Seems that M$ can't keep from trotting on Linux companies. First Lindows get bought off my M$ for the name, but this time they have chosen a name similar to an existing Linux company MontaVista?
I can see it now "Was that Windows Vista (tm) were were supposed to buy, or MontaVista (www.mvista.com) Linux?" I'm so confused...
It only gets worse once M$ Windows Vista goes embedded considering MontaVista is the #1 embedded Linux vendor on the planet
Because the largest volume of Linux is on servers and embedded this is a non-issue. It may hamper Linux on the desktop, but this is a very small part of the Linux community.
US has had bad luck with Port-a-nukes in the past
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Think this is a good idea? Read this:
http://homie.dijas.com/blog/2003/01/03/the-sl1-acc ident.html
Going and finding proof of an idea that you assume is true is bad? You mean like evolution? Darwin stated that the "Cambrian explosion" would be explained away by a future fossil finds filling in the fossil record. This has not happened yet, but evangelical Darwinist still bang their drums that this theory is true. Now you say their method of science is faulty, and I agree.
But then again, very few plumbers have to deal with users who consistently download BonziBuddy, blindly click on suspicious email attachments and use their cd trays as cupholders.
Do we really want to know what a plumber has to deal with?:-P
Three things should be done.
1. Stop knowingly downloading music from non-authorized sources
2. Stop buying music from the RIAA, could really cause a loss of revenue worth mentioning, and buy music from independent labels
3. Tell your senators/representatives to quit changing the copyright laws and promote content in the public domain
Note: two wrongs do _not_ make a right, but three lefts would!
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The next generation of IDE will be serial ATA (SATA). These drives will have a small cable going from the controller to the drive getting rid of all the cable clutter. Also, these controllers will allow you to use more than four drives, the more ports the more drives. Finally, these controllers will have improved electronics allowing the card to do more work, and making them less of a CPU resource hog. Continuing to use SCSI will get you higher speeds and greater drive MTFBs, but with IDE RAID you might not have to worry about the drive MTBFs (I can buy several larger IDE drives at the same cost of a smaller SCSI drive).
There are a couple of problems you are going to have with developing any kernel modules (like a device driver) and the GPL. First, Linus has stated that you can use a loadable module and not need to have the driver GPL'ed. This is fine except Linus is not the only copyright owner in the Linux kernel so it may be beyond his legal rights to grant this exception. Second, future development of non-GPL modules could be restricted because of the introduction of GPL exported kernel symbols. These kernel symbols will available only to those modules that have been GPL'ed (by #defining that your module is GPL'ed) to access those kernel functions. Good news is that Linus has stated that no existing symbols will be changed.
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Do NOT play any Sony CDs until you get an update!! :-P
Seems that M$ can't keep from trotting on Linux companies. First Lindows get bought off my M$ for the name, but this time they have chosen a name similar to an existing Linux company MontaVista?
I can see it now "Was that Windows Vista (tm) were were supposed to buy, or MontaVista (www.mvista.com) Linux?" I'm so confused...
It only gets worse once M$ Windows Vista goes embedded considering MontaVista is the #1 embedded Linux vendor on the planet
Because the largest volume of Linux is on servers and embedded this is a non-issue. It may hamper Linux on the desktop, but this is a very small part of the Linux community.
Think this is a good idea? Read this: http://homie.dijas.com/blog/2003/01/03/the-sl1-acc ident.html
Going and finding proof of an idea that you assume is true is bad? You mean like evolution? Darwin stated that the "Cambrian explosion" would be explained away by a future fossil finds filling in the fossil record. This has not happened yet, but evangelical Darwinist still bang their drums that this theory is true. Now you say their method of science is faulty, and I agree.
But then again, very few plumbers have to deal with users who consistently download BonziBuddy, blindly click on suspicious email attachments and use their cd trays as cupholders. Do we really want to know what a plumber has to deal with? :-P
He is from GreenHills software look at all of their OS offerings and you know why he is saying this. Linux is eroding his bottom line.
Good news is Linux already runs on this platform :-)
Now if we could just get a no spam list :-)
This only works if Amazon doesn't paten it!
Three things should be done. 1. Stop knowingly downloading music from non-authorized sources 2. Stop buying music from the RIAA, could really cause a loss of revenue worth mentioning, and buy music from independent labels 3. Tell your senators/representatives to quit changing the copyright laws and promote content in the public domain Note: two wrongs do _not_ make a right, but three lefts would!
The next generation of IDE will be serial ATA (SATA). These drives will have a small cable going from the controller to the drive getting rid of all the cable clutter. Also, these controllers will allow you to use more than four drives, the more ports the more drives. Finally, these controllers will have improved electronics allowing the card to do more work, and making them less of a CPU resource hog. Continuing to use SCSI will get you higher speeds and greater drive MTFBs, but with IDE RAID you might not have to worry about the drive MTBFs (I can buy several larger IDE drives at the same cost of a smaller SCSI drive).
Nice try, but Linus has explicitly stated that this would not get around the GPL.
. html for a great article on Linus, the GPL, and kernel modules.
See http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5041108431
There are a couple of problems you are going to have with developing any kernel modules (like a device driver) and the GPL. First, Linus has stated that you can use a loadable module and not need to have the driver GPL'ed. This is fine except Linus is not the only copyright owner in the Linux kernel so it may be beyond his legal rights to grant this exception. Second, future development of non-GPL modules could be restricted because of the introduction of GPL exported kernel symbols. These kernel symbols will available only to those modules that have been GPL'ed (by #defining that your module is GPL'ed) to access those kernel functions. Good news is that Linus has stated that no existing symbols will be changed.