Buying "an" electric light bulb... no. Buying (or licensing) "the" electric light bulb... yes.
Whether he bought the code or wrote it is irrelevant. No one cares. Except perhaps the person(s) from whom he bought it, who did failed to see its potential.
> It means you can't even afford to run your own mail server or have someone do it for you. Or, it means you're smart enough to not waste resources on excess business overhead.
> It means that my communications are being scanned by a third party, and that I should self-censor accordingly. Perhaps, but every email you send to anyone else may be scanned, archived, published, backed up to an untrusted (by you) third party, etc. I always told people to not say anything in email that they wouldn't want to see in the newspaper, and that was before the Internet took off. Now it's just more true.
I think the rest of your complaints are solved by using your own domain name. I also wonder about a business using an "@gmail.com" address, but no more than "@yahoo.com", "@msn.com", etc.
I agree more or less. I would be a little concerned as a shareholder that he uses 4 versions of Linux at home, since he's supposed to be the CEO and not a tech geek. The techies should do the engineering and development, the businessmen should run the business, and hopefully both know how to contribute and avoid interfering with the other.
On the other hand, I don't think his OS choice is irrelevant since he's going to head up an OS company. He should be familiar with the product *as a user*. He should come into his new office, immediately log in to his RH desktop with access to all of his services on the RH servers. If he has a issue, he should call the internal help desk like a regular user.
Of course, he should fire the first tech who answers a problem with "Just edit this file..."
What you don't realize is that an evacuation order typically is given just a wee bit before the flames are at your doorstep. You shouldn't be running out of a smoking house with your clothes on fire, rather you have some time to get your things together.
"Google is today the number one searching enginw on the internet."
There's going to be a number one, unless you're in favor of artificially stifling growth and innovation to keep the field level for the nonperformers.
It seems to me that the #1 position was once held by AltaVista, then maybe by Yahoo. Now it's Google.
"Funny how the powers than be concentrate on the infamious "MS monopoly (whatever that is)"...
MS was convicted of abusing its monopoly. As you know if you read Slashdot, the legal system *never* makes mistakes and is above reproach. Therefore, this conviction must be absolutely correct.
The U.S. wasn't involved here, but I'll take a shot at it, speaking generally.
I wouldn't be surprised if it is illegal. However, I have no formal training in identifying police tracking devices, so I'd probably just think it's part of the car that I own, and therefore I'm entitled to remove it.
Then again, maybe it's stamped "Property of New Zealand Police. Removal prohibited". One never knows.
In this context, I suspect that a lot of you think that greater adoption of Linux is desirable. Assuming that, then you should understand that what business wants in terms of office software, it gets (as it should since it's paying for it). When business adopts Linux on the desktop, then schools will follow and begin teaching it.
This is tempered by the choices available, of course. There's only one Microsoft Office while you'll need to pick something to teach in OA101. My vote would be to OpenOffice, but surely the fanboys of alternatives will push so hard as to sink the whole teach-FOSS-in-school idea. Or, hopefilly, business will get largely behind one offering so that one becomes the new "standard".
What's used in business leads what's used in schools. Both contribute to what's used at home.
"This isn't a push in the right direction, it's a slap in the face!"
So, Dell should sell the computer for several hundred dollars less, even though the Windows OS costs them a mere fraction of that? I wouldn't. That makes the Linux option a money-loser for them. Not a great business model.
It's a very complicated business process, too. One which involves creating a method for a customer to tell a merchant "I'd like to buy your product". Imagine all the vendors and customers standing around the bazaars for thousands of years, unable to do business for lack of this 21st-century space-age high-tech process.
"Why is Linux always referred to as free as in beer? It's GPL'd and there are distros (Debian anyone) that are free as in freedom to the core. Where does this come from?"
and
"That's more free than beer."
Linux is free. As in beer. As in speech. As in do-whatever-you-want-with-it. I don't see why you would argue with someone who chooses to pick one to make a point. Failing to include every possible interpretation of something does not make one's statement incorrect.
True, NW has come a long way. Then again, so has the competition.
I've run a payroll server, web server, database server (MySQL and Oracle). I also developed a custom app to take printed mainframe reports, separate them by client and publish them to the web server. Of course, Groupwise and BorderManager were the main apps.
Still, there are weaknesses. Protected memory isn't all that robust. I've found some of Novell's own apps to be somewhat flaky (Novonyx web server, specifically). NetWare's inability to easily connect to another NetWare server's volumes always seemed strange.
NW is also the only NOS that I can remember which required you to purchase a competitor's product in order to administer it. You can't manage a NetWare server from a NetWare server. Marketing has always been an issue for Novell, but marketing needs the technology to sell.
You're right, and when file & print was really the hot ticket, NetWare was it. It was, and arguably is, the best platform for those services.
Now it's 2007. How many networks are built exclusively for "file & print"? What about web services, databases, email, remote access, and other functions? What about custom vertical-market apps? Those are the areas where NetWare failed to keep up.
NetWare is far from gone, but demand for its skill set is nearly so.
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Buying "an" electric light bulb... no. Buying (or licensing) "the" electric light bulb... yes.
Whether he bought the code or wrote it is irrelevant. No one cares. Except perhaps the person(s) from whom he bought it, who did failed to see its potential.
> It means you can't even afford to run your own mail server or have someone do it for you.
Or, it means you're smart enough to not waste resources on excess business overhead.
> It means that my communications are being scanned by a third party, and that I should self-censor accordingly.
Perhaps, but every email you send to anyone else may be scanned, archived, published, backed up to an untrusted (by you) third party, etc. I always told people to not say anything in email that they wouldn't want to see in the newspaper, and that was before the Internet took off. Now it's just more true.
I think the rest of your complaints are solved by using your own domain name. I also wonder about a business using an "@gmail.com" address, but no more than "@yahoo.com", "@msn.com", etc.
It includes elements from all RHEL packages: RHES, RHAS and RHED.
I agree more or less. I would be a little concerned as a shareholder that he uses 4 versions of Linux at home, since he's supposed to be the CEO and not a tech geek. The techies should do the engineering and development, the businessmen should run the business, and hopefully both know how to contribute and avoid interfering with the other.
On the other hand, I don't think his OS choice is irrelevant since he's going to head up an OS company. He should be familiar with the product *as a user*. He should come into his new office, immediately log in to his RH desktop with access to all of his services on the RH servers. If he has a issue, he should call the internal help desk like a regular user.
Of course, he should fire the first tech who answers a problem with "Just edit this file..."
What you don't realize is that an evacuation order typically is given just a wee bit before the flames are at your doorstep. You shouldn't be running out of a smoking house with your clothes on fire, rather you have some time to get your things together.
"(Yes, I was promised flying cars when I grew up, and I'm kinda bitter.)"
Not me. There are too many morons who can't drive in two-dimensions, let alone three.
"Google is today the number one searching enginw on the internet."
There's going to be a number one, unless you're in favor of artificially stifling growth and innovation to keep the field level for the nonperformers.
It seems to me that the #1 position was once held by AltaVista, then maybe by Yahoo. Now it's Google.
"Funny how the powers than be concentrate on the infamious "MS monopoly (whatever that is)"...
MS was convicted of abusing its monopoly. As you know if you read Slashdot, the legal system *never* makes mistakes and is above reproach. Therefore, this conviction must be absolutely correct.
I'd absolutely agree. In fact, I'd be very disappointed if they didn't treat all advertisers and trademark holders equally.
And they didn't offer ISOs, or at least they were damned hard to find.
You're absolutely correct. We'd eventually be where we are now. How much longer would it have taken?
Your specific points may be valid (with just a little imagination), but your conclusion isn't.
Your right to speak does not imply my obligation to listen, or to publish your rants. You are, as far as I can tell, free to do so yourself.
It also seems to me that all those groups who "close in and snuff you out" are exercising their right to free speech as well.
Interesting that CentOS won for server OS. Shouldn't that go to RHEL?
The U.S. wasn't involved here, but I'll take a shot at it, speaking generally.
I wouldn't be surprised if it is illegal. However, I have no formal training in identifying police tracking devices, so I'd probably just think it's part of the car that I own, and therefore I'm entitled to remove it.
Then again, maybe it's stamped "Property of New Zealand Police. Removal prohibited". One never knows.
Since when does this article have anything to do with America? At least read the summary, please.
Please provide a link to the equivalent software.
I imagine NASA wanted an app for this, and Microsoft was able to provide it.
In this context, I suspect that a lot of you think that greater adoption of Linux is desirable. Assuming that, then you should understand that what business wants in terms of office software, it gets (as it should since it's paying for it). When business adopts Linux on the desktop, then schools will follow and begin teaching it.
This is tempered by the choices available, of course. There's only one Microsoft Office while you'll need to pick something to teach in OA101. My vote would be to OpenOffice, but surely the fanboys of alternatives will push so hard as to sink the whole teach-FOSS-in-school idea. Or, hopefilly, business will get largely behind one offering so that one becomes the new "standard".
What's used in business leads what's used in schools. Both contribute to what's used at home.
"Instead access to files should be further restricted by process..."
r view.html or http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/
Such as http://www.novell.com/linux/security/apparmor/ove
From my experience, Apparmor is far more straightforward.
Computers coming to the end of the lease term? It's not an upgrade in the "upgrade v. install" sense, but it's something to prepare for anyway.
"This isn't a push in the right direction, it's a slap in the face!"
So, Dell should sell the computer for several hundred dollars less, even though the Windows OS costs them a mere fraction of that? I wouldn't. That makes the Linux option a money-loser for them. Not a great business model.
It's a very complicated business process, too. One which involves creating a method for a customer to tell a merchant "I'd like to buy your product". Imagine all the vendors and customers standing around the bazaars for thousands of years, unable to do business for lack of this 21st-century space-age high-tech process.
How come this is seen as a competitive sport?
However, it's society that elects those representative. Like it or not, a society will get the government that it deserves.
"Why is Linux always referred to as free as in beer? It's GPL'd and there are distros (Debian anyone) that are free as in freedom to the core. Where does this come from?"
and
"That's more free than beer."
Linux is free. As in beer. As in speech. As in do-whatever-you-want-with-it. I don't see why you would argue with someone who chooses to pick one to make a point. Failing to include every possible interpretation of something does not make one's statement incorrect.
That reminds me. It's also free as in choice.
True, NW has come a long way. Then again, so has the competition.
I've run a payroll server, web server, database server (MySQL and Oracle). I also developed a custom app to take printed mainframe reports, separate them by client and publish them to the web server. Of course, Groupwise and BorderManager were the main apps.
Still, there are weaknesses. Protected memory isn't all that robust. I've found some of Novell's own apps to be somewhat flaky (Novonyx web server, specifically). NetWare's inability to easily connect to another NetWare server's volumes always seemed strange.
NW is also the only NOS that I can remember which required you to purchase a competitor's product in order to administer it. You can't manage a NetWare server from a NetWare server. Marketing has always been an issue for Novell, but marketing needs the technology to sell.
You're right, and when file & print was really the hot ticket, NetWare was it. It was, and arguably is, the best platform for those services.
Now it's 2007. How many networks are built exclusively for "file & print"? What about web services, databases, email, remote access, and other functions? What about custom vertical-market apps? Those are the areas where NetWare failed to keep up.
NetWare is far from gone, but demand for its skill set is nearly so.