I think that a lot of people don't realize how comprehensive this product has to be to replace a piece of software as complex as SASIxp.
If you can find several developers that understand what School Administrators need and enjoy hacking on this kind of software for free in their spare time, I would love to meet them. I would love to contribute to such a project but after following the OpenSIS devel lists for a while, it became inrcreasingly clear that the requirements are huge for such software. It requires people with a lot of intimate knowledge of state reporting requirements for each individual state, intelligent scheduling functions, information security, and still be simple to use.
I dislike the pricing, support costs, and vendor lock, and bugs of SASIxp, but it really is not a trivial task to replace this software with an free software alternative.
It has probably been not that long since it was trojaned. Gentoo's portage system gets tcpdump from tcpdump.org and md5's the sources before building. More than likely, it has only been trojaned just recently.
Since there are no md5 sums or gpg signatures listed on tcpdump.org it makes it very easy for someone to simply replace the source. Only those that check md5 sums and gpg signatures will know if it is truly trojaned or not.
I hope that the tcpdump people will start provided md5 sums and gpg signatures for those that build from source.
This scenario happened a few years ago with the util-linux package that was mirrored on ftp.win.tue.nl. It emailed passwords to a hotmail account as it caught them via/bin/login. I guess no one remembers that incident.
I think that the service should be identified as a wire service if it is to be interpreted that way. Most newspapers should not edit their stories, for example.
CNN on the otherhand, updates their stories throughout the day on television, so it fits that that is how their website is done. I may believe that modifying their stories throughout the day to have a different slant is not ethical, but that is how it is done.
I personally feel that the Update notice that Slashdot occasionally does is refreshing. People make mistakes and it's nice to see that they fix them. It's also nice when they update the story to the latest news.
Please, News Services, let us know when you change a story. It really helps us keep up. with the latest developments. As for CNN, I hate having to re-read a whole article to see what has changed. I just want what is news.
As one of your constituents, I would like to ask if Congress took into account that the action of enacting the DCMA would prevent people from enjoying the movies that they bought (as well as audio CDs from some recent comments from the RIAA).
I have also noticed that the Cable companies would like to restrict cable subscribers from taping shows that they would like to see. How are they getting by with this considering Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios.
So my question is this: What do you think about the new abilies of the TV studios, Movie Studios and Recording Studios to control when/how/where
we can view the items that we purchased and how do most of your colleagues feel about this?
I have found that the best "Core Distibution' that installs little to no cruft is Debian. I usually install the base system and then use apt-get to grab the extra stuff that I need.
Ok. I normally defend the writers, of the stories, but this time I cannot. Why did you not read the freaking page at free.be.com. It will be available today, but they are on the West Coast of the US and probably wont have it up until this afternoon. Now their site will be down for most of the day as people try to get in to download.
Developers do have the right to license the next version under a diffferent license. They are the owners (copyright) of the code. They can distribute any latter verion under any license that they want.
Just because the developeri licenses one verision under the GNU GPL doesn't mean that later versions must be under the same license as the last. They own the code. I love the GPL and license my code under the GPL. However, I don't have to use it later versions of a piece of software, if I don't want to. Look at MySQL. They released an older version of their software under the GPL. This doesn't mean that all later versions must be under the GPL as well.
Perhaps doing some research into the field before writing a script would help. I understand that most average people would not be interested if the appropriate jargon, etc. were used. Movies like 'Hackers' and the 'Net' are stupid when viewed by those that actually are involved in the field but would be largely uninteresting to the public in general. It is more feasible to make a movie that is not true to it's roots and be more popular because most people could understand it.
It's sad but true. I doubt that we will ever see a movie that is centered around computers and appears to be possible. Maybe some movie studio will prove me wrong, but I doubt it.
Did you bother to see if http://www.usps.gov/ worked? Try it and you'll see. It's more than likely that they just registered multiple domain's as NSI 'suggests'.
I agree. The country domains are the most appropriate way to do DNS. Net should be reserved for Providers and public networks. Org should be reserved for non-profit organizations. Com should be split into sections on what a business provides. It really would be a lot easier and would allow for name reuse in different sections.
I know that people don't like typing in long urls, but if they are organized in a nice coherent fashion, then it really would be easier.
In fact, all of the TLDs of.net,.org, and.com would be better split into several chunks.
Also, is ICANN not trying to delegate DNS? From what I see, they want to let NSI get away with whatever they want. NSI still controls much of the system as stated by the documents released today. ICANN should be doing the managment. Only then will registrars be truly free to compete for prices on names.
Well, I as well as many others here started out with Slackware and moved to something else. Someone who posted earlier also liked the idea of RPMS for keeping track of the binaries on a system.
I love the "Keep it simple, stupid" philosophy but I really like they way RPM works. I really dislike the fact that everything in RedHat comes with everything preconfigured the way they want it. It's great for those that want to have a server up and running in minimal time but sucks to learn on.
I like the way Debian asks questions for settings during the package install so that it can configure your system.
Redhat also has this problem with it's kernel; setup. The first time I compiled a kernel under it I went nuts. I'd rather not have to go read through a ton of shell scripts and checking symlinks in order to get the kernel set up "the way redhat likes it" True I can change the scripts, but it's really a pain.
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I think that a lot of people don't realize how comprehensive this product has to be to replace a piece of software as complex as SASIxp.
If you can find several developers that understand what School Administrators need and enjoy hacking on this kind of software for free in their spare time, I would love to meet them. I would love to contribute to such a project but after following the OpenSIS devel lists for a while, it became inrcreasingly clear that the requirements are huge for such software. It requires people with a lot of intimate knowledge of state reporting requirements for each individual state, intelligent scheduling functions, information security, and still be simple to use.
I dislike the pricing, support costs, and vendor lock, and bugs of SASIxp, but it really is not a trivial task to replace this software with an free software alternative.
It has probably been not that long since it was trojaned. Gentoo's portage system gets tcpdump from tcpdump.org and md5's the sources before building. More than likely, it has only been trojaned just recently.
Since there are no md5 sums or gpg signatures listed on tcpdump.org it makes it very easy for someone to simply replace the source. Only those that check md5 sums and gpg signatures will know if it is truly trojaned or not.
I hope that the tcpdump people will start provided md5 sums and gpg signatures for those that build from source.
This scenario happened a few years ago with the util-linux package that was mirrored on ftp.win.tue.nl. /bin/login. I guess no one remembers that incident.
It emailed passwords to a hotmail account as it caught them via
But wouldn't it seem that if Microsoft did release their source, that their systems would be cracked into more often?
I think that the service should be identified as a wire service if it is to be interpreted that way. Most newspapers should not edit their stories, for example.
CNN on the otherhand, updates their stories throughout the day on television, so it fits that that is how their website is done. I may believe that modifying their stories throughout the day to have a different slant is not ethical, but that is how it is done.
I personally feel that the Update notice that Slashdot occasionally does is refreshing. People make mistakes and it's nice to see that they fix them. It's also nice when they update the story to the latest news.
Please, News Services, let us know when you change a story. It really helps us keep up. with the latest developments. As for CNN, I hate having to re-read a whole article to see what has changed. I just want what is news.
I still see Apache headers on netcraft.
As one of your constituents, I would like to ask if Congress took into account that the action of enacting the DCMA would prevent people from enjoying the movies that they bought (as well as audio CDs from some recent comments from the RIAA).
I have also noticed that the Cable companies would like to restrict cable subscribers from taping shows that they would like to see. How are they getting by with this considering Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios.
So my question is this: What do you think about the new abilies of the TV studios, Movie Studios and Recording Studios to control when/how/where we can view the items that we purchased and how do most of your colleagues feel about this?
I have found that the best "Core Distibution' that installs little to no cruft is Debian. I usually install the base system and then use apt-get to grab the extra stuff that I need.
Just for the record, Slackware is absolutely not a derivative of RedHat. No way.
Yes, but for what it's worth, I had no problems viewing Be's site before the link was posted. Then suddenly....Poof! Gone.
I checked it right before the post to /. and it was okay. /. completely jumped the gun on this.
Ok. I normally defend the writers, of the stories, but this time I cannot. Why did you not read the freaking page at free.be.com. It will be available today, but they are on the West Coast of the US and probably wont have it up until this afternoon. Now their site will be down for most of the day as people try to get in to download.
Read the freaking links that you post!!!!!!!!!!
If you live in Virginia or Maryland, e-mail or call your representatives. Be kind and don't flame.
Complaining get's you nowhere. Action is what is needed.
It's also nice to note that XFree86 is included in Netware 5.0. It's been turned into an NLM. I find it interesting that Netware finally has a GUI.
Developers do have the right to license the next version under a diffferent license. They are the owners (copyright) of the code. They can distribute any latter verion under any license that they want.
Just because the developeri licenses one verision under the GNU GPL doesn't mean that later versions must be under the same license as the last. They own the code. I love the GPL and license my code under the GPL. However, I don't have to use it later versions of a piece of software, if I don't want to. Look at MySQL. They released an older version of their software under the GPL. This doesn't mean that all later versions must be under the GPL as well.
Wonder if the patent office will be sued over the patent.The shopping cart is at the top of the page.
Perhaps doing some research into the field before writing a script would help. I understand that most average people would not be interested if the appropriate jargon, etc. were used. Movies like 'Hackers' and the 'Net' are stupid when viewed by those that actually are involved in the field but would be largely uninteresting to the public in general. It is more feasible to make a movie that is not true to it's roots and be more popular because most people could understand it.
It's sad but true. I doubt that we will ever see a movie that is centered around computers and appears to be possible. Maybe some movie studio will prove me wrong, but I doubt it.
Did you bother to see if http://www.usps.gov/ worked? Try it and you'll see. It's more than likely that they just registered multiple domain's as NSI 'suggests'.
I agree. The country domains are the most appropriate way to do DNS. Net should be reserved for Providers and public networks. Org should be reserved for non-profit organizations. Com should be split into sections on what a business provides. It really would be a lot easier and would allow for name reuse in different sections.
.net, .org, and .com would be better split into several chunks.
I know that people don't like typing in long urls, but if they are organized in a nice coherent fashion, then it really would be easier.
In fact, all of the TLDs of
Also, is ICANN not trying to delegate DNS? From what I see, they want to let NSI get away with whatever they want. NSI still controls much of the system as stated by the documents released today. ICANN should be doing the managment. Only then will registrars be truly free to compete for prices on names.
Well, I as well as many others here started out with Slackware and moved to something else. Someone who posted earlier also liked the idea of RPMS for keeping track of the binaries on a system.
I love the "Keep it simple, stupid" philosophy but I really like they way RPM works. I really dislike the fact that everything in RedHat comes with everything preconfigured the way they want it. It's great for those that want to have a server up and running in minimal time but sucks to learn on.
I like the way Debian asks questions for settings during the package install so that it can configure your system.
Redhat also has this problem with it's kernel; setup. The first time I compiled a kernel under it I went nuts. I'd rather not have to go read through a ton of shell scripts and checking symlinks in order to get the kernel set up "the way redhat likes it" True I can change the scripts, but it's really a pain.