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Just what I was going to suggest only you were more detailed. Essentially I wouldn't trust technology to give IBM the right answer here. Technological solutions can rarely properly resolve these kinds of issue in the real world. In the world of engineering (typically controlled situations without human foibles interfereing) it works great. But we're talking about snakes like SCO here. They have an agenda that will use any avenue to get their desired end result and they would likely use whatever it takes to throw off any such processing in their favor.
While we're on the topic of things that contribute to global warming cleaning up their mess I say we need to rally in protest of those damn volcanos constantly spewing all that Carbon Dioxide into the atmosphere and get them to clean up after themselves!
You've just proved your worthlessness in this discussion with that flippant quip. Typical of someone who wants to bury their head in the sand about human involvement in the climate problem. I'll bet you also think it's OK to go through a red light if no one is around. I'll bet you think that if it doesn't hurt anyone, then it's OK to speed on an empty strech of highway even though you lack the omnicience to know whether or not there will be a car ahead of you that you don't expect. "Getting away with stuff" is the lifestyle of the idiots who would defend Bush and his corporate cronies. They are the same people I target as criminals.
Mispronouncing words is called "thinking differently"? I guess that explains their love of Bush's repeated grammatical gaffes. He just "thinks differently". Look asshole, I can agree that someone might want to accomplish the same goal I have in a different way. I can't agree with someone who has an opposing goal. That's what this is all about. If I say I want free education for everyone and I don't mind paying taxes for it, I challenge someone to argue why that's a "bad idea" putting aside arguments about not wanting to pay for someone else's education.
1. That was very funny 2. Anyone named "Giant Ape Skeleton" is also funny 3. In the link site for Gigantopithicus, there is a photo (second one down) that looks amazingly like two blokes having a pint at the pub down the street with a chinese barman
It means there will be more stupid people willing to buy their shit products. I'd love for an RIAA rep to call me personally so I could verbally abuse them for a few minutes...
That only applies if you don't plan to provide support yourself for Zimbra. In my case we do plan to provide support. We have 2000 users (which frankly is a very small installation by most standards) currently on an iPlanet server. That costs us about $15,000 a year for shitty support rom Sun. Zimbra will be a LOT cheaper provided that we provide our own support and make our own customizations to it. Pretty much just hardware costs. Not to mention that you also have the option to purchase one time support for issues that you can't solve in house which is a LOT cheaper than iPlanet or Exchange. And Zimbra provides you with a much better overall experience than Exchange does. Plus it's not admin hostile like all MS products are. Just make sure your admins are REAL admins (ie. coders) and not shlubs who point and click.
Zimbra.com Look at the demo. It can be made to integrate with AD's LDAP. It has calendaring, e-mail and contacts. And there are Outlook/Exchange migration tools. Also check out the forums on Zimbra.com. This should really be a Slashback...
While I don't agree with the poster, I think the mods are way off on this one. It's not flamebait. He's making a simple point. If Sony (a highly regarded company by most well behaved sheeple) and Apple (another highly regarded company that trendoids gravitate towards with no real understanding of what they're buying) sell at Walmart, and that relegates them to the "crap" category, then all other companies that are equal or better than Sony and Apple and sell at Walmart must be crap too. It's a pretty logical path of thinking. Even if I completely disagree, which I do.
I think I'd go insane if I had to stay in an inclined bed like that for 17 days straight. Did these test subjects ever get the chance to leave the beds for even a few minutes over those 17 days? Did they even piss in the bed? Freaky.
It's going to take an innovative proposition. In five years are people really going to carry two devices? One device that is their communication device, one device that is music? There's going to be a lot of opportunities to get back in that game. We want to be in that game. Expect to see announcements from us in that area in the next 12 months.
I heard: "Blah blah blah blah. I don't really understand what I'm talking about but I'll make a vacuous promise that we will deliver something that will compete with the iPod and I need to use the word 'innovative' in there somewhere since we have a trademark on that concept. Blah blah blah blah."
OK. I realize this article came from a publication geared at people who are completely clueless about technology. But COME ON!! What kind of an answer was that?! I think it's evident that MS doesn't really know what they're up against and they are probably just looking to buy someone else out who has a cell phone that runs on Pocket Windows and slap Media Player on it. That will be their "innovative" proposition. When I look for innovation I want something completely new that's never been done before. MS has yet to do that. With any technology.
That wasn't really the tone of what they said though. The tone was more like, "if you get a PC with Linux on it... beware. That PC might be in danger of being used to pirate Windows". To most people that sounds like, "Linux is used to pirate windows". Not true, obviously. But to the kinds of people who read this stuff it certainly works out that way in their minds. This would least most people to avoid dontated PCs with Linux, especially if the PC never came with Windows on it to begin with. They'd say it would be too much of a hassle to deal with, which it wouldn't if they stay with Linux. No hassle at all...
The MythTV system was built with this in mind. You don't need a big powerful PC to access your media in the living room. Just build a MythTV box appliance with a single board computer or a small form factor box. Not to mention, that if you play your cards like I did, and get a standard widescreen LCD monitor with a DVI in and wireless KB/mouse, the PC can be the next floor down in a sealed closet...
I can't find the link on the MS site, but they had a full page about why schools shouldn't accept PC donations from anyone unless they have MS Windows on them. They specifically said that schools should be wary of PCs that are donated with alternative OSes on them since those PCs may be used for loading pirated copies of Windows later. MS has no right to dictate such terms. If I wanted to donate a group of perfectly usable PCs that never had Windows on them, the school shouldn't be warned by Microsoft that my PCs are somehow "dangerous".
...Symantec/Norton, McAfee, CommandPoint, Crudpuppy, ClamAV, Grisoft and the rest are all preparing signatures, otherwise if this thing gets in the wild it will turn your data into nothing but pond scum...;P (Aren't there ANY moderators with quirky senses of humor anymore?)
The criminals at the RIAA and MPAA must be removed at all costs before they completely decimate all consumer rights. When I buy a recording of a movie or an album, I expect to have reasonable rights to copy it for use on various devices that I own. If I'm not going out and selling these copies, then I am not depriving them of any profit that they are entitled to. This is simple common sense. Whatever happened to the day when I could easily tape a selection of songs from various albums and play those songs in my car, on a walkman or a boom box? If anything, today's digital media should make these activities easier. And you know what? They DO. It's not the technology getting in the way, it's the lawyers and the artificial restrictions being assigned to playback devices and recordings devices by organizations like the MPAA and the RIAA. Those organizations are holding the artists, the distributors and customers for ransom. And why? Simply to keep their old, failing business model alive. Truth be told, MOST people would do the "right thing" and buy a legit copy of a song if the songs were reasonably priced (a few cents per track) and non-DRM. As long as there is DRM and unreasonable pricing there will be, otherwise honest people, trying to find a way to get "free" or "cheap" music. But as soon as some company offers high quality, direct from the artist to your ears, along with value added media (like liner notes in PDF and album art in JPG) full movie and music packages that are universally playable on all platforms, the DRMed crap will dry up. Kill off the dinosaurs. Show the RIAA and the MPAA that they are largely irrelevant to digital media. If you are an artist, work together with the P2P geeks to find a better distribution method that presents one file for a complete album or a television program or movie that you produced. If you are a user, spend some time exploring the alternatives that exist to big media. The quality is improving daily. Screw the fossils that are trying to control music, movies and television. Rescue YOUR media. Do it NOW!
Moderators are still using the substance called "crack" apparently. If I had mod points I'd give all five to just this single post since it really deserves to be +5 Funny.
Fact: Ballmer has a terrible temper and is essentially a baby man on steroids (and lots of lard) Fact: While Linus might be a genius, he's still a bit soft around the middle and likely has never used a weight bench of his own volition Fact: If you pit Ballmer and Torvalds in a physical battle of strength my money would be on Ballmer (unless you can manage to pass a keg to him in which case Torvalds might stand a chance)
Does anyone else find the striking similarities between Homer Simpson and Steve Ballmer a bit uncanny?
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Just what I was going to suggest only you were more detailed. Essentially I wouldn't trust technology to give IBM the right answer here. Technological solutions can rarely properly resolve these kinds of issue in the real world. In the world of engineering (typically controlled situations without human foibles interfereing) it works great. But we're talking about snakes like SCO here. They have an agenda that will use any avenue to get their desired end result and they would likely use whatever it takes to throw off any such processing in their favor.
You've just proved your worthlessness in this discussion with that flippant quip. Typical of someone who wants to bury their head in the sand about human involvement in the climate problem. I'll bet you also think it's OK to go through a red light if no one is around. I'll bet you think that if it doesn't hurt anyone, then it's OK to speed on an empty strech of highway even though you lack the omnicience to know whether or not there will be a car ahead of you that you don't expect. "Getting away with stuff" is the lifestyle of the idiots who would defend Bush and his corporate cronies. They are the same people I target as criminals.
Mispronouncing words is called "thinking differently"? I guess that explains their love of Bush's repeated grammatical gaffes. He just "thinks differently". Look asshole, I can agree that someone might want to accomplish the same goal I have in a different way. I can't agree with someone who has an opposing goal. That's what this is all about. If I say I want free education for everyone and I don't mind paying taxes for it, I challenge someone to argue why that's a "bad idea" putting aside arguments about not wanting to pay for someone else's education.
1. That was very funny
2. Anyone named "Giant Ape Skeleton" is also funny
3. In the link site for Gigantopithicus, there is a photo (second one down) that looks amazingly like two blokes having a pint at the pub down the street with a chinese barman
That is all
...It's cement. (That's "See mehnt" for you Red staters) Geddit? Portland? Cement? Hahaha. Laugh. It's funny. Or something.
It means there will be more stupid people willing to buy their shit products. I'd love for an RIAA rep to call me personally so I could verbally abuse them for a few minutes...
"The player will sell for 110,000 yen (US$936) in Japan, which is less than the $800 price tag it will carry in North America."
How is $800 MORE than $936?
...just looking down at my pants now I can DEFINITELY see it has an effect on me. Speaking as a male of course. ;P
You DARE to speak of the higher maths in a public forum!!!! Expect a visit from one of the mother ships in 12 risings earthling.
That only applies if you don't plan to provide support yourself for Zimbra. In my case we do plan to provide support. We have 2000 users (which frankly is a very small installation by most standards) currently on an iPlanet server. That costs us about $15,000 a year for shitty support rom Sun. Zimbra will be a LOT cheaper provided that we provide our own support and make our own customizations to it. Pretty much just hardware costs. Not to mention that you also have the option to purchase one time support for issues that you can't solve in house which is a LOT cheaper than iPlanet or Exchange. And Zimbra provides you with a much better overall experience than Exchange does. Plus it's not admin hostile like all MS products are. Just make sure your admins are REAL admins (ie. coders) and not shlubs who point and click.
...I coulda been a contendah! ;P
Zimbra.com Look at the demo. It can be made to integrate with AD's LDAP. It has calendaring, e-mail and contacts. And there are Outlook/Exchange migration tools. Also check out the forums on Zimbra.com. This should really be a Slashback...
While I don't agree with the poster, I think the mods are way off on this one. It's not flamebait. He's making a simple point. If Sony (a highly regarded company by most well behaved sheeple) and Apple (another highly regarded company that trendoids gravitate towards with no real understanding of what they're buying) sell at Walmart, and that relegates them to the "crap" category, then all other companies that are equal or better than Sony and Apple and sell at Walmart must be crap too. It's a pretty logical path of thinking. Even if I completely disagree, which I do.
Hi Shania. Don't shoot the puppy. ;P
And???
I think I'd go insane if I had to stay in an inclined bed like that for 17 days straight. Did these test subjects ever get the chance to leave the beds for even a few minutes over those 17 days? Did they even piss in the bed? Freaky.
It's going to take an innovative proposition. In five years are people really going to carry two devices? One device that is their communication device, one device that is music? There's going to be a lot of opportunities to get back in that game. We want to be in that game. Expect to see announcements from us in that area in the next 12 months.
I heard: "Blah blah blah blah. I don't really understand what I'm talking about but I'll make a vacuous promise that we will deliver something that will compete with the iPod and I need to use the word 'innovative' in there somewhere since we have a trademark on that concept. Blah blah blah blah."
OK. I realize this article came from a publication geared at people who are completely clueless about technology. But COME ON!! What kind of an answer was that?! I think it's evident that MS doesn't really know what they're up against and they are probably just looking to buy someone else out who has a cell phone that runs on Pocket Windows and slap Media Player on it. That will be their "innovative" proposition. When I look for innovation I want something completely new that's never been done before. MS has yet to do that. With any technology.
That wasn't really the tone of what they said though. The tone was more like, "if you get a PC with Linux on it... beware. That PC might be in danger of being used to pirate Windows". To most people that sounds like, "Linux is used to pirate windows". Not true, obviously. But to the kinds of people who read this stuff it certainly works out that way in their minds. This would least most people to avoid dontated PCs with Linux, especially if the PC never came with Windows on it to begin with. They'd say it would be too much of a hassle to deal with, which it wouldn't if they stay with Linux. No hassle at all...
The MythTV system was built with this in mind. You don't need a big powerful PC to access your media in the living room. Just build a MythTV box appliance with a single board computer or a small form factor box. Not to mention, that if you play your cards like I did, and get a standard widescreen LCD monitor with a DVI in and wireless KB/mouse, the PC can be the next floor down in a sealed closet...
I can't find the link on the MS site, but they had a full page about why schools shouldn't accept PC donations from anyone unless they have MS Windows on them. They specifically said that schools should be wary of PCs that are donated with alternative OSes on them since those PCs may be used for loading pirated copies of Windows later. MS has no right to dictate such terms. If I wanted to donate a group of perfectly usable PCs that never had Windows on them, the school shouldn't be warned by Microsoft that my PCs are somehow "dangerous".
...Symantec/Norton, McAfee, CommandPoint, Crudpuppy, ClamAV, Grisoft and the rest are all preparing signatures, otherwise if this thing gets in the wild it will turn your data into nothing but pond scum... ;P (Aren't there ANY moderators with quirky senses of humor anymore?)
The criminals at the RIAA and MPAA must be removed at all costs before they completely decimate all consumer rights. When I buy a recording of a movie or an album, I expect to have reasonable rights to copy it for use on various devices that I own. If I'm not going out and selling these copies, then I am not depriving them of any profit that they are entitled to. This is simple common sense. Whatever happened to the day when I could easily tape a selection of songs from various albums and play those songs in my car, on a walkman or a boom box? If anything, today's digital media should make these activities easier. And you know what? They DO. It's not the technology getting in the way, it's the lawyers and the artificial restrictions being assigned to playback devices and recordings devices by organizations like the MPAA and the RIAA. Those organizations are holding the artists, the distributors and customers for ransom. And why? Simply to keep their old, failing business model alive. Truth be told, MOST people would do the "right thing" and buy a legit copy of a song if the songs were reasonably priced (a few cents per track) and non-DRM. As long as there is DRM and unreasonable pricing there will be, otherwise honest people, trying to find a way to get "free" or "cheap" music. But as soon as some company offers high quality, direct from the artist to your ears, along with value added media (like liner notes in PDF and album art in JPG) full movie and music packages that are universally playable on all platforms, the DRMed crap will dry up. Kill off the dinosaurs. Show the RIAA and the MPAA that they are largely irrelevant to digital media. If you are an artist, work together with the P2P geeks to find a better distribution method that presents one file for a complete album or a television program or movie that you produced. If you are a user, spend some time exploring the alternatives that exist to big media. The quality is improving daily. Screw the fossils that are trying to control music, movies and television. Rescue YOUR media. Do it NOW!
Moderators are still using the substance called "crack" apparently. If I had mod points I'd give all five to just this single post since it really deserves to be +5 Funny.
Fact: Ballmer has a terrible temper and is essentially a baby man on steroids (and lots of lard)
Fact: While Linus might be a genius, he's still a bit soft around the middle and likely has never used a weight bench of his own volition
Fact: If you pit Ballmer and Torvalds in a physical battle of strength my money would be on Ballmer (unless you can manage to pass a keg to him in which case Torvalds might stand a chance)
Does anyone else find the striking similarities between Homer Simpson and Steve Ballmer a bit uncanny?