Some model Macs let you use both the HD15 and ADC connector at once.
If you browse the Apple store web site, and configure a G4 tower system, you will see three video options. One is a single-head GeForce2-MX board, one is a dual-head GeForce2-MX board (aka "TwinView"), and one is a single-head GeForce3 board.
The "TwinView" board will let you run two (non-mirrored) monitors off of one card - one on the HD15 and one on the ADC.
If you choose one of the other two video cards, then only one connector may be used at a time.
I don't undestant those people here who seem to think that Linux will be destroyed by AOL buying RedHat. Even if AOL decides to dissolve RH altogether, it won't do a thing to Linux itself.
Linux is not RedHat.
RedHat is not Linux
There are many other distributions out there (e.g. Slackware, Debian, SUSE, and others.) If something happens to the RH distribution that makes it undesirable, people will simply buy their Linux CDs from somebody else. And if RH is dissolved, their engineers will almost certainly continue working on Linux in some other venue.
Furthermore, I'm sure AOL is aware of this. Despite what everybody would like to think, they are not stupid. If they want to destroy Linux, they certainly know that they can't kill a single distribution to do it. It makes absoltely no sense to buy and destroy a company whose primary business is distributing free software.
Now, I don't know what their actual reasons might be, but I think we can all be fairly certain that AOL/TW wants something from RH (software, developers, support network, or maybe something else) that they feel they could not get with an ordinary license.
For all you know, this whole deal may be over the name "RedHat". Note how CheapBytes was prohibited from using the name "RedHat" (and currently calls it "XXX XXX"), even though they are selling CDs made from the same RH images that you can download yourself. If AOL/TW wants to use the RedHat name in their distribution, they may have concluded that the only way to avoid lawsuits is to buy the company. Depending on what RedHat is actually worth, and what it can be bought for, this might not even be a bad deal.
I'm more than willing to wait and see what happens, because I think the impact on the Linux community will not be disastrous even if RH goes the way of Netscape.
1) I also own my own domain. I have my local mail clients set to send out mail with my domain in the From: line. It goes out through Earthlink's server. The From: line is not rewritten. Yes, there is an Earthlink Received: header, but that really shouldn't be a big deal. I can't imagine how this would hurt your business's credibility.
Of course, this may not be the same for all ISPs, but the original message was talking about Earthlink.
2) While I have seen many free-mail systems insert ads in outgoing messages, mail from my Earthlink account has never been altered. But not all ISPs are the same here, of course.
3) E-mail is never secure, no matter what server(s) you use. You are no more at risk using an ISP's server than using your own. Encryption of sensitive information is always a requirement, no matter what your network uses.
IMO, you may be more at risk using your own, because it is an attractive target for your competitors (and others who may wish you harm.) It is less likely that someone will attempt to hack a major ISP in order to get access to one customer.
Finally, there are plenty of broadband services that don't filter. But you may have to get a business line (which will cost more) if you require that level of service. For quite some time, my employer was paying for a business DSL line into my home - there was no filtering of any kind, but it cost about $150/mo for 256K SDSL. My current Earthlink line is much less expensive ($65/mo for 1.5M/128K ADSL and a static IP), but there are restrictions. That's the way things are - if you don't want any restrictions, you can get it, but it will cost more.
(This, of course, doesn't even discuss the wisdom of direct port-25 access over a dial-up line, which IMO is completely unsuitable for business purposes, even if it isn't blocked by an ISP.)
I have Earthlink DSL at home. I have configured my mail client (Netscape) to send through them. Netscape is configured to use my yahoo.com address as the From: address. It is not rewritten when I send mail out. I have personally tested and verified this.
The only downside to using Earthlink's server is that they insert their own Received: header in the message. (And they can block you if they think you're a spammer, but most of us shouldn't have to worry about that.)
I was using GL applications on an SGI IRIS-3D system back in 1990 (approximately 12 years ago) when I was in college. I'm pretty sure that these were not top-of-the-line systems, and I'm also pretty sure that they weren't first generation systems. It is quite likely that GL was around for at least 3-5 years by the time I started using these systems.
In other words, the patents that SGI sold may be about ready to expire anyway. I'm not 100% sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if the first GL products are close to 17 years old by now, meaning the patents shouldn't be far behind either.
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If you browse the Apple store web site, and configure a G4 tower system, you will see three video options. One is a single-head GeForce2-MX board, one is a dual-head GeForce2-MX board (aka "TwinView"), and one is a single-head GeForce3 board.
The "TwinView" board will let you run two (non-mirrored) monitors off of one card - one on the HD15 and one on the ADC.
If you choose one of the other two video cards, then only one connector may be used at a time.
IIRC, the 500MHz TiBook has a 100MHz bus, while the 667MHz model has a 133MHz bus.
Linux is not RedHat.
RedHat is not Linux
There are many other distributions out there (e.g. Slackware, Debian, SUSE, and others.) If something happens to the RH distribution that makes it undesirable, people will simply buy their Linux CDs from somebody else. And if RH is dissolved, their engineers will almost certainly continue working on Linux in some other venue.
Furthermore, I'm sure AOL is aware of this. Despite what everybody would like to think, they are not stupid. If they want to destroy Linux, they certainly know that they can't kill a single distribution to do it. It makes absoltely no sense to buy and destroy a company whose primary business is distributing free software.
Now, I don't know what their actual reasons might be, but I think we can all be fairly certain that AOL/TW wants something from RH (software, developers, support network, or maybe something else) that they feel they could not get with an ordinary license.
For all you know, this whole deal may be over the name "RedHat". Note how CheapBytes was prohibited from using the name "RedHat" (and currently calls it "XXX XXX"), even though they are selling CDs made from the same RH images that you can download yourself. If AOL/TW wants to use the RedHat name in their distribution, they may have concluded that the only way to avoid lawsuits is to buy the company. Depending on what RedHat is actually worth, and what it can be bought for, this might not even be a bad deal.
I'm more than willing to wait and see what happens, because I think the impact on the Linux community will not be disastrous even if RH goes the way of Netscape.
1) I also own my own domain. I have my local mail clients set to send out mail with my domain in the From: line. It goes out through Earthlink's server. The From: line is not rewritten. Yes, there is an Earthlink Received: header, but that really shouldn't be a big deal. I can't imagine how this would hurt your business's credibility.
Of course, this may not be the same for all ISPs, but the original message was talking about Earthlink.
2) While I have seen many free-mail systems insert ads in outgoing messages, mail from my Earthlink account has never been altered. But not all ISPs are the same here, of course.
3) E-mail is never secure, no matter what server(s) you use. You are no more at risk using an ISP's server than using your own. Encryption of sensitive information is always a requirement, no matter what your network uses.
IMO, you may be more at risk using your own, because it is an attractive target for your competitors (and others who may wish you harm.) It is less likely that someone will attempt to hack a major ISP in order to get access to one customer.
Finally, there are plenty of broadband services that don't filter. But you may have to get a business line (which will cost more) if you require that level of service. For quite some time, my employer was paying for a business DSL line into my home - there was no filtering of any kind, but it cost about $150/mo for 256K SDSL. My current Earthlink line is much less expensive ($65/mo for 1.5M/128K ADSL and a static IP), but there are restrictions. That's the way things are - if you don't want any restrictions, you can get it, but it will cost more.
(This, of course, doesn't even discuss the wisdom of direct port-25 access over a dial-up line, which IMO is completely unsuitable for business purposes, even if it isn't blocked by an ISP.)
I have Earthlink DSL at home. I have configured my mail client (Netscape) to send through them. Netscape is configured to use my yahoo.com address as the From: address. It is not rewritten when I send mail out. I have personally tested and verified this.
The only downside to using Earthlink's server is that they insert their own Received: header in the message. (And they can block you if they think you're a spammer, but most of us shouldn't have to worry about that.)
I was using GL applications on an SGI IRIS-3D system back in 1990 (approximately 12 years ago) when I was in college. I'm pretty sure that these were not top-of-the-line systems, and I'm also pretty sure that they weren't first generation systems. It is quite likely that GL was around for at least 3-5 years by the time I started using these systems.
In other words, the patents that SGI sold may be about ready to expire anyway. I'm not 100% sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if the first GL products are close to 17 years old by now, meaning the patents shouldn't be far behind either.