If fact, I believe redhat last supported the sparc platform in 6.2 Zoot release.
I also believe that redhat is now up to at least version 8
Think twice before you talk about how supportive of multiple OSes those linuxes are. Albeit, SuSE and redhat have great i386 support, and decent Alpha support (7.2)
Until Java is supported well cross-platform, and as soon as you can somehow get people to obey all your PHP-HTML-Java rules, then be queit.
The beauty of PDF, is exactly it's name Portable Document Format just about every platform supports PDF in one form or another, besides a couple ignored security holes here and there, I think PDF is a functional format.
You can have formatted text and images, looking the same on just about every platform that has a GUI.
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Space has been named the "final frontier" for a reason.
For any frontier, you send highly skilled folks, and the risk-takers first. They open up the door, and then the settlers come in.
Yes space is for all of us, but it is also very very very dangerous. The idea that at this point in our technology we can afford to send Joe Richguy up in space is ridiculous, and contradictory to the idea that "space is for all of us"
The internet will not remain a commercial piece of crap, as long as Joe Somebody can get a high speed DSL line, and create his own server with website. And, as long as he can do this with complete freedom. (No exeptions for child porn, russian brides, or slashdot) Also meaning no exeptions for what Gator is doing. People who get "tricked" into installing Gator, or are stupid enough to, are almost getting what they deserve.
The internet actually getting more free as I see it. As the prices for high speed connections, and server hardware go down, Joe Somebody has more access to his own webserver and site.
This should make hardware cheaper, from major manufacturers at least.
Dell, HP, and Gateway all are in pretty deep with Microsoft, to produce Windows PCs. So if the hardware companies don't have to contract with Microsoft anymore, theoretically, the prices should go down, if not the price of Windows XP Professional ($143).
Is this wrong? Or will the big guys continue to rip-off the consumer?
(Note situation in Europe after changing to the euro)
As long as large ISP's advertise such products as "Wireless DSL" to the average user, and fail to help them setup a decent encryption on the WiFi network, this problem will percede.
I don't see how it is different with people that don't use encryption on normal e-mail, with a hard line connection. Or other technologies, such as FTP, Telnet, and non-SSL websites. There are secure solutions for all of these, but I doubt a large majority of their users actually go through the trouble to do it.
Please note,
gcc + g++ for MacOS X on G5 platform = $0
Intel's C++ compiler for pentium based platforms = $399 prices
Now factor in Operating Systems prices, and general software.
MacOS X 10.2 $129 Windows XP Professional $143
iTunes $0 MusicMatch Jukebox Plus $19.99
AppleWorks $0 WindowsXP Office $297
Software Total:
MacOS X: $129 WinXP: $459.99
(prices taken from www.newegg.com)
I think Senator Hatch has something to do with this.
Just imagine. You are "digitally shoplifting" and all of a sudden
your cellphone begins to glow, the screen displays an image of Hatch's head in front of Crossbones, Your hear the most evil ringtone, the Macarena., As you get up to run, your phone explodes, riddling your body with small chunks of Nokia shrapnel.
You fall to the ground, and before you pass out, you hear a weird voice, exclaiming loudly, "That'll teach him."
Maybe you should stop posting the same message over and over again, and realize that your machine doesn't run OS X, and you point is not valid at all.
This thread is about the new G5 and Yellow Dog Linux, not your problems with your old powermac, that won't even run YDL without BootX, which makes running YDL slow as hell.
Stop booing Macs because the one you run is old, and especially when your problem is the hard drive, you can stick a 7200RPM drive in any machine to make this excercise faster, mac or PC.
when will Windows pass Apple on the Desktop, with all those billions of $$$, why can't they get something new up. Longhorn, maybe in 2005, or later. How will Linux do this without a good finaincial base?
Back in the day (early 90s) 64-bit systems were somewhat commonplace. In certain fields.
These certain fields could afford them, now IBM, Intel, and AMD have all made 64-bit processing profitable, and cheap. Along with the help from software makers. That's where money is made, with the masses, not the 12 Studios that need a couple 64-bit Alpha machines.
The difference in manufacturing in Japan and the US are another extension of the cultural differences. (I believe)
For instance, in Japan many manufacturers are creating smaller devices, something that hits the market has to be smaller and more "efficent" (not costing lots of Yen in overhead) This is something typical of the Japanese culture. For example, you won't see some Japanese Guy driving around in an Escalade with his girlfriend, "just cause" You'd more likely find some Japanese Guy driving around in a Honda Hybrid car, cause it's cheaper to run than most cars, even though the price sucks.
Meanwhile, in the States, people want more POWER! They want the big ass SUV that crushes other cars, and small animals. The same goes with the computers. Something big and fast, regardless of the power consumption or general overhead of the machine.
Therefore, the target markets in the two countries are much different, so the products of the two will also be much different.
It's interesting how life seems to mimic a Dilbert comic strip more and more.
"Sales needs X features to sell the product, while the developers say that only Y features is possible within the budget. Afterwards Sales promises customer V, Z features which are completely impossible, unless under Zero gravity."
I think the problem here is that people feel the need to spontaneously go pick up Dry Cleaning on the way home from work, instead of planning something before hand. If all else fails, ask those other three people in the car, most likely you know them, ask them if you can stop by the dry cleaners, or the chinese food joint place on the way home. Hell, maybe even ask them to dinner, but you first have to start talking to them.
I have been using public transportation for the last year, and somehow I have managed.
The problem here is the american status symbol that is the automobile. Most americans get "afraid" to ride the bus/train/subway or hell, even walk! That they would rather shell out a couple more bucks at the pump. So Mom can drive her Escalade to pick up groceries.
Comparing the old Macintosh to the new macintosh is ridiculous. I used an NT machine @ 400Mhz, because my old ass macintosh was too slow, and MacOS 9 was a fat piece of turd.
Now I got a new iBook, with MacOS X. Which completely changed my mind.
Anyways, isn't this thread about MacOS X anyways, I don't think you get X on an 8600/300 with 64MB of RAM
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Sparc has been supported for a while by FreeBSD.
If fact, I believe redhat last supported the sparc platform in 6.2 Zoot release.
I also believe that redhat is now up to at least version 8
Think twice before you talk about how supportive of multiple OSes those linuxes are. Albeit, SuSE and redhat have great i386 support, and decent Alpha support (7.2)
I was thinking something like "Fruity Pussy" but maybe my mind is somewhere else at the moment.
Hello-Kitty is a good one, I can't wait to see that aqua color scheme.
As soon as you implement this, we can talk.
Until Java is supported well cross-platform, and as soon as you can somehow get people to obey all your PHP-HTML-Java rules, then be queit.
The beauty of PDF, is exactly it's name Portable Document Format just about every platform supports PDF in one form or another, besides a couple ignored security holes here and there, I think PDF is a functional format.
You can have formatted text and images, looking the same on just about every platform that has a GUI.
Space has been named the "final frontier" for a reason.
For any frontier, you send highly skilled folks, and the risk-takers first. They open up the door, and then the settlers come in.
Yes space is for all of us, but it is also very very very dangerous. The idea that at this point in our technology we can afford to send Joe Richguy up in space is ridiculous, and contradictory to the idea that "space is for all of us"
The internet will not remain a commercial piece of crap, as long as Joe Somebody can get a high speed DSL line, and create his own server with website. And, as long as he can do this with complete freedom. (No exeptions for child porn, russian brides, or slashdot) Also meaning no exeptions for what Gator is doing. People who get "tricked" into installing Gator, or are stupid enough to, are almost getting what they deserve.
The internet actually getting more free as I see it. As the prices for high speed connections, and server hardware go down, Joe Somebody has more access to his own webserver and site.
You seem to have missed what the RIAA is doing, they are not really doing anything in "the name of the law"
They are going after people to send a message to people like you. They are trying to spook folks
As soon as they try to spook somebody that can afford a legal battle, they will get buried.
Almost nothing to do with legalities, how is running a network search engine illegal?
Somebody just needs to have the pockets and balls to bury them once and for all.
This should make hardware cheaper, from major manufacturers at least.
Dell, HP, and Gateway all are in pretty deep with Microsoft, to produce Windows PCs. So if the hardware companies don't have to contract with Microsoft anymore, theoretically, the prices should go down, if not the price of Windows XP Professional ($143).
Is this wrong? Or will the big guys continue to rip-off the consumer?
(Note situation in Europe after changing to the euro)
As long as large ISP's advertise such products as "Wireless DSL" to the average user, and fail to help them setup a decent encryption on the WiFi network, this problem will percede.
I don't see how it is different with people that don't use encryption on normal e-mail, with a hard line connection. Or other technologies, such as FTP, Telnet, and non-SSL websites. There are secure solutions for all of these, but I doubt a large majority of their users actually go through the trouble to do it.
Please note,
gcc + g++ for MacOS X on G5 platform = $0
Intel's C++ compiler for pentium based platforms = $399
prices
Now factor in Operating Systems prices, and general software.
MacOS X 10.2 $129 Windows XP Professional $143
iTunes $0 MusicMatch Jukebox Plus $19.99
AppleWorks $0 WindowsXP Office $297
Software Total: MacOS X: $129 WinXP: $459.99
(prices taken from www.newegg.com)
Then they will sue Bill Gates for all his life's savings, approximately $43.89.
Way to go Justice Department
They said more laptops sold than desktops.
Not that Desktops went into extinction after being hit by a meteor.
Don't have a damn panic attack.
I think Senator Hatch has something to do with this.
Just imagine. You are "digitally shoplifting" and all of a sudden
your cellphone begins to glow, the screen displays an image of Hatch's head in front of Crossbones, Your hear the most evil ringtone, the Macarena., As you get up to run, your phone explodes, riddling your body with small chunks of Nokia shrapnel.
You fall to the ground, and before you pass out, you hear a weird voice, exclaiming loudly, "That'll teach him."
A large e-mail account provider selling e-mail addresses?
NEVER! (sarcasm noted with italics)
Hotmail anyone?
What is this guy's problem, this is the third time I have personally seen this exact same comment, most of them have been in MacOS X threads.
This guy is one sour System 7 user.
Maybe you should stop posting the same message over and over again, and realize that your machine doesn't run OS X, and you point is not valid at all.
This thread is about the new G5 and Yellow Dog Linux, not your problems with your old powermac, that won't even run YDL without BootX, which makes running YDL slow as hell.
Stop booing Macs because the one you run is old, and especially when your problem is the hard drive, you can stick a 7200RPM drive in any machine to make this excercise faster, mac or PC.
I am a writer, and the only way I can get published is buy spamming every human being on earth.
Examples of my work are spams such as:
Damn you MS!!
when will Windows pass Apple on the Desktop, with all those billions of $$$, why can't they get something new up. Longhorn, maybe in 2005, or later. How will Linux do this without a good finaincial base?
Back in the day (early 90s) 64-bit systems were somewhat commonplace. In certain fields.
These certain fields could afford them, now IBM, Intel, and AMD have all made 64-bit processing profitable, and cheap. Along with the help from software makers. That's where money is made, with the masses, not the 12 Studios that need a couple 64-bit Alpha machines.
Actually, the G5 is very very cheap! (price not quality, damn trolls)
I compared the specs with a Dual Xeon System from dell, and the G5 was almost $1000 less.
It's even cheaper to get a dual 2Ghz G5 than an "Ultimate" G4.
The difference in manufacturing in Japan and the US are another extension of the cultural differences. (I believe)
For instance, in Japan many manufacturers are creating smaller devices, something that hits the market has to be smaller and more "efficent" (not costing lots of Yen in overhead) This is something typical of the Japanese culture. For example, you won't see some Japanese Guy driving around in an Escalade with his girlfriend, "just cause" You'd more likely find some Japanese Guy driving around in a Honda Hybrid car, cause it's cheaper to run than most cars, even though the price sucks.
Meanwhile, in the States, people want more POWER! They want the big ass SUV that crushes other cars, and small animals. The same goes with the computers. Something big and fast, regardless of the power consumption or general overhead of the machine.
Therefore, the target markets in the two countries are much different, so the products of the two will also be much different.
As soon as you buy those 10 new G5's, i'll be glad to steal them from you.
It's interesting how life seems to mimic a Dilbert comic strip more and more.
"Sales needs X features to sell the product, while the developers say that only Y features is possible within the budget. Afterwards Sales promises customer V, Z features which are completely impossible, unless under Zero gravity."
I hate my job
I think the problem here is that people feel the need to spontaneously go pick up Dry Cleaning on the way home from work, instead of planning something before hand. If all else fails, ask those other three people in the car, most likely you know them, ask them if you can stop by the dry cleaners, or the chinese food joint place on the way home. Hell, maybe even ask them to dinner, but you first have to start talking to them.
I have been using public transportation for the last year, and somehow I have managed.
The problem here is the american status symbol that is the automobile. Most americans get "afraid" to ride the bus/train/subway or hell, even walk! That they would rather shell out a couple more bucks at the pump. So Mom can drive her Escalade to pick up groceries.
Comparing the old Macintosh to the new macintosh is ridiculous. I used an NT machine @ 400Mhz, because my old ass macintosh was too slow, and MacOS 9 was a fat piece of turd.
Now I got a new iBook, with MacOS X. Which completely changed my mind.
Anyways, isn't this thread about MacOS X anyways, I don't think you get X on an 8600/300 with 64MB of RAM