Again, no one is mandating open source or saying it is always the best tool available. This is an argument for fairness that could also potentially save cash-starved state governments some money.
How do you know what the "right tool" is if you are locked into using certain proprietary software that through licensing perpetuates its presence indefinitely?
Having to "consider" does not mean having to "use". I am amazed at how often this point is twisted. Besides, if closed source _is_ the best tool, why should its makers worry?
Hardly. It would allow companies spend in areas other than software, or even to (gasp) hire programmers-- thus putting more programmers to work.
This merely means that the software dollar isn't spent on licensing and (read mostly Microsoft) marketing, but rather on specific goals that meet company or individual needs.
How about the unelected junta that supports para-military death squads intent on liquidation of dissenters if the dissenters happen to be leftwing, and that same unelected junta that cares nothing about the rights of women, gays, minorities, the poor, or even people who like to be able to breathe clean air or drink clea water.
I'd say both are good, but the Nemeth Snyder book is a more fun read. (Note this has NOTHING to do with utility, only enjoyment factor.) I mean, what other book has passages like (paraphrased)
"NIS+, aka NIS on steroids who won't get sand kicked in it's face anymore..."
or "NIS+ is meant to eliminate NIS problems and introduce newer, different problems..."
or (on why to use AMD and not automount) "AMD leaps over capital T in a single bound"
or "AMD won't eat all your popcorn.."
and (sadly missing from 3rd edition) "AMD sounds more like a psychedelic drug 'Hey dude, wanna drop some AMD'..."
That said, Aileen's 2nd edition has great arcana (including a wonderful little chart on which unices are more bsd-like and which are more sys-v like) and her info is top-notch. She lectures well, also. If you have both books you have a pretty good fundamental reference set.
I learn so much. Maybe it's that spring is in the air and that the annual rebirth of the earth leads to exciting decisions being made, bold new ideas in software, and just general inspiration all around.
I haven't figured out how this applies in the Southern hemisphere yet, but I'm sure I'll figure it out soon.
I've found that it is much more forgiving in the way of dependencies than RPM based systems-- in other words, you can install slack-packages and./configure && make install other software without getting trapped in dependency hell. The only time I have ever encountered any library issues is when riding on the bleeding edge of slack current, and even then all the essential networking tools have remained rock-solid.
At my company we're moving our mix of Suse and Red Hat servers to all slackware, and I for one couldn't be more overjoyed. (But then I'm lazy and like to just installpkg *, read my fortune and get on with life.)
Personally, I don't think the above 2 are trolls. They are responding to a stupid idea.
Now I'm going to go out and buy some FRENCH fries and FRENCH kiss my girlfriend, and then laugh at the morons who are going to boycott things in the name of GWB's manhood.
(Even more OT: The origin of the word "France" is "Frank", which originally meant "a free man", so France meant "home of free men". Almost kinda sorta maybe justifies those idiots eating "freedom toast"...)
And Slackware 9 won't have...
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oh, Slackware 9 (which is already at rc2) will have all these features. In fact, those of us running slackware-current already have them. I'm not saying Suse's not a nice distro, but we aren't exactly breaking new ground here.
I can't tell you how overjoyed I was to learn how to use the cache. Generally, when I view search results I hit the cache first. Here's why:
1) Speed. A copy from Google's server is going to come up a lot faster than one on some remote server with poor bandwidth access.
2) It's a wayback machine of sorts. If I need information that has since been removed due to changing directory structure, expired accounts, or pressure from the Real Big Brother, I can find it there.
3) Color highlighting! If you have hundreds and hundreds of lines to scroll through, It's a heck of a lot easier to look for color combinations then to do a find on various combinations of the words in the submitted string.
God Bless Google. They've increased my productivity as an admin at least ten-fold.
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Oh man, I wish I had mod-points for you. I thought the story was funny, but this made me laugh so hard I almost---
(excuse me.)
Again, no one is mandating open source or saying it is always the best tool available. This is an argument for fairness that could also potentially save cash-starved state governments some money.
How do you know what the "right tool" is if you are locked into using certain proprietary software that through licensing perpetuates its presence indefinitely?
Having to "consider" does not mean having to "use". I am amazed at how often this point is twisted. Besides, if closed source _is_ the best tool, why should its makers worry?
Hardly. It would allow companies spend in areas other than software, or even to (gasp) hire programmers-- thus putting more programmers to work.
This merely means that the software dollar isn't spent on licensing and (read mostly Microsoft) marketing, but rather on specific goals that meet company or individual needs.
How about the unelected junta that supports para-military death squads intent on liquidation of dissenters if the dissenters happen to be leftwing, and that same unelected junta that cares nothing about the rights of women, gays, minorities, the poor, or even people who like to be able to breathe clean air or drink clea water.
Crawl back in your FOX "news" hole.
they try, anyway ;-) </blatant>
"NIS+, aka NIS on steroids who won't get sand kicked in it's face anymore..."
or "NIS+ is meant to eliminate NIS problems and introduce newer, different problems..."
or (on why to use AMD and not automount) "AMD leaps over capital T in a single bound"
or "AMD won't eat all your popcorn.."
and (sadly missing from 3rd edition) "AMD sounds more like a psychedelic drug 'Hey dude, wanna drop some AMD'..."
That said, Aileen's 2nd edition has great arcana (including a wonderful little chart on which unices are more bsd-like and which are more sys-v like) and her info is top-notch. She lectures well, also. If you have both books you have a pretty good fundamental reference set.
Another gutless AC. Tell me-- are you a typical "brave american"?
You mean "vi".
Is Duke Nukem Forever next? ;-)
I learn so much. Maybe it's that spring is in the air and that the annual rebirth of the earth leads to exciting decisions being made, bold new ideas in software, and just general inspiration all around.
;-) )
I haven't figured out how this applies in the Southern hemisphere yet, but I'm sure I'll figure it out soon.
(It never grows old for me...
I concur on Jesus of Montreal. A beautiful movie, tragic, but often hilarious.
(Of course I'm biased, it's my favorite flick.)
Au contraire.
./configure && make install other software without getting trapped in dependency hell. The only time I have ever encountered any library issues is when riding on the bleeding edge of slack current, and even then all the essential networking tools have remained rock-solid.
I've found that it is much more forgiving in the way of dependencies than RPM based systems-- in other words, you can install slack-packages and
At my company we're moving our mix of Suse and Red Hat servers to all slackware, and I for one couldn't be more overjoyed. (But then I'm lazy and like to just installpkg *, read my fortune and get on with life.)
It's Pat Volkerding for god's sake...
rsync to a slack-current server. Upgradepkg *.
Personally, I don't think the above 2 are trolls. They are responding to a stupid idea.
Now I'm going to go out and buy some FRENCH fries and FRENCH kiss my girlfriend, and then laugh at the morons who are going to boycott things in the name of GWB's manhood.
(Even more OT: The origin of the word "France" is "Frank", which originally meant "a free man", so France meant "home of free men". Almost kinda sorta maybe justifies those idiots eating "freedom toast"...)
oh, Slackware 9 (which is already at rc2) will have all these features. In fact, those of us running slackware-current already have them. I'm not saying Suse's not a nice distro, but we aren't exactly breaking new ground here.
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Apple Keynote. Saves to native format, PDF, Powerpoint, or Quicktime.
Twice the features at less than half the cost of Powerpoint...
http://store.slackware.com
but only 8.1 will be for sale until the official 9 release.
(Getting to move almost ALL our servers to Slack at work now. Happy happy joy joy)
Complete utter truth from the author of the article.
Feel free to pay for the right to kiss Billy's ass.
If I had mod points, I'd mark you as funny.
I can't tell you how overjoyed I was to learn how to use the cache. Generally, when I view search results I hit the cache first. Here's why:
1) Speed. A copy from Google's server is going to come up a lot faster than one on some remote server with poor bandwidth access.
2) It's a wayback machine of sorts. If I need information that has since been removed due to changing directory structure, expired accounts, or pressure from the Real Big Brother, I can find it there.
3) Color highlighting! If you have hundreds and hundreds of lines to scroll through, It's a heck of a lot easier to look for color combinations then to do a find on various combinations of the words in the submitted string.
God Bless Google. They've increased my productivity as an admin at least ten-fold.
Plausible explanation:
Scenario 1: People are curious about Janis Ian's music, download mp3, hear it, like it, and decide to buy.
Scenario 2: People are curious about Britney/Nsync/Michael Jackson's music, download mp3, hear it,...
(Can you complete this picture? What happens to all those promotional dollars?)
Which Soundcard?
So how does SCO sue Debian?
Even if they knocked off some distros in their money grab (highly unlikely), there would be solutions that would fill the vacuum nicely.
So long SCO, thanks for nothing.