If you look closely, you'll see the story was submitted by Bruce Perens, the author of the Register article. It's not suprising then that he just "ripped" content from his own writing. Why do some Slashdot readers enjoy being so hypercritical of content?
Why is this +3 Insightful? I'd like to suggest -1, Naive on that.
I mean, sure Microsoft is going to collect your first-born if you install SP3, but this is not just a clause to deal with what the writer obviously believe are the "bad" people of the world. Rather this is yet another small milestone in a gradual expansion of the power of an EULA.
I think someone else hit the nail on the head--why should it be legal for a required patch to have an EULA that can remove some of my rights to a previously purchased software whose EULA I agreed to. I think it's probably a bad wording anyway...I shouldn't have to issue a blanket license to Microsoft to install updates on my computer if that functionality can be disabled. A small additional clause stating that the update includes Automatic Update software and my use of said software (ie, leaving it enabled) constitutes license for Microsoft to install updates on my computer would have been sufficient without being infringing.
And to those who say just don't install it, WAKE UP. I admin IIS servers...the number of hotfixes required post Win2K SP2 make this necessary, or do you think I want to be responsible for another IIS worm at my company.:-P For now, the declared standard procedure at work is to install SP3 then disable the auto-updates.
Have you even bothered to try StarOffice/OpenOffice? Come on, OpenOffice is free and very easy to install...rather than parroting something you read about the _beta_ version, try out the real thing and see if it's still true. I d'loaded OO for Win32, installed it and tried out various, rather complex docs. Yes, there were some differences when loaded in Writer, but nothing like what you describe. Also, there are a million ways to format Word docs...if someone makes the mistake of spacing instead of using tab stops, etc, then it's no suprise it gets screwed up in translation. Even WordPerfectWord used to have this issue (either program). Honestly, I'd have to say OO is a remarkable achievement.
You're joking right? The setup for Cygwin is awful...you have to manually select every little package you want, it takes for ever to download, and a base install can be as big as 400 MB! OTOH, it is a great free Xserver platform...I use it with XDMCP both at work and at home. I found if you use it with commercial unixes you just need to be sure to run a font server on the Unix box and point Xwin (the X server) to it.
Yeah, I really miss that place...living in Riverside, CA now, never knew how good I had it until I moved away. Highly recommended for UIUC folks. Also there was a fairly active Anime club on campus when I was there (3-4 yrs ago).
I'm working with heartbeat from the Linux-HA project and it is very much alive and well, as is the linux-ha mailing list.
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Or maybe _some_ states have stricter emissions standards than others. For example, California (and Texas, IIRC) require smog tests, and California has _very_ strict emissions standards for new cars. Given that these states represent a large market, car companies design for the standards. But other states, like Indiana aren't nearly so progressive in this area.
As others have pointed out, OpenBSD uses profits from CD sales to pay for future development. That being said, I bought the 2.9 CD set, but when it came time to upgrade to 3.0, I just downloaded what I needed (almost everything is a tar-gzip file) and created my own bootable install CD. It's not hard, and I felt damn proud of myself when it actually worked as expected. I'm not sure what I'll do for 3.1...I'm not using it for my firewall, so PF isn't a big deal for me. I may wait and upgrade later.
It's already ported to IA-64 - HP-UX 11.20 is the first commercial version on IA-64. We have an Itanium server with this at work. They've still got some work to do on it though...there was a lot of "this will be supported in the next release" in the manuals. But the basic kernel is there, etc, and we did get it to run the HP-UX version of Oracle 9 (with some tinkering).
Shameless Plug, but experience backs me up.
You want to ship computer equipment? Pay the extra money, find a Mailboxes Etc franchise, and have them box it up. They will do the following:
1. Bubble wrap the actually equipment throughly.
2. Place this in peanuts and into a custom-sized box
3. Place this in a second box, larger, custom-sized, also filled with peanuts
4. If heavy enough (like many an HP LJ4000 I shipped) they will also triple box.
5. They will review shipping options of different carriers and make sure you get the right amount of insurance.
I worked for an ad agency in Dallas, and we shipped Macs and PCs back and forth from our field offices all over the country. When we packed it, often there was breakage (even when I took a boxed printer on a plane with me). When we had it packed by MBE, it got there every time.
Lastly, always keep the original packing if you're going to ship in the future or might...that $50 box looks much cheaper when compared to replacing the >$2000 of computer equipment that came in it. And use buble wrap first, peanuts second. Bubble wrap won't yield the way a bunch of styrfoam peanuts will.
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Well said!
If you look closely, you'll see the story was submitted by Bruce Perens, the author of the Register article. It's not suprising then that he just "ripped" content from his own writing. Why do some Slashdot readers enjoy being so hypercritical of content?
Why is this +3 Insightful? I'd like to suggest -1, Naive on that.
:-P For now, the declared standard procedure at work is to install SP3 then disable the auto-updates.
I mean, sure Microsoft is going to collect your first-born if you install SP3, but this is not just a clause to deal with what the writer obviously believe are the "bad" people of the world. Rather this is yet another small milestone in a gradual expansion of the power of an EULA.
I think someone else hit the nail on the head--why should it be legal for a required patch to have an EULA that can remove some of my rights to a previously purchased software whose EULA I agreed to. I think it's probably a bad wording anyway...I shouldn't have to issue a blanket license to Microsoft to install updates on my computer if that functionality can be disabled. A small additional clause stating that the update includes Automatic Update software and my use of said software (ie, leaving it enabled) constitutes license for Microsoft to install updates on my computer would have been sufficient without being infringing.
And to those who say just don't install it, WAKE UP. I admin IIS servers...the number of hotfixes required post Win2K SP2 make this necessary, or do you think I want to be responsible for another IIS worm at my company.
Have you even bothered to try StarOffice/OpenOffice? Come on, OpenOffice is free and very easy to install...rather than parroting something you read about the _beta_ version, try out the real thing and see if it's still true. I d'loaded OO for Win32, installed it and tried out various, rather complex docs. Yes, there were some differences when loaded in Writer, but nothing like what you describe. Also, there are a million ways to format Word docs...if someone makes the mistake of spacing instead of using tab stops, etc, then it's no suprise it gets screwed up in translation. Even WordPerfectWord used to have this issue (either program). Honestly, I'd have to say OO is a remarkable achievement.
Of course you'll need to trade in one of your vehicles to pay for the $$$ arcades, but hey, fun's fun, right? :-P
I agree with your comments in general, but for people like me with hypoglycemia or diabetes, it's nice to have alternatives to sugar
You're joking right? The setup for Cygwin is awful...you have to manually select every little package you want, it takes for ever to download, and a base install can be as big as 400 MB! OTOH, it is a great free Xserver platform...I use it with XDMCP both at work and at home. I found if you use it with commercial unixes you just need to be sure to run a font server on the Unix box and point Xwin (the X server) to it.
I disagree...watch the People vs. Larry Flynt and then explain to me how someone's background automatically prejudices the Supreme Court.
Yeah, I really miss that place...living in Riverside, CA now, never knew how good I had it until I moved away. Highly recommended for UIUC folks. Also there was a fairly active Anime club on campus when I was there (3-4 yrs ago).
I'll second that, AVG works very well
I'm working with heartbeat from the Linux-HA project and it is very much alive and well, as is the linux-ha mailing list.
Or maybe _some_ states have stricter emissions standards than others. For example, California (and Texas, IIRC) require smog tests, and California has _very_ strict emissions standards for new cars. Given that these states represent a large market, car companies design for the standards. But other states, like Indiana aren't nearly so progressive in this area.
I'm sure Dawkins is still out there somewhere churning out books.
As others have pointed out, OpenBSD uses profits from CD sales to pay for future development. That being said, I bought the 2.9 CD set, but when it came time to upgrade to 3.0, I just downloaded what I needed (almost everything is a tar-gzip file) and created my own bootable install CD. It's not hard, and I felt damn proud of myself when it actually worked as expected. I'm not sure what I'll do for 3.1...I'm not using it for my firewall, so PF isn't a big deal for me. I may wait and upgrade later.
"Hi Steve" --Multiplicity
It's already ported to IA-64 - HP-UX 11.20 is the first commercial version on IA-64. We have an Itanium server with this at work. They've still got some work to do on it though...there was a lot of "this will be supported in the next release" in the manuals. But the basic kernel is there, etc, and we did get it to run the HP-UX version of Oracle 9 (with some tinkering).
MRTG, http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/
Shameless Plug, but experience backs me up. You want to ship computer equipment? Pay the extra money, find a Mailboxes Etc franchise, and have them box it up. They will do the following: 1. Bubble wrap the actually equipment throughly. 2. Place this in peanuts and into a custom-sized box 3. Place this in a second box, larger, custom-sized, also filled with peanuts 4. If heavy enough (like many an HP LJ4000 I shipped) they will also triple box. 5. They will review shipping options of different carriers and make sure you get the right amount of insurance. I worked for an ad agency in Dallas, and we shipped Macs and PCs back and forth from our field offices all over the country. When we packed it, often there was breakage (even when I took a boxed printer on a plane with me). When we had it packed by MBE, it got there every time. Lastly, always keep the original packing if you're going to ship in the future or might...that $50 box looks much cheaper when compared to replacing the >$2000 of computer equipment that came in it. And use buble wrap first, peanuts second. Bubble wrap won't yield the way a bunch of styrfoam peanuts will.