Nice troll. #1, nobody's going to use your kernel mods unless you market them. Making your code available and marketing your code are two quite different things. People have to trust the developer before they'll even look at the code. #2, plenty of people write proprietary software for Linux, please point to the section of the GPL that prevents you from writing proprietary software. #3, you can't be saying that everything you've written for this "investment firm" was added to the kernel? There had to be a userland component? #4, I'd hardly call MS' "Shared Source" license fair. Recommending the BSD license would be much more appropriate here.
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Come on. Small businesses don't need to employ a full time UNIX administrator if the consultant does his project and training right. If the consultant has Windows experience then he should provide a Windows solution, if the consultant has open source experience then he should provide a Windows solution. Once the complexity for the user moves beyond a simple click or two then the training issues are going to be the same whether it's Windows or UNIX, GUI or CLI.
And since he's talking about web services I would think he would be providing a web administration interface. If something breaks on the backend it's going to take a consultant to fix things whether it's Windows or UNIX.
I agree with the one poster that if this guy has low budget clients then he needs to be reducing costs in software so he can spec better hardware. If that software is open source then he needs to start learning open source stuff or find richer clients.
...that the large record labels still exist in this day and age. They spend too much of their profits promoting existing crap, and not enough on searching for and promoting new talent. So now they are digging into performers' tour proceeds to make up for their reduced profits due to their poor strategy.
And cutting taxes for a couple of ultra-wealthy folks is going to help the economy? The Trickle-Down Theory didn't work during the Reagan administration and it sure ain't going to work during the GW administration. It's just going to make GW's cronies wealthier.
Precisely. Do all you dotters think that the Slashdot effect is bigger than all the major new organizations put together? Slashdot isn't the only site reporting this.
"...but how many Linux/*BSD users *really* do that for a desktop machine".
Me for one. Back in the old days when I was still enamored with Linux my desktop was Linux-only. For a short period after that I had a Sun Blade 100 due to Solaris being our work platform. But I sold the Blade when OS X reached 10.1 and have been extremely pleased ever since.
It depends on whether we're talking about existing software or not. Overselling the features of current software is fraud. Overselling the features of future software can lead to a lack of credibility if the company promoting the software never comes through.
I decided not to use UoPhoenix after I received completely and utterly UNSOLICITED commercial e-mail from them. If they can't market without resorting to spam then I can't justify spending my money with them.
I was wondering that myself. That is after I realized that the article wasn't about transporting old mercury thermometers to the hazardous waste disposal site.
Dude, do you live in LA? Do you realize there are areas here that don't require a car? Sorry if you live out in the sticks and need to drive everywhere. To answer your questions, in no particular order, I have no roommates, I live in an extremely cool area of North Hollywood where it's extremely safe, I pay $920 a month for a 1000 sq ft apartment with my own garage, and I live 1 3/4 miles from work. Like I said, I'm lucky, but I'm not the only one who is.
That's not a valid comparison. I do own a car, I'm just not a slave to it as I choose to live in places where I can walk or ride since traffic SUCKS in Los Angeles. For nearby things like music and book stores it's sometimes quicker to walk, and always quicker to ride my bike.
Not when I live within walking distance of two, and bicycling distance of many. I'm sorry you happen to be a slave to a motor vehicle. I should realize that not everyone is as lucky as me.
At a used CD store I get media that I can pop into my car stereo within seconds or minutes of purchase. I also get professionaly printed inserts with that CD. I can also sell that CD back for $3 to $4 if it's crap (but since most used stores I've been to have CD players to preview this usually isn't necessary).
I own a Mac, I installed iTunes 4, I checked out the store, I saw nothing I wanted to purchase, let alone at CD prices. You're paying CD prices for nothing but the music. I think THAT is a waste of my money and my bandwidth. I can hit used CD stores and find MUCH more interesting music for half the price of the Apple music store.
...but as with anything new there will be a lot of people checking it out the first day, kicking the tires and stuff. Personally I don't think there is enough variety and 99 cents is far too expensive. 49 cents a track and I'll start thinking about it.
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Nice troll. #1, nobody's going to use your kernel mods unless you market them. Making your code available and marketing your code are two quite different things. People have to trust the developer before they'll even look at the code. #2, plenty of people write proprietary software for Linux, please point to the section of the GPL that prevents you from writing proprietary software. #3, you can't be saying that everything you've written for this "investment firm" was added to the kernel? There had to be a userland component? #4, I'd hardly call MS' "Shared Source" license fair. Recommending the BSD license would be much more appropriate here.
And since he's talking about web services I would think he would be providing a web administration interface. If something breaks on the backend it's going to take a consultant to fix things whether it's Windows or UNIX.
I agree with the one poster that if this guy has low budget clients then he needs to be reducing costs in software so he can spec better hardware. If that software is open source then he needs to start learning open source stuff or find richer clients.
...that the large record labels still exist in this day and age. They spend too much of their profits promoting existing crap, and not enough on searching for and promoting new talent. So now they are digging into performers' tour proceeds to make up for their reduced profits due to their poor strategy.
And cutting taxes for a couple of ultra-wealthy folks is going to help the economy? The Trickle-Down Theory didn't work during the Reagan administration and it sure ain't going to work during the GW administration. It's just going to make GW's cronies wealthier.
I thought you said: "CIA they are simply an information-gathering agency"? Or is blowing people up some new form of gathering information?
Is Slashdot telling us how to exploit IIS or Apache? No.
Precisely. Do all you dotters think that the Slashdot effect is bigger than all the major new organizations put together? Slashdot isn't the only site reporting this.
Me for one. Back in the old days when I was still enamored with Linux my desktop was Linux-only. For a short period after that I had a Sun Blade 100 due to Solaris being our work platform. But I sold the Blade when OS X reached 10.1 and have been extremely pleased ever since.
It depends on whether we're talking about existing software or not. Overselling the features of current software is fraud. Overselling the features of future software can lead to a lack of credibility if the company promoting the software never comes through.
I decided not to use UoPhoenix after I received completely and utterly UNSOLICITED commercial e-mail from them. If they can't market without resorting to spam then I can't justify spending my money with them.
Every time I went to an SRL show they got broken up by the fire dept before they ever happened.
Hmmm, 6 months from getting your CCNA? Not that it matters any more but it took me 5 weeks of self-study and an old 1600.
I was wondering that myself. That is after I realized that the article wasn't about transporting old mercury thermometers to the hazardous waste disposal site.
Dude, do you live in LA? Do you realize there are areas here that don't require a car? Sorry if you live out in the sticks and need to drive everywhere. To answer your questions, in no particular order, I have no roommates, I live in an extremely cool area of North Hollywood where it's extremely safe, I pay $920 a month for a 1000 sq ft apartment with my own garage, and I live 1 3/4 miles from work. Like I said, I'm lucky, but I'm not the only one who is.
That's not a valid comparison. I do own a car, I'm just not a slave to it as I choose to live in places where I can walk or ride since traffic SUCKS in Los Angeles. For nearby things like music and book stores it's sometimes quicker to walk, and always quicker to ride my bike.
Can't, I'm at work where I can only criticise overpriced digital music services.
Not when I live within walking distance of two, and bicycling distance of many. I'm sorry you happen to be a slave to a motor vehicle. I should realize that not everyone is as lucky as me.
At a used CD store I get media that I can pop into my car stereo within seconds or minutes of purchase. I also get professionaly printed inserts with that CD. I can also sell that CD back for $3 to $4 if it's crap (but since most used stores I've been to have CD players to preview this usually isn't necessary).
I own a Mac, I installed iTunes 4, I checked out the store, I saw nothing I wanted to purchase, let alone at CD prices. You're paying CD prices for nothing but the music. I think THAT is a waste of my money and my bandwidth. I can hit used CD stores and find MUCH more interesting music for half the price of the Apple music store.
...but as with anything new there will be a lot of people checking it out the first day, kicking the tires and stuff. Personally I don't think there is enough variety and 99 cents is far too expensive. 49 cents a track and I'll start thinking about it.
Hmmm, wtf was this offtopic? Unbelievable.
It is expensive and so far the variety is crap. The biggest problem with the music industry these days is the crap being promoted by the major labels.
So basically it sounds like Debian just wants to be a package management environment to me.
What do we hate more? Dupes on Slashdot.
Yes, go mekons! Got any trades?