I had hoped that Compaq would aggressively market Alpha with the DEC acquisition, and would offer us a choice in the IA32-IA64 migration.
I had hoped for fast and reasonably-priced Alpha systems. These never materialized. You never even gave the architecture a chance - the marketing was nonexistent.
I've had a reasonable level of respect for Compaq equipment, but now I hear that Compaq wants to reposition itself as a services company.
Shame on you, Compaq. You are the second largest computer company in the world, but it looks to the public that you are lackeys, easily threatened and controlled by Intel and Microsoft. You could have made the market a better place, but all that you've done is make everything worse.
I had hoped that Compaq would aggressively market Alpha with the DEC acquisition, and would offer us a choice in the IA32-IA64 migration.
I had hoped for fast and reasonably-priced Alpha systems. These never materialized. You never even gave the architecture a chance - the marketing was nonexistent.
I've had a reasonable level of respect for Compaq equipment, but now I hear that Compaq wants to reposition itself as a services company.
Shame on you, Compaq. You are the second largest computer company in the world, but it looks to the public that you are lackeys, easily threatened and controlled by Intel and Microsoft. You could have made the market a better place, but all that you've done is make everything worse.
...and argue that a large percentage of technically-minded people are "wackjobs."
However, as I age and my career becomes more solid, I see less and less "wackjobs," and I tend to act like less of one myself (boy do I have a long way to go!).
Is this the most advanced open-source database available now?
Does sap-db give you the ability to roll-forward a transaction log in a recovery situation? Can you do something like this with Postgres right now?
If so the consultants should certify in other OSes
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Assuming that they don't have any retention problems, they should keep a small core of people who are certified in Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, and/or Tru64 ostensibly for "integration issues."
I also hope that they have Oracle and DB2 people on staff now, especially since DB2 certification is free until September (and DB2 has put the first Linux score on the TPC site).
But then again, if they have lousy managers of the type that drove away Raster, then don't even bother with this.
partially correct (HP-UX) -you need a K&R compiler
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AFAIK, gcc requires a *K&R* C compiler, as documented in the first edition of The C Programming Language. It need not support function prototypes or the void type (I think).
On UNIX systems that do not natively support and include gcc, one uses the system's C compiler to generate xgcc, which is GNU C (but not compiled by GNU C). One then uses xgcc to generate a GNU-compiled gcc. I don't know why xgcc is not normally installed and used, but I assume that it would be an ease-of-debugging issue (and you can also debug gcc-optimized code, which most vendor compilers will not do).
HP-UX natively includes a K&R (non-ANSI) C compiler. It is almost useless, but it will successfully compile gcc. On most other commercial UNIX systems, if you lack a compiler, you must rely upon someone who has a compiler to generate a verstion of gcc for you (which accounts for the popularity of packaged gcc versions on many platforms). This can also be complicated by licensing of the system include files and libraries.
The most famous example of a file system that grew into journaling was Solaris UFS. I have heard some rather harsh criticism (from SGI) on the design. I don't know enough about filesystem design to discuss the merits, but I do know that Sun was the number one US server vendor last year, so they must be doing something right.
Here is the man-page entry:
logging | nologging
If logging is specified, then logging is enabled for the duration of the mounted
file system. Logging is the process of storing transactions (changes that make
up a complete UFS operation) in a log before the transactions are applied to the
file system. Once a transaction is stored, the transaction can be applied to the file system later. This prevents file systems from becoming inconsistent, therefore eliminating the need to run fsck. And, because fsck can be bypassed, logging reduces the time required to reboot a system if it crashes, or after an unclean halt. The default behavior is nologging.
The log is allocated from free blocks on the file system, and is sized approxima
tely 1 Mbyte per 1 Gbyte of file system, up to a maximum of 64 Mbytes. Logging can be enabled on any UFS, including root (/). The log created by UFS logging is
continu- ally flushed as it fills up. The log is totally flushed when the file system is unmounted or as a result of the lockfs -f command.
Are your scripting skills that bad? Grab patchk.pl, run that through your own script that looks for any line that starts with a 6-digit number, and doesn't contain CURRENT.
Dude, don't insult people who didn't insult you. What a jerk.
Yes, I scripted something like this. Shouldn't have to, though.
Their secondary objective is to cut the competetion off at the knees.
As has been stated repeatedly, Sun's #1 concern at the moment is Linux. Sun is doing three things to contain this threat:
Free Solaris
Foundation Source (Open Source Solaris)
Continued maintenance of the x86 port
Since SPARC Linux is dying, what they are doing must be working.
If Sun's sole objective is to sell hardware, then how do you explain the x86 port? You must conceed that you are wrong.
They probably consider the situation contained, and are taking no further action, though I wish they would.
However, consider this basic fact - for as much as the BSD people bitch about the GPL, you don't see them abandoning GCC. Sun is the only open-source distribution that can strip all GPL code if they wish. This is a good thing, if the GPL breaks down in court, but also a bad thing, if Sun decides to take out Linux.
Whether we like it or not, Free Solaris and the Foundation Source program are causing at least the Linux SPARC port to whither.
Why? Here are some reasons:
Solaris has had a journaling filesystem for some time (albeit not of high quality)
Solaris has had large file support for some time
Solaris can mirror the root partition (not many people like Disksuite, but it seems more powerful than md)
Solaris is a direct descendent of the original SysV source code
Solaris has more mature SMP
If Sun really wants to cause heart failure in both their open and closed-source competetors:
Integrate XFS into the Solaris kernel and distribution (even if it does piss Veritas off)
Bring back the PowerPC port, and release an Alpha port (yea! Solaris on powermac!)
Clean up the x86 installer (man, is that ugly)
Release a "Solaris for stupid people" distribution with the equivalent functionality of beos. Push it at x86.
And, hey Sun guys, patchcheck is certainly a step forward, but would you just port RedHat up2date to Solaris? Alternately, write a commandline/gui version with/usr/dt/bin/dtksh.
But then again, God help us if Sun rules the world.
Instead, download Sybase 11.0.3.3 from linux.sybase.com. The server is available for free for production use, unlike Oracle, DB2, or MS.
Sybase and MS SQL server were the same program until release 4.8. When installed properly, a Sybase server will work with MS SQL server 6.5 ODBC drivers.
No, Sybase doesn't have the tremendous TPC benchmarks that Microsoft has achieved, but they soundly beat Oracle for a long time.
If you use Sybase instead of SQL Server, you haven't tied your database to an operating systems vendor. Smart move.
AMD was using "monoisotopic" silicon to reduce heat. Natural silicon comes in three common nuclear isotopes, and monoisotopic silicon, where the other two isotopes are filtered out, has better heat transfer properties. Will Hammer be using the same technology?
Will the monoisotopic substrate be available in 12"?
Will copper interconnects be used? (I assume so)
In college, I read that most people doing Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) were depositing the circuitry on sapphire (SOS) as a substrate. In the article, it appears that IBM uses standard silicon, but builds up a layer of oxide to use as the insulator. Does anybody have any information on this process?
We need a journaling file system. NT has had one for years; we are remarkably primitive in this respect. With ReiserFS ready, and XFS/JFS mostly there, there is no reason to wait for ext3. Don't just decide; let your user community have influence on the decision and support your move with performance benchmarks. Make sure it works with large-file support. If you want to sell server operating systems, drop everything else and get this done. This is tarnishing your reputation.
The only reason that you don't have a desktop market is that you aren't trying to get one. Please release a desktop version of RedHat with Ximian Nautilus, Wine with DirectX, KDE, Openoffice and anything else that seems appropriate. Businesses are screaming about desktop Windows liscensing costs; take the opportunity to make some money. It's probably even time for separate workstation and server CDs - makes more sense than what you're doing now. If you are spending enough time to make a workstation install, you might as well spend enough time to do it right.
If you want to do something like xinetd, then fine, but give the user an install option to choose the standard UNIX behavior. Is inetd a part of POSIX? Is Red Hat 7.x even vaguely POSIX-compliant at this point? The GNU tools have POSIXLY_CORRECT settings; take the hint.
Do whatever it takes to RPM to satisfy the apt people. If you were bold enough to rip out inetd, then you should be bold enough to rip out RPM if necessary.
By the way, I don't like what you did with INPUTRC. Put it back the way it was. I like vi mode, nobody else does, move it back to skel.
In fact, it's time to integrate the Korn shell into the distribution. Bash's limitations remain too severe, and commercial UNIX people write too much for ksh.
Never put out a production release that requires more than one compiler again. It's just ugly and a waste of space. A system should be consistent and true to itself.
Unless you really plan to give people a kernel version upgrade, don't mix-and-match the kernel components. It's just ugly, and it tarnishes your reputation.
If you do these things, you will no longer have to worry about Mandrake or Suse. They are only successful because they are fixing your mistakes.
The political system which you advocate had no difficulty in engaging in the most vicious slaughter of the 90s. Occidental culture still has not forgotten the profound insult of this purge, which was by no means limited to Tienamen, and caused a mass import of troops from outside regions because many in the Chinese army refused to fire upon thier own.
In the final analysis, totalitarianism is not a workable form of government, which has been proved in many nations other than China, and which will be proved in China in due course. It is hoped that China will make gradual alterations to their government as economic prosperity deepens, but this is by no means the only avenue of change.
The Chinese decided, for whatever reason, that they wanted this particular plane. Perhaps it observed something that it was not meant to see, and perhaps it was taken simply to demonstrate resolve. In any case, it was taken illegally, and it stresses China's qualities as a rogue nation, inobservant of the rule of law.
I believe that the Bush administration should offer any appology that might cause the release of the hostages; I do not feel that the situation is being handled appropriately. These are Americans and members of the US, and I do not feel that Bush is doing enough to safeguard his own.
To the Chinese, who will not tolerate our "spy" missions, I say return all copies of the plans to the W88 nuclear device which you stole from the US. Your claims that you are the innocent victim of espionage fall upon the deaf ears of the world.
Please explain the significance and what you expect to be the outcome of the recent lawsuit that has been filed against your company.
Reluctance at Red Hat (ReiserFS, KDE, etc.)
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A recent comment here from a Red Hat employee indicated that ReiserFS would not be included in the installation process. The reason for this decision was the lack of mature user-level tools for filesystem repair. This was the case of the last beta, although I don't know if you have changed your plans.
This is a sound argument, but sometimes it seems to me that Red Hat is rather reluctant to advance its distribution in certain areas, i.e. RH7 still lacks a 2.4 kernel.
Red Hat has influence, but not control, of technologies in the kernel and user space. Will Red Hat grow to be more receptive of technologies that are not a perfect fit with the architecture of your Linux distribution?
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I had hoped that Compaq would aggressively market Alpha with the DEC acquisition, and would offer us a choice in the IA32-IA64 migration.
I had hoped for fast and reasonably-priced Alpha systems. These never materialized. You never even gave the architecture a chance - the marketing was nonexistent.
I've had a reasonable level of respect for Compaq equipment, but now I hear that Compaq wants to reposition itself as a services company.
Shame on you, Compaq. You are the second largest computer company in the world, but it looks to the public that you are lackeys, easily threatened and controlled by Intel and Microsoft. You could have made the market a better place, but all that you've done is make everything worse.
I guess that it's all in Sun's hands now.
I had hoped that Compaq would aggressively market Alpha with the DEC acquisition, and would offer us a choice in the IA32-IA64 migration.
I had hoped for fast and reasonably-priced Alpha systems. These never materialized. You never even gave the architecture a chance - the marketing was nonexistent.
I've had a reasonable level of respect for Compaq equipment, but now I hear that Compaq wants to reposition itself as a services company.
Shame on you, Compaq. You are the second largest computer company in the world, but it looks to the public that you are lackeys, easily threatened and controlled by Intel and Microsoft. You could have made the market a better place, but all that you've done is make everything worse.
I guess that it's all in Sun's hands now.
...and argue that a large percentage of technically-minded people are "wackjobs."
However, as I age and my career becomes more solid, I see less and less "wackjobs," and I tend to act like less of one myself (boy do I have a long way to go!).
Still, a great manager can handle a "wackjob."
Is this the most advanced open-source database available now?
Does sap-db give you the ability to roll-forward a transaction log in a recovery situation? Can you do something like this with Postgres right now?
Assuming that they don't have any retention problems, they should keep a small core of people who are certified in Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, and/or Tru64 ostensibly for "integration issues."
I also hope that they have Oracle and DB2 people on staff now, especially since DB2 certification is free until September (and DB2 has put the first Linux score on the TPC site).
But then again, if they have lousy managers of the type that drove away Raster, then don't even bother with this.
AFAIK, gcc requires a *K&R* C compiler, as documented in the first edition of The C Programming Language. It need not support function prototypes or the void type (I think).
On UNIX systems that do not natively support and include gcc, one uses the system's C compiler to generate xgcc, which is GNU C (but not compiled by GNU C). One then uses xgcc to generate a GNU-compiled gcc. I don't know why xgcc is not normally installed and used, but I assume that it would be an ease-of-debugging issue (and you can also debug gcc-optimized code, which most vendor compilers will not do).
HP-UX natively includes a K&R (non-ANSI) C compiler. It is almost useless, but it will successfully compile gcc. On most other commercial UNIX systems, if you lack a compiler, you must rely upon someone who has a compiler to generate a verstion of gcc for you (which accounts for the popularity of packaged gcc versions on many platforms). This can also be complicated by licensing of the system include files and libraries.
Get a salary printout from dice or computerjobs.
Oracle is the most valuable certification, but IBM DB2 certification is free until the end of September.
Oh, you weren't serious about teaching them something useful?
The most famous example of a file system that grew into journaling was Solaris UFS. I have heard some rather harsh criticism (from SGI) on the design. I don't know enough about filesystem design to discuss the merits, but I do know that Sun was the number one US server vendor last year, so they must be doing something right.
Here is the man-page entry:
logging | nologging
If logging is specified, then logging is enabled for the duration of the mounted file system. Logging is the process of storing transactions (changes that make up a complete UFS operation) in a log before the transactions are applied to the file system. Once a transaction is stored, the transaction can be applied to the file system later. This prevents file systems from becoming inconsistent, therefore eliminating the need to run fsck. And, because fsck can be bypassed, logging reduces the time required to reboot a system if it crashes, or after an unclean halt. The default behavior is nologging.
The log is allocated from free blocks on the file system, and is sized approxima tely 1 Mbyte per 1 Gbyte of file system, up to a maximum of 64 Mbytes. Logging can be enabled on any UFS, including root (/). The log created by UFS logging is continu- ally flushed as it fills up. The log is totally flushed when the file system is unmounted or as a result of the lockfs -f command.
Are your scripting skills that bad? Grab patchk.pl, run that through your own script that looks for any line that starts with a 6-digit number, and doesn't contain CURRENT.
Dude, don't insult people who didn't insult you. What a jerk.
Yes, I scripted something like this. Shouldn't have to, though.
Their secondary objective is to cut the competetion off at the knees.
As has been stated repeatedly, Sun's #1 concern at the moment is Linux. Sun is doing three things to contain this threat:
Since SPARC Linux is dying, what they are doing must be working.
If Sun's sole objective is to sell hardware, then how do you explain the x86 port? You must conceed that you are wrong.
They probably consider the situation contained, and are taking no further action, though I wish they would.
However, consider this basic fact - for as much as the BSD people bitch about the GPL, you don't see them abandoning GCC. Sun is the only open-source distribution that can strip all GPL code if they wish. This is a good thing, if the GPL breaks down in court, but also a bad thing, if Sun decides to take out Linux.
Whether we like it or not, Free Solaris and the Foundation Source program are causing at least the Linux SPARC port to whither.
Why? Here are some reasons:
If Sun really wants to cause heart failure in both their open and closed-source competetors:
But then again, God help us if Sun rules the world.
I published this a few years ago for Unixworld. You will want to use the PAM (RH5) configuration.
A single Pentium 150 handled 32 lines with no problem.
http://rhadmin.org/uw/015.htmlI heard that Rambus only opens their board of directors to racketeering charges if they appeal.
Does anybody have more information on this?
Instead, download Sybase 11.0.3.3 from linux.sybase.com. The server is available for free for production use, unlike Oracle, DB2, or MS.
Sybase and MS SQL server were the same program until release 4.8. When installed properly, a Sybase server will work with MS SQL server 6.5 ODBC drivers.
No, Sybase doesn't have the tremendous TPC benchmarks that Microsoft has achieved, but they soundly beat Oracle for a long time.
If you use Sybase instead of SQL Server, you haven't tied your database to an operating systems vendor. Smart move.
If you do these things, you will no longer have to worry about Mandrake or Suse. They are only successful because they are fixing your mistakes.
No self-respecting geek would run a piece of computer equipment with all the cover components installed!
Anybody doing anything serious with Red Hat is still on 6.2.
Even Red Hat's own high availability and Oracle-optimized releases are 6.2-based.
Without a journaling filesystem, there still really isn't much motivation to upgrade.
How am I supposed to convince my management to move Oracle off a 30-gig VxFS and onto RedHat if I still have to deal with fsck?
You should have waited!
Red Hat needs a journaling filesystem with large file support. This is a big disappointment.
If you don't have a multi-homed host, there is no reason that you should hardcode the IP address on the host.
Instead, hardcode the MAC and the IP address on the DHCP server. It is more work, but you can look in one place and know what is going on.
The political system which you advocate had no difficulty in engaging in the most vicious slaughter of the 90s. Occidental culture still has not forgotten the profound insult of this purge, which was by no means limited to Tienamen, and caused a mass import of troops from outside regions because many in the Chinese army refused to fire upon thier own.
In the final analysis, totalitarianism is not a workable form of government, which has been proved in many nations other than China, and which will be proved in China in due course. It is hoped that China will make gradual alterations to their government as economic prosperity deepens, but this is by no means the only avenue of change.
The Chinese decided, for whatever reason, that they wanted this particular plane. Perhaps it observed something that it was not meant to see, and perhaps it was taken simply to demonstrate resolve. In any case, it was taken illegally, and it stresses China's qualities as a rogue nation, inobservant of the rule of law.
I believe that the Bush administration should offer any appology that might cause the release of the hostages; I do not feel that the situation is being handled appropriately. These are Americans and members of the US, and I do not feel that Bush is doing enough to safeguard his own.
To the Chinese, who will not tolerate our "spy" missions, I say return all copies of the plans to the W88 nuclear device which you stole from the US. Your claims that you are the innocent victim of espionage fall upon the deaf ears of the world.
Please explain the significance and what you expect to be the outcome of the recent lawsuit that has been filed against your company.
A recent comment here from a Red Hat employee indicated that ReiserFS would not be included in the installation process. The reason for this decision was the lack of mature user-level tools for filesystem repair. This was the case of the last beta, although I don't know if you have changed your plans.
This is a sound argument, but sometimes it seems to me that Red Hat is rather reluctant to advance its distribution in certain areas, i.e. RH7 still lacks a 2.4 kernel.
Red Hat has influence, but not control, of technologies in the kernel and user space. Will Red Hat grow to be more receptive of technologies that are not a perfect fit with the architecture of your Linux distribution?
Do you have any intention of packaging WINE into a version of Red Hat targetted specifically for Windows users?
It would seem to me that this would be the optimum method to drive Windows off the desktop - especially as their liscensing becomes more restrictive.
Until then, stop wasting the oxygen.