Does anyone actually use Realplayer anymore?? (seriously here.. does anyone?)
I do. But that's probably because I don't hold much of a grudge for their past (awful) practices and realize that their current player for Linux is pretty damn good.
They claim competition on one end and then degrade VoIP traffic intionally on the other.
The parent post really does give good advice. My provider (Speakeasy), for instance, uses its private network for all its VoIP and has decent QoS. So no, SBC can't degrade my VoIP traffic. Are they as cheap as SBC or Verizon? No, they're actually a fair bit more expensive. But that is how I choose to vote with my dollar. And when I left SBC I let them know exactly why I was leaving. Poor customer service, one arm of the company not knowing what the other arm was doing, etc. I've never, ever had any customer service issues with my current provider. It's definitely possible to find a provider that doesn't rely on SBC or Verizon, povided you live in a fairly major urban area.
I lived in SF (proper) for most of my adult life. I actually only worked within SF about a third of that time. Real estate in SF is astronomical (always has been, boom or bust), and many companies have moved to places like Emeryville and further south to Fremont. The local governments there have made it very attractive for businesses to move to some of the smaller bay area cities.
Fremont is particularly attractive right now because it's easily accessible from both San Jose and SF, if you don't mind the grind that is 880.
I can not think of anything short of a gun to the head that could convince me to try installing oracle on linux again.
I think that OTN is probably one of the better resources out there for all things Oracle (Linux or not). If you've not gone there, I highly suggest it. You'll find answers to prety much anything you'll run up against.
That aside, if your company wants to run any major commercial software on top of that database (HR, CRM, Financials, etc.) it's most likely going to have to run on top of either Oracle or DB2.
Both Oracle and IBM have staked a sizeable portion of their business on Linux. I realize some people can see the positive in that. But there is a positive in there.
10-15 years is a LONG time. Linux was barely starting that many years ago.
It's all fine and good to be a fan of whatever OS you like (OSX in your case), but there seem to be plenty of people getting their work done, enjoying multimedia, whatever on Linux as well, not to mention Windows. They all do basically the same thing. Sometimes a bit different, but they all do the same thing.
... Oracle instance will crash suddenly, with nothing more than a notation in the log that...
That's nonsense. It doesn't crash. What it does do is wait for you to give it some more space. As an administrator, that's a fairly easy thing to do. Once you've done that, Oracle continues on its way as if nothing had happened.
... and for the servers that own redhat enterprise is going to be removed and loaded with umbuntu.
You must not know many people who actually work in corporate environments then. Most third party apps, such as Oracle, are only certified to run on RHEL or SUSE Enterprise. No other distrobution is certified. I can tell you first hand that if you're running Oracle on an unsupported platform, you will get ZERO support from them.
I've been running some form of Linux for around 10 years. When I first started using Slackware, I think I could have easily called what I ran GNU.
Now, however, there's no way I could call my system(s) GNU. First off, if I'm not using Ubuntu (which really is GNU in is barest form), I'm running Novell. Even with Ubuntu, I install things such as Java, MP3 and DVD players, Flash, Crossover Office, as well as a commercial translation suite that relies on Java. Most everything else is already included in commercial versions of Novell/SUSE, with the exception of the translation suite.
I have absolutely no problem running a combination of free and non-free software on the same machine. But don't make me call in GNU, because it's not.
Also take into account the fact that you can use a free program like PSPVideo9 to automatically take those DVDs you already own and create mp4 files to put on memory sticks.
Nobody's going to want to shell out money for a different format of the DVD they already own.
It is a very interesting discuission. How would Microsoft be different if Paul Allen was 50% (or more) owner. The personality of the company be much different, that much is for sure.
And that would be interesting discussion. The summary, however, doesn't even come close to that as a possibility.
I'm no lawyer, but isn't this part of what would be called the discovery phase? And wouldn't it be the judge who decides whether of not the DoJ can request such information?
All it takes is for one major ISP (be it SBC/ATT, Comcast, whatever) to use it as their default search engine. As long as it provides valid results - and from the looks of it, it does a fine job - then people will be happy with it and use it.
People care about whether it provides them with what they want, not how much better it is/may be than Google.
You know, IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people ) doesn't stand behind Linux. They promote Linux, but if there's a bug in Linux, IBM is not the responsible party to fix that
A few years back, when IBM started selling Linux clusters, we purchased one. They certainly supported the custom kernel they provided us, even though it was built off a RedHat distro. They also fully supported the build of OpenPBS they installed, as well as giving us a Life Sciences consultant to custom configure it to our needs. Of course we paid for it, but to say that IBM doesn't stand behind Linux (or any open source software, for that matter) is ridiculous.
Yes, I'm mostly talking about newer hardware, particularly video and network cards, and newer laptops (within the last three years).
I have little doubt that XP installs fairly easily on older hardware, but given the rapid change in video cards and NIC firmware changes that are seemingly made quarterly, XP has a hard time on install. It's also impossible to get proper widescreen resolution under XP without the required drivers. Of course, you also need proper drivers for X to get the right resolution, but in my experience, X(.org) includes everything needed for widescreen res on newer cards. NIC firmware changes are a problem under Linux as well. The difference is that you can go to the manufacturer's website and get the drivers for Windows. Rarely do you find a driver for Linux.
... They will upgrade the day Vista is out, thinking it will be the solution to all their problems. The advertising for Vista will be *very good*. You can bet on that.
That may be, but most Windows users I know have never, ever installed Windows - any version - on their machine. For Vista to be a retail success, it has to be a flawless install. Have you actually tried installed XP (retail version, Pro or Home) on a machine? Unless you have all the drivers handy, it's a nightmare.
People keep saying it's all about easy installs, but the truth is, not many people have actually done an install from a retail box. What they have done is a restore from a ghost image, drivers already in place. An entirely diferent thing.
Freelance. I ended up going freelance, albeit in a different industry, and I've never been happier or felt more accomplished.
You'll find a lot more of your time is spent marketing yourself (about 40%, in my case), but that has been a good learning experience for me, and thus, feel like I've moved forward.
And you'll also find yourself having to chase down payments occasionally. That's probably the only real downside of it. It's not pleasant.
... you couldn't turn around in a CompUSA without knocking over a stack of Corel or Mandrake boxes?
When I go into a CompUSA in Chicago I see plenty of Novell SUSE boxes on the shelves. And I usually see a person or two checking them out. You'll most likely never see anybody checking out Windows XP (Pro or other wise), since they most likely have it installed on their PC already.
I'm with Speakeasy - not the cheapest out there - and use their OneLink 6.0/768 package. I pay a pretty hefty price for it - about $130.00 with my VoIP. But I could always go back to 1.5/384 and pay $49.00.
I don't really see the future being much different than what I'm experiencing now, since I don deal with ATT at all. Speakeasy is my dataline broker.
I need clients that talk to one another, not 12 different clients that don't.
That's where SIP comes in. It's been around for awhile and there are many, many clients on every platform from which to choose. You may not like the format of the contact you're trying to call, but it works pretty reliably.
Oracle's strong points over PG:
- speed
- mutli-way replication
- multi-node clusters
- advanced SQL (cubes, trees, etc)
- finer details of physical data layout (cluster tables, partitioned tables, etc)
- stability (unless you use the bleeding edge, which is brittle, alas)
A couple of these are mutually exclusive, in my opinion, namely clustering and stability. At least if you're using an Oracle-only setup, such as OCS/ASM. To really get clustered stability out of Oracle you really need a third party clustered filesystem.
It really depends. I use both SUSE 10 and Ubuntu on two different lapops with very diferent hardware. SUSE 10 runs great on one but not the other.
As far as apps go, SUSE gets you up and running with everything you need, including mp3, flash, java out of the box - but no reliable DVD/avi playback. But all it takes is two extra clicks after initial Ubuntu install to get the same functionality with EasyUbuntu. And that will also give you reliable DVD/avi playback.
I agree with everything you say except this:
Google is a private company...
It's not a private company. It's a publicly traded company that now has to answer to its shareholders. Never underestimate shareholders' ability to steer a company completely down the wrong path for a quick buck.
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Why should I place any more weight in this article, than, say, something out of Redmond touting Microsoft?
I do. But that's probably because I don't hold much of a grudge for their past (awful) practices and realize that their current player for Linux is pretty damn good.
The parent post really does give good advice. My provider (Speakeasy), for instance, uses its private network for all its VoIP and has decent QoS. So no, SBC can't degrade my VoIP traffic. Are they as cheap as SBC or Verizon? No, they're actually a fair bit more expensive. But that is how I choose to vote with my dollar. And when I left SBC I let them know exactly why I was leaving. Poor customer service, one arm of the company not knowing what the other arm was doing, etc. I've never, ever had any customer service issues with my current provider. It's definitely possible to find a provider that doesn't rely on SBC or Verizon, povided you live in a fairly major urban area.
Fremont is particularly attractive right now because it's easily accessible from both San Jose and SF, if you don't mind the grind that is 880.
I think that OTN is probably one of the better resources out there for all things Oracle (Linux or not). If you've not gone there, I highly suggest it. You'll find answers to prety much anything you'll run up against.
That aside, if your company wants to run any major commercial software on top of that database (HR, CRM, Financials, etc.) it's most likely going to have to run on top of either Oracle or DB2.
Both Oracle and IBM have staked a sizeable portion of their business on Linux. I realize some people can see the positive in that. But there is a positive in there.
In addition to the other posters' answers, here's another possibility: Blueprint Original Graphic. But nobody knows for sure the origin of the word.
How so?
10-15 years is a LONG time. Linux was barely starting that many years ago.
It's all fine and good to be a fan of whatever OS you like (OSX in your case), but there seem to be plenty of people getting their work done, enjoying multimedia, whatever on Linux as well, not to mention Windows. They all do basically the same thing. Sometimes a bit different, but they all do the same thing.
Fanboys.
That's nonsense. It doesn't crash. What it does do is wait for you to give it some more space. As an administrator, that's a fairly easy thing to do. Once you've done that, Oracle continues on its way as if nothing had happened.
You must not know many people who actually work in corporate environments then. Most third party apps, such as Oracle, are only certified to run on RHEL or SUSE Enterprise. No other distrobution is certified. I can tell you first hand that if you're running Oracle on an unsupported platform, you will get ZERO support from them.
Really.
Try and sell that to your management.
Now, however, there's no way I could call my system(s) GNU. First off, if I'm not using Ubuntu (which really is GNU in is barest form), I'm running Novell. Even with Ubuntu, I install things such as Java, MP3 and DVD players, Flash, Crossover Office, as well as a commercial translation suite that relies on Java. Most everything else is already included in commercial versions of Novell/SUSE, with the exception of the translation suite.
I have absolutely no problem running a combination of free and non-free software on the same machine. But don't make me call in GNU, because it's not.
Also take into account the fact that you can use a free program like PSPVideo9 to automatically take those DVDs you already own and create mp4 files to put on memory sticks.
Nobody's going to want to shell out money for a different format of the DVD they already own.
And that would be interesting discussion. The summary, however, doesn't even come close to that as a possibility.
The summary is definitely flamebait.
I'm no lawyer, but isn't this part of what would be called the discovery phase? And wouldn't it be the judge who decides whether of not the DoJ can request such information?
People care about whether it provides them with what they want, not how much better it is/may be than Google.
A few years back, when IBM started selling Linux clusters, we purchased one. They certainly supported the custom kernel they provided us, even though it was built off a RedHat distro. They also fully supported the build of OpenPBS they installed, as well as giving us a Life Sciences consultant to custom configure it to our needs. Of course we paid for it, but to say that IBM doesn't stand behind Linux (or any open source software, for that matter) is ridiculous.
I have little doubt that XP installs fairly easily on older hardware, but given the rapid change in video cards and NIC firmware changes that are seemingly made quarterly, XP has a hard time on install. It's also impossible to get proper widescreen resolution under XP without the required drivers. Of course, you also need proper drivers for X to get the right resolution, but in my experience, X(.org) includes everything needed for widescreen res on newer cards. NIC firmware changes are a problem under Linux as well. The difference is that you can go to the manufacturer's website and get the drivers for Windows. Rarely do you find a driver for Linux.
That may be, but most Windows users I know have never, ever installed Windows - any version - on their machine. For Vista to be a retail success, it has to be a flawless install. Have you actually tried installed XP (retail version, Pro or Home) on a machine? Unless you have all the drivers handy, it's a nightmare.
People keep saying it's all about easy installs, but the truth is, not many people have actually done an install from a retail box. What they have done is a restore from a ghost image, drivers already in place. An entirely diferent thing.
He's informing himself now. Is that somehow not good enough?
You'll find a lot more of your time is spent marketing yourself (about 40%, in my case), but that has been a good learning experience for me, and thus, feel like I've moved forward.
And you'll also find yourself having to chase down payments occasionally. That's probably the only real downside of it. It's not pleasant.
When I go into a CompUSA in Chicago I see plenty of Novell SUSE boxes on the shelves. And I usually see a person or two checking them out. You'll most likely never see anybody checking out Windows XP (Pro or other wise), since they most likely have it installed on their PC already.
I don't really see the future being much different than what I'm experiencing now, since I don deal with ATT at all. Speakeasy is my dataline broker.
That's where SIP comes in. It's been around for awhile and there are many, many clients on every platform from which to choose. You may not like the format of the contact you're trying to call, but it works pretty reliably.
A couple of these are mutually exclusive, in my opinion, namely clustering and stability. At least if you're using an Oracle-only setup, such as OCS/ASM. To really get clustered stability out of Oracle you really need a third party clustered filesystem.
It really depends. I use both SUSE 10 and Ubuntu on two different lapops with very diferent hardware. SUSE 10 runs great on one but not the other.
As far as apps go, SUSE gets you up and running with everything you need, including mp3, flash, java out of the box - but no reliable DVD/avi playback. But all it takes is two extra clicks after initial Ubuntu install to get the same functionality with EasyUbuntu. And that will also give you reliable DVD/avi playback.
"Best" really is a subjective term.
It's not a private company. It's a publicly traded company that now has to answer to its shareholders. Never underestimate shareholders' ability to steer a company completely down the wrong path for a quick buck.