Hmmmm... considering the description ("another-attempt-to-stifle-competition dept") methinks that certain other people didn't read the article either. Maybe I'm just being cynical here, but these catchy and somewhat misleading descriptions seem to be there just to get you to read and start flaming.
So, perhaps not just the slash-"duh"ters are the only ones at fault here.
Not knowing that much about VMS, but since when was Unix a language??? It's an O/S!
Besides, I can almost always find what I need when running my Linux system.
Actually, the GPL does give the original owners the option of releasing an official version. It just means that others can make other versions if they wish - it doesn't mean that those changes are going to be grafted into the main source tree.
So HP would have a great deal of control over the source. And anyway, didn't you read the article? HP are not going to be issuing major upgrades anymore, just bugfixes!
Oh, and another point. In five years time there will be no support at all. So no one will be doing any undercutting, HP will have no support market in 5 years anyway, and a good product that they have spent a great deal of money on goes to waste.
Funnily enough I had a situation somewhat like this happen to me. I was sent inter-state, they accidently cancelled my hotel room and I had to pay for it (they compensated me in the end, that isn't the point).
They did not take me off the support mobile. Ever tried checking servers from a hotel room? No? You don't want to.
I got out to site later than I expected: I had to take a support call for a site. Getting through the PABX of the hotel I was staying at proved impossible, when I contacted my immediate manager I was told to "do my best". Basically after a while I forced to give up.
I got out to site and I found that all of the Cisco switches and routers had been sent up completely unconfigured. Nicely done! They had also sent up the Linux server without even ANYTHING installed on it! Unfortuneately for me I had to deal with angry management as they not only sent it up unconfigured, but they neglected to let anyone know that it was arriving on site and it arrived on there doorstep unannounced.
After configuring the switches and routers I did not get everything configured correctly. Considering that they knew that I was inexperienced in this stuff (never having really touched the things before) and I didn't really understand the concept of access list control.... well, enough said.
Anyhow, I got down to install the actual router. Of course no one could find the NT 1 unit for the ISDN line:) Never mind, we eventually found that. Of course it wouldn't have mattered, the ISDN line had a fault in it anyway. The cabler was very quick in finding the fault, might I say.
Of course once this is all done, I try and get the router configured. Just plug in the modem to the router's aux port! Sure, if they had actually remembered to get it installed:)
OK, now problems with the switches. Not much can go wrong with a switch, right? Well, yeah, sort of. It wasn't actually the switches that were the problem it was the fact that they forgot to send circuit breakers or cables for them. I had to buy them from the local electronics store with my own money. Yes I was reimbursed. As I've said before, that isn't the point!!!
Anyway, this was the problem with this company. No I don't want to name it. You see, they offered me 4 weeks pay and a good reference after this. Apparently wasn't "fast enough" (funnily enough I never actually received that reference ). You figure it out whether I accepted the offer or not!
Considering the so-called skills shortage in the IT industry you would expect that companies would play a little fairer. I suppose that there are bad companies out there in any industry, though!
One good thing. I am now learning my Cisco stuff now (up to routing protocols at the moment). Damn, Cisco is actually pretty interesting, it's just a pity I didn't know too much about them during this experience.
You're kidding me, right? Colour calibration is a consumer thing? Don't make me laugh!
What about all those professional designers who need it? Converting from a CMYK colour space (terminology people?) to an RGB colour space is very important in the print industry!
Not only that, but a virus on one platform won't run on another system unless you compile it on that platform. And whoever heard of someone taking the time to write a virus in Pascal?
Hello, we're talking about email here! How many features can you add to email? I beleive that the only features that have really been of any use are as follows:
colour highlighting (yeah, that's right, colour highlighting:) If only more email apps had this, it really is a very useful feature in Outlook!)
filters
actually sending and receiving mail properly (does Outlook do this properly?)
That's it folks! That's all that is really needed. Of course now that RTF mail is now a fact of life (and I don't like it one little bit, btw) most mail clients really need to be able to display it.
Considering that mySQL is a subset of SQL (forget which version) - and Oracle is a full implementation of the SQL standard then I think that it is a little more tricky to compare the two.
I reckon that abandonware should be opened up, or given away. Case in point: I'm looking for the Space Quest series. I went to Sierra's web site to find it, however I was unable to find it anywhere on their product lists. I emailed them and then I found out that they no longer sell it!
I really enjoyed that series - now I can't play it no matter what happens. I can't even buy it! Let's open abandonware up - then I can play SQ in piece.
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Ah, why is this marked "informative"?
I can't see even ONE piece of information that gives me information on ANYTHING!
IMHO this should more likely be marked as "troll".
Hmmmm... considering the description ("another-attempt-to-stifle-competition dept") methinks that certain other people didn't read the article either. Maybe I'm just being cynical here, but these catchy and somewhat misleading descriptions seem to be there just to get you to read and start flaming.
So, perhaps not just the slash-"duh"ters are the only ones at fault here.
Not knowing that much about VMS, but since when was Unix a language??? It's an O/S! Besides, I can almost always find what I need when running my Linux system.
Actually, the GPL does give the original owners the option of releasing an official version. It just means that others can make other versions if they wish - it doesn't mean that those changes are going to be grafted into the main source tree.
So HP would have a great deal of control over the source. And anyway, didn't you read the article? HP are not going to be issuing major upgrades anymore, just bugfixes!
Oh, and another point. In five years time there will be no support at all. So no one will be doing any undercutting, HP will have no support market in 5 years anyway, and a good product that they have spent a great deal of money on goes to waste.
How ironic. It's been taken down.
Funnily enough I had a situation somewhat like this happen to me. I was sent inter-state, they accidently cancelled my hotel room and I had to pay for it (they compensated me in the end, that isn't the point).
:) Never mind, we eventually found that. Of course it wouldn't have mattered, the ISDN line had a fault in it anyway. The cabler was very quick in finding the fault, might I say.
:)
They did not take me off the support mobile. Ever tried checking servers from a hotel room? No? You don't want to.
I got out to site later than I expected: I had to take a support call for a site. Getting through the PABX of the hotel I was staying at proved impossible, when I contacted my immediate manager I was told to "do my best". Basically after a while I forced to give up.
I got out to site and I found that all of the Cisco switches and routers had been sent up completely unconfigured. Nicely done! They had also sent up the Linux server without even ANYTHING installed on it! Unfortuneately for me I had to deal with angry management as they not only sent it up unconfigured, but they neglected to let anyone know that it was arriving on site and it arrived on there doorstep unannounced.
After configuring the switches and routers I did not get everything configured correctly. Considering that they knew that I was inexperienced in this stuff (never having really touched the things before) and I didn't really understand the concept of access list control.... well, enough said.
Anyhow, I got down to install the actual router. Of course no one could find the NT 1 unit for the ISDN line
Of course once this is all done, I try and get the router configured. Just plug in the modem to the router's aux port! Sure, if they had actually remembered to get it installed
OK, now problems with the switches. Not much can go wrong with a switch, right? Well, yeah, sort of. It wasn't actually the switches that were the problem it was the fact that they forgot to send circuit breakers or cables for them. I had to buy them from the local electronics store with my own money. Yes I was reimbursed. As I've said before, that isn't the point!!!
Anyway, this was the problem with this company. No I don't want to name it. You see, they offered me 4 weeks pay and a good reference after this. Apparently wasn't "fast enough" (funnily enough I never actually received that reference ). You figure it out whether I accepted the offer or not!
Considering the so-called skills shortage in the IT industry you would expect that companies would play a little fairer. I suppose that there are bad companies out there in any industry, though!
One good thing. I am now learning my Cisco stuff now (up to routing protocols at the moment). Damn, Cisco is actually pretty interesting, it's just a pity I didn't know too much about them during this experience.
This is really great! Getting rid of some of the overhead of the X Window system and running over the framebuffer is quite awesome.
I wonder how this will effect the use/implementations of embedded devices?
You're kidding me, right? Colour calibration is a consumer thing? Don't make me laugh!
What about all those professional designers who need it? Converting from a CMYK colour space (terminology people?) to an RGB colour space is very important in the print industry!
Then you haven't really installed very much on Windows, have you?
Not only that, but a virus on one platform won't run on another system unless you compile it on that platform. And whoever heard of someone taking the time to write a virus in Pascal?
That, sir, is a syllogism. Money can be used for good AND for bad. For instance, you can give money to charity, which IMHO is a good thing.
Then wouldn't they have made it C+=2 ?
In that case, why not just use CORBA? Isn't this language neutral?
If I'm wrong, please correct me (but try to do it gently!)
You are an idiot.
Oops, forgot file attachments. Sorry 'bout that (what was I thinking!)
I still don't really agree with HTML emails!
Aren't 192.168.* and other private IP addresses non-routeable?
That's it folks! That's all that is really needed. Of course now that RTF mail is now a fact of life (and I don't like it one little bit, btw) most mail clients really need to be able to display it.
Anyone who puts in a redirector so that you can't get away from their page via the back button ought to be sued for every penny that they own!
Considering that mySQL is a subset of SQL (forget which version) - and Oracle is a full implementation of the SQL standard then I think that it is a little more tricky to compare the two.
Where, damn it?
I MUST know! Me and my mate at work are dieing to find out...
OK, it looks like http://harleyquinn.com has been Slashdotted as I can't access it!
This puts pinging the server in an entirely new light.
:)
No chance of a firewall either
I reckon that abandonware should be opened up, or given away. Case in point: I'm looking for the Space Quest series. I went to Sierra's web site to find it, however I was unable to find it anywhere on their product lists. I emailed them and then I found out that they no longer sell it!
I really enjoyed that series - now I can't play it no matter what happens. I can't even buy it! Let's open abandonware up - then I can play SQ in piece.
And today you are flaming on slashdot. Ironic, isn't it?
Or like clicking on the "Start" button to shutdown your computer.