for LUSER in `grep "winnt"/var/log/httpd/error_log | awk '{print $8}' | sed -e s/]// | sort | uniq`; do
If you use sort and uniq, you'll drastically reduce the number of IP addresses you're checking. Highly recommend changing it.:-)
Re:Where AIX kicks butt (and others need to catch
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IBM Wants Linux
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I've sysadmin'ed AIX boxen in some very complex configurations (high availability clusters for telco repair/install job dispatch, where downtime costs on the order of $100,000/hour) and I can honestly say that I've never enjoyed working with a Unix system as much as AIX.
Now, the fact is that "traditional" SysV and BSD commands don't necessarily do what you expect in AIX, but that's because of the way the system was designed.
One of the most interesting features about AIX is that it keeps an internal database of all the devices (physical devices like network adapters, hard drives, memory, CPUs, etc, including logical devices like logical volumes and filesystems.) and most (if not all) of the traditional configuration files are built out of this device/config database. (Hence why you'd lose manually made changes to/etc/inittab across reboots.)
I think that's why a lot of admins who come in from Solaris or HP/UX don't tend to like AIX, but honestly, once you master the device and configuration database, though, you will be hard pressed to find another platform which is as robust and stable. You will truly be the master of AIX.
mksysb and AIX's LVM+JFS are without doubt unparalleled jewels of computer engineering. They're excellent products which are simple and intuitive to learn. They're also the most feature rich implementations of a Logical Volume Manager and filesystem I've ever used (and I've used them all: Veritas on Solaris and HP, Compaq's LSM + AdvFS, Linux LVM and md driver) and that's why I've been insanely excited about the port of AIX's journaling file system to Linux -- it's the best Unix filesystem on Earth. (I'm really trying to not be too superlative -- and no, I don't work for IBM.)
IBM also sells unbelievable (and not to mention pricey) technical support for AIX. I've/never/ had a better support experience from any other company than IBM and AIX. It was fantastic. I once had an issue where IBM kept a group of kernel programmers working on a fix for only my former company over the July 4th holiday a few years back. I was flabbergasted to come in on July 5th and find voice mail telling me where I could download the fixed code.
If it weren't for the cost of the hardware, I'd use AIX again in a heartbeat. I'm glad IBM is considering replacing AIX with Linux when it's ready, but I hope they'll be offering the same quality of support and features that AIX has now.
Gracenote owns a patent on the hash algorithm used to ID CDs when they're inserted into the CD playing software. That hash is transmitted to a central server and then the server responds with the matching artist/title/track data for that hash. Regardless of who owns the actual data in the database, if you patent the hash algorithm then whoever (in the U.S. and whereever else the patent is valid) is using that hash algorithm to retrieve data from a server has to do so in accordance with the patent holder's wishes (whether or not you think the patent is bullshite, if you live in the U.S. that's the way things are. If you aren't in the U.S., and you don't sell products in the U.S., then you may happily ignore such silliness.)
Simply put, Gracenote (in the U.S. at least) controls how and who can connect to any data source on the Internet using their CD ID hash methodology. That's what the suit is about.
They're basically saying: Roxio's using our patented CD ID technique, and they're not following the terms under which the patent was licensed, so you are our bitches. All your cash are belong to us.
The only thing that's really naive about writing commericial software (whether it be free-speech, free-beer, or otherwise) for Linux is the idea that Linux users will pay for it. The fact of the matter is that in general, Linux users will not pay for "commodity" software (i.e., not games -- go Loki go). Some have mentioned the "distro" business as a proven money maker, but that's laughable too. Red Hat, to name one company, doesn't make very much money from selling CD-ROMs that people can download for free off the net. They're making money on embedded software tools, consulting contracts and hopefully Red Hat network. (My beef with the price for RHN is a seperate issue. The idea is fundamentally sound.)
I think free-speech source is really cool, but folks have to put their wallets where their hearts are.
Best wishes to Eazel employees and execs, I'm sad to see you close shop.
I'd just like to give a bit more elaboration on what we're planning.
We're working on a software product which encompasses the idea of customized linux distributions for a specific vendor's hardware -- laptops, desktops, and servers -- but the product goes way beyond that idea in many important respects. The product is in the arena of "holistic" Linux system management.
I can't fully elaborate right now about what kind of project we're working on -- trust me, I would love nothing more than to blab on and on about it, but it's just not possible right now. Provided we can raise the capital we need to build this thing, though, I'm sure that most folks will be impressed with the result.
Finally, if you're reading slashdot and you're a Linux competent marketing or sales professional and think you have what it takes to drive marketing and/or sales forward for a revolutionary idea in a new company (and you live around the Bay Area), send us an email. We'd be glad to hear from you. (info@tuxtpos.com)
Sorry, but I have to disagree with you. I've been using Galeon and Mozilla nightly builds for the past two months and I can tell you that it's very very feasible to do all of your day to day browsing using either of those two systems.
If you think Mozilla is too slow, then by all means, use Galeon. It's very fast. I trust you will be impressed by it's speed of loading and rendering pages. I know I am.
My company, Tuxtops, Inc. (Laptops with Linux) was originally chatted up by Mr. Palmer about doing this show back in February at LinuxWorld Expo in New York.
We took a "wait and see" attitude about it; we're a start up, yeah, but without the millions of dollars in VC to make taking a gamble worth it.
We ultimately demurred on the show, because we've opted to concentrate our presence at the largest Linux shows -- more bang for the buck, so to speak. To see and talk to the largest group of Linux users.
As Jason Haaz from PowerPPC, Inc. already noted, there are at least 20-30 Linux specific or Linux related tradeshows out there every year. I know, because our company gets solicited to attend them all the time. They're in places around the globe from Shanghai, China to Chicago, IL, USA.
As far as show scheduling, I can't imagine that scheduling LinuxFest against, say, the annual Usenix conference (which is where I was last week) was a good idea.
Anyway, as far as trade shows, we settled on three or maybe four tradeshows, as exhibitors: LinuxWorld Expo NY, LinuxWorld Expo San Jose in August, (Come see us there! We're adjacent to the Slashdot parlor. See our webpage for specific booth information.), and we'll also be exhibiting at Atlanta Linux Showcase in October.
But, I also would like to say, that letting IDC or ZD lock up the "Linux tradeshow market" would definitely not be a good thing for "the Linux community" corporately.
One of the reasons we're going to ALS is because it directly supports something other than a huge media conglomerate that gives very little back to the community.
Maybe someone already pointed this out, but AT&T doesn't own the rights to Unix any more. AT&T sold the Unix System Laboratory to Novell in 1993, and Novell sold the rights to SCO. SCO assigned the rights to brand "Unix" as Unix to the X/Open Group. That's why Linux isn't "Unix" in the legal sense; no one has paid for it to go through the branding tests.
Jon Katz's list of criteria for a cybersavvy politician sounds like a laundry list to describe Representative Tom Campbell, who represents the 15th Congressional district here in the Silicon Valley.
The man and the politician both use the internet to interact with constituents and keep abreast of the latest technology news which is the top dog in his district.
These people DO exist. They just usually don't make headlines.
Frankly, I'd rather have immigrants coming to the U.S. who can get and hold well paying technology jobs than immigrants who cannot. I'd also rather have technology companies bring workers to America than send the work overseas to someplace like Bangalore which has a lot of acumen and people who are willing to work for even less money than in the U.S.
If an immigrant comes here and stays here, they contribute to the economy in work productivity as well as trickle down to the grocery store where they shop, the apartment they rent and the telephone calls they make back to Mom and Dad where ever they might be. Plus, the U.S. can collect tax revenues which are hardly insignificant.
As for taking work from Americans, it isn't exactly like there's a job shortage for skilled technology workers with any number of skills.
How hard would it have been to change a log file? It's just 1's and 0's. Is AOL asked to prove that the logs were not tampered with? Of course not. It's impossible to prove such a thing.
Actually, it is possible to prove such a thing if one:
a) keeps a hardcopy of the logs as they're generated, or,
b) uses a very strong hashing algorithm like MD5 on the saved log files.
Can't say whether or not AOL does either of these things, but it certainly is technically possible.
I have never used a more incompentently designed piece of software in my life.
It may well be all that and a bag of chips for NT, but do not under any circumstances use this bloated piece of crap on Unix. I spent months and months trying to make it work at a previous job on Solaris, HP/UX and AIX, and it never did, even when I followed all of the published documents to the letter -- CA's Unix support is a joke, an absolute joke.
Boycott Computer Associates.
Use something that's worthwhile: BMC Patrol or Tivoli rock Unicenter's world.
...but Clinton, et. al. will veto this legislation even if it does pass out of Congress.
Clinton has had an opportunity to cozy up to the topic before, but Reno and other "national security" wonks have always turned Clinton to the standard government line.
I remain highly skeptical that this situation will be improved by our silly government anytime soon.
The E10000 is a massively parallel computer that has several "system" boards with its own CPU(s), memory and disk controllers. It's somewhat akin to crunching somewhere between 10-64 UltraSparcs into the same chassis.
Using software tools, it is possible to segment all of the system boards so that they behave as if they were individual physically discrete systems.
And yeah, I'd like to see Microsoft pull off the same thing.:-)
At most companies, the pointy haired Ones who control the money think that AOL invented the Internet, and that Bill Gates invented the World Wide Web...
Even if they're smart enough to know the truth, they have invested a lot of money in hardware, software, and support (read: people), and Bill Gates is the quintessential "Music Man", the Professor Harold Hill who can sell a company 76 shiny trombones and lead a big brass band down mainstreet to the enthusiastic cheers of everyone.
Yeah, this is just FUD, but it's FUD that carries a lot of mileage since it's from the man most non-slashdot readers think of as "visionary" and "computer savvy."
Whether or not you agree with Gates doesn't really matter.
What will matter is the continual grass roots movement to present alternatives to Microsoft at every possible opportunity to your boss, to your company and at home. Most of you probably already do that, but it won't be until my Mom knows what Linux is and how it's different from Microsoft that we can start trumpeting about how Gates is "irrelevant" and "doesn't matter."
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:-)
If you use sort and uniq, you'll drastically reduce the number of IP addresses you're checking. Highly recommend changing it.
I've sysadmin'ed AIX boxen in some very complex configurations (high availability clusters for telco repair/install job dispatch, where downtime costs on the order of $100,000/hour) and I can honestly say that I've never enjoyed working with a Unix system as much as AIX.
/etc/inittab across reboots.)
/never/ had a better support experience from any other company than IBM and AIX. It was fantastic. I once had an issue where IBM kept a group of kernel programmers working on a fix for only my former company over the July 4th holiday a few years back. I was flabbergasted to come in on July 5th and find voice mail telling me where I could download the fixed code.
Now, the fact is that "traditional" SysV and BSD commands don't necessarily do what you expect in AIX, but that's because of the way the system was designed.
One of the most interesting features about AIX is that it keeps an internal database of all the devices (physical devices like network adapters, hard drives, memory, CPUs, etc, including logical devices like logical volumes and filesystems.) and most (if not all) of the traditional configuration files are built out of this device/config database. (Hence why you'd lose manually made changes to
I think that's why a lot of admins who come in from Solaris or HP/UX don't tend to like AIX, but honestly, once you master the device and configuration database, though, you will be hard pressed to find another platform which is as robust and stable. You will truly be the master of AIX.
mksysb and AIX's LVM+JFS are without doubt unparalleled jewels of computer engineering. They're excellent products which are simple and intuitive to learn. They're also the most feature rich implementations of a Logical Volume Manager and filesystem I've ever used (and I've used them all: Veritas on Solaris and HP, Compaq's LSM + AdvFS, Linux LVM and md driver) and that's why I've been insanely excited about the port of AIX's journaling file system to Linux -- it's the best Unix filesystem on Earth. (I'm really trying to not be too superlative -- and no, I don't work for IBM.)
IBM also sells unbelievable (and not to mention pricey) technical support for AIX. I've
If it weren't for the cost of the hardware, I'd use AIX again in a heartbeat. I'm glad IBM is considering replacing AIX with Linux when it's ready, but I hope they'll be offering the same quality of support and features that AIX has now.
I knew there's a reason I'm proud to be one of their customers. Die spammers die. Even corporate ones.
Gracenote owns a patent on the hash algorithm used to ID CDs when they're inserted into the CD playing software. That hash is transmitted to a central server and then the server responds with the matching artist/title/track data for that hash. Regardless of who owns the actual data in the database, if you patent the hash algorithm then whoever (in the U.S. and whereever else the patent is valid) is using that hash algorithm to retrieve data from a server has to do so in accordance with the patent holder's wishes (whether or not you think the patent is bullshite, if you live in the U.S. that's the way things are. If you aren't in the U.S., and you don't sell products in the U.S., then you may happily ignore such silliness.)
Simply put, Gracenote (in the U.S. at least) controls how and who can connect to any data source on the Internet using their CD ID hash methodology. That's what the suit is about.
They're basically saying: Roxio's using our patented CD ID technique, and they're not following the terms under which the patent was licensed, so you are our bitches. All your cash are belong to us.
I think free-speech source is really cool, but folks have to put their wallets where their hearts are.
Best wishes to Eazel employees and execs, I'm sad to see you close shop.
I am the CTO at Tuxtops, Mark Allen.
I'd just like to give a bit more elaboration on what we're planning.
We're working on a software product which encompasses the idea of customized linux distributions for a specific vendor's hardware -- laptops, desktops, and servers -- but the product goes way beyond that idea in many important respects. The product is in the arena of "holistic" Linux system management.
I can't fully elaborate right now about what kind of project we're working on -- trust me, I would love nothing more than to blab on and on about it, but it's just not possible right now. Provided we can raise the capital we need to build this thing, though, I'm sure that most folks will be impressed with the result.
Finally, if you're reading slashdot and you're a Linux competent marketing or sales professional and think you have what it takes to drive marketing and/or sales forward for a revolutionary idea in a new company (and you live around the Bay Area), send us an email. We'd be glad to hear from you. (info@tuxtpos.com)
If you think Mozilla is too slow, then by all means, use Galeon. It's very fast. I trust you will be impressed by it's speed of loading and rendering pages. I know I am.
My company, Tuxtops, Inc. (Laptops with Linux) was originally chatted up by Mr. Palmer about doing this show back in February at LinuxWorld Expo in New York.
We took a "wait and see" attitude about it; we're a start up, yeah, but without the millions of dollars in VC to make taking a gamble worth it.
We ultimately demurred on the show, because we've opted to concentrate our presence at the largest Linux shows -- more bang for the buck, so to speak. To see and talk to the largest group of Linux users.
As Jason Haaz from PowerPPC, Inc. already noted, there are at least 20-30 Linux specific or Linux related tradeshows out there every year. I know, because our company gets solicited to attend them all the time. They're in places around the globe from Shanghai, China to Chicago, IL, USA.
As far as show scheduling, I can't imagine that scheduling LinuxFest against, say, the annual Usenix conference (which is where I was last week) was a good idea.
Anyway, as far as trade shows, we settled on three or maybe four tradeshows, as exhibitors: LinuxWorld Expo NY, LinuxWorld Expo San Jose in August, (Come see us there! We're adjacent to the Slashdot parlor. See our webpage for specific booth information.), and we'll also be exhibiting at Atlanta Linux Showcase in October.
But, I also would like to say, that letting IDC or ZD lock up the "Linux tradeshow market" would definitely not be a good thing for "the Linux community" corporately.
One of the reasons we're going to ALS is because it directly supports something other than a huge media conglomerate that gives very little back to the community.
Maybe someone already pointed this out, but AT&T doesn't own the rights to Unix any more. AT&T sold the Unix System Laboratory to Novell in 1993, and Novell sold the rights to SCO. SCO assigned the rights to brand "Unix" as Unix to the X/Open Group. That's why Linux isn't "Unix" in the legal sense; no one has paid for it to go through the branding tests.
Jon Katz's list of criteria for a cybersavvy politician sounds like a laundry list to describe Representative Tom Campbell, who represents the 15th Congressional district here in the Silicon Valley.
The man and the politician both use the internet to interact with constituents and keep abreast of the latest technology news which is the top dog in his district.
These people DO exist. They just usually don't make headlines.
Frankly, I'd rather have immigrants coming to the U.S. who can get and hold well paying technology jobs than immigrants who cannot. I'd also rather have technology companies bring workers to America than send the work overseas to someplace like Bangalore which has a lot of acumen and people who are willing to work for even less money than in the U.S.
If an immigrant comes here and stays here, they contribute to the economy in work productivity as well as trickle down to the grocery store where they shop, the apartment they rent and the telephone calls they make back to Mom and Dad where ever they might be. Plus, the U.S. can collect tax revenues which are hardly insignificant.
As for taking work from Americans, it isn't exactly like there's a job shortage for skilled technology workers with any number of skills.
How hard would it have been to change a log file? It's just 1's and 0's. Is AOL asked to prove that the logs were not tampered with? Of course not. It's impossible to prove such a thing.
Actually, it is possible to prove such a thing if one:
a) keeps a hardcopy of the logs as they're generated, or,
b) uses a very strong hashing algorithm like MD5 on the saved log files.
Can't say whether or not AOL does either of these things, but it certainly is technically possible.
I have never used a more incompentently designed piece of software in my life.
It may well be all that and a bag of chips for NT, but do not under any circumstances use this bloated piece of crap on Unix. I spent months and months trying to make it work at a previous job on Solaris, HP/UX and AIX, and it never did, even when I followed all of the published documents to the letter -- CA's Unix support is a joke, an absolute joke.
Boycott Computer Associates.
Use something that's worthwhile: BMC Patrol or Tivoli rock Unicenter's world.
...but Clinton, et. al. will veto this legislation even if it does pass out of Congress.
Clinton has had an opportunity to cozy up to the topic before, but Reno and other "national security" wonks have always turned Clinton to the standard government line.
I remain highly skeptical that this situation will be improved by our silly government anytime soon.
Anyone who is interested in the topic, I'd like to highly recommend Whitfield Diffie's book exploring the entire policy debate: Pri vacy On the Line: The Politics of Wiretapping and Encryption . It's quite a good and succinct.
The E10000 is a massively parallel computer that has several "system" boards with its own CPU(s), memory and disk controllers. It's somewhat akin to crunching somewhere between 10-64 UltraSparcs into the same chassis.
:-)
Using software tools, it is possible to segment all of the system boards so that they behave as if they were individual physically discrete systems.
And yeah, I'd like to see Microsoft pull off the same thing.
Any server is only as reliable as the people who
run it, whether it's your own Linux box, or an
E10000 running the Oracle backend at Ebay.
I would stack up the reliability of any Sun Sparc running Solaris 7 against a Wintel box running NT any day.
At most companies, the pointy haired Ones who control the money think that AOL invented the Internet, and that Bill Gates invented the World Wide Web...
Even if they're smart enough to know the truth, they have invested a lot of money in hardware, software, and support (read: people), and Bill Gates is the quintessential "Music Man", the Professor Harold Hill who can sell a company 76 shiny trombones and lead a big brass band down mainstreet to the enthusiastic cheers of everyone.
Yeah, this is just FUD, but it's FUD that carries a lot of mileage since it's from the man most non-slashdot readers think of as "visionary" and "computer savvy."
Whether or not you agree with Gates doesn't really matter.
What will matter is the continual grass roots movement to present alternatives to Microsoft at every possible opportunity to your boss, to your company and at home. Most of you probably already do that, but it won't be until my Mom knows what Linux is and how it's different from Microsoft that we can start trumpeting about how Gates is "irrelevant" and "doesn't matter."