>The problem here is the misperception that Linux >users are fanatical foaming-mouthed zealots who >won't take anything but open-source for an >answer.
In many cases, that is not a misperception....at least in this forum. I'm sure everyone here remembers the foaming-mouthed zealots from the qt license flamewar. Most of the slasdot lemmings would be all over Transmeta if it wasn't for the fact that Linus works there.....especially since Paul Allen is such a heavy investor in them.
Metcalf makes a perfectly fair point to Linus in questioning why the software involved with Crusoe is not open source. Certainly, Transmeta is not Linus' company, but he certainly could have an opinion on the topic of whether or not he though Crusoe software should be open source.
I'm not saying that Crusoe should be open source or what Linus should think. All I'm doing is calling the basic hypocrasy of many in this forum who feel that Linus/Alan Cox/Eric Raymond can do no wrong and anything they might be involved in is beyond reproach.
Given the widespread dislike of Katz, I'd be interested in seeing a count of just how many people are filtering out his articles. Additionally, it'd be interesting to look at how many people who use filtering *only* to screen out katz.
Now we just need regexp filtering in subjects so I can screen katz posts out that only indirectly concern him.....
If I remember correctly, MySQL still doesn't support referential integrity......so, technically speaking, you really shouldn't even call it a database.
It's substantially better than the "Martian" book.
The Martian book is littered with errors and inconsitencies and the code is all but useless as anything but a basic reference. Though, like the "Martian" book, it covers POA, which is nice since pretty much none of the other books do.
"Advanced..." is really good if you're looking for in-depth info on CORBA and the COS specifications.
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>The problem here is the misperception that Linux >users are fanatical foaming-mouthed zealots who >won't take anything but open-source for an >answer.
In many cases, that is not a misperception....at least in this forum. I'm sure everyone here remembers the foaming-mouthed zealots from the qt license flamewar. Most of the slasdot lemmings would be all over Transmeta if it wasn't for the fact that Linus works there.....especially since Paul Allen is such a heavy investor in them.
Metcalf makes a perfectly fair point to Linus in questioning why the software involved with Crusoe is not open source. Certainly, Transmeta is not Linus' company, but he certainly could have an opinion on the topic of whether or not he though Crusoe software should be open source.
I'm not saying that Crusoe should be open source or what Linus should think. All I'm doing is calling the basic hypocrasy of many in this forum who feel that Linus/Alan Cox/Eric Raymond can do no wrong and anything they might be involved in is beyond reproach.
Given the widespread dislike of Katz, I'd be interested in seeing a count of just how many people are filtering out his articles. Additionally, it'd be interesting to look at how many people who use filtering *only* to screen out katz.
Now we just need regexp filtering in subjects so I can screen katz posts out that only indirectly concern him.....
If I remember correctly, MySQL still doesn't support referential integrity......so, technically speaking, you really shouldn't even call it a database.
It's substantially better than the "Martian" book.
The Martian book is littered with errors and
inconsitencies and the code is all but useless as
anything but a basic reference. Though, like the "Martian" book, it covers POA, which is nice since
pretty much none of the other books do.
"Advanced..." is really good if you're looking for
in-depth info on CORBA and the COS specifications.
-tim