But if they are dropping extended support for it, then you're forced to lease, no?
Microsoft is not dropping extended support for Home or Pro.
Microsoft never offered LTSB/extended support for home or pro Win10. What they DID offer for home and pro were monthly security and stability updates for 18 months for each version, and "upgrade" each six months for the foreseable future, and thus far microsoft has kept their part of the deal.
LTSB/Extended support was ever only offered for ENTERPRISE versions of Windows 10. And is not being dropped
Having said that, Windows 10 (Pro) is in the Bootcamp partition of my Air, so ask me if care.
That's not really an acceptable alternative to purchasing. Renting is a dumb idea for software. I got the Windows 8 Pro for $14.95, complete. I have a Windows 10 Pro reserved copy (never downloaded), so if they're going to end-of-life W10Pro before my W8Pro is end-of-life, that's kinda dumb. Windows 10 was supposed to be the last version of Windows, is how it was strongly marketed, now it seems it's used only as a transition to Windows-as-a-Service.
Same reason some people/companies lease cars, computers and equipment instead of buying it outright. Sometimes, is tax reasons, sometimes is lack of capex, and sometimes is just preference.
If you are happy with the W10pro (or home), you bought, keep it. No need to rent it.
If you are part of a large company, with adequate licenses, your large company can BUY (not rent) W10Enterprise for you.
If you (or your company) wishes to rent instead of buy (say, for tax reasosn), the option is there.
But, if you are a single individual, or a small company, and want enterprise, you need to rent, no other option for you.
But, from the Link: "Today, we are announcing Windows 10 Enterprise E3 in CSP. Starting this fall, businesses can get enterprise-grade security and management capabilities at just $7 a seat per month for the first time through the Cloud Solution Provider channel."
Most of the tech press is centered around the smartphone business (TFA is one of the few I've seen which does not make much emphasis on Smartphones, but does not tell the whole story), and the lack of Qualcomm Chips and Google services on the phones, but the problems run much deeper.
The bulk of ZTE's money do not come from the terminal business (Smartphones + CPEs [think ADSL/GPON modems and Wifi]). No, the bulk of ZTE's money comes from telco network gear, and there the sanctions already got their effect.
ZTE uses Acacia's chips for their optical (think fiber optics) equipment, and Acacia's shares are way down as a result.
You need Broadcom chips for the CPEs, MIPS and Brocade chips for the telco routers, PowerPC chips for the telephony switches, Altera's FPGAs for a myriad of specialized functions. and the list goes on and on...
You need certain OSs for your BSS/OSS systems. Things Like RedHat and Suse (yes, Linux is FOSS, but in order to play nice with the telcos, you need the certified Cosher/Halal versions).
While on the subjetc, while the guys of OpenSS7 have done a huge aamount of work, the SS7 solutions available and viable on linux are all the commercial variety (or you have to go to the ussual suspects), and all based in the USoA. Same for the X.700 implementations (SNMP's mucular, smart, badass, MMA older brother) in Linux and other OSs (HP-UX, AIX and Solaris).
Your boards run all sorts of RTOSs, for instance, wind-river...
Your IPTV gear needs all sorts of Processors and SW subjected to the embargo...
As a result of the ban, all these technologies are off-limits to ZTE now.
So no, this is not about "Qualcomm chips and Google's OS for Smartphones". If it were only that, the company would continue operating, and in less than 18 months, you would have a "Mediatek + AOSP based" Smartphone from ZTE taking over a decent chunk of market...
Good we have slashdot to get/set the record straight.
Also, the functions of phones and "desktop" devices (not really desktops, could be laptops with a keyboard) are orthogonal. The first are for brief communications, (yes) talking, recording of data (e.g. fitness tracking), and media consumption. But they stink at content production, which "desktop" devices excel at. Try writing several pages on a phone or many tablets -- it amounts to torture.
While I generally agrre with that statement, I often find that I write several pages of a document (think 12 in the last one I wrote) in my desktop-bound laptop (with true keyboard, true mouse, and external monitor in portrait mode). Then I let the documet simmer, and re-read it a few times, making a few edits here and there each time. And for re-reading and small editing, a Smartphone or tablet is a very convenient device, because it allows me to re-read and edit when there is time, or when inspiration strikes...
And I think I am not the only one. H.P. Lovecraft used a similar method* (writing, simmering, multiple editing). Just imagine how morre productive he would have been with a Desktop+Smartphone combo... And I am sure HPL and I are not alone in using this method.
* Not that I imply that I am at the same level of HPL. Not Even close, he is way beyond me, of course. Is just that we use the same method, and we are not alone at that.
Marlinspike writes. "We are considering ideas for a more robust system, but these ecosystem changes have happened very suddenly. [...]
While you consider and implement these "ideas for a more robust system", move to azure to buy yourselves more time.
AFAIK, Azure still supports domain fronting. Granted, is a little different than Google's and Amazon's (in that both the fronted domain and the final destination have to be azure hosted), but still, is better than the alternatie of having your app censored while a new solution arrives, which can take, weeks, months or even years...
All telecom providers which offer triple play, offer special perks, benefits and plans for users which use two or more services, as opposed to people which use just one.
All banks give you special perks if you receive your monthly pay in their account via direct transfer. Also, they give you special perks and benefits if you pay your bills via automatic drect transfer from their account. (Domicialiacion, is called).
Airlines give you special perks if you are a corporate subscriber.
Is only normal that if you have more than one service with comcast (that being cableTV + Data) you get some perks ("free" speed increase) that other people have to pay for. As some other poster said, if you have NO use for the TV service, pay just $10 for the speed increase, instead of paying $100 for the "useless" TV service (and then get the "free" data speed bump). If, OTOH, you already have the TV+Data service, enjoy your free "$10 data gift card"
If you still can not wrap your brain about it, just imagine if you were a grandpa/grandma, who only uses the TV service, and the data is there for when the grandchildren come visit. Try then to bitch about that instead of giving you a $10 discount on the "useful" TV service, they are raising the speed of your "useless" data package...
Take species that are alive right now, and re-introduce tem in areas where animals similar to those species became extint.
This is not unprecedented. In the pleistocene, there were horses in America, those became extint, and later re-introduced, with little or no effect in the ecosystem
Same with the Hippos in colombia (imported by no other than Pablo Escobar Gaviria, of "Narco" fame). Here, the efect on the ecosystem is low, but since the animals are very territorial, the populalition has a relationship with them of "Awe and respect"
In Venezuela there used to be an animal called Mixotoxodon Larensis, similar (but not related to) rhinos and hippos. It went all the way from brazil to Texas (the toxodon originated in patagonia, but our variation traveled more). We could re-introduce rhinos in venezuela and Brazil. Rhinos eat grass, like cows, so no biggie for the ecosystem, and are not a huge problem for humans (unlike Hippos hicha are VERY territorial).
In Venezuela we used to have a thinguie called the mastodons (other parts of america had them too, they came from the north), similar to elephants, so we may as well adopt elephants, either african, assian or both. Again, vegetarians, big, no biggie for the environmet.
Also, we used to have gavialoids (there are crocodiles, aligators, and gavials), but they became extinct, so may as well get gavials and "fake gavials" (which, funny enough, turned out to be true gavials;-) ) which are on the brink to extintion, and re-deploy. Since they eat only fish, are no danger to humans, and could deploy in places with "bad" fish (think piranha or electric eels).
I think a similar case could be made about the other continents.
The opportunities are plentyfull, is just the disposition.
On my desktop, I always INSIST on a pivot monitor. That way, I can rotate to the most appropiate form factor (16:9 when in excel, or comparing two documents side by side, 10:16 when reading a spec or writting a document)
So, I do not care much if the monitor is 4:3, 16:9 or 16:10, but I also preffer 16:10 in my desktop.
Sadly, my current desktop monitor is 16:9, but is the only pivot one I could find at the time in Venezuela (is not like we have much choice here...)
Facebook already stated that they will afford the same EU type level of protection for ALL the user base.
This change just aford them two things: 1.) Protection if by mistake they screw up and end up in a non-compliance event with EU directives (say, human error, security breach, inside attack). So, instead of all of the users suing, unly those in the EU suing.
2.) In case they have a change of heart and decide to not afford those protections any more, Is easier if the non-EU users are also outside EU jusrisdiction.
Is just a curiosity. No insinuation of any ulterior motives or evildoing whatsoever. Since BSD (and MIT and Apache) licenses are more Microsoft's cup of tea.
I get it that Linux has more driver support for hardware, but then again, this is Microsoft's semi-custom silicon, so they have a modicum of control over the hardware specs and therefore, the drivers.
Is something inherent in the Linux kernel (like the near-real-time patches)? Perhaps better support for containers? More familiarity with the code-base from MS developers? The availability of MS Cross-development tools for Linux?
Whatever the rationale was, I'd love to know it...
They will make a pretty penny selling Azure cloud services (or selling azure datacenter licenses for companies which want/have to roll their own cloud).
I am now on Android, but until recently, I had a Q10, and before that, an N9, and I certainly miss the ease and fluidity that gesture navigation brings (once you learn the new gestures, of course).
Will be a welcome chance, if and when I get Oreo on my phone (still on Nougatt, fully patched).
All apple operations now run 100% in renewable energy, but not all apple operations run on apple products.
I am 100% certain that their cloud (think iCloud, Siri, iTunes store, App Store) and administrative infrastructure (think CRM, ERP, HR, etc) do not run on Apple Servers, and does not use Apple's OS.
But good to know at least the energy front is covered...
(And no, I never used MacOS Server or Apple's server hardware, I am just amused at the situation).
Witten on a MacBook Air Early 2015, with an Android Phone (KeyOne) nearby
But smaller, with datacenter specs, so lots of 2.5" SAS drives, no optical, lots of GFX cards, with datacenter sizes (half height, half length, 2 slots).
Put a couple Cavium (Marvell) ThunderX2 chips inside (instead of intel) so that you start the transition to ARM in earnest, and with a Bang.
How does this stop ISPs from knowing which sites you visit? Once Cloudfare's DNS serves up the IP address (instead of your ISP's DNS), you still need to send/receive traffic from that IP address, which the ISP can easily monitor. The only way to prevent this is to use a VPN, while making sure to use your VPN's DNS as well.
While their attempt at privacy is comendable, I'll stick with my current setup:
* GlobalCyberAlliance's 9.9.9.9 as primay for added protection against nasties (not for me specificaly, but for the less tech savvy users in the houses). * Google's 8.8.4.4 as alternate. * And OpenDNS' at 208.67.222.222 for modems that support a thrid option.
Some people may preffer some other order, and there is nothing wrong with that . Perhaps priviledging OpenDNS' for the family friendly filtering, or Google's for raw speed and non-censorship...
My way gives me a nice balance of protection and speed, while avoiding the censorship of the State run ISP (CANTV Venezuela). But YMMV
In Venezuela, there used to be "Gavialiloids", but they went extint (Ikanogavialis and heserogavialis, for example).
These were relatives of the Gavialis in India and indonesia, but those are close to extintion (because of antropogenic factors in their habitats).
There are conservation efforts in ceratin zoos (San Diego in particular is very active in this conservation effort), but nothing in the wild.
Since the Gavialis is not a danger to humans (they mostly eat fish, their long narrow snouts are too fragile for bigger pray), it would be nice to re-introduce them in the wild in the former habitat of their cousins, specialy in areas where "bad fish" abound (think piranhas and electric eels - Electrophorus electricus)...
because you can only use the "Propper Linuxes", RedHat, Suse, and to a lesser extent Ubuntu and Debian. Other things will lack support from the hardware maker propper certification (think PCI, not the bus/slot, the certification)
that's mostly a myth; we build and support certified systems running free-as-in-beer linux (mostly centos, some ubuntu): pci, hipaa, fedramp, and dod/ic (from unclassified to above top secret)
because it's open source, we serve as the "vendor" for purposes of support
"Q: How can I get support for OSS that already exists? You can support OSS either through a commercial organization, or you can self-support OSS; in either case, you can use community support as an aid." http://dodcio.defense.gov/Open...
Great for the USoA. And good to know (no sarcasm here).
But, what's the situation in Europe? Japan?
What about the four other eyes of the five eyes? Canada? Australia? New Zealand? UK?
Or in LatAm, where I do the Training (and, just to remind you, just South America has 11 countries, central america and the Caribean have many more, some really tinny, like Belize or Dominica (not to be confused with the dominican republic)).
What about EMEA? Or south East Asia?
I can personaly vouch for what I said in the cases of Spain (where I did my MBA), Mexico, Brazil (where I did training), and Colombia and Venezuela (where I lived and worked). And friends and contacts tell me is similar for other countries in LatAm as well.
And even if Govt/Industry regulations allow it, you still have to face the internal policy of each company. The first customer facing linux project for a Telco in Venezuela was headed by yours truly in 2001, and the politics were quite nasty to get it going...
I remember at that time, HP made a big deal about supporting debian, but only if it was HP's Debian, on top of HP hardware, installed by HP personnel... We in the FOSS world have come a long way since then, but still have a long way to go... (from the get go RedHat was required in my project, by the way)
Trust me dude. Is hard to get FOSS Support accepted outside of the BigUns (RedHat/Suse/Oracle and to a lesser exent Ubuntu and Debian for linux, other companies for other technologies). It will be either regulation making it difficult, or internal procedures of the companies making it difficult.
Finally, and I say this in all seriousness, and without sarcasm at all: If your company could set shop in our countries, and lobby to change those regulations and perceptions, would be wonderfull...
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But if they are dropping extended support for it, then you're forced to lease, no?
Microsoft is not dropping extended support for Home or Pro.
Microsoft never offered LTSB/extended support for home or pro Win10. What they DID offer for home and pro were monthly security and stability updates for 18 months for each version, and "upgrade" each six months for the foreseable future, and thus far microsoft has kept their part of the deal.
LTSB/Extended support was ever only offered for ENTERPRISE versions of Windows 10. And is not being dropped
Having said that, Windows 10 (Pro) is in the Bootcamp partition of my Air, so ask me if care.
That's not really an acceptable alternative to purchasing. Renting is a dumb idea for software. I got the Windows 8 Pro for $14.95, complete. I have a Windows 10 Pro reserved copy (never downloaded), so if they're going to end-of-life W10Pro before my W8Pro is end-of-life, that's kinda dumb. Windows 10 was supposed to be the last version of Windows, is how it was strongly marketed, now it seems it's used only as a transition to Windows-as-a-Service.
Same reason some people/companies lease cars, computers and equipment instead of buying it outright. Sometimes, is tax reasons, sometimes is lack of capex, and sometimes is just preference.
If you are happy with the W10pro (or home), you bought, keep it. No need to rent it.
If you are part of a large company, with adequate licenses, your large company can BUY (not rent) W10Enterprise for you.
If you (or your company) wishes to rent instead of buy (say, for tax reasosn), the option is there.
But, if you are a single individual, or a small company, and want enterprise, you need to rent, no other option for you.
Why the fuck would I SUBSCRIBE to an operating system?
I do not Know about you.
But it seems that the anonymous coward with 2 development machines has a real need for W10Enterprise, and I just answered HIS question.
How can I buy Enterprise?
I have 2 Win10 computers that I used for development.
Explain to me again what the fuck I am meant to do?
Windows 10 Enterprise (and therefore LTSB) is available as a $7 Per month subscription option.
More info here:
https://blogs.windows.com/wind...
But, from the Link:
"Today, we are announcing Windows 10 Enterprise E3 in CSP. Starting this fall, businesses can get enterprise-grade security and management capabilities at just $7 a seat per month for the first time through the Cloud Solution Provider channel."
You're welcome! (On a Nick Burns tone)
How many beers can this atomic fridge store?
Most of the tech press is centered around the smartphone business (TFA is one of the few I've seen which does not make much emphasis on Smartphones, but does not tell the whole story), and the lack of Qualcomm Chips and Google services on the phones, but the problems run much deeper.
The bulk of ZTE's money do not come from the terminal business (Smartphones + CPEs [think ADSL/GPON modems and Wifi]). No, the bulk of ZTE's money comes from telco network gear, and there the sanctions already got their effect.
ZTE uses Acacia's chips for their optical (think fiber optics) equipment, and Acacia's shares are way down as a result.
You need Broadcom chips for the CPEs, MIPS and Brocade chips for the telco routers, PowerPC chips for the telephony switches, Altera's FPGAs for a myriad of specialized functions. and the list goes on and on...
You need certain OSs for your BSS/OSS systems. Things Like RedHat and Suse (yes, Linux is FOSS, but in order to play nice with the telcos, you need the certified Cosher/Halal versions).
While on the subjetc, while the guys of OpenSS7 have done a huge aamount of work, the SS7 solutions available and viable on linux are all the commercial variety (or you have to go to the ussual suspects), and all based in the USoA. Same for the X.700 implementations (SNMP's mucular, smart, badass, MMA older brother) in Linux and other OSs (HP-UX, AIX and Solaris).
Your boards run all sorts of RTOSs, for instance, wind-river...
Your IPTV gear needs all sorts of Processors and SW subjected to the embargo...
As a result of the ban, all these technologies are off-limits to ZTE now.
So no, this is not about "Qualcomm chips and Google's OS for Smartphones". If it were only that, the company would continue operating, and in less than 18 months, you would have a "Mediatek + AOSP based" Smartphone from ZTE taking over a decent chunk of market...
Good we have slashdot to get/set the record straight.
Many a scuba diver knows Nitrogen Narcosis and Nitrogen death.
Nothing misterious about it...
Is a well proven method. And humane at that.
If I ever make my own Kevorkian machine, this is my chosen method.
AMD is affected too...
So, my question is:
Why a developer, developing for AMD-64 on top of AMD Hardware (think Athlon, Buldozer, Ryzen/Epyc et al) would be using an "INTEL's" Docs?
Shouldn't said developer be using AMD's documentation? If so, then, how said developer was also afected?
Also, the functions of phones and "desktop" devices (not really desktops, could be laptops with a keyboard) are orthogonal. The first are for brief communications, (yes) talking, recording of data (e.g. fitness tracking), and media consumption. But they stink at content production, which "desktop" devices excel at. Try writing several pages on a phone or many tablets -- it amounts to torture.
While I generally agrre with that statement, I often find that I write several pages of a document (think 12 in the last one I wrote) in my desktop-bound laptop (with true keyboard, true mouse, and external monitor in portrait mode). Then I let the documet simmer, and re-read it a few times, making a few edits here and there each time. And for re-reading and small editing, a Smartphone or tablet is a very convenient device, because it allows me to re-read and edit when there is time, or when inspiration strikes...
And I think I am not the only one. H.P. Lovecraft used a similar method* (writing, simmering, multiple editing). Just imagine how morre productive he would have been with a Desktop+Smartphone combo... And I am sure HPL and I are not alone in using this method.
* Not that I imply that I am at the same level of HPL. Not Even close, he is way beyond me, of course. Is just that we use the same method, and we are not alone at that.
Marlinspike writes. "We are considering ideas for a more robust system, but these ecosystem changes have happened very suddenly. [...]
While you consider and implement these "ideas for a more robust system", move to azure to buy yourselves more time.
AFAIK, Azure still supports domain fronting. Granted, is a little different than Google's and Amazon's (in that both the fronted domain and the final destination have to be azure hosted), but still, is better than the alternatie of having your app censored while a new solution arrives, which can take, weeks, months or even years...
I live out of the USoA.
All telecom providers which offer triple play, offer special perks, benefits and plans for users which use two or more services, as opposed to people which use just one.
All banks give you special perks if you receive your monthly pay in their account via direct transfer. Also, they give you special perks and benefits if you pay your bills via automatic drect transfer from their account. (Domicialiacion, is called).
Airlines give you special perks if you are a corporate subscriber.
Is only normal that if you have more than one service with comcast (that being cableTV + Data) you get some perks ("free" speed increase) that other people have to pay for. As some other poster said, if you have NO use for the TV service, pay just $10 for the speed increase, instead of paying $100 for the "useless" TV service (and then get the "free" data speed bump). If, OTOH, you already have the TV+Data service, enjoy your free "$10 data gift card"
If you still can not wrap your brain about it, just imagine if you were a grandpa/grandma, who only uses the TV service, and the data is there for when the grandchildren come visit. Try then to bitch about that instead of giving you a $10 discount on the "useful" TV service, they are raising the speed of your "useless" data package...
I've said it before and I'll say it again:
Take species that are alive right now, and re-introduce tem in areas where animals similar to those species became extint.
This is not unprecedented. In the pleistocene, there were horses in America, those became extint, and later re-introduced, with little or no effect in the ecosystem
Same with the Hippos in colombia (imported by no other than Pablo Escobar Gaviria, of "Narco" fame). Here, the efect on the ecosystem is low, but since the animals are very territorial, the populalition has a relationship with them of "Awe and respect"
In Venezuela there used to be an animal called Mixotoxodon Larensis, similar (but not related to) rhinos and hippos. It went all the way from brazil to Texas (the toxodon originated in patagonia, but our variation traveled more). We could re-introduce rhinos in venezuela and Brazil. Rhinos eat grass, like cows, so no biggie for the ecosystem, and are not a huge problem for humans (unlike Hippos hicha are VERY territorial).
In Venezuela we used to have a thinguie called the mastodons (other parts of america had them too, they came from the north), similar to elephants, so we may as well adopt elephants, either african, assian or both. Again, vegetarians, big, no biggie for the environmet.
Also, we used to have gavialoids (there are crocodiles, aligators, and gavials), but they became extinct, so may as well get gavials and "fake gavials" (which, funny enough, turned out to be true gavials ;-) ) which are on the brink to extintion, and re-deploy. Since they eat only fish, are no danger to humans, and could deploy in places with "bad" fish (think piranha or electric eels).
I think a similar case could be made about the other continents.
The opportunities are plentyfull, is just the disposition.
One can not escape.
On my desktop, I always INSIST on a pivot monitor. That way, I can rotate to the most appropiate form factor (16:9 when in excel, or comparing two documents side by side, 10:16 when reading a spec or writting a document)
So, I do not care much if the monitor is 4:3, 16:9 or 16:10, but I also preffer 16:10 in my desktop.
Sadly, my current desktop monitor is 16:9, but is the only pivot one I could find at the time in Venezuela (is not like we have much choice here...)
Facebook already stated that they will afford the same EU type level of protection for ALL the user base.
This change just aford them two things:
1.) Protection if by mistake they screw up and end up in a non-compliance event with EU directives (say, human error, security breach, inside attack). So, instead of all of the users suing, unly those in the EU suing.
2.) In case they have a change of heart and decide to not afford those protections any more, Is easier if the non-EU users are also outside EU jusrisdiction.
Is just a curiosity. No insinuation of any ulterior motives or evildoing whatsoever. Since BSD (and MIT and Apache) licenses are more Microsoft's cup of tea.
I get it that Linux has more driver support for hardware, but then again, this is Microsoft's semi-custom silicon, so they have a modicum of control over the hardware specs and therefore, the drivers.
Is something inherent in the Linux kernel (like the near-real-time patches)? Perhaps better support for containers? More familiarity with the code-base from MS developers? The availability of MS Cross-development tools for Linux?
Whatever the rationale was, I'd love to know it...
They will make a pretty penny selling Azure cloud services (or selling azure datacenter licenses for companies which want/have to roll their own cloud).
Go and buy your batteries in RadioShack. They even have a battery of the month loyalty programme.
All jokes aside, If Energizer and Duracell are gouguing you, you can always buy Ray-o-Vac, Panasonic or Varta batteries...
Or even better: Buy Some Rechargable AAA (with suitable adapters for AA usage*) and 9Volts and help mother earth.
Buy aslo AA but only if you really need the extra oomph.
Errr... I think they meant:
Like in Blackberry's BB10...
And before it, like in Nokia's Meego N9...
And before it, like in Plam's WebOS...
I am now on Android, but until recently, I had a Q10, and before that, an N9, and I certainly miss the ease and fluidity that gesture navigation brings (once you learn the new gestures, of course).
Will be a welcome chance, if and when I get Oreo on my phone (still on Nougatt, fully patched).
I meant this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Naming their manuscript "The Book". I mean God is merciful but taking the same name as His manuscript just might be smiteworthy.
Well, maybe there are a lot of hinduists, budhists and Confucionists working there that do not care to call that "the Book"...
May I sugest calling it the Cathiloic Orange Bible, or better yet, the Catholic Fuschia Bible to avoid any posibility of "Smitening"? ;-)
All apple operations now run 100% in renewable energy, but not all apple operations run on apple products.
I am 100% certain that their cloud (think iCloud, Siri, iTunes store, App Store) and administrative infrastructure (think CRM, ERP, HR, etc) do not run on Apple Servers, and does not use Apple's OS.
But good to know at least the energy front is covered...
(And no, I never used MacOS Server or Apple's server hardware, I am just amused at the situation).
Witten on a MacBook Air Early 2015, with an Android Phone (KeyOne) nearby
But smaller, with datacenter specs, so lots of 2.5" SAS drives, no optical, lots of GFX cards, with datacenter sizes (half height, half length, 2 slots).
Put a couple Cavium (Marvell) ThunderX2 chips inside (instead of intel) so that you start the transition to ARM in earnest, and with a Bang.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
If is Good enough for a FUCKING CRAY XC50 SUPERCOMPUTES, shall be good enough for Mac "Pro" users.
For the tiem being, leave the Apple designed ARM stuff for low end laptops.
By AMD and Cyrix. Was called P-Rating (P for performance, not Pentium).
It did not work then, it will not work now.
How does this stop ISPs from knowing which sites you visit? Once Cloudfare's DNS serves up the IP address (instead of your ISP's DNS), you still need to send/receive traffic from that IP address, which the ISP can easily monitor. The only way to prevent this is to use a VPN, while making sure to use your VPN's DNS as well.
While their attempt at privacy is comendable, I'll stick with my current setup:
* GlobalCyberAlliance's 9.9.9.9 as primay for added protection against nasties (not for me specificaly, but for the less tech savvy users in the houses).
* Google's 8.8.4.4 as alternate.
* And OpenDNS' at 208.67.222.222 for modems that support a thrid option.
Some people may preffer some other order, and there is nothing wrong with that . Perhaps priviledging OpenDNS' for the family friendly filtering, or Google's for raw speed and non-censorship...
My way gives me a nice balance of protection and speed, while avoiding the censorship of the State run ISP (CANTV Venezuela). But YMMV
In Venezuela, there used to be "Gavialiloids", but they went extint (Ikanogavialis and heserogavialis, for example).
These were relatives of the Gavialis in India and indonesia, but those are close to extintion (because of antropogenic factors in their habitats).
There are conservation efforts in ceratin zoos (San Diego in particular is very active in this conservation effort), but nothing in the wild.
Since the Gavialis is not a danger to humans (they mostly eat fish, their long narrow snouts are too fragile for bigger pray), it would be nice to re-introduce them in the wild in the former habitat of their cousins, specialy in areas where "bad fish" abound (think piranhas and electric eels - Electrophorus electricus)...
because you can only use the "Propper Linuxes", RedHat, Suse, and to a lesser extent Ubuntu and Debian. Other things will lack support from the hardware maker propper certification (think PCI, not the bus/slot, the certification)
that's mostly a myth; we build and support certified systems running free-as-in-beer linux (mostly centos, some ubuntu): pci, hipaa, fedramp, and dod/ic (from unclassified to above top secret)
because it's open source, we serve as the "vendor" for purposes of support
"Q: How can I get support for OSS that already exists?
You can support OSS either through a commercial organization, or you can self-support OSS; in either case, you can use community support as an aid." http://dodcio.defense.gov/Open...
Great for the USoA. And good to know (no sarcasm here).
But, what's the situation in Europe? Japan?
What about the four other eyes of the five eyes? Canada? Australia? New Zealand? UK?
Or in LatAm, where I do the Training (and, just to remind you, just South America has 11 countries, central america and the Caribean have many more, some really tinny, like Belize or Dominica (not to be confused with the dominican republic)).
What about EMEA? Or south East Asia?
I can personaly vouch for what I said in the cases of Spain (where I did my MBA), Mexico, Brazil (where I did training), and Colombia and Venezuela (where I lived and worked). And friends and contacts tell me is similar for other countries in LatAm as well.
And even if Govt/Industry regulations allow it, you still have to face the internal policy of each company. The first customer facing linux project for a Telco in Venezuela was headed by yours truly in 2001, and the politics were quite nasty to get it going...
I remember at that time, HP made a big deal about supporting debian, but only if it was HP's Debian, on top of HP hardware, installed by HP personnel... We in the FOSS world have come a long way since then, but still have a long way to go... (from the get go RedHat was required in my project, by the way)
Trust me dude. Is hard to get FOSS Support accepted outside of the BigUns (RedHat/Suse/Oracle and to a lesser exent Ubuntu and Debian for linux, other companies for other technologies). It will be either regulation making it difficult, or internal procedures of the companies making it difficult.
Finally, and I say this in all seriousness, and without sarcasm at all: If your company could set shop in our countries, and lobby to change those regulations and perceptions, would be wonderfull...
But for the time being, it is as it is...