You don't have to upgrade Ubuntu every 6 months just because they release that often, every release is supported for 18 months and Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper) is supported for 5 years on the server.
Ubuntu don't base their releases on stable Debian, they base it on unstable (Sid)
Right, VB6 and VB.net are two completely seperate beasts. vb.net has access to anything the.net framework provides. There is not going to be any problems in vb.net and mono than there were in c# and mono.
the CLR is patented but is available under Reasonable and Non-discriminatory terms (RAND) and royalty free. That's not the same as it being not-patented, though I'm unaware of what is counted as reasonable.
as long as the libraries are written in.net or are cross platform it is not an issue. Consider that for web apps for example there is not really a need for any non-.net libraries in most cases.
A) Is that really true? C) Why? Consider one team may develop a program and a seperate team may take care of the production side of things, and choose to host the program using Apache's mod_xsp rather than IIS and asp.net.
That is not so far fetched when you consider it means that I can get open sourced.net apps developed on windows and run them on my linux box.
Visual Basic since versions after 6 isn't really that tied to Windows, it's tied to.net. The only windows specific things are things such as the gui code (Windows.Forms, drag and drop event handlers etc) and that part of the framework was already implemented for mono when they did the c# work.
This stuff already works for c# projects and they both just compile down to the same IL byte code.
Fair enough, I don't have first hand knowledge, the impression some websites I found when I first heard of this story, indicate they are a big Microsoft shop.
Don't use automatix. It uses --force-yes to force package installations which will downgrade packages and override any pinned packages, without prompting the user about unsigned repos. Just google automatix problems for more detail.
uhm, most modern consoles are capable of executing non-approved code, see the whole "chipping" that's been going on since 1996ish, probably sooner.
With regards to vi and (shudder) emacs both are available on the two most popular consoles. You can buy a "linux kit" from Sony for the PS2 which presumably includes vi and emacs; and also linux is available (via aforementioned mod chip) for the xbox.
oh yeah I totally agree, the customers are at least as bad. They always seem to think that whatever they say is the funniest thing ever and that you've never heard it before, then stand laughing at their own stupid quip.
The worst one is when you're having trouble scanning something and some wisecracker says "oh it's free then" before erupting into the worst case of giggles you've ever heard.
For the record I should say that most customers were fine, their were just the odd few that warranted being attacked with the peas.
being an ex-cashier, I quite like the self-serve things. I can serve myself usually just as fast as the other people can serve me, never feel hurried and never have to go through the same stupid quotes and "hilarious" quips that the supermarket staff inevitably have and feel the need to tell me.
The machine doesn't have a fixed plastic smile either.
A company in the UK gave computers away if you signed up for their phone service....They nearly went bust but got bought out, and have actually just gone bust recently.
In the UK, the directions are terrible, using my postal code locates me on the next street along. The last time it queried it for directions it offered a drive an hour longer than theaa.com does....Plus the aerial photos for the UK suck...
Well aren't they saying that they'll adopt any really innovative worthwhile ideas? I presume they'll be paying for that?
It strikes me as just like google allowing people to make plug-ins for the google desktop product, so that google don't have to make or support the plug-ins theirselves...
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No, KDE4 isn't released yet and is still some time away from being stable as far as I know.
You don't have to upgrade Ubuntu every 6 months just because they release that often, every release is supported for 18 months and Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper) is supported for 5 years on the server.
Ubuntu don't base their releases on stable Debian, they base it on unstable (Sid)
When you start with Linux you use whatever kernel your distro vendor gives to you.
There's one mono program in the default install (tomboy) and it's not running by default.
Right, VB6 and VB.net are two completely seperate beasts. vb.net has access to anything the .net framework provides. There is not going to be any problems in vb.net and mono than there were in c# and mono.
the CLR is patented but is available under Reasonable and Non-discriminatory terms (RAND) and royalty free. That's not the same as it being not-patented, though I'm unaware of what is counted as reasonable.
as long as the libraries are written in .net or are cross platform it is not an issue. Consider that for web apps for example there is not really a need for any non-.net libraries in most cases.
A) Is that really true?
.net apps developed on windows and run them on my linux box.
C) Why? Consider one team may develop a program and a seperate team may take care of the production side of things, and choose to host the program using Apache's mod_xsp rather than IIS and asp.net.
That is not so far fetched when you consider it means that I can get open sourced
Visual Basic since versions after 6 isn't really that tied to Windows, it's tied to .net. The only windows specific things are things such as the gui code (Windows.Forms, drag and drop event handlers etc) and that part of the framework was already implemented for mono when they did the c# work.
This stuff already works for c# projects and they both just compile down to the same IL byte code.
Fair enough, I don't have first hand knowledge, the impression some websites I found when I first heard of this story, indicate they are a big Microsoft shop.
p x?view=PR&symbol=MSFT.O&storyID=84359+03-Oct-2006+ BW&type=qcna0 1/07-17tescopr.mspx. mspx
.net thing from, possibly it was Sainsburys or ASDA rather than Tescos though.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.as
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2001/jul
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/casestudies/tesco
I'm not sure where I read the
I could be wrong but I belive all of Tescos internal software runs on Microsoft and .net is their future direction.
Don't use automatix. It uses --force-yes to force package installations which will downgrade packages and override any pinned packages, without prompting the user about unsigned repos. Just google automatix problems for more detail.
EasyUbuntu is better and much more in keeping with the Ubuntu way http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/
This wasn't not a comment about a running gag on Have I Got News For You, a part of British popular culture
Or for the Brits among us, by catting "Allegedly" on the end :)
uhm, most modern consoles are capable of executing non-approved code, see the whole "chipping" that's been going on since 1996ish, probably sooner.
With regards to vi and (shudder) emacs both are available on the two most popular consoles. You can buy a "linux kit" from Sony for the PS2 which presumably includes vi and emacs; and also linux is available (via aforementioned mod chip) for the xbox.
"perfect online safety net" ??
It's still all on one drive...Drive goes, your data goes.
most of that code could be classed as a deriative work of Linus' so wouldn't that mean he'd win the copyright case, if it came to that?
ahh, c'mon, you don't find "They have fought the War on Drugs with skill" funny?
surely googleFS is highly optimised for large files, such as web indices? And so won't be that good for your local machine.
oh yeah I totally agree, the customers are at least as bad. They always seem to think that whatever they say is the funniest thing ever and that you've never heard it before, then stand laughing at their own stupid quip.
The worst one is when you're having trouble scanning something and some wisecracker says "oh it's free then" before erupting into the worst case of giggles you've ever heard.
For the record I should say that most customers were fine, their were just the odd few that warranted being attacked with the peas.
being an ex-cashier, I quite like the self-serve things. I can serve myself usually just as fast as the other people can serve me, never feel hurried and never have to go through the same stupid quotes and "hilarious" quips that the supermarket staff inevitably have and feel the need to tell me.
The machine doesn't have a fixed plastic smile either.
*bets for a limited beta in october*
A company in the UK gave computers away if you signed up for their phone service....They nearly went bust but got bought out, and have actually just gone bust recently.
In the UK, the directions are terrible, using my postal code locates me on the next street along. The last time it queried it for directions it offered a drive an hour longer than theaa.com does....Plus the aerial photos for the UK suck...
Well aren't they saying that they'll adopt any really innovative worthwhile ideas? I presume they'll be paying for that? It strikes me as just like google allowing people to make plug-ins for the google desktop product, so that google don't have to make or support the plug-ins theirselves...