It's a shame you can't moderate the articles themselves. I would probably put all five points to moderate this one as 'off topic'. I'm sitting here trying to figure out what this has to do with ANYTHING computer/technology/privacy related topics. At least tell me this was for a dialup network connection... or hooking a TiVo to it... SOMETHING TECHNOLOGY BASED!!!!!..... ANYTHING
I haven't tried the ReiserFS under LINUX yet, but I have used IBM's JFS under AIX, and I can tell you that it ROCKED. I never had a file-system go bad (no matter what happened to the system), and it was SUPER fast. It was on a RS6000/320 that I ran 13-person 2-d cad training clases on (via PC's runnin' X), and between the LVM and the JFS, I felt there was NOTHIN' that system couldn't do!
File management?!?! You gotta think bigger. Network topology and system administration. A full objectoriented model of your network topology where each object contains administration objects, device objects, account objects, you name it... then, use a motion-sensitive glove to 'finger' through the topology to get to the object you want to manage. It could be used to report system outages, and the works....
Now, if they could only make one big enough to sit in.... VR here we come.
I'm sorry, but 1/2 a dozen EasterEggs in Microsoft's code can NOT account for over 180MB of program being installed, nor the seconds it takes to load a program and all it's DLL's.
The things that slow MS products down ARE design decisions. You'd be hard pressed to convince me that the #1 design consideration for Microsoft is to always choosing the user experience over execution speed. Example:
- Displaying a HTML file called 'blank.htm' (that requires rendering, with graphics, no less) when a user stops a page from loading in IE, instead of not displaying anything.
- Dynamic, self-modifying menus in Office2k that 'redraw' less popular items after a fixed amount of time.
- Menu pop-ups that fade in and out by default, or 'roll-up'/'roll-down', instead of just appearing (Win2k).
- Transparent drop shadows for cursors (Win2k)
- a Web Server that needs to have a specific web browswer installed before you can install the server (IIS 4 under NT4)
These are not 'programmer addons'. They are product features, designed in from the beginning...
Rumors, leaks, and etc. should not be classified as a 'security problem'. When they really are free-advertising.
Everyone who goes to a rumor site KNOWS that it's a rumor, and that whatever is there might never make it to production. The thing to realize is that it's 'inside information' that really peaks people's interest. It's what keeps people excited about the product/product line...
The auto companies have had 'concept vehicles' at auto shows forever because people like to see what could be coming down the road... Daimler-Chrysler took that idea, and brought it to production, and the results the hottest things around: Viper, Prowler, and etc.
When will these people learn to USE the tools rather than try to squash them?
IMHO - It's vaporware until it's released. There are a LOT of things that can happen to a project before release. Marketing people alone can kill a project.
Even a running demo doesn't grant the product any solidity. When it is truely available (meaning on the shelf, orderable/shipping, or bundled (i.e. w/ something else)) will I grant it the title of 'product'.
The 'logical or ethical' idea for the 'counter suit' would depend on WHY they blocked the ports in the first place. If they blocked Napster because they were sued by someone (a la Metallica), then the counter-suite would be both 'logical and ethical'. They (the university) are limiting artist X's desire to use the Napster service over artist Y's desire NOT to. Remember, it's not illegal to share files, it's illegal to share copyrighted files without the copyright-holders permission. Napster is no more illegal than HTTP, FTP, NFS, DFS, UUCP.... you name it. It's only illegal when it distributes illegal CONTENT.
Now, if they blocked it because of bandwidth concerns, or some other non-lawsuit, End-user usage agreement, or related issue, then I guess that Artist X wouldn't have much of a case, and it would be between the students and the administration, huh?
We need some artist to sue a university for BLOCKING Napster. I mean, if an artist wants to distribute music via Napster (say because a record company won't pick them up), then they should be able to, right?
Although, I bet I know what will happen, the band with the most money will win.
Interesting perspective, but I'm not sure I agree with it. AOL doesn't need NS6/Mozilla to prove it's case. If anything, releasing Gecko seems to add STRENGTH to the DOJ monopoly argument, becuase it shows that you have to have the resources of a company the size of NS/Sun/AOL/Time Warner to even RELEASE a competing product, let alone distribute it, and etc. How can my little $1M company compete with that?
"....plans to make a version of its software available for Linux available in the near future."
I get SO tired of hearing companies say that without adding a DATE to that. To me, it says that they're not going to invest time and effort into something that they don't feel is worth the investment; that if they wait long enough, people will stop asking.
In truth, their company would immediately discounted from any kind of component selection process because no 'serious and professional developer' would put their business on hold waiting for anything labeled 'the near future'.
I hope that all of their competitors see this, and take it as a queue to do exactly what CueCat won't do: Everything to sell their product.
This is the age old question that has plagued hardware manufacturers for a long time:
What are you trying to sell?
If you're product is a hardware product, then your IP is the hardware, you should do everything you can to sell more of your hardware.
If you think you're product is a software product, you're probably fooling yourself. I doubt the hardware is 'insignificant' to your business.
Lastly, if you think you're both, then you have a long-hard road infront of you, especially if you can't provide for all who want it when you want it.
Apple tried to do that with the original MACs, and they're still paying for it (I won't even talk about Quicktime)... IBM tried to do it with their MicroChannel Bus: Even IBM doens't use it in their PC's anymore. Soundblaster is still trying to do it (try getting their sound driver for the 2.2.17 kernel..), and I don't use their card because of it....
If you produce something, do EVERYTHING you can to sell it, and if you can't do something, whatever you do, don't stop someone ELSE from doing it!
I went to do the same thing, and funny.. there was NO link on their account page to cancel my account.
How do you cancel an account with any of the on-line purchase places? None of them that I've scene even HAVE a cancel option... Hell, even SLASHDOT doesn't have a 'delete my id' option....
Even if they do 'cancel it', how do you know it's really been cancelled? Are they legally required to delete your account?
not really a big deal. The interesting thing was that it had a 'movie player' program on it (if you can image a movie in 4( 16?) tone grayscale). There was no 'sound', per se, just video.
If they're gonna promote video on the palm, then it'll NEED the memory-sticks!
Not the existance of the 'XBOX', for I'm sure that roughly 4-6 months after it's scheduled release, it will be released, it will be fast, and it will pretty.
My biggest problem with the game-consoles in general is the investment. A single tasking, single use box, games that are more expensive then their PC counterparts, no upgradeability, no backward's compatibility, and a it's obsoleted by the next generation in (optimistically) 12-18 months. It costs a couple hundred bucks in itself, and each generation takes up space in my livingroom because I can't/don't want to re-buy all my games for the new platform.
IMHO, PC's will ALWAYS have a leg up on 'appliances' for that reason.
The best thing about these is that you can give them to young kids, because they're easier to operate, and harder to break. The down side is the kids don't learn with 'em, like they can w/ a PC (Game consoles don't help you do your homework)
"What about a computer? The VitalBook version for the 2000-2001 academic year is fully-developed on the Apple Macintosh. You must
have an Apple PowerBook for this application."
Yeah. Right. I guess the future dentists of the world will not be able to run Linux or even Windows.
There are FAR too many preposterous assumptions and conclusions drawn by Kaplan in his ruling. I don't believe that he is senile, so the only logical conclusion to draw is that he ruled that way intentionally. Basically, it was too 'hot' of a decision, and it would be too 'risky' for his career, and he didn't want to make it... so he made a decision that was guarenteed to be taken to the appeals court.
...I would have lost access to a LOT of MS*Sql Servers in the past. You know, from those pesky people who come up 2 years after you last touched the database server, and tell you they forgot their password... If it wasn't for me leaving the database SA account with the blank password, I would have NEVER been able to get in...
I guess I'm missing the connection between a large number of hosts, and 'scale to large systems'? In my experience, the two are almost mutually exclusive. (i.e.- MVS is scaleable, but would you want to administer 1,000 seperate mainframes?)
I'm sorry to see a development staff split like this. It sounds like Interbase needs a leader that is respected, and followed.
Choice is good. I'm all for choices in software (hense why I dislike M$), but if development on something slows down, then it really strains the open-source model. The one thing that can't be afforded in the industry today is long development cycles, and splitting a staff probably won't speed UP development...
Look what it's doing to Mozilla. Even in the last round of 'Mxx release' slashdot article comments, there were a lot of comments like 'it sucks, I'm tired of waiting, I use IE.
Imagine what would happen if MS actually managed to release a robust, feature rich, reliable version of IE for Linux/Unix.... It could be the final nail for Mozilla/Netscape.
Maybe the kernel is so successful because Linus ("we're not worth... we're not worthy") still holds the 'key' to the release of the versions. It's not a 'version' until Linus says so...
Fast internet connections are not the norm. They are the minority. probably over 95% of the commercial internet space (a/k/a not colleges) still run at 42000bps.
Why would you spend that much time enginnering a box that only, at best, 5% of the population will buy?
Is the 'Right To Use' portion of copyright law (a la the RIAA suit against MP3.com) at all in conflict with the judge's declaration that the DeCSS is an illegal coding effort? If I have a right to view a DVD that I purchased, how does it's encryption status affect that right?
"Why did AMD name their new processor something like that? I mean, normally, you'd associate sledgehammers w/ something you'd want to keep AWAY from your computer."
Obviously, you've never worked with WindowsNT, have you?
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If it's static content, wouldn't TUX be the way to go? If course, I think TUX was tied to the 2.4 kernel, but I'm a little fuzzy...
I haven't tried the ReiserFS under LINUX yet, but I have used IBM's JFS under AIX, and I can tell you that it ROCKED. I never had a file-system go bad (no matter what happened to the system), and it was SUPER fast. It was on a RS6000/320 that I ran 13-person 2-d cad training clases on (via PC's runnin' X), and between the LVM and the JFS, I felt there was NOTHIN' that system couldn't do!
File management?!?! You gotta think bigger. Network topology and system administration. A full objectoriented model of your network topology where each object contains administration objects, device objects, account objects, you name it... then, use a motion-sensitive glove to 'finger' through the topology to get to the object you want to manage. It could be used to report system outages, and the works....
Now, if they could only make one big enough to sit in.... VR here we come.
I'm sorry, but 1/2 a dozen EasterEggs in Microsoft's code can NOT account for over 180MB of program being installed, nor the seconds it takes to load a program and all it's DLL's.
The things that slow MS products down ARE design decisions. You'd be hard pressed to convince me that the #1 design consideration for Microsoft is to always choosing the user experience over execution speed. Example:
- Displaying a HTML file called 'blank.htm' (that requires rendering, with graphics, no less) when a user stops a page from loading in IE, instead of not displaying anything.
- Dynamic, self-modifying menus in Office2k that 'redraw' less popular items after a fixed amount of time.
- Menu pop-ups that fade in and out by default, or 'roll-up'/'roll-down', instead of just appearing (Win2k).
- Transparent drop shadows for cursors (Win2k)
- a Web Server that needs to have a specific web browswer installed before you can install the server (IIS 4 under NT4)
These are not 'programmer addons'. They are product features, designed in from the beginning...
Rumors, leaks, and etc. should not be classified as a 'security problem'. When they really are free-advertising.
Everyone who goes to a rumor site KNOWS that it's a rumor, and that whatever is there might never make it to production. The thing to realize is that it's 'inside information' that really peaks people's interest. It's what keeps people excited about the product/product line...
The auto companies have had 'concept vehicles' at auto shows forever because people like to see what could be coming down the road... Daimler-Chrysler took that idea, and brought it to production, and the results the hottest things around: Viper, Prowler, and etc.
When will these people learn to USE the tools rather than try to squash them?
IMHO - It's vaporware until it's released. There are a LOT of things that can happen to a project before release. Marketing people alone can kill a project.
Even a running demo doesn't grant the product any solidity. When it is truely available (meaning on the shelf, orderable/shipping, or bundled (i.e. w/ something else)) will I grant it the title of 'product'.
I guess I should have spelled the logic out.
The 'logical or ethical' idea for the 'counter suit' would depend on WHY they blocked the ports in the first place. If they blocked Napster because they were sued by someone (a la Metallica), then the counter-suite would be both 'logical and ethical'. They (the university) are limiting artist X's desire to use the Napster service over artist Y's desire NOT to. Remember, it's not illegal to share files, it's illegal to share copyrighted files without the copyright-holders permission. Napster is no more illegal than HTTP, FTP, NFS, DFS, UUCP.... you name it. It's only illegal when it distributes illegal CONTENT.
Now, if they blocked it because of bandwidth concerns, or some other non-lawsuit, End-user usage agreement, or related issue, then I guess that Artist X wouldn't have much of a case, and it would be between the students and the administration, huh?
We need some artist to sue a university for BLOCKING Napster. I mean, if an artist wants to distribute music via Napster (say because a record company won't pick them up), then they should be able to, right?
Although, I bet I know what will happen, the band with the most money will win.
Interesting perspective, but I'm not sure I agree with it. AOL doesn't need NS6/Mozilla to prove it's case. If anything, releasing Gecko seems to add STRENGTH to the DOJ monopoly argument, becuase it shows that you have to have the resources of a company the size of NS/Sun/AOL/Time Warner to even RELEASE a competing product, let alone distribute it, and etc. How can my little $1M company compete with that?
"....plans to make a version of its software available for Linux available in the near future."
I get SO tired of hearing companies say that without adding a DATE to that. To me, it says that they're not going to invest time and effort into something that they don't feel is worth the investment; that if they wait long enough, people will stop asking.
In truth, their company would immediately discounted from any kind of component selection process because no 'serious and professional developer' would put their business on hold waiting for anything labeled 'the near future'.
I hope that all of their competitors see this, and take it as a queue to do exactly what CueCat won't do: Everything to sell their product.
What are you trying to sell?
If you're product is a hardware product, then your IP is the hardware, you should do everything you can to sell more of your hardware.
If you think you're product is a software product, you're probably fooling yourself. I doubt the hardware is 'insignificant' to your business.
Lastly, if you think you're both, then you have a long-hard road infront of you, especially if you can't provide for all who want it when you want it.
Apple tried to do that with the original MACs, and they're still paying for it (I won't even talk about Quicktime)... IBM tried to do it with their MicroChannel Bus: Even IBM doens't use it in their PC's anymore. Soundblaster is still trying to do it (try getting their sound driver for the 2.2.17 kernel..), and I don't use their card because of it....
If you produce something, do EVERYTHING you can to sell it, and if you can't do something, whatever you do, don't stop someone ELSE from doing it!
I went to do the same thing, and funny.. there was NO link on their account page to cancel my account.
How do you cancel an account with any of the on-line purchase places? None of them that I've scene even HAVE a cancel option... Hell, even SLASHDOT doesn't have a 'delete my id' option....
Even if they do 'cancel it', how do you know it's really been cancelled? Are they legally required to delete your account?
not really a big deal. The interesting thing was that it had a 'movie player' program on it (if you can image a movie in 4( 16?) tone grayscale). There was no 'sound', per se, just video.
If they're gonna promote video on the palm, then it'll NEED the memory-sticks!
Not the existance of the 'XBOX', for I'm sure that roughly 4-6 months after it's scheduled release, it will be released, it will be fast, and it will pretty.
My biggest problem with the game-consoles in general is the investment. A single tasking, single use box, games that are more expensive then their PC counterparts, no upgradeability, no backward's compatibility, and a it's obsoleted by the next generation in (optimistically) 12-18 months. It costs a couple hundred bucks in itself, and each generation takes up space in my livingroom because I can't/don't want to re-buy all my games for the new platform.
IMHO, PC's will ALWAYS have a leg up on 'appliances' for that reason.
The best thing about these is that you can give them to young kids, because they're easier to operate, and harder to break. The down side is the kids don't learn with 'em, like they can w/ a PC (Game consoles don't help you do your homework)
" What about a computer? The VitalBook version for the 2000-2001 academic year is fully-developed on the Apple Macintosh. You must
have an Apple PowerBook for this application."
Yeah. Right. I guess the future dentists of the world will not be able to run Linux or even Windows.
Does this mean that they can drop my calls faster than ever before?
There are FAR too many preposterous assumptions and conclusions drawn by Kaplan in his ruling. I don't believe that he is senile, so the only logical conclusion to draw is that he ruled that way intentionally. Basically, it was too 'hot' of a decision, and it would be too 'risky' for his career, and he didn't want to make it... so he made a decision that was guarenteed to be taken to the appeals court.
...I would have lost access to a LOT of MS*Sql Servers in the past. You know, from those pesky people who come up 2 years after you last touched the database server, and tell you they forgot their password... If it wasn't for me leaving the database SA account with the blank password, I would have NEVER been able to get in...
I guess I'm missing the connection between a large number of hosts, and 'scale to large systems'? In my experience, the two are almost mutually exclusive. (i.e.- MVS is scaleable, but would you want to administer 1,000 seperate mainframes?)
I'm sorry to see a development staff split like this. It sounds like Interbase needs a leader that is respected, and followed.
Choice is good. I'm all for choices in software (hense why I dislike M$), but if development on something slows down, then it really strains the open-source model. The one thing that can't be afforded in the industry today is long development cycles, and splitting a staff probably won't speed UP development...
Look what it's doing to Mozilla. Even in the last round of 'Mxx release' slashdot article comments, there were a lot of comments like 'it sucks, I'm tired of waiting, I use IE.
Imagine what would happen if MS actually managed to release a robust, feature rich, reliable version of IE for Linux/Unix.... It could be the final nail for Mozilla/Netscape.
Maybe the kernel is so successful because Linus ("we're not worth... we're not worthy") still holds the 'key' to the release of the versions. It's not a 'version' until Linus says so...
Fast internet connections are not the norm. They are the minority. probably over 95% of the commercial internet space (a/k/a not colleges) still run at 42000bps.
Why would you spend that much time enginnering a box that only, at best, 5% of the population will buy?
It still comes down to the all-mighty $$.
Is the 'Right To Use' portion of copyright law (a la the RIAA suit against MP3.com) at all in conflict with the judge's declaration that the DeCSS is an illegal coding effort? If I have a right to view a DVD that I purchased, how does it's encryption status affect that right?
Real life gargoyles, a la SnowCrash by Neal Stephenson.
Obviously, you've never worked with WindowsNT, have you?