I read about this earlier, and in that particular article the competition moved in to compete by undercutting the rates that the municipality offered. Moreover, legal actions were taken to either stop other communities from even thinking of beginning such a venture. That is, the established players squandered their funds just to suppress such means of building out the infra structure. This despite their apparent unwillingness to handle the chore, they will allow no one else the opportunity.
Reminds me a bit of the action of the recording companies, they have to own it all.
If the twin towers were to appear tomorrow, I would gladly work there.
I cannot say I was really attached to NYC, until Tuesday morning seeing the attack from a bus window approaching the city.
I finally made it in Wednesday and would have been back on Thursday had I not had a previous appointment. Though I am not critical there is just no way I will not try to be in every day I can.
On the other comment - the wind turbines may require a large building, but the heat retention in Manhattan might make the air cooling a positive factor with respect to summer air conditioning. The latter is very expensive in both energy consumption and charges. Moreover, sites are not locked into grids, since lower Manhattan is not set out in that manner.
I have a strong suspicion that it's not quite that easy.
Just consider the syntax in the various stored procedures, e.g. Transact-SQL is used on both Sybase and MS's SQLServer. However, dependent upon the version of the latter, a working stored procedure in the former will fail run on the latter. Moreover, as of version 7 the extensions added would certainly not allow one to migrate to Sybase.
Having first starting with Oracle's PL/SQL, Transact-SQL seems to be a subset of the former, but Sybase deviates in version 11 from the SQL-92 standard in odd ways. Hence, seeming similar stored procedures may fail to yield identical results on different database products or in the worse case fail to even run. Moreover, the method of using temporary tables may differ between products.
In summary, an export to a new back end may require <B>significant</B> effort.
Upon installation of a recent copy of the software it seemed to attempt to get on the internet using an obsolute dialup. Since I was already connected via cable it crashed Netscape.
I placed a question on their board where I remember seeing a statement about a 24 hour turn around (i.e. a response). Well if they meant a email response, it has been more than 24 days and still no reply. Perhaps they meant I was to return and search for an answer, well one visit was enough for me.
I have just begun to use ksh, by the way using the circa '89 book as my guide. Why is the a reworked Bourne shell the standard in Linux, when ksh seems to be superior?
Was ksh too large at the time, or was it offered only on a restricted basis at the time Linux was being created?
Making the assumption that the Saturn dealerships use the same systems that GM proper employs their problems may go deeper than the OS.
When I was closing the deal on a used Saturn in early 97, I learned their system allows anyone to overwrite an existing record (order). I was incredulous that such a poor design/implementation could exist. If this reflects the total dealer situation within GM, it will take more than Linux to correct its flaws. Moreover, a failure could be attributed to the new OS and not the existing stupidity already present in over abundance.
MS has backed off saying the intended merger of Win9x and NT would occur with NT 5.0 (a,k,a, Win2000).
This appears to be a prudent step allowing them to focus on the server aspects of the system. Moreover, converting NT into a stabile, high performance OS is daunting enough a task without attempting to fill the gaping holes in its desktop application and device support.
This has to be quick - sorry have not read through the list of other comments (no time).
I intentionally tried to purchase a shrink wrapped box of Red Hat Linux to show my appreciation of their support for open source/Free software. However, despite the box having Red Hat version 5.2 and the manual seeming to be theirs too - there were these notes about McMillan .
Without the details my question was forwarded to RH, where I learned this was not their distribution. Moreover, they do not receive any funds for its sale. Well next time it's the "original" when I pull a copy off of a CompUSA shelf.
As long as there is GPL, and developers continue to improve the design and implementation no distribution will become another MS in the Linux world.
When I told a friend of mine about how his newly installed MS Win98 could electronically download all the information about his machine and software at the time he registers it electronically. He observed that 1984 was coming from massive corporate power not from expected governmental authorities.
Just remember how Lexus Nexus was disseminating private information ( for a fee ) that had been collected in their database (from multiple sources), which could allow financial transactions in your name without your knowledge or with your consent.
The latter backed off a bit, by removing social security numbers. However, other information remains that can be easily misused.
I know I have read about the discovery of Jupiter size planets as long ago as 1997. More interestingly later findings seemed to suggest that while the larger planets might be discernible there was the possibility that smaller earth size planets might also be present.
there is a screwup under (any version) of Windows the users somehow think they are at fault? My personal experience as a user of MS OS's and those that I have supported has not followed the precepts you have outlined. Moreover, I had to reassure my users many times before they begin to understand that it is not reasonable to believe hitting a single wrong key should bring their system down or cause it to be irreversibly locked.
I too have my doubts about the readiness of Linux for a massive influx of unsophisticated users. In particular, since UNIX (and by inference Linux) is inherently a multi-user system with major system administration tasks that are not easily automated. Moreover, unlike Win95/98 Linux has security features that are not circumvented with the ease of hitting the Cancel button on bootup.
You may, however, be correct that some/many new users will have what they interpret as a poor experience in their introduction to Linux. Thereby, providing a damping effect upon others that might have considered this operating system. However, to not to put any effort in making those willing to try Linux a bit easier is the wrong path. In my case, my early experience ( not now ) is these users might be more offended by the brusque responses to their questions that advertise their inexperience with Linux.
In other words: a few jerks can do more damage to the reputation of Linux quality than all the frustrations due to installations gone wrong.
I hope you were not including the editorial that is cited as part of this article. Because it gives a reasoned explanation for those thinking of a quick response a reason to let it pass.
RMS has contributed greatly to the cause of "Free" software. He is simply heritage that cannot be left without respect or credit.
Personally, I think many of his arguments are specious and his personality characteristics can lead many to conclude he brooks no contary views. I would hope that this is more the showman side that accentuates the negative image than reality.
I believe reasoned editorials have there place and perhaps even direct responses are in order provided that show respect for his actual contributions when "Free/Open" source was even more misunderstood than it is today.
Understand the man and cut him some slack.
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same hardware, is what I think the original poster was implying.
"[P]assable (not preferrable) alternative..." does not suffice to recommend new purchase of hardware!
Once I used Linux as supporting evidence that there is something wrong with my parallel port under Win95 ( lost the tape backup drive ), they refused all support because my unit was modified. That is, not in original "as shipped configuration", but I was free to remove the second drive where Linux resides, by itself.
my impression was that comments and moderation for a particular article would not be permitted, though the word "forum" makes it open to interpretation - hence ambiguous.
by your figures they are up $4! Come on, if any stock dropped that amount the stock exchange would be crashing.
Note that nearly 2/3 of the rise in the NASAQ is fueled by MS, Intel, Dell, Cisco (and a couple of others). Heard this last Friday driving home - so if MS fell to such an extent their would be real panic selling.
If rankings are to have any credibility, they have to be consistent. The idea that that rankings allow readers to order and eliminate the stupid and inane comments becomes untenable when the writer's view is more important than the clarity of their statements and the intellecual content.
I do not necessarily agree with the total statement, particularly the later sentences - but it has an important view that exceeds some I have seen with "2" or "3" rankings.
I may be forced to set my level at -1, which from some previous posts I have read will turn my stomach. We need moderation to cull the garbage - not just to avoid opinions we disagree with.
I really liked the content. Moreover, I was impressed in its being informative, factual, and written by an informed writer. It was great until I saw the author's name. [This in not a slam at Nick! ] It's just depressing that so few journalists seem to be both well informed and willing to state facts over "Copy, Paste, & Spin" type school of journalism.
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I read about this earlier, and in that particular article the competition moved in to compete by undercutting the rates that the municipality offered. Moreover, legal actions were taken to either stop other communities from even thinking of beginning such a venture. That is, the established players squandered their funds just to suppress such means of building out the infra structure. This despite their apparent unwillingness to handle the chore, they will allow no one else the opportunity.
Reminds me a bit of the action of the recording companies, they have to own it all.
If the twin towers were to appear tomorrow, I would gladly work there.
I cannot say I was really attached to NYC, until Tuesday morning seeing the attack from a bus window approaching the city.
I finally made it in Wednesday and would have been back on Thursday had I not had a previous appointment. Though I am not critical there is just no way I will not try to be in every day I can.
On the other comment - the wind turbines may require a large building, but the heat retention in Manhattan might make the air cooling a positive factor with respect to summer air conditioning. The latter is very expensive in both energy consumption and charges. Moreover, sites are not locked into grids, since lower Manhattan is not set out in that manner.
Why is this rated only a 1, when just the last link alone provides far more information that the tiny abstract cited in the origianl article posting?
Glad someone else noticed, but to me it seemed the story was a word for word duplicate to the one I read in the WSJ.
I am pretty certain that as of version 11.9 Sybase supports row level locking.
However, one always had the option of setting the page size to limit the number of rows that might be included in a page lock that Sybase had used.
Is it really that easy to switch databases?
I have a strong suspicion that it's not quite that easy.
Just consider the syntax in the various stored procedures, e.g. Transact-SQL is used on both Sybase and MS's SQLServer. However, dependent upon the version of the latter, a working stored procedure in the former will fail run on the latter. Moreover, as of version 7 the extensions added would certainly not allow one to migrate to Sybase.
Having first starting with Oracle's PL/SQL, Transact-SQL seems to be a subset of the former, but Sybase deviates in version 11 from the SQL-92 standard in odd ways. Hence, seeming similar stored procedures may fail to yield identical results on different database products or in the worse case fail to even run. Moreover, the method of using temporary tables may differ between products.
In summary, an export to a new back end may require <B>significant</B> effort.
Upon installation of a recent copy of the software it seemed to attempt to get on the internet using an obsolute dialup. Since I was already connected via cable it crashed Netscape.
I placed a question on their board where I remember seeing a statement about a 24 hour turn around (i.e. a response). Well if they meant a email response, it has been more than 24 days and still no reply. Perhaps they meant I was to return and search for an answer, well one visit was enough for me.
I have just begun to use ksh, by the way using the circa '89 book as my guide. Why is the a reworked Bourne shell the standard in Linux, when ksh seems to be superior?
Was ksh too large at the time, or was it offered only on a restricted basis at the time Linux was being created?
What if you have no choice, here UNIX runs on top of NT.
I am getting my first chance to develop with UNIX tools and ksh; moreover, I am just happy to get to use these tools as a professional.
By the way, I routinely switch between the two OS's and use what is appropriate at the moment.
Making the assumption that the Saturn dealerships use the same systems that GM proper employs their problems may go deeper than the OS.
When I was closing the deal on a used Saturn in early 97, I learned their system allows anyone to overwrite an existing record (order). I was incredulous that such a poor design/implementation could exist. If this reflects the total dealer situation within GM, it will take more than Linux to correct its flaws. Moreover, a failure could be attributed to the new OS and not the existing stupidity already present in over abundance.
"Army Intelligence" is NOT a misnomer ... - it's an oxymoron, just like MS "technical support".
MS has backed off saying the intended merger of Win9x and NT would occur with NT 5.0 (a,k,a, Win2000).
This appears to be a prudent step allowing them to focus on the server aspects of the system. Moreover, converting NT into a stabile, high performance OS is daunting enough a task without attempting to fill the gaping holes in its desktop application and device support.
This has to be quick - sorry have not read through the list of other comments (no time).
I intentionally tried to purchase a shrink wrapped box of Red Hat Linux to show my appreciation of their support for open source/Free software. However, despite the box having Red Hat version 5.2 and the manual seeming to be theirs too - there were these notes about McMillan .
Without the details my question was forwarded to RH, where I learned this was not their distribution. Moreover, they do not receive any funds for its sale. Well next time it's the "original" when I pull a copy off of a CompUSA shelf.
As long as there is GPL, and developers continue to improve the design and implementation no distribution will become another MS in the Linux world.
When I told a friend of mine about how his newly installed MS Win98 could electronically download all the information about his machine and software at the time he registers it electronically. He observed that 1984 was coming from massive corporate power not from expected governmental authorities.
Just remember how Lexus Nexus was disseminating private information ( for a fee ) that had been collected in their database (from multiple sources), which could allow financial transactions in your name without your knowledge or with your consent.
The latter backed off a bit, by removing social security numbers. However, other information remains that can be easily misused.
I know I have read about the discovery of Jupiter size planets as long ago as 1997. More interestingly later findings seemed to suggest that while the larger planets might be discernible there was the possibility that smaller earth size planets might also be present.
there is a screwup under (any version) of Windows the users somehow think they are at fault? My personal experience as a user of MS OS's and those that I have supported has not followed the precepts you have outlined. Moreover, I had to reassure my users many times before they begin to understand that it is not reasonable to believe hitting a single wrong key should bring their system down or cause it to be irreversibly locked.
I too have my doubts about the readiness of Linux for a massive influx of unsophisticated users. In particular, since UNIX (and by inference Linux) is inherently a multi-user system with major system administration tasks that are not easily automated. Moreover, unlike Win95/98 Linux has security features that are not circumvented with the ease of hitting the Cancel button on bootup.
You may, however, be correct that some/many new users will have what they interpret as a poor experience in their introduction to Linux. Thereby, providing a damping effect upon others that might have considered this operating system. However, to not to put any effort in making those willing to try Linux a bit easier is the wrong path. In my case, my early experience ( not now ) is these users might be more offended by the brusque responses to their questions that advertise their inexperience with Linux.
In other words: a few jerks can do more damage to the reputation of Linux quality than all the frustrations due to installations gone wrong.
I hope you were not including the editorial that is cited as part of this article. Because it gives a reasoned explanation for those thinking of a quick response a reason to let it pass.
RMS has contributed greatly to the cause of "Free" software. He is simply heritage that cannot be left without respect or credit.
Personally, I think many of his arguments are specious and his personality characteristics can lead many to conclude he brooks no contary views. I would hope that this is more the showman side that accentuates the negative image than reality.
I believe reasoned editorials have there place and perhaps even direct responses are in order provided that show respect for his actual contributions when "Free/Open" source was even more misunderstood than it is today.
Understand the man and cut him some slack.
same hardware, is what I think the original poster was implying.
..." does not suffice to recommend new purchase of hardware!
"[P]assable (not preferrable) alternative
Once I used Linux as supporting evidence that there is something wrong with my parallel port under Win95 ( lost the tape backup drive ), they refused all support because my unit was modified. That is, not in original "as shipped configuration", but I was free to remove the second drive where Linux resides, by itself.
Obviously, I no longer recommend Micron.
Regarding item (2.), in RH 5.0 I too ran in text only mode, but in to Xwindows very easily under 5.2 with a Diamond Viper 330.
... [have gone]... back to Win98."
"... computer-literate user would
I probably am less computer literate than you, however, I do not give up easily.
my impression was that comments and moderation for a particular article would not be permitted, though the word "forum" makes it open to interpretation - hence ambiguous.
by your figures they are up $4! Come on, if any stock dropped that amount the stock exchange would be crashing.
Note that nearly 2/3 of the rise in the NASAQ is fueled by MS, Intel, Dell, Cisco (and a couple of others). Heard this last Friday driving home - so if MS fell to such an extent their would be real panic selling.
I hope your post was in jest.
If rankings are to have any credibility, they have to be consistent. The idea that that rankings allow readers to order and eliminate the stupid and inane comments becomes untenable when the writer's view is more important than the clarity of their statements and the intellecual content.
I do not necessarily agree with the total statement, particularly the later sentences - but it has an important view that exceeds some I have seen with "2" or "3" rankings.
I may be forced to set my level at -1, which from some previous posts I have read will turn my stomach. We need moderation to cull the garbage - not just to avoid opinions we disagree with.
But what if you were cracked ?
just a reprint of Nicholas Petreley's article ...
I really liked the content. Moreover, I was impressed in its being informative, factual, and written by an informed writer. It was great until I saw the author's name. [This in not a slam at Nick! ] It's just depressing that so few journalists seem to be both well informed and willing to state facts over "Copy, Paste, & Spin" type school of journalism.