"Are there any companies out there actively using Linux to host a mission-critical RDBMS? or looking to replace UNIX with Linux for this purpose?"
Where I work, we are running Linux as a firewall, and on a separate box, as our donino mail/app server. But after that, we move to Unix for RDBMS which we currently run as test platforms for our Documentum and iMan installs (also on Unux boxes). Now we do have a business partnership with sun, so we do get Unix licenses for cheep (especially since we are developers) but besides that, we can get support from sun on their Unix platforms. There is support for Linux platforms, but generally for more then we pay sun.
Now if only we could get our managers to run Linux as our workstations instead of win2000, or at least dual boot >:)=
My company (www.phoenixca.cm) deals with things like Documentum, iMan, domino.doc and things along those lines. We are doing things that basically have never done before. We are mainly doing integrations between different software's and such, and we use XML a lot, it makes moving data between different systems (client / server, server / server.....) simple. So to be honest I am not surprised that XML has taken off like it has.
This is just another example of how Micro$oft is taking over the market to its entirety. I can't understand why it is taking so much time for the courts in the states to do something about micro$oft considering almost every few days I come on Slashdot I see another thing such as this that shows micro$soft as being monopolistic
And another ting, to be honest I never use MSN (besides a old hotmail account that is about to go) so if they do make it completely IE only, then I will not be hit. Just as long as SlashDot here stays free to all web browsers then I am happy
me batter then 98se. Well then why did I have so many people after buying there new system with Me on it ask me to whipe ME off and put 98se on it. And Now while running 98 Se get very few to no complaints. Sorry, ME is not that good. It craches more then 98 ever did. It is much easer to run 98 stabler then ME ever could be. Now moving to win 2000 / XP. Well I have not bashed 2000, why, because even tho its just a e hash on NT, it acualy a decent system. SoI am expecting XP to be decent, but its realy not worth a upgrade from 2000 to xp yet. 98.me to xp, thats worth it in my opinion tho.
If you look at the new features in winXP, we see a few little things like a basic pic editing but nothing really that important.
selling points are (as per Microsoft site)
Reliable
High Performance
Secure
Easy to Use
This sounds like the marketing for win 2000. Well Be honest its true for win 2000 but its probably true for xp, but that's because XP is based on win 2000 which is based on NT 4.
Tools for the digital age (as per Microsoft site) are
Enjoy complete digital media support
Get the ultimate communication tool
Go mobile
Access files and applications remotely
Get help and support when you need it most
Wow can't I do this with win 2000, dam right I can. There is nothing really new here and that's all there is to it. We have 2 lines of OS from Microsoft, ME built from 98, built from 95 built from 3.1. And NT to 2000 to XP. Microsoft came up with the original programs a long time ago an just been modifying the hell out of them. Yes they have improved them, but that's to be expected. I want to see some Innovation from these guys in there OS. Not just this new XP, which compared to the older systems just looks more childish on the initial install
Come to think about it, microsoft is realy setting the stage for a lot of the computer technology of today and the future. Dam with the garbage that microsoft comes out with, dam people run for your lives, we are in trouble >:)=-
Well so far, win XP looks like somthing you give a 5 year old. but the easy solution is to just not use XP. I am running linux / win 2000 on my systems. Why would I move when it will make my life not so fun
I am not one who realy dose any Hacking, but for the heck of it, my friends and myself tryed a few times to hack each others systems. when running windows, top 5 min and where where in. Then moved to unix, bsd and linux, and they took a lot longer, and in most cases where unbreakable by us.
if I can hack windows that fast, then what sucurity dose windows have, and why are they complaining about it. O thats right they want the general public to beleave its safe >:)=
Ok, now all of a sudden cracking (hacking is a little diffrent) may become legal for the already currept mega corps. But all you hackers will be brought to prisen if you hack a system. My honest opinion is that is they crack my system, then I have the right to crack there. Say my system is also used for bisness, they crack it and down goes bissness doc's. But hey since they are alowed to crack you, then they hold no blame.
Also, is that passess in the states, , since I am canadian, they should still not have the right to do it here, unless canadian corts / gov pass it. So then if they hack me, but there hacking laws do not apply up here, then, hey it will be a fun cort case to watch.
so as everyone here beleaves, this is just another way for the RIAA to make a ass of itself in this world. But hey look at the bright sid, atleast RIAA and Microsoft are not merging to become even bigger >:)=
ok must of not worded this very right
when you encode them into mp3's cd quality comest to 160 / 192 bit rate, ok, this is how I understand it. I have checked with lots of people on this, bt the quality comparisums are about there man
well last I knew cd's where encoded at about 160kbs. So then why go 300kbs. I evenk know some cd's runing at 192, but 300 is just a waste of space. If you think you can hear a diffrence between cd riped music between 192 and 300, then there is a problem
not this again. Everytime I look around I see this DMCA being used for the mega corps to there advantage. But wasent this sopose to help the little man. This Felten v. RIAA case is just another instance where a mega crp (group of them) is using the DMCL to puch off a smaller firm who is not doing somthing they like. Yes I know that its the DoJ doing it. But still, seams like the DMCL is being used for the big guys.
"cyberspace (and a person's or corporation's activities therein) exist in 'a place' distinct from their physical location"
Think about it, I sit here at my compute, but what I do/say is out on servers everywhere. Do I know where, no. And can we consider the info being passed around to be something you can hold onto. No, its in a electronic form. Once something is on the net, its everywhere. What physical object can be everywhere at one. None.
The net is its own universe onto its on. You can't really apply one countries law onto it since it extends to all places in this world. cyberspace has physical entry points in this world (pc's, servers) but after that, its just out there
Man rad the dam article ok
Whre in this dose it say this is a test about which is better. It compares the pipes, and thats it. and in this case windows came lst with there newest windows release comming dead last. So please before you say anything, read th article.
The RIAA is a US setup, and from what I understand have no holdings out sidet the states. Well I am in canada A. So why don't we up here get a peer to peer setup on the go. Ok so canada May not be the best spot for it, but there are A lot of better places in the world where a music server setup would be able to avoid us laws and the jerks who use them to there advantage. And isen one of these servers already outside the sates. How can they be shut down by the RIAA
again you miss the point
how do they know there method of doing it is rigth
>:)=
they don't
yes they beleave this is whats happening in the atmosphere but are still not 100% certon of this. Its a theory. And yes I rember that debate about what if the A-Bomb is more powerfule then we had expected it to be. Well they had a right to wonder, becasue you nver know. The concept of one attom splitting into 2 , coliding with 2 more attoms making more atoms and so on could in theory go on long enough to case a bigger then expected explosion. But the theories did prove correct and there calculations proved correct. But the idea here is, you can never know until you try. But there lies the problem. Proving the theory is sometimes not fun.
think about the first scientets who worked with radio active material, most to all died early, generaly from radiation poising over time.But they did not understand it fully but thee theories still hold true today. So its just the idea that somthing can go wrong. Be honest I want to know if it can be done, but they have to be carfule just in case.
Yes I know the concept is there and all. But realy now, but the idea is still theory. Did I say anything like destroying the earth, mmmm no!! >:)=
but its still just theory, and any theory is open to being just a bit off. So maby I worded this wrong above, but still seams a little mssed to me to try to create a mini black hole. Yes I am interested and am looking for more reading material, but gain this could still turn out to be a total failure. and thats a hell of a lot of energy they ae using to make this mini black hole. So no matter what why you want to look at it (black hole taking out the generator, Overload lead to explosion) there is a lot of risk here. And thats what I want to get across.
and geekoid
your comment is "I'm not an expert in cars, but what if they explode randomly?"
Not being a expert dose not mean I know nothing about the subject. I have read some material on it and am looking for more, so please dont compare me to someone who speacks about things while they have not done any reading ont he subject. So this statement dose not apply to me, because I am pointing out (however unlikealy the chance) that there is the possability that things could go terabaly wrong.
Well I am in Canada A. But a lot of people have taken advantage of return policies here. I work for a company known for taking anything back (home depot) but last few months they changed the return rules. Why, people where ripping them off left, right and center. Any good shop will return defective material, and some will return things if they are not used. But if you open a cd, and try to return it, they like to bitch. You generally can get the cash back if you are back within the return date (generally 10 days) but even then its sometimes a argument. So I would rather just not buy cd's that I can't use. So as long as they say which ones my computer would use the windows format to read, then I could avoid them and the o so much joy of returning them
I may not be a expert in particle physics but opening a mini Black hole. Maby they can do it, but, what if there theories about controling it are dead wrong. I know enought about physics to know that somthing is not true untill tests prove it to be true. And since this is not tested, you can't prove it to be true. But testing and proving that the ideas of a black hole are true but how to control it / what might happen may not be true coud be rather bad.
Be honest, it is rather interesting to me, but I am a little afraid at the same time tht this might be a step to far right now.
Still think Its not right. Giving microsoft a monopaly in audio cd world when it comes to computers and breakign the right I have to make personlay copies of cd's. I got 2 copyes of all my cd's, why, pne for car and one for house. so why would I buy cd's that screw me up in personal copies of cd's. No matter how you justify it all, its still cheep (legal or not). Yes thats how the world is, but I an't going to help this world go that way. Buy cd's from companies from companies not in the RIAA (ie import stough manily)
"Then return it, telling whomever you meet that the CD doesn't play on your equipment and (if necessary) asking to speak to the boss, the boss's boss, on up to the person who sets the return policy. In the United States and many other countries, most products by default have an implied warranty of merchantability, i.e. fitness for the purpose for which it is sold."
man, try eturning a cd some time. I have, hey try it out, they say it works, no return. They by law don't have to return working products.
So run the Windows operating system in a PC emulator such as Bochs or Virtual PC.
Man, those are pigs on memoy, I am a unix/ linux user. why should I be forced to use windows / windows emulaters.
Slashdot Mirror
"Are there any companies out there actively using Linux to host a mission-critical RDBMS? or looking to replace UNIX with Linux for this purpose?"
Where I work, we are running Linux as a firewall, and on a separate box, as our donino mail/app server. But after that, we move to Unix for RDBMS which we currently run as test platforms for our Documentum and iMan installs (also on Unux boxes). Now we do have a business partnership with sun, so we do get Unix licenses for cheep (especially since we are developers) but besides that, we can get support from sun on their Unix platforms. There is support for Linux platforms, but generally for more then we pay sun.
Now if only we could get our managers to run Linux as our workstations instead of win2000, or at least dual boot >:)=
My 2 cents plus 2 more
Dam this looks like a fun toy. But just one problem, I don't know If I like that maney songs
>:)=
doh, well its sopose to be www.phoenixca.com hehehe. thats if anyone is inerested >:)-
My company (www.phoenixca.cm) deals with things like Documentum, iMan, domino.doc and things along those lines. We are doing things that basically have never done before. We are mainly doing integrations between different software's and such, and we use XML a lot, it makes moving data between different systems (client / server, server / server.....) simple. So to be honest I am not surprised that XML has taken off like it has.
my 2 cents plus 2 more
This is just another example of how Micro$oft is taking over the market to its entirety. I can't understand why it is taking so much time for the courts in the states to do something about micro$oft considering almost every few days I come on Slashdot I see another thing such as this that shows micro$soft as being monopolistic
And another ting, to be honest I never use MSN (besides a old hotmail account that is about to go) so if they do make it completely IE only, then I will not be hit. Just as long as SlashDot here stays free to all web browsers then I am happy
my 2 cents plus 2 more
me batter then 98se. Well then why did I have so many people after buying there new system with Me on it ask me to whipe ME off and put 98se on it. And Now while running 98 Se get very few to no complaints. Sorry, ME is not that good. It craches more then 98 ever did. It is much easer to run 98 stabler then ME ever could be. Now moving to win 2000 / XP. Well I have not bashed 2000, why, because even tho its just a e hash on NT, it acualy a decent system. SoI am expecting XP to be decent, but its realy not worth a upgrade from 2000 to xp yet. 98.me to xp, thats worth it in my opinion tho.
my 2 cents plus 2 more
If you look at the new features in winXP, we see a few little things like a basic pic editing but nothing really that important.
selling points are (as per Microsoft site)
Reliable
High Performance
Secure
Easy to Use
This sounds like the marketing for win 2000. Well Be honest its true for win 2000 but its probably true for xp, but that's because XP is based on win 2000 which is based on NT 4.
Tools for the digital age (as per Microsoft site) are
Enjoy complete digital media support
Get the ultimate communication tool
Go mobile
Access files and applications remotely
Get help and support when you need it most
Wow can't I do this with win 2000, dam right I can. There is nothing really new here and that's all there is to it. We have 2 lines of OS from Microsoft, ME built from 98, built from 95 built from 3.1. And NT to 2000 to XP. Microsoft came up with the original programs a long time ago an just been modifying the hell out of them. Yes they have improved them, but that's to be expected. I want to see some Innovation from these guys in there OS. Not just this new XP, which compared to the older systems just looks more childish on the initial install
my 2 cents plus 2 more
Come to think about it, microsoft is realy setting the stage for a lot of the computer technology of today and the future. Dam with the garbage that microsoft comes out with, dam people run for your lives, we are in trouble >:)=-
my 2 cents plus 2 more
Well so far, win XP looks like somthing you give a 5 year old. but the easy solution is to just not use XP. I am running linux / win 2000 on my systems. Why would I move when it will make my life not so fun
my 2 cents plus 2 more
I am not one who realy dose any Hacking, but for the heck of it, my friends and myself tryed a few times to hack each others systems. when running windows, top 5 min and where where in. Then moved to unix, bsd and linux, and they took a lot longer, and in most cases where unbreakable by us.
if I can hack windows that fast, then what sucurity dose windows have, and why are they complaining about it. O thats right they want the general public to beleave its safe >:)=
my 2 cents plus 2 more
Ok, now all of a sudden cracking (hacking is a little diffrent) may become legal for the already currept mega corps. But all you hackers will be brought to prisen if you hack a system. My honest opinion is that is they crack my system, then I have the right to crack there. Say my system is also used for bisness, they crack it and down goes bissness doc's. But hey since they are alowed to crack you, then they hold no blame.
Also, is that passess in the states, , since I am canadian, they should still not have the right to do it here, unless canadian corts / gov pass it. So then if they hack me, but there hacking laws do not apply up here, then, hey it will be a fun cort case to watch.
so as everyone here beleaves, this is just another way for the RIAA to make a ass of itself in this world. But hey look at the bright sid, atleast RIAA and Microsoft are not merging to become even bigger >:)=
my 2 cents plus 2 moe
ok must of not worded this very right
when you encode them into mp3's cd quality comest to 160 / 192 bit rate, ok, this is how I understand it. I have checked with lots of people on this, bt the quality comparisums are about there man
well last I knew cd's where encoded at about 160kbs. So then why go 300kbs. I evenk know some cd's runing at 192, but 300 is just a waste of space. If you think you can hear a diffrence between cd riped music between 192 and 300, then there is a problem
my 2 cents plus 2 more
not this again. Everytime I look around I see this DMCA being used for the mega corps to there advantage. But wasent this sopose to help the little man. This Felten v. RIAA case is just another instance where a mega crp (group of them) is using the DMCL to puch off a smaller firm who is not doing somthing they like. Yes I know that its the DoJ doing it. But still, seams like the DMCL is being used for the big guys.
my 2 cents plus 2 more
"cyberspace (and a person's or corporation's activities therein) exist in 'a place' distinct from their physical location"
Think about it, I sit here at my compute, but what I do/say is out on servers everywhere. Do I know where, no. And can we consider the info being passed around to be something you can hold onto. No, its in a electronic form. Once something is on the net, its everywhere. What physical object can be everywhere at one. None.
The net is its own universe onto its on. You can't really apply one countries law onto it since it extends to all places in this world. cyberspace has physical entry points in this world (pc's, servers) but after that, its just out there
my 2 cents plus 2 more
Man rad the dam article ok
Whre in this dose it say this is a test about which is better. It compares the pipes, and thats it. and in this case windows came lst with there newest windows release comming dead last. So please before you say anything, read th article.
Cool, so in a year I can get a cheep curso chip to build my mp3 player for my car with. >:)= Soundas fun
my 2 cent plus 2 more
The RIAA is a US setup, and from what I understand have no holdings out sidet the states. Well I am in canada A. So why don't we up here get a peer to peer setup on the go. Ok so canada May not be the best spot for it, but there are A lot of better places in the world where a music server setup would be able to avoid us laws and the jerks who use them to there advantage. And isen one of these servers already outside the sates. How can they be shut down by the RIAA
my 2 cents plus 2 more
again you miss the point
how do they know there method of doing it is rigth
>:)=
they don't
yes they beleave this is whats happening in the atmosphere but are still not 100% certon of this. Its a theory. And yes I rember that debate about what if the A-Bomb is more powerfule then we had expected it to be. Well they had a right to wonder, becasue you nver know. The concept of one attom splitting into 2 , coliding with 2 more attoms making more atoms and so on could in theory go on long enough to case a bigger then expected explosion. But the theories did prove correct and there calculations proved correct. But the idea here is, you can never know until you try. But there lies the problem. Proving the theory is sometimes not fun.
think about the first scientets who worked with radio active material, most to all died early, generaly from radiation poising over time.But they did not understand it fully but thee theories still hold true today. So its just the idea that somthing can go wrong. Be honest I want to know if it can be done, but they have to be carfule just in case.
my 2 cents plus 2 more
Yes I know the concept is there and all. But realy now, but the idea is still theory. Did I say anything like destroying the earth, mmmm no!! >:)=
but its still just theory, and any theory is open to being just a bit off. So maby I worded this wrong above, but still seams a little mssed to me to try to create a mini black hole. Yes I am interested and am looking for more reading material, but gain this could still turn out to be a total failure. and thats a hell of a lot of energy they ae using to make this mini black hole. So no matter what why you want to look at it (black hole taking out the generator, Overload lead to explosion) there is a lot of risk here. And thats what I want to get across.
and geekoid
your comment is "I'm not an expert in cars, but what if they explode randomly?"
Not being a expert dose not mean I know nothing about the subject. I have read some material on it and am looking for more, so please dont compare me to someone who speacks about things while they have not done any reading ont he subject. So this statement dose not apply to me, because I am pointing out (however unlikealy the chance) that there is the possability that things could go terabaly wrong.
my 2 cents plus 2 more
Nick given to me >:)= not given to me by myself (can you say th same >:)= )
Well I am in Canada A. But a lot of people have taken advantage of return policies here. I work for a company known for taking anything back (home depot) but last few months they changed the return rules. Why, people where ripping them off left, right and center. Any good shop will return defective material, and some will return things if they are not used. But if you open a cd, and try to return it, they like to bitch. You generally can get the cash back if you are back within the return date (generally 10 days) but even then its sometimes a argument. So I would rather just not buy cd's that I can't use. So as long as they say which ones my computer would use the windows format to read, then I could avoid them and the o so much joy of returning them
my 2 cents plus 2 more
I may not be a expert in particle physics but opening a mini Black hole. Maby they can do it, but, what if there theories about controling it are dead wrong. I know enought about physics to know that somthing is not true untill tests prove it to be true. And since this is not tested, you can't prove it to be true. But testing and proving that the ideas of a black hole are true but how to control it / what might happen may not be true coud be rather bad.
Be honest, it is rather interesting to me, but I am a little afraid at the same time tht this might be a step to far right now.
my 2 cents plus 2 more
Still think Its not right. Giving microsoft a monopaly in audio cd world when it comes to computers and breakign the right I have to make personlay copies of cd's. I got 2 copyes of all my cd's, why, pne for car and one for house. so why would I buy cd's that screw me up in personal copies of cd's. No matter how you justify it all, its still cheep (legal or not). Yes thats how the world is, but I an't going to help this world go that way. Buy cd's from companies from companies not in the RIAA (ie import stough manily)
my 2 cents plus 2 more
"Then return it, telling whomever you meet that the CD doesn't play on your equipment and (if necessary) asking to speak to the boss, the boss's boss, on up to the person who sets the return policy. In the United States and many other countries, most products by default have an implied warranty of merchantability, i.e. fitness for the purpose for which it is sold."
man, try eturning a cd some time. I have, hey try it out, they say it works, no return. They by law don't have to return working products.
So run the Windows operating system in a PC emulator such as Bochs or Virtual PC.
Man, those are pigs on memoy, I am a unix/ linux user. why should I be forced to use windows / windows emulaters.
again the arguments here are futile