The GPL covers binary distribution clearly. If you distribute binaries from MODIFIED SOURCE you are obligated to include the modified source.
Renters do not receive distribution.
Case in point: I run Linux, to serve web pages that are dynamically constructed by Tomcat and Apache. Where is the distribution of GPLed software happening in this scenario? I simply rent managed database storage, and provide the web interface.
Surely the GPL was never intended to cover undistributed modifications, or else the Microsoft FUD would be true.
Simple. Rate of combustion. If you ignite black powder in a small pile, it simply burns quickly. If you encase it in a pipe or cardboard tube, it becomes the fuel for an explosive.
The same is true of thermite. It burns quickly and without atmospheric oxygen. You can make a bomb out of it if you can contain it.
What Linux REALLY needs is a nice rack. Everyone knows a great set of tits can spruce up even the dullest of operating systems.
Take Win2K, for example. I recently installed pr0n for my desktop background, and my system is already doubling its computation speed and plays my mp3s better than EVAR!
Imagine what a pr0n desktop could do for a Beowulf cluster of Linux machines -- I don't care WHAT kind of hardware. It would ROK.
MySQL appeals greatly to SQL-haters because it breaks a lot of stereotypes regarding SQL databases. By being fast, easy to use, and well-supported by various drivers/languages, the barrier to learning is kept very low.
I feel most of this crowd will be quick to put down the things that have made MySQL popular, because they don't consider market evolution. But just like PCs eventually destroyed the mainframe business, and the web destroyed client-server development models, MySQL will continue to erode its niche into the multi-billion dollar database market.
My business decision was influenced by the fact that no other database can return queries as fast for this data size. If my data were 1000 times bigger, perhaps Oracle would scale better. Or if I had 1000 times the number of users. But this little business will make me enough to retire well before MySQL runs out of capacity.
Technical specs: Apache, Tomcat (via mod_webapp), MySQL. The customer is a government agency requiring archival of and reports generated from their 4 million clients' data. The hardware is semi-beefy Xeon SMP machines. All performance requirements derive from the need to serve 30 application views per second: there are approximately 250,000 target users.
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why not use Qt, already.
The GPL covers binary distribution clearly. If you distribute binaries from MODIFIED SOURCE you are obligated to include the modified source.
Renters do not receive distribution.
Case in point: I run Linux, to serve web pages that are dynamically constructed by Tomcat and Apache. Where is the distribution of GPLed software happening in this scenario? I simply rent managed database storage, and provide the web interface.
Surely the GPL was never intended to cover undistributed modifications, or else the Microsoft FUD would be true.
What makes an explosive?
Simple. Rate of combustion. If you ignite black powder in a small pile, it simply burns quickly. If you encase it in a pipe or cardboard tube, it becomes the fuel for an explosive.
The same is true of thermite. It burns quickly and without atmospheric oxygen. You can make a bomb out of it if you can contain it.
MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK!!! This freebie is making me rich! I don't need Oracle or Microsoft to crank up a high-volume data-driven web application.
What Linux REALLY needs is a nice rack. Everyone knows a great set of tits can spruce up even the dullest of operating systems.
Take Win2K, for example. I recently installed pr0n for my desktop background, and my system is already doubling its computation speed and plays my mp3s better than EVAR!
Imagine what a pr0n desktop could do for a Beowulf cluster of Linux machines -- I don't care WHAT kind of hardware. It would ROK.
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my D-Link USB-controlled FM receiver works fine with a linux program available free off the net (i googled for it, of course)
SuSE 7.2 (possibly earlier) through current (8.1) supports ALSA. I haven't made extensive use of it but it has satisfied my XMMS needs for a while.
SuSE is an rpm-based distribution, but not RedHat based, compared to Mandrake for example.
I feel most of this crowd will be quick to put down the things that have made MySQL popular, because they don't consider market evolution. But just like PCs eventually destroyed the mainframe business, and the web destroyed client-server development models, MySQL will continue to erode its niche into the multi-billion dollar database market.
My business decision was influenced by the fact that no other database can return queries as fast for this data size. If my data were 1000 times bigger, perhaps Oracle would scale better. Or if I had 1000 times the number of users. But this little business will make me enough to retire well before MySQL runs out of capacity.
Technical specs: Apache, Tomcat (via mod_webapp), MySQL. The customer is a government agency requiring archival of and reports generated from their 4 million clients' data. The hardware is semi-beefy Xeon SMP machines. All performance requirements derive from the need to serve 30 application views per second: there are approximately 250,000 target users.