Uh huh...nice try, you'd have to capitalize those leases since the lease period is so close to the useful life of the product. Like a limo or a computer has any value at the end of five years. Right.
I've a lot of comments suggesting that Tito's trip would promote shhoting civilians into space. Sort of a "trickle-down" effect. So what happens when something bad happens while he is up there? I know what will happen, civilians won't be allowed into space for a long time. 50 years? 100 years? I don't want to risk it. Tito should piss off. I'm writing my Senators to make sure that they know I don't like my taxes being used for his joyride.
Quake3 doesn't authenticate anything for me to play it by myself, or even when playing on a LAN. If Sony wants me to authenticate before the damn thing will work, they can kiss my ass. PS2 sucks anyway.
Windows Update *only* includes updates to the OS, and even then they aren't comprehensive and are always late. Moreover, the patches for IIS, SQL, ISA, and others are buried deep within Microsoft's site. Microsoft needs something similar to Debian's apt-get which would allow a sysadmin to browse all the available updates and hotfixes then choose which ones to install. How many hotfixes are going to be in Win2k SP2 alone? Hundreds, how can a sysadmin with more than one computer make sure all of them are installed. Oh yeah, don't forget that they have to be done in the middle of the night so no uptime is lost.
My idea, Microsft releases a OSPS (Operating System Patch Server), sort of like Norton and Anit-Virus updates but for Microsoft products. That way you would only have to patch the OSPS machine manually!
The issue is obviously multi-faceted. The poster doesn't mention what size dataset the actual DB will be used for. Are we talking about a departmental server, a back-end for a small web application, or a DB to track airline reservations? Once that is known, the issues become less cloudy. One wouldn't attempt to run an airline reservation system on MySQL but they might run in for a myriad of other applications.
The other issue is hardware. Most of the "Big Iron" machines don't run Linux or *BSD because the companies have developed their own OSes. Clustering may help here though.
Back to the main point, cost. The only issues are the return expected and support. If you are running on extremely slim margins in your business, and who isn't, and if your developers are skilled with MySQL, then by all means you should use it. On the other hand, if you expect the DBMS to pull in 6-7 figures a month in incremental revenue, then maybe you should use Oracle and get Tier 3 support.
Value based analysis will tell you which one to use. Using one over the other blindly is just foolish.
The guy grabbed the code months ago and nobody knew what he had until now!? I bet that sometime in the future in will be found out that the people that hacked MS got all the code to Whistler or something.
Use the DMCA to fight the DMCA. Find enough ways to circumvent the law that the people who pushed for the law will be forced to do a 180 and renounce the law. I like it!
Geez...it is hard for me to believe that advertising works on intelligent people. I don't buy anything without checking its value in terms of price, quality, and availability. My decision to buy one brand or another is based soley on those criteria.
Yeah, all of you guys go get the new machines and put Linux on them. Then when you realize that the Linux/SPARC port has problems keeping up with x86, more people might get involved in bringing the SPARC port up to speed.
Just last week, Debian news said that their auto-build machine couldn't keep up with auto-compiling packages for other ports. SPARC packages are always behind, then there are the X 4.0.x problems, the gcc problems, etc..
I'm not trying to complain because Linux on SPARC still beats Solaris on SPARC, IMHO.
1 d : enjoying personal freedom : not subject to the control or domination of another (think in terms of licenses)
3 a : relieved from or lacking something unpleasant or burdensome
There are just a few definitions that conflict with what the GPL calls "free" .
The GPL places a number of burdens on the use of software licensed under its terms. It's hard to truly innovate when some of the best tools are unavailable because they are shrouded in the GPL. BSD is a far better license, IMNSHO.
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Uh huh...nice try, you'd have to capitalize those leases since the lease period is so close to the useful life of the product. Like a limo or a computer has any value at the end of five years. Right.
I've a lot of comments suggesting that Tito's trip would promote shhoting civilians into space. Sort of a "trickle-down" effect. So what happens when something bad happens while he is up there? I know what will happen, civilians won't be allowed into space for a long time. 50 years? 100 years? I don't want to risk it. Tito should piss off. I'm writing my Senators to make sure that they know I don't like my taxes being used for his joyride.
Hrmmm...
I hope Ben still has time to lead the SPARC port.
Congrats anyhow.
I will sell you JunkBuster for $30/yr. Then you can read CNN.com with no ads.
Customs had to be sure that they were not humongous crack rocks.
Actually, it costs $.34.
Yeah, whatever. Commenting on a comment is Off-Topic. Moderator == moron.
No site *needs* to exist. A site may *want* to exist but I can't think of a single site I couldn't live without.
Quake3 doesn't authenticate anything for me to play it by myself, or even when playing on a LAN. If Sony wants me to authenticate before the damn thing will work, they can kiss my ass. PS2 sucks anyway.
Windows Update *only* includes updates to the OS, and even then they aren't comprehensive and are always late. Moreover, the patches for IIS, SQL, ISA, and others are buried deep within Microsoft's site. Microsoft needs something similar to Debian's apt-get which would allow a sysadmin to browse all the available updates and hotfixes then choose which ones to install. How many hotfixes are going to be in Win2k SP2 alone? Hundreds, how can a sysadmin with more than one computer make sure all of them are installed. Oh yeah, don't forget that they have to be done in the middle of the night so no uptime is lost.
My idea, Microsft releases a OSPS (Operating System Patch Server), sort of like Norton and Anit-Virus updates but for Microsoft products. That way you would only have to patch the OSPS machine manually!
Surely you aren't suggesting that someone use telnet and send l/pw in clear text? Say it isn't so!
The issue is obviously multi-faceted. The poster doesn't mention what size dataset the actual DB will be used for. Are we talking about a departmental server, a back-end for a small web application, or a DB to track airline reservations? Once that is known, the issues become less cloudy. One wouldn't attempt to run an airline reservation system on MySQL but they might run in for a myriad of other applications.
The other issue is hardware. Most of the "Big Iron" machines don't run Linux or *BSD because the companies have developed their own OSes. Clustering may help here though.
Back to the main point, cost. The only issues are the return expected and support. If you are running on extremely slim margins in your business, and who isn't, and if your developers are skilled with MySQL, then by all means you should use it. On the other hand, if you expect the DBMS to pull in 6-7 figures a month in incremental revenue, then maybe you should use Oracle and get Tier 3 support.
Value based analysis will tell you which one to use. Using one over the other blindly is just foolish.
The guy grabbed the code months ago and nobody knew what he had until now!? I bet that sometime in the future in will be found out that the people that hacked MS got all the code to Whistler or something.
Use the DMCA to fight the DMCA. Find enough ways to circumvent the law that the people who pushed for the law will be forced to do a 180 and renounce the law. I like it!
RIAA is dumb.
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Ford used to sell a "LX" version of the Mustang that had the nice 5.0, wheels, and suspension of their much higher priced GT.
Ford discontinued the LX because people weren't buying the GT.
Guess this will be up for grabs.
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Geez...it is hard for me to believe that advertising works on intelligent people. I don't buy anything without checking its value in terms of price, quality, and availability. My decision to buy one brand or another is based soley on those criteria.
They are much like the distorted titles given to people in the computer industry.
i.e. Systems Analyst(old term) = Software Engineer/Network Engineer(new terms)
Yeah, all of you guys go get the new machines and put Linux on them. Then when you realize that the Linux/SPARC port has problems keeping up with x86, more people might get involved in bringing the SPARC port up to speed.
Just last week, Debian news said that their auto-build machine couldn't keep up with auto-compiling packages for other ports. SPARC packages are always behind, then there are the X 4.0.x problems, the gcc problems, etc..
I'm not trying to complain because Linux on SPARC still beats Solaris on SPARC, IMHO.
Guess you should have taken the blue pill.
From Webster's Dictionary:
Free (adj.):
1 d : enjoying personal freedom : not subject to the control or domination of another (think in terms of licenses)
3 a : relieved from or lacking something unpleasant or burdensome
There are just a few definitions that conflict with what the GPL calls "free" .
The GPL places a number of burdens on the use of software licensed under its terms. It's hard to truly innovate when some of the best tools are unavailable because they are shrouded in the GPL. BSD is a far better license, IMNSHO.