Star Wars is pulp sci-fi. And it is Campbell-esque. Just like The Matrix is high-budget pulp sci-fi, draped with overtones of Buddhism and Christian mythology. Geez, why do people have to be so binary?
it might be the best selling console, but that's just because there are more units out for sale.
That's pretty thin logic. If Gamecube is selling better because Xbox is sold out, isn't that Microsoft's fault for not ramping up their production in time? Production capacity is part of the game.
Every unix administrator I know does _not_ do it that way. That way seems crazy to me. You still end up with 1500 links in/usr/local/bin and without a package manager you have no dependency tracking, no automated update system, nada.
I would much rather have a good package manager. I don't care if there are 2000 files in/usr/bin as long as the filesystem driver can handle it (and any good filesystem can) and I can do "rpm -qf *" (or equivalent) and see the package ownership of every file in the directory. This whole thing is a non-issue. If you do "ls/usr/bin" and get freaked out by the size of the output you need to change your preconceptions, not your filesystem.
Lots of entertainment media (and other "information" creation fields) have come to the point where people can create and publish their work with almost no cost (other than their time).
Whoa pal, that's quite a big "other" you're trying to gloss over. Maybe your time costs nothing but you're in the minority.
Art takes innate talent, but it also takes skill and practice. Artists who can practice more often (by being able to support themselves with their art) will produce better art for us all to enjoy. You're familiar with the Hierarchy of Needs, right? If artists can't eat, they can't produce art either.
Remember these services are mostly not meant for people like "us" but for people who want and even enjoy getting help at nagivating the web. Given that, building all those features into a remote server rather than the client makes sense and is completely within the design spirit of the web - Mozilla is already big enough, too big! If the banner ads and hit counts make money for Netscape someone tell me why is that bad? We know they funnel at least some of that money to the Mozilla project, which is good.
A kneejerk aversion to a company making money is just that, a kneejerk aversion.
I thought the point of this was to expose Microsoft's dirty business habits, but apparently the point was to make money for Caldera. 150 million is such a small amount that Microsoft has admitted no wrong doing but just said "It's no longer cost effective to fight with you, here's a bone, go away." No legal precedent has been set and nothing has been proved. I'm rather disappointed in Caldera about this, but maybe that's easy for me to say since I'm not the one fighting the fight.
Hemos wrote: "Waidaminute! Europe? Isn't there already a certain Germanic company established over there? Well, yes. We pressed Barnes about moving into what's considered to be S.u.S.E. Territory..."
This strongly implies that Hemos doesn't expect to see, or doesn't want to see, Linux companies battling each other. I've seen this from other people as well. What's up with this? Everybody wants competition with Microsoft but no competition with each other? Let Linux distros duke it out and the best man win. I agree with Donnie Barnes, that while some companies may make more money than others, there should be plenty to go around in the post-MSFT world.
: What about RedHat's "package" is worth the remaining $100 ?
Have you ever deployed squid? Have you ever deployed SSL+mod_perl? It's not rocket science, but it takes more than just installing some packages. For people who can't or don't want to employ a hacker for that integration, they can buy a package like this one.
There will always be a need for integrating existing softwares in new ways and it takes a certain amount of skill. Therefore, there will always be a market for "integrated" packages which fill a trendy niche. They're selling convenience - just like ready-made cookie dough. (mmmm...)
While you may be correct that this is technically trademark infringement, I think it would be pretty nasty and petty to go to court over it. So someone's marketroid blew a chip and made an error - not the first time, not the last time. It will get sorted out.
On the other hand, if it actually does run modified Linux there could be a problem. But as many others have noted, wait and see.
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Star Wars is pulp sci-fi. And it is Campbell-esque. Just like The Matrix is high-budget pulp sci-fi, draped with overtones of Buddhism and Christian mythology. Geez, why do people have to be so binary?
it might be the best selling console, but that's just because there are more units out for sale.
That's pretty thin logic. If Gamecube is selling better because Xbox is sold out, isn't that Microsoft's fault for not ramping up their production in time? Production capacity is part of the game.
Every unix administrator I know does _not_ do it that way. That way seems crazy to me. You still end up with 1500 links in /usr/local/bin and without a package manager you have no dependency tracking, no automated update system, nada.
/usr/bin as long as the filesystem driver can handle it (and any good filesystem can) and I can do "rpm -qf *" (or equivalent) and see the package ownership of every file in the directory. This whole thing is a non-issue. If you do "ls /usr/bin" and get freaked out by the size of the output you need to change your preconceptions, not your filesystem.
I would much rather have a good package manager. I don't care if there are 2000 files in
Lots of entertainment media (and other "information" creation fields) have come to the point where people can create and publish their work with almost no cost (other than their time).
Whoa pal, that's quite a big "other" you're trying to gloss over. Maybe your time costs nothing but you're in the minority.
Art takes innate talent, but it also takes skill and practice. Artists who can practice more often (by being able to support themselves with their art) will produce better art for us all to enjoy. You're familiar with the Hierarchy of Needs, right? If artists can't eat, they can't produce art either.
I think you need to read the column again.
A kneejerk aversion to a company making money is just that, a kneejerk aversion.
Hey, how about a Bard's Tale clone for the Pilot? I'm not a big fan of 3D shooters but I'd play an RPG.
I thought the point of this was to expose Microsoft's dirty business habits, but apparently the point was to make money for Caldera. 150 million is such a small amount that Microsoft has admitted no wrong doing but just said "It's no longer cost effective to fight with you, here's a bone, go away." No legal precedent has been set and nothing has been proved. I'm rather disappointed in Caldera about this, but maybe that's easy for me to say since I'm not the one fighting the fight.
Hemos wrote:
"Waidaminute! Europe? Isn't there already a certain Germanic company established over there? Well, yes. We pressed Barnes about moving into what's considered to be S.u.S.E. Territory..."
This strongly implies that Hemos doesn't expect to see, or doesn't want to see, Linux companies battling each other. I've seen this from other people as well. What's up with this? Everybody wants competition with Microsoft but no competition with each other? Let Linux distros duke it out and the best man win. I agree with Donnie Barnes, that while some companies may make more money than others, there should be plenty to go around in the post-MSFT world.
: What about RedHat's "package" is worth the remaining $100 ?
Have you ever deployed squid? Have you ever deployed SSL+mod_perl? It's not rocket science, but it takes more than just installing some packages. For people who can't or don't want to employ a hacker for that integration, they can buy a package like this one.
There will always be a need for integrating existing softwares in new ways and it takes a certain amount of skill. Therefore, there will always be a market for "integrated" packages which fill a trendy niche. They're selling convenience - just like ready-made cookie dough. (mmmm...)
I have to speak up for Amanda - it's good for you. - http://www.amanda.org/
While you may be correct that this is technically trademark infringement, I think it would be pretty nasty and petty to go to court over it. So someone's marketroid blew a chip and made an error - not the first time, not the last time. It will get sorted out.
On the other hand, if it actually does run modified Linux there could be a problem. But as many others have noted, wait and see.