Now, I'm not quite sure that you fully understand the 'whole source/no source issue'.
Part of what RMS advocates is the free redistribution of software but only if you took already available code (ie, someone else's work), modified it and want to redistribute it in its modified state. It is only fair in this case to make your modifications availabe as well, under the same conditions as the original code was made available to you, since they became possible only by the existence of the original code and its availability to you.
From that point of view, I'd also argue the importance of various entities in the Free/Open source arena - if it wasn't for RMS and GNU License, all of the great software development made in the last decade or so would have been quickly killed, or at best, totally marginalised.
I guess Richard Stallman is personality so unique that he will inevitably always cause extreme reactions on both ends of the scale. No matter what though, he deserves the credit for what he made possible and my feeling is that this is not always the case.
And now, all of a sudden, broken is less broken and it's OK as long as it 'properly' renders stuff that someone had to deliberately break just to make it renderable (?!) in a broken client?
Mod who moded this offtopic, please. This can be flame (towards French) perhaps even troll. I don't think it's the either of two and must admit that Mandriva sounds unbelievably stupid. If you really had to mod this guy down because you don't agree with him (which is not supposed to be done) use overrated. Better yet, send email to CowboyNeal and tell him that you're a dumb prick and that mod points shouldn't be assigned to you anymore. See you in metamod.
Slashdot moderation criteria are long overdue for a major rethink.
You know, this is government we're taking about. They spend taxpayers' money and they are bound by very stringent rules on what that money can be spent. I reckon their decission is quite responsible, having in mind that the bloody TCO will be considerably reduced in the end.
Besides, how many small players would realistically cut it when the matter is supply of services to government?
Trouble with this is that most jobs these days are advertised through agencies, exclusivelly. To get the interview alone, you need at least few acronyms after your name.
However, not all IT certifications should be treated the same - to acquire some of them you must practically prove your expertise and that alone gives better indication of the person's suitability for particular job. Therefore this (GIAC/SANS decision) can't be a good thing.
Security will always be the winning point of Linux - that's the matter of system design. I'll argue stability as well, looking at how my production machines perform. Performance wise, there is no comparison on identical hardware, Windows is beaten hands down, even in the area of it's own native services (yes, samba kicks ass out of Win SMB).
Have I mentioned the cost?
Quit trolling, it's pretty lame when you try to do it.
Well, seems to me that what you're saying is not entirely correct. It's much more likely that Novell was late with it's Linux shift and that tough times are ahead of them.
As for dumping users - that's exactly what Red Hat is not doing. They've replaced 'public' release with superior one (Fedora Core). It's rock-solid and does all I need it to on my network(s) internally. Exposed machines run Enterprise version, less than $2K for 3 year subscription per server hasn't really left big dent in my company's bank balance.
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Part of what RMS advocates is the free redistribution of software but only if you took already available code (ie, someone else's work), modified it and want to redistribute it in its modified state. It is only fair in this case to make your modifications availabe as well, under the same conditions as the original code was made available to you, since they became possible only by the existence of the original code and its availability to you.
From that point of view, I'd also argue the importance of various entities in the Free/Open source arena - if it wasn't for RMS and GNU License, all of the great software development made in the last decade or so would have been quickly killed, or at best, totally marginalised.
I guess Richard Stallman is personality so unique that he will inevitably always cause extreme reactions on both ends of the scale. No matter what though, he deserves the credit for what he made possible and my feeling is that this is not always the case.
First this, now TV's gone, too.
What exactly happened in your childhood?
rpm -qa |grep lsb
redhat-lsb-1.3-4
That's in Fedora3
All questions. And then, some...
That's just to keep backwards compatibility with support for CSS 1.x.
You got that one wrong - new strategy seems to be less for more, not less for less.
Just grep replies, looking for "FAILED". You don't want anything returned.
You are not consistent.
I like /.ers with relevant signatures. Too bad you are beyond the first part of it.
Ah, already... this is becoming monotone.
Try this, then.
It Is Officialy Poper Acronym!!!
Give me a break.
Slashdot moderation criteria are long overdue for a major rethink.
Besides, how many small players would realistically cut it when the matter is supply of services to government?
However, not all IT certifications should be treated the same - to acquire some of them you must practically prove your expertise and that alone gives better indication of the person's suitability for particular job. Therefore this (GIAC/SANS decision) can't be a good thing.
Have I mentioned the cost?
Quit trolling, it's pretty lame when you try to do it.
I'm not a native english speaker but I must tell you that you should be ashamed if you are.
It must, it's RH without branding stuff. Personally, I don't have any trouble using FC3 for this purpose, either - it's what RHEL4 is made from.
Is there a torrent rpm available?
In the event of a crash, you just need to approach the keyboard from the back :o)
As for dumping users - that's exactly what Red Hat is not doing. They've replaced 'public' release with superior one (Fedora Core). It's rock-solid and does all I need it to on my network(s) internally. Exposed machines run Enterprise version, less than $2K for 3 year subscription per server hasn't really left big dent in my company's bank balance.
I've learnt my lesson and for last 3 years I keep rsynced (every 12 hours) HDD in my other machine.
Next version, according to TFA, will be wireless enabled. There you go.