Redhat really don't have too much access to these technologies. Novell/SUSE do (With the exception of Anti Virus). Novell has provided great tools for this in the guise of E-Directory, ZenWorks and Managewise.
I am disappointed though with Redhat. It's a shame that their shareholders became more important than the community that supported it.
What happens to the certification programmes I wonder? I'm a little pissed that I spent all that money on books for RH9!
My main issue with the SUSE aquisition is that (and this is not meant to bash the American./ readers) is that it was a European distribution. The European countries are not subject to the same laws as the US. This means that even if the SCOs of the world threaten Linux distribution, that they have to attack it in multiple countries and multiple courts.
I think that independant and government sponsered radio is as important as it ever was.
Anyone who subjected themselves to sitting through the MTV awards would realise this.
Chris Rock should stick to doing voiceovers for hamsters.
The awards were pretty much for the same group of 'artists' for the entire night. With all the great music in the world, how would Justin Timberlake and his posse of bum chums make it if the system were accurate and independant?
It was a bloody disgrace. Now the Australian Aria awards, that was a little more fun.
...actually played with Novell services for linux?
I'm curious about how well E-Directory runs, and the level of control over a Linux desktop.
Once ZenWorks for Linux desktops is released, I think that a lot of enterprises that previously didn't consider Linux as an alternative platform will sit up and pay attention.
This should address some of the requirements many large companies have for their desktop management suite:
1) Remote Software package distribution.
2) Asset/Inventory management.
3) Desktop policy management (Lockdown etc)
4) Security Patch management.
Hopefully with their weight in the market, they can improve the MS Office filters in Open/Star office as well. Thats not a slight to any developers, but if you can't accurately display a complex Word file, people are unlikely to consider you as a viable option.
This is definately the stuff of conspiracy theories.
If most of the 'services' provided for Longhorn are.NET based, then the content providers will probably have to be running.NET servers i.e. Microsoft based technology.
The potential to lock out other vendors is huge.
And who sanctions the distributers of this information? Can we trust that the information comes from a reputable source?
If a lot of web sites are unavailable (The great firewall of China as an example), will there be enough functionality left in Longhorn to justify upgrading?
The sad thing is, is that George Bush Junior visited Australia (The country that sent its SAS troups into Iraq first) and he was shielded completely from all protesters and press.
When two senators attempted to boo him from the gallery, they were requested to leave by the speaker of the house!
From what I hear, the entire visit got a brief mention on Fox news. The silly bugger even brought his own non-alchoholic US brand of beer with him!
By the way, did you US guys know that you won against Japan in the World Cup Rugby?
At last, a decent post from a Slashdot reader (Only took 168 comments). Thank you StArSkY.
For those of you who don't know, Novell qualifications still count for a great deal in the real world of IT contracting. There is still a perception that 'real' IT professionals have a CNE (Certified Novell Engineer). The rest have an MCSE.
Novell recently aquired Ximian. This gives them access to the XD2 desktop, Mono, Gnome development, red carpet and more.
I think that this puts them in a very good position to integrate their current networking products (E-Directory, ZenWorks etc) with Linux.
This does however potentially create a compex environment for a corporate to adjust to. In order for them to adjust, there has to be a set of qualifications that distinguish between someone who can impliment an enterprise environment, from a home user still at school.
A couple of points that seem to be missing from the discussions:
Generally you don't have to reboot after each patch is installed. Most patches have both a silent and a 'don't reboot' switch which allow you to chain all your patches together and then reboot (Windows 2000 and up I believe).
Secondly, most corporations are using some form of software delivery mechanism such as Novells Zen Works, CA's Software Delivery option or IBM Tivoli to distribute patches to multiple PCs. Most of these systems allow lights out distribution.
What a lot of you seem to be forgetting is that the lasers still need to know where the target is in order to hit it
Not necessarily. Anti aircraft guns fire hundreds of bullets in a scatter pattern in the vain hope of hitting something up there. Maybe the same could be done with laser batteries.
Mind you, they'll probably end up knocking all the satellites participating in the Star Wars project out of the sky:-)
"When you develop the capability to track, target and destroy something in a second, then the temptation to remove humans from the decision cycle becomes very great," said Loren Thompson, chief operating officer at the Lexington Institute, an Arlington, Va.-based defense think tank.
I can see the benefit here...Take the American military out of the dicision making process...and save the lives of UN soldiers during "friendly fire" incidents.
Due to lack of funds, I imagine that the chinese will find cheaper options for many aspects of their space craft. This may include reusable parts and common sense design parameters.
This may well prove to be the best way to advance our adventures into space, especially as the ESA and NASA projects are so expensive at the moment.
Always reminds me of the story of NASA spending millions of dollars designing a pen that can be used upside down, and the Russians just using a pencil!
I never understood the need for Americans to recite the pledge. I
never wake up in the morning and think that I should recite an oath
to my country. It is automatically assumed because I am English I
therefore have the best interests of my country at heart.
Saying that, I do live in Australia now. And I do wake up every
morning and am incredibly greatful for being able to live in one of
the most beautiful countries in the world.
Do you think this debate would be happening if you didn't have a
religious fanatic at the helm in the US? This is afterall a man who
can't tell his left hand from his right!
...about the Chinese using satellites for military purposes are
being a little hypocritical.
I suppose you think that all the satellites that the US have put
into space over the years are there simply to broadcast reruns of
Frasier (Although that could be considered a form of warfare!).
I also can't believe that the spell checker in open office
corrected 'frasier' to 'Frasier'! Are American sitcom titles in the
standard American dictionary now?
In my local pub, if people start trouble the locals generally step
in, closely followed by the bouncers (on a friday or saturday night).
The RSL clubs (Returned services leagues clubs) have used ID cards
for years. This is used because of rules that determine whether you
are a member or guest based on your locality to the venue.
Nobody really seems to complain...you get cheaper beer!
The simplist way to get spammed is as follws;
1) Join Hotmail. By default your address is publically available (Have a look in the options page of Hotmail!)
2) Wait for the first couple of spam messages and then reply asking them to bugger off and get a life.
3)Wait for the deluge.
"They found a neutron detector in an Idaho Falls scrap metal yard. Craig built a neutron modulator (which slows down the emitted neutrons so they can be detected) out of a few hundred spare CDs. They found a broken turbo molecular pump lying forgotten at Deseret Industries."
Did they find this stuff next to the broken particle accelerators? Or maybe under the old cray supercomputers?
Slashdot Mirror
What's the exchange rate on the Euro now?
I was beginning to think that all distros were or are becoming US owned.
I would be very interested to know how you go with the introduction of this version into your network and its relative stability.
Thanks for the tip.
Richard
There are many components required to support the desktop. These include:
*Remote Software distribution.
*Asset/Inventory Management
*Remote lockdown/configuration management policy support.
*Remote Control.
*Anti Virus.
Redhat really don't have too much access to these technologies. Novell/SUSE do (With the exception of Anti Virus). Novell has provided great tools for this in the guise of E-Directory, ZenWorks and Managewise.
I am disappointed though with Redhat. It's a shame that their shareholders became more important than the community that supported it.
What happens to the certification programmes I wonder? I'm a little pissed that I spent all that money on books for RH9!
My main issue with the SUSE aquisition is that (and this is not meant to bash the American ./ readers) is that it was a European distribution. The European countries are not subject to the same laws as the US. This means that even if the SCOs of the world threaten Linux distribution, that they have to attack it in multiple countries and multiple courts.
Anyone who subjected themselves to sitting through the MTV awards would realise this.
Chris Rock should stick to doing voiceovers for hamsters.
The awards were pretty much for the same group of 'artists' for the entire night. With all the great music in the world, how would Justin Timberlake and his posse of bum chums make it if the system were accurate and independant?
It was a bloody disgrace. Now the Australian Aria awards, that was a little more fun.
I'm curious about how well E-Directory runs, and the level of control over a Linux desktop.
Once ZenWorks for Linux desktops is released, I think that a lot of enterprises that previously didn't consider Linux as an alternative platform will sit up and pay attention.
This should address some of the requirements many large companies have for their desktop management suite:
1) Remote Software package distribution.
2) Asset/Inventory management.
3) Desktop policy management (Lockdown etc)
4) Security Patch management.
Hopefully with their weight in the market, they can improve the MS Office filters in Open/Star office as well. Thats not a slight to any developers, but if you can't accurately display a complex Word file, people are unlikely to consider you as a viable option.
IMHO
If most of the 'services' provided for Longhorn are .NET based, then the content providers will probably have to be running .NET servers i.e. Microsoft based technology.
The potential to lock out other vendors is huge.
And who sanctions the distributers of this information? Can we trust that the information comes from a reputable source?
If a lot of web sites are unavailable (The great firewall of China as an example), will there be enough functionality left in Longhorn to justify upgrading?
Incidently, has it occured to anyone that the acronym for 'the war against terrorism' is T.W.A.T?
When two senators attempted to boo him from the gallery, they were requested to leave by the speaker of the house!
From what I hear, the entire visit got a brief mention on Fox news. The silly bugger even brought his own non-alchoholic US brand of beer with him!
By the way, did you US guys know that you won against Japan in the World Cup Rugby?
For those of you who don't know, Novell qualifications still count for a great deal in the real world of IT contracting. There is still a perception that 'real' IT professionals have a CNE (Certified Novell Engineer). The rest have an MCSE.
Novell recently aquired Ximian. This gives them access to the XD2 desktop, Mono, Gnome development, red carpet and more.
I think that this puts them in a very good position to integrate their current networking products (E-Directory, ZenWorks etc) with Linux.
This does however potentially create a compex environment for a corporate to adjust to. In order for them to adjust, there has to be a set of qualifications that distinguish between someone who can impliment an enterprise environment, from a home user still at school.
Generally you don't have to reboot after each patch is installed. Most patches have both a silent and a 'don't reboot' switch which allow you to chain all your patches together and then reboot (Windows 2000 and up I believe).
Secondly, most corporations are using some form of software delivery mechanism such as Novells Zen Works, CA's Software Delivery option or IBM Tivoli to distribute patches to multiple PCs. Most of these systems allow lights out distribution.
Not necessarily. Anti aircraft guns fire hundreds of bullets in a scatter pattern in the vain hope of hitting something up there. Maybe the same could be done with laser batteries.
Mind you, they'll probably end up knocking all the satellites participating in the Star Wars project out of the sky :-)
I can see the benefit here...Take the American military out of the dicision making process...and save the lives of UN soldiers during "friendly fire" incidents.
Its a fair call. Although I believe that the US signed the Geneva convention treaty which governs the treatment of prisoners of war.
I honestly think that if Israel stopped incursions into other peoples land, that the risk of Iran responding so violently might be mitigated slightly.
Not sure how thats any different to Amnesty International not being allowed into camp X-Ray.
Innocent until proved guilty my arse.
But your point about Nuclear weapons being sent anywhere in the world within 30 minutes is well taken!
This may well prove to be the best way to advance our adventures into space, especially as the ESA and NASA projects are so expensive at the moment.
Always reminds me of the story of NASA spending millions of dollars designing a pen that can be used upside down, and the Russians just using a pencil!
Someone will make money from it, or have it suppressed!
In the UK, Blockbuster Video rental toyed with the idea of Video on Demand.
They canned the idea when during a feasibility study, they realised that over 40% of their revenue came from late fees!
An English perspective...
I never understood the need for Americans to recite the pledge. I never wake up in the morning and think that I should recite an oath to my country. It is automatically assumed because I am English I therefore have the best interests of my country at heart.
Saying that, I do live in Australia now. And I do wake up every morning and am incredibly greatful for being able to live in one of the most beautiful countries in the world.
Do you think this debate would be happening if you didn't have a religious fanatic at the helm in the US? This is afterall a man who can't tell his left hand from his right!
...about the Chinese using satellites for military purposes are being a little hypocritical.
I suppose you think that all the satellites that the US have put into space over the years are there simply to broadcast reruns of Frasier (Although that could be considered a form of warfare!).
I also can't believe that the spell checker in open office corrected 'frasier' to 'Frasier'! Are American sitcom titles in the standard American dictionary now?
Good Grief!
Doesn't anyone in Canada just go out for a beer?
Thank Christ I live in Australia!
In my local pub, if people start trouble the locals generally step in, closely followed by the bouncers (on a friday or saturday night).
The RSL clubs (Returned services leagues clubs) have used ID cards for years. This is used because of rules that determine whether you are a member or guest based on your locality to the venue.
Nobody really seems to complain...you get cheaper beer!
Can you imagine sitting on the train after a long hard day at work and having to listen to 50 blokes talking into their laptops?
The simplist way to get spammed is as follws; 1) Join Hotmail. By default your address is publically available (Have a look in the options page of Hotmail!) 2) Wait for the first couple of spam messages and then reply asking them to bugger off and get a life. 3)Wait for the deluge.
"They found a neutron detector in an Idaho Falls scrap metal yard. Craig built a neutron modulator (which slows down the emitted neutrons so they can be detected) out of a few hundred spare CDs. They found a broken turbo molecular pump lying forgotten at Deseret Industries." Did they find this stuff next to the broken particle accelerators? Or maybe under the old cray supercomputers?