Becknell - just doesn't get it does he?
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SGI's Linux Server
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"Becknell is not convinced it is the best bet. There are many other Unixes they could adopt that are already scalable, high-end, high-available, designed for performance. Linux is not even fully SMP [define.gif] yet."
Err.. many other Unixes like Irix for instance?! Even if we put aside the the yeas and nays of the SMP debate - how much imagination does it take to realise that when a company that has a Unix of _of_its_very_own_ looks at another unix they're looking at a bigger picture. Even if we take the most cynical position and assume SGI are just hedging their bets this is a win for linux. SGI have recognised the value of open source - not just its conciderable technical merit (potential) but also its "friendliness" to corporations that want to be part of it. AdamT
I read a Sci-Fi short story many years ago set in the days of the space age's infancy. An astronaut was trapped in orbit and the whole world was following his plight. Listening to his broadcasts from orbit and hanging on his ever word. The public sentiment is so strong that government decides, "screw it - we must rescue that man at any cost or be flayed alive by the people" So it's all hands on deck - and new space ships are built. Bigger and better and faster than was ever possible before. Resources are suddenly no obstical and the space program races ahead. The man is rescued and the space program is on a firm footing to explore the solar system. The stinger - there was never any man trapped in space. Just a recording on a satalite put there by a struggling space agency to whip up support for a fledging space program that would have otherwise been killed off. I wish I could remember the name of the story.:)
Exactly!. I'll admit my first knew jerk reaction was to think "how dare they". But really, why would you leave communictions open. We would turn off comms for the same reason we don't broadcast executions - that'd be horrible. Can you imagine Walter Cronkite (sp?) announcing.. "... as you know Niel and Buzz lost conciousness some 10 minutes ago. I beleive, yes, we can just make out their last wheezing breaths..." If nothing else - the poeple in mission control were their friends. CapCon is a fellow astronaute. Even if we assume the worst about NASA's intentions there would have been a mutiny had they tried cutting of comms prematurly.
'... and by the way - we were screwing you'
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DIVX is dead
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"Discs can no longer be upgraded to unlimited viewing, known as Divx Silver. Customers who have converted discs to Divx Silver can continue viewing the discs until June 30, 2001, or can receive a full refund of the conversion price at their request." So when they said unlimited what they really meant was 'for as long as we feel appropriate'. We (and when I say we I mean 'them' who acutually bought this stuff) come out relitivly unscathed 'cause the whole deal fell apart so quickly. If Circuit City stopped supporting DIVX in 10 years time would i still get a refund on my 'unlimited' silver edition? Yeah right. But more telling - even when 'unlocked' silver divx needs to run home to momma for authorization? Sure it was unlimted but we were still tracking you - so there. Of course - now it's dead and we can gloat but next time? Trick me once shame on you... AdamT
Watch the battle - it'll be an interesting war
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Three markatroids and three hackers? Is that just for the press conference or is that it for the whole testing? Is MS going to bring in acutal engineers to do the tweeking. For that matter - are the Linux guys going to be able to call on the communities expertise? Personally I think we're going to lose (well, unless the 3 suits really is all MS are throwing at it.;)) but going head-to-head - will be a steep learning curve. I mean, when the oppisition isn't a nebulous company but rather 3 guys and their server on the other side of the room - that's got to be a hell of a motivator. How much tweeking are we allowed to do? Easy to imagine a situation where the open source team start tweeking the source not just the config and MS are going to cry fowl. But for my money that's open sources strenght, it's not like there's anything stoping our hypothetical customer from doing that too. Like I said - I think we're going to lose, but we're going to get alot out of it. I for one am eager to see what transpires. AdamT (As a side note - could we measure pages served per 24hrs instead of per second. Perhaps we can catch up during the reboots.:)
It's not a contradition - we're talking about then, now and a possible later. You're argument sounds alot like MS's (which is alright cause now in a very twilight zone way MS's arguments sound like ours.) The best bit's in the best of the second article (I can't watch the video) - Microsoft spokesman Mark Murray touted the argument outside the courtroom. "The government's entire case is based on a snapshot of the industry that no longer exists," he said. Thanks Barry - so umm... I shot your wife right - but I'm not shooting her now So that's okay right? Besides, all sort of people are making advancements in medical science and my mouth peice^W^Wexpert witness says we'll be able to bring her back to life in a few years. And that's MS's defence - it's laughable.
I think your analogy is off base. It's more like buying a car and being locked into an insurance policy to go with it. "Yes you can buy this car from us but only if you pay for this policy from XYZ insurance company. You can almost buy another policy if this one doens't fit your needs but you can't buy the car with out it." It's absurd right? The car needs _a_ insurance policy to run (more or less) but it doens't need _that_ insurance policy. So your locked into a deal you don't like and don't need
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"Becknell is not convinced it is the best bet.
There are many other Unixes they could adopt that are already scalable, high-end, high-available, designed for performance. Linux is not even fully SMP [define.gif] yet."
Err.. many other Unixes like Irix for instance?! Even if we put aside the the yeas and nays of the SMP debate - how much imagination does it take to realise that when a company that has a Unix of _of_its_very_own_ looks at another unix they're looking at a bigger picture. Even if we take the most cynical position and assume SGI are just hedging their bets this is a win for linux. SGI have recognised the value of open source - not just its conciderable technical merit (potential) but also its "friendliness" to corporations that want to be part of it.
AdamT
I read a Sci-Fi short story many years ago set in :)
the days of the space age's infancy. An astronaut
was trapped in orbit and the whole world was following
his plight. Listening to his broadcasts from
orbit and hanging on his ever word. The public
sentiment is so strong that government decides, "screw it - we must rescue that man at any cost or be flayed alive by the people"
So it's all hands on deck - and new space ships
are built. Bigger and better and faster than was
ever possible before. Resources are suddenly no obstical and the space program races ahead. The man is rescued and the space program is on a firm footing to explore the solar system.
The stinger - there was never any man trapped in space. Just a recording on a satalite put there by a struggling space agency to whip up support for a fledging space program that would have otherwise been killed off. I wish I could remember the name of the story.
Exactly!. I'll admit my first knew jerk reaction
was to think "how dare they". But really, why
would you leave communictions open. We would turn
off comms for the same reason we don't broadcast
executions - that'd be horrible. Can you imagine
Walter Cronkite (sp?) announcing.. "... as you know Niel and Buzz
lost conciousness some 10 minutes ago. I beleive, yes,
we can just make out their last wheezing breaths..."
If nothing else - the poeple in mission control were their friends. CapCon is a fellow astronaute. Even if we assume the worst
about NASA's intentions there would have been a mutiny had they tried cutting of comms prematurly.
"Discs can no longer be upgraded to unlimited viewing, known as Divx Silver. Customers who have converted discs to Divx Silver can continue viewing the discs until June 30, 2001, or can receive a full refund of the conversion price at their request."
So when they said unlimited what they really meant was 'for as long as we feel appropriate'. We (and when I say we I mean 'them' who acutually bought this stuff) come out relitivly unscathed 'cause the whole deal fell apart so quickly. If Circuit City stopped supporting DIVX in 10 years time would i still get a refund on my 'unlimited' silver edition? Yeah right. But more telling - even when 'unlocked' silver divx needs to run home to momma for authorization? Sure it was unlimted but we were still tracking you - so there.
Of course - now it's dead and we can gloat but next time? Trick me once shame on you...
AdamT
Three markatroids and three hackers? Is that just for the press conference or is that it for the whole testing? Is MS going to bring in acutal engineers to do the tweeking. For that matter - are the Linux guys going to be able to call on the communities expertise? ;)) but going head-to-head - will be a steep learning curve. I mean, when the oppisition isn't a nebulous company but rather 3 guys and their server on the other side of the room - that's got to be a hell of a motivator. :)
Personally I think we're going to lose (well, unless the 3 suits really is all MS are throwing at it.
How much tweeking are we allowed to do? Easy to imagine a situation where the open source team start tweeking the source not just the config and MS are going to cry fowl. But for my money that's open sources strenght, it's not like there's anything stoping our hypothetical customer from doing that too.
Like I said - I think we're going to lose, but we're going to get alot out of it. I for one am eager to see what transpires.
AdamT
(As a side note - could we measure pages served per 24hrs instead of per second. Perhaps we can catch up during the reboots.
It's not a contradition - we're talking about then, now and a possible later. You're argument sounds alot like MS's (which is alright cause now in a very twilight zone way MS's arguments sound like ours.) The best bit's in the best of the second article (I can't watch the video) - Microsoft spokesman Mark Murray touted the argument outside the courtroom. "The government's entire case is based on a snapshot of the industry that no longer exists," he said. Thanks Barry - so umm... I shot your wife right - but I'm not shooting her now So that's okay right? Besides, all sort of people are making advancements in medical science and my mouth peice^W^Wexpert witness says we'll be able to bring her back to life in a few years. And that's MS's defence - it's laughable.
I think your analogy is off base. It's more like
buying a car and being locked into an insurance
policy to go with it. "Yes you can buy this car
from us but only if you pay for this policy from
XYZ insurance company. You can almost buy another
policy if this one doens't fit your needs but you
can't buy the car with out it." It's absurd right?
The car needs _a_ insurance policy to run (more or
less) but it doens't need _that_ insurance policy.
So your locked into a deal you don't like and don't need
What's the differnece between a work station and a desktop? Or as the article says a "high end desktop". A rose by any other name and all that...