I just know that for over a year, all backslashes appeared as W's, for example, so I don't consider them to be very stable. I heard they're working toward a stable release now, so I expect that newer releases will be more stable and bug free than the older ones.
If they are economical about recycling them, the some of the still working parts may find their way into new ipods. Some ipods may even be resold almost as-is, but with a replaced battery or hard disk. But at least it's good for the environment, right?
Torrent sites will be a bit harder to sue. They'll have to go back to suing uploaders and sharers. Leeches as always have nothing to fear, since they don't upload. Though I guess it won't matter much now that Enterprise has been cancelled.
I suppose if you tried it and it worked, you would have had little reason to ask slashdot. Have you tried it yet? If you haven't, you really should before contemplating other options. Always use the latest release.
One difficulty with Wine is getting all the prerequisites for the software you need. I'm not completely sure of the legality of copying genuine Windows dll's to use in Wine, but it's probable not as legal as we'd like. Copying certain dll's does fix a lot of compatibility issues though, and some can be obtained by installing free as in beer downloads like IE, which is probably Microsoft's motivation for detecting Wine in their validation tool.
Because you have so many systems, you might look at a Citrix server, as others have suggested, which is intended for the specific purpose of launching remote Windows apps. You only pay for concurrent users that way, probably much less than you're paying for that specific app.
You haven't told us which program you're trying to run. We might be able to suggest some better solutions if we knew.
I avoid consoles because their games cost typically $20 more than their identical PC ports. A low priced console will have to compete with the alternative of free (already have a PC) with cheaper games.
I'm sure things are different in the real world, were there are kids who don't use computers much (new computers at least), and just want to play games in front of the tv.
We have a kiosk running an html application in IE6. It uses lots of javascript and the front page reloads every couple minutes when idle. It's been running for 6 months on 64mb of ram with no issues. The same browser window has been open all that time.
I remember one time writing a page which by accident, hit a memory leak in Mozilla (before there was a FireFox) which consumed about 1mb of ram a second. All the page did was draw a bouncing line, by creating a div for every line pixel of every frame and displaying them by setting the innerHTML property of another div. IE had no trouble with the page, except that it required some ugly hacks to make the page display correctly, unlike Mozilla, which displayed it perfectly as I had specified in the CSS, albiet leaky.
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They don't do all of their development inhouse either. A bit of their minor product and web development is also outsourced. But Microsoft is still gets the blame when their software is found to be insecure, no matter who they contracted to maintain it. They won't even identify the other company. As far as users could tell, Microsoft was hosting the web site, because they were given no reason to believe otherwise. They trusted a Microsoft web site and their passwords got stolen.
A lot of open source work is done for free, but I suspect that a lot of the long term maintenance isn't. If you want to be paid, you'll have to do what you're paid to do.
I've been saying that since elementary school. Kids today have too much homework. It's too repetitive and uninsightful to be of any use.
I gave up on doing homework around the beginning of high school, except for the minimum needed to pass, and everything turned out fine. I got into college on test scores, and made strategic use of the grading options so that the classes with the most homework would have the least effect on my GPA.
Most people don't buy systems with Windows Server preinstalled to wipe them and install Linux. That's adds like $1k to the price of the server.
On the flip side, most Linux servers aren't shipped with Linux preinstalled. Every study that relies on server and operating system sales is flawed in this respect. They're entirely useless.
The article states that Linux experienced the strongest growth, leading someone to publish an article entitled "Windows wipes the floor with Linux" where they give their expert opinion that although Linux's growth was triple that of Windows', they can't imagine Linux ever ousting Windows as the leading server, despite that NetCraft thinks Linux took the lead many years ago.
I know for certain that I saw this technology demoed in an old black & white documentary from the 50's. It just never caught on. People won't pay extra for the burden of breathing onto a sensor to see if their car will let them drive.
Porting and generally most other open source development happens on a needs basis. Developers decide "I need/want this, so this is what I'll work on." If someone needs a specific port of Linux, they will put forth effort into developing one, effort that might not go into OSS development otherwise. You can't believe that if you get them to stop, that energy will be focused on what YOU want them to work on.
If there's a problem with developers being bossed around into doing niche work with no compensation, and they don't like it, they need to stand up for themselves. For example, if IBM wants gcc to work well on AIX, they should either make it happen themselves or pay the gcc developers to better look out for their interests. If, on the other hand, the gcc developers are well compensated for fixing AIX problems (I don't know what the situation is), then there's no problem, except in the eyes of bystanders who don't understand the situation.
Every other major browser works in 98. It's not unsupported because of technical difficulties. It's unsupported because they want users to upgrade. With a lot of the software they release, the primary source of backward incompatibility is that it'll refuse to install. XP for the most part is 2K. 98 is much different, but nearly compatible.
..."if you don't like it, fix the code yourself" attitude of many open source projects...
That's just how open source works. When something contributes to an open source project, usually it's something they wrote for themself or something someone paid them to write. Otherwise, there's nothing in it for them. They'd be working for free. Open source users generally aren't paying customers. The appropriate economic term for them is "free riders". While this free riding is welcomed and encouraged, a developer has no incentive to satisfy free riders except to feel better about themselves. However, money talks.
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The US legal code sets a mandatory punishment of life imprisonment for all acts of piracy.
I just know that for over a year, all backslashes appeared as W's, for example, so I don't consider them to be very stable. I heard they're working toward a stable release now, so I expect that newer releases will be more stable and bug free than the older ones.
If they are economical about recycling them, the some of the still working parts may find their way into new ipods. Some ipods may even be resold almost as-is, but with a replaced battery or hard disk. But at least it's good for the environment, right?
Soon they'll be launching a giant tinfoil satellite to focus the sun's rays.
But what about the NSA?
Torrent sites will be a bit harder to sue. They'll have to go back to suing uploaders and sharers. Leeches as always have nothing to fear, since they don't upload. Though I guess it won't matter much now that Enterprise has been cancelled.
I suppose if you tried it and it worked, you would have had little reason to ask slashdot. Have you tried it yet? If you haven't, you really should before contemplating other options. Always use the latest release.
One difficulty with Wine is getting all the prerequisites for the software you need. I'm not completely sure of the legality of copying genuine Windows dll's to use in Wine, but it's probable not as legal as we'd like. Copying certain dll's does fix a lot of compatibility issues though, and some can be obtained by installing free as in beer downloads like IE, which is probably Microsoft's motivation for detecting Wine in their validation tool.
Because you have so many systems, you might look at a Citrix server, as others have suggested, which is intended for the specific purpose of launching remote Windows apps. You only pay for concurrent users that way, probably much less than you're paying for that specific app.
You haven't told us which program you're trying to run. We might be able to suggest some better solutions if we knew.
If you wanted to pay more, they do accept donations.
I avoid consoles because their games cost typically $20 more than their identical PC ports. A low priced console will have to compete with the alternative of free (already have a PC) with cheaper games.
I'm sure things are different in the real world, were there are kids who don't use computers much (new computers at least), and just want to play games in front of the tv.
We have a kiosk running an html application in IE6. It uses lots of javascript and the front page reloads every couple minutes when idle. It's been running for 6 months on 64mb of ram with no issues. The same browser window has been open all that time.
I remember one time writing a page which by accident, hit a memory leak in Mozilla (before there was a FireFox) which consumed about 1mb of ram a second. All the page did was draw a bouncing line, by creating a div for every line pixel of every frame and displaying them by setting the innerHTML property of another div. IE had no trouble with the page, except that it required some ugly hacks to make the page display correctly, unlike Mozilla, which displayed it perfectly as I had specified in the CSS, albiet leaky.
They don't do all of their development inhouse either. A bit of their minor product and web development is also outsourced. But Microsoft is still gets the blame when their software is found to be insecure, no matter who they contracted to maintain it. They won't even identify the other company. As far as users could tell, Microsoft was hosting the web site, because they were given no reason to believe otherwise. They trusted a Microsoft web site and their passwords got stolen.
It's one of the several mechanisms nature invented to prevent mothers from discarding their offspring.
We're still waiting for some of the stuff that was a decade away a decade ago.
Do monetary donations count?
Debian is moving so slow, future versions will be derived from Ubuntu. It'll become its own grandpa.
A lot of open source work is done for free, but I suspect that a lot of the long term maintenance isn't. If you want to be paid, you'll have to do what you're paid to do.
Be C.
I've been saying that since elementary school. Kids today have too much homework. It's too repetitive and uninsightful to be of any use.
I gave up on doing homework around the beginning of high school, except for the minimum needed to pass, and everything turned out fine. I got into college on test scores, and made strategic use of the grading options so that the classes with the most homework would have the least effect on my GPA.
Most people don't buy systems with Windows Server preinstalled to wipe them and install Linux. That's adds like $1k to the price of the server.
On the flip side, most Linux servers aren't shipped with Linux preinstalled. Every study that relies on server and operating system sales is flawed in this respect. They're entirely useless.
The article states that Linux experienced the strongest growth, leading someone to publish an article entitled "Windows wipes the floor with Linux" where they give their expert opinion that although Linux's growth was triple that of Windows', they can't imagine Linux ever ousting Windows as the leading server, despite that NetCraft thinks Linux took the lead many years ago.
I know for certain that I saw this technology demoed in an old black & white documentary from the 50's. It just never caught on. People won't pay extra for the burden of breathing onto a sensor to see if their car will let them drive.
Porting and generally most other open source development happens on a needs basis. Developers decide "I need/want this, so this is what I'll work on." If someone needs a specific port of Linux, they will put forth effort into developing one, effort that might not go into OSS development otherwise. You can't believe that if you get them to stop, that energy will be focused on what YOU want them to work on.
If there's a problem with developers being bossed around into doing niche work with no compensation, and they don't like it, they need to stand up for themselves. For example, if IBM wants gcc to work well on AIX, they should either make it happen themselves or pay the gcc developers to better look out for their interests. If, on the other hand, the gcc developers are well compensated for fixing AIX problems (I don't know what the situation is), then there's no problem, except in the eyes of bystanders who don't understand the situation.
Free Windows CE for systems without hard disks or mapped network drives.
Every other major browser works in 98. It's not unsupported because of technical difficulties. It's unsupported because they want users to upgrade. With a lot of the software they release, the primary source of backward incompatibility is that it'll refuse to install. XP for the most part is 2K. 98 is much different, but nearly compatible.
People live longer now, so we'll have more old inventors.
..."if you don't like it, fix the code yourself" attitude of many open source projects...
That's just how open source works. When something contributes to an open source project, usually it's something they wrote for themself or something someone paid them to write. Otherwise, there's nothing in it for them. They'd be working for free. Open source users generally aren't paying customers. The appropriate economic term for them is "free riders". While this free riding is welcomed and encouraged, a developer has no incentive to satisfy free riders except to feel better about themselves. However, money talks.