The most important question is not which kernel is superior, but whether all the Unix-like systems will run the same applications with no change other than a possible recompilation.
I use Linux, but I want to be able to share code with any and all Unix-like systems, free or commercial. I want all of them to be completely compatible so that I can choose whichever one gives me the best price, performance, or reliability for a particular application.
This is such an obviously trivial innovation that it makes all software patents look suspect. If they try to enforce this patent, we should all join together in a countersuit against them for frivolous abuse of the legal system.
With enough such countersuits, the entire software patent system will collapse.
99.99% of all email consists of messages that do not require any technology more sophisticated than a flat ASCII editor. The majority of people who need more sophisticated transfers can be accommodated by HTML with embedded graphics.
The tiny minority of computer users who need anything more sophisticated are capable of making their own decisions about how to handle files.
Microsoft should be sued for the irresponsible actions of promoting highly complex formats that perform automatic actions that the majority of computer users cannot understand or control.
The same folks who founded Quebec also founded Louisiana. The legal code for Lousiana is much more similar to Quebec and France than it is to any of the other states in the US.
X-windows may be too large for a small device, but now that Caldera is making GEM open source, that would be an interesting base for small system graphics. But making GEM rich enough to support Netscape might take a lot of work.
It might be too early for Linux to kill Windoze on the desktop, but it should massacre CE.
IBM has all kinds of people -- many of the techies are strongly pro-Linux, but many of the managers are clueless. Unfortunately, the ones who make the decisions are not the techies, and the Pointy Haired Bosses want documentary evidence to cover their a**es before they make any decisions.
What makes Linux seem hard is the effort required to install and configure all the software and device drives. If AOL provides a black box with everything preinstalled and configured, the only thing they have to show the user is Netscape.
That interface on Linux has exactly the same look and feel as the Netscape interface on any other operating system.
Intel is already selling appliances. They are black boxes containing Intel chips and memory and an unlisted operating system (could it be Linux?). Following are the prices from CDW:
1. eMail Station, $677.42. LAN and Internet e-mail domain server for small business. No monitor, no keyboard -- log in from any browser to configure.
2. ISDN router, $398.64. Shared Internet access for a small business from one ISDN line.
This is not an ad for Intel, but it shows how anyone can build black boxes with a preconfigured version of Linux set up for a few simple tasks.
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The article says that 360,000 degrees Fahrenheit is 100,000 Kelvin. They are off by a factor of 2. The correct answer is closer to 200,000 K.
No wonder their space vehicles keep crashing.
Horoscopes are hogwash. The selection of a fortune cookie is sensitively attuned to the collective intuitions and borderhouse reach of the diners.
The most important question is not which kernel is superior, but whether all the Unix-like systems will run the same applications with no change other than a possible recompilation.
I use Linux, but I want to be able to share code with any and all Unix-like systems, free or commercial. I want all of them to be completely compatible so that I can choose whichever one gives me the best price, performance, or reliability for a particular application.
This is such an obviously trivial innovation that it makes all software patents look suspect. If they try to enforce this patent, we should all join together in a countersuit against them for frivolous abuse of the legal system.
With enough such countersuits, the entire software patent system will collapse.
99.99% of all email consists of messages that do not require any technology more sophisticated than a flat ASCII editor. The majority of people who need more sophisticated transfers can be accommodated by HTML with embedded graphics.
The tiny minority of computer users who need anything more sophisticated are capable of making their own decisions about how to handle files.
Microsoft should be sued for the irresponsible actions of promoting highly complex formats that perform automatic actions that the majority of computer users cannot understand or control.
The same folks who founded Quebec also founded
Louisiana. The legal code for Lousiana is
much more similar to Quebec and France than
it is to any of the other states in the US.
X-windows may be too large for a small device,
but now that Caldera is making GEM open source,
that would be an interesting base for small
system graphics. But making GEM rich enough to
support Netscape might take a lot of work.
It might be too early for Linux to kill Windoze
on the desktop, but it should massacre CE.
IBM has all kinds of people -- many of the techies
are strongly pro-Linux, but many of the managers
are clueless. Unfortunately, the ones who make
the decisions are not the techies, and the Pointy
Haired Bosses want documentary evidence to cover
their a**es before they make any decisions.
What makes Linux seem hard is the effort required
to install and configure all the software and
device drives. If AOL provides a black box with
everything preinstalled and configured, the only
thing they have to show the user is Netscape.
That interface on Linux has exactly the same look
and feel as the Netscape interface on any other
operating system.
What makes Linux seem hard is the effort required
to install and configure all the software and
device drives. If AOL provides a black box with
everything preinstalled and configured, the only
thing they have to show the user is Netscape.
That interface on Linux has exactly the same look
and feel as the Netscape interface on any other
operating system.
The next edition of the book should have an
exciting chapter about the W2K problem from M$.
Intel is already selling appliances. They are
black boxes containing Intel chips and memory
and an unlisted operating system (could it be
Linux?). Following are the prices from CDW:
1. eMail Station, $677.42. LAN and Internet
e-mail domain server for small business.
No monitor, no keyboard -- log in from any
browser to configure.
2. ISDN router, $398.64. Shared Internet access
for a small business from one ISDN line.
This is not an ad for Intel, but it shows how
anyone can build black boxes with a preconfigured
version of Linux set up for a few simple tasks.