DeviceLogics appears to have once been Lineo, which used to be part of Caldera, which is now SCO.
Oh, and in Spring of this year, DR-DOS 8.0 was supposed to have been released. They're currently selling DR-DOS 7.03, source code, and some other stuff.
I need an Athlon FX (single CPU only Opteron)... BTW, I don't know if it's a memory bottleneck (I've heard it might be...), but if it isn't, a single opteron is actually faster than a dual in single-threaded apps.
Alpha? It wasn't quite mainstream, but I remember in 1997/1998 PC Computing was reviewing the crap out of it... Unfortunately, the only mainstream OS at the time that could run on it was NT4 (I'm sorry, but Linux wasn't quite mainstream at the time)...
I live in Johnstown (AKA the slums of New Albany), and we're swamped by golf courses... $500,000 homes exist in Johnstown (few and far between - it might be because the slums of Johnstown are the Northridge area, which is redneck country), but the multi-million dollar homes are all in new albany. I don't know what wages for IT professionals are in this area, though.
Many scroll mouse driver programs exist for focus-based scrolling. Memorex ScrollPro Browser Mouse (ok, that one also adds support for 5-button mice) is one of those apps.
There's no reason why I can't have last week's SunOS kernel running on my Solaris 9 12/2002 distribution after patching.
And, there's no reason why I can't have the latest NTOSKRNL.EXE on my Windows 2000 box after patching. In fact, I do. It came with Service Pack 4. Also, when ME came out, many manufacturers stuck to 98 for a while. You think I can't get a big-name server that comes with W2K instead of W2K3 without even having to call the manufacturer up? Or, what about a W2K Pro box? (OK, so I do have to call them up then, but I believe Dell will give you W2K in the place of WXP if you ask)
Advanced Server supports 8 CPUs instead of 4, 8GB of RAM instead of 4, Failover Clustering (don't think Beowulf, think RAID 1, but entire servers instead of HDDs), and Network Load Balancing (sounds a little like Beowulf here...).
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/ho wi tworks/cluster/nlb.asp has info on NLB.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/serverfamil y/ default.asp is the W2K server table.
BTW, I think GGP was talking about versions of the CURRENT RELEASES of Windows. Let's look here:
Windows XP: * Windows XP Home (for home users) * Windows XP Professional (for business and power users) * Windows XP Media Center Edition (for so-called Media Center PCs, which have video-in, usually video-out, CD-RW/DVD (at least) drives, media card readers, etc.) * Windows XP Tablet PC Edition (for so-called Tablet PCs, which are either: laptops without keyboards, or laptops with keyboards and touchpads but a twistable screen so as to hide the keyboard to make it look like one without a keyboard) * Windows XP Embedded (for embedded devices)
Windows Server 2003: * Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition: Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, is designed for departmental and standard workloads and delivers the following benefits:
Support for file and printer sharing. More secure Internet connectivity. Centralized desktop application deployment.
* Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition: Built for mission-critical server workloads, Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, is the platform of choice for applications, Web services, and infrastructure. Delivering high reliability, performance, and superior business value, Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition provides these benefits:
A full-function server operating system that supports up to 8 processors. Enterprise-class features, such as eight-node clustering and support for up to 32 GB of memory. Support for Intel Itanium-based computers. Support for 64-bit computing platforms capable of supporting 8 processors and 64 GB of RAM.
* Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition: Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition, is built for the highest levels of scalability and reliability. Only this platform offers the Datacenter High Availability Program of support and services. Benefits of Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition, include:
The most powerful and functional server operating system Microsoft has ever offered. Support for up to 32-way SMP and 64 GB of RAM with the 32-bit version. Support for up to 128-way machines with individual partitions of up to 64 processors and 512 GB of RAM with the 64-bit version. Both 8-node clustering and load balancing services as standard features. Windows System Resource Manager to facilitate consolidation and system management.
* Windows Server 2003, Web Edition: A new product within the Windows operating systems, Windows Server 2003, Web Edition, offers dedicated Web serving and hosting as well as the following benefits:
A platform for building and hosting Web applications, Web pages, and XML Web Services. A design intended for use primarily as an IIS 6.0 Web server. A platform for rapidly developing and deploying XML Web services and applications that use ASP.NET technology, a key part of the.NET Framework. Ease of deployment and management.
* Windows Small Business Server 2003: Windows Small Business Server 2003 provides a complete business server solution for small businesses. The integrated suite of server products enables companies to share information and resources safely and securely.
Standard Edition will include Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, Microsoft Windows SharePoint? Services, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft Shared Fax Service. Premium Edition will include Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, Microsoft Windows SharePo
Not scientific or anything, but my school used XP boxes (if they follow my and the sysadmin's advice, it'll be 2000 this year), and they CRAWLED. Took about a minute to go from hitting Enter to login to logged in, and all the stuff started (not including spyware). Internet browsing was hopelessly slow (unless we used Opera) - and often didn't work on many usernames - the computer was THAT slow. Amazingly, I down( or is that up?)graded a classroom to 2000, and they FLEW. Everything was fast, everybody was happy, and EVERYTHING WORKED (except when the queen of spyware touched a PC...) BTW, these were Dell P3-866 boxes with 20GB HDD and 128MB RAM.
Actually, Windows 2000 with the Resource Kit and Windows XP Pro are similar at the command line (except XP (Home too) has tab-completion). Someone said '98 was a good year for Windows. Actually, there are things I like about the UI in 2000 better. The start menu is better (most frequently used apps aren't hidden, others are - better to click on the arrow to expand the start menu than hold on the arrow for god knows how long to see all of your apps). Sometimes, the bubble that comes up upon network cards being unplugged is helpful (spending 10 minutes looking for the problem to find out someone pulled your network cable is a real pain...), and if it comes up on dial-ups, I don't have to mouse-over the icon to see that my connection is 4800 bps (I'm not kidding - that happened every now and then before I got DSL - my connections were usually below 28.8)
Ultr@VNC Viewer takes two pages (printing at 600dpi Laser quality on a 1440x720dpi Inkjet for flatbed 300 and 400dpi scanners). Doesn't seem very efficient.
Because you probably had a good quality disk. Nobody makes good disks now. (Unless they're expensive software duplication grade.) I've lost many a report due to the Fujifilm and Imation (don't even get me started on Sweatshop Diskco grade disks...) $#!7 grade disks that are out...
That's what happens with my ONE WEEK old 3.5" DSHD disks. Target floppy drive that this occurs in is invariably the one that came installed in my current server (the HP). It doesn't happen in my old Toshiba laptop... OLD 3.5" DSHD DRIVES RULE! DON'T TOUCH NEW ONES!
THAT is the disks. However, try this. Take a heavily used computer made circa 1999 and a computer made circa 1991 (hell, make it used till it bleeds - primarily the FDD, though). Throw a disk in the 1999 PC and write a file to it (ONLY FAT12 HERE, MAKE IT FAIR GAME) if you can. Throw it in the 1991 PC. Try reading it. Then read a known good disk in the 1991 PC. I rest my case. Also, try getting software duplication grade floppy disks. They're better quality. (Except when they're AOL disks, which seem to self-destruct after two or three writes.)
It's not only the disks. Try a disk in a drive made pre-1995 (1991-92 is the best). Works pretty well, doesn't it? Then, try it in a drive made in, say, 1999-2002 (2003 drives don't eat them yet) - ESPECIALLY in a computer that doesn't have a standard front panel on the FDD, it just uses a hole in the front panel of the entire case - like most major brands of PCs in that time. It's probably saying "Write Protect Error" when it does work, and if it's not, there'll be major data errors during the writing (and reading) process. Then, try it in the old drive again after you've spent 10 minutes trying to get the drive to recognize your disk. (ARRGH! THE NEW DRIVE ATE MY DISK!) BTW, when you decide to put the FDD from your old 486 in your 'leet Athlon XP box (or your old 466 Celery - don't lie), DON'T DROP IT! Anyone got tips on recalibrating a Teac 3.5" 1.44MB drive circa 1990 (I think that's what it needs - it was dropped and whenever I try to access it it pretends there's no disk...)?
1980 ORIGINAL DOS 3.3 system master and basics (boots DOS 3.1/3.2 disks on a 16-sector (DOS 3.3/Pascal/ProDOS) system) disks in PERFECT CONDITION (well, the labels are yellowing a bit, but other than that...). BEAT THAT! (BTW, (SS/DS)SD 5.25" disks can supposedly last 90 years if kept like a mushroom, except for the occasional read every year (every sector - that part is quite important)
Here in Ohio that's called Auto Lotto or something like that. I've heard the chances of winning with a computer deciding the numbers for you are much better.
No, what we need is Mike (from "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress"). Oh, wait, is that the word "DIEBOLD" in code in the book?
Actually, why not a form of representative government like this: 10,000 or more people vote for someone That person represents those 10,000+ people, no one else
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DeviceLogics appears to have once been Lineo, which used to be part of Caldera, which is now SCO.
Oh, and in Spring of this year, DR-DOS 8.0 was supposed to have been released. They're currently selling DR-DOS 7.03, source code, and some other stuff.
I need an Athlon FX (single CPU only Opteron)... BTW, I don't know if it's a memory bottleneck (I've heard it might be...), but if it isn't, a single opteron is actually faster than a dual in single-threaded apps.
Just refresh a few times... that's what worked for me...
Alpha? It wasn't quite mainstream, but I remember in 1997/1998 PC Computing was reviewing the crap out of it... Unfortunately, the only mainstream OS at the time that could run on it was NT4 (I'm sorry, but Linux wasn't quite mainstream at the time)...
No, it's jury-rigged. In this case, jury's root is jour, day.
Because there are more patches doesn't necessarily mean there are more bugs. It means they're catching and fixing more of them.
I can just imagine that:
"Outlook Express will have automatically running scripts!"
"DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS!"
"This is a COOL feature!"
"DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS!"
"But won't automatically running scripts will be used for virus transmissions?"
*silence*
Well, you did say it was in a room of 400 developers! Did you not?
It's an emergency disk. I think there are even warnings not to run it on W2K.
I live in Johnstown (AKA the slums of New Albany), and we're swamped by golf courses... $500,000 homes exist in Johnstown (few and far between - it might be because the slums of Johnstown are the Northridge area, which is redneck country), but the multi-million dollar homes are all in new albany. I don't know what wages for IT professionals are in this area, though.
Many scroll mouse driver programs exist for focus-based scrolling. Memorex ScrollPro Browser Mouse (ok, that one also adds support for 5-button mice) is one of those apps.
There's no reason why I can't have last week's SunOS kernel running on my Solaris 9 12/2002 distribution after patching.
And, there's no reason why I can't have the latest NTOSKRNL.EXE on my Windows 2000 box after patching. In fact, I do. It came with Service Pack 4. Also, when ME came out, many manufacturers stuck to 98 for a while. You think I can't get a big-name server that comes with W2K instead of W2K3 without even having to call the manufacturer up? Or, what about a W2K Pro box? (OK, so I do have to call them up then, but I believe Dell will give you W2K in the place of WXP if you ask)
Also, I forgot under XP there is an Itanium edition called Windows XP 64-bit Edition.
Advanced Server supports 8 CPUs instead of 4, 8GB of RAM instead of 4, Failover Clustering (don't think Beowulf, think RAID 1, but entire servers instead of HDDs), and Network Load Balancing (sounds a little like Beowulf here...).
.NET Framework.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/ho wi tworks/cluster/nlb.asp has info on NLB.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/serverfamil y/ default.asp is the W2K server table.
BTW, I think GGP was talking about versions of the CURRENT RELEASES of Windows. Let's look here:
Windows XP:
* Windows XP Home (for home users)
* Windows XP Professional (for business and power users)
* Windows XP Media Center Edition (for so-called Media Center PCs, which have video-in, usually video-out, CD-RW/DVD (at least) drives, media card readers, etc.)
* Windows XP Tablet PC Edition (for so-called Tablet PCs, which are either: laptops without keyboards, or laptops with keyboards and touchpads but a twistable screen so as to hide the keyboard to make it look like one without a keyboard)
* Windows XP Embedded (for embedded devices)
Windows Server 2003:
* Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition:
Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, is designed for departmental and standard workloads and delivers the following benefits:
Support for file and printer sharing.
More secure Internet connectivity.
Centralized desktop application deployment.
* Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition:
Built for mission-critical server workloads, Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, is the platform of choice for applications, Web services, and infrastructure. Delivering high reliability, performance, and superior business value, Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition provides these benefits:
A full-function server operating system that supports up to 8 processors.
Enterprise-class features, such as eight-node clustering and support for up to 32 GB of memory.
Support for Intel Itanium-based computers.
Support for 64-bit computing platforms capable of supporting 8 processors and 64 GB of RAM.
* Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition:
Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition, is built for the highest levels of scalability and reliability. Only this platform offers the Datacenter High Availability Program of support and services. Benefits of Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition, include:
The most powerful and functional server operating system Microsoft has ever offered.
Support for up to 32-way SMP and 64 GB of RAM with the 32-bit version.
Support for up to 128-way machines with individual partitions of up to 64 processors and 512 GB of RAM with the 64-bit version.
Both 8-node clustering and load balancing services as standard features.
Windows System Resource Manager to facilitate consolidation and system management.
* Windows Server 2003, Web Edition:
A new product within the Windows operating systems, Windows Server 2003, Web Edition, offers dedicated Web serving and hosting as well as the following benefits:
A platform for building and hosting Web applications, Web pages, and XML Web Services.
A design intended for use primarily as an IIS 6.0 Web server.
A platform for rapidly developing and deploying XML Web services and applications that use ASP.NET technology, a key part of the
Ease of deployment and management.
* Windows Small Business Server 2003:
Windows Small Business Server 2003 provides a complete business server solution for small businesses. The integrated suite of server products enables companies to share information and resources safely and securely.
Standard Edition will include Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, Microsoft Windows SharePoint? Services, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft Shared Fax Service.
Premium Edition will include Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, Microsoft Windows SharePo
Not scientific or anything, but my school used XP boxes (if they follow my and the sysadmin's advice, it'll be 2000 this year), and they CRAWLED. Took about a minute to go from hitting Enter to login to logged in, and all the stuff started (not including spyware). Internet browsing was hopelessly slow (unless we used Opera) - and often didn't work on many usernames - the computer was THAT slow. Amazingly, I down( or is that up?)graded a classroom to 2000, and they FLEW. Everything was fast, everybody was happy, and EVERYTHING WORKED (except when the queen of spyware touched a PC...) BTW, these were Dell P3-866 boxes with 20GB HDD and 128MB RAM.
Actually, Windows 2000 with the Resource Kit and Windows XP Pro are similar at the command line (except XP (Home too) has tab-completion). Someone said '98 was a good year for Windows. Actually, there are things I like about the UI in 2000 better. The start menu is better (most frequently used apps aren't hidden, others are - better to click on the arrow to expand the start menu than hold on the arrow for god knows how long to see all of your apps). Sometimes, the bubble that comes up upon network cards being unplugged is helpful (spending 10 minutes looking for the problem to find out someone pulled your network cable is a real pain...), and if it comes up on dial-ups, I don't have to mouse-over the icon to see that my connection is 4800 bps (I'm not kidding - that happened every now and then before I got DSL - my connections were usually below 28.8)
Ultr@VNC Viewer takes two pages (printing at 600dpi Laser quality on a 1440x720dpi Inkjet for flatbed 300 and 400dpi scanners). Doesn't seem very efficient.
Windows 3.1 required. WINE can handle virtually all 16-bit code. Direct download at http://www.simtel.net/product.php?id=27742
Because you probably had a good quality disk. Nobody makes good disks now. (Unless they're expensive software duplication grade.) I've lost many a report due to the Fujifilm and Imation (don't even get me started on Sweatshop Diskco grade disks...) $#!7 grade disks that are out...
That's what happens with my ONE WEEK old 3.5" DSHD disks. Target floppy drive that this occurs in is invariably the one that came installed in my current server (the HP). It doesn't happen in my old Toshiba laptop... OLD 3.5" DSHD DRIVES RULE! DON'T TOUCH NEW ONES!
I didn't know Linus worked with the Lunix development team!
THAT is the disks. However, try this. Take a heavily used computer made circa 1999 and a computer made circa 1991 (hell, make it used till it bleeds - primarily the FDD, though). Throw a disk in the 1999 PC and write a file to it (ONLY FAT12 HERE, MAKE IT FAIR GAME) if you can. Throw it in the 1991 PC. Try reading it. Then read a known good disk in the 1991 PC. I rest my case. Also, try getting software duplication grade floppy disks. They're better quality. (Except when they're AOL disks, which seem to self-destruct after two or three writes.)
It's not only the disks. Try a disk in a drive made pre-1995 (1991-92 is the best). Works pretty well, doesn't it? Then, try it in a drive made in, say, 1999-2002 (2003 drives don't eat them yet) - ESPECIALLY in a computer that doesn't have a standard front panel on the FDD, it just uses a hole in the front panel of the entire case - like most major brands of PCs in that time. It's probably saying "Write Protect Error" when it does work, and if it's not, there'll be major data errors during the writing (and reading) process. Then, try it in the old drive again after you've spent 10 minutes trying to get the drive to recognize your disk. (ARRGH! THE NEW DRIVE ATE MY DISK!) BTW, when you decide to put the FDD from your old 486 in your 'leet Athlon XP box (or your old 466 Celery - don't lie), DON'T DROP IT! Anyone got tips on recalibrating a Teac 3.5" 1.44MB drive circa 1990 (I think that's what it needs - it was dropped and whenever I try to access it it pretends there's no disk...)?
1980 ORIGINAL DOS 3.3 system master and basics (boots DOS 3.1/3.2 disks on a 16-sector (DOS 3.3/Pascal/ProDOS) system) disks in PERFECT CONDITION (well, the labels are yellowing a bit, but other than that...). BEAT THAT! (BTW, (SS/DS)SD 5.25" disks can supposedly last 90 years if kept like a mushroom, except for the occasional read every year (every sector - that part is quite important)
Here in Ohio that's called Auto Lotto or something like that. I've heard the chances of winning with a computer deciding the numbers for you are much better.
No, what we need is Mike (from "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress"). Oh, wait, is that the word "DIEBOLD" in code in the book?
Actually, why not a form of representative government like this:
10,000 or more people vote for someone
That person represents those 10,000+ people, no one else