I didn't know Steve Jobs was Buddhist. That seriously improves his image a lot, as Buddhism is the only religion that can be taken seriously and isn't about judging and killing other people in the name of some imaginary person. Buddha himself has lived and told people to think things with their own brains instead of following some stupid book.
There are stories on all topics that make no sense. I don't know much about how these stories get selected and edited, but couldn't/. hire editors that know the basics of the technologies so they can weed out stories that are fundamentally wrong or that make no sense?
Dude, it's Slashdot: the editors are even less technically savvy than the readers.
PHP is the #1 requested feature for GAE and has been for several years. And Google has pretty much said no. BTW, perl is #3 and ruby is #4.
That is what people want. If I can take my app and move it to GAE, then it might be interesting. If I have to rewrite it in Java or Python...quite a bit less so. Sure, if I have a Java and Python app - and the man-hours to inevitably rewrite parts of it to work with GAE - then maybe I'm interested. Or if I'm starting from scratch, maybe. But honestly there are so many options for running code in the cloud (everything from a simple VPS to EC2) that having to shoe-horn what I want to do into what Google lets me do is a non-starter.
BTW, is the SQL actually MySQL? Or is it "some subset of MySQL mixed with some unique other things we added". If the latter, then again I'm a whole lot less interested. I'm interested in working on my app, not rewriting its DB layer.
All of us who work with Oracle databases know this already.
What are you talking about? The Oracle Database has always had a closed-source, commercial model. Anyone who implemented on Oracle always knew what they were getting.
Thing is, Apple didn't do anything to set up expectations,
You're right, but Apple certainly has the power to dampen expectations, leak to favored journalists, etc. It's not like they didn't know what people were expecting.
Their iron-clad policy of "no comment" did not serve them well here.
That is a ridiculous statement. One could easily say that Cisco IOS runs the Internet. More IP packets pass through Cisco gear (running Cisco's proprietary O/S) than Linux kernels.
Maybe you mean webservers...but "the Internet" != "the Web".
The space program was killed in the 70's because of the Vietnam war. Carter tried to return the U.S. to a space and science society but got caught up in the beginning of the newest form of war.
The T.A. who was spouting off in your afternoon discussion section is completely wrong.
Who approved the Space Shuttle? Nixon. Well before the VN war ended. You can say the SS was dumb but it wasn't like the U.S. wasn't spending billions on space during and after the VN war.
The U.S. space program stagnated because there is nothing else with the OMG potential of landing a man on the moon that is as easy.
Stay away from MS Office on ebay. The vast majority of software is either pirated or OEM (not legal for resale). I got burnt buying a sealed box that from the images looked legit, with the seller having very positive feedback; however, when received and on closer inspection, the box and CD were a very good Chinese counterfeit, but counterfeit nonetheless.
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So you use it because other people are using it? I'm just different I guess, and I try to avoid the whole group-think mindset.
The parent said he couldn't always use LO/OO because export/import isn't perfect and his documents sometimes travel to those who are not using OO/LO.
So are you seriously giving him grief about a "group-think mindset"?
Welcome to society. Not all of us are like you, a hermit completely cut off from all mankind and free to use only our preferred software. Sometimes we have to work collaboratively with other people and the most commonly used software sometimes wins.
Shatner had the occasional guest appearance - but that's true of most TV shows of the late 60s/mid-70s. Nimoy replaced Martin Landau, who left after season 3.
Landau had originally been considered to play Spock:-)
Same here. I have two 45U bays in my garage. a few servers in those bays. A Linux desktop. HDHomerun in the attic. Media centers all across the house. And I bought my wife an iPad.
Well, see right there I know you're making this up, because no one with 90U in their garage and a linux desktop has ever kissed a girl, much less married one.
Oracle Linux is silly. I think Oracle will likely start licensing RedHat as it gets more difficult to support. Once they start writing checks their problems with RedHat will be over.
I don't agree with the author.
Their stack is: bare metal, Oracle Linux, Oracle ASM (fs/volume mgr), Oracle Cluster, then DB, app, etc.
In other words, from bare metal (which they also sell:-) to app (and they sell some giant ones - Peoplesoft, Siebel, Oracle eBusiness, etc.) they can sell you the entire stack. Everything below the DB is reasonably priced (compared to Veritas, RedHat, etc.) and exists mainly as a way to sell you the DB and up, where the real money is (because OS, cluster, etc. are commodities at this point)
I'd be really surprised if they'd yank one one layer of the stack (OEL).
They may merge in some Sun tech, though - right now that is a whole different stack.
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I didn't know Steve Jobs was Buddhist. That seriously improves his image a lot, as Buddhism is the only religion that can be taken seriously and isn't about judging and killing other people in the name of some imaginary person. Buddha himself has lived and told people to think things with their own brains instead of following some stupid book.
Someone should tell Buddhists that.
If that's the best you can do, the previous poster is correct: no really cool new features.
There are stories on all topics that make no sense. I don't know much about how these stories get selected and edited, but couldn't /. hire editors that know the basics of the technologies so they can weed out stories that are fundamentally wrong or that make no sense?
Dude, it's Slashdot: the editors are even less technically savvy than the readers.
Perhaps to one one's surprise
Slashdot, please get rid of rubbish like 'timothy' and hire editors.
So why is it possible for FreeBSD to have dtrace/zfs and not Linux? I ask out of ignorance...
(I am expecting the answer to be legal rather than technical/no one's gotten around to it)
The patents are weak? Fucking patents are weak. You're weak.
Well played.
That's great, but FYI valve could vanish tomorrow, and there games would still be playable.
Even after I get a new computer and can't contact their activation servers?
PHP is the #1 requested feature for GAE and has been for several years. And Google has pretty much said no. BTW, perl is #3 and ruby is #4.
That is what people want. If I can take my app and move it to GAE, then it might be interesting. If I have to rewrite it in Java or Python...quite a bit less so. Sure, if I have a Java and Python app - and the man-hours to inevitably rewrite parts of it to work with GAE - then maybe I'm interested. Or if I'm starting from scratch, maybe. But honestly there are so many options for running code in the cloud (everything from a simple VPS to EC2) that having to shoe-horn what I want to do into what Google lets me do is a non-starter.
BTW, is the SQL actually MySQL? Or is it "some subset of MySQL mixed with some unique other things we added". If the latter, then again I'm a whole lot less interested. I'm interested in working on my app, not rewriting its DB layer.
Which repositories require specifically the GPL as opposed to GPL-compatible free software licenses in general?
GNU Savannah just says "Use a license compatible with the GNU GPL, and use the "or any later version" formulation in your license notices."
Citations please.
Sure, as soon as the previous poster provides some for his claim that Java is not big in the enterprise world.
He was not "found dead." All the news say he died surrounded by family.
Please, Slashdot - hire some editors.
No, It's not. If it's in use still, it's because of vendor lock-in.
I'm not sure what universe you're in, but Java and COBOL are the dominant languages in big business.
Yes, the typical dot-com startup uses ruby or whatever, but the Fortune 500 writes a ton of Java code each year.
All of us who work with Oracle databases know this already.
What are you talking about? The Oracle Database has always had a closed-source, commercial model. Anyone who implemented on Oracle always knew what they were getting.
Thing is, Apple didn't do anything to set up expectations,
You're right, but Apple certainly has the power to dampen expectations, leak to favored journalists, etc. It's not like they didn't know what people were expecting.
Their iron-clad policy of "no comment" did not serve them well here.
You can already get really cheap chinese android tablets on EBay, and they're almost usable.
And some at Walgreen's (Walgreen's? Yes, Walgreen's) that are not.
It runs the internet.
That is a ridiculous statement. One could easily say that Cisco IOS runs the Internet. More IP packets pass through Cisco gear (running Cisco's proprietary O/S) than Linux kernels.
Maybe you mean webservers...but "the Internet" != "the Web".
Idiot.
Well, that certainly wins the argument.
The space program was killed in the 70's because of the Vietnam war. Carter tried to return the U.S. to a space and science society but got caught up in the beginning of the newest form of war.
The T.A. who was spouting off in your afternoon discussion section is completely wrong.
Who approved the Space Shuttle? Nixon. Well before the VN war ended. You can say the SS was dumb but it wasn't like the U.S. wasn't spending billions on space during and after the VN war.
The U.S. space program stagnated because there is nothing else with the OMG potential of landing a man on the moon that is as easy.
Stay away from MS Office on ebay. The vast majority of software is either pirated or OEM (not legal for resale). I got burnt buying a sealed box that from the images looked legit, with the seller having very positive feedback; however, when received and on closer inspection, the box and CD were a very good Chinese counterfeit, but counterfeit nonetheless.
This message brought to you by Microsoft. Please people - before you bid, remember that Microsoft has revenue targets to meet.
So you use it because other people are using it? I'm just different I guess, and I try to avoid the whole group-think mindset.
The parent said he couldn't always use LO/OO because export/import isn't perfect and his documents sometimes travel to those who are not using OO/LO.
So are you seriously giving him grief about a "group-think mindset"?
Welcome to society. Not all of us are like you, a hermit completely cut off from all mankind and free to use only our preferred software. Sometimes we have to work collaboratively with other people and the most commonly used software sometimes wins.
It has one giant feature that MS Office does not have: you're not forced to run Windows or MacOS.
Shatner had the occasional guest appearance - but that's true of most TV shows of the late 60s/mid-70s. Nimoy replaced Martin Landau, who left after season 3.
Landau had originally been considered to play Spock :-)
Nimoy's other major TV series was In Search Of
Apple screwed up here.
Not because the iPhone 4S isn't a fine phone - it is - but because they setup people to expect a lot more and now they've disappointed them.
Consumer products 101 is you underpromise and overdeliver, not the other way around.
Surprising from Apple. And bad timing with Jobs leaving.
Same here. I have two 45U bays in my garage. a few servers in those bays. A Linux desktop. HDHomerun in the attic. Media centers all across the house. And I bought my wife an iPad.
Well, see right there I know you're making this up, because no one with 90U in their garage and a linux desktop has ever kissed a girl, much less married one.
Oracle Linux is silly. I think Oracle will likely start licensing RedHat as it gets more difficult to support. Once they start writing checks their problems with RedHat will be over.
I don't agree with the author.
Their stack is: bare metal, Oracle Linux, Oracle ASM (fs/volume mgr), Oracle Cluster, then DB, app, etc.
In other words, from bare metal (which they also sell :-) to app (and they sell some giant ones - Peoplesoft, Siebel, Oracle eBusiness, etc.) they can sell you the entire stack. Everything below the DB is reasonably priced (compared to Veritas, RedHat, etc.) and exists mainly as a way to sell you the DB and up, where the real money is (because OS, cluster, etc. are commodities at this point)
I'd be really surprised if they'd yank one one layer of the stack (OEL).
They may merge in some Sun tech, though - right now that is a whole different stack.