but keeping the users engaged/entertained can go a long way.
My favorite tracks on the pen drive and the rest in the 2.5" portable hard drive chassis. I can sit at any desk or be at my laptop and still have my tunes without network admins getting mad at me!
As I'm reading this, our Network Admin hands me a sealed copy of MS-DOS 6.0 (with manual and Doublespace *shudder*!). He was cleaning out a cabinet and came across some copies that had been ignored since 1994. I guess it's time to dust off that old 386 laptop and do some comparative testing :) I've got a copy of Windows 3.0 on 5 1/4 floppies at home, now to just find a 5 1/4 drive...
Our bottom line was looking glum
Our products were lame, and we were bummed
Then Darl thought of a scheme to bring even Big Blue down to it's knees
It's easy...
There's no one you can sue that can't be hung
Inflating our stock price can be fun
The judgements are a long way away, but end-users can pay up today
It's easy...
All you need is FUD
(la da, da da da)
All you need is FUD
(la da, da da da)
All you need is FUD, Darl
FUD is all you need...
MS doesn't make any product with the SCO license involved, so you can't buy it from them. I wanted to say "yet", but they'll probably never use it in a product anyway.
"Monarchy is the uneven distribution of Her property."
Of course the 'Her' (Queen) could just as easily be a 'Him' (king).
Actually, I'm a Californian (USA) with a friend named Karl. Since meeting him, I see everything with a 'K' instead of a 'C'.
I could have said "hike the continental US", but she has no desire to do that (and I don't blame her). She wants to see your land because she admires you. Take that for the compliment that it is.
It is nice to know that you won't be shooting at her because she is diabetic. You should shoot the mimes though...
McBride's reality checker is broken. We tried to send him replacement parts, but he keeps sending them back to us with a note saying that he doesn't need reality since he owns Unix. Poor bastard...
Damn, some /.ers are sick bastards. Just the thought that my sister *could* *probably* kiss some guy and a bunch of us get all hot and bothered. Guys, there are real women out there. Go meet one. I doubt she'd talk to you if this is how depraved you are, but at least you could fantasize about more than a text possibility...
Dammit! Now I've got "Free Bird" stuck in my head. Self-torture. Arrgh! Make it go away!
Boiling with your blood maybe????
My sister could probably kiss you for that diabetes idea! That would let her do a lot of things, like hike Europe, without having to worry about her glucose meter running out of batteries somehwere remote or whether she could get more insulin should the need arise (I'm not sure if the storage idea would work though, as insulin can be complex to store/reproduce). I realize that she may never see it in that much of a normal use during her lifetime, but the idea that it could work would certainly ease her worry about passing it on to offspring. It will certainly give her some hope for other diabetics.
"'Cause I'm as freeee aaaaasssssss aaaaaaaaaa biiiiiiirrrrrrrrr nnnnnn." -Klick!
Callously, he eyeballs the passanger next to him. He thinks, "Kinda short, but chubby... About 11 Pints."
Ok, the weight of a major disto on CD-ROM (like 7 CDs) in gold.
If I could give it back, I would :) Great insight by the way, even if you were called David.
Oops. Though I do use produce, I meant to write:
"participating in it than I ever did by just using a product "
I'm sure the fact that the RIAA is paying filing fee$ to all of these local and state governments during tough budgett times is helpng things along for them in some way as well.