With the support of BIG BLUE, they might have a chance. When I read this article, the demise of LWN, and from Forbes.com (ala slashdot feed) ' "Other firms such as TurboLinux that had filed for IPOs eventually canceled their plans. The Nasdaq Composite has shed three quarters of its value since March 2000, and for the Linux stocks, the fall has been even harder. Cobalt and Andover.net are gone, swallowed up by Sun Microsystems (nasdaq: SUNW - news - people ) and VA, respectively. VA itself now sells for under a buck per share, and founder Larry Augustin last week gave up the CEO job (he's still the chairman). His firm has changed its name to VA Software, and its media contact person declined an interview request for this story "because we're no longer a Linux company." ' I wonder wher the focus is.I ask why are the root and fundamental Linux proponets hitting the pavement and knocking on doors?
IBM is choosing Linux, and doing what other companies have failed to do: Compete directly with MS on their terms...with MONEY. This competition is at the server level, but in time perhaps with adequate funding and a focus on applied resources, perhaps inroads will be made in the next few years to challenge Microsoft on the desktop. Microsoft now sees this threat, and recognizes that IBM has a new tool in their arsenal to take on MS. Bundling pieces of Linux in their corporate high dollar solutions is a fiscally prudent move. Additionally, with the fundamental state and nature of OSS the IBM team has a wider variety of Eyes & Hands on developers that are providing pro bono service. Definitely a great bullet for promoting this type of integration with the bean counter!
So what does this boil down to? IBM has a recognized threat to MS server market. The ball is in the hands of IBM to push this, or the path to the Linux desktop will meet the fate of OS/2.
Forbes has a great article looking at OS businesses as the market faces current tribulations. They objectively look at the financials and give a good overview based on history and performance. They disclose upfront that they have a feed from slashdot.
A very good read, and it supports the partnership that VA and Forbes have made.
Did you add your report to the original submission/.? BTW, I agree with observations. Thanks for the info!
Before you Download this: The Bug List
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This lists only the most obvious bugs. If you find a bug in the latest version of Freeciv and it is not listed here, please look for it in our bug tracking system JitterBug. If it is a new bug, you can use JitterBug to report it. JitterBug also conatains information regarding previously fixed bugs. For more information about Jitterbug, read JitterBug.txt
Some lines containing special characters will show up blank if your locale is set to "C". As a workaround set your locale to something else, like "en_US".
Your CMA settings are only sent to the server when you press turn done, and therefore changes you make to CMA in the same turn as you save a game will be lost.
If you use the CMA the resulting savegame isn't endian and 64 bit safe. So you can't use the savegame on a computer with a different architecture.
The easy AI is not easy enough for novice players. If the AI is beating you up early in the game, try setting the "generator" server option to 2 or 3. That is, in the server, before starting a game, type: set generator 2 or: set generator 3
The hard AI is not hard enough for very experienced players, and still does some stupid things. E.g., it prefers leaving cities in revolt rather than letting them starve/shrink.
Sometimes there may be too many advances in the "goal" menu of the science report, such that the menu goes off the bottom of the screen and you cannot select some items.
You may sometimes get the messages {ss} player for sample not found {ss} player for sample not found when using the esound sound driver. This is nothing to worry about.
Some effects of wonders and research first take effect the turn after. Fx when building the lighthouse some triremes will only get the movement bonus the next turn.
The XAW client can only display 25 citizens in the city dialog.
The autoattack generally doesn't work very well.
When planning a goto in the server, fx for an autosettler or an airplane, the server will use knowledge not available to the player.
The science dialog is not updated when you gain a tech. You need to close and open it.
In the gtk client, sometimes the area near the minimap contains garbage.
Automate routines like auto explore don't handle triremes very well.
LOG_DEBUG doesn't work with non-GCC compilers.
The color markup in the gtk message window is lost if the dialog is closed and then reopened.
When setting server variables, the server in many cases doesn't check the values as well as it could.
Bad things happen when you manipulate multiple global worklists simultaneously.
Even in singleplayer the AI will get a chance to move both before and after the human player each turn. This will sometimes give the impression that the AI moves twice.
The xaw client does not work well with the KDE window manager. Try using the gtk client or another window manager.
Version 1.13.0 will not work with version 1.12.0 or any previous versions. Note that the client will fail a bit more hard by just printing a message to stdout and exiting afterwards.
More focus on the fundamentals. This only furthers the chasm for equality of quality education. There are public schools where kids are trying to learn the fundamentals of math ans scicene in an environment with leaky roofs and inadequate heating. Sure, schools that can afford to offer a battle bot curriculum usually do not face this type of challenge. But what is the percedntage. Rather invest in this type of project, wht not buy some kids some CURRENT TEXTBOOKS! For those that own any property and pay taxes, you should understand what I am saying.
This brings up a valid point. Currently there are many voices saying the same thing. But where is the respectable representation that can take this from and ideological fight to a corporate level.
Really, it has come time for the Linux Development Group to evolve and consolidate.
Look around at the proponent sites of open sorce and you see most are not updated. We need a confident, technically saavy, and business minded ($$$) group to go forward and address things as this where it really matters...the wallet.
The OSI logo contest information might clear this up. It was conceived by ESR with some pretty specific rules. There were a wide variety of submissions. There was a diverse interpretation of what OS was to represent. The selected image was provided by "Hilmar".
Additionally, here is the index of all the submissions.here
Robert Asprin named you as inspiration to go forward with his punnish books at a time when the genre was not too favorable with publishers. Have other authors credited or thanked you? Additionally, who do you read to wind down?
I know that you are trying to offer a bit of insight, but please create original work or give writing creit where due. A simple search returns an interesting link. I believe this was originally done by John Stossel and his orignal title can be found here.
From the site""Pandering to Fear: The Media's Crisis Mentality" Every day newspapers and television warns us of new, unsuspected dangers in our complex modern world--from Alar and asbestos to cyclamates to the Audi 5000 and the Suzuki Samurai. With the world apparently getting more dangerous all the time, we have to wonder how life expectancy keeps on growing. ABC's John Stossel will discuss what the real risks in modern life are, why the media seem to hype unrealistic fears, and why readers and viewers fall for it.
"
Thank you for your time. I appreciate the effort, but I appreciate and value the efforts of the original authors even more. Lest we forget Doris Kearns Goodwin and her misdeeds.
From the site "As the air transport industry changes to a world of alliances and rapidly shifting markets, Boeing Commercial Airplanes maintains its leadership by:
Focusing intensely on customers and the dynamic, complex air travel marketplace they face, and
Developing a family of products and services that deliver comprehensive customer solutions to these evolving challenges.
One of six operating groups within The Boeing Company, Commercial Airplanes is headquartered in Renton, Wash., under the leadership of President and Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally.
As a pioneer in the Linux community and close friend to Linus Torvalds, Dirk Hohndel is far from a chameleon . A respected hacker who began contributing to Linux eight weeks after Linus Torvalds first announced the project, he now makes his living as one of the top executives in Germany's largest Linux company, SuSE A.G. With his guidance and business saavy, SuSE has a future. This business acumen leads us to ask: Why are you selling off your holdings in VASoftware?
LAM: It is noted that you plan to sell your remaining 1000 shares in VASoftware in August of this year. What is motivating this?
DH: After analysis we feel that they're currently not a profitable entity. We have watched them in a familiar struggle. SuSE was in a similar situation, but we had a product for revenue generation. VA is offering a free resource and supplying the support. Unfortunately their target market does not need their branded support.
LAM: How will this impact your operations?
DH: We forsee no adverse impact to our operations. Internally, we manage our own software development with a more robust propietary system. Additioanlly, we are not dependent on an outside "source" to modify our "source".
LAM: Speaking of open source, what impact will this have on the Linux community?
DH: Since Eric Raymond left the VA board, there has been a lack of "civil conscious". The stigma that VA has carried to the Linux community was not eliminated after the name change. We are concerned that VA has not adequately distanced themselves and their business strategy from the beleagured Linux community.
LAM: What about the GNU/Linux debate frequently seen on the OSDN site Slashdot?
DH: That is a nonissue. Unfortunately this bickering has created a schism in the commercial Linux community. There are forums for this debate and discussion. Ironically, the founder and the man that gave genesis to the kernel has offered the least debate.
LAM: Do you feel that that these issues are related to the fiscal challenges faced by VAsoftware?
DH: Absolutely, and this cost them our confidence in their solvency.
LAM: So you basically weren't making any money from your investment?
DH: The bottom line is that we feel that VA is not a viable investment. Perhaps with the resignation of Larry there will be more focus on the future and earnings. Larry was a visionary and brilliant man, I will hate to see him go. Unfortunately he was unable to meet the bottom line.
Posted by michael on 18:51 Wednesday 26 June 2002
from the partying-like-it's-VALinux1999 dept.
An anonymous reader submits this unlinked blurb: "It appears the end may be near for VA Software. Their auditors doubt the company can stay in business for very much longer. Despite recently reaching nearly 4 Sores Forge customers , they haven't been able to make up for lost ad revenue in a down market. As a result, they've accumulated an operational deficit of about $475 million. Their best known asset, besides 3Dtextmaker.com, may be Rob Malda's Ass, one of the earliest and most profitable commodities on fourth and Main. I hope that it can survive if Kathleen Fent finds out."
Slashdot Mirror
With the support of BIG BLUE, they might have a chance. When I read this article, the demise of LWN, and from Forbes.com (ala slashdot feed) ' "Other firms such as TurboLinux that had filed for IPOs eventually canceled their plans. The Nasdaq Composite has shed three quarters of its value since March 2000, and for the Linux stocks, the fall has been even harder. Cobalt and Andover.net are gone, swallowed up by Sun Microsystems (nasdaq: SUNW - news - people ) and VA, respectively. VA itself now sells for under a buck per share, and founder Larry Augustin last week gave up the CEO job (he's still the chairman). His firm has changed its name to VA Software, and its media contact person declined an interview request for this story "because we're no longer a Linux company." ' I wonder wher the focus is.I ask why are the root and fundamental Linux proponets hitting the pavement and knocking on doors?
IBM is choosing Linux, and doing what other companies have failed to do: Compete directly with MS on their terms...with MONEY. This competition is at the server level, but in time perhaps with adequate funding and a focus on applied resources, perhaps inroads will be made in the next few years to challenge Microsoft on the desktop. Microsoft now sees this threat, and recognizes that IBM has a new tool in their arsenal to take on MS. Bundling pieces of Linux in their corporate high dollar solutions is a fiscally prudent move. Additionally, with the fundamental state and nature of OSS the IBM team has a wider variety of Eyes & Hands on developers that are providing pro bono service. Definitely a great bullet for promoting this type of integration with the bean counter!
So what does this boil down to? IBM has a recognized threat to MS server market. The ball is in the hands of IBM to push this, or the path to the Linux desktop will meet the fate of OS/2.
Just my
Forbes has a great article looking at OS businesses as the market faces current tribulations. They objectively look at the financials and give a good overview based on history and performance. They disclose upfront that they have a feed from slashdot.
A very good read, and it supports the partnership that VA and Forbes have made.
Microsoft to enforce ".exe" patent. Bill Gates quoted, "All your program are belong to us."
:)
Found here yesterday.
Did you add your report to the original submission /.? BTW, I agree with observations. Thanks for the info!
This lists only the most obvious bugs. If you find a bug in the latest version of Freeciv and it is not listed here, please look for it in our bug tracking system JitterBug. If it is a new bug, you can use JitterBug to report it. JitterBug also conatains information regarding previously fixed bugs. For more information about Jitterbug, read JitterBug.txt
Some lines containing special characters will show up blank if your locale is set to "C". As a workaround set your locale to something else, like "en_US".
Your CMA settings are only sent to the server when you press turn done, and therefore changes you make to CMA in the same turn as you save a game will be lost.
If you use the CMA the resulting savegame isn't endian and 64 bit safe. So you can't use the savegame on a computer with a different architecture.
The easy AI is not easy enough for novice players. If the AI is beating you up early in the game, try setting the "generator" server option to 2 or 3. That is, in the server, before starting a game, type: set generator 2 or: set generator 3
The hard AI is not hard enough for very experienced players, and still does some stupid things. E.g., it prefers leaving cities in revolt rather than letting them starve/shrink.
Sometimes there may be too many advances in the "goal" menu of the science report, such that the menu goes off the bottom of the screen and you cannot select some items.
You may sometimes get the messages {ss} player for sample not found {ss} player for sample not found when using the esound sound driver. This is nothing to worry about.
Some effects of wonders and research first take effect the turn after. Fx when building the lighthouse some triremes will only get the movement bonus the next turn.
The XAW client can only display 25 citizens in the city dialog.
The autoattack generally doesn't work very well.
When planning a goto in the server, fx for an autosettler or an airplane, the server will use knowledge not available to the player.
The science dialog is not updated when you gain a tech. You need to close and open it.
In the gtk client, sometimes the area near the minimap contains garbage.
Automate routines like auto explore don't handle triremes very well.
LOG_DEBUG doesn't work with non-GCC compilers.
The color markup in the gtk message window is lost if the dialog is closed and then reopened.
When setting server variables, the server in many cases doesn't check the values as well as it could.
Bad things happen when you manipulate multiple global worklists simultaneously.
Even in singleplayer the AI will get a chance to move both before and after the human player each turn. This will sometimes give the impression that the AI moves twice.
The xaw client does not work well with the KDE window manager. Try using the gtk client or another window manager.
Version 1.13.0 will not work with version 1.12.0 or any previous versions. Note that the client will fail a bit more hard by just printing a message to stdout and exiting afterwards.
More focus on the fundamentals. This only furthers the chasm for equality of quality education. There are public schools where kids are trying to learn the fundamentals of math ans scicene in an environment with leaky roofs and inadequate heating. Sure, schools that can afford to offer a battle bot curriculum usually do not face this type of challenge. But what is the percedntage. Rather invest in this type of project, wht not buy some kids some CURRENT TEXTBOOKS! For those that own any property and pay taxes, you should understand what I am saying.
Free as in Beer UML Toolkit here
MOD parent up!
This brings up a valid point. Currently there are many voices saying the same thing. But where is the respectable representation that can take this from and ideological fight to a corporate level.
Really, it has come time for the Linux Development Group to evolve and consolidate.
Look around at the proponent sites of open sorce and you see most are not updated. We need a confident, technically saavy, and business minded ($$$) group to go forward and address things as this where it really matters...the wallet.
Damn hamfists. Here
Much cooler selection here.
The OSI logo contest information might clear this up. It was conceived by ESR with some pretty specific rules. There were a wide variety of submissions. There was a diverse interpretation of what OS was to represent. The selected image was provided by "Hilmar". Additionally, here is the index of all the submissions.here
Robert Asprin named you as inspiration to go forward with his punnish books at a time when the genre was not too favorable with publishers. Have other authors credited or thanked you? Additionally, who do you read to wind down?
Please refer here for Lunix information. It does exist.
I wonder what Garrison Keillor will have to say about this. :)
They'll open source my toaster, and fridge, oh wait RTFA...Um...nevermind... :)
is some ass cruising down the road trying to eat, shave, apply makeup, talk on the phone, read a paper, AND rip MP3's.
No thanks.
Since he developed PGP, why not develop a RGP, or Really Good Privacy. He can keep this one open, and it can compete with the closed source version.
.0199999999
It offers the liberty of being Free and Free.
Just my
Modding this down promotes Terrorism. Mod parent Up informative and cross post that link!
I know that you are trying to offer a bit of insight, but please create original work or give writing creit where due. A simple search returns an interesting link. I believe this was originally done by John Stossel and his orignal title can be found here.
From the site""Pandering to Fear: The Media's Crisis Mentality" Every day newspapers and television warns us of new, unsuspected dangers in our complex modern world--from Alar and asbestos to cyclamates to the Audi 5000 and the Suzuki Samurai. With the world apparently getting more dangerous all the time, we have to wonder how life expectancy keeps on growing. ABC's John Stossel will discuss what the real risks in modern life are, why the media seem to hype unrealistic fears, and why readers and viewers fall for it. "
Thank you for your time. I appreciate the effort, but I appreciate and value the efforts of the original authors even more. Lest we forget Doris Kearns Goodwin and her misdeeds.
One of six operating groups within The Boeing Company, Commercial Airplanes is headquartered in Renton, Wash., under the leadership of President and Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally.
Banning Slashdot at work. Refresh. Post. Repeat. :)
They would be hailed as heroes...not Villified by the /. Groupthinkniks.
Linux Champion Makes Business Move
SuSE's Dirk Hohndell to Sell VASoftware Stock
by Robert MacMillen
PHOTOS © GARY VARNER
For Immediate Release
As a pioneer in the Linux community and close friend to Linus Torvalds, Dirk Hohndel is far from a chameleon . A respected hacker who began contributing to Linux eight weeks after Linus Torvalds first announced the project, he now makes his living as one of the top executives in Germany's largest Linux company, SuSE A.G. With his guidance and business saavy, SuSE has a future. This business acumen leads us to ask: Why are you selling off your holdings in VASoftware?
LAM: It is noted that you plan to sell your remaining 1000 shares in VASoftware in August of this year. What is motivating this?
DH: After analysis we feel that they're currently not a profitable entity. We have watched them in a familiar struggle. SuSE was in a similar situation, but we had a product for revenue generation. VA is offering a free resource and supplying the support. Unfortunately their target market does not need their branded support.
LAM: How will this impact your operations?
DH: We forsee no adverse impact to our operations. Internally, we manage our own software development with a more robust propietary system. Additioanlly, we are not dependent on an outside "source" to modify our "source".
LAM: Speaking of open source, what impact will this have on the Linux community?
DH: Since Eric Raymond left the VA board, there has been a lack of "civil conscious". The stigma that VA has carried to the Linux community was not eliminated after the name change. We are concerned that VA has not adequately distanced themselves and their business strategy from the beleagured Linux community.
LAM: What about the GNU/Linux debate frequently seen on the OSDN site Slashdot?
DH: That is a nonissue. Unfortunately this bickering has created a schism in the commercial Linux community. There are forums for this debate and discussion. Ironically, the founder and the man that gave genesis to the kernel has offered the least debate.
LAM: Do you feel that that these issues are related to the fiscal challenges faced by VAsoftware?
DH: Absolutely, and this cost them our confidence in their solvency.
LAM: So you basically weren't making any money from your investment?
DH: The bottom line is that we feel that VA is not a viable investment. Perhaps with the resignation of Larry there will be more focus on the future and earnings. Larry was a visionary and brilliant man, I will hate to see him go. Unfortunately he was unable to meet the bottom line.
Posted by michael on 18:51 Wednesday 26 June 2002
from the partying-like-it's-VALinux1999 dept.
An anonymous reader submits this unlinked blurb: "It appears the end may be near for VA Software. Their auditors doubt the company
can stay in business for very much longer. Despite recently reaching nearly 4 Sores Forge customers , they haven't been able to make
up for lost ad revenue in a down market. As a result, they've accumulated an operational deficit of about $475 million. Their best
known asset, besides 3Dtextmaker.com, may be Rob Malda's Ass, one of the earliest and most profitable commodities on fourth
and Main. I hope that it can survive if Kathleen Fent finds out."