The goal of this software is to give you more information so that you can spend less time fixing something. Perhaps some programmers will now have sufficient time to have lives because of it:-) Hm, maybe we should give them a manual on that.
Nagios detects failures elsewhere. This instruments the insides of your Java program and tells you about many different kinds of failures that can happen in there, and it generally also tells you how to solve the problem.
I would have said that Apple's forte' was the user interface. Sun catered to technical users with systems programming, Apple caters to non-technical users with their user interface. It's no secret that Open Source doesn't provide as good a UI as Apple yet. They do, however, provide systems programming that is extremely good, and in many cases has already surpassed that from Sun.
There is an incentive for the FA to mark cybercrud as such. If the FA doesn't do something to keep a useless report from being emitted, he'll keep getting it from each and every customer.
And, if you have something like this, you probably don't want the problem to occur at all.
You may not be the first customer to hit the problem. Also, the problem can manifest itself in a non-signature-dependent manner, like throwing an exception. Then if you are not the first to see it, signatures may come in to play in telling you why the exception happened.
When your production Java program breaks, it tells you, and Sourcelabs. Various sorts of breakage are detected. Generally the interesting problems are in the Open Source stacks that Sourcelabs supports, not in your own code, although the system can sometimes tell you when you are tripping over a well-known sort of error or an API calling mistake in your own code. Depending on the problem, you get an automatic message and/or you hear from your support person at Sourcelabs. Sourcelabe may give you a patch, advice, etc.
One interesting point is that you don't call customer service. They call you.Bruce
It's true that back in the day when you bought Sun hardware, you could easily recognize a PC architecture machine by the fact that its cover was off. The main thing that differentiated mid-line computers from PCs was mechanical construction. But Sun was not very well differentiated from SGI and others by that attribute (I was at Pixar, Sun and SGI were what we used).
That's over, too.
Now, it's easy to buy solid PC hardware from Dell, HP, IBM, Penguin, the list goes on...
I think what Simon is saying is Open Source needs to fit Sun better. But of course, the problem is that Sun doesn't fit Open Source well. Sun's forte' has always been systems programming, not hardware, and in their heyday they charged 70% margins for their hardware and could pay for all of the systems programming they wanted to do. No longer. Computers are commodities and Sun has to function in a commodity market that doesn't even like it when Sun differentiates through systems programming, because the customers don't want to be locked in by Sun's differentiation. On top of that, Open Source has driven systems programming into a commodity and thus killed whatever differentiation was working for Sun.
I don't see how Sun is going to survive this. My fear is that on the way down they'll become the next SCO, because they have been talking the way Caldera did on its way down.
In a story here a month or so ago about Intel abandoning their embedded business (which I can't find because the search function isn't working), I wrote that they were doing no such thing as long as they held on to ARM (XScale).
Now, we see they're not.
Hm. Lots of eggs going into only one basket. Is this because they took a financial hit on Itanium?
OK, assume I have the means to feed the poor, for the sake of argument. I only want one thing in return: indenture. Right or wrong?
Lots of people have signed away their freedom as a means to survive in the face of overwhelming power. These days, most of us do it piece-mal, and often only in the interest of convenience. The end of the progression is slavery.
There are many pressing issues. The folks who want to get one by you hope that you will decide to concentrate all of your energy on another issue this year.
Slashdot isn't really representative of Stallman's community. They transitioned from an Open Source site to a "Geek Culture" site some time ago.
In my speeches I often make it clear that I consider myself to be standing on Richard's shoulders. Indeed, I said that while sitting next to him on a panel at the UN World IT Summit in Tunis. And Richard immediately responded by protectively clutching his own shoulders! So, I feel that this community member isn't appreciated by his prophet:-)
HR 5252 is the telecom bill with the broadcast and audio flag text that we have a problem with. Mr. Sununu's proposed amendment does not have a number. The link from Public Knowledge gives proper information.
Sorry. I see now that the H.R. number is that of the entire bill. So, I am responsible for the confusion / confused myself. This is a proposed amendment to the bill. The link from Public Knowledge gives proper information.
Here's the PDF. It's got H.R. on the top and Sununu's name too. Perhaps this has something to do with the committee status of the bill. If you would figure it out and tell us, I'd be thankful. While I know the issue, I'm hardly an expert on the process of making a bill into law.
The Committee markup of this bill is on Thursday, and your Senator is on the Commerce Committee. One last push from you could get Congress to remove the entertainment industry mandates from the bill.
IF YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES
Please call your Senator (numbers below). Here's a sample script:
STAFFER: Hello, Senator Lastname's office.
YOU: Hi, I'm a constituent, and I'd like to let the Senator know that I don't think the broadcast and audio flag provisions belong in S. 2686, the Communications, Consumers Choice and Broadband Deployment Act. These are anti-consumer provisions, which would give the FCC far-reaching powers, and give the entertainment industry a dangerous veto over new technologies. I hope the Senator will insist on excluding these provisions on Thursday.
STAFFER: Okay, I'll let the Senator know. Thanks.
Chairman Ted Stevens (AK), (202) 224-3004 John McCain (AZ), (202) 224-2235 Conrad Burns (MT), Main: 202-224-2644 Trent Lott (MS), (202) 224-6253 Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX), (202) 224-5922 Gordon H. Smith (OR), (202) 224 3753 John Ensign (NV), (202) 224-6244 George Allen (VA), (202) 224-4024 John E. Sununu (NH), (202) 224-2841 Jim DeMint (SC), (202) 224-6121 David Vitter (LA),(202) 224-4623 Co-Chairman Daniel K. Inouye (HI), (202) 224-3934 John D. Rockefeller (WV), (202) 224-6472 John F. Kerry (MA), (202) 224-2742 Barbara Boxer (CA), (202) 224-3553 Bill Nelson (FL), (202) 224-5274 Maria Cantwell (WA), (202) 224-3441 Frank R. Lautenberg (NJ), (202) 224-3224 E. Benjamin Nelson (NE), (202) 224-6551 Mark Pryor (AR), (202) 224-2353
The site costs about $500/month, between what I pay an editor and the cost of the dedicated server. I am not running any advertising at the moment, so that's all out of my pocket. I didn't "ban" this particular article, indeed the link to it is still on my front page, along with my message of deprecation.
Like any editor, I can "ban" whoever I want. Freedom of speech does not obligate anyone to give you a podium. And like any good editor, I exercise the obligation to filter for my readers.
When has sincerity become a barometer of fact? I'm not sure you're serious, but I'll answer as if you were. If the speaker is insincere, that is a really strong indication that you should question the message and look for what they have to hide. Sure, a sincere speaker can be wrong. But if only funded speakers are taking a particular position, that generally means that someone is trying to pull the wool over your eyes.
My point is that I could not attribute any sincerity to this writer. And there are a lot of folks writing on the "pro" side who don't have money in the fight, and thus it's easier to believe them.
I find it odd that the Linux kernel developers are so sure that they can write a better driver than the manufactures of any device.
You know your device, they know their kernel. Both are complex. Not every professional programmer can write code that will be accepted into the main sources of the kernel.
If your device uses USB, you can try to make it appear to be one of the standard USB classes. That would mean that Linux, Windows, etc. would already drive it.
Slashdot Mirror
Bruce
Nagios detects failures elsewhere. This instruments the insides of your Java program and tells you about many different kinds of failures that can happen in there, and it generally also tells you how to solve the problem.
Bruce
Bruce
Sure, you disagree with my analysis. Sun's not Open Sourcing Java. Let's talk again when that happens.
Bruce
You may not be the first customer to hit the problem. Also, the problem can manifest itself in a non-signature-dependent manner, like throwing an exception. Then if you are not the first to see it, signatures may come in to play in telling you why the exception happened.
One interesting point is that you don't call customer service. They call you.Bruce
That's over, too.
Now, it's easy to buy solid PC hardware from Dell, HP, IBM, Penguin, the list goes on...
Bruce
I don't see how Sun is going to survive this. My fear is that on the way down they'll become the next SCO, because they have been talking the way Caldera did on its way down.
Bruce
Now, we see they're not.
Hm. Lots of eggs going into only one basket. Is this because they took a financial hit on Itanium?
Bruce
Lots of people have signed away their freedom as a means to survive in the face of overwhelming power. These days, most of us do it piece-mal, and often only in the interest of convenience. The end of the progression is slavery.
Bruce
Bruce
In my speeches I often make it clear that I consider myself to be standing on Richard's shoulders. Indeed, I said that while sitting next to him on a panel at the UN World IT Summit in Tunis. And Richard immediately responded by protectively clutching his own shoulders! So, I feel that this community member isn't appreciated by his prophet :-)
Bruce
Who was it who said "Politics is the art of sitting down with people you despise"? Make the call.
I get a hadron just thinking about it.
The committee was only 10% of the way through mark-up of the bill this morning. So, we have some time. Not much.
Bruce
Bruce
Thanks
Bruce
Senator is on the Commerce Committee. One last push from
you could get Congress to remove the entertainment industry
mandates from the bill.
IF YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES
Please call your Senator (numbers below). Here's a sample
script:
STAFFER:
Hello, Senator Lastname's office.
YOU:
Hi, I'm a constituent, and I'd like to let the Senator know
that I don't think the broadcast and audio flag provisions
belong in S. 2686, the Communications, Consumers Choice and
Broadband Deployment Act. These are anti-consumer
provisions, which would give the FCC far-reaching powers,
and give the entertainment industry a dangerous veto over
new technologies. I hope the Senator will insist on
excluding these provisions on Thursday.
STAFFER:
Okay, I'll let the Senator know. Thanks.
Chairman Ted Stevens (AK), (202) 224-3004
John McCain (AZ), (202) 224-2235
Conrad Burns (MT), Main: 202-224-2644
Trent Lott (MS), (202) 224-6253
Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX), (202) 224-5922
Gordon H. Smith (OR), (202) 224 3753
John Ensign (NV), (202) 224-6244
George Allen (VA), (202) 224-4024
John E. Sununu (NH), (202) 224-2841
Jim DeMint (SC), (202) 224-6121
David Vitter (LA),(202) 224-4623
Co-Chairman Daniel K. Inouye (HI), (202) 224-3934
John D. Rockefeller (WV), (202) 224-6472
John F. Kerry (MA), (202) 224-2742
Barbara Boxer (CA), (202) 224-3553
Bill Nelson (FL), (202) 224-5274
Maria Cantwell (WA), (202) 224-3441
Frank R. Lautenberg (NJ), (202) 224-3224
E. Benjamin Nelson (NE), (202) 224-6551
Mark Pryor (AR), (202) 224-2353
IF YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE:
Go to our Action Center, and send a letter to your Senator
explaining why he or she should insist on the removal of the
flags:
<http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy?id=223>
Text of the Bill:
<http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s1
To learn more about the broadcast flag:
<http://www.eff.org/broadcastflag>
To learn more about the audio flag:
<http://www.eff.org/IP/digitalradio>
From EFF
Like any editor, I can "ban" whoever I want. Freedom of speech does not obligate anyone to give you a podium. And like any good editor, I exercise the obligation to filter for my readers.
When has sincerity become a barometer of fact? I'm not sure you're serious, but I'll answer as if you were. If the speaker is insincere, that is a really strong indication that you should question the message and look for what they have to hide. Sure, a sincere speaker can be wrong. But if only funded speakers are taking a particular position, that generally means that someone is trying to pull the wool over your eyes.
Bruce
Or did they form those opinions and become vocal about them just because they knew they could get paid for having them? :-)
Bruce
I've my own doubts about global warming, but it does seem that the "con" side are often folks who are paid to have those opinions.
Bruce
You know your device, they know their kernel. Both are complex. Not every professional programmer can write code that will be accepted into the main sources of the kernel.
If your device uses USB, you can try to make it appear to be one of the standard USB classes. That would mean that Linux, Windows, etc. would already drive it.
Thanks
Bruce