And of the hundreds of servers ordered by the company currently paying me, they are all ordered without an OS, and end up receiving Windows 2003. The licenses have been paid for via volume licensing, and there's automated installation scripts for the OS and a bunch of standard applications.
Conversely, the few RHEL servers we've ordered came pre-installed.
Previous to this, I worked at a large financial institution. Thousands of servers per year, and pretty much the same deal (except the *nix machines were Sun w/Solaris, no Linux at all).
I'd be willing to go as high as 50/50, but I think 80/20 is wishful thinking.
It isn't about changes to the code, it's about changes to the copyright. BSD licensing does not relinquish the copyright.
In order license code under the GPL, you have to own the copyright to the code. The people who made the license changes do not own the copyright, therefore could not simply re-release the code under a new license.
The only thing that the BSD license requires is that credit go to the authors. Even in the case of a closed binary, credit still has to be given back to author. The GPL does not require that credit be given back to the author, thus violating the one thing the original author desired.
If people who contributed code wanted absolutely no restrictions, then they would release as public domain, i.e., give up all copyright.
Besides, if one wants the additional freedom for one's code to be used in closed source scenarios, why would welcome a change that prevents that? The choices aren't restricted to the limitations of proprietary code or the GPL.
First, most of the US internet infrastructure was paid for by the taxpayers, in the form of tax incentives, and favorable laws restricting competition. The result was _supposed_ to be high bandwidth everywhere, but somehow the various parties didn't fulfill their part of the bargain.
Second, yea, that happens all the time. It's called an easement
I've had the opposite experience, when looking for a locksmith. There were about a dozen in the yellow pages, but none of them were actual stores (I had a special request).
I looked in Google, and the first hit was an actual shop that I could go into.
why haven't there been any personal-injury lawsuits yet from all the people who've tried using a box-cutter or other sharp knife, which always gouges out sideways in a wickedly unpredictable and unsafe way
Excellent. I was wondering how I'd pay for Christmas, and now I know...
This points to a general strength of Linux - constantly updated installation media. MS could (not that they will) nullify this by making updated ISOs available. Why shouldn't I be able to get the latest drivers and SP on an ISO, and use my existing key? The same could be said, to a lesser extent, of OEM distributions. For laptops, it wouldn't make much sense, but on desktops with expansion slots, it does.
If MS did that, then that particular advantage of Linux would vanish. This particular strength isn't quite enough to drive Linux adoption on the desktop. It helps, that's for sure, but by itself isn't enough.
Does it really matter what set of rules you come up with? I can't think of any system that can't be abused, if you're willing to spend the time to do it. Even/. moderation - there's nothing keeping me and a few friends from creating multiple accounts, and modding each other up. Easy? No, but quite doable.
Even though I pick on gamers in my subject line, it isn't restricted to them. Less savvy users employ similar methods. It usually starts with multiple email accounts. It even happens off-line: people take shortcuts to "fame" all the time.
But much like cheating at video games, those that cheat tend to get bored and move on fairly quickly. If a site (or any other community) can survive this - a normal growing pang - then they do fine in the long run.
Being specialized and stable in that specialization, like/. is, and Digg is quickly losing, helps. The biggest drawback is the echo chamber effect, where the remaining (surviving?) members all tend to have the same opinion.
The trick isn't that the ads are not part of the content, the trick is that they are mostly unobtrusive.
If they try to put a 30 second, or even 15 second ad at the beginning of a two minute video, then it is highly likely to drive people off.
But what about a two-second video, consisting mostly of a logo? Before the video starts, you see the "Intel Inside" logo, with their trademark chime, for example, which then quickly cuts to the desired content. If it is quick enough, then it will be effective at building brand awareness without giving the viewer time to hit the "back" button.
I'm sure that advertisers would like us to sit through something longer. I'm sure they'd like for us to do nothing but watch ads. They need to make the ad fit the medium, in this case short videos.
Your admin doesn't know what he's talking about. All you have to do is back up a domain controller, or two. It backs up Active Directory at the same time. I've done it several times in the lab, to get back to a known good state for the next test.
As was mentioned above, VB6 is end-of-life, so MS won't support it. That, in and of itself, may not be a big deal to your employer right now.
However, it does mean a lot to the potential labor pool he'll need to hire from in order to maintain this app into the future. Developers tend to upgrade their skills along with the technology. Sure, they may know VB6, but that doesn't mean they'll use it, or take a job requiring it. It sets back their career.
I mean, c'mon, he's hired someone who doesn't know VB to code in VB. He's obviously getting a bit desperate already (no offense intended).
However, if you're talking about VB.NET, then you've got little to complain about. It looks syntactically weird to me, so I don't like it, but it is quite full-featured and modern. Every so often I have to work with it, and it works just fine.
MS is calling it a "hypervisor", and plans to include it in Vista (probably as an add-on, later).
I don't doubt that giving away Virtual Server is related to putting a stop on VMWare. At the same time, they may see it as a non-issue, long-term, because they aren't likely to make a bunch of money off of Virtual Server when the hypervisor ships.
Yes, people make mistakes. Google, however, has enough of a cash flow that they shouldn't be making amateurish mistakes like these. One every so often - sure. A string of them? No excuse.
The dynamic window showing the results...well, it just sucks. It doesn't show enough results, and the scroller doesn't give any kind of context as to where you are within the results. Its slow. That may be due to this computer being slow, but I don't have to worry about it on any other search engine. I'd almost prefer frames (not by much).
I was going to tell all of that to MS, but the "help us improve" link was 404 when I tried it...
They advertise here all the time: dice.com isn't bad from my perspective. Monster.com will send you email telling you "there are matches" for your agents, then you have to log in, go through the ads (even if you pay them), and look for the one or two jobs that is a possible match.
Dice.com sends you an email with all of the links, you don't have to log in, and the ads are unobtrusive. I didn't get my latest job through them, but I did get a couple of interviews. BTW, don't just "apply now"; see if you can figure out how to apply directly to the company offering the position, customize your cover letter, etc. Call them, send them a paper resume - whatever. Put in the extra effort, it's worth it.
Slashdot moderation kind of works, but not incredibly well. It does root out the worst, but there's still enough crap that gets through that reading at +4 or +5 is generally recommended. The community here generally has the same bias - pro-OSS, for example.
A general news site such as the Washington Post has a much broader community. Community moderation would probably help some, but I doubt it would be even as effective as it is here.
As for major news sites blogging, I really wish they wouldn't. Blogs are good for getting the latest rumor and wonderfully snarky prose. It would be nice if I could count on someplace being authoritive. The MSM is killing itself trying to match blogs - they should strive to be above the fray, instead of descending into it.
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The exposure of a real life, very public rollout is worth that 10%, easily.
> We've been damned fortunate and thwarted every single planned attack since 9/11... we've batted 1.000 so far.
But what does Bush, or congress, or any of the laws they have passed have to do with it?
The reason we haven't been attacked is because after 9/11, I started shaving my crotch, and have kept it shaved ever since then.
Yes, I'm willing to do this to save American lives. I'm that cool.
I thought Idoicracy was a great movie, truly inspired.
I must admit, though, that I'd watch "Ow! My Balls".
*hangs head in shame*
And of the hundreds of servers ordered by the company currently paying me, they are all ordered without an OS, and end up receiving Windows 2003. The licenses have been paid for via volume licensing, and there's automated installation scripts for the OS and a bunch of standard applications.
Conversely, the few RHEL servers we've ordered came pre-installed.
Previous to this, I worked at a large financial institution. Thousands of servers per year, and pretty much the same deal (except the *nix machines were Sun w/Solaris, no Linux at all).
I'd be willing to go as high as 50/50, but I think 80/20 is wishful thinking.
It isn't about changes to the code, it's about changes to the copyright. BSD licensing does not relinquish the copyright.
In order license code under the GPL, you have to own the copyright to the code. The people who made the license changes do not own the copyright, therefore could not simply re-release the code under a new license.
The only thing that the BSD license requires is that credit go to the authors. Even in the case of a closed binary, credit still has to be given back to author. The GPL does not require that credit be given back to the author, thus violating the one thing the original author desired.
If people who contributed code wanted absolutely no restrictions, then they would release as public domain, i.e., give up all copyright.
Besides, if one wants the additional freedom for one's code to be used in closed source scenarios, why would welcome a change that prevents that? The choices aren't restricted to the limitations of proprietary code or the GPL.
First, most of the US internet infrastructure was paid for by the taxpayers, in the form of tax incentives, and favorable laws restricting competition. The result was _supposed_ to be high bandwidth everywhere, but somehow the various parties didn't fulfill their part of the bargain. Second, yea, that happens all the time. It's called an easement
I've had the opposite experience, when looking for a locksmith. There were about a dozen in the yellow pages, but none of them were actual stores (I had a special request).
I looked in Google, and the first hit was an actual shop that I could go into.
It's nice to see that even n00b mac users are subject to the same RTFM mentality that users of other platforms are subjected to.
why haven't there been any personal-injury lawsuits yet from all the people who've tried using a box-cutter or other sharp knife, which always gouges out sideways in a wickedly unpredictable and unsafe way
Excellent. I was wondering how I'd pay for Christmas, and now I know...
You should be short selling them, instead.
This points to a general strength of Linux - constantly updated installation media. MS could (not that they will) nullify this by making updated ISOs available. Why shouldn't I be able to get the latest drivers and SP on an ISO, and use my existing key? The same could be said, to a lesser extent, of OEM distributions. For laptops, it wouldn't make much sense, but on desktops with expansion slots, it does.
If MS did that, then that particular advantage of Linux would vanish. This particular strength isn't quite enough to drive Linux adoption on the desktop. It helps, that's for sure, but by itself isn't enough.
Then why did it take two bombs? The annihilation of one city wasn't enough to convince everybody involved that it was over?
Does it really matter what set of rules you come up with? I can't think of any system that can't be abused, if you're willing to spend the time to do it. Even /. moderation - there's nothing keeping me and a few friends from creating multiple accounts, and modding each other up. Easy? No, but quite doable.
/. is, and Digg is quickly losing, helps. The biggest drawback is the echo chamber effect, where the remaining (surviving?) members all tend to have the same opinion.
Even though I pick on gamers in my subject line, it isn't restricted to them. Less savvy users employ similar methods. It usually starts with multiple email accounts. It even happens off-line: people take shortcuts to "fame" all the time.
But much like cheating at video games, those that cheat tend to get bored and move on fairly quickly. If a site (or any other community) can survive this - a normal growing pang - then they do fine in the long run.
Being specialized and stable in that specialization, like
The trick isn't that the ads are not part of the content, the trick is that they are mostly unobtrusive.
If they try to put a 30 second, or even 15 second ad at the beginning of a two minute video, then it is highly likely to drive people off.
But what about a two-second video, consisting mostly of a logo? Before the video starts, you see the "Intel Inside" logo, with their trademark chime, for example, which then quickly cuts to the desired content. If it is quick enough, then it will be effective at building brand awareness without giving the viewer time to hit the "back" button.
I'm sure that advertisers would like us to sit through something longer. I'm sure they'd like for us to do nothing but watch ads. They need to make the ad fit the medium, in this case short videos.
Why drive backwards? Just turn the GPS unit around so it's facing the other way...
Your admin doesn't know what he's talking about. All you have to do is back up a domain controller, or two. It backs up Active Directory at the same time. I've done it several times in the lab, to get back to a known good state for the next test.
o ws2000serv/technologies/activedirectory/maintain/o psguide/part1/adogd03.mspx
It was the first hit on Google, even: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/wind
It collects the addresses from the users' contact lists. So, if somebody you know sends you email from Yahoo, then they now have your address, too.
Hey, I made the same changes on my laptop, and when I finally did reboot, I didn't have X, sound, or wireless networking!
Thanks Ubuntu!
(I finally got X working, but I'm still figuring out what the deal is with the others)
As was mentioned above, VB6 is end-of-life, so MS won't support it. That, in and of itself, may not be a big deal to your employer right now.
However, it does mean a lot to the potential labor pool he'll need to hire from in order to maintain this app into the future. Developers tend to upgrade their skills along with the technology. Sure, they may know VB6, but that doesn't mean they'll use it, or take a job requiring it. It sets back their career.
I mean, c'mon, he's hired someone who doesn't know VB to code in VB. He's obviously getting a bit desperate already (no offense intended).
However, if you're talking about VB.NET, then you've got little to complain about. It looks syntactically weird to me, so I don't like it, but it is quite full-featured and modern. Every so often I have to work with it, and it works just fine.
If you scroll to the bottom of the Cambridge page (http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/), you can see that MS Research was involved with its development.
MS is calling it a "hypervisor", and plans to include it in Vista (probably as an add-on, later).
I don't doubt that giving away Virtual Server is related to putting a stop on VMWare. At the same time, they may see it as a non-issue, long-term, because they aren't likely to make a bunch of money off of Virtual Server when the hypervisor ships.
Yes, people make mistakes. Google, however, has enough of a cash flow that they shouldn't be making amateurish mistakes like these. One every so often - sure. A string of them? No excuse.
The dynamic window showing the results...well, it just sucks. It doesn't show enough results, and the scroller doesn't give any kind of context as to where you are within the results. Its slow. That may be due to this computer being slow, but I don't have to worry about it on any other search engine. I'd almost prefer frames (not by much).
I was going to tell all of that to MS, but the "help us improve" link was 404 when I tried it...
They advertise here all the time: dice.com isn't bad from my perspective. Monster.com will send you email telling you "there are matches" for your agents, then you have to log in, go through the ads (even if you pay them), and look for the one or two jobs that is a possible match.
Dice.com sends you an email with all of the links, you don't have to log in, and the ads are unobtrusive. I didn't get my latest job through them, but I did get a couple of interviews. BTW, don't just "apply now"; see if you can figure out how to apply directly to the company offering the position, customize your cover letter, etc. Call them, send them a paper resume - whatever. Put in the extra effort, it's worth it.
If you were both drug addicts, you'd probably be spending the evening together.
Slashdot moderation kind of works, but not incredibly well. It does root out the worst, but there's still enough crap that gets through that reading at +4 or +5 is generally recommended. The community here generally has the same bias - pro-OSS, for example.
A general news site such as the Washington Post has a much broader community. Community moderation would probably help some, but I doubt it would be even as effective as it is here.
As for major news sites blogging, I really wish they wouldn't. Blogs are good for getting the latest rumor and wonderfully snarky prose. It would be nice if I could count on someplace being authoritive. The MSM is killing itself trying to match blogs - they should strive to be above the fray, instead of descending into it.