It seems to me that Red Hat is becoming more and more commercialized these days, as with Linux in general. I just hope Linux doesn't forget it's roots. Personally, I'm a FreeBSD user, but the same concept applies. I'd much rather use an opensource OS and opensource apps developed by individuals rather than huge, multi-milliondollar companies. I only use M$ stuff on my current workstation because I have no choice. The new system I'm building will have FreeBSD on it.
I wonder what kind of competition will open up in the cable TV market, especially if the phone companies decide to provide their own channels rather than teaming with a local cable company. Or, what if the local cable companies embrace this technology and begin to offer up phone services? The possibilities are mind boggling. (and yes, I know Time Warner is already in the telecom and cable business).
My outlook would be this: The company is a sinking ship, and it seems like there are more holes developing everyday. Rather than stay behind and try to use a teaspoon to bail the water out, jump ship and get to dry ground. Perhaps the places you got offers from have room for more... and you could refer your friends there and all would be good.
Being a newbie, I've set up FreeBSD on a different box than my everyday box. Someday I hope to have it on my everyday box, but I have a lot of USB products on my machine. What does the future hold in terms of USB support in FreeBSD, and what are 3 of the biggest ideas / projects / etc. that the FreeBSD crew are looking at for the next release?
Looks to me like IBM wants to try to cater towards the PDA group. For me, I don't need something THAT powerful for taking notes. I have my Visor. And, if I have to hotsync out on the road I can either dial in or take my laptop with me. It's an interesting idea, though.
...but I personally feel that the disc format is a force to be reckoned with. D-VHS might hold a lot more in terms of video, but for ease of use I think the DVD would still win. Going back to tape you'd deal with rewinding and fast-forwarding to find your favorite scenes, and I didn't see anything mentioned about special features on those tapes. I for one like the extras on DVDs, and I don't think people are going to give that up.
One would think that it should be relatively easy to distinguish between countries. I'm not exactly sure how ISPs are discerned from one country to the next, but I'm sure something could be put in place to check where the person is from and direct them to where they need to be. Besides, isn't there already a couple of internationalized Yahoo pages?
...a good idea. The Palm and Palm-based PDAs could definitely speed up things. One thing that comes to mind is insurance adjusters. They could bring out their PDA, take in all the information they need, hook it to a laptop and have everything done in a fraction of the time. PDAs are going to gain a wide use. I know I use my Visor a ton.
I've always heard people telling me that Intel was better than AMD, and AMD has had compatibility issues with Windoze. I had an Intel 486. That was the first and last Intel I've ever had. I haven't had one problem with AMD in the compatibiliy issue. When it comes down to it, price and performance don't lie. I'll take my AMD anyday. Durons seem to be decent chips for the price, but for power and speed (aren't we all speed demons?) I'm going to go with an Athlon Thunderbird for my next machine.
As for the 'Intel is better than AMD' or 'AMD is better than Intel' battles that wage on, I feel that the best chip is whichever one does the job for you. For me, that's AMD.
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It seems to me that Red Hat is becoming more and more commercialized these days, as with Linux in general. I just hope Linux doesn't forget it's roots. Personally, I'm a FreeBSD user, but the same concept applies. I'd much rather use an opensource OS and opensource apps developed by individuals rather than huge, multi-milliondollar companies. I only use M$ stuff on my current workstation because I have no choice. The new system I'm building will have FreeBSD on it.
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I wonder what kind of competition will open up in the cable TV market, especially if the phone companies decide to provide their own channels rather than teaming with a local cable company. Or, what if the local cable companies embrace this technology and begin to offer up phone services? The possibilities are mind boggling. (and yes, I know Time Warner is already in the telecom and cable business).
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My outlook would be this: The company is a sinking ship, and it seems like there are more holes developing everyday. Rather than stay behind and try to use a teaspoon to bail the water out, jump ship and get to dry ground. Perhaps the places you got offers from have room for more... and you could refer your friends there and all would be good.
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It does, but I have a couple of other things that will not work at all
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Being a newbie, I've set up FreeBSD on a different box than my everyday box. Someday I hope to have it on my everyday box, but I have a lot of USB products on my machine. What does the future hold in terms of USB support in FreeBSD, and what are 3 of the biggest ideas / projects / etc. that the FreeBSD crew are looking at for the next release?
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Looks to me like IBM wants to try to cater towards the PDA group. For me, I don't need something THAT powerful for taking notes. I have my Visor. And, if I have to hotsync out on the road I can either dial in or take my laptop with me. It's an interesting idea, though.
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You make a good point, although if this D-VHS comes down in price they'd still have to keep producing quality DVDs
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...but I personally feel that the disc format is a force to be reckoned with. D-VHS might hold a lot more in terms of video, but for ease of use I think the DVD would still win. Going back to tape you'd deal with rewinding and fast-forwarding to find your favorite scenes, and I didn't see anything mentioned about special features on those tapes. I for one like the extras on DVDs, and I don't think people are going to give that up.
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Makes me wish I wouldn't have gotten rid of those Commodore 64s I had blown. I must have had a bad karma with those things. I went through two of em.
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One would think that it should be relatively easy to distinguish between countries. I'm not exactly sure how ISPs are discerned from one country to the next, but I'm sure something could be put in place to check where the person is from and direct them to where they need to be. Besides, isn't there already a couple of internationalized Yahoo pages?
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...a good idea. The Palm and Palm-based PDAs could definitely speed up things. One thing that comes to mind is insurance adjusters. They could bring out their PDA, take in all the information they need, hook it to a laptop and have everything done in a fraction of the time. PDAs are going to gain a wide use. I know I use my Visor a ton.
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The COBOL Warrior
I've always heard people telling me that Intel was better than AMD, and AMD has had compatibility issues with Windoze. I had an Intel 486. That was the first and last Intel I've ever had. I haven't had one problem with AMD in the compatibiliy issue. When it comes down to it, price and performance don't lie. I'll take my AMD anyday. Durons seem to be decent chips for the price, but for power and speed (aren't we all speed demons?) I'm going to go with an Athlon Thunderbird for my next machine. As for the 'Intel is better than AMD' or 'AMD is better than Intel' battles that wage on, I feel that the best chip is whichever one does the job for you. For me, that's AMD.
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The COBOL Warrior