Pecisely. MacSlash already beat this topic to death, but I have no sympathy for a company who has/had such a short-sided business model.
OS X has much better built-in media burning than an alot of other OSes (i.e. Windows), but I too purchased Toast since I wanted more (and the latest version kicks some serious butt!). No one is going to pay money for an OS without getting some decent built-in features.
All this ruckus over Cmd-Tab. The previous functionality (moving to apps in the doc) did pretty much the same thing, but the 10.3 feature makes it prettier and more akin (unfortunatley) to something Windows has had forever.
I was going to hold off installing 10.3 (the 10.2.8 update burned me a bit), but I might just go get it tonight and install it, startup a bunch of apps and use the new Cmd-Tab just to create more angst for LiteSwitchX.
The question was directed at performance. I realize Mac folks (I am one, but I don't use one exclusively) tend to value other things besides performance, but I would think that having decent SSL speed would have been a big motivating factor.
I have a dual-G4 tower (867MHz) with 1.5GB RAM and just cannot believe Apple didn't bother to get that part done better.
Safari (like Internet Explorer on Windows boxes) will have the benefit of tighter OS integration.
The tabs are also better in Safari, but it wouldn't take much for the Mozilla folks to "get it right" (grin).
There is (at present) no nice way to do font stuff in Firebird. That will catch up before 1.0.
No SnapBack support in Firebird either.
Safari "feels" like a polished, professional application; Firebird still has a bit to go, but it will get there, especially if they take the fork for Camino suggestion in the "advatnages" post.
I Just tried 0.7.1 and it is definitely faster for the sites I go to. It's especially faster for SSL sites (that's a big Safari complaint I have - SSL is s...l...o...w; Ive whined about it before on/.).
I use Firebird/Mozilla on WinXP/2K/2K3, Linux, BSD and Solaris and would love to see Camino base itself off of the Firebird fork and make it more Mac-like, but, until Safari get's an SLL clue, I'll take the fast rendering, good SSL performance and standards' compliance that seem to be there with 0.7.1.
One other thing it has over Safari is the ability to *not* wait for the whole stupid page to load before continuing. It's not a problem on all sites, but it happens more oft than not, again, especially on SSL sites.
Lastly, the best thing about it is that it doesn't use the brushed metal theme (it was nice for a while, but it really grates on ya over time).
I still don't know why Apple threw the KHTML folks the bone when they should have supported Mozilla.
easydns is hands-down the best one I've used (except for the "old days" then netsol was the only game in town for \.[com|org|net]).
as the name implies, they do DNS as well.
absolutely awesome support. extremely functional web admin. never-fail uptime.
some perks for the whole shebang (reg + dns) include them being a backup MX host, more mail goodies (if you need them to do some forwarding) and DDNS support.
I wonder how all those folks who have RIM devices will feel once they need to buy a new device that can understand the new DRM (since I really doubt that the existing RIM's will support it). And, if the RIM can't understand the new DRM, then there will be much angst on both the part of users and the device manufacturers.
we (large F100) have been doing our own CA for a while and have trained users in how to do digital signing/encrypting of their messages using the cert on their USB tokens. the ones that do bother either screw it up or tick people off who haven't figured out how to do it. the usage % of the signed/encrypted is also extremely small *despite* the fact that it's one freakin' click. M$ may have gone one step further with the DRM part, but folks will still be too lazy/stupid to use it.
and, finally, i would encourage someone who deploys W2K3 server, the necessary Exchange rev, and O2K3 to submit their first occurrance of a DRM-enabled "reply to all" message that some idiot sends out.
i like the idea of message control (especially *within* an organization), but would have like to see some type of standard developed with both open and closed source choices for implementation rather than M$ be the only pace setter.
Exactly. Since they don't pro-rate, cancelling now sends the message to them that they rot *and* still provides me with the unlimited d/l capability until Nov 6. Sweet.
a) i own a mac (dual g4, os x); if you read the start of this whole thread, you would know i own a mac (which would mean that I probably don't hate apple)
b) you don't need the bandwidth of bluetooh for a kbd and/or mouse
c) since they seem to be a vanilla apple kbd and mouse - just wireless - then, yes, they are mediocre
Nope, I meant bluetooth-*disabled*. Not a big fan of the short-range, insecure wireless standard.
Logitech's kbd/mouse aren't encrypted, and bluetooth communications really aren't either (way to easily broken to be considered secure). but since they went with bluetooth, they should have done more, especially at the price-point. something "extra" could have been added to justify the cost. ~$70.00USD MSRP for the kbd is just crazy. But, folks will buy them.
wouldn't catch me using a bluetooth or non-bluetooth wireless kbd no matter what the price was.
many thanks for info! i missed the "non-". i completely agree with the increased suckage.
hey, at least it has an "off" button. on the bright side, it could be the source of many an office prank (for those fortunate enough to work in mac-friendly workplaces).
OK. I switched (back) to Apple this year (in Feb) for many reasons, one of which was innovation.
Where's the innovation here? The mouse *still* has only one button (yeah, go ahead, start the button wars flame game) and, while the mouse has rechargable batteries, neither the kbd or mouse has a "dock" to plug in to so they can be recharged easily.
And, at ~140.00USD MSRP (more if you don't have a bluetooth-disabled Mac) for the Apple combo, it seems like the Logitech bundle would be a better choice.
Since Apple used bluetooth, they could have at least done something extra with the kbd (like add a mini-tablet area or speakers or *something*).
I sincerely hope this isn't the beginning of a (bad) trend.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/private-cgi/search.pl?mo de =results&origin=advanced&range=20&so=date&coll=fsa lert&zone_32=category:security
It's Sun's list of security patches. It's by no means sparse in terms of number or time-frames. M$ isn't the only one with holes to take care of. Any company with multiple product lines is going to have problems that need resolution. Microsoft is just an easy target since they made a big deal about security a while ago and have more users than anyone else.
What is more interesting to look at is the "Thank You"'s in the latest round of bulletins:
- Foundstone - Practitioners Publishing Company - eEye (of course) - some dude
Two security companies and a publisher (and a regular joe). I'll bet if Foundstone and eEye turned *alot* of their resources on the linux os/apps or Sun os/apps, we'd see alot more reports. The reports wouldn't be nearly as visible since Microsoft actually bothers to go out of their way to annouce them.
I'm not trying to defend M$ (I use OS X, BSD and Solaris @ home, with a PC or two to play games on). I'm merely stating that the same fate would befall any company who managed to get in the position of M$.
Boxen: Mac, Linux, Sun, XP, XP, XP, XP + BSD via vmware, & sometimes Knoppix. Apologies for the plethora of XP..lots of gaming between family members.
Everything is configured to be an SMB server. Sun, Mac, Linux and BSD also export the shares as NFS servers. SMB, while an awful standard, just plain works thanks to the dedicated members of the Samba team (and all the forks of it). Use it and don't feel "slimy" just cause M$ made it so widely used. NFS isn't *that* difficult. If you've got many different types of boxes, you can easily do a "man" of the necessary stuff under everything but Mac OS X. Do a reply to this if you need to get it going on OS X since it's not as straightforward.
Three of the XP boxen are really just clients, so they normally pull from the rest when necessary (MP3, AVI, home dirs, etc). Unix boxen (except the Mac) use pam/ldap to avoid duplication and i'm working on getting kerberos to tie (most of) them all together (someday I'll have time). The good thing about network home dirs and central file servers is that backups are a cinch and folks can move from win machine to win machine and retain profiles, etc.
When I analyze traffic, I pretty much see most of the boxen accessing the Sun and Linux systems since they are the main storage beasts and one has the MP3's *:^)
One very nice thing about SMB is that it is easily tunneled via SSH, so you can access your shares - securely - from almost anywhere you can ssh port tunnel to/from (it's cake on linux and try the ssh client from netsarang.com to do the same - as easily - under M$...or just install cygwin).
I have to agree with one of the other posts: the Mac is just amazing when it comes to file sharing compatibility and speed (SMB shares map very fast and it handles NFS as a good BSD box should).
you could always cheap out and use the rogue access points @ the places you consult to (we all know they are there...everywhere...despite the hard-nosed security you talked about *:^)
yep, which is way better than dialup on a pbx (when you get 144kbps, that is). i suspect verizon will be moving up to the next part of the 1xRTT standard since they are in the process of upgrading equipment (metro areas first, sigh). that will significantly improve bandwidth and hopefully be availble @ the same cost. however, it will require yet-another-hardware-purchase. double sigh.
first, bravo! to the companies who care enough about security to inconvenience you! i wish we did the same more often.
second, it's the nature of this particular beast that you'll be spending $$$ for the priv. of using the air to access the Net. at least until competition becomes a bit more fierce and the h/w is a tad more accessible. perhaps s/w defined radios will help in the next 2-5 years. the bottom line is that the providers need to make money and a flat rate on data can bite them big time when more folks use VoIP and such.
for my money, verizon's service has good coverage (i'm mainly east coast, however) and decent data rates *most* of the time. it's not a huge chunk of change for a "necessary" service.
while the windows software is integrated well, the linux side of the hard drive will need some configuration and interesting driver downloads/compiles/installes. the best i could do was achieve dialup speeds as it uses the card in a modem-type fashion (which may change your costs a bit). this was 6mos ago, so your new mileage may vary.
i plan on relying on the card and XP (for the record, OS X on the desktop, RH 8 file server, solaris home intranet and multimedia server, an XP gaming box and a work-provided thinkpad) to get me through my Maine vacation *:^)
good luck!
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While you're asking specifically about MovableType, I have to ask "what are the requiremens" first. Before you decice on any piece of software you first need to define what you're trying to accomplish. You mave have done this, but your post doesn't really suggest that it was a thorough investigation.
Do your servers meet the requirements of the weblog s/w? Do you need it to integrate with your existing AAA security services? Do you have perl expertise on staff or is there more familiarty with PHP? What type of usage pattern is expected? Is this for Intranet or Internet use (the post suggests Internet...scary business letting employees post a weblog to the Net).
There are lots of weblog s/w choices. Providing more input will help folks provide an assessment for you.
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Pecisely. MacSlash already beat this topic to death, but I have no sympathy for a company who has/had such a short-sided business model.
OS X has much better built-in media burning than an alot of other OSes (i.e. Windows), but I too purchased Toast since I wanted more (and the latest version kicks some serious butt!). No one is going to pay money for an OS without getting some decent built-in features.
All this ruckus over Cmd-Tab. The previous functionality (moving to apps in the doc) did pretty much the same thing, but the 10.3 feature makes it prettier and more akin (unfortunatley) to something Windows has had forever.
I was going to hold off installing 10.3 (the 10.2.8 update burned me a bit), but I might just go get it tonight and install it, startup a bunch of apps and use the new Cmd-Tab just to create more angst for LiteSwitchX.
The question was directed at performance. I realize Mac folks (I am one, but I don't use one exclusively) tend to value other things besides performance, but I would think that having decent SSL speed would have been a big motivating factor.
I have a dual-G4 tower (867MHz) with 1.5GB RAM and just cannot believe Apple didn't bother to get that part done better.
Safari (like Internet Explorer on Windows boxes) will have the benefit of tighter OS integration.
The tabs are also better in Safari, but it wouldn't take much for the Mozilla folks to "get it right" (grin).
There is (at present) no nice way to do font stuff in Firebird. That will catch up before 1.0.
No SnapBack support in Firebird either.
Safari "feels" like a polished, professional application; Firebird still has a bit to go, but it will get there, especially if they take the fork for Camino suggestion in the "advatnages" post.
I Just tried 0.7.1 and it is definitely faster for the sites I go to. It's especially faster for SSL sites (that's a big Safari complaint I have - SSL is s...l...o...w; Ive whined about it before on /.).
I use Firebird/Mozilla on WinXP/2K/2K3, Linux, BSD and Solaris and would love to see Camino base itself off of the Firebird fork and make it more Mac-like, but, until Safari get's an SLL clue, I'll take the fast rendering, good SSL performance and standards' compliance that seem to be there with 0.7.1.
One other thing it has over Safari is the ability to *not* wait for the whole stupid page to load before continuing. It's not a problem on all sites, but it happens more oft than not, again, especially on SSL sites.
Lastly, the best thing about it is that it doesn't use the brushed metal theme (it was nice for a while, but it really grates on ya over time).
I still don't know why Apple threw the KHTML folks the bone when they should have supported Mozilla.
easydns is hands-down the best one I've used (except for the "old days" then netsol was the only game in town for \.[com|org|net]).
as the name implies, they do DNS as well.
absolutely awesome support. extremely functional web admin. never-fail uptime.
some perks for the whole shebang (reg + dns) include them being a backup MX host, more mail goodies (if you need them to do some forwarding) and DDNS support.
<joke>it's a shame they're canadian</joke>
I wonder how all those folks who have RIM devices will feel once they need to buy a new device that can understand the new DRM (since I really doubt that the existing RIM's will support it). And, if the RIM can't understand the new DRM, then there will be much angst on both the part of users and the device manufacturers.
we (large F100) have been doing our own CA for a while and have trained users in how to do digital signing/encrypting of their messages using the cert on their USB tokens. the ones that do bother either screw it up or tick people off who haven't figured out how to do it. the usage % of the signed/encrypted is also extremely small *despite* the fact that it's one freakin' click. M$ may have gone one step further with the DRM part, but folks will still be too lazy/stupid to use it.
and, finally, i would encourage someone who deploys W2K3 server, the necessary Exchange rev, and O2K3 to submit their first occurrance of a DRM-enabled "reply to all" message that some idiot sends out.
i like the idea of message control (especially *within* an organization), but would have like to see some type of standard developed with both open and closed source choices for implementation rather than M$ be the only pace setter.
Exactly. Since they don't pro-rate, cancelling now sends the message to them that they rot *and* still provides me with the unlimited d/l capability until Nov 6. Sweet.
The "go here" URL takes you to the upgrade account page.
Just login to EMusic and stop your subscription if you want to cancel. I just did.
Darnit, no more all I can download cheesy sound effects MP3's...
because the Kensington is a piece of garbage.
If you're going "headless" then the WFS-1 by Smart ID is the better way. Check out this SecurityFocus article to see why.
Give me a Linux PDA with kismet, wavemon and a Lucent gold PCMCIA card anyday (for 802.11b anyway).
Excellent. Many thanks for the post/confirmation. I was just about to comment on this myself!
a) i own a mac (dual g4, os x); if you read the start of this whole thread, you would know i own a mac (which would mean that I probably don't hate apple)
b) you don't need the bandwidth of bluetooh for a kbd and/or mouse
c) since they seem to be a vanilla apple kbd and mouse - just wireless - then, yes, they are mediocre
(a) you're assuming they are telling the truth
(b) recharg. batteries are better for the environment
the main point of the whole re: post was that apple released mediocre input devices that are way too expensive.
you can find the logitech combo on sale (with rebates) for around $50.00USD.
First: Got one! (there had to be at least one single-button mouse person reading /. today *:^)
Second: Professional researchers also say that people are more inclined to buy and use PC's with Windows than buy Macs or use Linux/BSD boxes.
Perhaps professional researchers aren't always right?
Nope, I meant bluetooth-*disabled*. Not a big fan of the short-range, insecure wireless standard.
Logitech's kbd/mouse aren't encrypted, and bluetooth communications really aren't either (way to easily broken to be considered secure). but since they went with bluetooth, they should have done more, especially at the price-point. something "extra" could have been added to justify the cost. ~$70.00USD MSRP for the kbd is just crazy. But, folks will buy them.
wouldn't catch me using a bluetooth or non-bluetooth wireless kbd no matter what the price was.
dude,
many thanks for info! i missed the "non-". i completely agree with the increased suckage.
hey, at least it has an "off" button. on the bright side, it could be the source of many an office prank (for those fortunate enough to work in mac-friendly workplaces).
OK. I switched (back) to Apple this year (in Feb) for many reasons, one of which was innovation.
Where's the innovation here? The mouse *still* has only one button (yeah, go ahead, start the button wars flame game) and, while the mouse has rechargable batteries, neither the kbd or mouse has a "dock" to plug in to so they can be recharged easily.
And, at ~140.00USD MSRP (more if you don't have a bluetooth-disabled Mac) for the Apple combo, it seems like the Logitech bundle would be a better choice.
Since Apple used bluetooth, they could have at least done something extra with the kbd (like add a mini-tablet area or speakers or *something*).
I sincerely hope this isn't the beginning of a (bad) trend.
Hmmm...
o de =results&origin=advanced&range=20&so=date&coll=fsa lert&zone_32=category:security
If you have a contract, take a look at:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/private-cgi/search.pl?m
It's Sun's list of security patches. It's by no means sparse in terms of number or time-frames. M$ isn't the only one with holes to take care of. Any company with multiple product lines is going to have problems that need resolution. Microsoft is just an easy target since they made a big deal about security a while ago and have more users than anyone else.
What is more interesting to look at is the "Thank You"'s in the latest round of bulletins:
- Foundstone
- Practitioners Publishing Company
- eEye (of course)
- some dude
Two security companies and a publisher (and a regular joe). I'll bet if Foundstone and eEye turned *alot* of their resources on the linux os/apps or Sun os/apps, we'd see alot more reports. The reports wouldn't be nearly as visible since Microsoft actually bothers to go out of their way to annouce them.
I'm not trying to defend M$ (I use OS X, BSD and Solaris @ home, with a PC or two to play games on). I'm merely stating that the same fate would befall any company who managed to get in the position of M$.
Mac OS X, quickime, VLC (latest), Windows Media Player (latest). Sound on VLC. Blank widescreen on WMP and nothing doing with quicktime.
Guess they aren't planning a dual release in 2004.
Boxen: Mac, Linux, Sun, XP, XP, XP, XP + BSD via vmware, & sometimes Knoppix. Apologies for the plethora of XP..lots of gaming between family members.
Everything is configured to be an SMB server. Sun, Mac, Linux and BSD also export the shares as NFS servers. SMB, while an awful standard, just plain works thanks to the dedicated members of the Samba team (and all the forks of it). Use it and don't feel "slimy" just cause M$ made it so widely used. NFS isn't *that* difficult. If you've got many different types of boxes, you can easily do a "man" of the necessary stuff under everything but Mac OS X. Do a reply to this if you need to get it going on OS X since it's not as straightforward.
Three of the XP boxen are really just clients, so they normally pull from the rest when necessary (MP3, AVI, home dirs, etc). Unix boxen (except the Mac) use pam/ldap to avoid duplication and i'm working on getting kerberos to tie (most of) them all together (someday I'll have time). The good thing about network home dirs and central file servers is that backups are a cinch and folks can move from win machine to win machine and retain profiles, etc.
When I analyze traffic, I pretty much see most of the boxen accessing the Sun and Linux systems since they are the main storage beasts and one has the MP3's *:^)
One very nice thing about SMB is that it is easily tunneled via SSH, so you can access your shares - securely - from almost anywhere you can ssh port tunnel to/from (it's cake on linux and try the ssh client from netsarang.com to do the same - as easily - under M$...or just install cygwin).
I have to agree with one of the other posts: the Mac is just amazing when it comes to file sharing compatibility and speed (SMB shares map very fast and it handles NFS as a good BSD box should).
hope this helps.
you could always cheap out and use the rogue access points @ the places you consult to (we all know they are there...everywhere...despite the hard-nosed security you talked about *:^)
yep, which is way better than dialup on a pbx (when you get 144kbps, that is). i suspect verizon will be moving up to the next part of the 1xRTT standard since they are in the process of upgrading equipment (metro areas first, sigh). that will significantly improve bandwidth and hopefully be availble @ the same cost. however, it will require yet-another-hardware-purchase. double sigh.
first, bravo! to the companies who care enough about security to inconvenience you! i wish we did the same more often.
second, it's the nature of this particular beast that you'll be spending $$$ for the priv. of using the air to access the Net. at least until competition becomes a bit more fierce and the h/w is a tad more accessible. perhaps s/w defined radios will help in the next 2-5 years. the bottom line is that the providers need to make money and a flat rate on data can bite them big time when more folks use VoIP and such.
for my money, verizon's service has good coverage (i'm mainly east coast, however) and decent data rates *most* of the time. it's not a huge chunk of change for a "necessary" service.
while the windows software is integrated well, the linux side of the hard drive will need some configuration and interesting driver downloads/compiles/installes. the best i could do was achieve dialup speeds as it uses the card in a modem-type fashion (which may change your costs a bit). this was 6mos ago, so your new mileage may vary.
i plan on relying on the card and XP (for the record, OS X on the desktop, RH 8 file server, solaris home intranet and multimedia server, an XP gaming box and a work-provided thinkpad) to get me through my Maine vacation *:^)
good luck!
While you're asking specifically about MovableType, I have to ask "what are the requiremens" first. Before you decice on any piece of software you first need to define what you're trying to accomplish. You mave have done this, but your post doesn't really suggest that it was a thorough investigation.
Do your servers meet the requirements of the weblog s/w? Do you need it to integrate with your existing AAA security services? Do you have perl expertise on staff or is there more familiarty with PHP? What type of usage pattern is expected? Is this for Intranet or Internet use (the post suggests Internet...scary business letting employees post a weblog to the Net).
There are lots of weblog s/w choices. Providing more input will help folks provide an assessment for you.