US Senator Hatch warned the RIAA this was comming if they didn't fix the problems they where having. If this is what the RIAA needs to get with the times, so be it.
Though, I think that the whole situation of everyone suing everyone in the US is a joke. Govt. or not. *Sigh*.. maybe no other choice than to play by the rules of the sandbox.
Geez.. I am not sure to be impressed with the Amiga comunity or.. ashamed? Who knows...
I must admit, I would love to see the Amiga live up to all it's prommises and would probably buy one just because.:) I still have a broken A-500 at my parents house. heheh
It's not just the raw-cpu power of these things but the internal-bandwidth the ccNuMA architecture can support.
I guess as it goes today, they are a bit out-dated on the processor level, but would still make a fantastic file server. (That spec of Origin can maintain about 2 gigabyte of sustained internal bandwidth per second. A top end 1Ghz Athlon can only sustain about 800mb per second on the bus.
You can basically get the same thing from a library. It's still very expensive to build a interactive web-site.. as the web goes more towards a ASP style of network and less a brochure and eLibrary..... look at the thousands of man-hours that have gone into creating Slash..
Hopefully as time goes on the means of creating interactive websites will go down, computers will become more powerful, bandwidth to consumers will increase and cost to host will decrease..
There is going to be a serious shakeout in the B->C sector. Serious revenue models are going to have to be revised as investors patience are thinning. You can't open up a news-portal without seeing or reading about consumer plays burning out of cash... and fast.
You might see free services, but only a few of the e-biz's in that particular market segment will be able to compete much less survive the outragous valuations and sustain the burn-rate which has been created. They will have to be very creative how they actually sustain their free services.. in the end, nothing is free.
I believe that the real opportunity in the internet is in the B->B->C market... and all the prophetic notions about brick and morter companies ruling the net space in the end, might be true.. as they have a 'Business' to sustain their companies.. not just 'Compaines' searching for investors to help them build a business.
I don't want to pretend to be an expert, but isn't the biggest limitation with the intel processor the Bus architecture that can only let one chanel of communication between two devices happen at one time?
I know that with SGI hardware they have a type is switched bus that allows multiple devices to talk at the same time which allows for much higher sustained bandwidth.
Does anyone know if x86 chips can run on a non-bus architecture or is it part of the Chips instruction set to function on bus architecture?
It will be the transport layer for various other networks such as Freenet. As time goes on and the network gets bigger, the need for having more specialized networks will grow.
How long will it take before the gui interfaces, easy administration.. etc, is completely ripped off and used as a template of solid user interface design for unix. In something like kde/gnome/icewm.. whatever they have a great design and are technically there, but are lacking (IMHO) a bit in the ease of use dept. I believe that we are going to learn a LOT about how to do a simple interface and design on top of a unix core. (Though, I thought the same thing about BeOS.. (I know it's not Unix.. but unix-like).. and we haven't really taken much off of it)
I just purchased a G4 for one of our graphics designers at my work and I must say.. it's fast. She is pleased with it's performance.. but it's still got OS/9.. which (IMHO) multi-tasks like Windows 3.11. Very sad.
Anyways.. I hope that OS/X kicks some ass in the industry.. I hope that we can learn a lot from it. If it is everything that I hope it is.. (hehe).. I will probably be replacing my computer. BTW, does anyone know if this will spark more interest from the Adobe group to start portin their applications to Linux? (Should be easier with a BSD/Mach port already done...)
I believe that you might want to do a bit more research. The old version of JServe had this problem, but has long since been radicated. JRun (Allire) for example doesn't have this problem of spawning a new JVM... and you should checkout the Apache Tomcat project.
The Servelet is compiled and running in memory... the server can spawn a new request handler thread to handle multiple incomming requests, but this is all inside of the JVM.
The problem with Freshmeat, there is to many connections try to connect at one time. This is configuration issue, and problem with freshmeat. Not with MySQL.
KDevelop has made it very easy to make the transition from Windows to Linux. I have a few personal projects that I am working on and am very excited to have tools that make it easier to contribute to the open source movement.
I am very anxious for them to get the CodeInsight features that MS VS 6.0 and a lot of the Java IDE's have. I have read on the message board that will eventually be a comming feature.
On that note, does anyone else know if there is a C++ editor/IDE that does have a insight feature that is open source?
I was shocked to open the story and not find a 15 page phycho-geek-analasis on why geeks like D&D.:)
On the light note, I must admit that between Dungeons & Dragons cartoon and the Dukes of Hazard, they must of been my favorite childhood shows. I also remember how excited I was to see the first PacMan Cartoon! (Geez, waking up at 6:30am to watch cartoons!!).. is it any different to stay up till 3:00am hacking on a fun project.. probably same feeling.:)
Smart programmers want choice. C++ may shoot you in the foot and blow your brains out at the first chance, but at least it gives you freedom. Don't like objects? Don't use them. Don't want a vtable? Don't cause one to be created. Ultimately I see paradigm-agnostic languages as being the winners, once programmers start thinking.
Excuse me, but I work w/a development team in and we use Java. I believe that the strictness of the java language keeps us all on track for doing things consistant. Also, I don't think that it's impossible to write procedural code in Java, it's not that bound. Actually I would say that Python forces more code-style standards than Java. And might I ask WHY having a C backward compatibility in C++ is a "Good Thing"?
I agree that Choice is good, I don't believe that having a team of STYLE-creative programmers trying to SPEED through projects and figure out what the other person(s) are doing is the most efficient thing.
This is actually a compelling argument for using Python for something such as a large internet based project where a lot of different people tend to touch the same code.
Yeah I agree, What would be here without the threat of Microsoft? BUT.. I have heard many times that the greatest technological inventions come about because of war. I am not sure how true that is or not, but you go to RedHat and see the "Anti-Microsoft" die die die energy... Hasn't that fueled the community a bit? I would bet yes.
I don't hate Microsoft, they remind me what I don't want and make me appreciate what I have. I hope that the megapower doesn't get broken down.. Maybe it will keep the commuity-a-burnin for a few more years!:)
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The linux "version" of BeOS PE was released at the same time as the windows version.
If you FTP'd to the mirrors, you would of seen it.
I was just visiting the SGI booth here at Cebit and I must say that I am very impressed with those guys. I was talking to one of the engineers that have worked on the XFS port to linux, and it was interesting to hear the "Engineers" point of view on the entire release scenerio of XFS into the GPL/Linux world. Aparantly SGI is working very hard right now to get all of the copyrighted code out of the XFS source. To me it sounded like it started as a great marketing decision and the engineers had to kinda clean up after them a bit.:) (Sound familiar!?):)
They previewed for me the XFS actually working on one of there linux boxes running at the show.. (I must say, the new rack mount cases they have are SOOO sexy!!):)
But most importantly , I spent a bit of time talking to the engineers and I was very impressed with how they want to help the community. I felt like they where members of the community themselves, just getting paid for it.:) I must say that any mixed feelings I had about SGI previous to now have been turned around. (Who knows, maybe thats just the power of a 15 million dollar booth!):)
Has anyone had a chance to see the new Octane product they have under a NDA? (I am going to sign it just to get into the "Closed doors" and play with it...)
Sega and sony do the same thing with their Sega Dreamcast and Sony Playstation.
I find it a bit interesting that nobody is screaming RAPE and UNFAIR w/them? I am an American living in Europe and I am a bit frustrated that I am going to have to purchase another Dreamcast when I get home if I want to purchase any US games.. Very lame.
I have been using IBM's Java 1.1.8 for basically powering my backend web applications on linux and frankly it has been working so well I have not seen a need to move to Java 2.
I don't use any of the Java EE beans or really anything major complicated, but my team has built some fairly complicated web sites that use multi-tier architecture with a great deal of success.
From the benchmarks I have seen I wouldn't argue that 1.2 is not really any faster than IBM's JDK? Actually, the benchmarks I have seen argue strongly the opposite.
From what I understand IBM will have Java 1.3 ported to Linux Q2 this year. Is Java 2 really worth it on the backend on linux?
Does anyone know what HotSpot is and what advantage that is going to bring us on using Java where it belongs, on the Server.:) (IMHO)
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US Senator Hatch warned the RIAA this was comming if they didn't fix the problems they where having. If this is what the RIAA needs to get with the times, so be it.
Though, I think that the whole situation of everyone suing everyone in the US is a joke. Govt. or not. *Sigh*.. maybe no other choice than to play by the rules of the sandbox.
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Geez.. I am not sure to be impressed with the Amiga comunity or
I must admit, I would love to see the Amiga live up to all it's prommises and would probably buy one just because.
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It's not just the raw-cpu power of these things but the internal-bandwidth the ccNuMA architecture can support.
I guess as it goes today, they are a bit out-dated on the processor level, but would still make a fantastic file server. (That spec of Origin can maintain about 2 gigabyte of sustained internal bandwidth per second. A top end 1Ghz Athlon can only sustain about 800mb per second on the bus.
You can basically get the same thing from a library. It's still very expensive to build a interactive web-site.. as the web goes more towards a ASP style of network and less a brochure and eLibrary..
Hopefully as time goes on the means of creating interactive websites will go down, computers will become more powerful, bandwidth to consumers will increase and cost to host will decrease..
But right now it is a very expensive business.
There is going to be a serious shakeout in the B->C sector. Serious revenue models are going to have to be revised as investors patience are thinning. You can't open up a news-portal without seeing or reading about consumer plays burning out of cash
You might see free services, but only a few of the e-biz's in that particular market segment will be able to compete much less survive the outragous valuations and sustain the burn-rate which has been created. They will have to be very creative how they actually sustain their free services.. in the end, nothing is free.
I believe that the real opportunity in the internet is in the B->B->C market... and all the prophetic notions about brick and morter companies ruling the net space in the end, might be true.. as they have a 'Business' to sustain their companies.. not just 'Compaines' searching for investors to help them build a business.
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I don't want to pretend to be an expert, but isn't the biggest limitation with the intel processor the Bus architecture that can only let one chanel of communication between two devices happen at one time?
I know that with SGI hardware they have a type is switched bus that allows multiple devices to talk at the same time which allows for much higher sustained bandwidth.
Does anyone know if x86 chips can run on a non-bus architecture or is it part of the Chips instruction set to function on bus architecture?
I am considering buying one... seems to do everything that the Psion can do, with color and with Exchange integration.
The HP Journada that I played with seemed a bit big.. but, it seems that they are comming a long ways and is quite expandible. (a la HandSpring)..
Who knows, maybe MS did it right with the PocketPC.. maybe not.. but I must say that from a visual standpoint, it has Palm and Psion beat hands down.
I would be interested in feedback on how the human interface factors rate. (Does their handwriting recognition work as well as PalmOS's ?)
Seagrams is trying to pull a publicity stunt.
It's obviously working.. *sigh*
It will be the transport layer for various other networks such as Freenet. As time goes on and the network gets bigger, the need for having more specialized networks will grow.
How long will it take before the gui interfaces, easy administration.. etc, is completely ripped off and used as a template of solid user interface design for unix. In something like kde/gnome/icewm
I just purchased a G4 for one of our graphics designers at my work and I must say
Anyways.. I hope that OS/X kicks some ass in the industry.. I hope that we can learn a lot from it. If it is everything that I hope it is.. (hehe).. I will probably be replacing my computer. BTW, does anyone know if this will spark more interest from the Adobe group to start portin their applications to Linux? (Should be easier with a BSD/Mach port already done...)
Hopefully this is exactly what they have spent the last year trying to solve.
;-)
You do realize Oxford is in the Uk? :)
I would be intersted to see a
'What is your favorite MS Product?'
;-)
I believe that you might want to do a bit more research. The old version of JServe had this problem, but has long since been radicated. JRun (Allire) for example doesn't have this problem of spawning a new JVM
The Servelet is compiled and running in memory... the server can spawn a new request handler thread to handle multiple incomming requests, but this is all inside of the JVM.
Please don't spread fud.
The problem with Freshmeat, there is to many connections try to connect at one time. This is configuration issue, and problem with freshmeat. Not with MySQL.
gezus..
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KDevelop has made it very easy to make the transition from Windows to Linux. I have a few personal projects that I am working on and am very excited to have tools that make it easier to contribute to the open source movement.
I am very anxious for them to get the CodeInsight features that MS VS 6.0 and a lot of the Java IDE's have. I have read on the message board that will eventually be a comming feature.
On that note, does anyone else know if there is a C++ editor/IDE that does have a insight feature that is open source?
Cheers
I was shocked to open the story and not find a 15 page phycho-geek-analasis on why geeks like D&D.
On the light note, I must admit that between Dungeons & Dragons cartoon and the Dukes of Hazard, they must of been my favorite childhood shows. I also remember how excited I was to see the first PacMan Cartoon! (Geez, waking up at 6:30am to watch cartoons!!)
Smart programmers want choice. C++ may shoot you in the foot and blow your brains out at the first chance, but at least it gives you freedom. Don't like objects? Don't use them. Don't want a vtable? Don't cause one to be created. Ultimately I see paradigm-agnostic languages as being the winners, once programmers start thinking.
Excuse me, but I work w/a development team in and we use Java. I believe that the strictness of the java language keeps us all on track for doing things consistant. Also, I don't think that it's impossible to write procedural code in Java, it's not that bound. Actually I would say that Python forces more code-style standards than Java. And might I ask WHY having a C backward compatibility in C++ is a "Good Thing"?
I agree that Choice is good, I don't believe that having a team of STYLE-creative programmers trying to SPEED through projects and figure out what the other person(s) are doing is the most efficient thing.
This is actually a compelling argument for using Python for something such as a large internet based project where a lot of different people tend to touch the same code.
Yeah I agree,
What would be here without the threat of Microsoft? BUT.. I have heard many times that the greatest technological inventions come about because of war. I am not sure how true that is or not, but you go to RedHat and see the "Anti-Microsoft" die die die energy... Hasn't that fueled the community a bit? I would bet yes.
I don't hate Microsoft, they remind me what I don't want and make me appreciate what I have. I hope that the megapower doesn't get broken down.. Maybe it will keep the commuity-a-burnin for a few more years!
$.02
The linux "version" of BeOS PE was released at the same time as the windows version.
If you FTP'd to the mirrors, you would of seen it.
There are two dedicated news sites (like slashdot) dedicated to BeOS.
http://www.benews.com
http://www.beoscentral.com
They should keep a fairly up-to-date scene of what is going on w/the free-be.
I was just visiting the SGI booth here at Cebit and I must say that I am very impressed with those guys. I was talking to one of the engineers that have worked on the XFS port to linux, and it was interesting to hear the "Engineers" point of view on the entire release scenerio of XFS into the GPL
They previewed for me the XFS actually working on one of there linux boxes running at the show.. (I must say, the new rack mount cases they have are SOOO sexy!!)
But most importantly , I spent a bit of time talking to the engineers and I was very impressed with how they want to help the community. I felt like they where members of the community themselves, just getting paid for it.
Has anyone had a chance to see the new Octane product they have under a NDA? (I am going to sign it just to get into the "Closed doors" and play with it...)
Sega and sony do the same thing with their Sega Dreamcast and Sony Playstation.
I find it a bit interesting that nobody is screaming RAPE and UNFAIR w/them? I am an American living in Europe and I am a bit frustrated that I am going to have to purchase another Dreamcast when I get home if I want to purchase any US games.. Very lame.
I have been using IBM's Java 1.1.8 for basically powering my backend web applications on linux and frankly it has been working so well I have not seen a need to move to Java 2.
I don't use any of the Java EE beans or really anything major complicated, but my team has built some fairly complicated web sites that use multi-tier architecture with a great deal of success.
From the benchmarks I have seen I wouldn't argue that 1.2 is not really any faster than IBM's JDK? Actually, the benchmarks I have seen argue strongly the opposite.
From what I understand IBM will have Java 1.3 ported to Linux Q2 this year. Is Java 2 really worth it on the backend on linux?
Does anyone know what HotSpot is and what advantage that is going to bring us on using Java where it belongs, on the Server.
Geez... it was strait out of MS Word!
Now at least they have a semi professional looking page. They now need to have someone that speaks native english re-word it.
Maybe some of you linux guru's are interested in working for them. They have a few job openings.
I personally would be embarassed to do such... hehehe