Even if the Executive and Legislative branches of US govt desire the elimination of the DMCA, the Movie and Recording branch won't. Need to elect some new blood into the MPAA and RIAA first... but I think they all have permanent seats.
They say that all 4 branches are equal, but we know the MPAA/RIAA branch has the most power. Just wait until they start their War on Terror!
Well... blaming it on weak law enforcement didn't work. Blaming it on Linux didn't work. Sure.. why not... it's the hardware, yes... it must be the cost of hardware that causes piracy.
This idea won out over the whole "global warming" idea... but, they haven't ruled it out yet. I hear that people are more productive at piracy when the temperature is warmer.... some study was recently posted about this...
I'm tired and this is/. so... you read the article and post your write up so it makes the front page and make sure you give it a catchy title, otherwise, I'll just fall asleep.
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Under Novell's leadership they released the first free version of SuSE on ISO that I can ever recall hearing about.
Then you must only be a few years old. Come on! SUSE had free ISO downloads clear up to 7.3... while that may seem ancient, remember 8.0 came out in 2002! Support for 7.3 and the ability (apart from mirrors that still exist) to get ISOs ended December 2003.
SUSE has provided a mechansim by which their software can be downloaded... perhaps not as convenient as ISOs for some, but you can always get ISOs from your local LUG... I'm sure that someone there will burn you a set for free.
Now, SuSE has the chance to actually gain marketshare against RedHat and force them to work harder on Fedora.
SUSE actually has more marketshare than you realize. Do you not know that over 90% of large scale enterprise deployments occur using SUSE?? Why? Because Red Hat was VERY, VERY late to the game when it came to supporting things like the mainframe.
When IBM was looking for vendor distribution support for the mainframe, SUSE dropped them a release on their doorstep. Red Hat came armed with contracts and "deals" (before they would even consider supporting the platform).
Which enterprise dist was first to provide logical volume support? Dynamically resizeable live file system support? A graphical and TEXT(!) based administration utility? Key integrated Unix features like NIS and NFS? Even LDAP?
Then ask, what enterprise dist was first to provide an unreleased private fork of GCC and its libraries, graphical-only administration tools (e.g. just like Windows requires a graphical head...), numerous kernel hacks that were not well tested, an NIS subsystem and automounter that is not well behaved or integrated,...
SUSE's motto is "Have a lot of fun!". Now... we can all argue that having a lot of fun doesn't put bread on the table... but the guys sure are motivated when it comes to trying to their best to come out with solid technology that's easy to use.
IMHO, Novell brings the typical American business angle to SUSE (now they can be just like Red Hat). While some might argue that Red Hat is the most pro open source company out there... remember they also have vigorously protected their trademark (there's a whole story on that... but too long to write about here) to prevent those "free" CD's from bearing Red Hat's name. In many ways, Red Hat has shown more old-style IP protectionism than people realize. They're just a whole lot slicker (stealthier) about how they do it.
I liked SUSE better as a private company. However, IBM needs a real enterprise level player to help them provide enterprise level solutions... so you can kind of blame IBM for the whole Novell acquisition thing.. it brings a large scale support arm (that dwarfs Red Hat) and the flexibility of SUSE which has always had a better Unix integration philosophy (Red Hat is a GNU/Linux dist, SUSE is a GNU/Linux dist with the experience of former large scale enterprise Unix types).
Anyone who has been in the industry can tell you that Red Hat tends to have a "if it's not Linux, then it sucks" attitude. SUSE tends to have a "hey if we change this a bit, we'll integrate better with existing Unix systems" attitude. Now, which style is more enterprise focused??
With that said, Red Hat was the first publically traded American based Linux dist. Being publically traded goes a LONG way with American businesses (you protect my tail, I'll protect yours). It's easier to make "deals" when you are dealing with a public company. It's a "safer" business situation for large enterprises (sort of a good ole boy system). Anyone who has help take a company from private to public can fill in the details about what I mean there.
Well.. now there's Novell/SUSE. But the problem is that large enterprises got somewhat burnt by Novell in the past (doesn't matter if it's just perception... perception is all that matters). So, now businesses will choos
It's just a re-release with some updated cgi that helps ease the relationship between it and Blazing Saddles. The emperor is added and will be played by Harvey Korman as Hedley Lamarr.
There are some other changes that will happen when B.S. is re-released as well involving the saloon scene which will have some cgi work as well to make it more catina-like.
You know... a recent study at MIT (I think) together with Simon and Garfunkel is showing that there's no difference between hardened and unhardened Apache.
Well.. we need to put all of our living areas inside of protective bubbles first... then it will be safe for "flying cars". This is obvious to everyone I hope.
People forget that the GPL ensures that we do not lose intellectual "property". The big problem with corporations is that they would rather see good ideas die rather than see them live on in the hands of others. But the fact is... people are not owned by corporations (or are they?). GPL gives software the freedom to live on... something that even supposedly more open license like BSD, really do not do.
I have been working with software companies or writing software directly for over 20 years. I cannot tell you the number of great software products that have been lost because somebody thought they were "protecting" it by putting non-freedom licensing on it.
So if software ideas are important... if YOUR software idea is important (even if you don't think it's all that important), you'd be foolish to not put it under the GPL. It's a good way to keep good software from being lost forever.
There's a few folks at Google that want a house, car, yacht, huge bank balance, etc. What other reason could their possibly be?? Well, perhaps Schmidt, Brin, Reyes, etc. just want to become the first Google-aires!!
[Re. MS innovation,] Allchin points to new features in the version of Windows due in 2007 that will allow users to remotely turn PCs on or off, with programs still running.
Shoot, mine stops even while programs are running after upgrading to XP sp2 (local/remote doesn't seem to matter). It may be more polished, but they've had this "feature" for years. It's been in Windows since day one. I was hoping this "feature" would get removed someday.
I bought a 2TB 16 drive Arena unit for $2K. I have a couple of 4TB Nexsan Ataboy2 14 drive units that are driven HARD 24x7 that cost us $16K each (that's a little high now).
The Arena isn't as good as the Nexsan. I've seen similar Nexsan units go for $2K on ebay. I highly recommend them. Easily does 70M/sec with RAID5.
My Arena uses 120GB WD's and the Nexan uses 300GB Maxtor's. I have a deployed Arena 8 drive unit with 250GB Maxtor's serving as a live backup for a network. Paid less than $800 for that unit.
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What's really sad is that 168 of those units are now running Linux.
They say that all 4 branches are equal, but we know the MPAA/RIAA branch has the most power. Just wait until they start their War on Terror!
Maybe there is a war, but you can't kill something that's already dead. Or haven't you hurd?
I think they misspelled "Tale".
This idea won out over the whole "global warming" idea... but, they haven't ruled it out yet. I hear that people are more productive at piracy when the temperature is warmer.... some study was recently posted about this...
I'm tired and this is /. so... you read the article and post your write up so it makes the front page and make sure you give it a catchy title, otherwise, I'll just fall asleep.
Then you must only be a few years old. Come on! SUSE had free ISO downloads clear up to 7.3... while that may seem ancient, remember 8.0 came out in 2002! Support for 7.3 and the ability (apart from mirrors that still exist) to get ISOs ended December 2003.
SUSE has provided a mechansim by which their software can be downloaded... perhaps not as convenient as ISOs for some, but you can always get ISOs from your local LUG... I'm sure that someone there will burn you a set for free.
Now, SuSE has the chance to actually gain marketshare against RedHat and force them to work harder on Fedora.
SUSE actually has more marketshare than you realize. Do you not know that over 90% of large scale enterprise deployments occur using SUSE?? Why? Because Red Hat was VERY, VERY late to the game when it came to supporting things like the mainframe.
When IBM was looking for vendor distribution support for the mainframe, SUSE dropped them a release on their doorstep. Red Hat came armed with contracts and "deals" (before they would even consider supporting the platform).
Which enterprise dist was first to provide logical volume support? Dynamically resizeable live file system support? A graphical and TEXT(!) based administration utility? Key integrated Unix features like NIS and NFS? Even LDAP? ...
Then ask, what enterprise dist was first to provide an unreleased private fork of GCC and its libraries, graphical-only administration tools (e.g. just like Windows requires a graphical head...), numerous kernel hacks that were not well tested, an NIS subsystem and automounter that is not well behaved or integrated,
SUSE's motto is "Have a lot of fun!". Now... we can all argue that having a lot of fun doesn't put bread on the table... but the guys sure are motivated when it comes to trying to their best to come out with solid technology that's easy to use.
IMHO, Novell brings the typical American business angle to SUSE (now they can be just like Red Hat). While some might argue that Red Hat is the most pro open source company out there... remember they also have vigorously protected their trademark (there's a whole story on that... but too long to write about here) to prevent those "free" CD's from bearing Red Hat's name. In many ways, Red Hat has shown more old-style IP protectionism than people realize. They're just a whole lot slicker (stealthier) about how they do it.
I liked SUSE better as a private company. However, IBM needs a real enterprise level player to help them provide enterprise level solutions... so you can kind of blame IBM for the whole Novell acquisition thing.. it brings a large scale support arm (that dwarfs Red Hat) and the flexibility of SUSE which has always had a better Unix integration philosophy (Red Hat is a GNU/Linux dist, SUSE is a GNU/Linux dist with the experience of former large scale enterprise Unix types).
Anyone who has been in the industry can tell you that Red Hat tends to have a "if it's not Linux, then it sucks" attitude. SUSE tends to have a "hey if we change this a bit, we'll integrate better with existing Unix systems" attitude. Now, which style is more enterprise focused??
With that said, Red Hat was the first publically traded American based Linux dist. Being publically traded goes a LONG way with American businesses (you protect my tail, I'll protect yours). It's easier to make "deals" when you are dealing with a public company. It's a "safer" business situation for large enterprises (sort of a good ole boy system). Anyone who has help take a company from private to public can fill in the details about what I mean there.
Well.. now there's Novell/SUSE. But the problem is that large enterprises got somewhat burnt by Novell in the past (doesn't matter if it's just perception... perception is all that matters). So, now businesses will choos
There are some other changes that will happen when B.S. is re-released as well involving the saloon scene which will have some cgi work as well to make it more catina-like.
Could you make sure that Inodnesia gets a copy so everyone can take a look at your source code?
Thanks.
Sincerly,
Clark
Good to know they're friends with Microsoft too! AND, I think they're great friends with Darl!
It's indeed a grand new day... time to celebrate! Thank you Sun for doing this for our own benefit!
Maybe the demo would have been better received in the 1930's?
You know... a recent study at MIT (I think) together with Simon and Garfunkel is showing that there's no difference between hardened and unhardened Apache.
Well.. we need to put all of our living areas inside of protective bubbles first... then it will be safe for "flying cars". This is obvious to everyone I hope.
It's just the stupid XP SP2 upgrade through Windows Auto Update. How somebody could confuse a Windows update with cyber terrorism is beyond me!
I have been working with software companies or writing software directly for over 20 years. I cannot tell you the number of great software products that have been lost because somebody thought they were "protecting" it by putting non-freedom licensing on it.
So if software ideas are important... if YOUR software idea is important (even if you don't think it's all that important), you'd be foolish to not put it under the GPL. It's a good way to keep good software from being lost forever.
There's a few folks at Google that want a house, car, yacht, huge bank balance, etc. What other reason could their possibly be?? Well, perhaps Schmidt, Brin, Reyes, etc. just want to become the first Google-aires!!
e.g.
Please close your windows.
Clean up your windows.
Broken windows.
Replace your windows.
Now if the driver had run over something important, like a skunk, then we'd have a problem.
And we just spent 2 years convering all of our Java to Cobol. Sheesh!
Shoot, mine stops even while programs are running after upgrading to XP sp2 (local/remote doesn't seem to matter). It may be more polished, but they've had this "feature" for years. It's been in Windows since day one. I was hoping this "feature" would get removed someday.
I don't like it.
It was supposed to read: 50 1337 words per minute.
Microsoft can't touch dat!
The Arena isn't as good as the Nexsan. I've seen similar Nexsan units go for $2K on ebay. I highly recommend them. Easily does 70M/sec with RAID5.
My Arena uses 120GB WD's and the Nexan uses 300GB Maxtor's. I have a deployed Arena 8 drive unit with 250GB Maxtor's serving as a live backup for a network. Paid less than $800 for that unit.
http://www.nexsan.com/
http://www.maxtronic.com/
Problem always resides with bad parenting doesn't it?