Sun is merely entertaining the idea of converting Cobalts to Solaris. There has not been a decision made on this.
It should be common sense to consider using your own OS when you make such an acquisition. Perhaps Sun will replace Linux with Solaris. Or they could leave Linux. They could
scrap all Linux and Solaris and run FreeBSD. The point is, the decision has not been made yet.
....something that you are missing out on. Sun bought Cobalt to make its stake in the server appliance industry. Server Appliances are low cost, light hardware boxen that any PBH can come in and set up. I seriously doubt that Sun would take that product and add expensive hardware to it. This would take them right back out of the Server Appliance industry.
This is all blown way out of proportion. Sun is merely entertaining the idea of converting Cobalts to Solaris. There has not been a decision made on this.
It should be common sense to consider using your own OS when you make such an acquisition. Perhaps Sun will replace Linux with Solaris. Or they could leave Linux. They could scrap all Linux and Solaris and run FreeBSD. The point is, the decision has not been made yet.
It would allow for us to object to the patent. Good idea. I think slashdotters would be the perfect community for this. We argue over ever new patent that is granted. We question every new patent application. Then there are those who make feeble attempts at making humor of their own "patents".
Every new patent application should be posted on Slashdot. We should give our input on the validity of the patent, and the uspto will make decisions based on our posts. It's a great idea. Though it would be rather annoying to see every patent application posted on Slashdot...err...moreso than they are now.
Promise me that my downloads won't time out. Promise me that people won't disconnect my downloads.
Promise me that my money will go directly to the artists who copyrighted the material and not to the RIAA
Where are Bill Joy, James Gosling, Eric Allman, Brian Behlendorf, David Miller, and Larry Wall. What about Bob Young, Eric S. Raymond, Richard Stallman, Alan Cox, Ted Tso, and Wietse Venema?
Most of these choices are awful.
1. Tim Berners-Lee: Ok, this is a damn good choice
2. Bill Gates: What the hell has Bill Gates personally done in the 90's? 80's maybe, not a very important person in the 90's.
3. Linux Torvalds: Linus bringeth the kernel. Linus bringeth a new Unix revolution. Linux bringeth good attributes to this list.
4. Jim Clark: Jim did an amazing thing. He sold out his company to both AOL and Sun! (Note: sold out)
5. Larry Ellison: All Ellison does is skydive and ensure that we commoners cannot afford Oracle.
6. Lou Gerstner: Famous for implementing IBM's latest "Me too" philosophy.
7. Steve Jobs: I rarely hear his name...which is a good thing.(I hate him more than Jon Katz)
8. Elias Levy: Interesting choice. I don't think he should be regarded as one of the most important, though.
9. Rep. Rick Boucher: Of course, the token politician
10. Vinod Khosla: It's about time someone remembered Vinod. Good choice
I think we should take a poll on how many journalists are using hardcore drugs. Perhaps they are making an uneducated assumption. I don't necessarily believe that an increase in drug usage correlates to the insurgence of dot-com companies.
As for the example of Mr. Bunnell....he was the son of a wealthy man. Children of wealthy people tend to use more drugs. Again, I see no connection. I am fairly young, and have had my hey-day with evil powders, pills, etc. I won't do them now, because they are possibly fatal, and tend to deprive one of their ambition. Stirring coke in your coffee? Oh please. If I stirred coke into my coffee, I would be running around the office trying to nail every secretary and graphics designer. Drugs don't increase productivity, nor do they increase awareness, or assist in concentration.
This is just another thing that the media is blaming us for.
I don't know what kind of Ultra 10 you are using, but I have the exact opposite performance. RedHat 6.2 outperforms Solaris 7 by at least 15 shitloads (5 bunches = 1 shitload. Its part of the metric system). The only problem I have with sparc linux is application support.
IIRC, DEC would be the name of the company who invented the Alpha architecture. Compaq will remain a Wintel distributor IMHO. Daddy brought home one of the first Alpha workstations, and daddy worked for DEC....not Compaq. Why not give them the credit for their product? Do we call a Cray by any other name.
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Sun is merely entertaining the idea of converting Cobalts to Solaris. There has not been a decision made on this. It should be common sense to consider using your own OS when you make such an acquisition. Perhaps Sun will replace Linux with Solaris. Or they could leave Linux. They could scrap all Linux and Solaris and run FreeBSD. The point is, the decision has not been made yet.
....something that you are missing out on. Sun bought Cobalt to make its stake in the server appliance industry. Server Appliances are low cost, light hardware boxen that any PBH can come in and set up. I seriously doubt that Sun would take that product and add expensive hardware to it. This would take them right back out of the Server Appliance industry.
It should be common sense to consider using your own OS when you make such an acquisition. Perhaps Sun will replace Linux with Solaris. Or they could leave Linux. They could scrap all Linux and Solaris and run FreeBSD. The point is, the decision has not been made yet.
From what I gather, he rooted the box via the Source Fragment Disclosure vulnerability, but made his own exploit app. Or perhaps I am wrong.
If you can make a wireless LAN out of old satellite dishes, then you can surely transmit satellite TV from them also, can't you?
Are you sure about that? This info came to light yesterday (Tuesday, Oct. 3). Or are you talking about MS's proposal (Monday Oct. 2)?
Every new patent application should be posted on Slashdot. We should give our input on the validity of the patent, and the uspto will make decisions based on our posts. It's a great idea. Though it would be rather annoying to see every patent application posted on Slashdot...err...moreso than they are now.
I think .inc, .ltd, .llc, and .sm are needed also.
Hey, these guys should try CVS. I am going to e-mail them a copy. I'll attach the kernel source tree while I'm at it.
Promise me that people won't disconnect my downloads.
Promise me that my money will go directly to the artists who copyrighted the material and not to the RIAA
Then, I might consider it.
Geoff "Mandrake" Harrison has *absolutely* nothing to do with Linux Mandrake. Read his sig....Senior Software Engineer for Valinux.
Or John Carmack? Everyone bases their games after his.
Most of these choices are awful.
1. Tim Berners-Lee: Ok, this is a damn good choice
2. Bill Gates: What the hell has Bill Gates personally done in the 90's? 80's maybe, not a very important person in the 90's.
3. Linux Torvalds: Linus bringeth the kernel. Linus bringeth a new Unix revolution. Linux bringeth good attributes to this list.
4. Jim Clark: Jim did an amazing thing. He sold out his company to both AOL and Sun! (Note: sold out)
5. Larry Ellison: All Ellison does is skydive and ensure that we commoners cannot afford Oracle.
6. Lou Gerstner: Famous for implementing IBM's latest "Me too" philosophy.
7. Steve Jobs: I rarely hear his name...which is a good thing.(I hate him more than Jon Katz)
8. Elias Levy: Interesting choice. I don't think he should be regarded as one of the most important, though.
9. Rep. Rick Boucher: Of course, the token politician
10. Vinod Khosla: It's about time someone remembered Vinod. Good choice
well then, its a rough estimate.
As for the example of Mr. Bunnell....he was the son of a wealthy man. Children of wealthy people tend to use more drugs. Again, I see no connection. I am fairly young, and have had my hey-day with evil powders, pills, etc. I won't do them now, because they are possibly fatal, and tend to deprive one of their ambition. Stirring coke in your coffee? Oh please. If I stirred coke into my coffee, I would be running around the office trying to nail every secretary and graphics designer. Drugs don't increase productivity, nor do they increase awareness, or assist in concentration.
This is just another thing that the media is blaming us for.
I don't know what kind of Ultra 10 you are using, but I have the exact opposite performance. RedHat 6.2 outperforms Solaris 7 by at least 15 shitloads (5 bunches = 1 shitload. Its part of the metric system). The only problem I have with sparc linux is application support.
If your comment sucks, we eat you and the poor children of Ireland.
Have you Meta Moderated Today?
It's at the top of the page. Use it.
Here is my Moderation HOW-TO:
Nevermind, I am reading the next post.
The real sad thing is that they are advertising MacOS X beta on sale for $29.95. Shouldn't beta software be....I don't know....free?
its called: Post with useful and informative content. You should be noticed quite easily.
Or is that a license?
And while you're at it, Rob, institute a function to moderate -1 all bold posts.
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