But most of those $$$ are for training. With OO there shouldn't be much of a need. The only place I see is heavy spreadsheet users with lots 'o macros and such.
OO is remarkably similar to MS Office. Granted, existing licenses that are already paid for is some money wantes, BUT future savings for new versions and machines should make up, particularly given the new MS licensing "scheme"...
I couldn't have said it any better. One reason I like my job is that I do get respect based on my ability. I'm 28 and if I were in a union, I'd be a peon and possibly reporting to incompetent yo-yos simply due to age and/or have seniority in union-time. As it is, I'm at a senior level and leading a team of people.
You did forget one thing though; does the union always work in your favor? We've had at least 2 instances where a local union fought something it's MEMBERS voted for.
What you end up doing is creating another power structure above you that sucks up your money and may or may not work on your behalf
I thought inetd was required so that the machine could resond to incoming connections. But I just killed inetd and tried to ssh the box and guess what happened?
It worked...
OK, so I'm confused. What is inetd really used for? I assume the reason this worked is that I had an ssh daemon running. Is that right? inted is used to respond to incoming connections when there isn't a daemon already running.
I think you're right. The music industry has worked for years without any consideration for the consumer. The time is finally here when they'll pay. Although I think you missed a point. RIAA will lose power for 2 reasons:
One artist will bail and that will start a flood. There are several already in conflict with their labels over RIAA.
Quality. Music quality has dropped dramatically. This is reflected by plummeting sales. Even during the peak of Napster, the labels had record profits! And I don't think a "bad economy" is the issue, the consumer has been the ONLY redeeming feature in this economy for a while.
If the product sucks, you're restricted from using it and your suppliers don't like you, there's going to be trouble. Quite honestly, that business strategy makes some of the dot-com nonsense look brilliant!
Keep in mind this: If the gov't were to take some action against you based on action obtained illegally (or by violating what is considered a basic right) they may have to reveal their methods. Public outrage would quickly qwell this activity whenever it was revealed, and eventually it would be.
I say that and then--> Did anyone notice how quickly arrests were made RIGHT after 9/11 based on phone calls that took place on 9/11? So either we had a lot of taps already in place or...
Maybe something else happened, but I thought it was interesting. What I thought was even more interesting was that I didn't hear anyone asking any questions...
I dunno. I think I'd rather see Sun focus on improving their products (Sparc and Java) than go after MS. I'm not convinced you can really corner those characters.
Further, I think MS will hang themselves. No, I'm serious here. Oppressive corporate strategies - both licensing and DRM sorts of things will get them eventually. Neither of these are beneficial to the consumer (business or personal) and at some point, MS will have to pay the price. If one is to believe some of the articles floating around, companies are already looking to *nix as an MS alternative
I think Sun should focus on making their products the best they can and spend less time railing on the Evil Empire (tm).
It's pretty... Looks like KDE 3 to me, and tastes like chicken.
My personal favorite is a little icon on the left-hand side with the title "Fix It". I couldn't help but thinking - "Yeah I've got a fix for you...".
That and it seems as though they've managed to elmininate more desktop space. Brilliant. I didn't want to do work there anyway. And the multiple desktops are nice. They're running neck-and-neck with CDE now! Woo-Hoo!
That d@mn viral, communist OSS/GPL/FSF sw takes over the world and the US becomes a communist state with the capital being moved from DC to Boulder or Berkley.
Weeelll, I think it's more than that. Given what I know about the human visual system:
Human eyes sample images at a fairly slow rate (about 12 Hz). Also, when the eye gets a particularly bright flash of light, the photo-receptors are "bleached" (like when you look at the sun and part of your vision is gone for a bit, unless you stare and then it's just gone). They have reacted to the flash with a ton of chemical reaction (think nerve communication) and it takes a while for them to generate more chemical AND for the existing to dissipate.
So as I read this, the conecpt to to fire high intesity VERY short lived blasts which will produce the same effect on a digital photo-receptors, but which will not effect human photo-receptors. I doubt this will be perfect for stoping pirates, esp if one doesn't want to hurt the viewer experience. They're probably hoping to make it just "annoying enough" (kinda like the CD copy protectiong that adds pops and static when you rip the songs).
Even so, I think you may still be able get most of it out with the filter you're talking about. Or how about this, you change the sampling rate for the digital device to 12Hz?
Read the story before posting please. One cannot install those buggers in their squad cars. It has to do with how images are projected from the viewing apparatus screen).
It goes depeer than that. Working at a large, mostly mindless corporation, there are other costs. These guys MUST have support. Without it, nothing works, the sky falls and chaos reigns - basically the worst parts of Ghostbusters.
Soooo, we're buying support from RH for EACH LICENSE so we can run (are you ready for this?) - Apache. There is talk of running WebSphere as well (and maybe even a ~gasp~ DB), but I'll believe it when I see it.
Further, not everyone is as good with Linux as your fellow nerdlings collected here. There could be training, certification and even outside consulting costs as well.
So now you have support contracts, training and probably some consultants thrown on top, not to mention the taxes that companies pay on the employees behalf. So that $71K may translate into only about $55K - $60K, but that's a WAG (wild @ss guess).
Now, if you don't mind, I'm going back to the mindless tedium that is my job.
I have to agree here. While DB2 may have a PRESENCE on small and mid-range boxes, they have no real competative advantage there. Where DB2 shines is on the mainframe. A place where MySQL has no real use. MySQl and DB2 simply fit into different niches I can see MS getting their underwear in a knot over MySQL, but I'd think that IBM would throw up a big "I don't care" flag and ignore it.
Or perhaps look to incororate it into their own offerings in the same manner as they have done with Linux
Either way, in the corporate world where support contracts == good product / peace of mind MySQL will still struggle without any BIG corporate sponsorship. We're a big IBM shop and we're struggling to get Linux in here for that very reason. Even though Red Hat and IBM support Linux and each other, it's not enough. MySQL will likely face similar obstacles.
Don't get me wrong, times are a changin', however slowly. But at this point, I think perception (of support) is the biggest problem OSS faces in the corporate world.
Offer a legitimate alternative! How very novel. If the mindless record companies who are ruthlessly trying to impose a Big Brother system on us would start SELLING music online, either by song or by album, they may be able to curtail some of the rampant copying that is going on.
Eventually the record companies are going to have to recognize a few things:
Americans are not theives, most people will buy the music.
You can't FORCE a product on people. CDs that won't play in computers or sound like crap (due to some copy protection scheme) won't fly. Period.
There are those who will not buy music. They'll pirate it if at all possible. But they are in the minority and there really isn't much to be done about them
The record companies MAY have to look at their pricing. CDs are dirt cheap, artists get ~$1/CD and prices are going up?!?
Anyway, personal rant. I would LOVE to able to BUY digital music and movies and make my own mixes. This is a step in the right direction!
JR
I absolutely agree. The only proof is to those who have turned to God. Look and you will find. The rest is simply philisophical argument. Given the nature of the thing, cannot be proven since God doesn't perform the "obvious" miracles such as parting the Red Sea (which didn't make any long-lasting impression anyway as the Jews quickly turned from God afterwards).
In the end, nobody can "sell" you on it. Either you go find out for yourself or regard it all as nonsense, dillusion, whatever. However, keep in mind that many of the historians and archeologists who've gone searching for evidence to dis-prove God have become Christians themselves! I believe the actual stat was in "Wild at Heart" by John Eldridge
Except for one thing. In multiple places in the Bible, particularly from Christ, it's stated that there are no physical rewards in this world as a reward for faith.
God doesn't provide physical comfort, the promise is for everlasting life after death, in this world, it's a spiritual "comfort". I use quotes because even then, as Christians we are tested. God will test and push us that we may grown in our relationship with him. As Paul stated, we'll not be tested beyond what we can endure, but we WILL be tested.
In short, you'll not find measure in the way you wrote. I don't know of any way to measure "spiritual gifts"...
A lot of the virii and worms we've seen lately, a big threat is the home user. I consider myself pretty computer savvy and I've set up a home wireless LAN since I've recently bought a laptop and wanted freedom to be wherever with it.
Weeeelllll, I didn't install the Wireless encryption software (don't remember the exact name) and would instead unplug the wireless HUB when I wasn't using it. One weekend, I forgot to do this.
Out of curiousity, I check the ARP on my DSL switch and found _3_ MAC entries. I only have 2 computers...
Was this my own fault? Yes, absolutely, no question. Was I a moron for not configuring and running the WEP (Wireless Encrption Protocol)? Again, yes. But think about all the wireless LAN products being sold and how many are protected, or NOT protected.
Look, after using Slack, I find RPM obnoxious and much more difficult to track down. The Slack package installer is much better. But one can get around these differences tanks to the -f tag.
What gets my goat is the location and use of config files. It's very clear on Slack what files handle what and the configs can be handled on the file level. On RedHat or Mandrake, this is inconsistent. Example. If you DON'T boot into X on Mandrake, tell me how to switch the default Window Manager. In slack it's a matter of changing a symbolic link. There are other examples.
I don't want to start a distro holy war (and there is always one brewing just under the surface), but these differences are not good. A better commercial example is Mandrake vs SuSE. Both have pretty widespread use in the commercial arena, I've used both on commercial projects, but again, the config loacation and use is not consistent.
I don't know if ALL of these things have been solved by the LSB, but if not, then there is a failing which needs to be resolved...
I really don't care. We have a first class phone company in Qwest that offers a top-notch DSL service with MSN as the provider. Like the Qwest advertisement says - MSN offers premium service and content! So then what's the point? Why would I EVER switch from that?
Yeah, right. Or maybe it goes like this: I get to shell out an EXTRA $20/month so those worthless thieves don't switch me to that abomination of an ISP (I'm officially a "business" customer so am immune from being switched).
I've been waiting for AT&T to get off their @sses and get cable in here (downtown Denver) so I can ditch Qwest as a phone (kick up my cell minutes to compensate) AND DSL provider. Maybe (hopefully) now I really WILL have an option. I'd much rather kick up the minutes on my cell and use someone else for Internet access than stick with the current Nazi regime
I can see Windows CE in cars for displays. These guys want the LEAST amount of hassle possible and are very concerned with user-friendliness and appearence. Granted the open *nixes (BSD and Linux) have made some GREAT progress, but for right-out-of-the-package stuff, I'd _consider_ CE as well.
Where Linux helps is in licensing, if a focus group (of potential buyers of that car) will accept a linux system (appearence and function) then the cost differential is it. $100, $50 or even $25 per CE license times a few million units (cars), suddenly a free OS may look a little better.
However, while the system is only going to be in high-end vehicles (where markup is high anyway) the cost difference isn't such an issue so the incentive to use a low-cost OS isn't as great. Once these system start to appear in lower-cost vehicles, more cost pressures appear.
Either way, it's hard to argue against a high-quality, free OS!
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OO is remarkably similar to MS Office. Granted, existing licenses that are already paid for is some money wantes, BUT future savings for new versions and machines should make up, particularly given the new MS licensing "scheme"...
You did forget one thing though; does the union always work in your favor? We've had at least 2 instances where a local union fought something it's MEMBERS voted for.
What you end up doing is creating another power structure above you that sucks up your money and may or may not work on your behalf
Anyway - funny. I'm suprised they haven't changed it... JR
It worked...
OK, so I'm confused. What is inetd really used for? I assume the reason this worked is that I had an ssh daemon running. Is that right? inted is used to respond to incoming connections when there isn't a daemon already running.
If the product sucks, you're restricted from using it and your suppliers don't like you, there's going to be trouble. Quite honestly, that business strategy makes some of the dot-com nonsense look brilliant!
I say that and then--> Did anyone notice how quickly arrests were made RIGHT after 9/11 based on phone calls that took place on 9/11? So either we had a lot of taps already in place or...
Maybe something else happened, but I thought it was interesting. What I thought was even more interesting was that I didn't hear anyone asking any questions...
Further, I think MS will hang themselves. No, I'm serious here. Oppressive corporate strategies - both licensing and DRM sorts of things will get them eventually. Neither of these are beneficial to the consumer (business or personal) and at some point, MS will have to pay the price. If one is to believe some of the articles floating around, companies are already looking to *nix as an MS alternative
I think Sun should focus on making their products the best they can and spend less time railing on the Evil Empire (tm).
My personal favorite is a little icon on the left-hand side with the title "Fix It". I couldn't help but thinking - "Yeah I've got a fix for you...".
That and it seems as though they've managed to elmininate more desktop space. Brilliant. I didn't want to do work there anyway. And the multiple desktops are nice. They're running neck-and-neck with CDE now! Woo-Hoo!
That'll piss some people off!
Fair enough, execs as a group don't have a very good track record for honesty and ethics these days...
You remember that story, don't you? Or were you hibernating?
That d@mn viral, communist OSS/GPL/FSF sw takes over the world and the US becomes a communist state with the capital being moved from DC to Boulder or Berkley.
Human eyes sample images at a fairly slow rate (about 12 Hz). Also, when the eye gets a particularly bright flash of light, the photo-receptors are "bleached" (like when you look at the sun and part of your vision is gone for a bit, unless you stare and then it's just gone). They have reacted to the flash with a ton of chemical reaction (think nerve communication) and it takes a while for them to generate more chemical AND for the existing to dissipate.
So as I read this, the conecpt to to fire high intesity VERY short lived blasts which will produce the same effect on a digital photo-receptors, but which will not effect human photo-receptors. I doubt this will be perfect for stoping pirates, esp if one doesn't want to hurt the viewer experience. They're probably hoping to make it just "annoying enough" (kinda like the CD copy protectiong that adds pops and static when you rip the songs).
Even so, I think you may still be able get most of it out with the filter you're talking about. Or how about this, you change the sampling rate for the digital device to 12Hz?
And to think they spent all that money... ;)
It's not some Romulan cloaking device...
Soooo, we're buying support from RH for EACH LICENSE so we can run (are you ready for this?) - Apache. There is talk of running WebSphere as well (and maybe even a ~gasp~ DB), but I'll believe it when I see it.
Further, not everyone is as good with Linux as your fellow nerdlings collected here. There could be training, certification and even outside consulting costs as well. So now you have support contracts, training and probably some consultants thrown on top, not to mention the taxes that companies pay on the employees behalf. So that $71K may translate into only about $55K - $60K, but that's a WAG (wild @ss guess).
Now, if you don't mind, I'm going back to the mindless tedium that is my job.
Or perhaps look to incororate it into their own offerings in the same manner as they have done with Linux
Either way, in the corporate world where support contracts == good product / peace of mind MySQL will still struggle without any BIG corporate sponsorship. We're a big IBM shop and we're struggling to get Linux in here for that very reason. Even though Red Hat and IBM support Linux and each other, it's not enough. MySQL will likely face similar obstacles.
Don't get me wrong, times are a changin', however slowly. But at this point, I think perception (of support) is the biggest problem OSS faces in the corporate world.
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Is there a lack of- Good Grief man, are you mad?!? I have had to peel about 2-3 out every time I load Linux! That still leaves me with 2!
I could remember their names once, but I've been cast down among the MS-ites at work and my mind is slipping - away...
Eventually the record companies are going to have to recognize a few things:
Anyway, personal rant. I would LOVE to able to BUY digital music and movies and make my own mixes. This is a step in the right direction! JR
In the end, nobody can "sell" you on it. Either you go find out for yourself or regard it all as nonsense, dillusion, whatever. However, keep in mind that many of the historians and archeologists who've gone searching for evidence to dis-prove God have become Christians themselves! I believe the actual stat was in "Wild at Heart" by John Eldridge
God doesn't provide physical comfort, the promise is for everlasting life after death, in this world, it's a spiritual "comfort". I use quotes because even then, as Christians we are tested. God will test and push us that we may grown in our relationship with him. As Paul stated, we'll not be tested beyond what we can endure, but we WILL be tested.
In short, you'll not find measure in the way you wrote. I don't know of any way to measure "spiritual gifts"...
Weeeelllll, I didn't install the Wireless encryption software (don't remember the exact name) and would instead unplug the wireless HUB when I wasn't using it. One weekend, I forgot to do this. Out of curiousity, I check the ARP on my DSL switch and found _3_ MAC entries. I only have 2 computers...
Was this my own fault? Yes, absolutely, no question. Was I a moron for not configuring and running the WEP (Wireless Encrption Protocol)? Again, yes. But think about all the wireless LAN products being sold and how many are protected, or NOT protected.
Where has your internet connection been today?
What gets my goat is the location and use of config files. It's very clear on Slack what files handle what and the configs can be handled on the file level. On RedHat or Mandrake, this is inconsistent. Example. If you DON'T boot into X on Mandrake, tell me how to switch the default Window Manager. In slack it's a matter of changing a symbolic link. There are other examples.
I don't want to start a distro holy war (and there is always one brewing just under the surface), but these differences are not good. A better commercial example is Mandrake vs SuSE. Both have pretty widespread use in the commercial arena, I've used both on commercial projects, but again, the config loacation and use is not consistent.
I don't know if ALL of these things have been solved by the LSB, but if not, then there is a failing which needs to be resolved...
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Yeah, right. Or maybe it goes like this: I get to shell out an EXTRA $20/month so those worthless thieves don't switch me to that abomination of an ISP (I'm officially a "business" customer so am immune from being switched).
I've been waiting for AT&T to get off their @sses and get cable in here (downtown Denver) so I can ditch Qwest as a phone (kick up my cell minutes to compensate) AND DSL provider. Maybe (hopefully) now I really WILL have an option. I'd much rather kick up the minutes on my cell and use someone else for Internet access than stick with the current Nazi regime
Where Linux helps is in licensing, if a focus group (of potential buyers of that car) will accept a linux system (appearence and function) then the cost differential is it. $100, $50 or even $25 per CE license times a few million units (cars), suddenly a free OS may look a little better.
However, while the system is only going to be in high-end vehicles (where markup is high anyway) the cost difference isn't such an issue so the incentive to use a low-cost OS isn't as great. Once these system start to appear in lower-cost vehicles, more cost pressures appear.
Either way, it's hard to argue against a high-quality, free OS!