A much better article on the matter can be found here
"The whole sorry saga began last March, when SCO sued IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people ), claiming that Big Blue had ripped off SCO's Unix code and put it into Linux.
Linux geeks howled a bit, but then wrote off SCO as a bunch of sleazebags and went back to playing live-action roleplaying (LARP) games in their mothers' basements, or whatever it is they do when they're not writing device drivers and complaining about clueless end users."
I'm a sysadmin for a large government data center. We've been using Linux in production for years, and we always purchase boxed distributions, even some preconfigured(!) machines from Dell. Government regulations do, however, prevent me from ordering Windex and Duster. These are considered janitorial supplies, and there is no justification in Information Systems procuring these items. So frankly, I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. Things look a lot different on the ground.
Thats great. Another MIT dweeb attempts to take the moral high ground. Meanwhile MIT sit on an entire Class A address block, as entire countries are forced to switch to IPv6. Got a scanner for that fallout?
I can hardly see how this will affect Microsoft. Windows attracts a large user base of non-technical users, who don't care about volume managers, ssh, etc. If Sun are seriously trying to dig into Microsoft's market share, they better include ported versions of Deer Hunter and Solitaire.
I could do without the dropped calls,but my list is similar (plus SSH client, amortization calculator). I have been using a kyocera QCP 6035 Smartphone for over a year, and have enjoyed all of the above functionality. Its NOT just a phone, its a unified device which relieves me from carrying a laptop. Did I mention that it has an ssh client? I'll race you to the parking lot, and we'll see who can login to work first;)
It's part of the 1992 cable Act: Section 623(b)(8) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Volume 47 of the US Code Section 543(b)(8). You can find it online at http://uscode.house.gov/usc.htm using the above information.
And in a few more years, David Axmark, Allan Larsson and Michael "Monty" Widenius will announce the demise of Oracle in favor of the much cheaper, easier to license, and GPLed MySql
running on Intel based Linux servers. Ellison is digging his own grave, not that i mind
I have had oracle 9iAS running on Linux for a year.
It is very poorly supported by oracle.
I had to do a lot of tweaking, (editing kernel headers, etc)
However, since i got it to work, it has totally outperformed the windows NT implementation.
For one thing, it has uptime of 200+ days.
Any time the government moderates, its generally a bad idea. Besides, if the typo sites aren't causing monetary or physical damage, then they should be protected by the 1st amendmant.
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actually I heard it here first...
When I read a post like that it makes me really sorry that I blew all my mod points
Its really very simple:
1. OPEN SOURCE
2. ???
3. PROFIT!!!
"The whole sorry saga began last March, when SCO sued IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people ), claiming that Big Blue had ripped off SCO's Unix code and put it into Linux.
Linux geeks howled a bit, but then wrote off SCO as a bunch of sleazebags and went back to playing live-action roleplaying (LARP) games in their mothers' basements, or whatever it is they do when they're not writing device drivers and complaining about clueless end users."
I'm a sysadmin for a large government data center. We've been using Linux in production for years, and we always purchase boxed distributions, even some preconfigured(!) machines from Dell. Government regulations do, however, prevent me from ordering Windex and Duster. These are considered janitorial supplies, and there is no justification in Information Systems procuring these items. So frankly, I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. Things look a lot different on the ground.
Theres 365.25 days in a year, so the solution is actually 2190.29
Thats great. Another MIT dweeb attempts to take the moral high ground. Meanwhile MIT sit on an entire Class A address block, as entire countries are forced to switch to IPv6. Got a scanner for that fallout?
Whatever. Considering the average mp3 @ 192kbps
is 4MB x 100,000 mp3's = approximately 390GB served to a large user base. For $100,000.
This guy may have ran his idea by some lawyers, but he didn't ask anyone here...
Yes, but one you can be sure he has now lost.
I can hardly see how this will affect Microsoft.
Windows attracts a large user base of non-technical users, who don't care about volume managers, ssh, etc. If Sun are seriously trying to dig into Microsoft's market share, they better include ported versions of Deer Hunter and Solitaire.
I could do without the dropped calls,but my list is similar (plus SSH client, amortization calculator). I have been using a kyocera QCP 6035 Smartphone for over a year, and have enjoyed all of the above functionality. Its NOT just a phone, its a unified device which relieves me from carrying a laptop. Did I mention that it has an ssh client? I'll race you to the parking lot, and we'll see who can login to work first ;)
It's part of the 1992 cable Act: Section 623(b)(8) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Volume 47 of the US Code Section 543(b)(8).
You can find it online at
http://uscode.house.gov/usc.htm
using the above information.
This is currently estimated at $75,000 for a small radio station.
The answer, my friend, is blowin in the wind...
One solution is to fix the goddamn fonts
SysAdmin, and Server-Workstation Expert
The latter is free, and really worth a read, but they lie about not selling your name to advertising agencies.
9 out of 10 CIO types prefer "marketing BS" to "literate, technical information"
I had my entertainment-system pc case painted shiny black at a local auto paint shop. It cost about $40, and looks awesome.
Maybe we could all go door-to-door, in order to "spread the good news of Tux". This guy is ridiculous.
Cronolith: (noun) any entry in /etc/crontab whose width exceeds 80 characters
He can petition for a new visa from Brazil, he is not banned indefinitely.
I think what you are talking about is surveillance, not security.
And in a few more years, David Axmark, Allan Larsson and Michael "Monty" Widenius will announce the demise of Oracle in favor of the much cheaper, easier to license, and GPLed MySql running on Intel based Linux servers. Ellison is digging his own grave, not that i mind
I have had oracle 9iAS running on Linux for a year.
It is very poorly supported by oracle.
I had to do a lot of tweaking, (editing kernel headers, etc)
However, since i got it to work, it has totally outperformed the windows NT implementation.
For one thing, it has uptime of 200+ days.
Any time the government moderates, its generally a bad idea. Besides, if the typo sites aren't causing monetary or physical damage, then they should be protected by the 1st amendmant.