Linux is making huge gains in the server market. The statistics show that.
The stats show a slow migration from Unix to Linux. But Microsoft remains very strong in this market.
But that value will drive the home adoption as people become familiar with Linux at work.
Tell me how a locked-down corporate desktop that clones the W2K GUI exposes users to Linux in any significant way or drives them to use Linux at home.
You need think more clearly about users want and expect from a home computer, Does this Plix HD Entertainment Media Center look remotely like an office machine?
Economic crimes are still crimes. Under American law, "non-profit" theft, the Robin Hood defense, is no defense. If you target the right people and the right sites, you can inflict a lot of pain.
How can the creators be resposinble for material that was never supposed to be seen
GTA has become a lightning rod, a symbol of trends that are not well-liked or trusted outside the gaming community.
If you were trying to defend "mature" content in gaming, access to M rated titles, you did not need to hear that Rockstar had embedded sex games within GTA:SA.
I don't much care about the future of GTA. I do care about losing the next Fallout, Half-Life, System Shock, Deux Ex, etc, because the M rating has becoming as poisonous to a retailer as an AO.
If you could spend just a little more on a machine and get one that would run OSX and Windows vs. the cheaper one and just run Windows, which would you get?
To anyone but a Geek, dual-booting has all the appeal of root canal. Two software libraries to maintain, two hardware configurations to maintain, two skill sets.
The MacMini ships at the rate of about 30,000 units a month. Which does not suggest any extraordinary, untapped, interest in OSX on a budget.
The default for MSN Plus! is to "Ignore' and the-not-so-fine-print explanation is that the MSN add-on is flagged only because of the optional casino software you are encouraged to install. I think that's fair enough.
The ambitious, hardscrapple, industrializing, North had moved beyond what could be accomplished by a benevolent gentleman farmer and Jefferson would have no successor in the slave-holding South.
I looked at the browser statistics at W3 Schools the other day and noticed that the most recent month both IE5 and 6 usage increased and that Firefox decreased by over a percent (19.6% to 20.7% the preceeding month
Not long back, Dell committed to buying 300,000 wide-screen laptops a month from a Chinese OEM. That's a single model in a single segment of Dell's XP SP2 product line.
The Mac Mini sells at 30,000 units a month, OEM Linux systems like Linspire, about the same. There has been no mass migration from Windows at any price point and you need millions of Firefox installs simply to keep pace with the growth in XP's installed base.
You have to fairly deep in Geek culture to know or care about O'Reilly. It would be interesting to know the press run for the book, how many copies are in off-campus bookstores.
China recently made some IP concessions, but I don't know how they're being enforced. It happened less than a year ago
The IP laws referenced were adopted or ammended between 1984-1994.
Following China's entry into the WTO, Microsoft China became the first foreign company to become a full member of the China Software Industry Association in 2002.
The president of MS China at the time
moved to Shanda in 2004. Shanda is to online gaming in China what Sony is to online gaming in Japan. Former Microsoft China chief gets new job
Enforcement remains a problem. But the Chinese government doesn't want to see state and party sanctioned cultural enterprises lose more ground to Western imports.
Switching OS's is like switching the gas and brake pedal of a car for the average user.
It's much worse than that. More like trading your horse and buggy for a Model A Ford. Very little of your skills and investment can be easily carried over from one to the other.
1...closed sources Operating Systems have more problems than others becuase there are fewer people viewing and fixing the bugs and other problems...
The lead post is titled "Debian Struggling With Security," in part because the Debian team is short-handed. There are 200 or so Linux distros. But Open Source doesn't magically endow you with the organization, money and manpower needed to maintain any one of them.
4. Built for idiots that rather the computer maintain control. I, on the otherhand, like to control my computer.
George Eastman had a slogan: "You click the button, we do the rest." Once a technology becomes accessible to the masses, the hobbyist and his obsessions are driven to the margins. Calling your opponents idiots doesn't change a damn thing.
not desktops... so this could be as little as 1 machine per business...
enterprise servers...web-based poll...no mention of how many companies participated in the survey, their size, or business.
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What they don't tell you is that if you want all the fancy translucency, 3D-accelerated-whatevertheheck, you're going to need a video card with at least 256MB and pixel shader 2.0
an NVIDIA 5500 AGP with 256 MB RAM can be found for about $80 retail. not a gamer's card, but with the GPU accelerated NVIDIA DVD drivers, a good choice for media play.
What I'd like to know is what are they doing during those 12 minutes for Windows to become "infected."
I think that is a fair question to ask. I was playing with BitComet last week, linked to Bitracker, or one of the other popular BT sites, and spent three days cleaning up the mess it left behind. In
We need broad public, and congressional pressure.. not judicial rulings.
And just where is that to come from?
The film and video industry alone directly employs 360,000 people, mostly in Los Angeles and New York. That excludes employment through independent contractors, support services and all distribution channels except the multiplex.Motion Picture and Video Industries
The industry is well organized and strongly positioned in the nation's cultural and financial capitals, red and blue states alike. But a politician doesn't need much encouragement to support a clean industry that provides jobs at all skill levels and generates billions in domestic and foreign sales.
Remember judicial rulings can be overruled by constitutional amendments and other means such as judge replacements etc
The decision in Grokster was unaminous and you'll not see anything better emerging from the House or Senate.
The distro I have here is called Linux Reloaded (nudge nudge), and it fits on a standard bootable DVD. I'll let you download Linux Reloaded if you can let me have GNU in the Shell (the "innocence" release)
A fun posting. But Ill take it as well as a gentle reminder that plausible deniability is an easier sell on Slashdot than in court.
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The stats show a slow migration from Unix to Linux. But Microsoft remains very strong in this market.
But that value will drive the home adoption as people become familiar with Linux at work.
Tell me how a locked-down corporate desktop that clones the W2K GUI exposes users to Linux in any significant way or drives them to use Linux at home.
You need think more clearly about users want and expect from a home computer, Does this Plix HD Entertainment Media Center look remotely like an office machine?
When and to whom?
I can't find confimation of this anywhere. You don't see a trace of parlimentary reform in Britain until 1832.
Economic crimes are still crimes. Under American law, "non-profit" theft, the Robin Hood defense, is no defense. If you target the right people and the right sites, you can inflict a lot of pain.
GTA has become a lightning rod, a symbol of trends that are not well-liked or trusted outside the gaming community.
If you were trying to defend "mature" content in gaming, access to M rated titles, you did not need to hear that Rockstar had embedded sex games within GTA:SA.
I don't much care about the future of GTA. I do care about losing the next Fallout, Half-Life, System Shock, Deux Ex, etc, because the M rating has becoming as poisonous to a retailer as an AO.
Most folks don't define "poor" as "someone with broadband internet service and a PC that can play Far Cry and Half-Life 2 at 150 fps."
To anyone but a Geek, dual-booting has all the appeal of root canal. Two software libraries to maintain, two hardware configurations to maintain, two skill sets.
The MacMini ships at the rate of about 30,000 units a month. Which does not suggest any extraordinary, untapped, interest in OSX on a budget.
The default for MSN Plus! is to "Ignore' and the-not-so-fine-print explanation is that the MSN add-on is flagged only because of the optional casino software you are encouraged to install. I think that's fair enough.
You were expecting OSTG's employees to walk the plank for you when the feds arrive with a search warrant and subpoena?
The ambitious, hardscrapple, industrializing, North had moved beyond what could be accomplished by a benevolent gentleman farmer and Jefferson would have no successor in the slave-holding South.
congrats for a totally incoherent, content-free, post. Slash-art at its finest.
If that kid meets up with a security guard, he is going to learn differently, really fast.
This isn't how the game is played anymore.
Not long back, Dell committed to buying 300,000 wide-screen laptops a month from a Chinese OEM. That's a single model in a single segment of Dell's XP SP2 product line.
The Mac Mini sells at 30,000 units a month, OEM Linux systems like Linspire, about the same. There has been no mass migration from Windows at any price point and you need millions of Firefox installs simply to keep pace with the growth in XP's installed base.
You have to fairly deep in Geek culture to know or care about O'Reilly.
It would be interesting to know the press run for the book, how many copies are in off-campus bookstores.
The IP laws referenced were adopted or ammended between 1984-1994.
Following China's entry into the WTO, Microsoft China became the first foreign company to become a full member of the China Software Industry Association in 2002.
The president of MS China at the time moved to Shanda in 2004. Shanda is to online gaming in China what Sony is to online gaming in Japan. Former Microsoft China chief gets new job
Enforcement remains a problem. But the Chinese government doesn't want to see state and party sanctioned cultural enterprises lose more ground to Western imports.
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Required reading for anyone tempted to post a comment on the IP law of China: Ministry of Science and Technology: Laws and Regulations
Topics:
Patent Law
Trademark Law
Copyright Law
Technology Contract Law
Product Quality Law
Freedom to buy alcohol and cigarettes without a license or age requirement
Shops ignore the law, but sales of alcohol and tobacco to minors is illegal in China and you are expected to show your ID. People's Daily Online: Law stresses ban on underage booze sales
explain to me again why a geek caught with his hand in the cookie jar should be rewarded with a "get out of jail free" card.
Well, maybe. But to complete a project you need someone who can make a decision and make it stick.
It's much worse than that. More like trading your horse and buggy for a Model A Ford. Very little of your skills and investment can be easily carried over from one to the other.
The lead post is titled "Debian Struggling With Security," in part because the Debian team is short-handed.
There are 200 or so Linux distros. But Open Source doesn't magically endow you with the organization, money and manpower needed to maintain any one of them.
4. Built for idiots that rather the computer maintain control. I, on the otherhand, like to control my computer.
George Eastman had a slogan: "You click the button, we do the rest." Once a technology becomes accessible to the masses, the hobbyist and his obsessions are driven to the margins. Calling your opponents idiots doesn't change a damn thing.
enterprise servers...web-based poll...no mention of how many companies participated in the survey, their size, or business.
an NVIDIA 5500 AGP with 256 MB RAM can be found for about $80 retail. not a gamer's card, but with the GPU accelerated NVIDIA DVD drivers, a good choice for media play.
I think that is a fair question to ask. I was playing with BitComet last week, linked to Bitracker, or one of the other popular BT sites, and spent three days cleaning up the mess it left behind. In
And just where is that to come from?
The film and video industry alone directly employs 360,000 people, mostly in Los Angeles and New York. That excludes employment through independent contractors, support services and all distribution channels except the multiplex.Motion Picture and Video Industries
The industry is well organized and strongly positioned in the nation's cultural and financial capitals, red and blue states alike. But a politician doesn't need much encouragement to support a clean industry that provides jobs at all skill levels and generates billions in domestic and foreign sales.
Remember judicial rulings can be overruled by constitutional amendments and other means such as judge replacements etc
The decision in Grokster was unaminous and you'll not see anything better emerging from the House or Senate.
A fun posting. But Ill take it as well as a gentle reminder that plausible deniability is an easier sell on Slashdot than in court.