Totaly agree, My Novell 4.11 servers go for months without a reboot, the only reason they have to go down is for hardware upgrades. They run everything from GW gateways (mail), fax servers, virus scannners, etc, all on a single box, with a single proceessor, for 60+ clients. My only headache with Novell servers is thier conectivity with the internet (mail, tcp/ip), especially web caching, DNS, and mail (would love to replace these with linux, but corporate culture is still a little stiff)
And yes I eventually moved our btrieve db onto a seperate server just because it's a little, well, unfriendly to the other nlm's
Well Our Novell servers Do use a DOS base, and as far as I know, Dos is required for Novell 3.1 and 4.11. Given you almost never see the Dos base once you get a Novell server running (very little maintenance outside of the novell OS) it is nervertheless there.
I Believe this impliments NDS (Novel Directory Services) to Linux. While you can emulate a Novell 4.11 server with software, you still can't manage your box with NDS. NDS alows user and file management from a single app, making management much easier in large organizations.
Has anyone used Novell for Unix? I use and administer Novell 4.11 at work (servers, firewalls, and VPN's, OH My), and while user management and related issues are good, other things (client 32, ipx/ip, email, etc...) are really unstable (except novell servers which tend to be very stable minus a abend here and there).
Does NDS mix well with *nix permisions and user settings? How is the Admin interface? I would Love to move off of novell for everything but NDS.
Why was this post moderated Down? This is not full of profanity, nor does the comment come out of left field. IMO I think someone must just have a axe to grind or a stick up thier A@#. c'mon people save the -1 for the AC potty mouths, "first Post" comments
Mindcraft has added a "low-end" configuration (single processor, 256MB).
Wow, when you shift through all the FUD and M$ propaganda, this seems to be be the real jewel of the artical.
While I believe Linux will probably be out performed on the absurd high end server, we have always voiced its superiority on lower end equipment (well not low end, but not this M$ box).
But then again, this is M$ (regardless of ZD labs participation), and they could still pull something out of their A$%
Re:R.I.P. Shel, looks like your sidewalk has ended
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Boy, I had forgotton that one, but what seems like ages ago, that was probably one of the more read ones in my book.
I usally try not to post long quotes, but this is such a great piece, I have removed most of the formatting to conserve space, if you never read Shel Siverstein, This is just a small piece from his great wealth of works. *thanks to deborah for the silver silverstein link from her post below*
Where The Sidewalk Ends There is a place where the sidewalk ends And before the street begins, And there the grass grows soft and white, And there the sun burns crimson bright, And there the moon-bird rests from his flight To cool in the peppermint wind. Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black And the dark street winds and bends Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow, And watch where the chalk-white arrows go To the place where the sidewalk ends. Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go, For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
While I don't want to kick a dead horse here, but I found this little piece on wired today about lotus notes
he report charges that popular software programs such as Lotus Notes and Web browsers include a "back door," through which the NSA can gain access to an individual's personal information......"Lotus built in an NSA 'help information' trapdoor to its Notes system,"......"The feature reportedly broadcasts 24 of the 64 bits of the key used for each communication, and relies on a public key that can only be read by the NSA.
This is still somewhat arguable, the US has not admitted to such, and Louts was not reachable for comment. This would kind of leave one to think that Lotus and The US military are in bed together oon many things. I wonder how far M$ would go to get a Goverment contract? Would they agree to such clauses in their own software? Have they Already? Just something to ponder
Shel Silverstein, there's a name I have not heard for some time. When I was in elementry school, I think I owned every one of his books, if I remember correctly, Where the Sidewalk Ends was my favorite. I still can vividly remember the covers, simple, white with black lettering. There was an elegance to his works, that they could be written to please a child, and yet still convey a feeling of well being that seemed to stay with you forever.
This is truely a great loss. I would hope that someday I will get to read his books to my children, along with other unforgettable childrens works (where the wild things go, wrinkle in time, Narnia crhonicals...)
I not very familure with Darwin OS, is this a BSD system with a apple X server (ported to power PC of course) and with apple talk support? If apple made a X desktop enviroment under a open source license (haven't read the apple open license completely, but if it suffices:) that would compile under linux, I would love to give it a whirl. This could also help bridge the gap that the QT and Gnome folks are working on, bringing Linux to the common desktop.
He said that the secure, DMS version of Lotus Notes running on Solaris "provides us with better security" than a Microsoft solution. He added that "Lotus Notes is a far more technically superior product."
Boy I bet that stung M$ like a bi*&$.
M$ developing unix apps? Does that mean we will see more M$ ip's running linux/unix for development reasons? Hmm, mabey an internal revolution within M$ company culture will occur after employees get to use a real os!
For another summery on the Linux-MS results Salon has a small article describing Linun's feelings towards the test performes, and the next set of tests with linux community input. It also has a few harsh words from RedHat's Ceo (Bob Young I Think).
And I Did enjoy this report very much, it is definately a good tool for persuading management to use Linux (not much new for the linux believers though). I will have to print this out and save it for refrence.
I know this story is suppose to be serious, but doesn't sound a little like a Segfault article?
I have had every palm out there (with a V now) and this seems a bit extreem to me. Ofcourse my amount of use may be no where near or even simular to these users.
I happen to be seeing it on sunday, may 16 as a charity fundraiser for the childrens hospital here in Denver. It is my understanding that we are one of eleven causes that are screening the movie early, all proceeds go to the hospital. I believe there are still tixs availible, while rather pricey (and I have become rather sceptical of the film after hearing reviews), it is for a good cause and can be tax deuctable.
I understand your sentiment, but in all fairness Bill and Paul played a huge part in the computer industry's history. While what has grown today can be seen more like a cancer to some, its the early days of Dos -> windows 3.1 that has really pushed the PC market (after apple), integrating home and office PC's into one.
Unfortunately this led to casualties of good systems ( I was a apple freak after the commadore days), and a 800 pound gorilla who doesn't play well with others, but still they have made an important mark in the computer revolution. And as we usher in the new millenium, we to shall play an important part in fueling the development of an even better os, whose motives derives from the the love of computing rather then the power of the buck.
Your assuming Linux runs system critical devices that may cause harm to the general public, but that is only aa asumption. Most likely linux is running things that are independent of any nuclear control systems.
As far as everything else you said, I think you want to be flamed, which I won't do, and youll be moderated out anyway.
"From a product planning standpoint we had to we've looked out there to see what's going on withDiamond's player and others and it became clear to us that there were at least the beginnings of a market. As participants in audio hardware for the past 40-50 years, this is a read we didn't want to miss and one that we actually felt we could lead to a certain extent."
It's intresting to note that its seem like many of the corporate decision makers are taking the leap of faith into this market. They, in some senses, are blindly following the "hype" more then prattical business research. I would hope this will lead to a large market of mp3 players, if only to reduce their cost.
I for one like the idea of holding 340+ megs of mp3, especially because still its only an option, that you can still get more or less storage depending on how much $ your willing to spend.
While there are a few core skillsets that have remained constant in this field, too much changes too quickly for any of these silly tests to remain relevant.
I think this may be the most vaild point. While a few things remain constant (say C for example), the programming world at large is a dynamic one.
The other aspect of certification is that a test would show your knowledge of a programing language but not show your ability to use that language in a creative way. I would see this certification as a way to test grunt level programers (poor guys) in a large corporate atomosphere. In any case certification is not a vaild way to test a programmers worth. btw if you are hired as a programmer and can't program, isn't your employer going to find out soon enough?
Sounds intresting, nice to see more support more Mp3, but i'm quite happy with what I have now;-) BTW With most CD-ROM drives, the encoding proceeds at three or four times the speed of music playback, so that the entire CD has been encoded while the user is listening to the third or fourth track.
I seem to think my encoding takes much longer then this on a p2/266 w/128ram. Do I have something misconfigured?
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Yes, didn't mean Base as in part of the Novell OS, just is needed for install and boot. (And is handy to configure hardware and such)
Totaly agree,
My Novell 4.11 servers go for months without a reboot, the only reason they have to go down is for hardware upgrades. They run everything from GW gateways (mail), fax servers, virus scannners, etc, all on a single box, with a single proceessor, for 60+ clients. My only headache with Novell servers is thier conectivity with the internet (mail, tcp/ip), especially web caching, DNS, and mail (would love to replace these with linux, but corporate culture is still a little stiff)
And yes I eventually moved our btrieve db onto a seperate server just because it's a little, well, unfriendly to the other nlm's
Well Our Novell servers Do use a DOS base, and as far as I know, Dos is required for Novell 3.1 and 4.11. Given you almost never see the Dos base once you get a Novell server running (very little maintenance outside of the novell OS) it is nervertheless there.
I Believe this impliments NDS (Novel Directory Services) to Linux. While you can emulate a Novell 4.11 server with software, you still can't manage your box with NDS. NDS alows user and file management from a single app, making management much easier in large organizations.
Well the more support the better.
Has anyone used Novell for Unix? I use and administer Novell 4.11 at work (servers, firewalls, and VPN's, OH My), and while user management and related issues are good, other things (client 32, ipx/ip, email, etc...) are really unstable (except novell servers which tend to be very stable minus a abend here and there).
Does NDS mix well with *nix permisions and user settings? How is the Admin interface? I would Love to move off of novell for everything but NDS.
Why was this post moderated Down? This is not full of profanity, nor does the comment come out of left field. IMO I think someone must just have a axe to grind or a stick up thier A@#.
c'mon people save the -1 for the AC potty mouths, "first Post" comments
Mindcraft has added a "low-end" configuration (single processor, 256MB).
Wow, when you shift through all the FUD and M$ propaganda, this seems to be be the real jewel of the artical.
While I believe Linux will probably be out performed on the absurd high end server, we have always voiced its superiority on lower end equipment (well not low end, but not this M$ box).
But then again, this is M$ (regardless of ZD labs participation), and they could still pull something out of their A$%
Boy, I had forgotton that one, but what seems like ages ago, that was probably one of the more read ones in my book.
Yep, didn't even occur to me this was the equvilent of 40 bit encription polices set by the US for foreign export (64 -24, Doh where was my math?)
I usally try not to post long quotes, but this is such a great piece, I have removed most of the formatting to conserve space, if you never read Shel Siverstein, This is just a small piece from his great wealth of works. *thanks to deborah for the silver silverstein link from her post below*
Where The Sidewalk Ends
There is a place where the sidewalk ends And before the street begins, And there the grass grows soft and white, And there the sun burns crimson bright, And there the moon-bird rests from his flight To cool in the peppermint wind.
Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black And the dark street winds and bends Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow, And watch where the chalk-white arrows go To the place where the sidewalk ends. Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go, For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends
While I don't want to kick a dead horse here, but I found this little piece on wired today about lotus notes
he report charges that popular software programs such as Lotus Notes and Web browsers include a "back door," through which the NSA can gain access to an individual's personal information......"Lotus built in an NSA 'help information' trapdoor to its Notes system,"......"The feature reportedly
broadcasts 24 of the 64 bits of the key
used for each communication, and relies
on a public key that can only be read by
the NSA.
This is still somewhat arguable, the US has not admitted to such, and Louts was not reachable for comment. This would kind of leave one to think that Lotus and The US military are in bed together oon many things. I wonder how far M$ would go to get a Goverment contract? Would they agree to such clauses in their own software? Have they Already?
Just something to ponder
Shel Silverstein, there's a name I have not heard for some time. When I was in elementry school, I think I owned every one of his books, if I remember correctly, Where the Sidewalk Ends was my favorite. I still can vividly remember the covers, simple, white with black lettering. There was an elegance to his works, that they could be written to please a child, and yet still convey a feeling of well being that seemed to stay with you forever.
This is truely a great loss. I would hope that someday I will get to read his books to my children, along with other unforgettable childrens works (where the wild things go, wrinkle in time, Narnia crhonicals...)
I not very familure with Darwin OS, is this a BSD system with a apple X server (ported to power PC of course) and with apple talk support? If apple made a X desktop enviroment under a open source license (haven't read the apple open license completely, but if it suffices :) that would compile under linux, I would love to give it a whirl. This could also help bridge the gap that the QT and Gnome folks are working on, bringing Linux to the common desktop.
He said that the secure, DMS version of Lotus Notes running on Solaris "provides us with better security" than a Microsoft solution. He added that "Lotus Notes is a far more technically superior product."
;-)
Boy I bet that stung M$ like a bi*&$.
M$ developing unix apps? Does that mean we will see more M$ ip's running linux/unix for development reasons? Hmm, mabey an internal revolution within M$ company culture will occur after employees get to use a real os!
Probably not
please excuse the spelling mistakes (its still reallly early here) ;-)
For another summery on the Linux-MS results Salon has a small article describing Linun's feelings towards the test performes, and the next set of tests with linux community input. It also has a few harsh words from RedHat's Ceo (Bob Young I Think).
And I Did enjoy this report very much, it is definately a good tool for persuading management to use Linux (not much new for the linux believers though). I will have to print this out and save it for refrence.
Wait a minute
Its not serious
Please disregard my last post and blame my lack of judgement on the fact that its the end of the day, and I really want to go home.
I know this story is suppose to be serious, but doesn't sound a little like a Segfault article?
I have had every palm out there (with a V now) and this seems a bit extreem to me. Ofcourse my amount of use may be no where near or even simular to these users.
I happen to be seeing it on sunday, may 16 as a charity fundraiser for the childrens hospital here in Denver. It is my understanding that we are one of eleven causes that are screening the movie early, all proceeds go to the hospital. I believe there are still tixs availible, while rather pricey (and I have become rather sceptical of the film after hearing reviews), it is for a good cause and can be tax deuctable.
I understand your sentiment, but in all fairness Bill and Paul played a huge part in the computer industry's history. While what has grown today can be seen more like a cancer to some, its the early days of Dos -> windows 3.1 that has really pushed the PC market (after apple), integrating home and office PC's into one.
Unfortunately this led to casualties of good systems ( I was a apple freak after the commadore days), and a 800 pound gorilla who doesn't play well with others, but still they have made an important mark in the computer revolution. And as we usher in the new millenium, we to shall play an important part in fueling the development of an even better os, whose motives derives from the the love of computing rather then the power of the buck.
Ok tough guy, taking things way to far..
Your assuming Linux runs system critical devices that may cause harm to the general public, but that is only aa asumption. Most likely linux is running things that are independent of any nuclear control systems.
As far as everything else you said, I think you want to be flamed, which I won't do, and youll be moderated out anyway.
"From a product planning standpoint we had to
we've looked out there to see what's going on withDiamond's player and others and it became clear to us that there were at least the beginnings of a market. As participants in audio hardware for the past 40-50 years, this is a read we didn't want to miss and one that we
actually felt we could lead to a certain extent."
It's intresting to note that its seem like many of the corporate decision makers are taking the leap of faith into this market. They, in some senses, are blindly following the "hype" more then prattical business research. I would hope this will lead to a large market of mp3 players, if only to reduce their cost.
I for one like the idea of holding 340+ megs of mp3, especially because still its only an option, that you can still get more or less storage depending on how much $ your willing to spend.
Choices are good.
While there are a few core skillsets that have remained constant in this field, too much changes too quickly for any of these silly tests to remain relevant.
I think this may be the most vaild point. While a few things remain constant (say C for example), the programming world at large is a dynamic one.
The other aspect of certification is that a test would show your knowledge of a programing language but not show your ability to use that language in a creative way. I would see this certification as a way to test grunt level programers (poor guys) in a large corporate atomosphere. In any case certification is not a vaild way to test a programmers worth.
btw
if you are hired as a programmer and can't program, isn't your employer going to find out soon enough?
Was Droid A StarWars Only thing? they have it listed as a trademark.
Scary *cringes*
Sounds intresting, nice to see more support more Mp3, but i'm quite happy with what I have now ;-)
BTW
With most CD-ROM drives, the encoding proceeds at three or four times the speed of music playback, so that the entire CD has been encoded while the user is listening to the third or fourth track.
I seem to think my encoding takes much longer then this on a p2/266 w/128ram. Do I have something misconfigured?