Didn't I read a press release saying W2K was so finished and so stable that a huge number of them had been deployed at M$. Oh yea maybe they were lying they tend to do that don't they.
>>Why shouldn't the employers be able to hire or fire anyone they want? It's THEIR company, for chrissakes!
What an odd statement to make. Are you saying that companies ought to be able to hire and fire based on religous or racial criterea? Is it OK for Rupert Murdoch to fire all democrats/liberals because he is conservative? How about firing all the catholics because the ceo is a protestant? Is that OK too? Companies have limits put on their hiring and firing practices (in the US anyway). Firing somebody because they want to unionize is illegal in the US but then that's probably why this particular company is doing is outside the US. Oh yea also there are probably no significant number of blacks, jews, puerto ricans either. They are probably killing two birds with one stone on this one dontcha think?
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I think this is a fine idea. I think the unions main purpose whould be a lobbying organization and perhaps a legal defense fund. Once M$ starts suing people for intellectual property patents we will need all the money we can get. Javalobby attempted this kind of an organization and it has been mildly succesfull. It may be easier to form together smaller more homogenous sets of people like perl mongers and then an umbrella organization over that though. I'm in if anybody wants to start something. If we build it people may come.
In the real world though this does become a problem. In a given web site some files are bound to be hit more often then other files and when you have multiple requests of the same partition you get into the same mess.
I just read your net rage page very funny. I think however you may be doing yourself a disservice by publishing these comments. I'll try to explain.
1) Getting flamed on the internet is just business as usual for anybody who does business on the inernet. As a person who runs a few web sites I get irrational flames occasionally but I don't take them personally. Publishing flame mail pretty much puts you at their level makes you look small and petty.
2) You are (supposed to be) an independent testing firm, by publishing flame from only one camp you make it seem like you are taking sides. I am sure you got at least one flame mail from a Microsoft fan which was similar in tone and content. Although I would expect that you got much more email from the linux camp nevertheless it stains your neutrality claim to provide only one side of the equation.
3) I am sure some people are going to claim that you are doing this as a publicity stunt or to get lots of hits from slashdot. This is going to make you look like a small time operation desperate for publicity and resorting to stunts.
4) "Never argue with an idiot people may not be able to tell the difference". Pointless argument and name calling gets us nowhere.
5) These tests whatever the outcome are already obsolete. W2K is around the corner, Linux has already released a couple of kernel upgrades, drivers have been rewritten, 500mz chips are out, etc. I don't know that these tests are going to help anybody make an informed decision anyway. This all feels like crying over spilt milk. Just clean up and go on. Success is the best revenge and only time will tell who will emerge from this with their reputations intact.
The real question is why M$ and it's cronies are comparing linus to stalin (how many people did linus kill?) and comparing linux volunteers to communists. They must feel a threat and the only response they have is to start name calling and whining. Open Sores? give me a break. Well you keep whining and calling people murderers and we'll keep coding lets see who wins in the end.
Please see Pete's Place for an alternative to activestate PERL. If we use the alternatives then activestate may back off in any case we should get the word out that activestate is not the only game in town win32 PERL.
"One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad
Is Bill Gates smarter then Linus? Then Larry Wall? Then RMS? I don't think so. Just more greedy. Less ethical and yes more evil. When you found a company which lies, cheats, and steals as a matter of policy then you deserve the evil adjective.
"One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad
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Didn't I read a press release saying W2K was so finished and so stable that a huge number of them had been deployed at M$. Oh yea maybe they were lying they tend to do that don't they.
>>Why shouldn't the employers be able to hire or fire anyone they want? It's THEIR company, for chrissakes!
What an odd statement to make. Are you saying that companies ought to be able to hire and fire based on religous or racial criterea? Is it OK for Rupert Murdoch to fire all democrats/liberals because he is conservative? How about firing all the catholics because the ceo is a protestant? Is that OK too?
Companies have limits put on their hiring and firing practices (in the US anyway). Firing somebody because they want to unionize is illegal in the US but then that's probably why this particular company is doing is outside the US. Oh yea also there are probably no significant number of blacks, jews, puerto ricans either. They are probably killing two birds with one stone on this one dontcha think?
I think this is a fine idea. I think the unions main purpose whould be a lobbying organization and perhaps a legal defense fund. Once M$ starts suing people for intellectual property patents we will need all the money we can get. Javalobby attempted this kind of an organization and it has been mildly succesfull. It may be easier to form together smaller more homogenous sets of people like perl mongers and then an umbrella organization over that though. I'm in if anybody wants to start something. If we build it people may come.
In the real world though this does become a problem. In a given web site some files are bound to be hit more often then other files and when you have multiple requests of the same partition you get into the same mess.
Camp Concentration was (is) one of my favorite books. I am glad to see him quoted.
I just read your net rage page very funny. I think however you may be doing yourself a disservice by publishing these comments. I'll try to explain.
1) Getting flamed on the internet is just business as usual for anybody who does business on the inernet. As a person who runs a few web sites I get irrational flames occasionally but I don't take them personally. Publishing flame mail pretty much puts you at their level makes you look small and petty.
2) You are (supposed to be) an independent testing firm, by publishing flame from only one camp you make it seem like you are taking sides. I am sure you got at least one flame mail from a Microsoft fan which was similar in tone and content. Although I would expect that you got much more email from the linux camp nevertheless it stains your neutrality claim to provide only one side of the equation.
3) I am sure some people are going to claim that you are doing this as a publicity stunt or to get lots of hits from slashdot. This is going to make you look like a small time operation desperate for publicity and resorting to stunts.
4) "Never argue with an idiot people may not be able to tell the difference". Pointless argument and name calling gets us nowhere.
5) These tests whatever the outcome are already obsolete. W2K is around the corner, Linux has already released a couple of kernel upgrades, drivers have been rewritten, 500mz chips are out, etc. I don't know that these tests are going to help anybody make an informed decision anyway. This all feels like crying over spilt milk. Just clean up and go on. Success is the best revenge and only time will tell who will emerge from this with their reputations intact.
The real question is why M$ and it's cronies are comparing linus to stalin (how many people did linus kill?) and comparing linux volunteers to communists. They must feel a threat and the only response they have is to start name calling and whining. Open Sores? give me a break. Well you keep whining and calling people murderers and we'll keep coding lets see who wins in the end.
Please see Pete's Place for an alternative to activestate PERL. If we use the alternatives then activestate may back off in any case we should get the word out that activestate is not the only game in town win32 PERL.
"One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad
Is Bill Gates smarter then Linus? Then Larry Wall? Then RMS? I don't think so. Just more greedy. Less ethical and yes more evil. When you found a company which lies, cheats, and steals as a matter of policy then you deserve the evil adjective.
"One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad