From what I have read, intrusion details have not been released yet but I wonder if the Gnome server was compromised the same way the gnu.org server was last year. If so, that would be disappointing.
Still, I am happy to see that this will not push the next version of Gnome back very much. It is really starting to look nice to me and I am a Mac OS X user.
I'm sure that I am in the minority here but I don't like hosting providers that force a spam filter on me (although the option of using one is a nice feature). I want to receive everything sent to me.
" but Michael Dell hasn't left completely. He's still planning on sticking around as chairman of the board."
In other words, he's going to keep getting a paycheck but will no longer work for it. To pay for this, Dell will probably have to announce more layoffs or the shifting of jobs overseas but that's okay, so long as somebody's stock options go up.
All you have to know how to do is file baseless lawsuits and blow a lot of hot air. Plus, if there is one thing we know for sure about SCO, it is that there is no programming going on.
Five to eight million years old? Oh Please! Any good christian will tell you that the Earth is only a few thousand years old.
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You know, by copying and pasting portions of SCO's Five Reasons into a Slashdot thread, you may have given SCO a copyright infringment suit that they could actually win! (Fiction is protected by copyrights, right?)
So for six months, people are left out there running software with a known security problem while Microsoft surpresses the information and spreads FUD about how Linux/Open Source security responsiveness is poorer than Microsoft's? What a crock of shit.
I think what the person who wrote this question is looking for what I would call an End User Database program; programs like FileMaker Pro, dBase, or Access. Client/Server setups like MySQL and PostgreSQL are nice but when all I want to keep an inventory of my comics and CDs, they are overkill and too complicated.
"have you ever felt guilty over using Mac OS X instead of Linux?"
Why anyone would feel "guilty" is beyond me. There is nothing wrong with using closed source software, provided you are willing to accept the pros and cons of such a decision. (Also, if I wasn't using Mac OS X, I would be using NetBSD. The open source world is larger than the Linux kernel.)
As for the hardware, all laptops users are pretty much dependent upon the vendor for help, as every vendor pretty much custom enginneers their laptops. (It's too bad that laptop components have never become standardized the way desktop parts have. It would be nice to be able to build a laptop.)
I'm so happy that we have a few lawyers and religious people out there who have appointed themselves the guardians of morality. (Maybe this is why I dislike both groups.)
If Redhat sells me software that is found to infringe on SCO's copyrights, then that is a problem between Redhat and SCO. As the end user, I am not the infringer.
You don't see Eolas suing Microsoft users over their patent lawsuit. You don't see CD buyers being sued for buying a rap CD that has been found to have used sampled music without permission.
I am generally pretty critical on Microsoft but I like how you can Slipstream a service pack into the base OS. Well, not enough to use Windows but I like it.
I expected to hate SciFi's Battlestar Galactica but I ended up loving it. Still, I would prefer SciFi to do Battlestar Galactica as a series of miniseries rather than a regular series, since I feel that the quality of the show could not be maintained as such.
Where I work, we have 6 120mhz Pentium PCs running Windows 98se with Office 97. We also have a single server running NT Server 4. A Netopia router provides internet access via NAT.
This has all been in place since 1999 and all works pretty well, although the machines are obviously slow. However, for what we need them for, upgrading would be a waste of money.
After reading up on this on Slashdot and elsewhere, I have to say that I agree with your position. The fact that LG was in use before SSC became involved and was only registered as a trademark by SSC in October of this year, after the dispute started, shows duplicity on their part. That, coupled with the removal of copyright notices and the cease and desist letter to LG.net's registrar, makes me question the ethics of Linux Journal and its publisher.
And maybe there is a more general lesson to be learned here, from both SSC and SCO: companies are inherently untrustworthy.
The problem is that SSC didn't even file for a trademark until people decided to leave. Also, the mark was in use before SSC even became involved. It would seem to me that SSC doesn't have any real rights to the name.
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"Gnome being closely related to the GNU project, I wonder if there could be a relation between the two attacks ?"
That is an interesting thought. Did they ever discover who was behind the gnu.org compromise?
From what I have read, intrusion details have not been released yet but I wonder if the Gnome server was compromised the same way the gnu.org server was last year. If so, that would be disappointing.
Still, I am happy to see that this will not push the next version of Gnome back very much. It is really starting to look nice to me and I am a Mac OS X user.
My home page is nothing. Since I have a Google seach field on my toolbar, having Google as a home page seemed needless.
I'm sure that I am in the minority here but I don't like hosting providers that force a spam filter on me (although the option of using one is a nice feature). I want to receive everything sent to me.
Let me decide what is spam.
" but Michael Dell hasn't left completely. He's still planning on sticking around as chairman of the board."
In other words, he's going to keep getting a paycheck but will no longer work for it. To pay for this, Dell will probably have to announce more layoffs or the shifting of jobs overseas but that's okay, so long as somebody's stock options go up.
"And can you be fined for "offending" someone with content that you consider acceptable ?"
Probably, thanks to things like Community Standards. Sadly, we seem to live in a world of hyper-sensitive crybabies and professional victims.
SCO.
All you have to know how to do is file baseless lawsuits and blow a lot of hot air. Plus, if there is one thing we know for sure about SCO, it is that there is no programming going on.
"...Oh, and I don't want to burn my lap. "
That is why no one calls them "laptops" anymore. Most companies either call them portables or notebooks.
Five to eight million years old? Oh Please! Any good christian will tell you that the Earth is only a few thousand years old.
You know, by copying and pasting portions of SCO's Five Reasons into a Slashdot thread, you may have given SCO a copyright infringment suit that they could actually win! (Fiction is protected by copyrights, right?)
So for six months, people are left out there running software with a known security problem while Microsoft surpresses the information and spreads FUD about how Linux/Open Source security responsiveness is poorer than Microsoft's? What a crock of shit.
Didn't that used to be Caldera's business model?
""The corporation *cannot* be ethical, its only responsibility is to make a profit." - Milton Friedman"
Dude, I love that quote.
I think what the person who wrote this question is looking for what I would call an End User Database program; programs like FileMaker Pro, dBase, or Access. Client/Server setups like MySQL and PostgreSQL are nice but when all I want to keep an inventory of my comics and CDs, they are overkill and too complicated.
"have you ever felt guilty over using Mac OS X instead of Linux?"
Why anyone would feel "guilty" is beyond me. There is nothing wrong with using closed source software, provided you are willing to accept the pros and cons of such a decision. (Also, if I wasn't using Mac OS X, I would be using NetBSD. The open source world is larger than the Linux kernel.)
As for the hardware, all laptops users are pretty much dependent upon the vendor for help, as every vendor pretty much custom enginneers their laptops. (It's too bad that laptop components have never become standardized the way desktop parts have. It would be nice to be able to build a laptop.)
I'm so happy that we have a few lawyers and religious people out there who have appointed themselves the guardians of morality. (Maybe this is why I dislike both groups.)
If Redhat sells me software that is found to infringe on SCO's copyrights, then that is a problem between Redhat and SCO. As the end user, I am not the infringer.
You don't see Eolas suing Microsoft users over their patent lawsuit. You don't see CD buyers being sued for buying a rap CD that has been found to have used sampled music without permission.
The "Open Source Assurance Program" is just PR.
it's a feature!
I am generally pretty critical on Microsoft but I like how you can Slipstream a service pack into the base OS. Well, not enough to use Windows but I like it.
No but they do run it on a better operating system. :)
I expected to hate SciFi's Battlestar Galactica but I ended up loving it. Still, I would prefer SciFi to do Battlestar Galactica as a series of miniseries rather than a regular series, since I feel that the quality of the show could not be maintained as such.
Personally, I hated that part of the book. That and Tom Bomadil (or however you spell his name) section from book 1.
Where I work, we have 6 120mhz Pentium PCs running Windows 98se with Office 97. We also have a single server running NT Server 4. A Netopia router provides internet access via NAT.
This has all been in place since 1999 and all works pretty well, although the machines are obviously slow. However, for what we need them for, upgrading would be a waste of money.
Rick,
After reading up on this on Slashdot and elsewhere, I have to say that I agree with your position. The fact that LG was in use before SSC became involved and was only registered as a trademark by SSC in October of this year, after the dispute started, shows duplicity on their part. That, coupled with the removal of copyright notices and the cease and desist letter to LG.net's registrar, makes me question the ethics of Linux Journal and its publisher.
And maybe there is a more general lesson to be learned here, from both SSC and SCO: companies are inherently untrustworthy.
The problem is that SSC didn't even file for a trademark until people decided to leave. Also, the mark was in use before SSC even became involved. It would seem to me that SSC doesn't have any real rights to the name.