Nuclear power plants are required by law to have insurance. Do your research, rather than just loosely citing a couple of environmentalist texts. Here is just one of many links pointing out that these plants are indeed insured.
The average non-geek who will be installing Windows or even *nix won't have RAID or SCSI. With most OEM stuff, Windows installs just fine out of the box. Not all *nixes do. Some have come a long way though.
And yes, it is exactly this thinking that is helping to keep *nix off the desktop.
That depends on the game and how competitive you are. With Quake 3 Arena, most servers keep stats on players, with efficiency (death's vs kills) being a prime indicator of skill.
IPX is almost dead, most of the Netware shops I know have migrated it IP. Equating Tivoli and NDS just shows a lack of understanding of what NDS (eDirectory) is. Think LDAP on steroids...
That might be the norm, but not for the reason you cite. Our environment (20,000 desktops) is mostly locked down, no admin rights, limited profiles, etc. All of the standard Windoze apps work just fine, as well as the other business apps used such as SAP, Rumba, and on and on.
It takes a little work and forethought, but it's not that hard to do.
As has already been pointed out in other posts, computers do NOT have any preference for text. All he is doing is spelling out HIS preference for text and projecting it as a need for everyone to learn 'the language of the machine'. Does he realize that the language of the machine is just a streams of 1's and 0's? Apparantly not. I can't believe anyone published this drivel.
Making a tool more accessible for the masses is exactly what should be done, and is the normal progression for any technology. Perhaps he thinks that we should program our VCR's by setting dip switches, or reprogramming it's code just to catch the latest episode of The Simpsons?
Yet another example of someone with far too much time on his hands to think coupled with an amazing lack of common sense.
That's exactly how it should be. A computer is just another tool. Do most people understand what goes on inside their microwave? No, they just push the buttons and stuff gets hot.
ZenWorks would compete with Tivoli, NDS would not. IBM has nothing like NDS in their portfolio of tech. Also, when Tivoli was acquired by IBM years ago, they already had a lot of overlapping technologies (Netview, Netview Distribution Manager, etc.)
I'm not saying it is likely that IBM will by Novell, but your arguement is slightly flawed.
No, I just go by what my (quite numerous) Canadian friends tell me. Those of them who can afford the time and money travel to the States to get their healthcare.
Almost everything that is run by the State is inefficient and wasteful, yet you propose nationalizing IT? Hasn't nationalized medicine in places like Canada and the UK already done enough damage to clue you in?
Um, the electoral college is a form of democracy. You don't vote for the President, you are voting for the electors who vote for the President. Do a bit more research before you spout off nonesense next time:)
Unless you ultimately want an all purpose vehicle that can be used on any planet. I know, that's not the immediate or even the intermediate goal, but that's a good reason to design the technology. A cheap, easily deployed sub-orbital craft could be useful to future explorer's/colonists. Having one standard design 'off the shelf' makes it even cheaper in the long run.
Slashdot is 'News for nerds' not 'News for Open Source zealots'. Some of us love OSS and yet are still willing to buy useful commercial software if they suit our needs.
The exit strategy isn't for the company, it's for the execs who plan to make a ton of money with this pump and dump scheme. They could care less what happens to the company long term.
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Nuclear power plants are required by law to have insurance. Do your research, rather than just loosely citing a couple of environmentalist texts. Here is just one of many links pointing out that these plants are indeed insured.
Yes, something like Google's cache system, they could prefetch the page prior to posting it.
The average non-geek who will be installing Windows or even *nix won't have RAID or SCSI. With most OEM stuff, Windows installs just fine out of the box. Not all *nixes do. Some have come a long way though.
And yes, it is exactly this thinking that is helping to keep *nix off the desktop.
Being good has absolutely nothing to do with whether the major labels sign an artist or not. Case in point: Britney Spears, InSync, etc. ad naseum.
Hey, sport, all he did was provide a link, he didn't say that the parent didn't know who it was.
That depends on the game and how competitive you are. With Quake 3 Arena, most servers keep stats on players, with efficiency (death's vs kills) being a prime indicator of skill.
IPX is almost dead, most of the Netware shops I know have migrated it IP. Equating Tivoli and NDS just shows a lack of understanding of what NDS (eDirectory) is. Think LDAP on steroids...
That would be the Kobayashi Muru solution...good job!
That might be the norm, but not for the reason you cite. Our environment (20,000 desktops) is mostly locked down, no admin rights, limited profiles, etc. All of the standard Windoze apps work just fine, as well as the other business apps used such as SAP, Rumba, and on and on.
It takes a little work and forethought, but it's not that hard to do.
As has already been pointed out in other posts, computers do NOT have any preference for text. All he is doing is spelling out HIS preference for text and projecting it as a need for everyone to learn 'the language of the machine'. Does he realize that the language of the machine is just a streams of 1's and 0's? Apparantly not. I can't believe anyone published this drivel.
Making a tool more accessible for the masses is exactly what should be done, and is the normal progression for any technology. Perhaps he thinks that we should program our VCR's by setting dip switches, or reprogramming it's code just to catch the latest episode of The Simpsons?
Yet another example of someone with far too much time on his hands to think coupled with an amazing lack of common sense.
That's exactly how it should be. A computer is just another tool. Do most people understand what goes on inside their microwave? No, they just push the buttons and stuff gets hot.
ZenWorks would compete with Tivoli, NDS would not. IBM has nothing like NDS in their portfolio of tech. Also, when Tivoli was acquired by IBM years ago, they already had a lot of overlapping technologies (Netview, Netview Distribution Manager, etc.)
I'm not saying it is likely that IBM will by Novell, but your arguement is slightly flawed.
No, I just go by what my (quite numerous) Canadian friends tell me. Those of them who can afford the time and money travel to the States to get their healthcare.
Almost everything that is run by the State is inefficient and wasteful, yet you propose nationalizing IT? Hasn't nationalized medicine in places like Canada and the UK already done enough damage to clue you in?
I'd like to see the source of your information. I know a couple of people in the industry, and they use stock kernels with custom software.
That's right, because we all know that here on Slashdot it's automatically flamebait if you don't agree with it...
(this was typed with tongue in cheek, for the sarcasm impaired)
Um, the electoral college is a form of democracy. You don't vote for the President, you are voting for the electors who vote for the President. Do a bit more research before you spout off nonesense next time :)
When the subject is alive it is called vivisection.
Unless you ultimately want an all purpose vehicle that can be used on any planet. I know, that's not the immediate or even the intermediate goal, but that's a good reason to design the technology. A cheap, easily deployed sub-orbital craft could be useful to future explorer's/colonists. Having one standard design 'off the shelf' makes it even cheaper in the long run.
;)
Plus, it's soooo Flash Gordon!
Slashdot is 'News for nerds' not 'News for Open Source zealots'. Some of us love OSS and yet are still willing to buy useful commercial software if they suit our needs.
I know you're just trying to be cute, but he asked if anyone had seen a document created this way, not an OS kernel.
Still, I'd probably mod you as Funny if I had points today.
The exit strategy isn't for the company, it's for the execs who plan to make a ton of money with this pump and dump scheme. They could care less what happens to the company long term.
Well if you run Windows, you can download a viewer for free from Microsoft. On *nix, you can use OpenOffice. I don't see what your problem is...
IANAL, but isn't the plaintiff required to point out exactly where copyright or trademark has been infringed? I think the burden of proof is on SCO.
Are there recipes to go with all of these new fish?
Thanks for all the fish!