Thank goodness Apache is available for Windows, and not just because it's more secure than IIS - it's also a better product.
Too bad Apache doesn't recommend using it.
From the Apache for W2K documentation:
Apache on Win32 should be considered initial-release quality code.
It has not been subjected to the same stresses on its stability and
security that the Unix releases have enjoyed, so there is a greater
possibility of undiscovered vulnerabilities to stability or security
of the Win32 port.
Apache performs best, and is still most reliable on Unix platforms.
Over time the performance, reliability and security for the Apache
Win32 port has improved, and continues to improve. Folks doing
comparative reviews of webserver performance are still asked to
compare against Apache running on a Unix platform such as
Solaris, FreeBSD, or Linux.
They are considering it for a pretty simple reason - giving software away, and making it open so the client doesn't HAVE to buy your service agreement, gives the client great confidence in YOUR confidence in the quality of your service.
OK, so let's say it really IS that good, and they don't have to buy your support. Then what? Then you've just made a great product and given it away for free, with no hope of any kind of income.
Most users of such systems understand that the service component of the charge is the 'expensive' part anyway. By going open source a company can relaunch, give away the software and offer 'as you need it' support at rates likely to undercut the opposition.
OK, let's say you're company X that developers a piece of software. You give it away to companies in a particular industry. Those companies need support. They cna either get it from Company X, or a competitor Company Y. Company Y didn't spend a dime to develop it. They have $0 development costs, thus they can offer support at a much, much lower rate than the company that actually created the software.
It doesn't sound like a very viable business method to me.
Huh? You're saying that you d/led Corel Linux (for free), and then you got support elsewhere (for free). Then you go on to say it's "...too bad that so many companies are affected by this..."? Dude. You are personally part of the problem.
So you're saying that you would've paid if Corel made a personal version for YOU? Well, unfortunately, if Corel made a version for PigeonGB, you'd probably end up paying many thousands of dollars. You see, in a business, they need what's called the economies of scale in order to be able to sell something cheap. It costs them a lot less to make a lot of the same thing than it does to make one that's different for every customer.
What do you mean "worth getting used"? Linux is Linux. The whole point is that that you can get it configured any way you want. If you can only get one or two flavors, then all you've got really is a free version of Unix. Linux should offer as many choices as possible, in CONTRAST to Windows, which, now that they'fe finally done away with DOS, will only offer 3-5 versions (home, workstation, server, terminal server, and CE). Shouldn't Linux offer more?
In case you haven't noticed, Apple's market share continues to slide constantly, even though many of us did use Apples in school. So, I wouldn't excactly say that it "worked" for Apple.
Well, those of us who are professional contractors ONLY use recruiters. I know most of the better ones in my area, and they all tell me to take something off my resume if it isn't related to what I do. That's why I'm saying that a job at McDonald's or whatever in the meantime generally will hurt your chances of getting another job if you don't have one already.
Actually, talk to a recruiter. They don't want to see big non-industry related gaps in your resume. Actually, they'd prefer if you got by making web pages.
Convenient that you link shows just the past two years. This is what shareholders REALLY think of Microsoft. Notice that even in this recession, you'd be up over 600% just in the last 5 years. You'd be up several thousand percent if you stretched it back further than that chart shows.
Actually, no. If you don't have any money coming in, you spend ALL of your time trying to land something that pays. Programming for free is the LAST thing on your mind when you're unemployed.
Well if all of the OSS companies switching to closed source, or shutting down completely (except for one) can be callled an "Economic Slump", then I guess the current state of the US economy by comparison is a rip-roaring success!
Really. OSS is not in an economic slump. It doesn't work as a software develpoment or even a support business. Period. Never has, never will. For some reasons, OSS companies skipped the "Business Plan" part of starting their business, and are only now starting to run out fo money.
Dude, you'd better know your enemy before you stop spouting off. If it were up to business, the Net in the US would be wide open. The people looking to lock it down are people your favorite Nazi-like government official: John Ashcroft. Him and his Bible-thumping ilk are the ones calling for it, not the businesses. Get a clue.
Personally, I can't stand geeks. I may work in IT, but I'm not a geek. Geeks talk about hardware, software, gadgets, the latest geeky TV show, games, etc. The LAST thing that I want to do is to spend my FREE time talking about computers and other such silly bullshit.
... because Saudi Arabia is #5 in countries with the most number of visitors that visit NineNine . It's not a lot, but there definately is traffic from Saudi Arabia (surfers using.sa).
It's a bit slow, but not because of the economy. People ALWAYS buy porn. That's one of those recession-proof industries. The online porn industry is slower now than it was because there's a ton of porn out there, and there are a lot of sites like mine where people can get pretty much everything they want for free. All in all, though, no, the recession doesn't hurt the industry.
Oh God. I can only hope that the cooking music that they use will be the classic music from the original Star Trek episode (also used on the Simpsons) when Kirk and Sock have to fight each other in an arena.
Look. The Bible is a fairy tale. Any intelligent person can tell you this. So what's the point of saying that THIS fairly tale is "correct" and this one isn't? Since you have no real fact to base any of it on, you can really say whatever you want about it. It's really a moot point.
Personally, I think that angels look like the Victoria's Secret models in the catalogs and in the TV ads. And yes, some of them do have wings.
So, are you saying that they designed this so that the legions and legions of Linux people [note sarcasm] would buy the XBox so that they'll have yet another shitty little overpriced PC to install Linux on? That doesn't make any sense.
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Well, that's good for the small percentage of the population that wants to play against other people, and the ever smaller percentage that has high-speed connections at home. For the rest of us who just like good games, it's a big "so what?" Not everything needs to be networked just for the sake of networking.
I still can't, for the life of me, figure out why a game console would have a hard drive. That just says "complexity" to me. Something I definately DON'T want from a game console. Game consoles are designed to be played after smoking a bowl and curing up in front of the TV with a bunch of munchies. Besides, hard drives fail. They fail on a regular basis. What happens when the hard drive fails ina game console? I think I'll stick with my PS2. I'm very, very happy with it.
It's the engineer's responsibility to advise what to do, nto to insist. Work is work. If it pays well, but it's a bad idea, that's not the engineer's problem.
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Thank goodness Apache is available for Windows, and not just because it's more secure than IIS - it's also a better product.
Too bad Apache doesn't recommend using it.
From the Apache for W2K documentation:
Apache on Win32 should be considered initial-release quality code.
It has not been subjected to the same stresses on its stability and
security that the Unix releases have enjoyed, so there is a greater
possibility of undiscovered vulnerabilities to stability or security
of the Win32 port.
Apache performs best, and is still most reliable on Unix platforms.
Over time the performance, reliability and security for the Apache
Win32 port has improved, and continues to improve. Folks doing
comparative reviews of webserver performance are still asked to
compare against Apache running on a Unix platform such as
Solaris, FreeBSD, or Linux.
They are considering it for a pretty simple reason - giving software away, and making it open so the client doesn't HAVE to buy your service agreement, gives the client great confidence in YOUR confidence in the quality of your service.
OK, so let's say it really IS that good, and they don't have to buy your support. Then what? Then you've just made a great product and given it away for free, with no hope of any kind of income.
Most users of such systems understand that the service component of the charge is the 'expensive' part anyway. By going open source a company can relaunch, give away the software and offer 'as you need it' support at rates likely to undercut the opposition.
OK, let's say you're company X that developers a piece of software. You give it away to companies in a particular industry. Those companies need support. They cna either get it from Company X, or a competitor Company Y. Company Y didn't spend a dime to develop it. They have $0 development costs, thus they can offer support at a much, much lower rate than the company that actually created the software.
It doesn't sound like a very viable business method to me.
Huh? You're saying that you d/led Corel Linux (for free), and then you got support elsewhere (for free). Then you go on to say it's "...too bad that so many companies are affected by this..."? Dude. You are personally part of the problem.
So you're saying that you would've paid if Corel made a personal version for YOU? Well, unfortunately, if Corel made a version for PigeonGB, you'd probably end up paying many thousands of dollars. You see, in a business, they need what's called the economies of scale in order to be able to sell something cheap. It costs them a lot less to make a lot of the same thing than it does to make one that's different for every customer.
What do you mean "worth getting used"? Linux is Linux. The whole point is that that you can get it configured any way you want. If you can only get one or two flavors, then all you've got really is a free version of Unix. Linux should offer as many choices as possible, in CONTRAST to Windows, which, now that they'fe finally done away with DOS, will only offer 3-5 versions (home, workstation, server, terminal server, and CE). Shouldn't Linux offer more?
Yeah, kinda' like now you can say you're using "Windows". I thought the whole point of Linux was choice...?
In case you haven't noticed, Apple's market share continues to slide constantly, even though many of us did use Apples in school. So, I wouldn't excactly say that it "worked" for Apple.
Well, those of us who are professional contractors ONLY use recruiters. I know most of the better ones in my area, and they all tell me to take something off my resume if it isn't related to what I do. That's why I'm saying that a job at McDonald's or whatever in the meantime generally will hurt your chances of getting another job if you don't have one already.
Actually, talk to a recruiter. They don't want to see big non-industry related gaps in your resume. Actually, they'd prefer if you got by making web pages.
Convenient that you link shows just the past two years. This is what shareholders REALLY think of Microsoft. Notice that even in this recession, you'd be up over 600% just in the last 5 years. You'd be up several thousand percent if you stretched it back further than that chart shows.
Actually, no. If you don't have any money coming in, you spend ALL of your time trying to land something that pays. Programming for free is the LAST thing on your mind when you're unemployed.
A subscription? You mean like Windows XP? You can't be serious.
Well if all of the OSS companies switching to closed source, or shutting down completely (except for one) can be callled an "Economic Slump", then I guess the current state of the US economy by comparison is a rip-roaring success!
Really. OSS is not in an economic slump. It doesn't work as a software develpoment or even a support business. Period. Never has, never will. For some reasons, OSS companies skipped the "Business Plan" part of starting their business, and are only now starting to run out fo money.
Amen, bro. I work, I get my check, and I get the hell out. It would be really depressing if my life was my work.
If you're working 60+ hours a week, you need to find a new job.
... if the corps have their way.
Dude, you'd better know your enemy before you stop spouting off. If it were up to business, the Net in the US would be wide open. The people looking to lock it down are people your favorite Nazi-like government official: John Ashcroft. Him and his Bible-thumping ilk are the ones calling for it, not the businesses. Get a clue.
Personally, I can't stand geeks. I may work in IT, but I'm not a geek. Geeks talk about hardware, software, gadgets, the latest geeky TV show, games, etc. The LAST thing that I want to do is to spend my FREE time talking about computers and other such silly bullshit.
... because Saudi Arabia is #5 in countries with the most number of visitors that visit NineNine . It's not a lot, but there definately is traffic from Saudi Arabia (surfers using .sa).
It's a bit slow, but not because of the economy. People ALWAYS buy porn. That's one of those recession-proof industries. The online porn industry is slower now than it was because there's a ton of porn out there, and there are a lot of sites like mine where people can get pretty much everything they want for free. All in all, though, no, the recession doesn't hurt the industry.
You'd be surprised to know how many Slashdot users used Safeweb to browse porn from work....
Oh God. I can only hope that the cooking music that they use will be the classic music from the original Star Trek episode (also used on the Simpsons) when Kirk and Sock have to fight each other in an arena.
Look. The Bible is a fairy tale. Any intelligent person can tell you this. So what's the point of saying that THIS fairly tale is "correct" and this one isn't? Since you have no real fact to base any of it on, you can really say whatever you want about it. It's really a moot point.
Personally, I think that angels look like the Victoria's Secret models in the catalogs and in the TV ads. And yes, some of them do have wings.
So, are you saying that they designed this so that the legions and legions of Linux people [note sarcasm] would buy the XBox so that they'll have yet another shitty little overpriced PC to install Linux on? That doesn't make any sense.
Well, that's good for the small percentage of the population that wants to play against other people, and the ever smaller percentage that has high-speed connections at home. For the rest of us who just like good games, it's a big "so what?" Not everything needs to be networked just for the sake of networking.
I still can't, for the life of me, figure out why a game console would have a hard drive. That just says "complexity" to me. Something I definately DON'T want from a game console. Game consoles are designed to be played after smoking a bowl and curing up in front of the TV with a bunch of munchies. Besides, hard drives fail. They fail on a regular basis. What happens when the hard drive fails ina game console? I think I'll stick with my PS2. I'm very, very happy with it.
It's the engineer's responsibility to advise what to do, nto to insist. Work is work. If it pays well, but it's a bad idea, that's not the engineer's problem.