By operating system, Linux grew by 42.6 per cent with unit shipments up by nearly a third. IDC said this is the ninth consecutive quarter of double digit growth.
Windows servers grew by 13.3 per cent, with units up 19.1% quarter on quarter, year on year
Some interesting Linux information can be gleamed from it. Look at the Volume growth vs. Value growth
You can see that Linux is not only growing very fast but moving up the food chain. Value is growing faster than units. Windows is increasingly relegated to the low end.
I suggest that the Mozilla foundation takes a lesson from the MS playbook and repackage Firefox with Thunderbird, Nvu and maybe a Mozillarized Gaim.
This should be as an Internet Suite not an intergrated package a la Mozilla.
That way each application can piggyback on the succes of the others. Currently Firefox is getting all the press and as such could help Thunderbird. When Gaim get's better VOIP featurers they can drive the market penetration for a while etc.
Each application should be independant with an overall effort to make them look and feel alike.
I think you have overlooked the fact that +-80% of all software expenses and development is done inside companies.
With the advent of FOSS it is much easier to farm out big chunks of developments and take advantage of code already out there. The ability to tap into existing code is something that is much better done at the community level than handled by a few in-house programmers.
This in turn means that companies that are able to do the I/F has a chance of becoming very profitable as it is not easy to do. Notably for domain specific requirements.
Office of the Attorney General
Message from the Attorney General to Justice
Department Employees
Nearly four years ago. in my first message to the Justice Community, I
wrote to each of you of my goals for this noble Department: to "uphold
the American justice tradition that strives to bring protection to the
weak, freedom to the restrained, liberty to the oppressed, and security
to all."
Today I write to you at the close of my time as the Attorney General,
gratified that together we have accomplished our goals.
On November 2nd, I submitted to the President my intention to resign
from the office of Attorney General of the United States, effective upon
confirmation of my successor.
As I take leave of this high office, I am
filled with gratitude to you, the men and women of the Department of
Justice, for an extraordinary period of service that has ushered in an
extraordinary era of justice and security for the American people. We
live today in an America that is safer and stronger than ever before; an
America where freedom is not a promise but a birthright, not a dream but
a reality.
In partnership with the American people we have compiled a record of
achievement that is remarkable if judged merely by peacetime standards.
But for a time of war, your record is awe inspiring.
For three years since the worst attack in our nation's history, and in
defiance of all expectations, America has not endured another major
terrorist attack. Violent crime is at its lowest rate in three decades.
We have engineered double-digit reductions in the rates of sexual
assault, robbery and assault. Gun crime prosecutions are at a record
high and violent crimes committed with guns are at a record low. Drug
use among the nation's youth is declining. Corporate criminals are
facing justice, and integrity has been restored to the nation's
marketplace. America's values, as set forth in our Constitution,
reflected in our laws, and cherished in our hearts, have been honored
and defended.
Throughout our nation's history - throughout the history of
civilization - men and women have struggled to define and to achieve
justice. The opening words of the Constitution tell us that "to
establish justice" is one of the founding reasons for the United
States. Justice is the great striving of our nation, and the eternal
hope of our hearts. But still we are left with the question: What is
justice? After three decades of public service and four years as your
Attorney General, I am confident in this answer: You are justice. You
are the eyes that watch over the nation. You are the hands that uphold
equal justice before the law. You are the feet on the street that
nurture and protect our inalienable right to live in freedom. I join
with the American people in humbled gratitude for your service to the
nation.
Lastly, speaking for myself, I express my gratitude to God for the
each day the sun rises on a free and safe America. For the past three
years, my every working day has begun with a report - a catalog of the
murderous acts being plotted against Americans, That we have passed
these three years in safety and security is a credit to you.
But it would be the height of arrogance to assume we achieved this
alone. The Psalms remind us: 'Vnless the Lord watches over the city,
the watchman stands guard in vain," My friends and colleagues, for
four years we have stood watch together. We have endured many things
and we have accomplished many more. It has been the honor of my
lifetime to stand beside you. And as I take my leave of this
privileged post, I know that our efforts have not been in vain. The
Builder of our city and the Author of our freedom has stood beside
us. He stands beside us still.
...is that there is anyone who still takes Creationism seriously
Same people that thinks Bush has done a great job. Saved us from EvilDoers (does this sound like a bible term), made the economy strong and healthy, protected the environment, left no child behind.....
If you have faith it doen't matter what reality is out there, it's a closed-loop system.
Paris said Linux was dramatically more expensive than Windows
If you google the case you will find that Paris did something very smart. They got a 60% discount right off the bat and put MS on constructive notice that a monopoly will not be tolerated. They are starting pilots with a few hindred people with the stated intention to switch to OO.o gradually.
MS can't do a thing as any lock-in attmept will only hasten the switch.
Same with Military in Singapore. They are switching one third to OO.o and leaving the balance on Office 97. Again the mantra is we will switch if you do not open the file-format and we will not upgrade.
MS will be slowly but surely f**ked, it will just take a few years.
The point is that anyone need to make a balanced assesment of the issues, so why would Geek issues be any less important?
Take your suggested important issues of Health care. For a geek in his mid twenties I would think that the evolution of technology and how freely is can evolve would be of higher importance than Healt care. He is unlikely to get serious sick during next 40 years but for sure need to find a place/ environment where his technical talents can be used.
I will forego comment on the Iraq quagmire and how we go into this mess.
Now PalmOne and all the PocketPC vendors have no incentive to push the envelope
I understand your comment but in reality it is dead wrong. The competition is not the High-end Linux PDA etc the mortal blow to PDA's are coming from cell phones. This goes for MP3 players as well. One million MP3 enabled smart phones were sold in S. Korea las 12 month.
If the PDA makers do not push the envelope they will disappear.
The phone is the key feature you can not do without so there is a natural gravitation toward that end of the market. Include Phones in PDAs are possible but so far not been succesful.
Slashdot Mirror
They are not trying to make you all gay or lesbian they just want the same rights as everyone else.
If they are so misguided that they think marriage is a nifty thing by all means let them.
Who asked for it and more importantly did anyone pay for it either directly or indirectly.
Ask someone from Korea!
And Cisco bought LinkSys precisely why?
Sorry some modder didn't have a sense of humor or didn't read the Korean Email story.
Not to mention the war on "make people understand that sometimes deliberate misspellings convey a subtle and often amusing message"
Windows servers grew by 13.3 per cent, with units up 19.1% quarter on quarter, year on year
Some interesting Linux information can be gleamed from it. Look at the Volume growth vs. Value growth
You can see that Linux is not only growing very fast but moving up the food chain. Value is growing faster than units. Windows is increasingly relegated to the low end.
Yeah Let me see which one the gray unwashed masses is going to pick.
The one supported by MS's Windows or the one that is not?
The one that came out first and by 1Q2005 will have dual processors on chip or the one that will have same arriving one years later?
The one that has a memorable name that is fast catching on AMD64 or the one called
SomethingOrOther-64-notquitesurewhatwewillstickint heend?
Hard question indeed.
Solaris initially get a major boost in HW support from Linux.
Your Sig was the worst part.
Hey! Wait a secon........never mind
This should be as an Internet Suite not an intergrated package a la Mozilla.
That way each application can piggyback on the succes of the others. Currently Firefox is getting all the press and as such could help Thunderbird. When Gaim get's better VOIP featurers they can drive the market penetration for a while etc.
Each application should be independant with an overall effort to make them look and feel alike.
A XUL killer app would round it off nicely
This has been covered quite extensively in the tradepress due to the possible financial benefits to Firefox.
With the advent of FOSS it is much easier to farm out big chunks of developments and take advantage of code already out there. The ability to tap into existing code is something that is much better done at the community level than handled by a few in-house programmers.
This in turn means that companies that are able to do the I/F has a chance of becoming very profitable as it is not easy to do. Notably for domain specific requirements.
Yes signed with with Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing
Second you could install IEview on Firefox for them. Problem solved
Can someone please explain the attraction, I traveled in a few like Disney's and one in Las Colinas (Dallas) and I fail to see the benefit.
As always there is a good read about this over at LamLaw
Office of the Attorney General Message from the Attorney General to Justice
Department Employees
Nearly four years ago. in my first message to the Justice Community, I wrote to each of you of my goals for this noble Department: to "uphold the American justice tradition that strives to bring protection to the weak, freedom to the restrained, liberty to the oppressed, and security to all."
Today I write to you at the close of my time as the Attorney General, gratified that together we have accomplished our goals.
On November 2nd, I submitted to the President my intention to resign from the office of Attorney General of the United States, effective upon confirmation of my successor.
As I take leave of this high office, I am filled with gratitude to you, the men and women of the Department of Justice, for an extraordinary period of service that has ushered in an extraordinary era of justice and security for the American people. We live today in an America that is safer and stronger than ever before; an America where freedom is not a promise but a birthright, not a dream but a reality.
In partnership with the American people we have compiled a record of achievement that is remarkable if judged merely by peacetime standards. But for a time of war, your record is awe inspiring.
For three years since the worst attack in our nation's history, and in defiance of all expectations, America has not endured another major terrorist attack. Violent crime is at its lowest rate in three decades. We have engineered double-digit reductions in the rates of sexual assault, robbery and assault. Gun crime prosecutions are at a record high and violent crimes committed with guns are at a record low. Drug use among the nation's youth is declining. Corporate criminals are facing justice, and integrity has been restored to the nation's marketplace. America's values, as set forth in our Constitution, reflected in our laws, and cherished in our hearts, have been honored and defended.
Throughout our nation's history - throughout the history of civilization - men and women have struggled to define and to achieve justice. The opening words of the Constitution tell us that "to establish justice" is one of the founding reasons for the United States. Justice is the great striving of our nation, and the eternal hope of our hearts. But still we are left with the question: What is justice? After three decades of public service and four years as your Attorney General, I am confident in this answer: You are justice. You are the eyes that watch over the nation. You are the hands that uphold equal justice before the law. You are the feet on the street that nurture and protect our inalienable right to live in freedom. I join with the American people in humbled gratitude for your service to the nation.
Lastly, speaking for myself, I express my gratitude to God for the each day the sun rises on a free and safe America. For the past three years, my every working day has begun with a report - a catalog of the murderous acts being plotted against Americans, That we have passed these three years in safety and security is a credit to you.
But it would be the height of arrogance to assume we achieved this alone. The Psalms remind us: 'Vnless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stands guard in vain," My friends and colleagues, for four years we have stood watch together. We have endured many things and we have accomplished many more. It has been the honor of my lifetime to stand beside you. And as I take my leave of this privileged post, I know that our efforts have not been in vain. The Builder of our city and the Author of our freedom has stood beside us. He stands beside us still.
Using euphemisms and stuff are for wussies, tell us how you really feel
Same people that thinks Bush has done a great job. Saved us from EvilDoers (does this sound like a bible term), made the economy strong and healthy, protected the environment, left no child behind .....
If you have faith it doen't matter what reality is out there, it's a closed-loop system.
Google daily news feature
If you google the case you will find that Paris did something very smart. They got a 60% discount right off the bat and put MS on constructive notice that a monopoly will not be tolerated. They are starting pilots with a few hindred people with the stated intention to switch to OO.o gradually.
MS can't do a thing as any lock-in attmept will only hasten the switch.
Same with Military in Singapore. They are switching one third to OO.o and leaving the balance on Office 97. Again the mantra is we will switch if you do not open the file-format and we will not upgrade.
MS will be slowly but surely f**ked, it will just take a few years.
Take your suggested important issues of Health care. For a geek in his mid twenties I would think that the evolution of technology and how freely is can evolve would be of higher importance than Healt care. He is unlikely to get serious sick during next 40 years but for sure need to find a place/ environment where his technical talents can be used.
I will forego comment on the Iraq quagmire and how we go into this mess.
I understand your comment but in reality it is dead wrong. The competition is not the High-end Linux PDA etc the mortal blow to PDA's are coming from cell phones. This goes for MP3 players as well. One million MP3 enabled smart phones were sold in S. Korea las 12 month.
If the PDA makers do not push the envelope they will disappear.
The phone is the key feature you can not do without so there is a natural gravitation toward that end of the market. Include Phones in PDAs are possible but so far not been succesful.