It depends on the product, the Linux kernel and Apache are bound to be faily well done due to the number of experienced developers working on them. Other smaller less popular projects will vary in quality.
Yes and no, there are those who have used Windows and DOS for years. However it's only been since the mid 1990s that many Atari ST, Amiga and Acorn users decided to get a x86 machine.
I myself only moved to a PC system in 1999 when I was given one, I then built a PIII system and an AMD afer that.
In the old days of Windows you had to do without high quality games and sound while the Amiga demo scene was pumping out audio visual feasts. It wasn't until the 90s that the "multimedia" tag was born (which really meant CD-ROM, speakers and a 16-bit sound card).
So yes, you have boring "professional" people who have used Windows since the 80s, but many others have only been on Windows for up to 10 years.
Dselect is a bit of a pain yes, pressing the wrong key brings up the help window grrrr.
I found more recent installers to be better, but when you exit a kernel module category it often returns you back to the top of the list, thus losing your place in the list.
All distros should give you the option of automatic hardware detection and manual selection if things go wrong.
What can I say? I rarely ever see spam these days thanks to this approach. Popfile is one of the more mature solutions to spam, although it's a classifier not just a spam filter.
Since Feb I've had 2,215 messages and it has made only 37 mistakes. 98.32% accuracy. I've tried a few commercial products and they were lucky to approach 50% accuracy.
Very nice, however these facts aren't advertised here in the UK. In fact nobody has thought of turning the technology in that direction.
Coverage is very important, you are probably more likely to want to hook into the net in a remote location than in a city, in cities you have cybercafes etc..
Rather than get people to buy music, sue them and get much more money out of them.
SCO are doing similar things, rather than create decent products that people want to buy they're just suing people left right and center hoping they'll settle or cough up.
If using 3G they can provide faster than 56k internet connections on the move (ie. connect phone to laptop) for a decent price then 3G would actually be useful.
All the adverts I've seen for 3G devices revolve around gimmics. Ooo look you can watch some video, you can phone your mates and have a laugh showing them things.
Currently 3G is an executive toy and needs a decent application. There are some instances where video calls could be very useful, doctors, police etc. but for the masses there has to be something that makes it worthwhile. Many people are happy with text messaging and instant messaging when online.
This is why so many phone makers have avoided the platform. They know at some point they will end up competing with Microsoft. Some thought that Microsoft would never produce a games console, but they did. Will they produce their own phones next?
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The same way that old PPC chips are faster. The performance per clock cycle is a lot higher, of course if you can't clock them high enough this doesn't really help.
Look at the price performance ratio though, you can build a whole AMD based PC for the cost of high end P4 processors.
It might have been fairer for the DMCA to have had a cutoff point, like minus 10 years from the introduction of the act.
There are plenty of Commodore and Sinclair ROMs, manuals and diagrams on the net. They're available to keep such old gear working for future generations to see. What next, ban the distribution of classic car manuals and sue people for producing reproduction parts?
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OK then, OS/2 will run on old hardware for as long as that hardware functions, but once a major change occurs then you won't be able to use OS/2.
OS/2 is unlikely to ever get Opteron or Itanium support, probably doesn't do firewire, USB2. I doubt it has support for the latest 3D hardware.
So as you can see, it's doomed. It won't be long before it will do about as much as Win 3.11.
It depends on the product, the Linux kernel and Apache are bound to be faily well done due to the number of experienced developers working on them. Other smaller less popular projects will vary in quality.
Free support is dead, therefore OS/2 is dead. Dead things have no future.
NDA's are normally to cover trade secrets and the work you are currently doing etc..
They expire usually after a year of leaving anyway.
Are people tresspassing if they phone you without your permission?
Damn silly case, if you have a phone number, email address or postal address then people are going to use it.
Nobody signs a lifelong contract preventing them from criticising their ex-employers.
Yes and no, there are those who have used Windows and DOS for years. However it's only been since the mid 1990s that many Atari ST, Amiga and Acorn users decided to get a x86 machine.
I myself only moved to a PC system in 1999 when I was given one, I then built a PIII system and an AMD afer that.
In the old days of Windows you had to do without high quality games and sound while the Amiga demo scene was pumping out audio visual feasts. It wasn't until the 90s that the "multimedia" tag was born (which really meant CD-ROM, speakers and a 16-bit sound card).
So yes, you have boring "professional" people who have used Windows since the 80s, but many others have only been on Windows for up to 10 years.
I think he was talking of 20 years of personal computer use.
Dselect is a bit of a pain yes, pressing the wrong key brings up the help window grrrr.
I found more recent installers to be better, but when you exit a kernel module category it often returns you back to the top of the list, thus losing your place in the list.
All distros should give you the option of automatic hardware detection and manual selection if things go wrong.
A senator arguing for pirates to have their machines remotely destructed only to discover his website was violating a license agreement.
A governor in my county approving funding for radar speed guns only to be caught by one himself.
Something you iron your shirty with.
It's called BeoLink
http://www.bang-olufsen.com/sw1761.asp
Of course it's less fun to buy a system than it is to build your own.
They all resigned a few years back as they were in the pockets of big business. Looks like they still are. Undemocratic as ever.
Combine the visions of the Disney, FBI, RIAA, Microsoft, stupid senators and SCO, makes Big Brother seem bearable in comparison :)
What can I say? I rarely ever see spam these days thanks to this approach. Popfile is one of the more mature solutions to spam, although it's a classifier not just a spam filter.
Since Feb I've had 2,215 messages and it has made only 37 mistakes. 98.32% accuracy. I've tried a few commercial products and they were lucky to approach 50% accuracy.
Very nice, however these facts aren't advertised here in the UK. In fact nobody has thought of turning the technology in that direction.
Coverage is very important, you are probably more likely to want to hook into the net in a remote location than in a city, in cities you have cybercafes etc..
Rather than get people to buy music, sue them and get much more money out of them.
SCO are doing similar things, rather than create decent products that people want to buy they're just suing people left right and center hoping they'll settle or cough up.
Low speed cellular comms is everywhere, but high speed technology like 3G is generally only available in more densely populated areas.
If using 3G they can provide faster than 56k internet connections on the move (ie. connect phone to laptop) for a decent price then 3G would actually be useful.
All the adverts I've seen for 3G devices revolve around gimmics. Ooo look you can watch some video, you can phone your mates and have a laugh showing them things.
Currently 3G is an executive toy and needs a decent application. There are some instances where video calls could be very useful, doctors, police etc. but for the masses there has to be something that makes it worthwhile. Many people are happy with text messaging and instant messaging when online.
Just games? Sure there's lots of them, but Windows has more software overall and more hardware drivers.
Not to mention the power requirements and heat output.
I can't stand noisy computers, my Athlon 2100+ is inaudible from a distance of around 10 feet.
This is why so many phone makers have avoided the platform. They know at some point they will end up competing with Microsoft. Some thought that Microsoft would never produce a games console, but they did. Will they produce their own phones next?
The same way that old PPC chips are faster. The performance per clock cycle is a lot higher, of course if you can't clock them high enough this doesn't really help.
Look at the price performance ratio though, you can build a whole AMD based PC for the cost of high end P4 processors.
Pretty dumb since they're only obliged to make replacement parts for 10 years after the last car rolled off the production line.
Once original parts have dried up you can't fix your car (which might turn out to be a classic someday)
It might have been fairer for the DMCA to have had a cutoff point, like minus 10 years from the introduction of the act.
There are plenty of Commodore and Sinclair ROMs, manuals and diagrams on the net. They're available to keep such old gear working for future generations to see. What next, ban the distribution of classic car manuals and sue people for producing reproduction parts?
True, however no website has a guarantee that you have to serve them with any data or pages.