You can mod GPL code all you want. You only need to give the changes back if you release them to the public.
Also..... EULA protect anyone from blame if the "shit hits the fan".... It's support that you pay for. Try to get help with an issue that you dont have a service contract for. Cha-ching
Also.. a company should have multiable systems in place from different vendors... to protect themselves. This is just being safe... If amazes me how companys, good companys, just seem to lose it when it comes to computers. Apply real world practices to computers MIS/IT, it's the same thing.
I was going to mod... but I wanted to post to this insted.
YES YES YES. I have seen boards on Million Dollar F15k's fail. It does not matter where the parts came from or who stands behind them, every thing will FAIL. After you turn it on its just MTBF and that is just an adverage. You must build in redundancy. Somtimes it feels like a waste to have a passive clusters and standbys just sitting there, but if you have to have uptime, you must spend the money or you will get burned.
If you have a say in what goes LIVE in production, make sure you speak up and chime in. Support costs are the most expensive part of any system. Remember when the rubber hits the road, nobody will blame the outtage on the bad design. They will bame you. Get SLA's on crappy systems and CYA. Insurance costs lots of money, you are the policy limiting DR time, but nobody will insure a steamliner with no life boats or a warehouse with no fire systems.
And my last advice.. IF you must usr MSFT software, build in alot more redundancy!!!!!
Yes... thats right... DIVIX all over again. As I recall that was a BIG HIT with the consumers.
THANKS DRM for making my life better and making sure I dont violate any copyrights with my own equipment.
The only way DRM could work is if MSFT gets behind it and FORCES it on the world, and then just maybe. This will never work. To use a very 90ies term it's a non-starter.
One would do a 3rd mirror backup, then run it to tape once remounted. My largest DB takes about 20hrs to run to tape. I have no idea what kind and number of drives they use, DLT would be my guess.
I dont think this is a troll. Some of us do not have want or need of a cellphone or page. What right do you have to interupt a movie that I paid admission to with your god dam ring tone? NONE. oh and BTW please STFU too. I did not pay to hear about your antics lastnight.
I had to do this to get Madden 2000 to run. Thats right, I had to crack it to use it. this was a game I had bought from the store. Now that's a problem.
That is right. I think people should fight in court. You will not find a Jury that will convict a 15 year old for this. It's just would not happen. Also there are too many loop holes in the whole thing.
1. mp3's != CD audio. I have repeated this over and over again. The law deals with copied CD's 2. Shareing files you own is not a crime. DOWN loading them is. 3. The money they are asking for is WAY off base , let them prove losses in court. I would love to see that. ( great example of "new math") 4. Proof that people really downloaded any files where her consent. (That is infrengentment) 5. Find me a Jury that will convict, it not going to happen. People dont think its a Crime.
Redhat was never a good desktop distro. I swithed from Redhat to Mandrake because KDE back in the 5.1 days. Anyway I run Gentoo now and am very happy. YMMV but Mandrake is a WAY BETTER desktop IMHO. Redhat is good for servers tho, but I am leaning to Gentoo for that as well these days.
That was because there was no informed market back in the 80ies. There is noway MS would be where they are now, if they started today. It's a different market and most people know the truth. FUD only makes people ask more questions. Linux does not need marketing, Linux just needs to work. The rest will all work out.
There are like 30 something mother-tongues in India. Most speak English some also speak Hindi in addition to their own mother-tongue. And trust me.... they can not understand or talk to people from other places in India.
I would not trade VxVM,VxFS,CFS or VCS for anything. I like LVM on HPUX, but after lots of time with VxVM I would never go back. Indeed, I would hope Veritas is working on getting their tools ported to Linux as If I could put some Linux in. I would demand it.
This will help Linux in the long run. PHB's think because Linux is free to use it must be no good. How can you get good software for free? But now that they see SCO wanting to charge 600 or so bucks pre CPU to use it, PHB's now have assigened that value to Linux in their pointy little heads. So if SCO thinks Linux is worth that amount it must be good. PHP's now think that deploying Linux is saving them money.
Cop-out... maybe but the whole thing stinks. Where is the proof, the REAL proof. Just because they were "sharing RIAA songs" does not proof anything. If I want to share out my WHOLE drive on MY computer How does make me a outlaw, I am not copying anything. Someone else is, its not like these people gave explicit permission to anyone to down load the files. The down loaders are the problem not the people sharing the files. Sorry but the RIAA needs more proof then a few IP's they obtained by hacking a KAZAA client. Any fool could blow these torts out of the water even if they are really guilty. The money they are asking for settlement is crazy. The copyright laws deal with TRUE CD copies not MP3 rips, also you could just buy the singles and take them to court and show them to the Judge, then any files you had "shared" had a right to be there. I am sure there is a disclaimer in Kazaa's EULA about copyrighted material. How is it your fault that someone infringed by downloading the file in question. They could own the CD and be too lazy or new to rip it themselves how do you know. So let the RIAA shutdown Kazaa who cares, there are FTP servers and other P2P networks. They are never going to stop it by punishing the people who like to listen to music.
Its not like I really care about this whole mess anyway. I could care less if any RIAA members every release another CD again. All the Good artist are dead anyway.
They say traffic on Kazaa in down by 40%, lets see if their profits go up, I doubt it.
Read about it and get involved. This solves this type of problem and many many others. This is the only thing that will help the USA out of the hole we have dug for ourselves. Lean about it and help get it passed.
I remember reading about how all the open ports in XP is going to be Virus heaven/hell(depending on your view) before this steamy thing was even released. As I recall everyone just poo pooed it, I foget who the expert was who warned everyone, but if I were him I would be jumping up and down, pumping my arms in the air, asking the rest of the IT world, HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW.
The average pay of a Lawyer in the US is lower then an Indian programer, adjusted for cost of living.
Anyway.... Maybe I work for the Biggest software company in India. Maybe I am American and live in the US. Maybe all the other Indians I work with like it here and don't want to go back to India. Maybe the Indian company wants to compete in the US and have found they must hire US workers. Maybe not all companies are willing to let certain types of things offshore. Maybe the Indians are already seeing things offshored from India to cheaper countries. Maybe....
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You can mod GPL code all you want. You only need to give the changes back if you release them to the public.
..... EULA protect anyone from blame if the "shit hits the fan" .... It's support that you pay for. Try to get help with an issue that you dont have a service contract for. Cha-ching
.. a company should have multiable systems in place from different vendors... to protect themselves. This is just being safe... If amazes me how companys, good companys, just seem to lose it when it comes to computers. Apply real world practices to computers MIS/IT, it's the same thing.
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I was going to mod ... but I wanted to post to this insted.
YES YES YES. I have seen boards on Million Dollar F15k's fail. It does not matter where the parts came from or who stands behind them, every thing will FAIL. After you turn it on its just MTBF and that is just an adverage. You must build in redundancy. Somtimes it feels like a waste to have a passive clusters and standbys just sitting there, but if you have to have uptime, you must spend the money or you will get burned.
If you have a say in what goes LIVE in production, make sure you speak up and chime in. Support costs are the most expensive part of any system. Remember when the rubber hits the road, nobody will blame the outtage on the bad design. They will bame you. Get SLA's on crappy systems and CYA. Insurance costs lots of money, you are the policy limiting DR time, but nobody will insure a steamliner with no life boats or a warehouse with no fire systems.
And my last advice.. IF you must usr MSFT software, build in alot more redundancy!!!!!
Happy new year and limited downtime to you.
Yes... thats right ... DIVIX all over again. As I recall that was a BIG HIT with the consumers.
THANKS DRM for making my life better and making sure I dont violate any copyrights with my own equipment.
The only way DRM could work is if MSFT gets behind it and FORCES it on the world, and then just maybe. This will never work. To use a very 90ies term it's a non-starter.
One would do a 3rd mirror backup, then run it to tape once remounted. My largest DB takes about 20hrs to run to tape. I have no idea what kind and number of drives they use, DLT would be my guess.
FASTER ...
ok next.
I dont think this is a troll. Some of us do not have want or need of a cellphone or page. What right do you have to interupt a movie that I paid admission to with your god dam ring tone? NONE. oh and BTW please STFU too. I did not pay to hear about your antics lastnight.
... I like to watch my HTS.
This is why
No, sounds like someone who could not install his Warez when the boss would not fork over the money for the application they wanted to use.
Control of the Desktop is KEY, All of this got way out of hand with MSFT and local context.
I refuse to pay my SCO tax.
best defense:
We will see you in court!
it's too late already .... everyone knows that the 'mark of the beast' is a cell phone.
I had to do this to get Madden 2000 to run. Thats right, I had to crack it to use it. this was a game I had bought from the store. Now that's a problem.
Thanks DRM for making my life so much better.
Why dont you ask SCO...... They think they own it.
That is right. I think people should fight in court. You will not find a Jury that will convict a 15 year old for this. It's just would not happen. Also there are too many loop holes in the whole thing.
1. mp3's != CD audio. I have repeated this over and over again. The law deals with copied CD's
2. Shareing files you own is not a crime. DOWN loading them is.
3. The money they are asking for is WAY off base , let them prove losses in court. I would love to see that. ( great example of "new math")
4. Proof that people really downloaded any files where her consent. (That is infrengentment)
5. Find me a Jury that will convict, it not going to happen. People dont think its a Crime.
all 10 of them..... there was no mass market back then.
Redhat was never a good desktop distro. I swithed from Redhat to Mandrake because KDE back in the 5.1 days. Anyway I run Gentoo now and am very happy. YMMV but Mandrake is a WAY BETTER desktop IMHO. Redhat is good for servers tho, but I am leaning to Gentoo for that as well these days.
That was because there was no informed market back in the 80ies. There is noway MS would be where they are now, if they started today. It's a different market and most people know the truth. FUD only makes people ask more questions. Linux does not need marketing, Linux just needs to work. The rest will all work out.
How are they going to buy the DVD when its not even out yet ?
There are like 30 something mother-tongues in India. Most speak English some also speak Hindi in addition to their own mother-tongue. And trust me .... they can not understand or talk to people from other places in India.
I would not trade VxVM,VxFS,CFS or VCS for anything. I like LVM on HPUX, but after lots of time with VxVM I would never go back. Indeed, I would hope Veritas is working on getting their tools ported to Linux as If I could put some Linux in. I would demand it.
This will help Linux in the long run. PHB's think because Linux is free to use it must be no good. How can you get good software for free? But now that they see SCO wanting to charge 600 or so bucks pre CPU to use it, PHB's now have assigened that value to Linux in their pointy little heads. So if SCO thinks Linux is worth that amount it must be good. PHP's now think that deploying Linux is saving them money.
I posted it somewhere else but its call HR25 now, here is a good site for looking at it side by side with some other plans.
r is on.html
.... its a good deal and fixes a huge number of problems with the current mess we are in.
http://www.fairtaxvolunteer.org/materials/compa
I am with you
Cop-out ... maybe but the whole thing stinks. Where is the proof, the REAL proof. Just because they were "sharing RIAA songs" does not proof anything. If I want to share out my WHOLE drive on MY computer How does make me a outlaw, I am not copying anything. Someone else is, its not like these people gave explicit permission to anyone to down load the files. The down loaders are the problem not the people sharing the files. Sorry but the RIAA needs more proof then a few IP's they obtained by hacking a KAZAA client. Any fool could blow these torts out of the water even if they are really guilty. The money they are asking for settlement is crazy. The copyright laws deal with TRUE CD copies not MP3 rips, also you could just buy the singles and take them to court and show them to the Judge, then any files you had "shared" had a right to be there. I am sure there is a disclaimer in Kazaa's EULA about copyrighted material. How is it your fault that someone infringed by downloading the file in question. They could own the CD and be too lazy or new to rip it themselves how do you know. So let the RIAA shutdown Kazaa who cares, there are FTP servers and other P2P networks. They are never going to stop it by punishing the people who like to listen to music.
Its not like I really care about this whole mess anyway. I could care less if any RIAA members every release another CD again. All the Good artist are dead anyway.
They say traffic on Kazaa in down by 40%, lets see if their profits go up, I doubt it.
Read about it and get involved. This solves this type of problem and many many others. This is the only thing that will help the USA out of the hole we have dug for ourselves. Lean about it and help get it passed.
I remember reading about how all the open ports in XP is going to be Virus heaven/hell(depending on your view) before this steamy thing was even released. As I recall everyone just poo pooed it, I foget who the expert was who warned everyone, but if I were him I would be jumping up and down, pumping my arms in the air, asking the rest of the IT world, HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW.
I pod nothing .... a Sharp Zaurus does all of that and more. Its a tiny computer unto itself.
The average pay of a Lawyer in the US is lower then an Indian programer, adjusted for cost of living.
Anyway.... Maybe I work for the Biggest software company in India. Maybe I am American and live in the US. Maybe all the other Indians I work with like it here and don't want to go back to India. Maybe the Indian company wants to compete in the US and have found they must hire US workers. Maybe not all companies are willing to let certain types of things offshore. Maybe the Indians are already seeing things offshored from India to cheaper countries. Maybe....