"We all know that the open and distributed model for development described in Eric S. Raymond's book "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" is much better and creates more reliable products than any closed non-distributed development model. "
I'm wondering if the author can substantiate this claim with facts.
I think that facts can be referenced by security incidents, patches, and accessibility on complete products. One of the problems with open-source systems: a lot don't go 1.0. If the program works great, but never goes 1.0 release then no one can critique its bugs because it is still in development.
To be fair to closed-source projects, you cannot group Microsoft Windows into the same catagory with something like Unicos. Both are closed-source, but Unicos is particularly designed for a specific platform on specific hardware, where Windows is designed to run on a handful of platforms (NT on MIPS, PPC, etc, and "regular" Windows on x86->P4) and on just about any hardware thrown at it. Windows would be more stable (forget security for a sec) if people would keep it running on hardware designed for Windows with proper drivers sanctioned by Microsoft.
As for open-source there are many pieces of software that just plain suck! We all need to be honest!
IBM and Novell joined back in the day for schools, offering a blue box of Netware with an IBM software set called ICLASS. It was a very low-cost system...until support ate up more money than other software would have. I worry that Red Hat may offer low-cost or free software, but the added support needed may be as high as some other solution.
Name one publicly traded company that has not given money to political organizations. Name any company in the Fortune 500 that doesn't have a tie to a Washington lobbying interest. You are naive to think that companies don't spend money to political ventures.
I side with Oracle on the contribution. All companies make contributions to political fundraisings. This is nothing new or unethical. What I find striking is the statement made by Oracle that $95 million won't affect anything because it is less than one percent of their money for this year. What ass for a company says, "$95 mil, no problem", or something to the similar?
That is just Ellison arrogance that has trickled down to people under him.
You know, this type of website can be extremely helpful in rebuilding interest in particle physics. I remember when in college (I was a physics major), we asked around why people choose to work in physics. The responses were usually based on something like cartoons, science fiction movies, etc. It was rarely that a person just wanted to get into it from some serious perspective. Making fun of the atom internals might get someone interested in wanting to learn what really is inside the atom.
Don't forget that Saturday, May 4 is "Free Comic Book Day". Most comic shops will give you a free comic book. Here is some information on that subject.
Maybe some people will consider smaller towns around Houston. I live in Victoria (couple hours drive South of Houston), and it is great here, but all the good computer people always move away to Houston, Austin, San Antonio or Corpus (all two hours away). Move on down here, there is plenty of work to be done!
Linux is probably [Sun's] #1 competitor, and #1 hope.
Sun is stuck even worse fighting their own words with both their board of directors and the consumers of their products. For years they have been touting Solaris and Sparc hardware to be the best solution for every business. Now, they have to go into meetings stating they were wrong and maybe Linux on Sparc hardware is best some of the time, and maybe Linux on other hardware is better some of the time. The credibility of their developers and executives does not hold up, and their stock prices and board reports show it. Unlike some other companies that have fully embraced Linux, Sun seems to think it is enough to just place Tux on their website.
But, the business community does like Sparc equipment, and if they can run Linux on it, it is a wonderful mix of expensive hardware with inexpensive software, coming out to a decent bottom-line cost. If Sun can stay afloat as a hardware and design consulting company, leaving Solaris behind, they might have a better future.
Java has a long way to go in my opinion. I am in banking and see development wheels turn slowly. We have been begging for code to become more web-based or at least more centralized, and instead, our host systems more and more push data to the desktop, which is running some PC application.
I myself code just about everything in a server-sided web application. I can extend this to the desktop using Java, but to date have not seen a need. I know it takes more time this way than to fire up Visual Basic and create an application that way, but I don't run Windows, and my programs work on just about any system.
As for the imbedded market, Java has the capabilities, but I don't know if developers are going to embrace it much with licensing issues, code changes between releases, and the increasing number of non-Java tools that effectively get the job done.
Five years? Java will be with us, and there will be more of it out there. That might really be its peak usage before it falls like RPG, COBOL and other great languages that revolutionized computer program development.
If linking to information becomes illegal, that will destroy the whole Internet and how it works. The whole idea of hyperlinking is to allow dissimilar sites access to information without having to replicate it or paraphrase it. I feel ill...
Twice I was accused of being a devil worshipper while wearing my FreeBSD polo shirt in Texas.
I had the same problem with my OpenBSD wireframe daemon-head shirt. My wife's parents are ultra-religious (see deluded) and were freaking out about the shirt. I finally told them that Satan is just an angel....like me.
While Solaris is older and arguably more stable than Linux, what "real" advantages does it give for anyone on Intel hardware?
Support! Now, we can continue to build solutions with PixelCraft which runs on Solaris or Linux, but is only supported on Solaris. You will find that there are a lot of boxes out there with Solaris installed that could do an upgrade for security or library reasons, but cannot move to Linux because of support issues.
Something that people need to consider is power. Don't forget that fiber cannot carry a charge, and therefore must be connected to powered equipment, unlike land lines. Not everyone has UPS equipment, generators, etc., and businesses (and some residents) need assurance of service in outages.
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I think that facts can be referenced by security incidents, patches, and accessibility on complete products. One of the problems with open-source systems: a lot don't go 1.0. If the program works great, but never goes 1.0 release then no one can critique its bugs because it is still in development.
To be fair to closed-source projects, you cannot group Microsoft Windows into the same catagory with something like Unicos. Both are closed-source, but Unicos is particularly designed for a specific platform on specific hardware, where Windows is designed to run on a handful of platforms (NT on MIPS, PPC, etc, and "regular" Windows on x86->P4) and on just about any hardware thrown at it. Windows would be more stable (forget security for a sec) if people would keep it running on hardware designed for Windows with proper drivers sanctioned by Microsoft.
As for open-source there are many pieces of software that just plain suck! We all need to be honest!
If anyone is interested, I have the script here. There are also many trailers in the downloads area.
That is just Ellison arrogance that has trickled down to people under him.
No, no. That $315 million was per citizen. The day the government can implement something decent Hell will have a slight chill.
Maybe some people will consider smaller towns around Houston. I live in Victoria (couple hours drive South of Houston), and it is great here, but all the good computer people always move away to Houston, Austin, San Antonio or Corpus (all two hours away). Move on down here, there is plenty of work to be done!
Here. There are also all the Star Wars trailers in the download area.
Sun is stuck even worse fighting their own words with both their board of directors and the consumers of their products. For years they have been touting Solaris and Sparc hardware to be the best solution for every business. Now, they have to go into meetings stating they were wrong and maybe Linux on Sparc hardware is best some of the time, and maybe Linux on other hardware is better some of the time. The credibility of their developers and executives does not hold up, and their stock prices and board reports show it. Unlike some other companies that have fully embraced Linux, Sun seems to think it is enough to just place Tux on their website.
But, the business community does like Sparc equipment, and if they can run Linux on it, it is a wonderful mix of expensive hardware with inexpensive software, coming out to a decent bottom-line cost. If Sun can stay afloat as a hardware and design consulting company, leaving Solaris behind, they might have a better future.
I myself code just about everything in a server-sided web application. I can extend this to the desktop using Java, but to date have not seen a need. I know it takes more time this way than to fire up Visual Basic and create an application that way, but I don't run Windows, and my programs work on just about any system.
As for the imbedded market, Java has the capabilities, but I don't know if developers are going to embrace it much with licensing issues, code changes between releases, and the increasing number of non-Java tools that effectively get the job done.
Five years? Java will be with us, and there will be more of it out there. That might really be its peak usage before it falls like RPG, COBOL and other great languages that revolutionized computer program development.
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I don't know, I don't care. This way, I get to keep my RHCE longer without having to retest!
Here you can find a bunch of Star Wars trailer videos and spoofs.
I had the same problem with my OpenBSD wireframe daemon-head shirt. My wife's parents are ultra-religious (see deluded) and were freaking out about the shirt. I finally told them that Satan is just an angel....like me.
Support! Now, we can continue to build solutions with PixelCraft which runs on Solaris or Linux, but is only supported on Solaris. You will find that there are a lot of boxes out there with Solaris installed that could do an upgrade for security or library reasons, but cannot move to Linux because of support issues.
Second, it would nice to see some other features on this DVD along with the DeCSS source (hehe).