As far as I can tell Java Desktop only has the following to do with Java:
It has the Java SDK and VM installed on it
It can use JavaCard authentication
It can use SunOne server as a authentication server.
This isn't anything and Linux, BSD or indeed Windows box couldn't do either.
So Java Desktop is Linux distro with a few Java applications.
First paragraph second sentence should read:
"It's so unintutive that I could almost believe that Sun made their Solaris developers work on it in secret just to piss of _IBM_."
I have tried each and every release of Eclipse and found it to be a terrible IDE. It's so unintutive that I could almost believe that Sun made their Solaris developers work on it in secret just to piss of Sun.
What's with SWT? It's horrible to code with. It has no really control over look and feel. You have to dispose of everything explicitly (al la C++) which completely goes against Javas garbage collection paradigm.
I right an app in SWT it looks one way on Windows and another way on Gnome (usually a complete mess on one).
Don't get me wrong I think Forte and Sun One are pretty awful too. The only sensible choice in the IDE market right now is Intellij (no don't work for them). However this IDE is not open or free (unfortunately).
Personally I don't think Sun or IBM are particularly good at writing software and should stick to their Hardware and Consulting (IBM) core competancies.
Redhat 9 is configured to allow authentication agains a Windows Domain Controller right out the box. It uses Samba to do this and I expect it's not to hard to configure samba on other Linux distros to do the same.
I would question why you want to keep Windows on the servers. Just use Linux with CUPS for printing, NFS for file share, NIS for user management.
It's basically a free version of Launch. Which is all very well but does it really take MIT to think this up. First time I used Launch I thought "wouldn't it be cool if this was free".
What I want to know is who is going to pay compensation for the damage don't to Linux and companies with Linux at the heart of their business model.
Nobody I suppose:|
Any ideas?
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Back To SCO
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· Score: 4, Interesting
I wonder if anyone has an opinion of how long this SCO thing will go on for. It seems only to benefit sco that they drag it on for as long as possible. That way the can continue to try and collect fees, get coverage in the news and inflate their share price. How can they be silenced if they don't want to discuss matters sensibly?
The article does not mention MD5 anywhere. So one can not assume this is the technology they are using in their proof.
As the technical information in this article has more than likely gone through several iterations of "dumbing down" we can not say what technology is being used.
It is quite feasible that they are comparing segments of the encoded information with files that where groked from Napster (pre 2001). Additionally as very few people change all the information contained within the ID3 tags ("meta information" from the article?) it maybe enough to show how unlikely they are to match unless the file is from the same source. For example if I insert the string "whateverbarcodezwashere" into some obscure tag with the ID3 tag of an MP3 and it arrears in an MP3 file on someone elses computer it is likely that they orginated from the same source.
For the record it is conjectured that it is astronomically unlikely that two randomly choosen different byte sequences will produce the same MD5 hash.
Install FreeVo on a PC with a capture card and video out and you have the same thing without the copy protection.
The best way to learn Java...
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Head First Java
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· Score: 4, Informative
if you want to learn a particular Java aspect look at Sun Java Tutorials. (they are excellent a free).
If you want to leatn OO programming and Java I would suggest Think In Java (it's the best and it's free).
Or at least technology imitating art. It has always been the case. You need real free thinkers to come up with some ideas. These people are best not knowing the technical "boundaries" of the current state of the art. If the worried about these boundaries techology would never move on.
My company is currently porting our flagship product to Linux (just runs on one commercial Unix based OS at the moment) this is due to overwelming requests for a Linux version from our bluschip client base. The SCO issue has not had the slightest effect on our plans or our clients.
It amazes me that companies are allowed this unfettered access to our children in school to peddle such messages they desire.
Is there a modern equivalent to this film. I would love to see it. "Don't rip to XVid" doesn't quite have the same ring to it....
Whilst I don't see a problem with forcing consumers to use your ink cartridges I think the Printers should be well labeled so that consumers know what they are buying into.
We have had an opt out system in the UK for a few years now and it does work.
Snail Mail Spam
http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/mpsr/html/default.asp
Telephone Spam
http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tpsr/html/default.asp
Slashdot Mirror
...a Beowulf cluster of these
As far as I can tell Java Desktop only has the following to do with Java: It has the Java SDK and VM installed on it It can use JavaCard authentication It can use SunOne server as a authentication server. This isn't anything and Linux, BSD or indeed Windows box couldn't do either. So Java Desktop is Linux distro with a few Java applications.
First paragraph second sentence should read: "It's so unintutive that I could almost believe that Sun made their Solaris developers work on it in secret just to piss of _IBM_."
I have tried each and every release of Eclipse and found it to be a terrible IDE. It's so unintutive that I could almost believe that Sun made their Solaris developers work on it in secret just to piss of Sun.
What's with SWT? It's horrible to code with. It has no really control over look and feel. You have to dispose of everything explicitly (al la C++) which completely goes against Javas garbage collection paradigm.
I right an app in SWT it looks one way on Windows and another way on Gnome (usually a complete mess on one).
Don't get me wrong I think Forte and Sun One are pretty awful too. The only sensible choice in the IDE market right now is Intellij (no don't work for them). However this IDE is not open or free (unfortunately).
Personally I don't think Sun or IBM are particularly good at writing software and should stick to their Hardware and Consulting (IBM) core competancies.
This is an import win for common sense and the software industry as a whole.
Let's hope this can become a reference case for defeating further rediculous patents.
It just shows how out of touch Forbes is with technology and what people think.
Redhat 9 is configured to allow authentication agains a Windows Domain Controller right out the box. It uses Samba to do this and I expect it's not to hard to configure samba on other Linux distros to do the same. I would question why you want to keep Windows on the servers. Just use Linux with CUPS for printing, NFS for file share, NIS for user management.
Well I for one appreciate the Apache httpd development team's efforts.
This is what happens when you don't democratically elect a leader.
Does it support Cygwin?
It's basically a free version of Launch. Which is all very well but does it really take MIT to think this up. First time I used Launch I thought "wouldn't it be cool if this was free".
Doesn't the break the DMCA.... what a shame if it does muhuhuhuhuhu
What I want to know is who is going to pay compensation for the damage don't to Linux and companies with Linux at the heart of their business model.
:|
Nobody I suppose
I wonder if anyone has an opinion of how long this SCO thing will go on for. It seems only to benefit sco that they drag it on for as long as possible. That way the can continue to try and collect fees, get coverage in the news and inflate their share price. How can they be silenced if they don't want to discuss matters sensibly?
Where is Smellovision?
The article does not mention MD5 anywhere. So one can not assume this is the technology they are using in their proof. As the technical information in this article has more than likely gone through several iterations of "dumbing down" we can not say what technology is being used. It is quite feasible that they are comparing segments of the encoded information with files that where groked from Napster (pre 2001). Additionally as very few people change all the information contained within the ID3 tags ("meta information" from the article?) it maybe enough to show how unlikely they are to match unless the file is from the same source. For example if I insert the string "whateverbarcodezwashere" into some obscure tag with the ID3 tag of an MP3 and it arrears in an MP3 file on someone elses computer it is likely that they orginated from the same source. For the record it is conjectured that it is astronomically unlikely that two randomly choosen different byte sequences will produce the same MD5 hash.
The idea is make it harder than it's worth to get the information. Having said that, it is very difficult to estimate how hard something is.
Install FreeVo on a PC with a capture card and video out and you have the same thing without the copy protection.
if you want to learn a particular Java aspect look at Sun Java Tutorials. (they are excellent a free).
If you want to leatn OO programming and Java I would suggest Think In Java (it's the best and it's free).
Or at least technology imitating art. It has always been the case. You need real free thinkers to come up with some ideas. These people are best not knowing the technical "boundaries" of the current state of the art. If the worried about these boundaries techology would never move on.
My company is currently porting our flagship product to Linux (just runs on one commercial Unix based OS at the moment) this is due to overwelming requests for a Linux version from our bluschip client base. The SCO issue has not had the slightest effect on our plans or our clients.
It amazes me that companies are allowed this unfettered access to our children in school to peddle such messages they desire. Is there a modern equivalent to this film. I would love to see it. "Don't rip to XVid" doesn't quite have the same ring to it....
Whilst I don't see a problem with forcing consumers to use your ink cartridges I think the Printers should be well labeled so that consumers know what they are buying into.
We have had an opt out system in the UK for a few years now and it does work. Snail Mail Spam http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/mpsr/html/default.asp Telephone Spam http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tpsr/html/default.asp
Might be able to get it to run under wine (yes I am joking).