Kind of hard to complain about a free product don't you think? I mean, if you are paying for something (lets say Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced server $1,200, SQL Enterprize Edition 2000 $16,000) you kind of expect security. Or did I miss something on that almost $40,000 you just spent for a MS SQL 2000 2-node Cluster.
There really is nothing wrong with using Microsoft products, as long as you have the pockets for it. There are potential privacy issues in any product you use. There are going to be security problems with those products. The main item is if it was free or if you payed out the nose for it.
If you use Linux and you get hacked it's your fault. If you use Microsoft products and you paid $$$$$$, it's Microsofts Fault. After all, they are the ones with $40 Billion in liquid assets why not just toss more money at it MS!
yup..../. takes down another website!!! Feel the power of the Geeks! Able to stop small servers with a single post, Able to cause havok to DNS servers with thousands of queries generated from thousands of computers, and yet... It's not our fault, we just wanna see the webpage..
ahh well.. I'll wait about 6 hours, then the webserver will either still be up, or some sysadmin will have taken it down because we just filled up his 128k ISDN link to the inet.
collecting tax in the states that they have a [Physical] presence in is the way I understood it too. What law makers are finding is a legal loop hole. A way for someone to buy products online without paying tax on it.
But their is a catch.. Lets think about this, if I buy something online I normally have to pay shipping (or the seller pays shipping). Thus I am employing the person that drives the delivery truck to bring me my package. That truck runs off of fuel (which is taxed by a gas tax), drives on roads (which may have a toll tax), and pays for the salary of that driver (which is also taxed). So the government gets their share, but they want another 5% (or whatever your states sales tax is if any [go Oregon!]). They still get all the money from that package being delivered if you buy it from a store, but they get more. They get that local stores income tax plus property tax ect. The government is missing out on a TON of potential money all because the store does not reside in their state.
Don't get me wrong, I fully support the Government. They provide servies that I could not afford without them (Police, Fire, Military ect), but what I don't like is a government that is wastefull of my money.
I don't live in Oregon any more, but I did for more than 20 years. In the year 2000 the State of Oregon increased their expendatures by 17%! They had a balanced budget and were doing well. They spent almost every penny they could get their hands on. Then, the DOT COM bubble bust, people lost jobs (just look at Fujitsu, Intel, Boeing, Freightliner, Symantec to name a few) and they lost income.
The State of Oregon made such a gigantic increase in expenses now they are stuck in a financial pit hole. Oregon does not have Sale Tax and the Government wants it. I live in Maryland now, we have all the same taxes as Oregon plus we have Sale tax. Maryland is more in debt than Oregon.
More taxes does not seem to be solving the problem, adjusting the way money is spent will resolve the problem. G.W. is doing a good job at dropping taxes, but I still see a spending spree going on with my money. I'm not sure that is the answer to our problems, but if it stimulates the economy it can more than make up for itself. If it doesn't, well.. whats another 500 Billion in Debt to the US Government.
God Bless America.. Where you as an individual can have $50,000 in student loans, $100,000 home loan, $15,000 car loan, $8,000 in Credit card debt.. have you and your spouce make $60,000 a year.. and be considered middle class:)
Lets see.. Federal Income Tax, State Income Tax, Property Tax, Local Tax, Sales Tax, and now, Online Sales Tax.. Did I miss any? (probably missed a few) oh wait, I need to pay rent this month.. wonder if there is any money left from my paycheck.. I love this country very much, but someone needs to learn how to manage their money better and it's not me.. because I'm not the one spending it.. Could be worse I guess.. I could live in Canada.. eh?
let me guess.. he didn't hear from his customers because when they replied to the emails it was to an unknown domain name.... or.. he put Cowboy Neals email address in the reply to button.. hummm... Cowboy Neal?
A whie back Dishnetwork and DirectTV tried to join forces, but monopoly commission of the US Government said "Nope, can't do that". Yet that same commissions said "Comcast, AT&T, go for it!" for broadband access.
DirectTV seems to be a rock solid company, not sure about SBC's stability.
I think the iPAQ runs at 206 mhz (I have one). The only thing I can think of that is a major plus to buying the dell over the iPAQ is the price. The iPAQ is nice, but you really pay out the nose for it, but you also pay out the nose because everyone devlopes for it.
All the iPAQs have very specific standards so that almost any accessory that you get will work on just about every iPAQ (actually I haven't found an accessory yet that only works on a specifc iPAQ, I think some older iPAQs didn't have CF flash). Plus, the iPAQ can run linux:)
The Dell might be able to run Linux at somepoint, but I haven't looked into it as it is really new.
I think it would be easier if the FCC just opened up the power output limitations on WiFi. After all, what can you do with less than 1 Watt of power. Heck, even CB radios get 4 Watts of power (yes I know they only run in 28MHZ range).
The onlything I would worry about is interferance, i.e. your neighbors DHCP server answers before your DHCP server and now you are on their network. But I guess that is what Encryption is for:)
That is how people make money. The submit a design and get a Patent. They then wait till someone needs something and when they find out it's already been thought of they need to pay rolyalties to the orignal person. The Patent does not need to be used in a working anything, just the facts on paper man:)
That is all their is too it. ~the world would be a better place~ if you bought something else, like AMD? Yeah.. probably.. Long Live the Que... err AMD.. Long Live AMD! Long Live AMD!
humm.. lets see.. someone was in the right place at the right time and said "i'm in charge". I think we call that a dictatorship, err.. wait, it's a board of directors. That must mean they were elected by someone. Humm.. still sounds like someone was in the right place at the right time and made a lot of money because of it.... hum.. wish it were me..
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.sco.com/company/feedback/index.html clickable link
http://www.sco.com/company/feedback/index.html and tell SCO where they can stick their license fee. i.e. up their a**.
Make sure you select sales or something like that.
There really is nothing wrong with using Microsoft products, as long as you have the pockets for it. There are potential privacy issues in any product you use. There are going to be security problems with those products. The main item is if it was free or if you payed out the nose for it.
If you use Linux and you get hacked it's your fault. If you use Microsoft products and you paid $$$$$$, it's Microsofts Fault. After all, they are the ones with $40 Billion in liquid assets why not just toss more money at it MS!
well.. I hope their rocket engine works better than their webpage..
Conspiracy, or is Novell trying to take over the linux envrionment because it's the only way they can stay a float.
ahh well.. I'll wait about 6 hours, then the webserver will either still be up, or some sysadmin will have taken it down because we just filled up his 128k ISDN link to the inet.
But their is a catch.. Lets think about this, if I buy something online I normally have to pay shipping (or the seller pays shipping). Thus I am employing the person that drives the delivery truck to bring me my package. That truck runs off of fuel (which is taxed by a gas tax), drives on roads (which may have a toll tax), and pays for the salary of that driver (which is also taxed). So the government gets their share, but they want another 5% (or whatever your states sales tax is if any [go Oregon!]). They still get all the money from that package being delivered if you buy it from a store, but they get more. They get that local stores income tax plus property tax ect. The government is missing out on a TON of potential money all because the store does not reside in their state.
Don't get me wrong, I fully support the Government. They provide servies that I could not afford without them (Police, Fire, Military ect), but what I don't like is a government that is wastefull of my money.
I don't live in Oregon any more, but I did for more than 20 years. In the year 2000 the State of Oregon increased their expendatures by 17%! They had a balanced budget and were doing well. They spent almost every penny they could get their hands on. Then, the DOT COM bubble bust, people lost jobs (just look at Fujitsu, Intel, Boeing, Freightliner, Symantec to name a few) and they lost income.
The State of Oregon made such a gigantic increase in expenses now they are stuck in a financial pit hole. Oregon does not have Sale Tax and the Government wants it. I live in Maryland now, we have all the same taxes as Oregon plus we have Sale tax. Maryland is more in debt than Oregon.
More taxes does not seem to be solving the problem, adjusting the way money is spent will resolve the problem. G.W. is doing a good job at dropping taxes, but I still see a spending spree going on with my money. I'm not sure that is the answer to our problems, but if it stimulates the economy it can more than make up for itself. If it doesn't, well.. whats another 500 Billion in Debt to the US Government.
God Bless America.. Where you as an individual can have $50,000 in student loans, $100,000 home loan, $15,000 car loan, $8,000 in Credit card debt.. have you and your spouce make $60,000 a year.. and be considered middle class :)
Lets see.. Federal Income Tax, State Income Tax, Property Tax, Local Tax, Sales Tax, and now, Online Sales Tax.. Did I miss any? (probably missed a few) oh wait, I need to pay rent this month.. wonder if there is any money left from my paycheck.. I love this country very much, but someone needs to learn how to manage their money better and it's not me.. because I'm not the one spending it.. Could be worse I guess.. I could live in Canada.. eh?
let me guess.. he didn't hear from his customers because when they replied to the emails it was to an unknown domain name.... or.. he put Cowboy Neals email address in the reply to button.. hummm... Cowboy Neal?
ahh.. Everyone on Slashdot that uses IPv6 probably just overloaded the 6bone network in the traditiona /. way!
/. can do that, what will happen when the entire world converts.. Does that mean I'm going to need to buy all new linksys hardware ::Evil Grin::
If
you are really sick you know that?
put up a URL of a webpage were you saw that so it can be confirmed.
DirectTV seems to be a rock solid company, not sure about SBC's stability.
All the iPAQs have very specific standards so that almost any accessory that you get will work on just about every iPAQ (actually I haven't found an accessory yet that only works on a specifc iPAQ, I think some older iPAQs didn't have CF flash). Plus, the iPAQ can run linux :)
The Dell might be able to run Linux at somepoint, but I haven't looked into it as it is really new.
Because everyone alreadys knows that, just like we know the sky is blue as well as my windows 2000 monitor.
actually.. I never wanted to test the command to see exactly what the format was.. wonder why..
The onlything I would worry about is interferance, i.e. your neighbors DHCP server answers before your DHCP server and now you are on their network. But I guess that is what Encryption is for :)
Is the fact that it's running Windows a Trick or a Treat????
just on topic :)
thank you!
That is how people make money. The submit a design and get a Patent. They then wait till someone needs something and when they find out it's already been thought of they need to pay rolyalties to the orignal person. The Patent does not need to be used in a working anything, just the facts on paper man :)
That is all their is too it. ~the world would be a better place~ if you bought something else, like AMD? Yeah.. probably.. Long Live the Que... err AMD.. Long Live AMD! Long Live AMD!
humm.. lets see.. someone was in the right place at the right time and said "i'm in charge". I think we call that a dictatorship, err.. wait, it's a board of directors. That must mean they were elected by someone. Humm.. still sounds like someone was in the right place at the right time and made a lot of money because of it.... hum.. wish it were me..
you must be the smart on of the bunch :)
you are cool dude. Error 404.. Nothing like a 404 and posting to that webpage at the same time. Keep up the good work, thanks!