In the article he registered it on 7 November 2000 and Apple registered it a month later as a trade mark on 6 December. I would have to concur with you, he likly had some good inside info here.
But this does not mean he should loose the domain. If Apple can show this was his purpose was to infringe then he should loose the domain but the burden of such proof should be on Apple. Apple would have to show how he gained this information.
He could have just conceived the same idea and acted on it faster in which case the domain should be his, and in fact may have a case the other way. It is possible am Apple marketing type saw this name as a new domain registration and decided to register it as a trade mark. In which case they owe this guy alot of money.
As you stated, if Apple could settle this for $100K they would be best advised to take it. Apple could loose big if they went to court and he had evidence of Apple taking his idea.
I would like to get their mail from OE into Thunderbird,
How I did this was to setup a IMAP server on Linux and then copyed my messages to the IMAP server. I then loaded an alternate mail program and configured it to my ISP and to the IMAP server. I then copyed the messages back. Once the new program was working, I didn't need the IMAP server any more.
This raises an interesting point. If pricepoint is genuinely what is the deciding factor for these predictions, what will happen when OpenSolaris is release?
Stability and POSIX compliance is a given. The biggest single reason anyone picks a xNIX based OS is because it is stable. Where reliability and high user counts are anticipated xNIX rocks.
Price point is the deciding factor. But it isn't just the cost of the OS, it is the combined cost of the OS and hardware. A dual processor i86 is cheap when compared to a dual proc HP or IBM RISC setup. Sun has done great in reducing it's prices but is still higher than i86 solutions.
A open Solaris would be great but will not suceed if it requires a commercial compiler. Either the compiler needs to be open sourced as well or it needs to be ported to gcc. How much of Solaris is opened up is also a question. I don't think anyone minds loosing the CDE but will X, bin-utilities, drivers, admin-utils etc. also be open sourced?
Given the above limitations, my bet is on Linux. Although I do so much like Solaris. In many ways Solaris is much better polished and mainstream UNIX than is Linux. Linux will eventually have it's number one copetitor being a BSD, perjhaps FreeBSD. Windows as we know it today will be in the Smithonian in 10-15 years.
Mac is based on BSD thus is more pure UNIX than is Linux.
So in my books, yours (and others) assertion that Apple is now the largest per unit hardware sold UNIX vendor in the world, I bet your right.
But unfortunately Apple's progress isn't going to last. With China fastly becoming computer literate they could assign 300 million people to program and develop software on Linux. And are starting to do just that. Cheap OS, cheap hardware and source will make it a powerhouse. This is why Sun, Microsoft, CA and others are shaking in their boots. Microsoft has trouble selling it's OS for $29. As a Chinese programmer is not going to buy a Mac ar Apple prices let alone Oracle, Microsoft, Sun or others. But Apple will succeed in a niche market.
No reviews for the open source products.. I have a great time with Spam Assassin.
That's why I do not subscribe any more. Too much vendor influence and not enough objectivity.
/. is a much better forum as you get the good, the bad and the ugly - all products have all three. Bias does creap in but at a much lower level than a closed for comment rag (or is that mag?).
But I am biased, SpamAssassin with MimeDefang, custom milter and a few subscriptions to SpamHaus and SpamCop go along way in filtering spam.
More like from the U.S. Depeartment Of We're Not Going To Tell You Anything You Didn't Already Know About Security
No one cares about security until they get burned. Once burned the battle cry goes for awhile and fizzles as most don't give a rats ass about security beyond looking politically correct. It is why so many sites and users get hacked.
And here is a hint, most get hacked from the inside out, that is - some twit loads a spyware or malicious program and claims ignorance when it happens. More like carelessness but management often overlooks it.
Safe computing is like safe sex, use some precaution and don't be a slut and download everything you can click on.
...increased usage of broadband internet in Europe is cutting into the viewing of television...
Can't say I am surprized. The internet has 2^32 channels, mostly garbage but you the user can decide and change channels to any other site in a second. And with so many channels there is something for everyone.
Where as with cable you get to watch what someone else wants you to watch and when to watch it. Not only that, they make you pay for channels you never will watch.
The internet will really pick up once Internet TV breaks through the legal barriers they now face from a monopolistic industry. Yor next TV migth be a computer.
There are some pro's and cons - but my 2 cents says...
A CS degree is basic, like a BA but with computers. Easy to get and graduate but is a basic minimum today. Very few CS types program well.
But the best degree to have today might be Electronics or Electrical engineering with a major in computers. There are a few big advantages about being an engineer. First, the degree is generally more widely accepted in and out of the I/T industry. The second is that if you decide I/T is too unstable or disorganized you have an exit.
I also predict the day of I/T meets up with real engineering. Most I/T shops today are disorganized and unplanned reactionary events. But business is starting to realize that unplanned I/T development has some huge long term disadvantages to costs, support and functionality that could be avoided with decent rational engineering processes.
But make sure you get a degree of some type as like bad love is better than no love at all - a lesser degree is better than no degree at all.
My company has recently moved from Solaris workstations to Windows workstations
One giant step backwards. You will find your admin costs are going to be higher with Windows. Life is no longer going to be as simple as "install_cluster" or "pkgadd".
To address some of your problems consider Linux/VMWare underneath Windows. This does a couple of things. You can then backup and recover windows in a short period of time. Especially important to recover windows as it becomes as simple as copying in the old files and starting the VM. Sure beats registry putzing.
Another thing VMWare will is to allow you to use rdist and other nice tools for distribution. From a reliability point, VMWare also abstracts the NT/Windows drivers and actually makes a Manson like Winodws OS more stable.
Or perhaps your ISP will shut down your account for abuse, as you are participating in a DDoS attack.
Possible, yes. But is not flooding someones mailbox with junk mail from distributed sources also is as much as a DoS? Are we saying lame spammers can send us unwanted electronic communication but we the consumer can't do the same?
The fact is if a million people did this the ISPs would not kick anyone off. They do not want to loose that much revenue. If they did kick people off how do spammers get connected?
The na-sayers to this are likely lawyers and spammers and perhaps a big software companies with other motives. If the people of the internet stood up to spammers their would be no choice but for spammers to disappear. We don't need big digit time consuming solutions. We just need to stand collective.
Most ISPs would overlook the presence of a well writen anti-spam DoS program. They already do with programs like Kazaa as they know without Kazaa that many would disconnect their expensive high speed connections.
Stuff gets ejected off the surface of Mars and ends up on our planet anyway.
True, but when this happens it burns in our atmosphere and space, It is also possible if it were big enough and the new bacteria was in the core of a big rock it could survive re-entry and on impact disperse. Maybe the big rock that did the dinosaurs away had more than a big bang in its payload?
It would probably be safe to assume, however small the amount, that some earth DNA is now on Mars where it can mutate, grow and evolve in it's own way. And there is no guaranty that it's evolution is compatible with ours.
Biology is adaptable with time, but the short-term impact can be quick and devastating. It is far more likely visiting aliens will kill us with germs and not weapons. The opposite is also true. The world we live on is also our best defense and advanced interstellar capable species would know of this.
So remember when we watch Start Trek, Stargate-1, Buck Rogers and others - although they are great SciFi shows they all have the flaw on how to deal with biological contamination and it will not be as simple as "Scotty, set the bio filters...".
You sure can place your computer in a garage in freezing temperatures... I do something similar in a basement celler and it gets cold in there without the computers.
But a couple of precautions and notes to modify the hardware to suit.
1) Don't try to start a computer while it is frozen cold. As the chips, fan motors and hard drives heat up and will cause thermal expansion issues. So temperature control is required but in a case this is doable.
2) Run an OS like Linux or BSD, they can be run headless, that is without a monitor. Monitors may not fair well.
3) Leave the system on all the time if possible.
4) Turn off any power saving features, you want the CPU, MB and hard drives to generate heat. Much like our bodies keep warm, the principle is to generate it interally.
To address temperature control there are a few things you can explore. Have the case and power supply fans (but not the CPU fan) vary their speed based on the internal temperatures. If the internal temperature rises so does the fan speed.
You can also use a bi-metalic switch and light bulb to heat the inside, but be sure the wires are clear of the bulb or they could melt.
If modifing the power supply is difficult, leave it alone but with tin and reversing case fans have the power supply exaust go back into the cases intake. Many PCs have a power supply and case exaust at the back, but the case exaust can be reversed as a case intake, and the front fan reversed to be an exaust.
The whole trick here is to keep the internal temperature at about 75 degrees.
But some of these modifications although the work for winter, my be a problem in the summer if not done correctly.
BTW - I learned about the light bulb from a northern Ontario cottage owner. In the winter, the water well heads would freeze and crack pipes. This was solved with two light bulbs (in case one burns out) on bi-metalic switches.
But in any case, engineer your solution. Don't do crazy stuff like put a light bulb against the wiring or smoke will ensue. Other mistakes might be getting too much heat. If this sounds too complex, I would advise not doing it.
I am glad to see sun going in to an open source direction, but how long will it last this time?
When Solaris 8 source was released, it was not exaclty open source, and did not last long at all.
Part of the problem is also the compiler. I think it was a big mistake when UNIX vendors unbundled the compiler from their distributions. Half of the Linux success is based on having a fully configured development environment right out of the box.
Some how I don't think Solaris 10 compiles with gcc and since most coding I do today is hobbiest, I don't have $3,000 in the budget for a needed commercial compiler. Although I do like Solaris very much, this is my reason for liking BSD and Linux even more.
Actually Lycos is BRILLIANT. Just a year ago I would have agreed with you but careless Internet computing (primarily unsecured(able) Windows machines) and commercial spamers are ruining the experience for all.
Maybe it is time to fight back. I have no problem in running a program where if I click on a spam button, the senders IP gets 1-5% of my bandwidth for a day. This would raise their costs and throttle their output. Perhaps the upstream ISP would take note and cut them off like they should have done along time ago.
I also find it amusing that some network providors would cut off this site yet let spammers go wild. Using a method like this hurts them for their irresponsible and inconsiderate trespasses into our mail boxes.
What are the authorities going to do if 5% of the worlds PC users slam a spammer? Naybe that is a good name for this service, "spammerslammer".
OK programmers, give us an open source
"Spammer Slammer"!!!
The fact of the mater is any company can't run a business in the red indefinitly. And the date of this article suggests IBM has been bleading profits into the PC operations for some time.
The way to "fight" spammers is by following the law
The law does not know nor care to enforce it. If a spammer hacks a PC in China, then goes back to his next door neighbor's PC in NY and sets it up as a spam bot how are you going to enforce that? I think we need to hear the economics of that.
The "technological" solution to spam has shown itself to be totally ineffective.
Actually, there are some very good solutions to reduce plishing and spam. But the very legal system seems more interested in self serving patents and IETF is dragging their butts to appease an un-named big bisiness(es) looking for the next billion.
SPF and others have the right idea, it's adoption forces spammers to identify themselves. Once identified the FBI and others could nail them down with existing laws. Washington DC could also enforce ARIN and DNS registrations to be legit by placing liability to the registrar where misrepresentation was involved.
But lawyers would rather make it more complex than necessary. This is one of those few businesses that creates the problem then offers solutions.
Vendor claims two customers so far
Guess they want to save the companies the embarrassment of paying for something they didn't need to. Or perhaps SCO just wants to keep the FUD going as yesterday their web site had a banner with "We own all your code... pay us all your money"...
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3. It does harm the image of Linux users.
I have mixed feelings about this. As http://www.netcraft.com says it runs Linux and not SCO nor UNIXWare servers.
So in fact, SCO has more faith in Linux than in SCO.
And there still is the question if this could be a publicity stunt on SCO's part.
obotic mission is between $1 billion and $2 billion,
If I recall correctly human ingenuity was needed to fix it previously. So what happens if it isn't in the "program" to do something?
Even with a shuttle risk of breakup, I doubt there is a shortage of people that would go to do the job for $100M flight and expenses. Reduces risk of mission failure and saves 1.9B.
For thouse lucky to go, maybe even get to see a flying saucer or alien cruiser.
'agile' programming movement and its potential to keep even the most gigantic of projects under control."
Sounds like marketing.
It always goes smoother when the business owners actually think about the business needs and define them well including functionality, process and who, what, when. Follow this up with a project plan that includes a rational look on how to get it done. Note the absence of technology so far!
I/T as part of the project plan you engineer and integrate a solution where appropriate.
Unfortunately too many business types think because they have installed windows XP from vendors disks it makes them a Sr Systems Engineer. But this does not work.
Why not have the secure stuff use IPSec and QoS the routers? Let the open air have the excess. With QoS you can give priority to the IPSec tunneled packets and let both worlds live.
As for viruses, anyone placing an unprotected machine like Microsoft Windows on the Internet live, well - is naive at best. It would not hurt the students to get a computer security lesson before they become managers.
With IPSec on Wireless, you actually are likely more secure than a wired network as someone who plugs in a WAP on the wire will be disappointed.
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In the article he registered it on 7 November 2000 and Apple registered it a month later as a trade mark on 6 December. I would have to concur with you, he likly had some good inside info here.
But this does not mean he should loose the domain. If Apple can show this was his purpose was to infringe then he should loose the domain but the burden of such proof should be on Apple. Apple would have to show how he gained this information.
He could have just conceived the same idea and acted on it faster in which case the domain should be his, and in fact may have a case the other way. It is possible am Apple marketing type saw this name as a new domain registration and decided to register it as a trade mark. In which case they owe this guy alot of money.
As you stated, if Apple could settle this for $100K they would be best advised to take it. Apple could loose big if they went to court and he had evidence of Apple taking his idea.
I would like to get their mail from OE into Thunderbird,
How I did this was to setup a IMAP server on Linux and then copyed my messages to the IMAP server. I then loaded an alternate mail program and configured it to my ISP and to the IMAP server. I then copyed the messages back. Once the new program was working, I didn't need the IMAP server any more.
Don't ask me why, but I like Mozilla more than Firefox. Although Mozilla takes longer to load up I like the button configuration and tabbing better.
This raises an interesting point. If pricepoint is genuinely what is the deciding factor for these predictions, what will happen when OpenSolaris is release?
Stability and POSIX compliance is a given. The biggest single reason anyone picks a xNIX based OS is because it is stable. Where reliability and high user counts are anticipated xNIX rocks.
Price point is the deciding factor. But it isn't just the cost of the OS, it is the combined cost of the OS and hardware. A dual processor i86 is cheap when compared to a dual proc HP or IBM RISC setup. Sun has done great in reducing it's prices but is still higher than i86 solutions.
A open Solaris would be great but will not suceed if it requires a commercial compiler. Either the compiler needs to be open sourced as well or it needs to be ported to gcc. How much of Solaris is opened up is also a question. I don't think anyone minds loosing the CDE but will X, bin-utilities, drivers, admin-utils etc. also be open sourced?
Given the above limitations, my bet is on Linux. Although I do so much like Solaris. In many ways Solaris is much better polished and mainstream UNIX than is Linux. Linux will eventually have it's number one copetitor being a BSD, perjhaps FreeBSD. Windows as we know it today will be in the Smithonian in 10-15 years.
Mac is based on BSD thus is more pure UNIX than is Linux.
So in my books, yours (and others) assertion that Apple is now the largest per unit hardware sold UNIX vendor in the world, I bet your right.
But unfortunately Apple's progress isn't going to last. With China fastly becoming computer literate they could assign 300 million people to program and develop software on Linux. And are starting to do just that. Cheap OS, cheap hardware and source will make it a powerhouse. This is why Sun, Microsoft, CA and others are shaking in their boots. Microsoft has trouble selling it's OS for $29. As a Chinese programmer is not going to buy a Mac ar Apple prices let alone Oracle, Microsoft, Sun or others. But Apple will succeed in a niche market.
No reviews for the open source products.. I have a great time with Spam Assassin.
That's why I do not subscribe any more. Too much vendor influence and not enough objectivity.
/. is a much better forum as you get the good, the bad and the ugly - all products have all three. Bias does creap in but at a much lower level than a closed for comment rag (or is that mag?).
But I am biased, SpamAssassin with MimeDefang, custom milter and a few subscriptions to SpamHaus and SpamCop go along way in filtering spam.
More like from the U.S. Depeartment Of We're Not Going To Tell You Anything You Didn't Already Know About Security
No one cares about security until they get burned. Once burned the battle cry goes for awhile and fizzles as most don't give a rats ass about security beyond looking politically correct. It is why so many sites and users get hacked.
And here is a hint, most get hacked from the inside out, that is - some twit loads a spyware or malicious program and claims ignorance when it happens. More like carelessness but management often overlooks it.
Safe computing is like safe sex, use some precaution and don't be a slut and download everything you can click on.
Can't say I am surprized. The internet has 2^32 channels, mostly garbage but you the user can decide and change channels to any other site in a second. And with so many channels there is something for everyone.
Where as with cable you get to watch what someone else wants you to watch and when to watch it. Not only that, they make you pay for channels you never will watch.
The internet will really pick up once Internet TV breaks through the legal barriers they now face from a monopolistic industry. Yor next TV migth be a computer.
There are some pro's and cons - but my 2 cents says...
A CS degree is basic, like a BA but with computers. Easy to get and graduate but is a basic minimum today. Very few CS types program well.
But the best degree to have today might be Electronics or Electrical engineering with a major in computers. There are a few big advantages about being an engineer. First, the degree is generally more widely accepted in and out of the I/T industry. The second is that if you decide I/T is too unstable or disorganized you have an exit.
I also predict the day of I/T meets up with real engineering. Most I/T shops today are disorganized and unplanned reactionary events. But business is starting to realize that unplanned I/T development has some huge long term disadvantages to costs, support and functionality that could be avoided with decent rational engineering processes.
But make sure you get a degree of some type as like bad love is better than no love at all - a lesser degree is better than no degree at all.
My company has recently moved from Solaris workstations to Windows workstations
One giant step backwards. You will find your admin costs are going to be higher with Windows. Life is no longer going to be as simple as "install_cluster" or "pkgadd".
To address some of your problems consider Linux/VMWare underneath Windows. This does a couple of things. You can then backup and recover windows in a short period of time. Especially important to recover windows as it becomes as simple as copying in the old files and starting the VM. Sure beats registry putzing.Another thing VMWare will is to allow you to use rdist and other nice tools for distribution. From a reliability point, VMWare also abstracts the NT/Windows drivers and actually makes a Manson like Winodws OS more stable.
Anyone else notice that Linux Today is sponsored by Microsoft?
It is ironic isn't it?
Any idea when SCO will finally die?
Not soon enough.
I do question why they are not under investigation for fraud, extortion and conspiracy.
Or perhaps your ISP will shut down your account for abuse, as you are participating in a DDoS attack.
Possible, yes. But is not flooding someones mailbox with junk mail from distributed sources also is as much as a DoS? Are we saying lame spammers can send us unwanted electronic communication but we the consumer can't do the same?
The fact is if a million people did this the ISPs would not kick anyone off. They do not want to loose that much revenue. If they did kick people off how do spammers get connected?
The na-sayers to this are likely lawyers and spammers and perhaps a big software companies with other motives. If the people of the internet stood up to spammers their would be no choice but for spammers to disappear. We don't need big digit time consuming solutions. We just need to stand collective.
Most ISPs would overlook the presence of a well writen anti-spam DoS program. They already do with programs like Kazaa as they know without Kazaa that many would disconnect their expensive high speed connections.
Stuff gets ejected off the surface of Mars and ends up on our planet anyway.
True, but when this happens it burns in our atmosphere and space, It is also possible if it were big enough and the new bacteria was in the core of a big rock it could survive re-entry and on impact disperse. Maybe the big rock that did the dinosaurs away had more than a big bang in its payload?
It would probably be safe to assume, however small the amount, that some earth DNA is now on Mars where it can mutate, grow and evolve in it's own way. And there is no guaranty that it's evolution is compatible with ours.
Biology is adaptable with time, but the short-term impact can be quick and devastating. It is far more likely visiting aliens will kill us with germs and not weapons. The opposite is also true. The world we live on is also our best defense and advanced interstellar capable species would know of this.
So remember when we watch Start Trek, Stargate-1, Buck Rogers and others - although they are great SciFi shows they all have the flaw on how to deal with biological contamination and it will not be as simple as "Scotty, set the bio filters...".
Why not just lock the door? Two ways, buy a computer desk with a shelf and door under the table top or put it in a lockable room.
You sure can place your computer in a garage in freezing temperatures... I do something similar in a basement celler and it gets cold in there without the computers.
But a couple of precautions and notes to modify the hardware to suit.
1) Don't try to start a computer while it is frozen cold. As the chips, fan motors and hard drives heat up and will cause thermal expansion issues. So temperature control is required but in a case this is doable.
2) Run an OS like Linux or BSD, they can be run headless, that is without a monitor. Monitors may not fair well.
3) Leave the system on all the time if possible.
4) Turn off any power saving features, you want the CPU, MB and hard drives to generate heat. Much like our bodies keep warm, the principle is to generate it interally.
To address temperature control there are a few things you can explore. Have the case and power supply fans (but not the CPU fan) vary their speed based on the internal temperatures. If the internal temperature rises so does the fan speed.
You can also use a bi-metalic switch and light bulb to heat the inside, but be sure the wires are clear of the bulb or they could melt.
If modifing the power supply is difficult, leave it alone but with tin and reversing case fans have the power supply exaust go back into the cases intake. Many PCs have a power supply and case exaust at the back, but the case exaust can be reversed as a case intake, and the front fan reversed to be an exaust.
The whole trick here is to keep the internal temperature at about 75 degrees.
But some of these modifications although the work for winter, my be a problem in the summer if not done correctly.
BTW - I learned about the light bulb from a northern Ontario cottage owner. In the winter, the water well heads would freeze and crack pipes. This was solved with two light bulbs (in case one burns out) on bi-metalic switches.
But in any case, engineer your solution. Don't do crazy stuff like put a light bulb against the wiring or smoke will ensue. Other mistakes might be getting too much heat. If this sounds too complex, I would advise not doing it.
I am glad to see sun going in to an open source direction, but how long will it last this time?
When Solaris 8 source was released, it was not exaclty open source, and did not last long at all.
Part of the problem is also the compiler. I think it was a big mistake when UNIX vendors unbundled the compiler from their distributions. Half of the Linux success is based on having a fully configured development environment right out of the box.
Some how I don't think Solaris 10 compiles with gcc and since most coding I do today is hobbiest, I don't have $3,000 in the budget for a needed commercial compiler. Although I do like Solaris very much, this is my reason for liking BSD and Linux even more.
fighting fire with fire doesn't always work
Actually Lycos is BRILLIANT. Just a year ago I would have agreed with you but careless Internet computing (primarily unsecured(able) Windows machines) and commercial spamers are ruining the experience for all.
Maybe it is time to fight back. I have no problem in running a program where if I click on a spam button, the senders IP gets 1-5% of my bandwidth for a day. This would raise their costs and throttle their output. Perhaps the upstream ISP would take note and cut them off like they should have done along time ago.
I also find it amusing that some network providors would cut off this site yet let spammers go wild. Using a method like this hurts them for their irresponsible and inconsiderate trespasses into our mail boxes.
What are the authorities going to do if 5% of the worlds PC users slam a spammer? Naybe that is a good name for this service, "spammerslammer".
OK programmers, give us an open source "Spammer Slammer"!!!
These are the kind of jobs and businesses that need to stay in America.
See:
http://www.thejournalnews.com/newsroom/010902/09ib m.html in America.
The fact of the mater is any company can't run a business in the red indefinitly. And the date of this article suggests IBM has been bleading profits into the PC operations for some time.
And the web never forgets...
The way to "fight" spammers is by following the law
The law does not know nor care to enforce it. If a spammer hacks a PC in China, then goes back to his next door neighbor's PC in NY and sets it up as a spam bot how are you going to enforce that? I think we need to hear the economics of that.
The "technological" solution to spam has shown itself to be totally ineffective.
Actually, there are some very good solutions to reduce plishing and spam. But the very legal system seems more interested in self serving patents and IETF is dragging their butts to appease an un-named big bisiness(es) looking for the next billion.
SPF and others have the right idea, it's adoption forces spammers to identify themselves. Once identified the FBI and others could nail them down with existing laws. Washington DC could also enforce ARIN and DNS registrations to be legit by placing liability to the registrar where misrepresentation was involved.
But lawyers would rather make it more complex than necessary. This is one of those few businesses that creates the problem then offers solutions.
Vendor claims two customers so far Guess they want to save the companies the embarrassment of paying for something they didn't need to. Or perhaps SCO just wants to keep the FUD going as yesterday their web site had a banner with "We own all your code... pay us all your money"...
3. It does harm the image of Linux users. I have mixed feelings about this. As http://www.netcraft.com says it runs Linux and not SCO nor UNIXWare servers. So in fact, SCO has more faith in Linux than in SCO. And there still is the question if this could be a publicity stunt on SCO's part.
obotic mission is between $1 billion and $2 billion, If I recall correctly human ingenuity was needed to fix it previously. So what happens if it isn't in the "program" to do something? Even with a shuttle risk of breakup, I doubt there is a shortage of people that would go to do the job for $100M flight and expenses. Reduces risk of mission failure and saves 1.9B. For thouse lucky to go, maybe even get to see a flying saucer or alien cruiser.
'agile' programming movement and its potential to keep even the most gigantic of projects under control." Sounds like marketing. It always goes smoother when the business owners actually think about the business needs and define them well including functionality, process and who, what, when. Follow this up with a project plan that includes a rational look on how to get it done. Note the absence of technology so far! I/T as part of the project plan you engineer and integrate a solution where appropriate. Unfortunately too many business types think because they have installed windows XP from vendors disks it makes them a Sr Systems Engineer. But this does not work.
Why not have the secure stuff use IPSec and QoS the routers? Let the open air have the excess. With QoS you can give priority to the IPSec tunneled packets and let both worlds live.
As for viruses, anyone placing an unprotected machine like Microsoft Windows on the Internet live, well - is naive at best. It would not hurt the students to get a computer security lesson before they become managers.
With IPSec on Wireless, you actually are likely more secure than a wired network as someone who plugs in a WAP on the wire will be disappointed.