Washington DC has plenty of other reasons you'd nuke it (besides being the nation's capital):
Dept. of Defense headquarters (Pentagon), plus several major military and intelligence installations (a few bases, CIA, NSA and NRO headquarters) and plenty of defense contractors all over the place
A major chunk of Internet traffic runs through here (MAE-East), not to mention ISPs (MCI, UUNet, GTE, Sprint & AOL are all either headquartered here or have a major presence...and let's not forget InterNIC)
The local police organizations are woefully unprepared for an emergency of that magnitude (they couldn't keep traffic clear for a football (American) game on a *Sunday* that was scheduled well in advance, what will they do if/when it hits the fan?)
Let me shut up...I just remembered that I live in the area:(.
Out of 126 sites found, 21 (on the first page) use CERN, Apache, or Stronghold (a derivative of Apache). Since Stronghold is commercial, they're marked with an asterisk (*):
Even if there were *no* other sites on the other pages using Apache/Stronghold/CERN, that means about 16% of the web servers in the unisys.com domain(s) are running some type of "freeware trash". (BTW, a few Unisys employees I've run across at various sites run Linux in a multi-boot configuration).
What advice would you give to someone contemplating starting their own Linux-based (network consulting, server configuration) business? And which book(s) would you recommend reading (besides Running Linux, got it already:))?
I meant: what innovations has Slackware contributed *to* Open/Free Software (as in software developed by that particular group)? (BTW, Mandrake had differentiated itself enough from Red Hat so that it qualifies as a separate distribution...well enough to win awards).
Wow, a distro that gives back to the community (what has Slackware done in the past 1-2 years), is getting press attention (not to mention venture capital from a heavy hitter), and adheres to the spirit of Open/Free Software and you have the nerve to call them lame. Have you even *tried* Mandrake?
I think an interesting (if not scary) development is the fact that Microsoft is starting to make inroads into the black community (by joint deals with BET, donating Winboxes to inner-city libraries & schools, etc.) What is the best way Free Software/Open Source advocates can combat this? I think one good way is to fight fire with fire; donate *nix boxes & time, as well as develop educational software and business applications (word processors, spreadsheets).
Try using the cc: or bcc: fields on your email client.
(Free clue: most/. posters aren't even using *Microsoft* products, much less Office)
Not flaming, just informing.
Linux & *BSD aren't UNIX (technically)
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Linux isn't really UNIX (has not been certified by The Open Group, whoever they are -- I *think* they hold the UNIX copyright).
Free/Net/OpenBSD aren't UNIX either (no original AT&T code in them, + they haven't been certified by The Open Group either to the best of my knowledge).
So while they can say they have 80% of *UNIX on Intel*, they don't have 80% of the "UNIX or UNIX clone on Intel" market:).
Welcome to Linux for Idiots. I understand that distributors are glad to peddle their stuff to the largest audience possible, but how important are WinLinux users to unix? It is my suspicion that the new users will soon be sending VBasic applications to sunsite. Or, even worse, present developers will fill sunsite with assist-an-idiot applications. Probably, we are well into that already.
Due to the nature of Open Source, the "good" ideas submitted will flourish, the "bad" ones will die (good and bad are subjective). Since when has competition become a bad idea? (side note: guess who wrote Linux for Dummies? Hint: someone respected in the Linux community)
Times have so much changed. In the unix community of 1999, it is too common the case that users will ask in debian-user how to configure WordPerfect
Stress to new users the importance of reading the FAQ (or moderate posts to debian-user, if they're not already). Also, point them to news.corel.ca (also serves the purpose of keeping newbie questions off of the "real" Linux newsgroups).
and on slashdot users will ponder over stocks and profit models. Very little resembles the unix culture anymore.
So look for other sources of Linux news (lwn.net, linuxtoday.com)
and on slashdot users will ponder over stocks and profit models. Very little resembles the unix culture anymore.
The consensus seems to be that of "we all agree to disagree". How many other Linux/BSD users do youknow that feel 100% the same as you do?
Oh! and the term free-software is no more... ESR said it is "not appropriate" ?
Where has he said this? Even if he did, I'm sure the FSF will disagree with him (isn't this a point of contention between ESR & RMS? The term "Free Software" vs. "Open Source").
PS: I can't seem to include links in my post...anyone else having the same problem?
Where are educational software that Run on *nix? (Libre or commercial would do). Would come in handy to have a reference while advocating low-price *nix computers.
Nobody has mentioned a good (well, also potentially bad) reason not to hire someone on these visas...namely, espionage by a hostile government (or even a "friendly" country). Wouldn't an American citizen be more likely to pass a background check? (OTOH, almost anyone can be compromised)...
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- Dept. of Defense headquarters (Pentagon), plus several major military and intelligence installations (a few bases, CIA, NSA and NRO headquarters) and plenty of defense contractors all over the place
- A major chunk of Internet traffic runs through here (MAE-East), not to mention ISPs (MCI, UUNet, GTE, Sprint & AOL are all either headquartered here or have a major presence...and let's not forget InterNIC)
- The local police organizations are woefully unprepared for an emergency of that magnitude (they couldn't keep traffic clear for a football (American) game on a *Sunday* that was scheduled well in advance, what will they do if/when it hits the fan?)
Let me shut up...I just remembered that I live in the areaAnyway, IIRC PepsiCo spun off Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell into a new entity (Tricon). See www.triconglobal.com for info.
IIRC,
http://www.netcraft.com/?restriction=site+contains &host=.unisys.com&position=limited
Out of 126 sites found, 21 (on the first page) use CERN, Apache, or Stronghold (a derivative of Apache). Since Stronghold is commercial, they're marked with an asterisk (*):
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http://www.netcraft.com/whats/?host=www.apcsc.uni
http://www.netcraft.com/whats/?host=www.clearinfo
http://www.netcraft.com/whats/?host=www.csgevent.
http://www.netcraft.com/whats/?host=www.eacsc.uni
http://www.netcraft.com/whats/?host=www.lacsc.uni
http://www.netcraft.com/whats/?host=www.marketpla
Even if there were *no* other sites on the other pages using Apache/Stronghold/CERN, that means about 16% of the web servers in the unisys.com domain(s) are running some type of "freeware trash". (BTW, a few Unisys employees I've run across at various sites run Linux in a multi-boot configuration).
And what would you do if Slackware had a GUI install, GUI tools, etc.? Would you still want to use it?
If Mexico can do it, why can't the US?
Ask all the Red Hat bashers on here :P.
(For the record, I currently use RH 6.0 GPL, but plan to buy "Official" Mandrake sometime in the next 3 months).
(Free clue: most /. posters aren't even using *Microsoft* products, much less Office)
Not flaming, just informing.
Free/Net/OpenBSD aren't UNIX either (no original AT&T code in them, + they haven't been certified by The Open Group either to the best of my knowledge).
So while they can say they have 80% of *UNIX on Intel*, they don't have 80% of the "UNIX or UNIX clone on Intel" market :).
Due to the nature of Open Source, the "good" ideas submitted will flourish, the "bad" ones will die (good and bad are subjective). Since when has competition become a bad idea? (side note: guess who wrote Linux for Dummies? Hint: someone respected in the Linux community)
Times have so much changed. In the unix community of 1999, it is too common the case that users will ask in debian-user how to configure WordPerfect
Stress to new users the importance of reading the FAQ (or moderate posts to debian-user, if they're not already). Also, point them to news.corel.ca (also serves the purpose of keeping newbie questions off of the "real" Linux newsgroups).
and on slashdot users will ponder over stocks and profit models. Very little resembles the unix culture anymore.
So look for other sources of Linux news (lwn.net, linuxtoday.com)
and on slashdot users will ponder over stocks and profit models. Very little resembles the unix culture anymore.
The consensus seems to be that of "we all agree to disagree". How many other Linux/BSD users do youknow that feel 100% the same as you do?
Oh! and the term free-software is no more... ESR said it is "not appropriate" ?
Where has he said this? Even if he did, I'm sure the FSF will disagree with him (isn't this a point of contention between ESR & RMS? The term "Free Software" vs. "Open Source").
PS: I can't seem to include links in my post...anyone else having the same problem?
A better term would be Klinux (K* processor + Linux)
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The Linux box I have is a K6/133...guess what I'm asking Santa for?
How about we send Micron a few thousand polite emails asking them to officially support FreeBSD and/or Linux? :)
BTW, you are aware that other distros are/were based on Red Hat (TurboLinux, Caldera and Mandrake come to mind)
IMO, probably both.
Wonder if Berst will have anything to say re: Linux? (E.g., the announcements from SGI).