Guys, can we stop those comments about how great LaTeX is compared to wysiwyg? Alas for those of us that speak a different language than English. I spent considerable time to install and learn LaTex when I was in college, and it was always a pain in the butt to write Greek with it. From my point of view (and many others possibly) LaTeX is not an option. It may be not dead, but is sure smells badly. OO.org OTHO is pretty damn close to whatever is required by 99% of computer users. Especially if you are using another language than English, the localization efforts are trully trully great. For my native languge, OO.org offers a better solution than M$ already.
As for what the article says, the only thing where OO.org trully lacks is the spreadsheet. Excel is cleary superior to OO calc by any comparison. But for the word processor, IMHO OO.org is already on par with word.
Sorry, but your analogy could be applied not only to Sun but also to many many many companies and organizations that contribute code and maintain OSS projects. Do you mean that Linus Torvalds does not maintain control over the code that goes inside the linux kernel? Give me a break..
every time I install the OS is go into the config files and setup the DNS server and default gateway
Hey, selection of the defaultrouter and dns servers is in the installer for several years.
Solaris may have had several issues with other things, but their installation methods and processes were kicking ass when the rest of us were in the dark ages.
I have the feeling that this product is more and more moving away from the realm of products and into the realm of neccesities. Sooner or later people will want to create products that have the same API as windows (essentialy windows clones). So far they ae not able because M$ is potentialy able to stop them, but when we are talking about an OS that has >90% share, will they be able to keep it up? AT&T had monopoly and lost it also.
Take a look at the unix03 register. Only Solaris 10 and AIX are Unix03 compliant. That's why it makes perfect sense for IBM to continue its commitement to AIX (and for Sun to Solaris of course).
Linux (I mean Linux in the broader sense, not just the kernel) should strive to achieve some sort of formal compatibility to a standard like that.
It is my impression that the google search site does not (at least not yet) use image ads. I have seen image ads on third party sites that use adsense however, but that's ok because these ads are negligible compared to what other advertising firms are doing.
To me the whole point is whether they are going to be putting image ads on their search pages. If not, I really don't care, these guys have been so far extremely careful not to annoy.
When I read the comment about the commitement of SGI to linux, I couldn't help but think of Sun which gets a lot of bashing because they insist on Solaris instead of commiting itself to linux. Now, SGI's future is uncertain although they "commited" to the supposedly right choice.
IMHO Irix was great and they should commit to their own child. Who knows, today we might had yet another choice if they did.
Archimedes played a major part in defending his natal city of Syracuse against a protracted Roman siege, as the designer of a host of weapons and machines to repulse the attackers. These fall into three main categories: a) cranes (or 'claws') that lifted enemy ships out of the water and dashed them against the rocks, b) catapults of every size and description that hurled bolts and stones varying distances, and c) the mirrors that focused sunlight on the ships and set them alight. This latter invention has become legendary, and much has been written about whether such a thing could in fact have been possible in the time of Archimedes. Most experts, and particularly foreign experts, were persuaded that the construction of such a system was a myth, despite the weight of literary evidence supporting the story, until engineer Ioannis Sakkas succeeded in demonstrating that it was indeed possible. Sakkas used 70 copper-plated glass lenses, with diameters ranging from 1.70 to 0.70 metres, and his experiment was carried out at the Palaska Training Centre on the island of Salamina on November 6, 1973. Sakkas placed his 70 lenses in a circle, and succeeded in focusing the sun's rays on a small boat, built in the same way as Roman craft and equipped with the same sort of materials, lying 55 metres away. In less than three minutes the boat was ablaze. Sakkas' experiment was reported around the world, and caused quite a stir. Three previous tests had also produced satisfactory results, and together they confirmed that Archimedes did indeed set fire to Roman ships. While we do not know the full effect of this conflagration, the psychological impact on the enemy must have been terrible. That, of course, is why his feat acquired the status of a legend and is still talked about to this day.
And, really, we are talking about Archimedes here. If there was one guy in the whole Ancient world who could successfully pull something like this, it would be him. I for one believe that he actually did it.
Should I be most worried about the fact that you don't know jackshit for those countries or about the fact that your post has been modded +3 insightful?
Since they constitute a monopoly, it would be illegal to use their dominant market position regarding operating systems to leverage their presence in the VoIP market. Hence they can not incorporate something like this and have it shipped with windows.
This is what happened with the case where the EU forced them to start selling a version without the media player.
Assuming that the article is generaly correct this upcoming processor will be able to morph to other architectures. Could this mean that we can have some sort of native (or at least semi-native) JVM or.Net processor? I am not certain whether implementing a java virtual machine on hardware is feasible but this would be an interesting possibility.
Or it could be that the software JVM of today produces good enough native code for any architecture (x86, ultrasparc, ppc) that it makes it pointless to try to implement a machine that interprets the classes directly?
There used to be a very very good pdf over at Sun's site at this address but unfortunately it is now defunct. If anyone has saved that pdf, please make it available somewhere as it is/was very informative.
Hey, China may have great plans for the future, but they have accomplished relatively little compared to what the US or the former USSR have achieved in previous decades.
Why do you think that China has greater capability to seize control of the Langrange points than, say, Russia. I could argue that Russia may even have greater capability than even the US, considering the current state of the shuttle system.
I sympathise with you, man. In ancient greek, the word for holiday is the same word that is used for education. A teenager needs ample free time to try and sort things out about many of the aspects of life.
If it has improved since then, so much the better. Having yet another choice is surely a good thing. Perhaps I should give it a go now that it is easier to setup and use.
Windows does indeed support ipv6. Just typing ipv6 install at the command prompt just about does it if you want to enable it. It sets up your 6to4 tunnel too if you don't have native ipv6. Plus, windows are ahead because their ipsec stack does work. In linuxland, ipsec is supposed to be implemented by openswan, but last time I checked it was sort of incomplete and configuration was somewhat difficult.
On the other hand, most pppd daemons in solaris,freebsd and linux support ipv6. Windows will support ipv6 ppp in longhorn.
"During the Roman siege of Syracuse, he is said to have single-handedly defended the city by constructing lenses to focus the Sun's light on Roman ships and huge cranes to turn them upside down. When the Romans finally broke the siege, Archimedes was killed by a Roman soldier after snapping at him ``Don't disturb my circles,'' a reference to a geometric figure he had outlined on the sand."
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Guys, can we stop those comments about how great LaTeX is compared to wysiwyg? Alas for those of us that speak a different language than English. I spent considerable time to install and learn LaTex when I was in college, and it was always a pain in the butt to write Greek with it. From my point of view (and many others possibly) LaTeX is not an option. It may be not dead, but is sure smells badly. OO.org OTHO is pretty damn close to whatever is required by 99% of computer users. Especially if you are using another language than English, the localization efforts are trully trully great. For my native languge, OO.org offers a better solution than M$ already.
As for what the article says, the only thing where OO.org trully lacks is the spreadsheet. Excel is cleary superior to OO calc by any comparison. But for the word processor, IMHO OO.org is already on par with word.
Just my 5'.
Did you read the OO.org faq?
OTOH I suspect that nothing they could do about OO.org license would make you feel safe that they won't doublecross you.
Sorry, but your analogy could be applied not only to Sun but also to many many many companies and organizations that contribute code and maintain OSS projects. Do you mean that Linus Torvalds does not maintain control over the code that goes inside the linux kernel? Give me a break..
Worlds biggest open source code contributor doesn't like open source. News at 11.
every time I install the OS is go into the config files and setup the DNS server and default gateway
Hey, selection of the defaultrouter and dns servers is in the installer for several years.
Solaris may have had several issues with other things, but their installation methods and processes were kicking ass when the rest of us were in the dark ages.
My Congressman, Jim McDermott, even responds to comments to his posts.
This may sound stupid, but for a moment I read McDiarmid instead of McDermott. Can you imagine him in Congress?
I have the feeling that this product is more and more moving away from the realm of products and into the realm of neccesities. Sooner or later people will want to create products that have the same API as windows (essentialy windows clones). So far they ae not able because M$ is potentialy able to stop them, but when we are talking about an OS that has >90% share, will they be able to keep it up? AT&T had monopoly and lost it also.
Take a look at the unix03 register. Only Solaris 10 and AIX are Unix03 compliant. That's why it makes perfect sense for IBM to continue its commitement to AIX (and for Sun to Solaris of course).
Linux (I mean Linux in the broader sense, not just the kernel) should strive to achieve some sort of formal compatibility to a standard like that.
At their current rate, probably 20 years :-)
They almost broke even last year.
It is my impression that the google search site does not (at least not yet) use image ads. I have seen image ads on third party sites that use adsense however, but that's ok because these ads are negligible compared to what other advertising firms are doing.
To me the whole point is whether they are going to be putting image ads on their search pages. If not, I really don't care, these guys have been so far extremely careful not to annoy.
When I read the comment about the commitement of SGI to linux, I couldn't help but think of Sun which gets a lot of bashing because they insist on Solaris instead of commiting itself to linux. Now, SGI's future is uncertain although they "commited" to the supposedly right choice.
IMHO Irix was great and they should commit to their own child. Who knows, today we might had yet another choice if they did.
And, really, we are talking about Archimedes here. If there was one guy in the whole Ancient world who could successfully pull something like this, it would be him. I for one believe that he actually did it.
Should I be most worried about the fact that you don't know jackshit for those countries or about the fact that your post has been modded +3 insightful?
I thought that the Rio-Antirio bridge which was completed in 2004 in Greece had surpassed that record.
Since they constitute a monopoly, it would be illegal to use their dominant market position regarding operating systems to leverage their presence in the VoIP market. Hence they can not incorporate something like this and have it shipped with windows.
This is what happened with the case where the EU forced them to start selling a version without the media player.
Assuming that the article is generaly correct this upcoming processor will be able to morph to other architectures. Could this mean that we can have some sort of native (or at least semi-native) JVM or .Net processor? I am not certain whether implementing a java virtual machine on hardware is feasible but this would be an interesting possibility.
Or it could be that the software JVM of today produces good enough native code for any architecture (x86, ultrasparc, ppc) that it makes it pointless to try to implement a machine that interprets the classes directly?
There used to be a very very good pdf over at Sun's site at this address but unfortunately it is now defunct. If anyone has saved that pdf, please make it available somewhere as it is/was very informative.
Hey, China may have great plans for the future, but they have accomplished relatively little compared to what the US or the former USSR have achieved in previous decades.
Why do you think that China has greater capability to seize control of the Langrange points than, say, Russia. I could argue that Russia may even have greater capability than even the US, considering the current state of the shuttle system.
...that I will be able to see this in 3D?
I sympathise with you, man. In ancient greek, the word for holiday is the same word that is used for education. A teenager needs ample free time to try and sort things out about many of the aspects of life.
If it has improved since then, so much the better. Having yet another choice is surely a good thing. Perhaps I should give it a go now that it is easier to setup and use.
Windows does indeed support ipv6. Just typing ipv6 install at the command prompt just about does it if you want to enable it. It sets up your 6to4 tunnel too if you don't have native ipv6. Plus, windows are ahead because their ipsec stack does work. In linuxland, ipsec is supposed to be implemented by openswan, but last time I checked it was sort of incomplete and configuration was somewhat difficult.
On the other hand, most pppd daemons in solaris,freebsd and linux support ipv6. Windows will support ipv6 ppp in longhorn.
I found a very good reference here.
"During the Roman siege of Syracuse, he is said to have single-handedly defended the city by constructing lenses to focus the Sun's light on Roman ships and huge cranes to turn them upside down. When the Romans finally broke the siege, Archimedes was killed by a Roman soldier after snapping at him ``Don't disturb my circles,'' a reference to a geometric figure he had outlined on the sand."
It was a sarcasm for heaven sake. If you had bothered to read my previous posts you would have seen that I think very highly of Sun microsystems.
OASIS is evil. As the grantparent says, Sun has trouble understanding Open Source. How could they come up with an Open document format?