The issue is not to compete with Red Hat but to look at how we can grow Linux on a worldwide basis.
Nice try to play up to the Linux community Mr. Love. Caldera buys SCO and whatever community spirit was with it went away, Here's what Love really should have said:
"Well, considering my big cakehole has pissed away any chance at the Linux community ever respecting me or my company, I have decided to gather the other distributions, in the spirit of 'unifying Linux for our customers' bring Linux into the next decade. Oh, and since I have no idea how OSS works (lost my copy of ESRs book), we'll make the distribution of the binaries illegal, because damnit, Red Hat keeps GPLing all their software, and we just can't have that."
Face it Love, Red Hat is successful because it caters to business needs, and CONTINUTES to GPL it's products. You're anti-OSS views are the reason no one wants to use Caldera. If you take from the community, you better give back.
Don't blame Redhat because you've made a poor investment in a proprietary Unix company. Sucks that SuSE is stuck with these guys.
Nah, not if done right. Progeny failed as a distribution, but I would argue that they (more than Corel and others), not only made a Debian based distro, but proved to be a good member of the open source community.
Hell, I'm pretty sure some of them are still contributing to Debian.
Linux Magazine has an article on why Debian would fill in a good role as 'arbitrator' amongst the distributions and why HP chose to use Debian as their standard distro.
A distro free from vendor squabbling and influence, that's exactly what the Linux 'standard' should be. Now all we need to do is get some LSB action going.
Why are they bothering to come up with a single uber-distro when Debian provides a solid foundation for this kind of work? If I were a Linux distributor, and was starting to realize that I can make money selling services and a name, why would I waste all this money making up yet another installer - hell, I'd hire 10 guys, slap a commercial release on top of Debian every 6 months, and let the community do the heavy lifting - all the while earning open source karma for supporting Debian.
And here I am trying to convince my management to NOT rollout wireless until they at least look into possible security risks associated with Wi-Fi. Seems like all the PHBs are busy trying to fill in as many buzzwords as possible.
Look at what happened to Best Buy - they got 0wned - do it right and include an entire security overview and recommendations in your findings. Research possible scenarios and record those down too.
If managament goes along with it, and typicaly ends up cutting your funding half-way through (like always happens), they'll skimp on security, some day the network gets compromised, and its your fault for bringing it up in wireless in the first place, that's when you whip out your documentation - stressing the importance of security. Cover your ass.
I agree and disagree. Watching a crappy divx rip of Spidey or AOTC makes me want to appreciate their full glory on the big screen with decent sound.
Listening to a near perfect copy of the CD version, makes me want to.... not bother buying it.
I think that piracy definately adds to the buzz of a product, but its much easier to justify the cost of the actual product when the quality for the 'real thing' is substantially better than the pirated version.
I'm one of the few people who really enjoyed the OS/2 desktop and it's features. Have any of the former OS/2 developers been contributing to Linux?
Specifically, the user interface and accessability people - OS/2 was very polished - does IBM see a benefit by offering this expertise to the GNOME/KDE projects?
If so, how does this tie into IBM's vision of Linux of the desktop, if you have one?:)
That's like saying "Go ahead and fry that mission critical server, I have backups!" Sure, it'll save your ass, but its no way to run things.
Or we could:
a) Manage wildlife conservation at a reasonable level. (Control poaching, destruction of environment, etc).
b) Accept that fact that species become extinct, regardless of whether by human hands or not. Why bring them back just for the sake of doing it. (See Jurassic Park for an extreme example).
We should never mess with nature. Something as simple as introducing a new species in a different environment has caused havok around the world. (Like Zebra mussels in the great lakes). Can you imagine some genetically altered species roaming around, interbreeding and the like?
We can't even get rid of Zebra mussels, this is an ecological nightmare waiting to happen!
I don't mind paying for what I use - I think that it IS deceitful that they (and other ISPs) advertise "unlimited internet". Everytime I hear a comcast commercial on the radio, they're advertising on how much stuff you can get with "low cost, unlimited internet!" They're full of shit.
* Unlimited Use for a Flat Monthly Fee
(plus applicable franchise fees and taxes)
* Up to 7 Email Addresses
* 25 MB of Personal Webspace
* Exciting, new homepage - all of your favorites: news, weather, stocks, etc. Plus, exclusive broadband content featuring streaming video and high-quality sound
* "My File Locker" Web storage space for files like MP3s, digital photos and more (NEW feature!)
* Ability to publish personal web pages
* Round-the-clock Customer Service - dedicated Internet specialists available online or by phone
* Member Services - account management, FAQs, and trouble-shooting information are just a click away * Additional fees may apply
If they're trying to be profitable, why do they offer all of this junk?
I would be that it costs more to maintain this My File Locker, comcast.net "portal", and other garbage than it costs them from 'heavy users'. Why do they feel they need to have streaming video in their portal page? And they're worried about bandwidth costs?
To suspect them of pulling any dirty is just damn wrong.
Not to mention if they were, I'm sure some of the more vocal redhat employees would say something about it.
If Alan Cox doesn't even want to come to the USA because of ridiculous idealism (DMCA) - do we really think he wouldn't say anything about Red Hat doing unethical things?
One of Red Hats strengths is the brain trust of talented linux hackers - even if some PHB jerk were to start closing parts of Red Hat Linux tomorrow, methinks we'd see a huge exodus of talented people leaving Red Hat.
PS - A huge clue grenade gets lobbed to whoever believes that
It does not take up any of your recording capacity - it is stored in a seperate reserved space. You still have 40 hours of recording capacity on a standard TiVo.
No but these "special feature" programs take up space.
My US Tivo had a 30 minute BMW commercial in the Showcases that I didn't know about. It sat there for a long time until I realized that I was getting shorted 30 minutes. (I record as much as I can).
Next thing you know, a good idea (Tivo), gets consumed by a bad idea (forced infomercials) and it sucks for everyone.
Look at how much of the web is now unusable due to lack of content and nothing but advertising. Usenet used to be one of the best sources of information, now its one big spamhole... I don't want that happening to my Tivo, especially considering how much I paid for my box AND the monthly fee.
When I saw this I immediately thought of that old internet "conspiracy" about Kentucky Fried Chicken. I think it was called Animal 54 or something like that.
Basically, KFC had genetically altered their chickens so much that the FDA told them to stop using the word "chicken", hence the name change to KFC from Kentucky Fried Chicken. The 'species' of the animal had been changed to Animal #54, since it was no longer a chicken - it couldn't fly and sat there getting fat until feeding time.
Anyone have a link? Sounds funny but apparently alot of people thought it was true - my mom being one of them.
It took just one more little mishap to make a disaster: a titanium "wear strip" fell off a Continental DC-10 in the path of an Air France Concorde leaving Paris. When the Concorde's tire hit the strip, a chunk of rubber tore off and smashed into the wing, punching a 600-square-centimeter hole in its skin and causing fuel to leak and ignite.
Disclaimer: I know nothing about airplane safety or testing, but this one set off my common sense alarm.
So, the tires on Concordes require to be changed alot - a chunk of titanium breaks of of another plane, and hits a tire on a Concorde, causing the accident - anyone else think that "Well gee, I don't think any kind of tire is designed to withstand titanium chunks slamming into them." Considering the condition of some of the commercial jets I've flown in, I'll take my chances with the Concorde. I'm sure there is more to it than just this, I thought it odd though.
Though not a "disaster" per se - the Navy's dead Windows NT ship is tops for the funniest in my book.
I frequently wonder if SCSI drive prices are artificially inflated.
Hell yes - There's no way they aren't. I'm sick of this price barrier myself.
Look at a SCSI drive and an IDE drive. Sure, there are some differences, MTBF, blah blah... but generally speaking, they're the same thing. There are certainly not enough differences to justify the price. Is there some magic spell they cast on SCSI drives that quadruples the price? SCSI's "enterprise capabilities" make using SCSI on the desktop really expensive, so they continue to gouge us.
What do we get in return, Technology that Should Not Exist(tm) - Things like IDE RAID.
It's not perfect, but Spamassassin is pretty damn close.
Do what you can to protect yourself.
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I regret every signing up with a headhunter.
First off is the spam you start getting, the others are the annoying phone calls and other crap you have to do, like "we expect your resumes in this format, our clients expect this level of quality, blah blah blah..."
I've been employed for almost a year, and I'm still getting garbage all the time from them.
The "technical ones" are the worst. I swear, if some 'expert' headhunter asks me to give him examples of the Java programs I've written, I'm gonna shoot them. (There is no mention of Java on my resume, but there is Javascript - anyone else get this all the time? So to avoid confusion, I changed the reference to ECMAscript, which of course was even worse, because then I had to explain that in every interview).
The same with monster and alot of those job boards, they all turn into headhunter spam networks. No thanks. This might sound lame, but I'd rather network the old fasioned way or post on a forum on a tech site for a job than bother with these people.
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* ANSI animations
Remember the first time you saw theDraw! shuttle animation?
theshuttle thesoft theshuttle thesoft theshuttle thesoft awaits!
The issue is not to compete with Red Hat but to look at how we can grow Linux on a worldwide basis.
Nice try to play up to the Linux community Mr. Love. Caldera buys SCO and whatever community spirit was with it went away, Here's what Love really should have said:
"Well, considering my big cakehole has pissed away any chance at the Linux community ever respecting me or my company, I have decided to gather the other distributions, in the spirit of 'unifying Linux for our customers' bring Linux into the next decade. Oh, and since I have no idea how OSS works (lost my copy of ESRs book), we'll make the distribution of the binaries illegal, because damnit, Red Hat keeps GPLing all their software, and we just can't have that."
Face it Love, Red Hat is successful because it caters to business needs, and CONTINUTES to GPL it's products. You're anti-OSS views are the reason no one wants to use Caldera. If you take from the community, you better give back.
Don't blame Redhat because you've made a poor investment in a proprietary Unix company. Sucks that SuSE is stuck with these guys.
Nah, not if done right. Progeny failed as a distribution, but I would argue that they (more than Corel and others), not only made a Debian based distro, but proved to be a good member of the open source community.
Hell, I'm pretty sure some of them are still contributing to Debian.
Linux Magazine has an article on why Debian would fill in a good role as 'arbitrator' amongst the distributions and why HP chose to use Debian as their standard distro.
A distro free from vendor squabbling and influence, that's exactly what the Linux 'standard' should be. Now all we need to do is get some LSB action going.
Why are they bothering to come up with a single uber-distro when Debian provides a solid foundation for this kind of work? If I were a Linux distributor, and was starting to realize that I can make money selling services and a name, why would I waste all this money making up yet another installer - hell, I'd hire 10 guys, slap a commercial release on top of Debian every 6 months, and let the community do the heavy lifting - all the while earning open source karma for supporting Debian.
And here I am trying to convince my management to NOT rollout wireless until they at least look into possible security risks associated with Wi-Fi. Seems like all the PHBs are busy trying to fill in as many buzzwords as possible.
Look at what happened to Best Buy - they got 0wned - do it right and include an entire security overview and recommendations in your findings. Research possible scenarios and record those down too.
If managament goes along with it, and typicaly ends up cutting your funding half-way through (like always happens), they'll skimp on security, some day the network gets compromised, and its your fault for bringing it up in wireless in the first place, that's when you whip out your documentation - stressing the importance of security. Cover your ass.
I agree and disagree. Watching a crappy divx rip of Spidey or AOTC makes me want to appreciate their full glory on the big screen with decent sound.
.... not bother buying it.
Listening to a near perfect copy of the CD version, makes me want to
I think that piracy definately adds to the buzz of a product, but its much easier to justify the cost of the actual product when the quality for the 'real thing' is substantially better than the pirated version.
I'm one of the few people who really enjoyed the OS/2 desktop and it's features. Have any of the former OS/2 developers been contributing to Linux?
:)
Specifically, the user interface and accessability people - OS/2 was very polished - does IBM see a benefit by offering this expertise to the GNOME/KDE projects?
If so, how does this tie into IBM's vision of Linux of the desktop, if you have one?
That's like saying "Go ahead and fry that mission critical server, I have backups!" Sure, it'll save your ass, but its no way to run things.
Or we could:
a) Manage wildlife conservation at a reasonable level. (Control poaching, destruction of environment, etc).
b) Accept that fact that species become extinct, regardless of whether by human hands or not. Why bring them back just for the sake of doing it. (See Jurassic Park for an extreme example).
We should never mess with nature. Something as simple as introducing a new species in a different environment has caused havok around the world. (Like Zebra mussels in the great lakes). Can you imagine some genetically altered species roaming around, interbreeding and the like?
We can't even get rid of Zebra mussels, this is an ecological nightmare waiting to happen!
I don't mind paying for what I use - I think that it IS deceitful that they (and other ISPs) advertise "unlimited internet". Everytime I hear a comcast commercial on the radio, they're advertising on how much stuff you can get with "low cost, unlimited internet!" They're full of shit.
* Unlimited Use for a Flat Monthly Fee
(plus applicable franchise fees and taxes)
* Up to 7 Email Addresses
* 25 MB of Personal Webspace
* Exciting, new homepage - all of your favorites: news, weather, stocks, etc. Plus, exclusive broadband content featuring streaming video and high-quality sound
* "My File Locker" Web storage space for files like MP3s, digital photos and more (NEW feature!)
* Ability to publish personal web pages
* Round-the-clock Customer Service - dedicated Internet specialists available online or by phone
* Member Services - account management, FAQs, and trouble-shooting information are just a click away
* Additional fees may apply
If they're trying to be profitable, why do they offer all of this junk?
I would be that it costs more to maintain this My File Locker, comcast.net "portal", and other garbage than it costs them from 'heavy users'. Why do they feel they need to have streaming video in their portal page? And they're worried about bandwidth costs?
That was complicated and ugly - but considering how much effort some of my Windows IT brethren have been putting into Licensing 6.0, it's not too bad.
How is this +5 Insightful? What kind of Microsoft-like behavior has RH done in the past?
To suspect them of pulling any dirty is just damn wrong.
Not to mention if they were, I'm sure some of the more vocal redhat employees would say something about it.
If Alan Cox doesn't even want to come to the USA because of ridiculous idealism (DMCA) - do we really think he wouldn't say anything about Red Hat doing unethical things?
One of Red Hats strengths is the brain trust of talented linux hackers - even if some PHB jerk were to start closing parts of Red Hat Linux tomorrow, methinks we'd see a huge exodus of talented people leaving Red Hat.
PS - A huge clue grenade gets lobbed to whoever believes that
It does not take up any of your recording capacity - it is stored in a seperate reserved space. You still have 40 hours of recording capacity on a standard TiVo.
Why isn't that space mine to begin with?
No but these "special feature" programs take up space.
... I don't want that happening to my Tivo, especially considering how much I paid for my box AND the monthly fee.
My US Tivo had a 30 minute BMW commercial in the Showcases that I didn't know about. It sat there for a long time until I realized that I was getting shorted 30 minutes. (I record as much as I can).
Next thing you know, a good idea (Tivo), gets consumed by a bad idea (forced infomercials) and it sucks for everyone.
Look at how much of the web is now unusable due to lack of content and nothing but advertising. Usenet used to be one of the best sources of information, now its one big spamhole
"Green soldier has gained a level!"
YES! Fear me mighty urinal!
Try Chimera. It's to OSX what Galeon is for Gnome.
According to the garnome site, it's pronounced matacity like "opacity". That's cool.
When I saw this I immediately thought of that old internet "conspiracy" about Kentucky Fried Chicken. I think it was called Animal 54 or something like that.
Basically, KFC had genetically altered their chickens so much that the FDA told them to stop using the word "chicken", hence the name change to KFC from Kentucky Fried Chicken. The 'species' of the animal had been changed to Animal #54, since it was no longer a chicken - it couldn't fly and sat there getting fat until feeding time.
Anyone have a link? Sounds funny but apparently alot of people thought it was true - my mom being one of them.
It took just one more little mishap to make a disaster: a titanium "wear strip" fell off a Continental DC-10 in the path of an Air France Concorde leaving Paris. When the Concorde's tire hit the strip, a chunk of rubber tore off and smashed into the wing, punching a 600-square-centimeter hole in its skin and causing fuel to leak and ignite.
Disclaimer: I know nothing about airplane safety or testing, but this one set off my common sense alarm.
So, the tires on Concordes require to be changed alot - a chunk of titanium breaks of of another plane, and hits a tire on a Concorde, causing the accident - anyone else think that "Well gee, I don't think any kind of tire is designed to withstand titanium chunks slamming into them." Considering the condition of some of the commercial jets I've flown in, I'll take my chances with the Concorde. I'm sure there is more to it than just this, I thought it odd though.
Though not a "disaster" per se - the Navy's dead Windows NT ship is tops for the funniest in my book.
These things make you look dumb.
I tried one at Best Buy, the thing worked pretty good, the keyboard was nice, looked like a great little device.
I opened it as if I was talking into it, looked in a mirror, and decided I was ugly enough without having that gay looking thing in public.
I frequently wonder if SCSI drive prices are artificially inflated.
... but generally speaking, they're the same thing. There are certainly not enough differences to justify the price. Is there some magic spell they cast on SCSI drives that quadruples the price? SCSI's "enterprise capabilities" make using SCSI on the desktop really expensive, so they continue to gouge us.
:(
Hell yes - There's no way they aren't. I'm sick of this price barrier myself.
Look at a SCSI drive and an IDE drive. Sure, there are some differences, MTBF, blah blah
What do we get in return, Technology that Should Not Exist(tm) - Things like IDE RAID.
Sucks being a SCSI zealot.
We use a combination of first.last, first 6 from last name then first initial, and, first.MI.last.
They all suck, I like Jedi names, first three of last name, and then the first two of the first name. Works remarkably well.
Troy, Michigan:
I75 - Exit 69 - Big Beaver Road.
Everytime I take that exit I think that SOMEONE in the DOT was pulling a similar stunt.
It's not perfect, but Spamassassin is pretty damn close.
I regret every signing up with a headhunter.
First off is the spam you start getting, the others are the annoying phone calls and other crap you have to do, like "we expect your resumes in this format, our clients expect this level of quality, blah blah blah..."
I've been employed for almost a year, and I'm still getting garbage all the time from them.
The "technical ones" are the worst. I swear, if some 'expert' headhunter asks me to give him examples of the Java programs I've written, I'm gonna shoot them. (There is no mention of Java on my resume, but there is Javascript - anyone else get this all the time? So to avoid confusion, I changed the reference to ECMAscript, which of course was even worse, because then I had to explain that in every interview).
The same with monster and alot of those job boards, they all turn into headhunter spam networks. No thanks. This might sound lame, but I'd rather network the old fasioned way or post on a forum on a tech site for a job than bother with these people.