"If you have a reason to use SQL Server in the first place MySQL is not a valid replacement."
Can you say "circular reasoning"? I knew you could.
There is never a reason to use SQL Server. MySQL is lame compared to PostgreSQL or Oracle, but it serves for a lot of people. If you need something better than MySQL, try FireBird or PostgreSQL.
Spending a fortune (in money and configuration time) on SQL Server is not an option for people who are considering just running a Web site (unless they are General Motors - in which case use Oracle.)
"you must pay for the software if you decide to keep it."
There's a difference between you "must" and you "will".
I've been using TextPad for three years without paying. Yes, the nag popup is slightly irritating. Yes, I have a half dozen other editors now on tap, including jEdit. But I still use TextPad just for quick editing of simple text files (and I also used it for my C++ classes since it integrates well with Borland's free C++ compiler.)
However, when I get around to it, I might dump it for any of the other good freeware text editors now out there - probably just jEdit which is fast enough for my needs, despite being written in Java.
Actually the critical component of AI is conceptual processing. Semantic processing cannot possibly succeed without the construction and representation of concepts.
And not very many people are working on it IIRC. Many of the big names who used to work on it, like Roger Schank, have moved on to other things because it was so hard.
CYC was an attempt to brute-force some form of conceptual processing. Since it's been around for decades and has made absolutely no impact, obviously it's not the way to go.
"the bad old days of proprietary information dbs a la Lexis/Nexis"
Those days never left. As information brokers know, there is still more accurate, structured info locked up in fee-paid databases than there is on the Net - and the ability to know where those databases are and how to search them is where information brokers make their money.
"Impact Probability The probability that the tabulated impact will occur. The probability computation is complex and depends on a number of assumptions that are difficult to verify. For these reasons the stated probability can easily be inaccurate by a factor of a few, and occasionally by a factor of ten or more."
What they don't say is whether the inaccuracy means more or less risk - or both. I assume on either side.
go through the list and look at the incredibly international list of names of people working on the kernel...including some guy named Linus Torvalds (can't imagine where he's from) who did nine of them...
One guy has a last name of about five characters - three of which are represented as special characters...
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700MB of games!
That would be even a greater time-waster than my obsession with downloading pictures and videos of the Corrs and Angelina Jolie...
I'll just wait until someone with money elsewhere in the world gets tired of the US games, and pays some Russian general enough money to get a decent-sized nuke and makes Washington glow in the dark. (Or has some Arabs steal one from Israel - who would nuke then? Tel Aviv? Feel free!)
No, the point of the article is that IF you read it, YOU won't buy the product.
In other words, eventually the product will fail as it becomes obvious to people who haven't bought it yet that it's a dud. Not to mention that the people who bought one won't buy another.
Now, if the company can make a profit before that point is reached, it will continue to issue duds.
Problem with the latter argument is that it's entirely unlikely that BSD is going to go away, either. Because BSD is NOT a corporate product, in the same way that Linux isn't, BSD is not going to go away. Therefore the monoculture argument doesn't hold water.
Also, as I indicated, even if Sun goes away (and BTW, I don't necessarily mean they'll go out of business - just that they won't be a factor in the OS market), it's technology will still end up in Linux if it's of any value (provided Sun doesn't use IP legal means to prevent this). And the people who developed that technology may well end up doing work for Linux as well.
So the monoculture argument against Linux dominating the Unix OS market is pretty weak - especially not until Linux knocks off Windows as well.
As for Microsoft's argument, that was a joke to begin with - nobody buys the idea that Windows is significantly different when it comes to security. Linux has much more variation both on the distro level and on the customization level of individual users. While some of the system utilities and libraries may be the same on various distros and thus subject to vulnerabilities, that would be true of any general system such as Unix.
I've never bought the whole monoculture argument anyway. That's basically irrelevant if the dominant software was properly written to begin with. The real issue in computer security is piss-poor design by the entire software industry. The monoculture effect is merely a side-effect.
I didn't say Sun had to leave - just that they will.
I wouldn't mind having them around to do R&D either - as long as the results benefited other people as well as Sun.
As for software monocultures, I doubt that Linux will ever be entirely a monoculture, even allowing for the LSB, certainly not to the degree that Windows is (if you don't count the fact that down-versions of Windows can't even interoperate well with current versions, as I discovered last night trying to get Windows 98 to talk to Windows Xp).
As for SGI, they were a niche player anyway. But they probably benefited somewhat from being seen as a good open source citizen, something Sun has a long way to go to do, despite the JDS.
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How do we know?
1) Spyware? Run a firewall that complains if something tries to call home.
2) Ad-ware? Uuhhh, look for ads popping up? Duh...
This was modded "insightful"? Should have used my mod points instead of posting this?
Only the open ones on Windows BY DEFAULT...:-)
If you run any Microsoft apps...:-)
Nonsense. Tell it to the alt.comp.freeware people. They'd laugh their asses off.
Do a clean install of Windows every two weeks.
Brilliant.
Wonderful advertisement for the OS you have there.
Do you work for Microsoft?
You should.
"If you have a reason to use SQL Server in the first place MySQL is not a valid replacement."
Can you say "circular reasoning"? I knew you could.
There is never a reason to use SQL Server. MySQL is lame compared to PostgreSQL or Oracle, but it serves for a lot of people. If you need something better than MySQL, try FireBird or PostgreSQL.
Spending a fortune (in money and configuration time) on SQL Server is not an option for people who are considering just running a Web site (unless they are General Motors - in which case use Oracle.)
Second that.
And they hate crippleware, too, so anything on their list will have adequate features for the purpose.
"you must pay for the software if you decide to keep it."
There's a difference between you "must" and you "will".
I've been using TextPad for three years without paying. Yes, the nag popup is slightly irritating. Yes, I have a half dozen other editors now on tap, including jEdit. But I still use TextPad just for quick editing of simple text files (and I also used it for my C++ classes since it integrates well with Borland's free C++ compiler.)
However, when I get around to it, I might dump it for any of the other good freeware text editors now out there - probably just jEdit which is fast enough for my needs, despite being written in Java.
'Cause if you're talking freeware, just go to alt.comp.freeware and ask for a list. People there will point you to the Pricelessware List.
There's tons of freeware out there that doesn't include spyware of any kind.
Actually the critical component of AI is conceptual processing. Semantic processing cannot possibly succeed without the construction and representation of concepts.
And not very many people are working on it IIRC. Many of the big names who used to work on it, like Roger Schank, have moved on to other things because it was so hard.
CYC was an attempt to brute-force some form of conceptual processing. Since it's been around for decades and has made absolutely no impact, obviously it's not the way to go.
"the bad old days of proprietary information dbs a la Lexis/Nexis"
Those days never left. As information brokers know, there is still more accurate, structured info locked up in fee-paid databases than there is on the Net - and the ability to know where those databases are and how to search them is where information brokers make their money.
Actually, no one would expect Mr. Bush to help no matter where it fell.
Oh, wait, I forgot about Saudi Arabia...
After all, Dad might be there at any given time...
OTOH, the impact could splash all that oil over to Israel and we wouldn't have to send them all those billions in aid...
"Impact Probability
The probability that the tabulated impact will occur. The probability computation is complex and depends on a number of assumptions that are difficult to verify. For these reasons the stated probability can easily be inaccurate by a factor of a few, and occasionally by a factor of ten or more."
What they don't say is whether the inaccuracy means more or less risk - or both. I assume on either side.
Ah, another Corrs fan!
Which one are you in love with - Andrea, Sharon, Caroline - or Jim? (Or all three - or four - or any two?)
Oh, I've got Knoppix - several different versions, actually, and some derivatives.
I just don't need one that does games.
go through the list and look at the incredibly international list of names of people working on the kernel...including some guy named Linus Torvalds (can't imagine where he's from) who did nine of them...
One guy has a last name of about five characters - three of which are represented as special characters...
700MB of games!
That would be even a greater time-waster than my obsession with downloading pictures and videos of the Corrs and Angelina Jolie...
As William Burroughs used to say about seeing weeds growing through empty streets in Chicago, "May not have to wait long..."
I'll take those odds anyday.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
And they were where last year?
The year before?
The year before that?
SCO is going down, dude...
Just maybe not by the closing bell tomorrow...
You're either making money or you're losing money. And SCO is not making money.
Next question.
Getting laid is not possible for /.'ers without FTL travel...
Not after bin Laden drops the next plane on you.
Oh, wait, those planes were YOURS...
Never mind...
I'll just wait until someone with money elsewhere in the world gets tired of the US games, and pays some Russian general enough money to get a decent-sized nuke and makes Washington glow in the dark. (Or has some Arabs steal one from Israel - who would nuke then? Tel Aviv? Feel free!)
No, MY name is Hack!
Unfortunately I already tried the coup route and ended up doing eight years in prison...
No, the point of the article is that IF you read it, YOU won't buy the product.
In other words, eventually the product will fail as it becomes obvious to people who haven't bought it yet that it's a dud. Not to mention that the people who bought one won't buy another.
Now, if the company can make a profit before that point is reached, it will continue to issue duds.
Sort of like Microsoft...
Problem with the latter argument is that it's entirely unlikely that BSD is going to go away, either. Because BSD is NOT a corporate product, in the same way that Linux isn't, BSD is not going to go away. Therefore the monoculture argument doesn't hold water.
Also, as I indicated, even if Sun goes away (and BTW, I don't necessarily mean they'll go out of business - just that they won't be a factor in the OS market), it's technology will still end up in Linux if it's of any value (provided Sun doesn't use IP legal means to prevent this). And the people who developed that technology may well end up doing work for Linux as well.
So the monoculture argument against Linux dominating the Unix OS market is pretty weak - especially not until Linux knocks off Windows as well.
As for Microsoft's argument, that was a joke to begin with - nobody buys the idea that Windows is significantly different when it comes to security. Linux has much more variation both on the distro level and on the customization level of individual users. While some of the system utilities and libraries may be the same on various distros and thus subject to vulnerabilities, that would be true of any general system such as Unix.
I've never bought the whole monoculture argument anyway. That's basically irrelevant if the dominant software was properly written to begin with. The real issue in computer security is piss-poor design by the entire software industry.
The monoculture effect is merely a side-effect.
I didn't say Sun had to leave - just that they will.
I wouldn't mind having them around to do R&D either - as long as the results benefited other people as well as Sun.
As for software monocultures, I doubt that Linux will ever be entirely a monoculture, even allowing for the LSB, certainly not to the degree that Windows is (if you don't count the fact that down-versions of Windows can't even interoperate well with current versions, as I discovered last night trying to get Windows 98 to talk to Windows Xp).
As for SGI, they were a niche player anyway. But they probably benefited somewhat from being seen as a good open source citizen, something Sun has a long way to go to do, despite the JDS.