I've throught about that. I'm running an IBM thinkpad model T23 with 384 megs ram. I think this is the max it supports.
BTW, if you ran the same apps under crossover office you will see a drastic improvement in performance. Basically you don't have all that overhead (Windoze).
I have for awhile however you cannot create private folders. Otherwise the web access was good.
If they decide to move to Exchange 2000 then I would have used other linux products which support Exchange 2000 natively.
Crossover Office only cost $54 for a single license. Compare that to vmware which runs around $200 for a full end user copy. Don't get me wrong. Vmware is a fine product however my windows app needs are simple. I hardly need them thanks to Linux:D
I've been using crossover office for a month and already love it!
Basically I was not allowed to pop/imap into the exchange 5.5 server and have been running vmware with win2k/office. vmware is great however running win2k under linux was terribly slow. Now I simply run outlook under linux/crossover and life is good. Outlook under Linux is VERY fast!
I strongly recommend their products. I'll be keeping an eye on them in the future.
I remember using Star Office a few years ago and yes it was terribly slow even compared to MS Office. Over the last couple of years I've been using OpenOffice which eliminates that silly desktop Star Office seems so found of.
I understand OpenOffice source is used to build StarOffice. Perhaps eliminating the desktop would help speed things up.
General use of StarOffice seemed to be fast. The initial loading however took forever
Reminds me of the last time I read a Microsoft commissioned study in detail.
If I recall correctly, it was NT 4 vs Novell 4. The study came out three years ago. Amusing thing was they disabled several features on the Novell server which were on by default and JUST happen to be necessary for optimized performance. Microsoft had optimized NT4 (things like tcp/ip window size were doubled for example). Things which were not defaults mind you.
The end result? NT wins by a landslide. Never mind that they had to screw the results by messing with the server settings. Basically crippling the Novell server.
I would be VERY surprised if Microsoft EVER did anything that didn't require tampering to get their desired result.
Oh and BTW, 5 year study with win2k? How many of you guys know anyone running win2k that long?
1 to 5 hours to download the iso? Hell man. I bought my copy in 2 minutes and received it in a couple of days.
Oh and the purchase price was significantly lower then win2k. $50 vs $1000 for the server:-)
BTW, we have just me handling 12 *nix servers. Not terribly difficult. Our Windows admins however spend much more time protecting their win2k domain from invaders while I slee^H^H^H^Hwork from home.
"This is even better," he said. "You don't have to be on a Web site at all. You can just have your computer on, connected to the Internet, reading e-mail or just idling and, bam, this program detects your presence and up pops the message on your screen, past firewalls, past anti-spam programs, past anything."
First off, I wonder how well this would work against a properly setup Linux Workstation/Server. I've seen the messenger service on Microsoft systems used for this purpose. One of the reasons I turn it off on my XP system at home (ok.. I admit it.. I have a gaming addiction::grinz::)
Secondly, while I think the DMCA is a bunch of crap, I wonder if this would get him to spend some jail time should he decide to return to the U.S. Getting past a firewall sounds like hacking to me.
How to avoid getting hit should be high on our list. We read of other happenings in history. Russia for example had a forest leveled as a result of a comet or asteriod in the early 20th century. It's happened once recently on a large scale. Fortunately it was away from human population. Next time we might not be so lucky.
As mentioned we recently experienced several near hits. The article mentions our odds are extremely low in getting hit. However our collision detection budget for NASA doesn't cut it. Last I heard we're tracking less than 10% of the sky. Think about it. We had another article on slashdot several weeks ago talking about another near hit we discovered 3 days after the fact.
There could be many more out there and we're just not seeing it.
I've been looking for more information regarding Tomcat. The docs which come with the product don't provide all the information I need. Also their web site is basically a mirror of the docs in the product.
I mean think about it, people will start writing more letters in a few years:-)
IM is no better. Unless you have a client denying riff raff access to your system you will receive spam that way as well (personally I like LICQ security options)
I kinda like the ability to spy on your babysitter;-)
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"All of the corporations are salivating at the prospects of the all-Republican, all-the-time federal government. Every corporate giveaway they want, they'll get,"
At least coporations can create jobs. I'm pretty sure welfare assistence and other government programs won't fix our problems.
Could be worse. The DeMoCrAts could be in charge. Would be interesting to see how they could make it all better using welfare recipients.
"And we will respond in kind by not purchasing crippled CD's from retail stores. Surely someone in that company took a business class where they were taught that the best way to stay in business to to keep your customers coming back. Pissing people off like this doesn't get your customers back..."
I've already decided not to purchase crippled CD's. They keep this crap up and I'll switch to downloading all my music..
"If you plan to continue protesting about future audio media releases with copy protection, forget it; copy protection is a reality,"
I recall this being a reality with the computer game industry. Guess what.. it's gone. Why? Because they couldn't prevent hackers from copying their software. This will be no different.
Pissing me off will NOT get you on my Christmas Card list btw. I reserve the right to make archival copies of all media I purchase.
That they would even ask. Personally I think they have exceeded their limitations. In the Constitution we have basic rights spelled out.
It's amazing how clearly those rights are stated and how quickly we're willing to give them up for a "feeling" of safety without actually being safer (the 1st and 4th for example)
So after years of work, a great deal of tax money spent investigating, taking Micro$oft to court and actually winning a conviction the government has accomplished very little to benefit anyone except the lawyers.
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Just spoke with my supervisor about this. After the chuckling was over he thought about it a moment, looked at me and said "Are you sure this isn't a Microsoft Product?"
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I've throught about that. I'm running an IBM thinkpad model T23 with 384 megs ram. I think this is the max it supports.
BTW, if you ran the same apps under crossover office you will see a drastic improvement in performance. Basically you don't have all that overhead (Windoze).
I have for awhile however you cannot create private folders. Otherwise the web access was good.
:D
If they decide to move to Exchange 2000 then I would have used other linux products which support Exchange 2000 natively.
Crossover Office only cost $54 for a single license. Compare that to vmware which runs around $200 for a full end user copy. Don't get me wrong. Vmware is a fine product however my windows app needs are simple. I hardly need them thanks to Linux
I've been using crossover office for a month and already love it!
Basically I was not allowed to pop/imap into the exchange 5.5 server and have been running vmware with win2k/office. vmware is great however running win2k under linux was terribly slow. Now I simply run outlook under linux/crossover and life is good. Outlook under Linux is VERY fast!
I strongly recommend their products. I'll be keeping an eye on them in the future.
We all KNOW that Two Towers will rake in the money. They can whine and cry all they want. It will be a smash hit!
Spiderman, Fellowship of the Ring, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, etc...
They ALL did extremely well and several even broke records.
I remember using Star Office a few years ago and yes it was terribly slow even compared to MS Office. Over the last couple of years I've been using OpenOffice which eliminates that silly desktop Star Office seems so found of.
I understand OpenOffice source is used to build StarOffice. Perhaps eliminating the desktop would help speed things up.
General use of StarOffice seemed to be fast. The initial loading however took forever
Apparently the joke was lost on many people.
Get a life? ROFL!
hold on a second.. let me ask my wife and 5 children if I have a life yet...
True however after reading answer #4 (Get a life) I'm surprised just how clueless he really is.
If trekkies didn't get all hot and heavy with Star Trek then where would he be today?
Get a Life = Bill who?
Reminds me of the last time I read a Microsoft commissioned study in detail.
If I recall correctly, it was NT 4 vs Novell 4. The study came out three years ago. Amusing thing was they disabled several features on the Novell server which were on by default and JUST happen to be necessary for optimized performance. Microsoft had optimized NT4 (things like tcp/ip window size were doubled for example). Things which were not defaults mind you.
The end result? NT wins by a landslide. Never mind that they had to screw the results by messing with the server settings. Basically crippling the Novell server.
I would be VERY surprised if Microsoft EVER did anything that didn't require tampering to get their desired result.
Oh and BTW, 5 year study with win2k? How many of you guys know anyone running win2k that long?
Thought so.
1 to 5 hours to download the iso? Hell man. I bought my copy in 2 minutes and received it in a couple of days.
:-)
Oh and the purchase price was significantly lower then win2k. $50 vs $1000 for the server
BTW, we have just me handling 12 *nix servers. Not terribly difficult. Our Windows admins however spend much more time protecting their win2k domain from invaders while I slee^H^H^H^Hwork from home.
Thank goodness for the internet.
"This is even better," he said. "You don't have to be on a Web site at all. You can just have your computer on, connected to the Internet, reading e-mail or just idling and, bam, this program detects your presence and up pops the message on your screen, past firewalls, past anti-spam programs, past anything."
::grinz::)
First off, I wonder how well this would work against a properly setup Linux Workstation/Server. I've seen the messenger service on Microsoft systems used for this purpose. One of the reasons I turn it off on my XP system at home (ok.. I admit it.. I have a gaming addiction
Secondly, while I think the DMCA is a bunch of crap, I wonder if this would get him to spend some jail time should he decide to return to the U.S. Getting past a firewall sounds like hacking to me.
" And the dog feces that keep coming in the mail don't bother me that much, either."
And why should it. As a millionarie he has someone open the mail for him now.
"And another reason lawyers need to educated themselves on technology."
That's the LAST thing we need in America. More educated Lawyers. Sheesh.
It's even worse than that. People have been purchasing cd's they can't even play in their car or home stereo.
Pretty sad.
How to avoid getting hit should be high on our list. We read of other happenings in history. Russia for example had a forest leveled as a result of a comet or asteriod in the early 20th century. It's happened once recently on a large scale. Fortunately it was away from human population. Next time we might not be so lucky.
As mentioned we recently experienced several near hits. The article mentions our odds are extremely low in getting hit. However our collision detection budget for NASA doesn't cut it. Last I heard we're tracking less than 10% of the sky. Think about it. We had another article on slashdot several weeks ago talking about another near hit we discovered 3 days after the fact.
There could be many more out there and we're just not seeing it.
I've been looking for more information regarding Tomcat. The docs which come with the product don't provide all the information I need. Also their web site is basically a mirror of the docs in the product.
Any direction would be appreciated.
I mean think about it, people will start writing more letters in a few years :-)
IM is no better. Unless you have a client denying riff raff access to your system you will receive spam that way as well (personally I like LICQ security options)
What's wrong with X10 ads?
;-)
I kinda like the ability to spy on your babysitter
"All of the corporations are salivating at the prospects of the all-Republican, all-the-time federal government. Every corporate giveaway they want, they'll get,"
At least coporations can create jobs. I'm pretty sure welfare assistence and other government programs won't fix our problems.
Could be worse. The DeMoCrAts could be in charge. Would be interesting to see how they could make it all better using welfare recipients.
"And we will respond in kind by not purchasing crippled CD's from retail stores. Surely someone in that company took a business class where they were taught that the best way to stay in business to to keep your customers coming back. Pissing people off like this doesn't get your customers back..."
I've already decided not to purchase crippled CD's. They keep this crap up and I'll switch to downloading all my music..
"If you plan to continue protesting about future audio media releases with copy protection, forget it; copy protection is a reality,"
I recall this being a reality with the computer game industry. Guess what.. it's gone. Why? Because they couldn't prevent hackers from copying their software. This will be no different.
Pissing me off will NOT get you on my Christmas Card list btw. I reserve the right to make archival copies of all media I purchase.
That they would even ask. Personally I think they have exceeded their limitations. In the Constitution we have basic rights spelled out.
It's amazing how clearly those rights are stated and how quickly we're willing to give them up for a "feeling" of safety without actually being safer (the 1st and 4th for example)
This is a bunch of rubbish. We can simply use Hubble and end this with a few snapshots.
Of course SOMEONE will probably say those are faked too.
I guess you can't win. The conspiracy theorists are always right. (NOT!)
So after years of work, a great deal of tax money spent investigating, taking Micro$oft to court and actually winning a conviction the government has accomplished very little to benefit anyone except the lawyers.
Nice to know nothing has changed.
You mean unless it's a Microsoft product right?
Just spoke with my supervisor about this. After the chuckling was over he thought about it a moment, looked at me and said "Are you sure this isn't a Microsoft Product?"
I guess people are just used to it around here.
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