I do agree that watching the dynamics of propagation would be useful, but the easiest method of protection is to use good-safe base systems like BSD/Linux. Regardless of what Microsoft states, they are usually more secure by default. I realize that this is hard to do because of all the marketing/sales types see about Microsoft beign the future and all, but unless you start with a secure OS, all flaylings will be in vain.
For fear of sounding like an elitest, no, a programmer is not an engineer. I spent time not only understanding the base theories of how stuff works, but showing instructors that I not only understand, but can do (via long tests!!!). Typically, an engineer thinks on many levels. What I mean by this is that we keep the big picture in mind while dealing with the details ( as Albert Einestien said, "God is in the details..."). People might think that this is trivial, but try it once. We deal with constantly changing requirements as well as changes in the platform (just try to really keep up with where Microsoft is and where they plan on going versus where they end up!!!). Yes, an engineer can do the work of a code monkey (maybe/usually not as proficient as a well seasoned programmer), but I am damn sure that a programmer cannot do what I do on a daily basis. Sorry for being a snob, but until I am proven otherwise, it is just my $0.02.
That is what I have been telling people for years! When I have someone ask me what an engineer does, I basically tell them that I am an expensive problem-solver. If I get a blank look back, then I just tell them that I drive big trains!!!
Me: Hi Mr/Ms Oracle Sales Rep, I am running a quad Xeon machine, and I want to use a real good database, what do you have to offer... Rep: LAUGH OUT LOUD Me: Why are you laughing, that is not very nice. Rep: Click Me: Hello?
I want to know if CmdTaco actually read the article before he posted the title?? If he did, then he is a complete moron!!!! Nowhere in the article does it say that SuSE is thinking of withdrawling from the UnitedLinux project.
IMO, it would be better to spend more time educating people and making it socially unacceptable to use C/C++ when they could just as easily use a high level language with bounds checking. You know, like LISP people have been saying for 30 years..;)
This will without a doubt, fix the problem because the yahoo's that are doing this crap are concerned about doing 'socially unacceptable' things.
If you are a consultant, then what are your "out of pocket" expenses? The company purchased the products, and now the company needs to purchase the support that is needed. You also need to remember that upto and including 8.0, RH never sold the releases as corporate desktops. I hear what you are saying about the EOL being too short, but you need to make the client aware that the product was bought with a very large misconception: it would be supported forever. Sorry, but that is the way it is.
My guess is that if RH did have deeper pockets, they would support their products longer. People gripe about them, but they have been good to the Linux community (some might argue about KDE though) as a whole.
Well Sara, why don't you spend your free time in a more productive fashion so you can then better yourself so you can then make more money. Oh wait, that won't work because people like you think that the more you make means you should pay more. Hmmm, why then should you better yourself. Oh well, why don't you just waste away surfing/. Don't forget, the only thing that this country promises you is the opportunity to become better, not the promise that someone will always be there to tell you that is is someone elses fault that you are where you are.
I don't think you can say that and still adhere to the AGP spec. The spec states 66 MHz. If the speed is determined by the slowest device like a 33 MHz NIC, then you have a problem.
The one question that I had about the specs is the AGP sharing with the PCI slot. From what I remember, the AGP bus connects directly to the chipset along with the north & south bridges. What exactly are they doing when they say 'sharing'?
Small difference. Mono is for basically C# language plus a managed enviroment (prevents memory leaks and such). Mono is basically Java (Yes I know that this is not a real good analogy but what the hay!!), but with a good language. Mozilla is just a non-managed developmental frameworks.
I am so sick and tired of people ragging on Ransom and Caldera. I have been using Caldera for years now, and I feel that it is the most stable of all distros out there. (I can say this because every once in a while, I install other distros just to see what is going on in other people worlds).
Now lets go after peoples bitches about Ransom and how he "bitches" about the "freeloaders" in the Linux community. First off, I have read all of his interviews that I can find. I have never seen that quote. Usually that is people saying that he said that. Second, everything that Caldera does for Linux OS is done under the GPL so all can get to the source. To me, he is giving more back to the community than most people who are just running Linux (I put myself in that boat!) Please notice that I put Linux OS because they do write apps like Volution for money. Yes, I said the dirty thing when it comes to Linux, making money. Business's as a rule need to make money to stay in business. I realize that most people in the community don't seem to have a clue about running a business, but let me make it clear as I can. The above is the first and cardinal rule: You need to make money to stay in business.
Oh, buy the way, there are not to many businesses staying afloat on service contracts alone. Look at RedHat as an example.
The moral of my story would appear to be: If you don't like Caldera or the UnitedLinux thing, don't use it. Plan and simple.
Well, I guess 'ftp.iso.caldera.com' is just a sham! Dammit!
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In the Microsoft world Web Services == HTTP Web Services. I have been developing a Web Service for about a year now on Windows, and let me tell you, without IIS (if you don't already know, that is a Web server), you are dead. Period. End of story. You are outta here. There is nothing in.NET that will allow you to communicate via HTTP without IIS running. Microsoft might be squalking about HTTP not being good for Web services (which it is not), but even they don't have a better idea.
What do you mean "shit all over the linux community". Do they release their source? Yes Do they buy and support great products like Webmin? Yes Can you download the ISO for installs? Yes The 'pay per seat' is for businesses who will only accept products that they get support for. My guess is that you have never works in a professional enviroment so you just don't have a clue as to how run a _PROFESSIONAL_ business. Gee, how is the linux thang going on the desktop? Pretty piss pour in the business arena is it! Justified, no, reality, YES!!! Again I state, if you don't want support, then download the ISO's and install!!!
Sorry, but my Caldera 3.1.1 offers all of that plus more. Everybody seems to po-po Caldera, and for the life of me I can't figure out why. I never have had it crash. Plus, to me, it seems to just respond faster than RH7.2 with Pre-emp patches applied to the 2.4.17 kernel. Please don't think that I am knocking SuSE, but don't think that it is the only distro with those features.
Obviously you didn't _UNDERSTAND_ what the article says. I bet your mail supports only POP3 and not IMAP for which his mail software does. Bit oh difference!
To begin with, by all accords, NetBSD & FreeBSD started about the same time. OpenBSD forked from NetBSD and not FreeBSD.
Now, HURD will not fail because there is no company behind HURD that needs to make money to stay in business so as long as there are Debian developers around, more than likely HURD will be around for a long time.
Personally, I don't think I will use HURD for the same reason that I don't use the Debian version of Linux (yes I know I didn't say GNU/Linux), and that is because I don't view an OS as a religion but as a way to get functionality out of hardware.
You mind explaining your statement "Bush blinding supporting oil" with facts. For the life of me, everybody makes this assinine statement, but when you question them, all I ever get is just ideas given by another yahoo who has no clue!
1) Since Intel is sueing VIA, VIA *must* be in the wrong. Just like Rambus suing Infineon (I forgot how to spell the companies name, sorry). Come on, you have no idea of the cross-licensing issues.
2) I really don't wanna use a chipset that will be illegal in a few months, and thus, lose all support. do you?
Using an illegal chipset? What the hell are they going to go, make you return the board? Loose support? Exactly how many times have you reflashed your BIOS? Dude, you really need to get with the program.
If I am reading you right, you seem to think that given enough time that a communist system will work. You really need to ask yourself the question: "Why haven't you seen a communist system work in a large country for an extended period of time?".
The reason is because the system just doesn't work because it violates the basic tenant of human nature, and that is basically I/You won't work/sustain my/your life. People will not bust their hump for an extended period of time while the guy next to him is slacking off. Eventually the first person is going to say "Screw you, I work for me.".
You might not like to hear that, but that is the way the masses are *hard-wired*. Good or bad.
Communist systems can only work on a small scale because of military enforcement can only be employed on the limited scale (ie Cuba). Now, ask yourself "How the heck is Cuba doing since Castro took control?". If you answer anything but Eeeck you have a real problem with seeing the world for what it is. Sorry.
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I do agree that watching the dynamics of propagation would be useful, but the easiest method of protection is to use good-safe base systems like BSD/Linux. Regardless of what Microsoft states, they are usually more secure by default.
I realize that this is hard to do because of all the marketing/sales types see about Microsoft beign the future and all, but unless you start with a secure OS, all flaylings will be in vain.
I have to say that I never really thought about it in that like. Good point.
Personally, I just love SuSE myself.
For fear of sounding like an elitest, no, a programmer is not an engineer. I spent time not only understanding the base theories of how stuff works, but showing instructors that I not only understand, but can do (via long tests!!!).
Typically, an engineer thinks on many levels. What I mean by this is that we keep the big picture in mind while dealing with the details ( as Albert Einestien said, "God is in the details..."). People might think that this is trivial, but try it once. We deal with constantly changing requirements as well as changes in the platform (just try to really keep up with where Microsoft is and where they plan on going versus where they end up!!!).
Yes, an engineer can do the work of a code monkey (maybe/usually not as proficient as a well seasoned programmer), but I am damn sure that a programmer cannot do what I do on a daily basis.
Sorry for being a snob, but until I am proven otherwise, it is just my $0.02.
That is what I have been telling people for years! When I have someone ask me what an engineer does, I basically tell them that I am an expensive problem-solver. If I get a blank look back, then I just tell them that I drive big trains!!!
Use Debian or Slackware for a server you say..
Me: Hi Mr/Ms Oracle Sales Rep, I am running a quad Xeon machine, and I want to use a real good database, what do you have to offer...
Rep: LAUGH OUT LOUD
Me: Why are you laughing, that is not very nice.
Rep: Click
Me: Hello?
I want to know if CmdTaco actually read the article before he posted the title??
If he did, then he is a complete moron!!!!
Nowhere in the article does it say that SuSE is thinking of withdrawling from the UnitedLinux project.
This will without a doubt, fix the problem because the yahoo's that are doing this crap are concerned about doing 'socially unacceptable' things.
If you are a consultant, then what are your "out of pocket" expenses? The company purchased the products, and now the company needs to purchase the support that is needed.
You also need to remember that upto and including 8.0, RH never sold the releases as corporate desktops. I hear what you are saying about the EOL being too short, but you need to make the client aware that the product was bought with a very large misconception: it would be supported forever. Sorry, but that is the way it is.
My guess is that if RH did have deeper pockets, they would support their products longer. People gripe about them, but they have been good to the Linux community (some might argue about KDE though) as a whole.
Sorry, I apologize.
Well Sara, why don't you spend your free time in a more productive fashion so you can then better yourself so you can then make more money. /.
Oh wait, that won't work because people like you think that the more you make means you should pay more.
Hmmm, why then should you better yourself. Oh well, why don't you just waste away surfing
Don't forget, the only thing that this country promises you is the opportunity to become better, not the promise that someone will always be there to tell you that is is someone elses fault that you are where you are.
I don't think you can say that and still adhere to the AGP spec. The spec states 66 MHz. If the speed is determined by the slowest device like a 33 MHz NIC, then you have a problem.
The one question that I had about the specs is the AGP sharing with the PCI slot.
From what I remember, the AGP bus connects directly to the chipset along with the north & south bridges. What exactly are they doing when they say 'sharing'?
My question to this is, I didn't think that the P4 could do SMP?
I just did my part because the dude was completely on the ball.
Small difference. Mono is for basically C# language plus a managed enviroment (prevents memory leaks and such). Mono is basically Java (Yes I know that this is not a real good analogy but what the hay!!), but with a good language.
Mozilla is just a non-managed developmental frameworks.
I am so sick and tired of people ragging on Ransom and Caldera. I have been using Caldera for years now, and I feel that it is the most stable of all distros out there. (I can say this because every once in a while, I install other distros just to see what is going on in other people worlds).
Now lets go after peoples bitches about Ransom and how he "bitches" about the "freeloaders" in the Linux community. First off, I have read all of his interviews that I can find. I have never seen that quote. Usually that is people saying that he said that. Second, everything that Caldera does for Linux OS is done under the GPL so all can get to the source. To me, he is giving more back to the community than most people who are just running Linux (I put myself in that boat!) Please notice that I put Linux OS because they do write apps like Volution for money. Yes, I said the dirty thing when it comes to Linux, making money. Business's as a rule need to make money to stay in business. I realize that most people in the community don't seem to have a clue about running a business, but let me make it clear as I can. The above is the first and cardinal rule: You need to make money to stay in business.
Oh, buy the way, there are not to many businesses staying afloat on service contracts alone. Look at RedHat as an example.
The moral of my story would appear to be: If you don't like Caldera or the UnitedLinux thing, don't use it. Plan and simple.
Well, I guess 'ftp.iso.caldera.com' is just a sham! Dammit!
In the Microsoft world Web Services == HTTP Web Services. .NET that will allow you to communicate via HTTP without IIS running.
I have been developing a Web Service for about a year now on Windows, and let me tell you, without IIS (if you don't already know, that is a Web server), you are dead. Period. End of story. You are outta here. There is nothing in
Microsoft might be squalking about HTTP not being good for Web services (which it is not), but even they don't have a better idea.
What do you mean "shit all over the linux community".
Do they release their source? Yes
Do they buy and support great products like Webmin? Yes
Can you download the ISO for installs? Yes
The 'pay per seat' is for businesses who will only accept products that they get support for. My guess is that you have never works in a professional enviroment so you just don't have a clue as to how run a _PROFESSIONAL_ business.
Gee, how is the linux thang going on the desktop? Pretty piss pour in the business arena is it! Justified, no, reality, YES!!!
Again I state, if you don't want support, then download the ISO's and install!!!
Sorry, but my Caldera 3.1.1 offers all of that plus more. Everybody seems to po-po Caldera, and for the life of me I can't figure out why. I never have had it crash. Plus, to me, it seems to just respond faster than RH7.2 with Pre-emp patches applied to the 2.4.17 kernel.
Please don't think that I am knocking SuSE, but don't think that it is the only distro with those features.
Obviously you didn't _UNDERSTAND_ what the article says. I bet your mail supports only POP3 and not IMAP for which his mail software does. Bit oh difference!
Understand before you post please.
To begin with, by all accords, NetBSD & FreeBSD started about the same time. OpenBSD forked from NetBSD and not FreeBSD.
Now, HURD will not fail because there is no company behind HURD that needs to make money to stay in business so as long as there are Debian developers around, more than likely HURD will be around for a long time.
Personally, I don't think I will use HURD for the same reason that I don't use the Debian version of Linux (yes I know I didn't say GNU/Linux), and that is because I don't view an OS as a religion but as a way to get functionality out of hardware.
You mind explaining your statement "Bush blinding supporting oil" with facts. For the life of me, everybody makes this assinine statement, but when you question them, all I ever get is just ideas given by another yahoo who has no clue!
1) Since Intel is sueing VIA, VIA *must* be in the wrong. Just like Rambus suing Infineon (I forgot how to spell the companies name, sorry). Come on, you have no idea of the cross-licensing issues.
2) I really don't wanna use a chipset that will be illegal in a few months, and thus, lose all support. do you?
Using an illegal chipset? What the hell are they going to go, make you return the board? Loose support? Exactly how many times have you reflashed your BIOS? Dude, you really need to get with the program.
If I am reading you right, you seem to think that given enough time that a communist system will work. You really need to ask yourself the question: "Why haven't you seen a communist system work in a large country for an extended period of time?".
The reason is because the system just doesn't work because it violates the basic tenant of human nature, and that is basically I/You won't work/sustain my/your life. People will not bust their hump for an extended period of time while the guy next to him is slacking off. Eventually the first person is going to say "Screw you, I work for me.".
You might not like to hear that, but that is the way the masses are *hard-wired*. Good or bad.
Communist systems can only work on a small scale because of military enforcement can only be employed on the limited scale (ie Cuba). Now, ask yourself "How the heck is Cuba doing since Castro took control?". If you answer anything but Eeeck you have a real problem with seeing the world for what it is. Sorry.