Actually, DVDShrink is not open source, it is a free binary. It also utilizes the burning libraries from Nero which are definitely not free (although it does use the ones included in trial versions of Nero).
It probably has quite a bit to do with the Linux World Expo that is going on this week -- A venue for companies to make announcements about their Linux products.
Not to mention the hassle of supporting multiple platforms. NASA (as well as IBM) currently has a lot of expertise with Linux not to mention the installed base. If there is no good reason (price? no, performance? no, security? I doubt this thing would be on a network that is publicly accessible, so no, etc..) why change?
I only mentioned the sun burning out because it is inevitable; and yes a good ways off in the future. What is much more difficult to predict is when the next comet/asteroid etc... is going to come and wipe 99% of life off the planet (it has happened before, it will happen again).
I don't think you are going to see any kind of "Armegedon" style rescues be successful.
Keeping all your eggs in one basket is a strategy for failure.
Exactly. What about that inevitable day when earth is destroyed (no it may not be in our lifetimes, but it will happen... even if we just happen to wait long enough for the sun to burn out). I think this is simply a natural progression of evolution.
You may be right, but keep in mind that, as was mentioned earlier, whoever did write this is not your typical Windows programmer. This is someone who knows Windows/Outlook intimately.
Agreed. I just bought my first house last summer (June). It was a FHA loan that required 3% down. The purchase price of the house was 115,900. The seller arranged to pay closing costs up to $3000. I cut a check for $3600 and change at closing. My mortgage (sp?) payment including taxes, insurance and everything is less than $900 a month. To rent a comparable house would cost $1100+ in the same area.
If you don't mind staying in one place for a couple of years, that is definitely the way to go. Not to mention, after that you still have over $3000 to set up something wireless....
An operating system division and a software division. Hence M$ tying everything to the OS. Supposedly you can't remove applications (think IE, WMP, etc...) from the OS; they are part of it (The World According to Microsoft (tm)).
This way, M$ can argue to the court that such a split is technically impossible.
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"When p2p networks are outlawed, only outlaws will have p2p networks"?
Actually, DVDShrink is not open source, it is a free binary. It also utilizes the burning libraries from Nero which are definitely not free (although it does use the ones included in trial versions of Nero).
It probably has quite a bit to do with the Linux World Expo that is going on this week -- A venue for companies to make announcements about their Linux products.
I believe if you read any M$ EULA, you will find that under no circumstances can a license you legally purchased be transferred to anyone.
Well, when a hairdryer needs a warning label about use in the shower.......
Unless I am mistaken, you are talking about *file* browsing not *web* browsing. Two entirely different animals.
Not to mention the hassle of supporting multiple platforms. NASA (as well as IBM) currently has a lot of expertise with Linux not to mention the installed base. If there is no good reason (price? no, performance? no, security? I doubt this thing would be on a network that is publicly accessible, so no, etc..) why change?
I only mentioned the sun burning out because it is inevitable; and yes a good ways off in the future. What is much more difficult to predict is when the next comet/asteroid etc... is going to come and wipe 99% of life off the planet (it has happened before, it will happen again).
I don't think you are going to see any kind of "Armegedon" style rescues be successful.
Keeping all your eggs in one basket is a strategy for failure.
Exactly. What about that inevitable day when earth is destroyed (no it may not be in our lifetimes, but it will happen... even if we just happen to wait long enough for the sun to burn out). I think this is simply a natural progression of evolution.
I think that was meant as a reference to The Princess Bride; not to be taken literally.
You may be right, but keep in mind that, as was mentioned earlier, whoever did write this is not your typical Windows programmer. This is someone who knows Windows/Outlook intimately.
Agreed. I just bought my first house last summer (June). It was a FHA loan that required 3% down. The purchase price of the house was 115,900. The seller arranged to pay closing costs up to $3000. I cut a check for $3600 and change at closing. My mortgage (sp?) payment including taxes, insurance and everything is less than $900 a month. To rent a comparable house would cost $1100+ in the same area.
If you don't mind staying in one place for a couple of years, that is definitely the way to go. Not to mention, after that you still have over $3000 to set up something wireless....
Agreed. Spent all last weekend rebuilding kernels etc... only to have to downgrade back to old modutils and a 2.4 kernel.
An operating system division and a software division. Hence M$ tying everything to the OS. Supposedly you can't remove applications (think IE, WMP, etc...) from the OS; they are part of it (The World According to Microsoft (tm)).
This way, M$ can argue to the court that such a split is technically impossible.
.... or insightful! ;)
Thank God! A SCO story. I was going through withdrawals -- it has been something like four days since the last one!