Alot of people have been saying the next target for Linux should be the corporate desktop. If developers feel that features and stability should be overriding points and GUI features are to be relegated to the background, then Linux will never be used in large numbers. Why? Companies want tools that WILL DO THE JOB. That includes power, stability, flexibility, and USABILITY. Managers don't want their employees to spend hours fscking around with sendmail/apache/whatever.
Home users will use Linux if they have an itch to scratch; however they are not the primary audience.
The majority of the songs available (other than those from Bare Naked Ladies) suck. I don't want to pay $16-25 for a CD that has just a song or two that I like. I figure if I like three or more tracks, I'll buy the CD regardless cuz I don't feel like carrying MP3s around. Those MP3s I do like, download, and listen to, I get sick of them real fast and are deleted. How is that different from listening to songs on the radio?
I went to my friendly neighborbood CompUSA (Columbia, MD) and bought something. While I was waiting I noticed their IBM cash registers were running... Java apps! My jaw almost hit the floor (it did go pretty low). That was the first time I actually saw Java used to make something practical.
Hey guys do you want alot more people to start using Linux on Alphas? Start doing some software porting!!! You guys claim you support RHL for the DS10 Webbrick? Start making some Alpha RPMs and posting them on rpmfind.net or some Compaq site! It's really annoying not being able to use Netscape, StarOffice, ssh, MySQL, Oracle, or the countless other number of apps and services available on the x86 side. And please make tar/gz'ed binaries available if not RPMs.
I'm trying to download their code for the Darwin Streaming Server so I can try out streaming using my RHL6/Alpha box. You have to consent to their license first before signing up. When I press the "Yes, I agree" button, the browser starts being busy but that's about it; nothing happens.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong... Are the results of the HGP going to be designated as common public property so everyone can profit from it? Just wondering.
When I was just a wee undergrad taking cell physiology (I think it was my senior year at UMD)... Anyways I think the theory is that introns are indeed a necessary part of the DNA. Since they don't seem to code for anything in particular, mutations can occur in these areas and nothing will happen to the cell/multicellular organism. The greater number/size of introns may result in a lesser chance of damaging exons.
At my last job I had to admin 3 NT web servers w/IIS4. Two of them served just static content. Even after a clean reinstall of the entire OS and web server, the web server would crash for no apparent reason. A standardized GUI sure helped me in this situation!
I still find the show hilarious up to this point. IMO their high water mark was the "Big Gay Al" episode, but so far my favorite one of the new ones is "Chinpoko Mon".
I found out about this only after last night's show. I normally don't give a sh!t about anyone who I don't know at least vaguely on a personal level, but this really saddened me.
On the other hand, I'd like to know if anyone knows how and why she did it. My life is not always roses, but I'm not going to end it all because I know I have alot to live for. From the stories I've read, she's doing alot better than I am!
(And I'm going to stop here b/c from here on out I have nothing good to say about this incident.)
China is evil??? Really? A country that crushes its own unarmed student demonstrators? A government that imprisons its own pensioners on which whos backs it built itself when they want someone to help with their grievances? People's Republic of China - not so? Nah... They couldn't POSSIBLY be evil...
If someone else other than Microsoft had filled the needs for corporate and home users, then people would have ended up using more reliable, technically superior software! If that was the case, then we would not have jobs where we would need to hold users' hands! The servers would never crash and no one would need us! Thank you Microsoft!:)
"Microsoft is the epitome of innovation and product quality."
I heard about this on NPR and I thought they decided to make the genes in such a way that the resulting seeds from a genetically altered plant will be viable but without the Monsanto gene turned on. This way a farmer can get Monsanto seeds the first year; if he/she decides not to buy from them afterwards, the resulting seeds could still be planted.
"Microsoft is the epitome of innovation and product quality."
M$ first started out making^H^H^H^H^H^Hcloning software for the microcomputer market in the Stone Age (circa 1981) and that was what the average Joe could afford (ok so not quite). My understanding of their last mission statement is "A computer on every desktop." I interpret this as including that of the home user.
When Sun first started in '82, they aimed for the high-end workstation market. Now they still do. And they also make enterprise-class software and hardware solutions. I betcha the average Joe has no idea what Sun does.
Linux was started as a Unix clone for students who couldn't afford the high price tag that came with the Unix solutions offered by Sun/NExT/etc. Now those original students have grown up on Linux and are now working, they have no reason to move to another Unix platform for home/SOHO use even if it was free. The x86 platform IMO still offers the most bang for the buck. Not only that, a layperson can still have the multimedia capabilities of Win/Mac under Linux that Solaris still lacks.
All of this because Sun never intended to shoot for the home consumer/small-time developer.
"Microsoft is the epitome of innovation and product quality."
I upgraded my notebook to W2kS-RC2 last night. It took so long I fell asleep. Meanwhile it took all of a total of... 25 minutes to install Mandrake RHL6. Go figure.
"Microsoft is the epitome of innovation and product quality."
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Home users will use Linux if they have an itch to scratch; however they are not the primary audience.
Just my $0.02.
When I tried to play TIETanic, I got:
Unknown or unsupported animation type: Tie-Tanic.mov
And when I tried to play Troops, I got:
Video Codec: Sorenson Video not yet supported.(E18)
Audio Codec: QDesign Music Codec (QDMC) not yet supported.
So if you could please tell me how you did it.
I went to my friendly neighborbood CompUSA (Columbia, MD) and bought something. While I was waiting I noticed their IBM cash registers were running... Java apps! My jaw almost hit the floor (it did go pretty low). That was the first time I actually saw Java used to make something practical.
Hey guys do you want alot more people to start using Linux on Alphas? Start doing some software porting!!! You guys claim you support RHL for the DS10 Webbrick? Start making some Alpha RPMs and posting them on rpmfind.net or some Compaq site! It's really annoying not being able to use Netscape, StarOffice, ssh, MySQL, Oracle, or the countless other number of apps and services available on the x86 side. And please make tar/gz'ed binaries available if not RPMs.
Anyone know how I can get around this?
http://www.publicsource.apple.com/apsl/
Someone correct me if I'm wrong... Are the results of the HGP going to be designated as common public property so everyone can profit from it? Just wondering.
So the theory goes.
At my last job I had to admin 3 NT web servers w/IIS4. Two of them served just static content. Even after a clean reinstall of the entire OS and web server, the web server would crash for no apparent reason. A standardized GUI sure helped me in this situation!
I still find the show hilarious up to this point. IMO their high water mark was the "Big Gay Al" episode, but so far my favorite one of the new ones is "Chinpoko Mon".
On the other hand, I'd like to know if anyone knows how and why she did it. My life is not always roses, but I'm not going to end it all because I know I have alot to live for. From the stories I've read, she's doing alot better than I am!
(And I'm going to stop here b/c from here on out I have nothing good to say about this incident.)
China is evil??? Really? A country that crushes its own unarmed student demonstrators? A government that imprisons its own pensioners on which whos backs it built itself when they want someone to help with their grievances? People's Republic of China - not so? Nah... They couldn't POSSIBLY be evil...
No - it's The People's Ruling Council can't be wrong! (It's never wrong! Screw the people!)
One can only hope the flow of more information will be able to free the oppressed masses from the Communist yoke. (Man I sound like a socialist.)
"Microsoft is the epitome of innovation and product quality."
"Microsoft is the epitome of innovation and product quality."
"Microsoft is the epitome of innovation and product quality."
"Microsoft is the epitome of innovation and product quality."
When Sun first started in '82, they aimed for the high-end workstation market. Now they still do. And they also make enterprise-class software and hardware solutions. I betcha the average Joe has no idea what Sun does.
Linux was started as a Unix clone for students who couldn't afford the high price tag that came with the Unix solutions offered by Sun/NExT/etc. Now those original students have grown up on Linux and are now working, they have no reason to move to another Unix platform for home/SOHO use even if it was free. The x86 platform IMO still offers the most bang for the buck. Not only that, a layperson can still have the multimedia capabilities of Win/Mac under Linux that Solaris still lacks.
All of this because Sun never intended to shoot for the home consumer/small-time developer.
"Microsoft is the epitome of innovation and product quality."
"Microsoft is the epitome of innovation and product quality."
"Microsoft is the epitome of innovation and product quality."
"Microsoft is the epitome of innovation and product quality."
"Microsoft is the epitome of innovation and product quality."
"Microsoft is the epitome of innovation and product quality."
"Microsoft is the epitome of innovation and product quality."