Didio is still the same old 'analyst.' Right there giving the Microsoft sales pitch with the same Microsoft paid for 'research.' This just represents a shift at Microsoft not with Didio.
It is nice to see Microsoft is realizing the Get The Facts campaign failed and they are regrouping as Linux continues to advance.
Linux is making big moves in the large companies and governments. The folks that do do their own TCO. Microsoft is just trying to infuse FUD here. "Did you do your own TCO?" "Are you sure Linux will save you money?" This is aimed at fighting the coattails that the big Linux wins will be bringing out of Microsoft's market.
Microsoft lost the debate (TCO) because it was an impossible ground to defend. Now they are trying to appeal to charging cattle.
This is all interesting but as I take a few min today to think about this, I'm both concerned and excited.
On the one hand this is unknown territory for humans as you mention. It is the 'greenhouse effect' which could have dramatic consequences including an ice age if ocean currents flip.
It is playing with fire. This is possibly the worst thing that can happen in the last several thousand years.
But it is the greenhouse effect. If you have ever worked around greenhouses, you inject C02 to induce faster plant grow. Like plants like bogs..
Why did dinosaurs tower 3 stories? The biomass could support them. Would we survive a transition to a CO2 rich atmosphere? I don't know.
I wonder how true that is. Its reasonable to think that we will only be blasting radio frequencies into space at our current rate for ~200 years total in a 6 billion year history. Digital signals are at near background rates even here. That makes the odds much harder to find with projects like SETI.
But maybe there are other nonintentional radio frequencies that will persist beyond that.
Catching communication sounds very far fetched though.
Unions wont work anyhow. If you are an autoworker in a union, you worry about your job being outsourced to a developing country. You never imagine someone from mexico, china,... comming here and taking your job if you go on strike.
With the tech industry there is the H1B system which means if Microsoft needs more IT folks, they just hire them from different countries. Bill Gates has been pushing for no H1B caps which would put an end to anything representing a Union anyhow.
I'm not big on Unions and I'm not really against H1B workers. I think educated consumers is the better long term solution. But it is laughable to think there could be a Union in tech today.
I would be very carefull with gentoo. They should at least say which jre they tested if any. I get gentoo specific issues on a fairly regular (but not frequent) basis.
I've run into problems with gentoo applying patches to the kernel that just break Java [TM] flat out.
I like gentoo as a distro. Its a little rice like if you know what I mean, but I like it.
But with java [no TM] I think gentoo's future is not in supporting commercial JRE's which it really sucks at but rather gcc4 and the goodies comming there that its really good at.
Mandrake Appealing to Community, Again Linux Mandrake | Posted by michael on Friday December 20, @05:11PM from the maxing-out-the-credit-cards dept. An anonymous reader writes "It seems that MandrakeSoft's short-term financial problem is worse than was thought. A new page on the Mandrake web site says: 'Everyone who is concerned with the company's future is encouraged to read and distribute the following message. In order to reach the next release, MandrakeSoft currently needs to raise cash, and quickly complete the Increase of Capital.' Darn, and I thought they were almost over this hump. Looks like a good time to help recruit Mandrake supporters for the Club."
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:06:53 -0600 From: "Hale, Brad" To: Trent Jarvi Subject: RE: PIC Linux
Trent, thanks for your interest in AMD's PIC. We have not entered an exclusive agreement with Microsoft and are currently working with a number of Linux developers for future support. Please check back on AMD's web site for future announcements regarding Linux support.
Regards,
Brad Hale Business Development Value Platforms Advanced Micro Devices (XXX) XXXX-XXXX
The story behind the letter below is that there is this nutball in Newport, RI named Scott Williams who digs things out of his backyard and sends the stuff he finds to the Smithsonian Institute, labeling them with scientific names, insisting that they are actual archaeological finds. This guy really exists and does this in his spare time! Anyway...here's the actual response from the Smithsonian Institution. Bear this in mind next time you think you are challenged in your duty to respond to a difficult situation in writing.
Smithsonian Institute 207 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20078
Dear Mr. Williams:
Thank you for your latest submission to the Institute, labeled "93211-D, layer seven, next to the clothesline post...Hominid skull."...
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Microsoft sells Windows.
IBM sells Windows and Linux.
Didio is still the same old 'analyst.' Right there giving the Microsoft sales pitch with the same Microsoft paid for 'research.' This just represents a shift at Microsoft not with Didio.
It is nice to see Microsoft is realizing the Get The Facts campaign failed and they are regrouping as Linux continues to advance.
Linux is making big moves in the large companies and governments. The folks that do do their own TCO. Microsoft is just trying to infuse FUD here. "Did you do your own TCO?" "Are you sure Linux will save you money?" This is aimed at fighting the coattails that the big Linux wins will be bringing out of Microsoft's market.
Microsoft lost the debate (TCO) because it was an impossible ground to defend. Now they are trying to appeal to charging cattle.
This is all interesting but as I take a few min today to think about this, I'm both concerned and excited.
On the one hand this is unknown territory for humans as you mention. It is the 'greenhouse effect' which could have dramatic consequences including an ice age if ocean currents flip.
It is playing with fire. This is possibly the worst thing that can happen in the last several thousand years.
But it is the greenhouse effect. If you have ever worked around greenhouses, you inject C02 to induce faster plant grow. Like plants like bogs..
Why did dinosaurs tower 3 stories? The biomass could support them. Would we survive a transition to a CO2 rich atmosphere? I don't know.
Just hits me strange.
So what was this frozen peat bog before? How did peat grow in ice?
There are many vendors selling Open Source. Many people give away closed source.
Open source works great with Open Source Commercial interests. I dont accept that commercial means closed source.
Cute troll.
"See http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/tpm/20050510#the_ xen_summit [sun.com] (it seems to be down right now)."
Let me guess? Solaris?
I wonder how true that is. Its reasonable to think that we will only be blasting radio frequencies into space at our current rate for ~200 years total in a 6 billion year history. Digital signals are at near background rates even here. That makes the odds much harder to find with projects like SETI.
But maybe there are other nonintentional radio frequencies that will persist beyond that.
Catching communication sounds very far fetched though.
The first thing a flash project needs is a 100% reliable flash blocking filter system. Honestly I dont see the point.
I maybe wish I had flash once a month. And for that I'm expected to watch 100 flash advertisments a day? I like that broken icon.
20 years ago or so I heard the first about digital TV. So more or less not in my lifetime.
"Enderle seems to have declared war on Linux"
1 015739829
What ever gave you that impression. He loves Linux. See his keynote speech "Free Software and the Idiots Who Buy It"
http://fallinggrace.com/article.php?story=2004081
Unions wont work anyhow. If you are an autoworker in a union, you worry about your job being outsourced to a developing country. You never imagine someone from mexico, china,
With the tech industry there is the H1B system which means if Microsoft needs more IT folks, they just hire them from different countries. Bill Gates has been pushing for no H1B caps which would put an end to anything representing a Union anyhow.
I'm not big on Unions and I'm not really against H1B workers. I think educated consumers is the better long term solution. But it is laughable to think there could be a Union in tech today.
Last August IBM said it was adding 19000 jobs. Now they are cutting 10-13k.
They are 10k employees from their record high in 1991 when most considered IBM the most evil tech company on the planet.
Are the growing or shrinking? Strange to switch so fast.
Eat this Lienooks users
n g.org
http://www.qbang.org/index.asp
OK. Maybe it his been 64 bit Linux for _over a year_.
http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=www.qba
"I guess this means North Korea will have to use Microsoft?"
http://www.paulnoll.com/Korea/History/Korean-nigh
You can already see the difference between Microsoft in North Korea and Linux Sourth Korea.
I would be very carefull with gentoo. They should at least say which jre they tested if any. I get gentoo specific issues on a fairly regular (but not frequent) basis.
I've run into problems with gentoo applying patches to the kernel that just break Java [TM] flat out.
I like gentoo as a distro. Its a little rice like if you know what I mean, but I like it.
But with java [no TM] I think gentoo's future is not in supporting commercial JRE's which it really sucks at but rather gcc4 and the goodies comming there that its really good at.
Trent Jarvi
www.rxtx.org
deja deja vu
Mandrake Appealing to Community, Again
Linux Mandrake | Posted by michael on Friday December 20, @05:11PM
from the maxing-out-the-credit-cards dept.
An anonymous reader writes "It seems that MandrakeSoft's short-term financial problem is worse than was thought. A new page on the Mandrake web site says: 'Everyone who is concerned with the company's future is encouraged to read and distribute the following message. In order to reach the next release, MandrakeSoft currently needs to raise cash, and quickly complete the Increase of Capital.' Darn, and I thought they were almost over this hump. Looks like a good time to help recruit Mandrake supporters for the Club."
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/
I tlod rHat there years ago we neid to do this.
Wyh didnt thye undrestand!?!?!
--
Raster
I bet there wasnt a single engineer during the entire flight that didn't know where their sliderule was at any point in time.
>>
and also includes features like search term highlighting in web pages, auto-completing of forms, and a pop-up blocker."
*** Notice ***
Privacy Gaurd [TM] has detected four new pieces of spyware on your system!
*** Notice ***
I dont want to pay $500 for a pda when something like this could run on a $100 one.
http://www.dillo.org/
I like mozilla but its not the right platform for all problems. Just try it on your desktop and you will see what I mean.
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:06:53 -0600
...
From: "Hale, Brad"
To: Trent Jarvi
Subject: RE: PIC Linux
Trent, thanks for your interest in AMD's PIC. We have not entered an
exclusive agreement with Microsoft and are currently working with a number of
Linux developers for future support. Please check back on AMD's web site for
future announcements regarding Linux support.
Regards,
Brad Hale
Business Development
Value Platforms
Advanced Micro Devices
(XXX) XXXX-XXXX
-----Original Message-----
Before we jump the gun. Could someone point me to the License this has been released under and to the source code?
Or is this just all FUD from Sun Microsystems which recently partnered with Microsoft?
No portability, ease of use,
http://www.leapsecond.com/pages/atomic-bill/ind
Genus: Stupidious Maximus
The story behind the letter below is that there is this nutball in Newport, RI named Scott Williams who digs things out of his backyard and sends the stuff he finds to the Smithsonian Institute, labeling them with scientific names, insisting that they are actual archaeological finds. This guy really exists and does this in his spare time! Anyway...here's the actual response from the Smithsonian Institution. Bear this in mind next time you think you are challenged in your duty to respond to a difficult situation in writing.
Smithsonian Institute
207 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20078
Dear Mr. Williams:
Thank you for your latest submission to the Institute, labeled "93211-D, layer seven, next to the clothesline post...Hominid skull."
http://www.wilk4.com/humor/humorm20.htm