I think SUN knew that they could invalidate the patent, but they do not want to. They got Microsoft to pay $2 billion for similar lousy patents.
No big company want patents to be invalidated. They say to each other, if you accept our patents we accept yours.
I love the debugger of ocaml. You can backstep, you UNDO the execution of the previous 1, 10, 100, 1000,... steps.
Wonderful if you like me fill the code with asserts. If an assert occurs, just run in the debugger, then backstep until you know why the unthinkable happened and then you fix the bug.
>> Does that still use the CPU, causing a slowdown, or is all processing done on its own controller?
I have one 250GB USB2-disk connected to my Centrino laptop, and whenever I use the disk, CPU-load increases to 30-50%.
Is Firewire better?
I think DELL pays about 5% of the total computer price for Windows. That is not that much. I do not think a Linux only machine will be that much cheeper.
It is rather sad that most computer companies have US-management, since Linux is more popular elsewhere. We would probably see more Linux computers if the European computer manufacturers would have survived. (The didn't, just see Tulip, AST, Olivetti)
Agree!
Not having to use C/C++ all the time will increase stability and remove a lot of buffer problems.
There are VM out there which can do good stuff without needing 100 MB RAM.
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The development kit for Xbox 2 is Windows NT4 for PPC with Xbox 2 extras.
Not "obsolete", just faster. I think Intel is adding specific instructions used by virtualization software like Vmware and Xen.
I think SUN knew that they could invalidate the patent, but they do not want to. They got Microsoft to pay $2 billion for similar lousy patents. No big company want patents to be invalidated. They say to each other, if you accept our patents we accept yours.
Bound checking and buffer overflow takes very little extra time on modern processors, typically less than 10%. So you have to find another reason.
I love the debugger of ocaml. You can backstep, you UNDO the execution of the previous 1, 10, 100, 1000, ... steps.
Wonderful if you like me fill the code with asserts. If an assert occurs, just run in the debugger, then backstep until you know why the unthinkable happened and then you fix the bug.
>> Does that still use the CPU, causing a slowdown, or is all processing done on its own controller? I have one 250GB USB2-disk connected to my Centrino laptop, and whenever I use the disk, CPU-load increases to 30-50%. Is Firewire better?
Because it works better than RedHat's and SUSE's. I paid for RedHat and SUSE, but still use Mandrake since stuff like file-sharing works.
I think DELL pays about 5% of the total computer price for Windows. That is not that much. I do not think a Linux only machine will be that much cheeper. It is rather sad that most computer companies have US-management, since Linux is more popular elsewhere. We would probably see more Linux computers if the European computer manufacturers would have survived. (The didn't, just see Tulip, AST, Olivetti)
Sectra builds GSM-phones with advanced encryption. See http://www.sectra.se/security/
Agree! Not having to use C/C++ all the time will increase stability and remove a lot of buffer problems. There are VM out there which can do good stuff without needing 100 MB RAM.
I know of a patent where IR-light is used to warm the cement to remove old window-panes. The heat softens the cements.
The combination of IR+window cement = invention!
Conclusion: Everyone inside that patent trade knows that patents are stupid. The first to patent wins.
Therefor, patent more or at least describe all your good ideas on a web page so that no one else can patent them.