http://sash.alphaworks.ibm.com/ It's a javascript runtime that embeds gecko into a "stand alone" application. JS should be easy enough for people who are used to coding Access. Sash and SashXB will easily communicate with a MySQL server, or any other server. Mix this with, say, Quanta as an IDE and you have an OSS replacement for Access.
Another GNU fan throws his hat into the recursive acronym ring!!! Seriously though, that's exactly what I thought. Not TINAA, but for fuck's sake don't call it I-Box. What about J-Max or JF-Max, or even better, Max Power!
John, I love the idea, I had the idea myself a few months back; but please, please reconsider the branding or you'll quickly find yourself the worm in the Apple, and will be sumarily removed.
He's using NEW parts sold for refurbishing old Macs. They aren't used parts. Not that he's doing anything new other than buying all the parts for you and putting them together, which isn't new but it's news; considering it's Apple he's going to be taking on.
You can purchase all of the parts you need to put together your own Mac for around $700 last time I checked. Plus, you can use some of the faster IBM cpus that Apple's not even using (yet?).
This looks like the Flash equivalent of SashXB for linux: http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/sashxb/l ibrary/tour/ there's also a windows version called SashWin or something. Very niche environment; but it's probably great for those flash developers trying to branch out into nonweb-based applications.
I'm guessing that 40% includes web developers and website designers. That would raise the stat significantly when you consider Linux/Apache as a development environment.
I've been shaking my head trying to figure-out how to accomplish something like this. O-STEP is a taking a well thought-out approach that just MIGHT work. The real problem is getting lobbying money from vendors like IBM to start pushing programs like this. We need an Open Source Lobbying Group (OSLG?). A group dedicated to raising money and pushing legitimate legislation toward balancing the playing field for companies providing Open Source products. In my eyes some of the possible legislation would include tax-exempt status for companies or portions of companies, or some of the non-profit's umbrella of protection. Grant programs are another necessary step, in my opinion. Governments needs to start paying some development costs for software its people or even companies need, and stop lining the pockets of a particular abusive monopoly power in the industry. So, in short O-STEP is a GOOD-STEP; but more needs to be done in this arena.
On a side note: Did anyone else hear that Disney World is enjoying farmer's tax-exempt status because they have a few cows on the property?
I wonder what the reaction will be from that part of the community that just couldn't let that "Red Hat removes Taiwaneese flag" incident go. China is a hot topic in many circles, and rightfully so. I'd say lets start a Class Action Lawsuit against Microsoft, claiming damage to national public safety due to Chineese government (and by there own definition, isn't everyone "in the Chineese government" over there?) inspection of code to witch we, as Americans, have no right. Whatdya say guys? Who wants a million dollars?
The beauty of Knoppix is obviously its automagic hardware configuration. Well, you know what that is? It's HardDrake, Mandrake's hardware recognition tool. That's the magic of Mandrake, and the common sense of Klaud Knopper, to tack it onto Debian.
Well, maybe, but not the end of Ransom Love. He'll be back in sequel after sequal that really wasn't a sequel afterall. (Am I the only one who thinks he's a double-oh agent for MI5?)
Maybe the next program I create will GPLL. Meaning it's GPL'ed less than Lindows. Lindows can't distribute my program or use any of my code.
Um, yeah... 6. Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to these terms and conditions. You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein. You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to this License. Uh, that's the GPL. It's not Free if you say that Lindows can't use it. What's the use in that?
If a company came along and asked to market a version of Nagios that includes unpublished changes to the codebase, what would your response be? For example, would you:
A. give them a relicensed version that allows them to do whatever they want to it.
B. incorporate any changes they may want on your own and make sure the changes make their way to the GPL codebase.
C. tell them to get bent.
D. make proprietary changes that you leave out of the GPL codebase in order to sell those changes yourself or to other potential clients
E. Some combination of the above.
F. Some other direction I didn't think of
I feel that making proprietary changes to GPL code that you keep (at least temporarily) proprietary is a great business model for certain projects, possibly the best model for certain things. Some projects that come to mind are things like i-tree.org's Secure iXplorer, which has a GPL "lite" version which only supports ssh/scp and a "full" version that also supports sftp. OpenOffice.org and Star Office seem to be of the same ilk... If you need the extra functionallity of Star Office, such as the better.doc filters and database functions, then you pay for that. I'm also curious if you have been approached by anyone for this sort of thing.
According to this http://www.kuka.co.uk/NewFiles/pr_dd.html I t costs 160,000UKP not $1.5M. Multiply your figures for the Robocoaster accordingly. According to this http://www.kuka-roboter.de/robocoaster/nofla sh/eng lish/flexibilitaet.html
they can accomidate 2000 rides per hour. Of course then you're talking configurations of around 18 to 20 machines, I'd guess, so then you're talking closer to your $2M figure for the TopSpin. Not ridiculing your opinions, just trying to correct a major error in your calculations.
The new Embedded Opera looks fantastic for PDAs and cell phones, it basically reverses the zooming features and doesn't drop anything(except superfalous images), CSS, javascript, it's all in there. I hope us Zaurus users can get a free upgrade, I'm finally getting 802.11 for it in a few days;)
The AMC up the street apparently sold out 3 theatres for a 12:01AM showing. Knowing the size of those rooms I'm guessing that's around 1600 people, and in the burbs, not the city. Amazing. They'll break $100M by Sunday.
Sort of OT; but why isn't the EPIA series, especially the 6000 model with 800MHz C3 not gaining more attention? It runs fanless, has TV-out on the board, can take 1GB of ram and has everything you could need on the board, throw it into one of these which happens to have an external PS and a front USB port and was pretty much designed with the EPIA 6000 in mind. I've harped on it before, but why isn't this the preferred RYO PVR platform? The form factor fits right in with your vcr, and the case comes with a pci-riser card to fit that AMD AWIP card for TV-in, and excellent 3D. Nearly silent and the price is right (the Mobo/Case costs around $195). You could make a fantastic PVR/PC-compatible-gaming-consolesque system for around $500. $195 +$100(AIW) +$75(80GB eide hdd) +$60(1GB pc133 ram) +70(DVD/CD-RW comb0 drive). Add it up. And that's a lot of overkill on the ram, but hey, it's cheap. So why isn't this a story? Because it's not coming from Intel, AMD, or Transmeta? All of this "digital convergeance" is leading to more and more embedded arenas, if we can make a box like that at retail prices, think of what we could prototype for our own foray into the embedded market...
Why should this be the main focus? Because MandrakeSoft is a business, a publicly-traded one in fact. They need to keep heading in the money-making direction and the only way to do that is to attract ex-Windows users. There are a finite number of current Linux users, certainly not enough to keep even a few of the current businesses afloat. So, they can try to attract the current Linux users, many of whom are already paying customers; but many of whom are migrating towards a grassroots gentoo-esque distribution and away from the businesses. So how do you keep afloat trying to compete with Windows? By concentrating on getting more people turned onto Linux, or specifically, Linux-Mandrake.
If you are really considering RYO PVR you should really check out the VIA EPIA series mobos. Embedded 533 or 800MHz C3s that run very cool and fanless. They also have TV out along with FireWire, USB on front and back, 10/100 and everything else onboard. Throw that, an ata100 hdd, 512MB and an All in Wonder Pro into this case with external power supply and you have a nearly Solid State (except the hdd) and silent(again, except the hdd) solution for around $300US. Not a bad way to go, though I've yet to get the spare cash to try it myself.
There are several hacks to vnc that make it very possible to have more than one client running from the same server. Check the links page at the vnc website for things like VNCProxy and the like. Not that it's terribly relevant to the topic. This was probably an easy edition to Codeweavers' product line. The hard part was getting Office running stably. This seems to be bundling their Crossover Office with a version of LTSP.
Perhaps you sincerely believe what you said; but it is trolling nonetheless. As the AC who snipped from the sincere choice site has already pointed out, you have it backwards. Sincere Choice does promote open protocols and file formats, and makes it very clear that proprietary solutions can happily commingle with Free solutions. Software Choice backs only the proprietary software that its members own (of course all other proprietary software reap the PR benefits Software Choice spews).
XP comes with a single-client version of their Terminal Services. You don't need to install vnc, just use rdesktop from www.rdesktop.org.
You bring up a good point...
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MAME To Become GPL?
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You do have the right to play the rom from a cartridge you own on your computer. I was feeling kind of dirty because I spent a week(yes, a week... It was a single 735MB zip file containing two nero image files and a cracked gta3.exe) downloading GTA3 for PC off of FastTrack. Then it occurred to me that I SHOULD be able to play the PC version, as it is essentially (but not literally) the same intellectual property as the PS2 game, which I own (or have purchased the right to play). The only reason I spent the time downloading it is because of the growing gta3 mod community; something you can not take advantage of on the PS2. BTW, it works beautifully and the mods, for the most part, are super sweet.
So, am I right? If I'm not right, than do the people who own those old cartridges really have the right to play the roms in mame?
Slashdot Mirror
http://sash.alphaworks.ibm.com/
It's a javascript runtime that embeds gecko into a "stand alone" application. JS should be easy enough for people who are used to coding Access. Sash and SashXB will easily communicate with a MySQL server, or any other server. Mix this with, say, Quanta as an IDE and you have an OSS replacement for Access.
Another GNU fan throws his hat into the recursive acronym ring!!! Seriously though, that's exactly what I thought. Not TINAA, but for fuck's sake don't call it I-Box. What about J-Max or JF-Max, or even better, Max Power!
John, I love the idea, I had the idea myself a few months back; but please, please reconsider the branding or you'll quickly find yourself the worm in the Apple, and will be sumarily removed.
He's using NEW parts sold for refurbishing old Macs. They aren't used parts. Not that he's doing anything new other than buying all the parts for you and putting them together, which isn't new but it's news; considering it's Apple he's going to be taking on.
You can purchase all of the parts you need to put together your own Mac for around $700 last time I checked. Plus, you can use some of the faster IBM cpus that Apple's not even using (yet?).
We're gonna build ourselves a river...
"Here, we digust morality" Maurice Chaves
This looks like the Flash equivalent of SashXB for linux: http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/sashxb/l ibrary/tour/
there's also a windows version called SashWin or something. Very niche environment; but it's probably great for those flash developers trying to branch out into nonweb-based applications.
I'm guessing that 40% includes web developers and website designers. That would raise the stat significantly when you consider Linux/Apache as a development environment.
I've been shaking my head trying to figure-out how to accomplish something like this. O-STEP is a taking a well thought-out approach that just MIGHT work. The real problem is getting lobbying money from vendors like IBM to start pushing programs like this. We need an Open Source Lobbying Group (OSLG?). A group dedicated to raising money and pushing legitimate legislation toward balancing the playing field for companies providing Open Source products. In my eyes some of the possible legislation would include tax-exempt status for companies or portions of companies, or some of the non-profit's umbrella of protection. Grant programs are another necessary step, in my opinion. Governments needs to start paying some development costs for software its people or even companies need, and stop lining the pockets of a particular abusive monopoly power in the industry.
So, in short O-STEP is a GOOD-STEP; but more needs to be done in this arena.
On a side note: Did anyone else hear that Disney World is enjoying farmer's tax-exempt status because they have a few cows on the property?
I wonder what the reaction will be from that part of the community that just couldn't let that "Red Hat removes Taiwaneese flag" incident go. China is a hot topic in many circles, and rightfully so.
I'd say lets start a Class Action Lawsuit against Microsoft, claiming damage to national public safety due to Chineese government (and by there own definition, isn't everyone "in the Chineese government" over there?) inspection of code to witch we, as Americans, have no right. Whatdya say guys? Who wants a million dollars?
The beauty of Knoppix is obviously its automagic hardware configuration. Well, you know what that is? It's HardDrake, Mandrake's hardware recognition tool. That's the magic of Mandrake, and the common sense of Klaud Knopper, to tack it onto Debian.
Well, maybe, but not the end of Ransom Love.
He'll be back in sequel after sequal that really wasn't a sequel afterall.
(Am I the only one who thinks he's a double-oh agent for MI5?)
We can never study true nature, only nature as exposed to our method of parsing RealNetworks Helix code.
Maybe the next program I create will GPLL. Meaning it's GPL'ed less than Lindows. Lindows can't distribute my program or use any of my code.
Um, yeah...
6. Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to these terms and conditions. You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein. You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to this License.
Uh, that's the GPL. It's not Free if you say that Lindows can't use it. What's the use in that?
Um, moderators... /. submission.
/ homepage/
That link is in the actual
http://www.mythtv.org/
http://www.mplayerhq.hu
http://x.mame.net/
There, I put three links in from the submission.
Hey, where's my +15 Informative?
http://www.apple.com/ibook/
$999 with 6-hour battery life.
Switch away.
If a company came along and asked to market a version of Nagios that includes unpublished changes to the codebase, what would your response be? For example, would you:
.doc filters and database functions, then you pay for that.
A. give them a relicensed version that allows them to do whatever they want to it.
B. incorporate any changes they may want on your own and make sure the changes make their way to the GPL codebase.
C. tell them to get bent.
D. make proprietary changes that you leave out of the GPL codebase in order to sell those changes yourself or to other potential clients
E. Some combination of the above.
F. Some other direction I didn't think of
I feel that making proprietary changes to GPL code that you keep (at least temporarily) proprietary is a great business model for certain projects, possibly the best model for certain things. Some projects that come to mind are things like i-tree.org's Secure iXplorer, which has a GPL "lite" version which only supports ssh/scp and a "full" version that also supports sftp. OpenOffice.org and Star Office seem to be of the same ilk... If you need the extra functionallity of Star Office, such as the better
I'm also curious if you have been approached by anyone for this sort of thing.
According to this
I t costs 160,000UKP not $1.5M. Multiply your figures for the Robocoaster accordingly.a sh/eng lish/flexibilitaet.html
http://www.kuka.co.uk/NewFiles/pr_dd.html
According to this
http://www.kuka-roboter.de/robocoaster/nofl
they can accomidate 2000 rides per hour.
Of course then you're talking configurations of around 18 to 20 machines, I'd guess, so then you're talking closer to your $2M figure for the TopSpin.
Not ridiculing your opinions, just trying to correct a major error in your calculations.
The new Embedded Opera looks fantastic for PDAs and cell phones, it basically reverses the zooming features and doesn't drop anything(except superfalous images), CSS, javascript, it's all in there. I hope us Zaurus users can get a free upgrade, I'm finally getting 802.11 for it in a few days ;)
The AMC up the street apparently sold out 3 theatres for a 12:01AM showing. Knowing the size of those rooms I'm guessing that's around 1600 people, and in the burbs, not the city. Amazing. They'll break $100M by Sunday.
Sort of OT; but why isn't the EPIA series, especially the 6000 model with 800MHz C3 not gaining more attention? It runs fanless, has TV-out on the board, can take 1GB of ram and has everything you could need on the board, throw it into
one of these which happens to have an external PS and a front USB port and was pretty much designed with the EPIA 6000 in mind. I've harped on it before, but why isn't this the preferred RYO PVR platform?
The form factor fits right in with your vcr, and the case comes with a pci-riser card to fit that AMD AWIP card for TV-in, and excellent 3D. Nearly silent and the price is right (the Mobo/Case costs around $195). You could make a fantastic PVR/PC-compatible-gaming-consolesque system for around $500. $195 +$100(AIW) +$75(80GB eide hdd) +$60(1GB pc133 ram) +70(DVD/CD-RW comb0 drive). Add it up. And that's a lot of overkill on the ram, but hey, it's cheap. So why isn't this a story? Because it's not coming from Intel, AMD, or Transmeta? All of this "digital convergeance" is leading to more and more embedded arenas, if we can make a box like that at retail prices, think of what we could prototype for our own foray into the embedded market...
Why should this be the main focus?
Because MandrakeSoft is a business, a publicly-traded one in fact. They need to keep heading in the money-making direction and the only way to do that is to attract ex-Windows users. There are a finite number of current Linux users, certainly not enough to keep even a few of the current businesses afloat. So, they can try to attract the current Linux users, many of whom are already paying customers; but many of whom are migrating towards a grassroots gentoo-esque distribution and away from the businesses. So how do you keep afloat trying to compete with Windows? By concentrating on getting more people turned onto Linux, or specifically, Linux-Mandrake.
If you are really considering RYO PVR you should really check out the VIA EPIA series mobos. Embedded 533 or 800MHz C3s that run very cool and fanless. They also have TV out along with FireWire, USB on front and back, 10/100 and everything else onboard. Throw that, an ata100 hdd, 512MB and an All in Wonder Pro into this case with external power supply and you have a nearly Solid State (except the hdd) and silent(again, except the hdd) solution for around $300US. Not a bad way to go, though I've yet to get the spare cash to try it myself.
There are several hacks to vnc that make it very possible to have more than one client running from the same server. Check the links page at the vnc website for things like VNCProxy and the like.
Not that it's terribly relevant to the topic. This was probably an easy edition to Codeweavers' product line. The hard part was getting Office running stably. This seems to be bundling their Crossover Office with a version of LTSP.
Perhaps you sincerely believe what you said; but it is trolling nonetheless. As the AC who snipped from the sincere choice site has already pointed out, you have it backwards. Sincere Choice does promote open protocols and file formats, and makes it very clear that proprietary solutions can happily commingle with Free solutions. Software Choice backs only the proprietary software that its members own (of course all other proprietary software reap the PR benefits Software Choice spews).
XP comes with a single-client version of their Terminal Services. You don't need to install vnc, just use rdesktop from www.rdesktop.org.
You do have the right to play the rom from a cartridge you own on your computer. I was feeling kind of dirty because I spent a week(yes, a week... It was a single 735MB zip file containing two nero image files and a cracked gta3.exe) downloading GTA3 for PC off of FastTrack. Then it occurred to me that I SHOULD be able to play the PC version, as it is essentially (but not literally) the same intellectual property as the PS2 game, which I own (or have purchased the right to play). The only reason I spent the time downloading it is because of the growing gta3 mod community; something you can not take advantage of on the PS2. BTW, it works beautifully and the mods, for the most part, are super sweet.
So, am I right? If I'm not right, than do the people who own those old cartridges really have the right to play the roms in mame?