Mac spent so much time on this concept and it really did not get them to where they wanted to go.
Therefore his idea has failed and he has to get to grips with it. Looks as though Jobs did....
>ones who have a clue run debian.
I am getting pretty sick of attitudes like this, who cares at the end of the day what people use! I know very clued people who do not like Debian at all....Attitudes like this are actually driving people away who would be a great loss to the community. Each and every distro has its strengths and weaknesses...Another fact I have noticed is other proffesionals who love a feature of one distrobution and yet another detests it! Horses for courses....Personnally I love SuSE a lot due to having the best of many worlds, got the GUI setup routines and also have the opportunity to get down and dirty, that works for me in many enviroments. If Debian or distrobution X works just as well for you then power to you, just do not go around bashing others for there choice of flavor.
>because M$-programming still gives you faster >money.
A huge user base helps with that, but hopefully in a few years Linux will have a much larger user base on whcih to earn a living off. The areas where I think IMHO you can make a lot of money now would be in consulting. Two areas that come right to mind would be Sendmail configuration and custom Firewalls. Trust me there are a lot of companies out there connected to the Internet who are not just dot.coms and are relying on Fred the accountant to get there DSL or even T1 internet connection fully up and running! You are more likely to come across the Fred's of this world in small to medium businesses across the whole of the Western World. In large organizations it should be better, but its not always so.
With this merger between Linuxcare and Turbolinux I do not know what will happen. Can they get customers? The customers they get can they make the majority really happy. Getting 100% happiness is not possible, as some will demand the impossible.
These are just my humble opinions. And to all the Fred's in the world, an apology, I just used your name to illustrate a point.
StarTux
Redhat have actually made 112% profit over last year. Thats despite there RH7 nightmare (which in fact may yet bite them). Unfortuantly RH is one company that does not seem to want any standard.To take the risk they took is out of the question in this day and age of Linux, especially if you are the leader.
With the new 2.4 Kernel getting closer and combining that with the 4X series of XFree86 you are going to have a much easier time installing and running those games as its basically a single API. Now they just have to get joystick support in there a lot easier...
Back on topic with the Amiga: I cannot believe that they are still going...It was an excellent system for its time, but now it has gone past its life IMHO. Which is why most of what you hear is vapourware.
These are just my opinions....I liked the Amiga immensley at the time when all the software you could buy (this was in the UK btw) were for the Amiga (with a splattering of Atari ST titles thrown in). But I cannot see its return.
StarTux
The reason why is simple:
MS bought 25% shares in Apple to save them from going under and they did this before the Imac and the colored cases came out.
They will not go after the hand that saved them from bankruptcy.
This brings forth another thought...Maybe Bill is using Mac to try and kill off this young upstart called Linux?
Next thing you will hear is that Apple invented the desktop.
Oh wait, didn't they already claim that!
How can Mac OSX succeed outside of geekdom? This could well be written down as "Apple's last stand" IMO.
Also does it run off FreeBSD 3.2? If thats not been updated then its pretty old (considering the latest is one full version above it).
Why did they remove the Aqua theme? Look and feel is something that many have pointed out to be unenforceable. Hope VA just removed them only to appease Apple whilst they consult there lawyers, hopefully we will see Aqua and the others that are legally OK return to the web.
Actually the win32 does exist kind of. Ever tried programming in the Windoze enviroment? You're stuck using the MFC pretty much and that makes a lot of refrences to the win32 API.
The reason that they will not move in any way like they did against Netscape is two fold. One, it was much easier to just bring a browser to the desktop.
Second, any move by the company that even suggests to be anti-competitive will pretty much secure there breakup a lot quicker than it is now.
Cannot believe those major points seem to have been missed. Although the point about the execs waiting was a good one...
This is a bad article from the simple fact that when these large companies (I have dealt with a few before) will spend a large amount of money, or have there systems running so many critical systems they have there own internal Techs put it through a ton of different procedures, just checking for failure points.
You miss the point of Open Source, the kernel with its failures and its glories are totally open to all to see, therefore any point of failure has already been documented, and if you are lucky can either be patched quickly, or the patch is already there. SuSE, Redhat, Slackware all can make any patches to the kernel without having to wait for Linus to authorize it. The only caveat is that the patch you make is readily available at no cost to the public. To be an official part of the Kernel it does have to go through Linus.
Whats so hard about that? The kernel itself is only a small part of the distro, its the core. The rest maybe distrobution specific. Trust me too, that SuSE, Redhat whoever would try and fix whatever is broke in a much faster time than is suggested by the article.
Finally, the most interesting part of this is that they are using SuSE based machines. What really begs the questions is, who is the number 1 distrobution in reality? Take sales out of the equation, but what distro's are techs using most?
Simcity!
If they had played with Simcity then they would have known far more about making sure that they provide enough power for there City. Also, they could learn about the importance of keeping the city clean so it does not smell like an Urinal, like SF does in a lot of parts...
A true geek is the "geek" was the one hacker who could continue his work/play despite being ridiculed and never waiver from that. Wonder if the NewAge Geek really has what it takes to be a hack? I doubt it....Hence so many people out there attracted by the money, with all the certifications under the sun, but failing miserably either on simple tasks or on learning or troubleshooting anything that is new and not listed in the books. Welcome to the NewAge Geek...
Nowadays its almost cool to be a geek, hence so many more joining the bandwagon. The reason why, especially in the computer geek field probably comes down to this: Money.
Rant over....
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This book has been out for well over a year in the UK. When did the episodes come out on PBS? And are the PBS shows bought from the BBC for cheap? I like PBS as they seem to be one of the stations that endeavours to get good content.
Actually, how many really good books are based on shows, TV series or movies? Not many and most are not memorable.
A link to a petition for a Linux client on shadowbane.
So here it is....
http://sb.xrgaming.net/index.php3?script=linux_p et ition
Remember this is a MMORPG game. Only vote if you really intend to purchase the full game, however I do know a lot of people who only use there Windows for playing games (me included) and would like to support the development of games on Linux.
>As for your inference that Windows software is >easier to use, try Visual C++ some time. Their is >no source control as standard,
>and the API's are dreadful (dodgy socket >libraries for example).
I agree, on the surface it looks nice, but then becomes ugly as hell. Even there on-line courses do not work.
The scary part is kind of related if you can think laterally. Ever tried saving a simple html file with Word? Try that and you will know what I mean by scary....
When there is a will there is a way. If the legislature of the Great United States were to declare Software Patents null then.
I woould personally love to be the person ordering the head of the patent system into my office and telling him is fired
Actually that reminds me of an incident in the UK a few years ago when the head of the blood bank service was doing a terrible job the government told him to resign, but he refused so they fired him.
Maybe you should run for President?
StarTux
Thats not exactly the end of the world....Although it is certainly a dent.
A bigger problem would have been along the lines of a big recall due to some annoying bugs that are critical.
Transmeta is still very new so give it time to mature.
StarTux
They said that they would never break the sound barrier....
They said that they would never walk on the Moon. As a matter of fact there were a lot of people watching the Lunar Landings in 1969 with tears as they recalled a youth where thoughts about walking on the moon were up there with the fairies.
So the moral is, never say never as who knows who is working on what. And who knows when the next big thing arrives.
In fact, there is SOOOO much happening now its hard to keep up with it all.
StarTux
But, according to the article on discovery.com they did not think anything of it as it had been held in a different rotation.
Also, once they had rotated it around and found out it looked very much like a skull it was already mid-october, just in in time for Halloween.
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Yeah.....Now that you mention it she does resemble that one too.
I had a weird dream to the theme of Neverending Story when I first heard it on the radio....But that is another story;-)
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Imagine a world where things that are considered creative have no schedule? When Tolkien wrote LOTR he took his time and it showed. Wonder how many other things that are considered the best because the author was given the time to lend his talent free of an over-powering schedule?
When Linus took his time with the Linux 2.4 Kernel.....
I am beginning to form an opinion that schedules that are strictly adhered to are the death of creativity and a whole load of other important things in life....
Matt
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Just watched the trailer, I really hope its a poor trailer and just that. But that young Princess reminded so much of the one out Star Wars Epi 1 that I am fearful of watching it....
What the hell does 'gaining a rod that will control all red dragons' mean? Thats such a uber weapon! Unless it would only last for a few hours, then it could get interesting.....They could have followed some tradition, like starting out with a group of misfits drawn together for fame and glory.....Already have a better plot forming in my head that would follow some sort of D&D tradition.
So much promise for a deeply thoughtful challenging plot! They need to hire some good DM's to write plots for them.
If only I had the money I'd make something a whole lot better than what I saw in that trailer. D&D is a medieval setting, not some Star Wars Naboo setting. Where is Gary Gygax in all this?
I fear for LOTR. Hopefully his descendants can sue Time Warner if they hash it up.....Although a movie can never be like a book.
Matt
-Lamenting the apparant loss of good plot writers. Sorry for the rant also....
Redhat 7.0 is NOT the first distro to feature USB support right out of the box.
In fact I have been using SuSE 6.4 with a creative USB modem with no problems for the past few months. Pretty cool to see it get identified precisely during install too:-)
I believe the engineers from SuSE are the ones to have put most work into getting USB to run on Linux...I maybe wrong on that though.
It is very exciting to see that Redhat have included its support:-).
Anyone else have the problem with having so much good choice in distro's, yet not enough computers to run them on?
StarTux
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Its best to wait for SuSE to clear the air on this. Which they must do!
I awlays end up buying the newest version of my Distro, why?
:-).And I know I am helping them invest in more cool free software.
Because I do not want to spend hours upon hours downloading/pacthing/swearing to get things all up and running.
I am lazy pure and simple
StarTux
Mac spent so much time on this concept and it really did not get them to where they wanted to go. Therefore his idea has failed and he has to get to grips with it. Looks as though Jobs did....
>ones who have a clue run debian. I am getting pretty sick of attitudes like this, who cares at the end of the day what people use! I know very clued people who do not like Debian at all....Attitudes like this are actually driving people away who would be a great loss to the community. Each and every distro has its strengths and weaknesses...Another fact I have noticed is other proffesionals who love a feature of one distrobution and yet another detests it! Horses for courses....Personnally I love SuSE a lot due to having the best of many worlds, got the GUI setup routines and also have the opportunity to get down and dirty, that works for me in many enviroments. If Debian or distrobution X works just as well for you then power to you, just do not go around bashing others for there choice of flavor. >because M$-programming still gives you faster >money. A huge user base helps with that, but hopefully in a few years Linux will have a much larger user base on whcih to earn a living off. The areas where I think IMHO you can make a lot of money now would be in consulting. Two areas that come right to mind would be Sendmail configuration and custom Firewalls. Trust me there are a lot of companies out there connected to the Internet who are not just dot.coms and are relying on Fred the accountant to get there DSL or even T1 internet connection fully up and running! You are more likely to come across the Fred's of this world in small to medium businesses across the whole of the Western World. In large organizations it should be better, but its not always so. With this merger between Linuxcare and Turbolinux I do not know what will happen. Can they get customers? The customers they get can they make the majority really happy. Getting 100% happiness is not possible, as some will demand the impossible. These are just my humble opinions. And to all the Fred's in the world, an apology, I just used your name to illustrate a point. StarTux
Redhat have actually made 112% profit over last year. Thats despite there RH7 nightmare (which in fact may yet bite them). Unfortuantly RH is one company that does not seem to want any standard.To take the risk they took is out of the question in this day and age of Linux, especially if you are the leader. With the new 2.4 Kernel getting closer and combining that with the 4X series of XFree86 you are going to have a much easier time installing and running those games as its basically a single API. Now they just have to get joystick support in there a lot easier... Back on topic with the Amiga: I cannot believe that they are still going...It was an excellent system for its time, but now it has gone past its life IMHO. Which is why most of what you hear is vapourware. These are just my opinions....I liked the Amiga immensley at the time when all the software you could buy (this was in the UK btw) were for the Amiga (with a splattering of Atari ST titles thrown in). But I cannot see its return. StarTux
The reason why is simple: MS bought 25% shares in Apple to save them from going under and they did this before the Imac and the colored cases came out. They will not go after the hand that saved them from bankruptcy. This brings forth another thought...Maybe Bill is using Mac to try and kill off this young upstart called Linux?
Next thing you will hear is that Apple invented the desktop. Oh wait, didn't they already claim that! How can Mac OSX succeed outside of geekdom? This could well be written down as "Apple's last stand" IMO. Also does it run off FreeBSD 3.2? If thats not been updated then its pretty old (considering the latest is one full version above it). Why did they remove the Aqua theme? Look and feel is something that many have pointed out to be unenforceable. Hope VA just removed them only to appease Apple whilst they consult there lawyers, hopefully we will see Aqua and the others that are legally OK return to the web.
Actually the win32 does exist kind of. Ever tried programming in the Windoze enviroment? You're stuck using the MFC pretty much and that makes a lot of refrences to the win32 API.
The reason that they will not move in any way like they did against Netscape is two fold. One, it was much easier to just bring a browser to the desktop. Second, any move by the company that even suggests to be anti-competitive will pretty much secure there breakup a lot quicker than it is now. Cannot believe those major points seem to have been missed. Although the point about the execs waiting was a good one...
This is a bad article from the simple fact that when these large companies (I have dealt with a few before) will spend a large amount of money, or have there systems running so many critical systems they have there own internal Techs put it through a ton of different procedures, just checking for failure points. You miss the point of Open Source, the kernel with its failures and its glories are totally open to all to see, therefore any point of failure has already been documented, and if you are lucky can either be patched quickly, or the patch is already there. SuSE, Redhat, Slackware all can make any patches to the kernel without having to wait for Linus to authorize it. The only caveat is that the patch you make is readily available at no cost to the public. To be an official part of the Kernel it does have to go through Linus. Whats so hard about that? The kernel itself is only a small part of the distro, its the core. The rest maybe distrobution specific. Trust me too, that SuSE, Redhat whoever would try and fix whatever is broke in a much faster time than is suggested by the article. Finally, the most interesting part of this is that they are using SuSE based machines. What really begs the questions is, who is the number 1 distrobution in reality? Take sales out of the equation, but what distro's are techs using most?
Simcity! If they had played with Simcity then they would have known far more about making sure that they provide enough power for there City. Also, they could learn about the importance of keeping the city clean so it does not smell like an Urinal, like SF does in a lot of parts...
A true geek is the "geek" was the one hacker who could continue his work/play despite being ridiculed and never waiver from that. Wonder if the NewAge Geek really has what it takes to be a hack? I doubt it....Hence so many people out there attracted by the money, with all the certifications under the sun, but failing miserably either on simple tasks or on learning or troubleshooting anything that is new and not listed in the books. Welcome to the NewAge Geek... Nowadays its almost cool to be a geek, hence so many more joining the bandwagon. The reason why, especially in the computer geek field probably comes down to this: Money. Rant over....
This book has been out for well over a year in the UK. When did the episodes come out on PBS? And are the PBS shows bought from the BBC for cheap? I like PBS as they seem to be one of the stations that endeavours to get good content. Actually, how many really good books are based on shows, TV series or movies? Not many and most are not memorable.
A link to a petition for a Linux client on shadowbane.
p et ition
So here it is....
http://sb.xrgaming.net/index.php3?script=linux_
Remember this is a MMORPG game. Only vote if you really intend to purchase the full game, however I do know a lot of people who only use there Windows for playing games (me included) and would like to support the development of games on Linux.
Startux
>As for your inference that Windows software is >easier to use, try Visual C++ some time. Their is >no source control as standard,
>and the API's are dreadful (dodgy socket >libraries for example).
I agree, on the surface it looks nice, but then becomes ugly as hell. Even there on-line courses do not work.
The scary part is kind of related if you can think laterally. Ever tried saving a simple html file with Word? Try that and you will know what I mean by scary....
StarTux
When there is a will there is a way. If the legislature of the Great United States were to declare Software Patents null then. I woould personally love to be the person ordering the head of the patent system into my office and telling him is fired Actually that reminds me of an incident in the UK a few years ago when the head of the blood bank service was doing a terrible job the government told him to resign, but he refused so they fired him. Maybe you should run for President? StarTux
Can you provide some cool looking Quantum Mathimatical symbols too please? I am a sucker for punishment :-)
StarTux
What are you smoking? Or drinking, must have been a good Halloween Party. StarTux :-)
Thats not exactly the end of the world....Although it is certainly a dent. A bigger problem would have been along the lines of a big recall due to some annoying bugs that are critical. Transmeta is still very new so give it time to mature. StarTux
They said that they would never break the sound barrier.... They said that they would never walk on the Moon. As a matter of fact there were a lot of people watching the Lunar Landings in 1969 with tears as they recalled a youth where thoughts about walking on the moon were up there with the fairies. So the moral is, never say never as who knows who is working on what. And who knows when the next big thing arrives. In fact, there is SOOOO much happening now its hard to keep up with it all. StarTux
But, according to the article on discovery.com they did not think anything of it as it had been held in a different rotation. Also, once they had rotated it around and found out it looked very much like a skull it was already mid-october, just in in time for Halloween.
Yeah.....Now that you mention it she does resemble that one too. I had a weird dream to the theme of Neverending Story when I first heard it on the radio....But that is another story ;-)
Matt
Imagine a world where things that are considered creative have no schedule? When Tolkien wrote LOTR he took his time and it showed. Wonder how many other things that are considered the best because the author was given the time to lend his talent free of an over-powering schedule? When Linus took his time with the Linux 2.4 Kernel..... I am beginning to form an opinion that schedules that are strictly adhered to are the death of creativity and a whole load of other important things in life.... Matt
Just watched the trailer, I really hope its a poor trailer and just that. But that young Princess reminded so much of the one out Star Wars Epi 1 that I am fearful of watching it.... What the hell does 'gaining a rod that will control all red dragons' mean? Thats such a uber weapon! Unless it would only last for a few hours, then it could get interesting.....They could have followed some tradition, like starting out with a group of misfits drawn together for fame and glory.....Already have a better plot forming in my head that would follow some sort of D&D tradition. So much promise for a deeply thoughtful challenging plot! They need to hire some good DM's to write plots for them. If only I had the money I'd make something a whole lot better than what I saw in that trailer. D&D is a medieval setting, not some Star Wars Naboo setting. Where is Gary Gygax in all this? I fear for LOTR. Hopefully his descendants can sue Time Warner if they hash it up.....Although a movie can never be like a book. Matt -Lamenting the apparant loss of good plot writers. Sorry for the rant also....
Redhat 7.0 is NOT the first distro to feature USB support right out of the box. In fact I have been using SuSE 6.4 with a creative USB modem with no problems for the past few months. Pretty cool to see it get identified precisely during install too :-)
I believe the engineers from SuSE are the ones to have put most work into getting USB to run on Linux...I maybe wrong on that though.
It is very exciting to see that Redhat have included its support :-).
Anyone else have the problem with having so much good choice in distro's, yet not enough computers to run them on?
StarTux