If he did that MS would lose a whole lot more than just the European market. The EU would pour a lot of money into development of OSS and maybe in a year or less you'd have your "desktop" BSD and GNU/Linux. Software companies all over the world would start porting their software to OSS platforms. And at that point the rest of the world would ask themselves why'd they pay for MS software when they can get most of the same for free. Although I see this thing happening anyway, MS doesn't want to speed up the process so they comply.
I agree. I always have that childish "My first Sony" feeling whenever I read something starting with My. That's why I feel better using FreeBSD/KDE, there the system is referred to as "System".
Worst thing about the my hype is my bank has a new online system which they also prefix with my. As soon as everyone is forced to use that one instead of the old one, I'm moving my money to another bank. Maybe Microsoft is finally thinking about treating they customers like adults.
But it still has the traditional problems of hotfixes and the required reboots (why they don't just restart the affected service is beyond me). It's much less about stability because it's quite good, but security is still not up to par with most unix flavours. And if you haven't had to reboot your servers in 1.5 years, you must have a network with always up-to-date clients and no connections for outside visitors and their laptops.
AOL bought Time Warner, and now Time Warner decides to spin off AOL? Who's the boss of whom here?
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They know what they're doing. They're shifting more from selling software to selling software services. Think of the way Redhat makes money off of a free OS. Businesses (especially the bigger ones) that need support will most likely turn to those that develop the application suite they're using.
Then I say try FreeBSD as it's easy to keep up to date using sysinstall/cvsup/portupgrade. And not only for the OS itself, but for all applications you install through ports. This is the way I use 5-STABLE and it's never been more fun to maintain servers/workstations.
I'm not using Linux, but FreeBSD, and I must say not only does it feel safer, but it feels more comfortable to work on. Just the ability to work from the commandline and the ability to really kill processes without getting messages that I have no access to them makes me life easier. And after reading the piece on the Longhorn demo I thought why they make such a fuss over things that's already here with KDE. (can't tell about the Apple, never used it) In my humble opinion, Microsoft has to catch up with at least FreeBSD, and most likely GNU/Linux as well.
Get the floppy images, or the iso image for the latest stable release of FreeBSD (which is currently at 5.4 RC1) and do a small install including kernel sources and ports. Copy the example make.conf file in/etc, change the processor type in it to what you own, change the compilerflags to O2 adding -funroll-loops and -ffast-math (see google or yahoo!), follow the handbook on how to build and install world and kernel (pretty easy) and then start compiling KDE or Gnome (or whatever WM you want). Go through the list of ports to see what you can add, if using Nvidia get the port of nvidia-driver.
First time I recompiled the whole thing on my laptop I was rather surprised and very pleased at how fast the thing is. It's only now that I found out how fast the thing really can be after using Windows on it for so long... Been tracking FreeBSD 5-STABLE since the release of 5.3 (used 4-STABLE for some time before) and I'm very pleased with the performance. (hoping to get a second laptop to follow progress on 6.x)
I can't force you to use it, but I think you should give it a try. The worst it'll cost you is a few days.:-)
But you're right. This is what in my opinion give the Linux community a bad name. Too much zealotry going on and no real discussions. I think if this thing stop a lot more managers will find respect in the Open Source community when reading sites like/.
That's why I'm such a big fan of the BSD's, especially FreeBSD. Not only does ports work great, but it also ensures that software installed through ports follows the standard set of rules of what belongs where. Both of these things give me the satisfaction that my FreeBSD install is clean and stays clean as long as it's running, no matter what I install and remove.
Except this is not a bug in software, but a bug in human behaviour. Don't blame the software for following the orders from a human to install something despite a warning.
It's to emphasize the lower "uh" sound in the word. I'm not sure if it's used commonplace, maybe because it's to much of a hassle to some to type ù instead of plain u. For more info I direct you to my new book "Typing and the art of messaging" available on Amazon for 49.95 or ten easy payments of 13.95.
I think it doesn't really matter whether it's a desktop or a server. It's more about the role the machine will play. We're starting to use more virtualisation in our company, although it's the MS products we use. Low performance server tasks can be run on virtual machines, and I plan on using virtual pc with the new laptop we're getting soon. With those tools I can set up one virtual pc with administrative tools, and another with the regular software crap so I can seperate my admin tasks from other tasks like writing documantation and stuff. And I can run a virtual pc to test out policies, software, etc...
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If he did that MS would lose a whole lot more than just the European market. The EU would pour a lot of money into development of OSS and maybe in a year or less you'd have your "desktop" BSD and GNU/Linux. Software companies all over the world would start porting their software to OSS platforms. And at that point the rest of the world would ask themselves why'd they pay for MS software when they can get most of the same for free. Although I see this thing happening anyway, MS doesn't want to speed up the process so they comply.
I agree. I always have that childish "My first Sony" feeling whenever I read something starting with My. That's why I feel better using FreeBSD/KDE, there the system is referred to as "System".
Worst thing about the my hype is my bank has a new online system which they also prefix with my. As soon as everyone is forced to use that one instead of the old one, I'm moving my money to another bank. Maybe Microsoft is finally thinking about treating they customers like adults.
But it still has the traditional problems of hotfixes and the required reboots (why they don't just restart the affected service is beyond me). It's much less about stability because it's quite good, but security is still not up to par with most unix flavours. And if you haven't had to reboot your servers in 1.5 years, you must have a network with always up-to-date clients and no connections for outside visitors and their laptops.
Shhhh... First rule of the membership system is don't talk about the membership system.
I had to laugh out loud when I saw it that day. And reminded me why I never show people close to me where I write. :-P
AOL bought Time Warner, and now Time Warner decides to spin off AOL? Who's the boss of whom here?
They know what they're doing. They're shifting more from selling software to selling software services. Think of the way Redhat makes money off of a free OS. Businesses (especially the bigger ones) that need support will most likely turn to those that develop the application suite they're using.
Oh come on... This is /., we all know that stack of Playboys under your bed is just an offline backup in case your internet connection fails.
Yes, it's just you.
Then I say try FreeBSD as it's easy to keep up to date using sysinstall/cvsup/portupgrade. And not only for the OS itself, but for all applications you install through ports. This is the way I use 5-STABLE and it's never been more fun to maintain servers/workstations.
I'm not using Linux, but FreeBSD, and I must say not only does it feel safer, but it feels more comfortable to work on. Just the ability to work from the commandline and the ability to really kill processes without getting messages that I have no access to them makes me life easier.
And after reading the piece on the Longhorn demo I thought why they make such a fuss over things that's already here with KDE. (can't tell about the Apple, never used it)
In my humble opinion, Microsoft has to catch up with at least FreeBSD, and most likely GNU/Linux as well.
Get the floppy images, or the iso image for the latest stable release of FreeBSD (which is currently at 5.4 RC1) and do a small install including kernel sources and ports. Copy the example make.conf file in /etc, change the processor type in it to what you own, change the compilerflags to O2 adding -funroll-loops and -ffast-math (see google or yahoo!), follow the handbook on how to build and install world and kernel (pretty easy) and then start compiling KDE or Gnome (or whatever WM you want).
:-)
Go through the list of ports to see what you can add, if using Nvidia get the port of nvidia-driver.
First time I recompiled the whole thing on my laptop I was rather surprised and very pleased at how fast the thing is. It's only now that I found out how fast the thing really can be after using Windows on it for so long... Been tracking FreeBSD 5-STABLE since the release of 5.3 (used 4-STABLE for some time before) and I'm very pleased with the performance. (hoping to get a second laptop to follow progress on 6.x)
I can't force you to use it, but I think you should give it a try. The worst it'll cost you is a few days.
DJDNS? FreeBSD? 192.*? If you use 192.168.128.*, 192.168.64.* and 192.168.192.* at home you really are me.
*using all this at home for years now*
I was in business school and can top that: "infinity plus two after rebate".
I thought step 1 was to remove user... *cleans shotgun*
You're new here, aren't you? :-P
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But you're right. This is what in my opinion give the Linux community a bad name. Too much zealotry going on and no real discussions. I think if this thing stop a lot more managers will find respect in the Open Source community when reading sites like
That's why I'm such a big fan of the BSD's, especially FreeBSD. Not only does ports work great, but it also ensures that software installed through ports follows the standard set of rules of what belongs where. Both of these things give me the satisfaction that my FreeBSD install is clean and stays clean as long as it's running, no matter what I install and remove.
Yay Netherlands!
:-D
Sorry, moment of pride for this tiny country.
Actually, it's a hole in the user's head.
I suggest that these be called ISMs
.msi-files?
I thought these were already called
Except this is not a bug in software, but a bug in human behaviour. Don't blame the software for following the orders from a human to install something despite a warning.
It's to emphasize the lower "uh" sound in the word. I'm not sure if it's used commonplace, maybe because it's to much of a hassle to some to type ù instead of plain u. For more info I direct you to my new book "Typing and the art of messaging" available on Amazon for 49.95 or ten easy payments of 13.95.
*takes a bow and leaves the stage*
Well dùh! Why else do you think it'll be at least four more years...
:-P
I think it doesn't really matter whether it's a desktop or a server. It's more about the role the machine will play. We're starting to use more virtualisation in our company, although it's the MS products we use. Low performance server tasks can be run on virtual machines, and I plan on using virtual pc with the new laptop we're getting soon. With those tools I can set up one virtual pc with administrative tools, and another with the regular software crap so I can seperate my admin tasks from other tasks like writing documantation and stuff. And I can run a virtual pc to test out policies, software, etc...
No, that would be Hentai anime. :-P