Really? I have found that to be the opposite. I had a laptop that had faulty memory and Windows would not even install on the laptop, but Linux not only installed, but ran very stable on it.
Both platforms are good for the projects they are used for. In this case you have to use the right tool for the job. There is no one for all solution. Though, some of the people who post here seem to believe this...;)
This is not accurate. The article starts off with the Voodoo being the first 3D consumer card, which is false. ATI had the 3DXpression PC2TV (Mach64 based chipset), Nvidia had the NV1, and Matrox had the Millinuem 1 and the NEC PowerVR powered M3D out before 3Dfx released the Voodoo1. Yes, all but the PowerVR were week competitors to 3Dfx, but they were first.
We run our whole warehouse management system on OS/2 Warp Server e-Business, DB2 7, and Workspace on Demand. It is not just a hobbyist operating system. It's a valuable business solution for our needs. Its funny, we have been purchased recently and the new company runs windows based platform and their management system does not do, or even come close to, actually manage a warehouse. Even our new management is claiming if we migrate our business over to their platform that we would be taking a step back. They are having a hard time justifying us moving to their platform! This is good news and proves that OS/2 can still be a viable business option.
We currently use WSEB servers and WSOD clients (OS/2 Thin client) to run our Warehouse mangement system (Product inventory, product movement, shipping, receiving, etc..). Its a great system and very easy to manage. We are finally moving off of it June 2003. Its going to be tough, the last 5yrs OS/2 has been my bread and butter.
When you purchase the CD you are purchasing the complete package which includes the music, art, manual, etc.. It becomes a physical object. When I purchased my ATI video card I purchased a complete package etc... Anyway, it maybe Apples and oragne, but I like to see you guys walk into the local music store and grab another copy of the disc that was accidently destroyed by your foot. They will arrest you for stealing. Why is it different when it comes to the internet? Oh, thats right, music should be free blah blah blah. Yeah, who is going to feed me? Donations, blah.
I don't understand, you broke the disk you paid for and then you feel justified to go download it from the net? Ok, so if I break my ATI video card, can I feel justified to go to best buy and just take one with out paying for it? I don't understand your Logic.
I think its fair that the MPAA and RIAA are doing this. I rather them find ways to combat piracy on their own than having the government "force" legistaltion that prevents consumer rights and fair use rights such as the "Hollings Bill". This should prove to the courts and legislators that these groups DO have a way to protect their copywrite work and this should debunk their argument about needing more legistaltion.
True, but the Green party is not as big as the Libertarian party and the Libertarians won more local elections than any other party. Its how many members and how many are elected, not how much votes the presidential candidate got. If that was the case, then the Reform party would be leading the pack!
I disagree. Libertarians are slowly winning local governments all over the country. They are the largest "3rd" party and the fastest growing. Once they become more dominent in local government voters will support then in state government then the presidency. In short, if you vote for your local Libertarian, then you are voting for the future of the Libertarian party in State and National government. A wasted vote is a vote you did not want.
You guys only looking at part of the picture. I wont go into it, but I am looking at one of the warehouses that does distributions for one of the Music Companies and they employ 200+ people. Now think about this, there are over 10 of these warehouses and I am sure the workforce is around the same. What am I getting at? Well that $15 CD has to stretch so far to pay not only Marketing, producing, labeling, stickering, etc.. But also pay the people to do this along with distribute it. Also, you have to take into account the RETURNS! Yes, Returns are BIG, so maybe the artist only gets.000076 of the profit, the studios are getting around the same. As for ONLINE Distribution... Well, were do you think they got the music from? A hard copy of what they distribute, they still need to pay the same workforce. As many pointed out, Musicians make their money on the Shows(Performance, T-shirts, etc..). IF it was such a bad business then why do so many people seek it out as a profession? Because its not.. Come on guys.. Get over it, you can't have something for nothing...
Why can't you "music pirates" understand why the recording companies got all upset when Napster hit the scene. It made their hard work available for FREE! They invested allot of time and money in engineering and recording the music that you ripped in 5 minutes to MP3 file. What if you invested money to create something and the guy next store to you is making copies and giving it away for free? You would be pissed. Also, remember that not only the RIAA members were upset with the whole idea of Napster, several Independent labels were also upset. Copying music and distributing it for free is no different than copying software and distributing it for free....Its called Pirating.
How does Napster, Morpheus, limewire, etc.. give unknown artist's a chance when users type in the name of the atist they want in the search engine? Do you think typing in "Offspring" is going to bring up your band? No, so how does this help unknowns?
It is stabel untill you connect one Windows 2k client to an WSEB server. Windows 2k will max your sessions out with in a week.
I love OS/2. Its RPL technology is outstanding. Its the platform that pays my bills (WSEB/WSOD). I looked into e-Commstation and Wise Manager last year after talking to Serenity Systems founder and having me send me a copy of both. e-Commstation is pretty nice software, but (IMHO) I don't see a reason to upgrade to it unless you are running aything prior to 4.5. I do like Wisemanager and I can defaintly see it being a big plus especially in OS/2 networks. It makes managing a WSEB network very easy and it can replace, or complement, an existing WSOD network. I hope Serenity is successfull with their products. I want OS/2 to live a little longer.
Actually, the Recording company is the one who puts up the money to record the artist. One thing you guys seem to forget, or don't know, the Record Company takes a gamble on every artist they record. Only 5% out of all the artist they record actually bring back a return.
One thing I find funny is how much hatred some of you guys have towards the Record Companies. I think its because you guys are ignorant of how its actually works. Think about this. SOmeone comes to you with an idea and wants you to help them make it, market it, and sell it. You invest money into making it, marketing it (TV, Radio, MTV (Videos), etc..), and you set up channels to sell it retail. Now, how would you like to see all that work you did and that money you invest be given away for free? Lest say, someone purchased the idea and spread it around freely on a street corner. You would be upset! The only way I feel an artist should beable to distribute his song is if he does the recording of and its not the recording done by the studios. This is the only way I see it to be fair. Lets face it guys, downloading music produced/recorded by Record companies off the net with out their consent/permission for free is stealing.
Jim
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Why not put the blame were it properly belongs. The government of these nations. It is thier fault that thier poeple are going hungry, not Americans. Unfortuantly, the poeple - let me say Radicals - of this country fail to see this. They rather point the fingure at us becouse of jelousy and not at themselves for allowing thier government to have controll. If they really were fighting for the rights of thier brothers they would be attacking thier government. No, the real issue here is power and power only. I am sick and tired of Americans being blamed for problems that we have no controll of.
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I disagree. The reason that poor people in Africa are starving is becouse of thier leaders, not America. We are VERY giving poeple. We spend billions of dallors and provide resources for other countries to help prevent hunger. Instead these leaders rape thier own poeple form these resources. How can we prevent this? The only way is to overthrow the government that is hurting thier poeple. Don't let your jelousy get the best of you. Yes America is a rich nation and we deserve the luxery to fill gas in our car becouse we fight for these rights. Others can have the fruits of capitalism, but they choose not to.
Slakware is probably one of the easiest distro's to use. Yes, it has a command line installer and doesn't boot into X by default, but its config files are very easy to understand and getting things to work is a matter of un-remming a line. A mouse is not what makes things easy, common sense does and Slakeware config files are written with common sense.
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Really? I have found that to be the opposite. I had a laptop that had faulty memory and Windows would not even install on the laptop, but Linux not only installed, but ran very stable on it.
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Both platforms are good for the projects they are used for. In this case you have to use the right tool for the job. There is no one for all solution. Though, some of the people who post here seem to believe this...
Jim
It is not just the gaming industry, but any production oreinted industry. As a project manager I live this daily. It comes with the job. get over it.
Jim
you are ignorant. They contribute $$$ to open source projects. Also, the source for both of these apps are available for download.
Reasearch before you speak moron.
Jim
I agree! I did my tour in 92-95 in the Navy and paved my career.
Jim
This is not accurate. The article starts off with the Voodoo being the first 3D consumer card, which is false. ATI had the 3DXpression PC2TV (Mach64 based chipset), Nvidia had the NV1, and Matrox had the Millinuem 1 and the NEC PowerVR powered M3D out before 3Dfx released the Voodoo1. Yes, all but the PowerVR were week competitors to 3Dfx, but they were first.
Jim
This would be just like the judge ording Chevy to ship with Ford parts...
Jim
We run our whole warehouse management system on OS/2 Warp Server e-Business, DB2 7, and Workspace on Demand. It is not just a hobbyist operating system. It's a valuable business solution for our needs. Its funny, we have been purchased recently and the new company runs windows based platform and their management system does not do, or even come close to, actually manage a warehouse. Even our new management is claiming if we migrate our business over to their platform that we would be taking a step back. They are having a hard time justifying us moving to their platform! This is good news and proves that OS/2 can still be a viable business option.
Jim
We currently use WSEB servers and WSOD clients (OS/2 Thin client) to run our Warehouse mangement system (Product inventory, product movement, shipping, receiving, etc..). Its a great system and very easy to manage. We are finally moving off of it June 2003. Its going to be tough, the last 5yrs OS/2 has been my bread and butter.
Jim
When you purchase the CD you are purchasing the complete package which includes the music, art, manual, etc.. It becomes a physical object. When I purchased my ATI video card I purchased a complete package etc... Anyway, it maybe Apples and oragne, but I like to see you guys walk into the local music store and grab another copy of the disc that was accidently destroyed by your foot. They will arrest you for stealing. Why is it different when it comes to the internet? Oh, thats right, music should be free blah blah blah. Yeah, who is going to feed me? Donations, blah.
Jim
I don't understand, you broke the disk you paid for and then you feel justified to go download it from the net? Ok, so if I break my ATI video card, can I feel justified to go to best buy and just take one with out paying for it? I don't understand your Logic.
I think its fair that the MPAA and RIAA are doing this. I rather them find ways to combat piracy on their own than having the government "force" legistaltion that prevents consumer rights and fair use rights such as the "Hollings Bill". This should prove to the courts and legislators that these groups DO have a way to protect their copywrite work and this should debunk their argument about needing more legistaltion.
Jim
True, but the Green party is not as big as the Libertarian party and the Libertarians won more local elections than any other party. Its how many members and how many are elected, not how much votes the presidential candidate got. If that was the case, then the Reform party would be leading the pack!
Jim
I disagree. Libertarians are slowly winning local governments all over the country. They are the largest "3rd" party and the fastest growing. Once they become more dominent in local government voters will support then in state government then the presidency. In short, if you vote for your local Libertarian, then you are voting for the future of the Libertarian party in State and National government. A wasted vote is a vote you did not want.
Jim
I wanted to point out that "Returns" means product returning back to the distributer/manufacture, not Profit return.
Thanks,
Jim
You guys only looking at part of the picture. I wont go into it, but I am looking at one of the warehouses that does distributions for one of the Music Companies and they employ 200+ people. Now think about this, there are over 10 of these warehouses and I am sure the workforce is around the same. What am I getting at? Well that $15 CD has to stretch so far to pay not only Marketing, producing, labeling, stickering, etc.. But also pay the people to do this along with distribute it. Also, you have to take into account the RETURNS! Yes, Returns are BIG, so maybe the artist only gets
Jim
MP3.com is owned by Universal. Thought I should point that out....
Jim
...single Apple-Labeled computer...
This means you can't install it on non Apple Hardware.
Jim
Its OPENSOURCE, not Open Sores....
Jim
Why can't you "music pirates" understand why the recording companies got all upset when Napster hit the scene. It made their hard work available for FREE! They invested allot of time and money in engineering and recording the music that you ripped in 5 minutes to MP3 file. What if you invested money to create something and the guy next store to you is making copies and giving it away for free? You would be pissed. Also, remember that not only the RIAA members were upset with the whole idea of Napster, several Independent labels were also upset. Copying music and distributing it for free is no different than copying software and distributing it for free....Its called Pirating.
Jim
Here is a little secret... Dreamworks is heavly backed by Universal...
Jim
How does Napster, Morpheus, limewire, etc.. give unknown artist's a chance when users type in the name of the atist they want in the search engine? Do you think typing in "Offspring" is going to bring up your band? No, so how does this help unknowns?
Jim
It is stabel untill you connect one Windows 2k client to an WSEB server. Windows 2k will max your sessions out with in a week.
I love OS/2. Its RPL technology is outstanding. Its the platform that pays my bills (WSEB/WSOD). I looked into e-Commstation and Wise Manager last year after talking to Serenity Systems founder and having me send me a copy of both. e-Commstation is pretty nice software, but (IMHO) I don't see a reason to upgrade to it unless you are running aything prior to 4.5. I do like Wisemanager and I can defaintly see it being a big plus especially in OS/2 networks. It makes managing a WSEB network very easy and it can replace, or complement, an existing WSOD network. I hope Serenity is successfull with their products. I want OS/2 to live a little longer.
Jim
Actually, the Recording company is the one who puts up the money to record the artist. One thing you guys seem to forget, or don't know, the Record Company takes a gamble on every artist they record. Only 5% out of all the artist they record actually bring back a return.
One thing I find funny is how much hatred some of you guys have towards the Record Companies. I think its because you guys are ignorant of how its actually works. Think about this. SOmeone comes to you with an idea and wants you to help them make it, market it, and sell it. You invest money into making it, marketing it (TV, Radio, MTV (Videos), etc..), and you set up channels to sell it retail. Now, how would you like to see all that work you did and that money you invest be given away for free? Lest say, someone purchased the idea and spread it around freely on a street corner. You would be upset! The only way I feel an artist should beable to distribute his song is if he does the recording of and its not the recording done by the studios. This is the only way I see it to be fair. Lets face it guys, downloading music produced/recorded by Record companies off the net with out their consent/permission for free is stealing.
Jim
Why not put the blame were it properly belongs. The government of these nations. It is thier fault that thier poeple are going hungry, not Americans. Unfortuantly, the poeple - let me say Radicals - of this country fail to see this. They rather point the fingure at us becouse of jelousy and not at themselves for allowing thier government to have controll. If they really were fighting for the rights of thier brothers they would be attacking thier government. No, the real issue here is power and power only. I am sick and tired of Americans being blamed for problems that we have no controll of.
Jim
I disagree. The reason that poor people in Africa are starving is becouse of thier leaders, not America. We are VERY giving poeple. We spend billions of dallors and provide resources for other countries to help prevent hunger. Instead these leaders rape thier own poeple form these resources. How can we prevent this? The only way is to overthrow the government that is hurting thier poeple. Don't let your jelousy get the best of you. Yes America is a rich nation and we deserve the luxery to fill gas in our car becouse we fight for these rights. Others can have the fruits of capitalism, but they choose not to.
Jim
Slakware is probably one of the easiest distro's to use. Yes, it has a command line installer and doesn't boot into X by default, but its config files are very easy to understand and getting things to work is a matter of un-remming a line. A mouse is not what makes things easy, common sense does and Slakeware config files are written with common sense. Jim