Well it is great news to see articles like this, to help prove to those people who still consider Linux to be a 'toy', that it has really come into its own. I cannot for the life of me work out why people say this.. If supercomputers, government systems, banking systems, and render farms for major motion picture companies can't persuade people that Linux has hit the big time, I dont know what will!
The magazine pointed out that rogue nations such as Iran routinely seek replacement parts for their U.S.-manufactured military planes.
I just find it funny.. the US must have sold them the planes in the first place.. and now that Iran falls into an area under the Axis Of Evil moniker, its suddenly a serious problem that they try and obtain parts? Perhaps you should have thought of that...
Well.. coming from someone who has had frequent use of the following OS's:
Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP, Red Hat Linux since Red Hat 5.0, Silicon Graphics IRIX (6.2 & 6.5), FreeBSD..
..i think Solaris has to be one of the most ugly and tough to work with distributions of *nix that I have ever seen.. but I guess to those who have used Solaris since day one, it makes perfect sense to them.
Not only that, but it runs soooooo sloooooow... earning the classic nickname of Slowaris:)
I dont get it.. anyone would think that they were LOSING money because of piracy, but everyone knows thats not the case.
No matter what they do, piracy is always going to happen - always has, always will. The manufacturers are gonna get annoyed soon enough with all these proposed rules & regulations which interferes with their business.
Surely the hardware vendors have some kinds of rights against what groups like the RIAA and MPAA propse, if it is deemed unsuitable to bundle what they 'demand' into products, or must they comply?
Ok.. I use Linux for most servers that I setup at work, and I occasionally use it on the desktop. Now dont get me wrong, I have always loved that Linux was free - and I was always ready to cough up money when they decided that the current business model wasn't working too well...
But I feel that the costs for this latest product are a bad decision.. "Red Carpet CorporateConnect, which includes a license for StarOffice 6.0 included with each paid seat, priced at $150 per year per seat."
Ouch! Maybe for smaller businesses this might work, but for larger companies & businesses that might go for a Microsoft volume license (I work for a college, and we use the MS Campus Agreement.. it does work out very cheap), I cannot see this kind of deal being any better than the Microsoft one? Even if this did offer savings, it wouldn't be by an awful lot - I always liked Linux because it took the cost of licenses and laughed about it - they were just no longer anything to worry about.
I guess that kind of business model just doesn't work?
Microsoft continues to surprise me on an almost daily basis.. though usually not with the kind of news & stories I'd like to hear (Halo PC anyone?).
This latest story is just jaw dropping.. and the thing that astounds me, after I explain this to a work collegue who is 100% Windows, he says that he can understand where Microsoft is coming from?!
No sympathy.. you charge that much you should write the 'best software in the world', no question about it. You cannot get to a situation like this, where you are possibly the largest software company in the world, only to supposedly admit that your software isn't quite up to scratch.
Finally went to see that this weekend - and was surprised to see people queueing still at 12:20am to watch the film even though it had been out for a few days already.
I wonder what its gonna be like for Spiderman, when they finally release it over here in a month or so?
I agree... I never really got into The Terminator - Terminator II was far better IMHO. Though thats not to diss the original Terminator.. without that we wouldn't have had the sequel(s).
Sorry but you are just too funny.. like its now a personal insult against the GREAT America or somthing? I have no problem with America.. I want to go to America.. I have friends who live in America.. I LIKE America!
But I DO have issues with people who try to take the piss outta me for spelling incorrectly, only to find that they too have spelt a word wrong in their 'flame' - so its always worth pointing stuff like that out.
I was foolish enough to watch Episode 1 on a 'look what I filmed in the cinema' video CD and never actually went to go see it on the big screen.. I am determined to actually see my very first Star Wars movie at the cinema this time around!
"I got a dual 533, and it is just not tolerable. I even tried VirtualPC at the dual 450 PIII under Win98 with 512 MB of RAM, with OpenSTEP as the guest OS, but it was equally slow."
So he is saying that he used a Dual PIII 450 under Windows 98, but couldnt notice a speed difference? Now as I said - either I am reading this wrong, or the writer has made a mistake - Windows 98 doesnt support dual processor.. so what the hell is he going on about?
Jeesus.. why are some people so anal, they have to make a post to point out that I spelt a word incorrectly? You really need to make better use of your time.
Hm.. wonder now if they wont be 'down for maintainance' for a few hours some mornings now? I know that it works out at like 1am or somthing in the USA, but its right slap bang mid morning for UK eBayers... can really balls up your auctions:)
Well I am not sure I could see Microsoft managing to get 'free software' to be against the acceptible use policy. Bear in mind that pretty much every ISP is going to have at least one Linux box on their network doing somthing vital - I'd be pretty surprised if anything like that came to pass.
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I think the beauty of releasing a game like this now - with the way graphics cards & systems have advanced, you can actually make the in game graphics as good as (if not better than?) the original movie graphics.. should be a lot of fun:)
..from the id/Activision guys who have got the RIGHT idea.. release piccies now and then, movie clips, and make a good presence at E3 to get your fans really into it. That way they will be busting the doors down at the local geek shop on the day of release.
3D Realms have decided to be a no show at this years E3.. I really can't understand why. I personally feel somewhat cheated as a fan waiting to see the game - you would *expect* to get some more juicy nuggets of game information, yet the 3D Realms media blackout continues - I'm sorry, but I can't just keep getting 'promised' that Duke Nukem Forever will be the BEST game ever when it is released.
And why do you get the feeling people will be complaining about the same thing again in the run up to next years E3?
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Well it is great news to see articles like this, to help prove to those people who still consider Linux to be a 'toy', that it has really come into its own. I cannot for the life of me work out why people say this.. If supercomputers, government systems, banking systems, and render farms for major motion picture companies can't persuade people that Linux has hit the big time, I dont know what will!
This quote is amusing..
The magazine pointed out that rogue nations such as Iran routinely seek replacement parts for their U.S.-manufactured military planes.
I just find it funny.. the US must have sold them the planes in the first place.. and now that Iran falls into an area under the Axis Of Evil moniker, its suddenly a serious problem that they try and obtain parts? Perhaps you should have thought of that...
Ok.. so that was a typo. I own a Sun Blade 100 system, so its fair to say I have had frequent use of Solaris :)
Well.. coming from someone who has had frequent use of the following OS's :
:)
Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP,
Red Hat Linux since Red Hat 5.0,
Silicon Graphics IRIX (6.2 & 6.5),
FreeBSD..
..i think Solaris has to be one of the most ugly and tough to work with distributions of *nix that I have ever seen.. but I guess to those who have used Solaris since day one, it makes perfect sense to them.
Not only that, but it runs soooooo sloooooow... earning the classic nickname of Slowaris
Irrespective of what the dumbass Anonymous Coward said, I agree with you.
You only have to look the British Railway network which is in real trouble as an example.. as they say, the grass is always greener on the other side.
I think it goes something like:
"The scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could that they never stopped to think whether they should."
The relevance to that seems to be cropping up quite a lot these days..
I dont get it.. anyone would think that they were LOSING money because of piracy, but everyone knows thats not the case.
No matter what they do, piracy is always going to happen - always has, always will. The manufacturers are gonna get annoyed soon enough with all these proposed rules & regulations which interferes with their business.
Surely the hardware vendors have some kinds of rights against what groups like the RIAA and MPAA propse, if it is deemed unsuitable to bundle what they 'demand' into products, or must they comply?
Grrr....
Ok.. I use Linux for most servers that I setup at work, and I occasionally use it on the desktop. Now dont get me wrong, I have always loved that Linux was free - and I was always ready to cough up money when they decided that the current business model wasn't working too well...
But I feel that the costs for this latest product are a bad decision.. "Red Carpet CorporateConnect, which includes a license for StarOffice 6.0 included with each paid seat, priced at $150 per year per seat."
Ouch! Maybe for smaller businesses this might work, but for larger companies & businesses that might go for a Microsoft volume license (I work for a college, and we use the MS Campus Agreement.. it does work out very cheap), I cannot see this kind of deal being any better than the Microsoft one? Even if this did offer savings, it wouldn't be by an awful lot - I always liked Linux because it took the cost of licenses and laughed about it - they were just no longer anything to worry about.
I guess that kind of business model just doesn't work?
'Charming British Expression'?
Funny - I call my Credit Card a.. er.. Credit Card!
Microsoft continues to surprise me on an almost daily basis.. though usually not with the kind of news & stories I'd like to hear (Halo PC anyone?).
This latest story is just jaw dropping.. and the thing that astounds me, after I explain this to a work collegue who is 100% Windows, he says that he can understand where Microsoft is coming from?!
No sympathy.. you charge that much you should write the 'best software in the world', no question about it. You cannot get to a situation like this, where you are possibly the largest software company in the world, only to supposedly admit that your software isn't quite up to scratch.
Shocking.
Finally went to see that this weekend - and was surprised to see people queueing still at 12:20am to watch the film even though it had been out for a few days already.
I wonder what its gonna be like for Spiderman, when they finally release it over here in a month or so?
I agree... I never really got into The Terminator - Terminator II was far better IMHO. Though thats not to diss the original Terminator.. without that we wouldn't have had the sequel(s).
Sorry, but that is funny.. if it wasnt so Offtopic, I'd mod this up.
If I had any moderator points at least.
Ok ok.. thats enough.. this was fun for the first two weeks ;)
I know that you can spell perfectly well, and that you have just been spelling like a "morron" for a bit of fun.. I'll leave it at that.
Cya.
"Week" of mind? I guess that as a "dumn" Brit I can't quite get my head around your command of the English language..
Now just give it up.. its a pretty sure bet that the next post you make will be riddled with errors and I will be forced to humiliate you again.
Oh, and by the way Spellmaster.. thats 'brilliant', not 'brillient' :)
Sorry but you are just too funny.. like its now a personal insult against the GREAT America or somthing? I have no problem with America.. I want to go to America.. I have friends who live in America.. I LIKE America!
But I DO have issues with people who try to take the piss outta me for spelling incorrectly, only to find that they too have spelt a word wrong in their 'flame' - so its always worth pointing stuff like that out.
Now just pack it in. This thread grows boring.
I was foolish enough to watch Episode 1 on a 'look what I filmed in the cinema' video CD and never actually went to go see it on the big screen.. I am determined to actually see my very first Star Wars movie at the cinema this time around!
By the way.. thats BREAK, not BRAKE..
Just to quote the story firstly :
"I got a dual 533, and it is just not tolerable. I even tried VirtualPC at the dual 450 PIII under Win98 with 512 MB of RAM, with OpenSTEP as the guest OS, but it was equally slow."
So he is saying that he used a Dual PIII 450 under Windows 98, but couldnt notice a speed difference? Now as I said - either I am reading this wrong, or the writer has made a mistake - Windows 98 doesnt support dual processor.. so what the hell is he going on about?
Jeesus.. why are some people so anal, they have to make a post to point out that I spelt a word incorrectly? You really need to make better use of your time.
Hm.. wonder now if they wont be 'down for maintainance' for a few hours some mornings now? I know that it works out at like 1am or somthing in the USA, but its right slap bang mid morning for UK eBayers... can really balls up your auctions :)
Well I am not sure I could see Microsoft managing to get 'free software' to be against the acceptible use policy. Bear in mind that pretty much every ISP is going to have at least one Linux box on their network doing somthing vital - I'd be pretty surprised if anything like that came to pass.
I think the beauty of releasing a game like this now - with the way graphics cards & systems have advanced, you can actually make the in game graphics as good as (if not better than?) the original movie graphics.. should be a lot of fun :)
..from the id/Activision guys who have got the RIGHT idea.. release piccies now and then, movie clips, and make a good presence at E3 to get your fans really into it. That way they will be busting the doors down at the local geek shop on the day of release.
3D Realms have decided to be a no show at this years E3.. I really can't understand why. I personally feel somewhat cheated as a fan waiting to see the game - you would *expect* to get some more juicy nuggets of game information, yet the 3D Realms media blackout continues - I'm sorry, but I can't just keep getting 'promised' that Duke Nukem Forever will be the BEST game ever when it is released.
And why do you get the feeling people will be complaining about the same thing again in the run up to next years E3?