Second-to-last sentence from the body of the link:
Looking to the open source community for applications that serve the same function as closed source solutions may cause vendors to be more flexible with pricing and licensing structures.
But the rest of the report makes a very strong case for the adoption of Open Source, including a couple of figures naming savings already known to have been made by California state agencies.
What happens if/when the kingpins are taken down? Will the commercial anti-spam-solution market dry up?
Who's willing to bet that companies with spam-dependant business models won't want that happening?
(/tinfoil hat)
Has anyone ever thought of comparing the originating IP of an email against a blacklist? I'm not talking about the server that sent the message to the recipeint. I'm thinking of further along the relaying chain.
Community-driven news sites like Groklaw and Slashdot are where a lot of his FUD gets shredded.
I suspect he's trying to drive a wedge between them, to get them to focus and fight each other. He probably doesn't realize that, in terms of a registered user base and commonality of views, they're tied together pretty tight.
I was wondering when they'd do that. It really bites into their sales if someone buys a 5-user license of XP Pro, and runs, e.g. Samba on it to serve to more than five people.
My link wound up in the article, and, as ToSeek points out, the rest of my comment is wrong! It was based on half-accurate memories from way too long ago.
(And for trigger-happy mods, compare the author of this comment to the author of the parent comment.)
It's not just an issue of volunteer-fly-fix-land. Training for a mission takes a long time. What would you do if the astronaut expressed reservations once he'd already comitted to the mission?
But that's not the primary issue, anyway. Astronauts sign up in the first place knowing it's a dangerous job.
The people who can't stand it being dangerous is the general public, whom I would invite to study commercial and government naval travel from before we had convenient search-and-rescue tools like helicopters, radar and decent weather forecasts. (The latter two more as a prevention mechanism than as a rescue tool.)
Great, but will it be able to service a device that wasn't built to be taken apart?
The Hubble wasn't designed to be entirely serviceable...that led to problems with previous servicing missions, most notably replacing the old defective mirror.
It looks like Dextre is supposed to be mounted to something before operating. Perhaps they're planning on a free controlled platform?
Has anyone ever made a door game that simulates hacking into a network? It'd make for an entertaining addition to a BBS.
The other alternative could be to set up a honeynet behind a firewall, either using VMWare or old hardware, and give users access to (some) of the systems.
If you write an app that changes the way a big company does business, licenses like the BSD license and the GPL gaurantee that you'll get credit for it. That doesn't just mean you have talent. That means that whoever hires you will have the goodwill of the people who use the software you wrote.
So sit back, code, and wait for the job offers.
(But don't forsake your other obligations as a sort of gamble...A job to pay off your mortage comes first, not second.)
I know that. (Which is why I pointed out I'm a Linux zealot.)
I was primarily thinking of cost-effectiveness. It's quite possibly more cost-effective to modify a BSD kernel than to license QNX. (But then, I'm not an expert in the field, as someone else pointed out.) Licensing the Linux kernel requires you to open your code, which may not be an option.
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Second-to-last sentence from the body of the link:
Looking to the open source community for applications that serve the same function as closed source solutions may cause vendors to be more flexible with pricing and licensing structures.
But the rest of the report makes a very strong case for the adoption of Open Source, including a couple of figures naming savings already known to have been made by California state agencies.
Perhaps mailservers should be modified to insert a "received from" field that uses the IP given by the host OS in connection diagnostics?
What happens if/when the kingpins are taken down? Will the commercial anti-spam-solution market dry up?
Who's willing to bet that companies with spam-dependant business models won't want that happening?
(/tinfoil hat)
Has anyone ever thought of comparing the originating IP of an email against a blacklist? I'm not talking about the server that sent the message to the recipeint. I'm thinking of further along the relaying chain.
Thanks to this Slashdot article, I expect it. (Or something similar.)
Maybe not for the 2.6 kernel, though...it does seem a little bleeding-edge for introduction into a current stable kernel.
A landing pad takes a lot less space than runway. IANAE, but I'd assume that's because they have much better handling characteristics for the purpose.
I'd actually be interested in a human-powered helicopter for local commutes. Quiet, non-polluting, and good exercise.
Community-driven news sites like Groklaw and Slashdot are where a lot of his FUD gets shredded.
I suspect he's trying to drive a wedge between them, to get them to focus and fight each other. He probably doesn't realize that, in terms of a registered user base and commonality of views, they're tied together pretty tight.
I didn't mean to suggest that five licenses of XP were required...
doh. See above.
I was wondering when they'd do that. It really bites into their sales if someone buys a 5-user license of XP Pro, and runs, e.g. Samba on it to serve to more than five people.
This is just one way to get around that.
My link wound up in the article, and, as ToSeek points out, the rest of my comment is wrong! It was based on half-accurate memories from way too long ago.
(And for trigger-happy mods, compare the author of this comment to the author of the parent comment.)
Welcome to Slashdot. A community.
By "Controlled platform" I meant a thruster-and-gyro-run platform controlled by radio from the Earth's surface.
It's not just an issue of volunteer-fly-fix-land. Training for a mission takes a long time. What would you do if the astronaut expressed reservations once he'd already comitted to the mission?
But that's not the primary issue, anyway. Astronauts sign up in the first place knowing it's a dangerous job.
The people who can't stand it being dangerous is the general public, whom I would invite to study commercial and government naval travel from before we had convenient search-and-rescue tools like helicopters, radar and decent weather forecasts. (The latter two more as a prevention mechanism than as a rescue tool.)
Great, but will it be able to service a device that wasn't built to be taken apart?
The Hubble wasn't designed to be entirely serviceable...that led to problems with previous servicing missions, most notably replacing the old defective mirror.
It looks like Dextre is supposed to be mounted to something before operating. Perhaps they're planning on a free controlled platform?
I still love remembering an old joke about names:
A burgler breaks into a home, and is quietly walking around, finding valuable things to take.
"Jesus is watching."
The burgler freezes, looks around, doesn't see anything, and continues.
"Jesus is watching."
The burgler freezes again, and mutters, "Who's there?"
"Gabriel."
The burgler's flashlight comes to rest on the source of the sound, a parrot. He grumbles, "What kind of idiot names a parrot 'Gabriel?'"
"The same idiot who named the Rottweiler 'Jesus.'"
I agree with you, and I've messed with kernel source myself. However, I was thinking more in the legal sense.
IANAL, but I imagine most would abhor such a fundamental change in the system they went to school for 6 years to learn.
And most congressmen are lawyers, IIRC.
...would be for the copyright claim to be determined. I'd hate to see SCO go out of business before it was determined who owns the IP it claims.
Has anyone ever made a door game that simulates hacking into a network? It'd make for an entertaining addition to a BBS.
The other alternative could be to set up a honeynet behind a firewall, either using VMWare or old hardware, and give users access to (some) of the systems.
..."Buried" in source code?
If you write an app that changes the way a big company does business, licenses like the BSD license and the GPL gaurantee that you'll get credit for it. That doesn't just mean you have talent. That means that whoever hires you will have the goodwill of the people who use the software you wrote.
So sit back, code, and wait for the job offers.
(But don't forsake your other obligations as a sort of gamble...A job to pay off your mortage comes first, not second.)
I'm picturing the first "falsified data" lawsuit...against someone who uses cruise control an insane amount of the time.
Some states don't mandate car insurance. South Carolina, for one. (Or so my brother tells me...he's stationed there ATM.)
However, I live in Michigan, where you have to have at least PL/PD.
It definately helps to have object examples of good, legal use.
Though I'm not sure if the XP SP2 torrent is legal...What's in the EULA about redistribution?
But then people would realize that I washed an awful lot of my white laundry with a maroon towel...
I know that. (Which is why I pointed out I'm a Linux zealot.)
I was primarily thinking of cost-effectiveness. It's quite possibly more cost-effective to modify a BSD kernel than to license QNX. (But then, I'm not an expert in the field, as someone else pointed out.) Licensing the Linux kernel requires you to open your code, which may not be an option.