I agree that it's a bad thing, but not for the same reasons. Microsoft SHOULD be able to include whatever they want with what they sell. It's their product to sell, after all.
But I really wanted to bring something else up in this post: You say you stream to WM format because that's what everyone has. Don't you think a better idea would be to find an open format that will continue to be openly developed in the future? There will come a time that Windows won't be as widespread as it is now (argue all you want about how popular it is. History repeatedly has shown us that nothing lasts forever). Having an open format would ensure that your works survive past Windows' popularity.
Last time I looked your TV didn't allow you to do anything other than watching TV, didn't allow you to add things at will or anything like that.
This is fast becoming untrue. Look at Tivo and all the other PVR's coming out now. It's quite possible to accidentally do something you didn't want (record the wrong thing, delete the wrong thing, etc). The interface to the TV is no longer the TV. It's the cable/Sat box connected to the TV.
No it wasn't. To wit, if I ask a girl for her phone number, and she gives me a fake one, is that fraud under some law? No. However, pretend next year a law is passed that says girls giving out fake phone numbers at bars is now illegal because it is fraudulant. The point is, everything dishonest isn't fraud.
If you're trying to sell me something with false information, it's fraud. If all your doing is trying to get someone drunk and naked, well...
Your example is just garden-variety dishonesty (unless, of course, one of you expects a bill or two left on the nightstand).
In the majority of cases, sysadmins don't get to choose which database is used (although you'd think they'd at least have a say regarding splitting machines between web and DB).
That error message is a DB error, plain and simple.
If you're writing quickly in the heat of the discussion...
"In the heat of the discussion" is not the best way for a CEO of any kind of organization to release any sort of public message. Period. Brainstorming usually isn't done in a public forum either. As a matter of fact, were it a public company, I'd think the shareholders would have something to say WRT public brainstorming from a CEO.
"I did not purchase anything from you. My purchases are with RedHat. Please sue them, not me".
End of story. Honestly, I don't understand why this is such a difficult concept for people to grasp - You don't give me anything, I don't pay you anything.
If you're talking about people with an actual "Manager" title, then yes, I'd agree with you. People with that particular title actually don't make all that more than a senior/lead programmer does.
I don't think, however, that anyone with a title of, say, Director or above is going to be outsourced. There are just too many things (read meetings) that need to be dealt with in the company office.
Actually, we don't know that they're profitable at all yet. Just because a company is looking at an IPO means nothing as far as profitablilty goes. RedEvenlope is a GREAT example of a company never having made a dime and going public. They did it for the sole purpose of raising cash. Oh yeah... they're close to 4 bucks LOWER than their IPO price right now.
Is this your own wishful thinking or what?
This would never happen. Free clue: Break apart your hyphenated megamerger. You have three major networks that the government would NEVER allow to merge.
You say you need a computer at college. Get a large screen laptop (15 inches are well under 1G now). That way it can act as a decent desktop too. You'll spend far more time at your desk studying than anywhere else.
Novell is not going hand over the profitable support biz to IBM either.
Novell can't dictate whether IBM support its Linux any more than they can dictate whether I choose to support SUSE Linux. IBM (Global Services) support a WIDE variety of OSes. Solaris, Windows, Linux... you name they support some form of it.
IBM has supported (pushed) RedHat from day one. But talk with their sales and you'll also get SUSE as an option. They did, after all, just infuse Novell with 50 million.
I like the fact that you can now get support for more than one distribution from them.
I dont have to edit the registry, or anything else, to get my applications to run. And if you do, than whoever put together your install package is a retard (I should know, Ive put several install packages together). But actually, isnt getting applications to run on Linux a bit of a chore, depending on your distro?
You must never have tried to install Oracle 9i on a Pentium 4 or a Xeon machine from a CD. Fact of the matter is, you need to edit the registry to even install the damn thing.
I agree that getting things to run on Linux are difficult sometimes as well. Such is the nature of hardware. To say that one or the other is trouble-free is ludicrous.
Hospitals in the US are required to treat emergencies, regardless of the person needing the emergency. The cost is filtered down through the healthecare system. The people paying for the system are the ones paying for the non-insured person. In other words, taxpayers are paying higher HMO costs, as it would be highly unlikely that an illiegal immigrant would be paying taxes. I see no real difference between a healthcare system run by the government and a private one (in their current incarnations). It's the working, tax-paying citizens who pay.
They already have... Try installing Microsoft Office 2003 on Codeweavers' Crossover Office. Immediately comes up with "You need a newer version of your OS" (or something similar).
There are no HMOs in the country where I live (Canada).
Actually, yes there is... it's a big one too. It's the government. They determine where you can/cannot go for your healthcare needs, much like any HMO in the US.
ESR, if you wanted to do this and actually do it *right* and maybe have an impact, you would have been *much* better off writing a high-quality open letter in combination with a few other major open source/free software figures, and somebody high up at IBM. People like that.
My guess is these people, much like the majority of us, don't want him being their spokesperson. Particularly one who has basically been appointed by noone but himself.
Actually, you are now able let your users use Outlook (full functionality) without using Exchange on the server side. SUSE sells OpenExchange, Samsung sells Contact. Both run on a Linux server. They're not cheap, but they are substantially cheaper than Exchange.
So, in the end you could reduce the number in that pile of servers:-).
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But I really wanted to bring something else up in this post: You say you stream to WM format because that's what everyone has. Don't you think a better idea would be to find an open format that will continue to be openly developed in the future? There will come a time that Windows won't be as widespread as it is now (argue all you want about how popular it is. History repeatedly has shown us that nothing lasts forever). Having an open format would ensure that your works survive past Windows' popularity.
This is fast becoming untrue. Look at Tivo and all the other PVR's coming out now. It's quite possible to accidentally do something you didn't want (record the wrong thing, delete the wrong thing, etc). The interface to the TV is no longer the TV. It's the cable/Sat box connected to the TV.
If you're trying to sell me something with false information, it's fraud. If all your doing is trying to get someone drunk and naked, well...
Your example is just garden-variety dishonesty (unless, of course, one of you expects a bill or two left on the nightstand).
PHP passed the error just fine to Apache, which in turn displayed it in your browser.
That error message is a DB error, plain and simple.
How so? Any stats? Seriously, I would think that depends on hardware more than anything else (assuming you're running Apache).
"In the heat of the discussion" is not the best way for a CEO of any kind of organization to release any sort of public message. Period. Brainstorming usually isn't done in a public forum either. As a matter of fact, were it a public company, I'd think the shareholders would have something to say WRT public brainstorming from a CEO.
"I did not purchase anything from you. My purchases are with RedHat. Please sue them, not me".
End of story. Honestly, I don't understand why this is such a difficult concept for people to grasp - You don't give me anything, I don't pay you anything.
I don't think, however, that anyone with a title of, say, Director or above is going to be outsourced. There are just too many things (read meetings) that need to be dealt with in the company office.
This isn't unique to North America. It happens all over the globe, England included. Such is the nature of living languages.
Just pray that your provider makes the "cooler" one available to you, the subscriber.
wget is your friend (for personal use, of course :-))
Who else do you suppose would be flying a commercial liner?
Actually, we don't know that they're profitable at all yet. Just because a company is looking at an IPO means nothing as far as profitablilty goes. RedEvenlope is a GREAT example of a company never having made a dime and going public. They did it for the sole purpose of raising cash. Oh yeah... they're close to 4 bucks LOWER than their IPO price right now.
Is this your own wishful thinking or what?
This would never happen. Free clue: Break apart your hyphenated megamerger. You have three major networks that the government would NEVER allow to merge.
You say you need a computer at college. Get a large screen laptop (15 inches are well under 1G now). That way it can act as a decent desktop too. You'll spend far more time at your desk studying than anywhere else.
Novell can't dictate whether IBM support its Linux any more than they can dictate whether I choose to support SUSE Linux. IBM (Global Services) support a WIDE variety of OSes. Solaris, Windows, Linux... you name they support some form of it.
I like the fact that you can now get support for more than one distribution from them.
RedHat's not for everyone. Neither is SUSE.
You must never have tried to install Oracle 9i on a Pentium 4 or a Xeon machine from a CD. Fact of the matter is, you need to edit the registry to even install the damn thing.
I agree that getting things to run on Linux are difficult sometimes as well. Such is the nature of hardware. To say that one or the other is trouble-free is ludicrous.
Hospitals in the US are required to treat emergencies, regardless of the person needing the emergency. The cost is filtered down through the healthecare system. The people paying for the system are the ones paying for the non-insured person. In other words, taxpayers are paying higher HMO costs, as it would be highly unlikely that an illiegal immigrant would be paying taxes. I see no real difference between a healthcare system run by the government and a private one (in their current incarnations). It's the working, tax-paying citizens who pay.
But it's actually a lightbulb instead of a paperclip.
They already have... Try installing Microsoft Office 2003 on Codeweavers' Crossover Office. Immediately comes up with "You need a newer version of your OS" (or something similar).
Actually, yes there is... it's a big one too. It's the government. They determine where you can/cannot go for your healthcare needs, much like any HMO in the US.
My guess is these people, much like the majority of us, don't want him being their spokesperson. Particularly one who has basically been appointed by noone but himself.
So, in the end you could reduce the number in that pile of servers :-).