REALLY?! A cron job and a TV card give me what TiVo has? I get updated TV listings? I can put in my preferences and have it record things I might like? I get the great user interface?! AMAZING!
Try again.
The TiVo is much more than just a device to dump shows to MPEG. It has a wonderful user interface, very good service to get the latest show info, and lets you rate what you watch and record so it can go find shows that you might like and record them when you aren't watching TV. At only $299 for the 14hour and $399 for the 30 hour, it's hard to build one for that price....if not impossible.
Maybe Evolution looks like OutLook because the OutLook interface works very well. *GASP!* Microsoft puts a *LOT* of money in to GUI development. Not just what looks good, but they have a very large research dept. that does nothing but looks at these things. They test large groups of people and watch how they move through menus and do things. Maybe they just got it right. In my opinion it would be VERY hard to to out-do the OutLook interface. Not to mention a lot of the interface is configurable.
Don't worry, they'll screw it up and be 2 years late. Postal is great, you get all the headaches of a huge company with all the headaches of a government agency....
The ipf how-to covers this as well as the book "Building Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls". Both of these are excellent reads. The HOW-TO is at http://www.obfuscation.org/ipf/ipf-howto.html
They can't support every distribution. By saying it works on RedHat 6.2 they are giving you a tested platform to compare against. Will it work on other distros? Most likely. If it doesn't you know you can always see what's different between your distro and RedHat as a possible cause of the problem.
There is a/. PQA someone made. Check palm.net. I use it and it works very well. On the VII, you can either go per K, or a flat rate plan for like $40/month.
I'll agree with that. Notes has a lot of good things going for it. But, having used the Notes client it just isn't as good as OutLook. The backend stuff is nice but the front end isn't.
This happens all the time. If you find a security bug you usually give the vendor/author a chance to fix it in a timely manner before announcing it to the world.
If this were almost any other app or company this wouldn't be front page news. How many other apps have buffer overflow exploits? Yes, Outlook has had its problems but look at other apps that have had them. How many problems were there with sendmail? The problems got fixed and it continues to be used today. Until someone comes out with a product to truely compete with OutLook people won't switch. What other LARGE enterprise mail systems are out there that offer the features of Exchange? Security people don't usually pick the mail system, management does. Management just can't pass up the calendaring and scheduling features of Exchange.
Instead of constantly bashing OutLook someone should actually go write a competing client. I'm currently using Mozilla's IMAP client. So far it's the most full featured by far. Sadly, it crashes about 3 times per day and on restart it sometimes won't create new messages. I can't wait for Evolution, but how long will that be?
I'd like to see all the "MS SUCKS!!!" people in here sit down and write an app that does everything OutLook can do. Yes, it has its problems but you can patch it, just like everything else. Until there is another alternative, even a close one, people won't switch.
I really don't think they are respected that highly, or at all. A big problem is just that they aren't recognized by most employers. Most certifications aren't that expensive. Like the Microsoft certs, you don't have to get MCSE certified and spend $600-700 on the tests. Just take one or two. Or start on the SAIR certification. The Admin level is 2 tests and it increments up which lets you get something on paper and build up on it. More info is available on that at www.linuxcertification.com.
I can't believe no one has mentioned F-Secure. It isn't free but it's good. Check it out at www.f-secure.com. It includes a secure FTP and also handles port redirection.
Look at Netscape release schedule. You can't expect everyone to sit around and wait on them. If MS uses "features" that aren't standard and people don't like them, don't use them. If everyone decides to use them then they become the new standard.
If it says it works with RedHat at least you could assume it would work with a comparable configuration on another distribution. My main problem with this company was that they couldn't even give me one configuration they tested it on.
As noted in my article submission, IO Gear couldn't give me a tested configuration. If they had said RedHat 6.2 with default kernel, etc..etc...that would have been fine. But they couldn't do that.
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Wireless Ethernet to your office from 300 feet away maybe....
REALLY?! A cron job and a TV card give me what TiVo has? I get updated TV listings? I can put in my preferences and have it record things I might like? I get the great user interface?! AMAZING! Try again.
The TiVo is much more than just a device to dump shows to MPEG. It has a wonderful user interface, very good service to get the latest show info, and lets you rate what you watch and record so it can go find shows that you might like and record them when you aren't watching TV. At only $299 for the 14hour and $399 for the 30 hour, it's hard to build one for that price....if not impossible.
They also released some utils that they made. I don't think they were required to do that since I don't think they were based on anything else.
Maybe Evolution looks like OutLook because the OutLook interface works very well. *GASP!* Microsoft puts a *LOT* of money in to GUI development. Not just what looks good, but they have a very large research dept. that does nothing but looks at these things. They test large groups of people and watch how they move through menus and do things. Maybe they just got it right. In my opinion it would be VERY hard to to out-do the OutLook interface. Not to mention a lot of the interface is configurable.
Don't worry, they'll screw it up and be 2 years late. Postal is great, you get all the headaches of a huge company with all the headaches of a government agency....
Just go get gnapster. Works great.
I've used this one for a while and it works pretty well too.
It didn't get all the mail that was in my Inbox. When I click New Message nothing happens. And then it segfaulted.
I just went to check it out. No screenshots or real features list. Only a link to buy for $59...hmmmm...
The ipf how-to covers this as well as the book "Building Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls". Both of these are excellent reads. The HOW-TO is at http://www.obfuscation.org/ipf/ipf-howto.html
If you read the Yopy FAQ it mentions battery life being 6 hours. 6 hours!?! For a PDA?! I wanted one before, but I don't know now....
Why does every article now have to look like some sort of conspiracy? Is Google the end of privacy on the web?!
They can't support every distribution. By saying it works on RedHat 6.2 they are giving you a tested platform to compare against. Will it work on other distros? Most likely. If it doesn't you know you can always see what's different between your distro and RedHat as a possible cause of the problem.
There is a /. PQA someone made. Check palm.net. I use it and it works very well. On the VII, you can either go per K, or a flat rate plan for like $40/month.
I'll agree with that. Notes has a lot of good things going for it. But, having used the Notes client it just isn't as good as OutLook. The backend stuff is nice but the front end isn't.
This happens all the time. If you find a security bug you usually give the vendor/author a chance to fix it in a timely manner before announcing it to the world.
If this were almost any other app or company this wouldn't be front page news. How many other apps have buffer overflow exploits? Yes, Outlook has had its problems but look at other apps that have had them. How many problems were there with sendmail? The problems got fixed and it continues to be used today. Until someone comes out with a product to truely compete with OutLook people won't switch. What other LARGE enterprise mail systems are out there that offer the features of Exchange? Security people don't usually pick the mail system, management does. Management just can't pass up the calendaring and scheduling features of Exchange.
Instead of constantly bashing OutLook someone should actually go write a competing client. I'm currently using Mozilla's IMAP client. So far it's the most full featured by far. Sadly, it crashes about 3 times per day and on restart it sometimes won't create new messages. I can't wait for Evolution, but how long will that be?
I'd like to see all the "MS SUCKS!!!" people in here sit down and write an app that does everything OutLook can do. Yes, it has its problems but you can patch it, just like everything else. Until there is another alternative, even a close one, people won't switch.
I really don't think they are respected that highly, or at all. A big problem is just that they aren't recognized by most employers. Most certifications aren't that expensive. Like the Microsoft certs, you don't have to get MCSE certified and spend $600-700 on the tests. Just take one or two. Or start on the SAIR certification. The Admin level is 2 tests and it increments up which lets you get something on paper and build up on it. More info is available on that at www.linuxcertification.com.
I can't believe no one has mentioned F-Secure. It isn't free but it's good. Check it out at www.f-secure.com. It includes a secure FTP and also handles port redirection.
If you want a free one check out TeraTerm Pro and the SSH addon. We use it here and it works great.
Look at Netscape release schedule. You can't expect everyone to sit around and wait on them. If MS uses "features" that aren't standard and people don't like them, don't use them. If everyone decides to use them then they become the new standard.
I saw that monitor at a show a little while back. VERY nice. They were showing the desktop and playing Bugs Life on it from DVD.
If it says it works with RedHat at least you could assume it would work with a comparable configuration on another distribution. My main problem with this company was that they couldn't even give me one configuration they tested it on.
As noted in my article submission, IO Gear couldn't give me a tested configuration. If they had said RedHat 6.2 with default kernel, etc..etc...that would have been fine. But they couldn't do that.