Why doesn't MS develop a Win2K, and/or.Net integrated distro of Linux, and embrace it whole-heartedly? I have some great uses planned for Linux, but poor interoperability is preventing this. I am prepared to use BOTH products.
I know Linux *appears* to be a competing OS, but eventually even MS will need to play fair and admit that MS isn't the only game in town. MS has as much to gain from Linux as it does to lose; it all depends on attitude.
A smarter approach is for MS to develop a cooperative attitude (as hard as that may sound considering all the water under the bridge.)
How about I ask nicely... Pleeeeaaaasssse drop the typical MS stance of arrogance.
The mere thought of work will automatically make a biofeedback meter begin to increase. It continues to do so until one learns to remain relaxed.
The stress is registered before the body has even begun to react. Sure sign of a uniquely human neurosis.
I think that such a thing would be awesome. I'd like to see *all* processing done by the cluster, using the host recording PC simply for I/O and possibly as the storage locale. (Perhaps file storage could be sent to the cluster as well...)
Regrettably, I think the host program (CubaseVST in your case) would have to be heavily modified to allow it to understand that Cubase itself will not be processing the requests.
Perhaps someone currently beginning development on a Linux Multitrack environment from scratch would be interested in this idea. I think it would be much easier to implement from the start than try to convince existing manufacturers to chnge their philosophy.
Another multitrack function which is badly needed is a global file management. (More like a document management system, but for sound events.)
I have roughly 30 GB of WAV material ranging from small loops (50K) to whole mixdowns (50MB). It gets hard to find the sound one is after.
How do I find an example of your current Cubase material?
This is bullshit. The reports about a year ago regarding weapons usage was bullshit too.
Sony has written the copy for every reference to weapons possibilities. It's pathetic really.
I hope no slashdotters are putting serious belief into this stuff...
Does anyone know what happens to artists not associated with BMG?
Will Napster pay me for downloads on my own music?
Not that this will translate into any money (only a few hundred people per month), but I certainly do not want peoples subscriptions going to BMG when it is my shit they are downloading.
The long and the short of it is, I want my music to be free, and fuck Napster if they can no longer provide that...
The company for which I work has heavy investments in Netware. Technologically speaking there are few reason to want to run file/print serving from any other NOS. Our 30 or so fileservers running Netware versions 4.0, 4.11 and 5.1 have all achieved near-100% uptime, and one of our old servers was running non-stop for 986 days, and it was only turned off because they were demolishing the building which housed it. I'm positive we could have achieved a few more years of uptime on the box!
So, why use anything else, eh? Answer: A reality in corporate computing is a vendors public image within the computing industry. How many top executives (or even some IS Dept Heads) hear ANYTHING about Netware in these Microsoft times? Fewer every day.
If technological superiority were the most important factor in choosing a NOS, who would still be running NT? With LiUnix/Netware around, nobody.
The motivation behind implementing an increasing percentage of MS products is a lemming effect.
Novell is not off the hook yet however; The problems with declining market share of Netware is partly the result of complacency on Novell's part as well. If they had shed the early cockiness when NT started to take hold, and kept their customers happy, they may not seem so doomed at this time. Up until roughly 12 months ago, we did not see a Novell representative for at least 3 years! No matter who you are, that should never happen. In that period of time Microsoft signed us up for a Select agreement, offered to assist in the 'migration' of our environment to NT, etc...
It was ONLY our love for Netware's reliability which kept it's presence here.
Almost nobody is buying Netware to install on a *new* environment. But, there are lots of people who upgrade and continue to use it. If Novell is unable to keep the existing user base happy, then market share will surely dwindle to nothing.
I think the old rumours of IBM acquiring Novell will eventually take place, and IBM will dissolve Groupwise (as a competitor to Notes), and they will possible keep NDS, and a few other nuggets of coolness. As much as I hate to say it, the Novell dynasty is long over. Too bad too, because about 5 years ago Novell was just starting to get interesting.
Eventually even silicon-monkies get tired of swimming upstream. If you want to keep your job, run Linux or NT, and piss on the rest.
If you don't agree with, email me.
I have enjoyed a number of Lem novels. The Tarkovsky movie was brilliant, but much like 2001, it was very different in approach to the original novel. (I had also read that Lem didn't particularly enjoy it..)
I dig the fact that Lem seems to be one of the VERY few authors who understood and fully appreciated Phillip K. Dick. I consider Dick and Lem quite similar, with Lem being perhaps the superior author.
To not recognize what both these authors chose to write about would be to miss out on some of the most intelligent literature of the time. (60s-70s)
I'd love to own the Stanislaw Lemnibus; Does anyone know if there is such a thing?!
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Why doesn't MS develop a Win2K, and/or .Net integrated distro of Linux, and embrace it whole-heartedly? I have some great uses planned for Linux, but poor interoperability is preventing this. I am prepared to use BOTH products.
I know Linux *appears* to be a competing OS, but eventually even MS will need to play fair and admit that MS isn't the only game in town. MS has as much to gain from Linux as it does to lose; it all depends on attitude.
A smarter approach is for MS to develop a cooperative attitude (as hard as that may sound considering all the water under the bridge.)
How about I ask nicely... Pleeeeaaaasssse drop the typical MS stance of arrogance.
The mere thought of work will automatically make a biofeedback meter begin to increase. It continues to do so until one learns to remain relaxed.
The stress is registered before the body has even begun to react. Sure sign of a uniquely human neurosis.
Smoke pot and live longer.
I think that such a thing would be awesome. I'd like to see *all* processing done by the cluster, using the host recording PC simply for I/O and possibly as the storage locale. (Perhaps file storage could be sent to the cluster as well...)
Regrettably, I think the host program (CubaseVST in your case) would have to be heavily modified to allow it to understand that Cubase itself will not be processing the requests.
Perhaps someone currently beginning development on a Linux Multitrack environment from scratch would be interested in this idea. I think it would be much easier to implement from the start than try to convince existing manufacturers to chnge their philosophy.
Another multitrack function which is badly needed is a global file management. (More like a document management system, but for sound events.)
I have roughly 30 GB of WAV material ranging from small loops (50K) to whole mixdowns (50MB). It gets hard to find the sound one is after.
How do I find an example of your current Cubase material?
This is bullshit. The reports about a year ago regarding weapons usage was bullshit too. Sony has written the copy for every reference to weapons possibilities. It's pathetic really. I hope no slashdotters are putting serious belief into this stuff...
Does anyone know what happens to artists not associated with BMG? Will Napster pay me for downloads on my own music? Not that this will translate into any money (only a few hundred people per month), but I certainly do not want peoples subscriptions going to BMG when it is my shit they are downloading. The long and the short of it is, I want my music to be free, and fuck Napster if they can no longer provide that...
The company for which I work has heavy investments in Netware. Technologically speaking there are few reason to want to run file/print serving from any other NOS. Our 30 or so fileservers running Netware versions 4.0, 4.11 and 5.1 have all achieved near-100% uptime, and one of our old servers was running non-stop for 986 days, and it was only turned off because they were demolishing the building which housed it. I'm positive we could have achieved a few more years of uptime on the box! So, why use anything else, eh? Answer: A reality in corporate computing is a vendors public image within the computing industry. How many top executives (or even some IS Dept Heads) hear ANYTHING about Netware in these Microsoft times? Fewer every day. If technological superiority were the most important factor in choosing a NOS, who would still be running NT? With LiUnix/Netware around, nobody. The motivation behind implementing an increasing percentage of MS products is a lemming effect. Novell is not off the hook yet however; The problems with declining market share of Netware is partly the result of complacency on Novell's part as well. If they had shed the early cockiness when NT started to take hold, and kept their customers happy, they may not seem so doomed at this time. Up until roughly 12 months ago, we did not see a Novell representative for at least 3 years! No matter who you are, that should never happen. In that period of time Microsoft signed us up for a Select agreement, offered to assist in the 'migration' of our environment to NT, etc... It was ONLY our love for Netware's reliability which kept it's presence here. Almost nobody is buying Netware to install on a *new* environment. But, there are lots of people who upgrade and continue to use it. If Novell is unable to keep the existing user base happy, then market share will surely dwindle to nothing. I think the old rumours of IBM acquiring Novell will eventually take place, and IBM will dissolve Groupwise (as a competitor to Notes), and they will possible keep NDS, and a few other nuggets of coolness. As much as I hate to say it, the Novell dynasty is long over. Too bad too, because about 5 years ago Novell was just starting to get interesting. Eventually even silicon-monkies get tired of swimming upstream. If you want to keep your job, run Linux or NT, and piss on the rest. If you don't agree with, email me.
It is the only way to achieve what you are after.
I have enjoyed a number of Lem novels. The Tarkovsky movie was brilliant, but much like 2001, it was very different in approach to the original novel. (I had also read that Lem didn't particularly enjoy it..) I dig the fact that Lem seems to be one of the VERY few authors who understood and fully appreciated Phillip K. Dick. I consider Dick and Lem quite similar, with Lem being perhaps the superior author. To not recognize what both these authors chose to write about would be to miss out on some of the most intelligent literature of the time. (60s-70s) I'd love to own the Stanislaw Lemnibus; Does anyone know if there is such a thing?!