Days to load up a server to give back (precomputed?) answers in something like a second. What would be funny would be to let them load the servers. Then change the queries against it.
I haven't checked any, but methinks there are some paranoid souls who have checked quite a few and would be yelling their heads off if they found any trace of a back door.
From what I've seen, as soon as Linux gets close enough, Windows will go the way of MS-DOS. Single-user and bad graphic abilities just will not hack it.
I don't think it is quite as simple as cutting costs, although total cost for the benefits should decrease. Seems like IBM's involvement in Linux adds to their cost. You hit near a critical area with "Open source software may take over and force cooperation between corporations". For business-to-business to work, extreme cooperation is essential and fragile. Proprietary standards, protocols and code are too subject to manipulation ( unless they are your own;)
There are some logical problems with "best".
It is possible from the same consistent basis to conclude that: A is better than B, B is better than C, and C is better than A.
Something like scissors, rock, paper?
At the time, considering what they did and what they cost, I think IBM was right. When costs go down and computational power increases, new uses appear which were formerly unthinkable. We snicker, but maybe it will help us to not fall into the same trap.
I'd vote for black humor.
There's optimists, pessimists, and realists. In that order.
The real money will be in eBusiness, particularly business-to-business. If the c't 32 day test of downtime averages (Solaris.3%, Linux.5%, NT 1.9%) is any indication, the state of the art for reliable 24/7 eBusiness, which is orders of magnitude more complicated, is not here yet.
Actually I would tend to trust the ls command to show the real names.
Also DIR command seems to work OK.
It is the GUI that lies and gives you no way to see what it is that you've got.
Personal opinion only, but I'd much rather things broke between 6.2 and 7.0 than between 7.0 and 7.1. Seems like RedHat is trying to drive the cutting edge, and that has to be a difficult balancing act. Actually with all the uproar about 7.0, it looks like it is a bit more stable than I expected it to be.
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Days to load up a server to give back (precomputed?) answers in something like a second. What would be funny would be to let them load the servers. Then change the queries against it.
I haven't checked any, but methinks there are some paranoid souls who have checked quite a few and would be yelling their heads off if they found any trace of a back door.
That's why overclocking a Celeron from 300 to 450 is (was) such a big deal. Changes the bus speed from 66 to 100.
Welcome to the wonderful world of Windows.
Sympathize completely, but consider where the users would be with no support.
From what I've seen, as soon as Linux gets close enough, Windows will go the way of MS-DOS. Single-user and bad graphic abilities just will not hack it.
I don't think it is quite as simple as cutting costs, although total cost for the benefits should decrease. Seems like IBM's involvement in Linux adds to their cost. You hit near a critical area with "Open source software may take over and force cooperation between corporations". For business-to-business to work, extreme cooperation is essential and fragile. Proprietary standards, protocols and code are too subject to manipulation ( unless they are your own ;)
There are some logical problems with "best".
It is possible from the same consistent basis to conclude that: A is better than B, B is better than C, and C is better than A.
Something like scissors, rock, paper?
It's what Microsoft calls innovation.
What do YOU want to do today?
Add some eyes (frog alread has some) and
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO TODAY?
Yep. Ever heard of the internet?
Actually open source is setting the standards that everybody will follow.
Brava!
At the time, considering what they did and what they cost, I think IBM was right. When costs go down and computational power increases, new uses appear which were formerly unthinkable. We snicker, but maybe it will help us to not fall into the same trap.
How is that a disadvantage? Seems to me that the colorized filenames are almost unreadaber, or I need better monitors ;)
I'd vote for black humor. .3%, Linux .5%, NT 1.9%) is any indication, the state of the art for reliable 24/7 eBusiness, which is orders of magnitude more complicated, is not here yet.
There's optimists, pessimists, and realists. In that order.
The real money will be in eBusiness, particularly business-to-business. If the c't 32 day test of downtime averages (Solaris
Now we know why Windows 2000 has that thingee that resurrects deleted files. You WILL have your talking paperclip!
I thought is was rather well placed, and regarding source size, on topic. And funny. Funny the way only a good straight man can be.
At the risk of sounding like an MS basher (which I'm)
I doubt that it was religious prejudice, but rather prejudice against ethics.
Yeah, but how long did it take to be discovered?
Another Microsoft innovation.
Actually I would tend to trust the ls command to show the real names.
Also DIR command seems to work OK.
It is the GUI that lies and gives you no way to see what it is that you've got.
Personal opinion only, but I'd much rather things broke between 6.2 and 7.0 than between 7.0 and 7.1. Seems like RedHat is trying to drive the cutting edge, and that has to be a difficult balancing act. Actually with all the uproar about 7.0, it looks like it is a bit more stable than I expected it to be.
It's called innovation.
One surprise I've seen is to get a response from a ping, with the network cable disconnected!
View, Folder Options, View, Files and Folders,
;)
[x] Allow all uppercase names
Will allow all lowercase names.
This may require the Active Desktop stuff of IE4.
I wish I were making this up