We hear lots of hype regarding this great new technology. Companies developing the technology start acquiring each other before there is even a deliverable. Stocks soar....
Then, the bubble bursts leaving no real technology, thousands holding worthless stock and a CEO retiring in the Caribbean.
You should show at least a little sympathy for them. Put yourself in their shoes for a moment. Can you imagine what it must be like to spend your whole life stuck in a CD caddie?
You had to pay because Apple, most likely, has a business presence in your state. This may be a distribution facility or, more likely, an Apple store. With the presence of a retail outlet in your state, they are required by your state to collect local taxes on all sales within that state. It doesn't matter that you placed the order and had the product shipped from California. Many states have had this law in place for quite some time.
And that is one of the aspects, of this device, that I like, indeed prefer over Tivo. No subscriptions, no unknown software updates that could possible reduce functionality and no Tivo phone home.
The Panasonic machine is like a VCR, you push the button and it does what you want. But, it does so in a modern format and has a few more features than today's VCR. Unlike Tivo, which I feel is severely threatened by the RIAA, this device could indeed be the next VCR.
I don't want a device that can do anything/everything for my television, I already have a few computers. I like this specific function device and when the price hits $500, probably after Christmas, I'll get one. By then, hopefully the price of the media will also have dropped.
My area is no NYC but, it is certainly a decent sized metropolitan area. Here are my choices:
Phone - Verizon xDSL - Verizon Cable - Time Warner
Sure, I can get a dial-up with Earthlink but, it uses Verizon's lines. There are also a couple od xDSL providers locally, though I'm not sure I can get many of them at my location, but they still rely on Verizon. With Cable I can get RoadRunner or AOL or even Earthlink as the provider but, no matter who I sign up with I still have to rely on TimeWarner.
I personally I don't regard two providers in a large metropolitan area as being "competition"! Of course, I could still get a T1 from UUNet for $800/mnth but, then again the local loop is from, you guessed it, Verizon!
The antivirus industry will love this. Who knows, they may even contribute to WINE. You see, so many Linux users have this false sense of security, assuming that since Linux hasn't been significantly targeted by virus writers that, Linux is virus proof. Big mistake, as demonstrated by this story.
Now, Linux users will catch and spread a long list of old Windows favorites making the demand for commercial antivirus software go up again. This John Doe caught Klez a rather non descript worm. Imaging Anna Korunikova in the inboxes of most Linux geeks.;)
Better see about Norton Command Line Scanner or perhaps...
I'm curious about how these screens look. One of the issues with LCD is the screens appearance. They are often hard to view unless at a precise angle, if you wear glasses, especially polarized glasses, they are even harder to view. Touch screen films make them harder still to view and now they are embedding the actual circuitry in the display. What's the viewing like?
Can you here the disappointment in CmdrTaco's snippet? I'm surprised he bothered posting this article. Taco has already thought of this and realized that it won't work.
He's tried everything and he still can't shake the Trolls. Hell, even if he disables AC the Trolls login now.
If management isn't behind you, then get another job. Because, if that is the case with management the company will be shut down in short order. Then everyone will be out of work.
Better check again. Try typing unload btrieve and see all the errors about; Must unload TCP/IP first, must unload IPX/SPX first.
Additionally, BTrieve is also used for the Installed Products databse. On Netware 4.11 load install.nlm and the change back to the console to see the BTrieve already loaded messages. INETCFG too. Also, look for a module called NWMKDE (NetWare MicroKernel Database Engine), I can't remember for sure if 4.11 has this but, it is another name for BTrieve.
I were Novell, I'd be more interested in developing a Samba-style SMB server NLM to try to replace NT file and print servers
Netware 6 already has this. I forget their name for it but, it goes under the guise of Any Client or some such. With this feature, Microsoft clients can connect to the Netware 6 servers without the previously required Novell client. The Netware 6 server looks to the client, like a NT server. Netware 6 also supports an NFS like export that allows *nix clients to also connect natively, without the use of Novell client software.
Netware 6 has a lot of really powerful features. What's more, I think that Linuxers would like it because it has a similar feel, even if the commands are different. Hell, it even runs Xwindows with the IceWM.
These financial results show that although Novell is trading below their values, as you said, they are still strong and perhaps on the road to recovery.
People have cried the Novell is dead/dying mantra since the release of NT 4.0 yet, their still plugging along. Don't count them dead yet.
It appears that they will be shipping MySQL as part of the OS distribution however, PostgreSQL is available as part of a separate Software Developer's Kit.
Here is Novell's press release on the matter. (man their new web site sucks) It appears that earlier reports of PostgreSQL were inaccurate.
Now, what the press release doesn't say is if Novell plans to remove Pervasive/BTrieve from Netware. Netware has always been deeply steeped in Btrieve (an abomination, in my opinion). Indeed Netware 3 through 6 even use BTrieve for the TCP/IP stack. I can't imagine why but, they do.
Now they have to pay the higher rate and gamble on whether they get any deal at all. Had Helms allowed the bill to pass, the small broadcasters would be paying a smaller fee and could follow up with another bill to gamble on.
Let's just hope that interest in the bill doesn't disappear. It would be too bad, now that they are paying a higher rate, if this got shoved aside by more pressing issues. Like, umm, ah... an Iraqi war?
Better read it again. Payments are most definitely needed, starting yesterday. Furthermore, the payments are significantly higher than they would have been, had the bill passed.
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We hear lots of hype regarding this great new technology. Companies developing the technology start acquiring each other before there is even a deliverable. Stocks soar....
Then, the bubble bursts leaving no real technology, thousands holding worthless stock and a CEO retiring in the Caribbean.
Haven't we seen this before????
You should show at least a little sympathy for them. Put yourself in their shoes for a moment. Can you imagine what it must be like to spend your whole life stuck in a CD caddie?
You had to pay because Apple, most likely, has a business presence in your state. This may be a distribution facility or, more likely, an Apple store. With the presence of a retail outlet in your state, they are required by your state to collect local taxes on all sales within that state. It doesn't matter that you placed the order and had the product shipped from California. Many states have had this law in place for quite some time.
Also interesting is the ad I just saw for Helix(RealPlayer) and their version of Open Source code. Here's the link.
Wow.. ignorance runs rampant..
You are so right, Poster boy....
And that is one of the aspects, of this device, that I like, indeed prefer over Tivo. No subscriptions, no unknown software updates that could possible reduce functionality and no Tivo phone home.
The Panasonic machine is like a VCR, you push the button and it does what you want. But, it does so in a modern format and has a few more features than today's VCR. Unlike Tivo, which I feel is severely threatened by the RIAA, this device could indeed be the next VCR.
I don't want a device that can do anything/everything for my television, I already have a few computers. I like this specific function device and when the price hits $500, probably after Christmas, I'll get one. By then, hopefully the price of the media will also have dropped.
No political agenda?
ROTFLMAO
My area is no NYC but, it is certainly a decent sized metropolitan area. Here are my choices:
Phone - Verizon
xDSL - Verizon
Cable - Time Warner
Sure, I can get a dial-up with Earthlink but, it uses Verizon's lines. There are also a couple od xDSL providers locally, though I'm not sure I can get many of them at my location, but they still rely on Verizon. With Cable I can get RoadRunner or AOL or even Earthlink as the provider but, no matter who I sign up with I still have to rely on TimeWarner.
I personally I don't regard two providers in a large metropolitan area as being "competition"! Of course, I could still get a T1 from UUNet for $800/mnth but, then again the local loop is from, you guessed it, Verizon!
It burns DVD-RAM and DVD-R. It reads just about any disc that will fit in the tray.
Your right, the media is expensive but, CD-RW media was $20+ a pop when it first came out.
CDRW is too small. Yea yea, compression blah blah. In order for a movie to fit on a CDRW the quality is as bad or worse than VHS.
This on the other hand shows significant promise. DVD recordable, with a hard disk and some nice Tivo like features. Also, does MP3s etcetera...
The antivirus industry will love this. Who knows, they may even contribute to WINE. You see, so many Linux users have this false sense of security, assuming that since Linux hasn't been significantly targeted by virus writers that, Linux is virus proof. Big mistake, as demonstrated by this story.
;)
Now, Linux users will catch and spread a long list of old Windows favorites making the demand for commercial antivirus software go up again. This John Doe caught Klez a rather non descript worm. Imaging Anna Korunikova in the inboxes of most Linux geeks.
Better see about Norton Command Line Scanner or perhaps...
rpm -e wine-*
Enjoy it while it lasts. Afterall, at this point, what are you gonna do?
Just hope and pray that they don't repost the same story tomorrow. It's been happening a fair bit lately.
Glass is quartz and/or silica not silicon.
I'm curious about how these screens look. One of the issues with LCD is the screens appearance. They are often hard to view unless at a precise angle, if you wear glasses, especially polarized glasses, they are even harder to view. Touch screen films make them harder still to view and now they are embedding the actual circuitry in the display. What's the viewing like?
Can you here the disappointment in CmdrTaco's snippet? I'm surprised he bothered posting this article. Taco has already thought of this and realized that it won't work.
He's tried everything and he still can't shake the Trolls. Hell, even if he disables AC the Trolls login now.
If management isn't behind you, then get another job. Because, if that is the case with management the company will be shut down in short order. Then everyone will be out of work.
Better check again. Try typing unload btrieve and see all the errors about; Must unload TCP/IP first, must unload IPX/SPX first.
Additionally, BTrieve is also used for the Installed Products databse. On Netware 4.11 load install.nlm and the change back to the console to see the BTrieve already loaded messages. INETCFG too. Also, look for a module called NWMKDE (NetWare MicroKernel Database Engine), I can't remember for sure if 4.11 has this but, it is another name for BTrieve.
I were Novell, I'd be more interested in developing a Samba-style SMB server NLM to try to replace NT file and print servers
Netware 6 already has this. I forget their name for it but, it goes under the guise of Any Client or some such. With this feature, Microsoft clients can connect to the Netware 6 servers without the previously required Novell client. The Netware 6 server looks to the client, like a NT server. Netware 6 also supports an NFS like export that allows *nix clients to also connect natively, without the use of Novell client software.
Netware 6 has a lot of really powerful features. What's more, I think that Linuxers would like it because it has a similar feel, even if the commands are different. Hell, it even runs Xwindows with the IceWM.
These financial results show that although Novell is trading below their values, as you said, they are still strong and perhaps on the road to recovery.
People have cried the Novell is dead/dying mantra since the release of NT 4.0 yet, their still plugging along. Don't count them dead yet.
I'm surprised that GNU/RMS hasn't rallied the GNU/FSF and explained the GNU/GPL to them.
It appears that they will be shipping MySQL as part of the OS distribution however, PostgreSQL is available as part of a separate Software Developer's Kit.
Here is Novell's press release on the matter. (man their new web site sucks) It appears that earlier reports of PostgreSQL were inaccurate.
Now, what the press release doesn't say is if Novell plans to remove Pervasive/BTrieve from Netware. Netware has always been deeply steeped in Btrieve (an abomination, in my opinion). Indeed Netware 3 through 6 even use BTrieve for the TCP/IP stack. I can't imagine why but, they do.
Now they have to pay the higher rate and gamble on whether they get any deal at all. Had Helms allowed the bill to pass, the small broadcasters would be paying a smaller fee and could follow up with another bill to gamble on.
A bird in hand....
Let's just hope that interest in the bill doesn't disappear. It would be too bad, now that they are paying a higher rate, if this got shoved aside by more pressing issues. Like, umm, ah... an Iraqi war?
Better read it again. Payments are most definitely needed, starting yesterday. Furthermore, the payments are significantly higher than they would have been, had the bill passed.