> SCO has been harming a massive number of innocent bystanders throughout this whole process.
Well put. Centershift represents collateral damage, but something has to be done so that other companies will think, "Do I really want to go through all that shit?" the next time they want to try something similar. I'd be pissed if I was Centershift, but they need to contact their service provider(s) and let them know they're not getting what they're paying for...
It's good to encourage companies to support open source, but you could also donate the amount you paid for the coffee and be assured 100% of it is going towards Mozilla.
On second thought, it's miles ahead of what most of these leeches who can't fathom why anybody would PAY for a Slashdot subscription yet visit this site throughout the day to bitch about it.
> IBM can put this on a slow track [with additional legal moves]. But IBM might be throwing hard balls to [get ready] for the soft pitch [to settle]... Every month we keep finding more and more [Linux code that violates our Unix System contract]. We'd want a settlement and royalty [on Linux] going forward.
"People who speak in metaphors can shampoo my crotch" --Jack Nicholson
> Yes, and the proper thing to do would be to contact the system administrator and let him/her know that their system is vulnerable.
Riiiiight. Would you like a printout of my Apache logs for the last few years with references to Code Red and friends grepped for your tracking pleasure?
> How about this one: The Canadian government's Office Of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness runs IIS.
Ehh, it's a government agency. They merely exist to spend money and employ people. When I worked at Uni, lots of things happened there that would never fly in the business world (well, maybe at Worldcom). Hint: They cancelled the dialup pool (which lots of people used and enjoyed) because they were in a budget crunch and couldn't afford it anymore. Meanwhile, a stroll down computer services reveals several Herman Miller Aeron chairs and the Help Desk using a 52" plasma screen to display the weather. Oh yeah, and I saw at least two of those digital marker boards with doodles and cartoons on them.
> They come to the class and sit there like empty receptacles I am supposed to fill in with information that'll be on the exam. If I digress and try to tell them something extra-curricular they'll scream bloody murder (or first they'll ask if this will be on the exam and if it's not they'll scream bloody murder).
Could it be because nobody in your class gives two shits about your class but are required to take it to accomplish the greater goal of acquiring a degree? That might have something to do with it. Professors don't seem to understand why their subjects aren't interesting to absolutely EVERYONE and don't seem to get the fact that going to class is just the means to an end.
I'd bet that many of those people aren't quite so glossy-eyed in the courses that actually have even a remote usefullness to their desired career path (at least I wasn't). I've got a decent web developer position now, and that gym class, music appreciation, and geology course REALLY helped me cope with the 6000 rejection letters I got after graduating from college. Additionally, it wasn't my unique perspective on trilobites and Beethoven's 5th orchestra that got me my first decent job (so I've heard)./rant
Why is it so difficult to set up a hardware RAID on Linux? I have a Promise Fasttrack133 RAID controller, what I consider to be a fairly popular brand/model. Setting up a RAID in ANY distro other than Redhat was impossible. I did get it to work in Redhat 9 (which was fairly easy, thanks to Promise's drivers and excellent instructions) but I couldn't get volume to mount in any other distro. I think Redhat is great, but I would prefer to use Mandrake. No love.
It might be a desktop computer, but that doesn't mean I don't want decent speed. Am I alone? Once I went RAID, I would never go back, so any OS I use needs to support it.
Why can't I use the same method of installing the drivers in Mandrake, Debian, etc as I do in Redhat? I can handle different drivers for each distro, but why I different (and difficult) process of installing them?!
You can tell if someone is a subscriber or not if they have an asterisk next to their user number. If you look at any given article you will notice quite a few subscribers.
A procmail script?! What percent of the computer-enabled can set up a procmail script? Give me a break, that solution is for geeks (and a good one), but most computer users aren't geeks.
Spam Arrest works pretty well for avoiding spam. It costs money (as much as $3.33/month) but it works well. When somebody sends you e-mail, it replies with a confirmation link. The user must click on the link and type in a simple computer-generated text code to be whitelisted. They only have to do this one since once they are whitelisted they can send as many e-mails as desired. Stops nearly all automatic mass mailers and spam from fake e-mail addresses. Not free and perhaps lacks in geek factor, but it's simple and effective.
I really like KDE, but I hate the fact that they're associate with SCO. I don't want to support anything that could potentially help SCO, even that which is insignificant. Alas, I continued to use KDE in conflict because I don't care for Gnome.:/
> I will not submit to your extortion. I will, however, point it out to my Missouri Attorney State General, for his consideration. In fact, the RICO statute comes to mind.
Excellent! I just mailed my three letters on Saturday and it's good to see that others are taking suit. Perhaps I don't matter and you don't matter, but the Attournies General matter and might take a look at the case given enough requests.
Agreed. I just finished 3 letters (U.S. Mail of course) highlighting my concerns - one to the DOJ, one to my representative, and one to a senator from my state.
Thanks for "allowing" us to use the software we slaved over for little or no fee and released to the world for free. You should feel lucky we made it available for you to make a profit off of it.
Microsoft: Mr. Torvals, we would like to pay you 6 billion dollars to integrate Linux into Windows. Torvalds: I can see the torches and pitchforks on the horizon.
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> SCO has been harming a massive number of innocent bystanders throughout this whole process.
Well put. Centershift represents collateral damage, but something has to be done so that other companies will think, "Do I really want to go through all that shit?" the next time they want to try something similar. I'd be pissed if I was Centershift, but they need to contact their service provider(s) and let them know they're not getting what they're paying for...
On second thought, it's miles ahead of what most of these leeches who can't fathom why anybody would PAY for a Slashdot subscription yet visit this site throughout the day to bitch about it.
> IBM can put this on a slow track [with additional legal moves]. But IBM might be throwing hard balls to [get ready] for the soft pitch [to settle]... Every month we keep finding more and more [Linux code that violates our Unix System contract]. We'd want a settlement and royalty [on Linux] going forward.
"People who speak in metaphors can shampoo my crotch" --Jack Nicholson
> Yes, and the proper thing to do would be to contact the system administrator and let him/her know that their system is vulnerable.
Riiiiight. Would you like a printout of my Apache logs for the last few years with references to Code Red and friends grepped for your tracking pleasure?
> How about this one: The Canadian government's Office Of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness runs IIS.
Ehh, it's a government agency. They merely exist to spend money and employ people. When I worked at Uni, lots of things happened there that would never fly in the business world (well, maybe at Worldcom). Hint: They cancelled the dialup pool (which lots of people used and enjoyed) because they were in a budget crunch and couldn't afford it anymore. Meanwhile, a stroll down computer services reveals several Herman Miller Aeron chairs and the Help Desk using a 52" plasma screen to display the weather. Oh yeah, and I saw at least two of those digital marker boards with doodles and cartoons on them.
> They come to the class and sit there like empty receptacles I am supposed to fill in with information that'll be on the exam. If I digress and try to tell them something extra-curricular they'll scream bloody murder (or first they'll ask if this will be on the exam and if it's not they'll scream bloody murder).
Could it be because nobody in your class gives two shits about your class but are required to take it to accomplish the greater goal of acquiring a degree? That might have something to do with it. Professors don't seem to understand why their subjects aren't interesting to absolutely EVERYONE and don't seem to get the fact that going to class is just the means to an end.
I'd bet that many of those people aren't quite so glossy-eyed in the courses that actually have even a remote usefullness to their desired career path (at least I wasn't). I've got a decent web developer position now, and that gym class, music appreciation, and geology course REALLY helped me cope with the 6000 rejection letters I got after graduating from college. Additionally, it wasn't my unique perspective on trilobites and Beethoven's 5th orchestra that got me my first decent job (so I've heard). /rant
You can download the RedHat 9 Promise drivers here. Extract the contents to a floppy and follow the instructions in the README file.
Cheers,
Daniel
Why is it so difficult to set up a hardware RAID on Linux? I have a Promise Fasttrack133 RAID controller, what I consider to be a fairly popular brand/model. Setting up a RAID in ANY distro other than Redhat was impossible. I did get it to work in Redhat 9 (which was fairly easy, thanks to Promise's drivers and excellent instructions) but I couldn't get volume to mount in any other distro. I think Redhat is great, but I would prefer to use Mandrake. No love.
It might be a desktop computer, but that doesn't mean I don't want decent speed. Am I alone? Once I went RAID, I would never go back, so any OS I use needs to support it.
Why can't I use the same method of installing the drivers in Mandrake, Debian, etc as I do in Redhat? I can handle different drivers for each distro, but why I different (and difficult) process of installing them?!
Well, Kazaa is donating us a free as beer network, for now. Their spyware may suck, but there is Kazaa Lite.
Can't you turn down the volume?
I read the first half of the link you posted. I don't get it, but I'm no music aficionado. I just listen to the crap on the radio.
> How is this any different from a standard 35mm disposable camera?
Buzzword: "digital"
You can tell if someone is a subscriber or not if they have an asterisk next to their user number. If you look at any given article you will notice quite a few subscribers.
> Or you could stand up and fight for what you believe in.
I could fight my wife to come with me to visit the relatives in Idaho, or I could promise to buy her something on the way.
I'd rather avoid the fight...
A procmail script?! What percent of the computer-enabled can set up a procmail script? Give me a break, that solution is for geeks (and a good one), but most computer users aren't geeks.
Spam Arrest works pretty well for avoiding spam. It costs money (as much as $3.33/month) but it works well. When somebody sends you e-mail, it replies with a confirmation link. The user must click on the link and type in a simple computer-generated text code to be whitelisted. They only have to do this one since once they are whitelisted they can send as many e-mails as desired. Stops nearly all automatic mass mailers and spam from fake e-mail addresses. Not free and perhaps lacks in geek factor, but it's simple and effective.
Yeah, cuz it's really hard to look it up:
SCO Group - 1.6%
> My guess it's closer to 25%
Where did you pull that arbitrary number from? Me thinks you are spreading FUD.
I really like KDE, but I hate the fact that they're associate with SCO. I don't want to support anything that could potentially help SCO, even that which is insignificant. Alas, I continued to use KDE in conflict because I don't care for Gnome. :/
I hope IBM wins.
Insensitive is suggesting people are choosing to do IVF because they prefer it to "older ways".
Who in their right mind visits anouther country to read through books in a bookstore? Worst suggestion EVAR!
> The community there is actually standing up, which, honestly, is more than I can say for the general LUGs here in the states.
I sent out 4 letters last week to my representatives, the DOJ, and my state's attourney general highlighting my concerns. What have you done?
> I will not submit to your extortion. I will, however, point it out to my Missouri Attorney State General, for his consideration. In fact, the RICO statute comes to mind.
Excellent! I just mailed my three letters on Saturday and it's good to see that others are taking suit. Perhaps I don't matter and you don't matter, but the Attournies General matter and might take a look at the case given enough requests.
Agreed. I just finished 3 letters (U.S. Mail of course) highlighting my concerns - one to the DOJ, one to my representative, and one to a senator from my state.
Thanks for "allowing" us to use the software we slaved over for little or no fee and released to the world for free. You should feel lucky we made it available for you to make a profit off of it.
> 2. MS can't buy Linux
Hmmm, what a provocative thought.
Microsoft: Mr. Torvals, we would like to pay you 6 billion dollars to integrate Linux into Windows.
Torvalds: I can see the torches and pitchforks on the horizon.
> All risks lead to Linux!!
All your risk are belong to us?
Wait, that actually sounds bad...