Speaking of blind.... Have you read the GPL v2 or v3? OK then. Microsoft wants to hedge bets on many levels and getting any stream of income from open source would be good for them. Hell, I am sure that if they sold MS Office a a binary blob solution for Linux, there would be takers.
That being said, regardless if you like Novell or not, they contribute to some of the most important and popular projects for F/OSS that if you use almost any distribution, you are touching daily.
Having worked with Red Hat and Novell as well as HP, Sun and IBM on *NIX, I have to give Novell credit on their support. They tend to go the extra mile and I even really like their documentation better than Red Hat's. Red Hat's kickstart has fewer issues than AutoYaSt, but YaST as a tool to manage servers, plus Novell's Zenworks Linux Management is awesome in capabilities. It seems to just be easier to make things happen on SUSE for me.
But, now at my current job, it is all RHEL and HPUX........with a few older sun boxen tossed into the mix.
No, I think he is saying that getting somebody to work on a known existing product will be easy to explain to PHBs. However, procurement and support contracts are usually already bid out by executives and harder to get a company to move towards.
If you wanted to get an admin for a "Red Hat Enterprise Linux" machine, sure, that is easy. The PHBs would be fine with that, more than likely. However, if you wanted to tell them "Our Application "$GOOD_JAVA" doesn't have anybody working on it anymore. We found $DEVELOPER to do it for $55/hr in house" they would possibly balk at the fact that a guy could work on maintaining it. It makes no sense, since if they had "$BIG_INTERNAL_APP" and fired the main developer they would replace him with another guy to maintain it with little to no training.
However, that does not fit into the current definition of what an operating system is. I understand to most users the difference is semantics. To them, the GUI could very well be the operating system, or "outlook" could be their operating system if all they use it for is email.
I wouldn't agree with that entirely. Vista is a pig in some ways. Maybe they can save it. God knows people buy crap all the time. I knew people with Beta movie players even after VHS had long won the war because they were "cheaper."
However, Now with Mac coming in and showing "Hey, there are alternatives. You don't HAVE to do what Microsoft says" and the issues with MS MCE not allowing you to control your own viewing/recording habits, people may be ready to at least TRY something different.
For a long time, people just assumed they needed a full MS office suite, or even a "beginner" package to write letters. Sure, OO.o is not perfect, but for Grandma to write a letter to her bridge club, it is perfectly fine.
Sure, MS is not crumbling into dust, but now that there are actual viable alternatives their foundation is a bit shakier than it was circa 1996.
Even if you are innocent or think you have a good chance of being found not guilty, the time it will take out of your life, possibly having your good name tarnished and hurting your job or chances of income, the negativity on your credit to have a judgment against you, etc is enough to have people settle for a few thousand dollars they should not have had to pay.
I agree. Apparently, slashdot is more about group dynamics of dominance now than simply being about talking tech stuff and learning more from each visit. I can't wait for it to be more like reddit where every other post is about Obama, Bush's latest gaffe or pictures of kittens doing the darnedest things.
I only respond because I actually think that to those who read the responses with a clear head, they will understand the outcome as opposed to the ganging up of one side for or against and come to their own conclusions. I don't like to let people get away with assumed superiority because that only continues to inflate their own mistaken self worth.
Had somebody simply said "Yeah, but we got the joke anyhow" I would have chalked it up to different strokes for different folks. However, the comments made, and remade by another poster, were simply instructive in nature. The point was so that next time, the poster did not come across as ignorant (not an insult, we are all ignorant about different things and this comes from lack of knowledge about a topic, not lack of ability).
My priorities are to make friends on the internet? I don't care if a bunch of empowered tools think they are making an impact in my life by modding me down. I stated a few simple facts and that I thought it was not funny. I guess the funny police showed up to rough up my pixels or something. I don't really care. There are those who get it and those who do not, on both sides of this coin. I was not hostile to anybody until they initiated hostilities. For this, I get modded down (whooptie doo) and a bunch of bandwagoners telling me that I am humorless or whatever else they have decided based on about 100 characters of text.
Uh-Oh. I guess you can get flamed now. You brought nasty facts into this humor den of hilarity.... I was called a humorless dick for making the very same comments about 40 minutes ago.
Now this is not bad. Humor that actually kinda works. One favor; Please don't call a gun a gat unless you can successfully pull off the 1920's gangster look and talk. Many people who try come across as slim shady wannabes.
I already know the "First Rule of Holes." However, the corollary to that rule is never dig a hole you from which you cannot get out. I think I'll manage. Again, it was an attempt at a joke, but to me it failed. It failed because of semantics. When you use a word, you have only certain liberties as to the meaning of that word. I know from humor. That was not it. You can disagree and I won't care.
Actually it comes from something of an inside joke. As I had not directly confronted you, you somehow felt the need for name calling and personal attacks. How nice. Go forth and procreate with thine self.
I have plenty to burn. I also don't back down from internet tough guys. I thought the joke was not funny. OH NOES. The internet is after me for clarifying something. Somehow, I will manage.
However, should somebody mature come across and actually have something intelligent to say, I will listen. Till then, jokes are funny. This was no joke.
You speak for yourself and have an inflated sense of worth. You are not as brave, nor as sophisticated as you think you are. You are a douche. Now... Go back to your mother's basement and eat a hot pocket.
Got proof of having guns accessible (to you) is an increased threat? No, you can't start with "everybody knows that..." you have to have a substantiated set of analysis to back up your claims.
Also, what is your point on dying of suicide vs a robbery or home invasion? What are your chances of running a flat tire? Why carry a spare?
OK, solution. Ask for TWO cans of soda. Drink the first one and then tear the second one in half. Try to pour as much of the flowing liquid into the now empty first can.......no wait.. Ask for THREE cans......crap....
Whoosh implies a joke. Jokes are funny. Would you consider it a joke if somebody tried to tell one about how his hard drive's CD tray kept on coming out? Or the one about how his "terminal" was blank? Sure, you may get the idea of what they are talking about, however to those who actually know better, it is not funny because they are using technical terms in an incorrect way that detracts from their intention.
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That being said, regardless if you like Novell or not, they contribute to some of the most important and popular projects for F/OSS that if you use almost any distribution, you are touching daily.
Your assessment of the situation is flawed and incorrect. Please see the following as some proof: http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/ http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/about_members.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO_v._Novell http://www.novell.com/ctoblog/?p=54 So... In summation, if you use the Linux Kernel, SAMBA, Gnome, KDE or any numter of other F/OSS products/projects...thank Novell for their contributions.
But, now at my current job, it is all RHEL and HPUX........with a few older sun boxen tossed into the mix.
Go Novell. Competition = good
I'll have to download that. I used to like Dennis Miller years ago. Now....he looks like a moron. I wonder who changed :)
http://abc.go.com/daytime/theview/cohosts#
Come on, folks. This guy has a "Man Sized" safe in his office. What do you think he has in there? He has a man....to feed off of.
I wonder what the cameras will do when the explosive diarrhea hits
If you wanted to get an admin for a "Red Hat Enterprise Linux" machine, sure, that is easy. The PHBs would be fine with that, more than likely. However, if you wanted to tell them "Our Application "$GOOD_JAVA" doesn't have anybody working on it anymore. We found $DEVELOPER to do it for $55/hr in house" they would possibly balk at the fact that a guy could work on maintaining it. It makes no sense, since if they had "$BIG_INTERNAL_APP" and fired the main developer they would replace him with another guy to maintain it with little to no training.
However, that does not fit into the current definition of what an operating system is. I understand to most users the difference is semantics. To them, the GUI could very well be the operating system, or "outlook" could be their operating system if all they use it for is email.
However, Now with Mac coming in and showing "Hey, there are alternatives. You don't HAVE to do what Microsoft says" and the issues with MS MCE not allowing you to control your own viewing/recording habits, people may be ready to at least TRY something different.
For a long time, people just assumed they needed a full MS office suite, or even a "beginner" package to write letters. Sure, OO.o is not perfect, but for Grandma to write a letter to her bridge club, it is perfectly fine.
Sure, MS is not crumbling into dust, but now that there are actual viable alternatives their foundation is a bit shakier than it was circa 1996.
Even if you are innocent or think you have a good chance of being found not guilty, the time it will take out of your life, possibly having your good name tarnished and hurting your job or chances of income, the negativity on your credit to have a judgment against you, etc is enough to have people settle for a few thousand dollars they should not have had to pay.
And I was not trying to be. I was merely pointing out a common mistake people make. However, you can think what you want. I don't give a rat's ass.
I agree. Apparently, slashdot is more about group dynamics of dominance now than simply being about talking tech stuff and learning more from each visit. I can't wait for it to be more like reddit where every other post is about Obama, Bush's latest gaffe or pictures of kittens doing the darnedest things.
Had somebody simply said "Yeah, but we got the joke anyhow" I would have chalked it up to different strokes for different folks. However, the comments made, and remade by another poster, were simply instructive in nature. The point was so that next time, the poster did not come across as ignorant (not an insult, we are all ignorant about different things and this comes from lack of knowledge about a topic, not lack of ability).
http://www.dsgl.org/Articles/woolley.htm &
http://hsx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/5/1/64
My priorities are to make friends on the internet? I don't care if a bunch of empowered tools think they are making an impact in my life by modding me down. I stated a few simple facts and that I thought it was not funny. I guess the funny police showed up to rough up my pixels or something. I don't really care. There are those who get it and those who do not, on both sides of this coin. I was not hostile to anybody until they initiated hostilities. For this, I get modded down (whooptie doo) and a bunch of bandwagoners telling me that I am humorless or whatever else they have decided based on about 100 characters of text.
Uh-Oh. I guess you can get flamed now. You brought nasty facts into this humor den of hilarity.... I was called a humorless dick for making the very same comments about 40 minutes ago.
Now this is not bad. Humor that actually kinda works. One favor; Please don't call a gun a gat unless you can successfully pull off the 1920's gangster look and talk. Many people who try come across as slim shady wannabes.
I already know the "First Rule of Holes." However, the corollary to that rule is never dig a hole you from which you cannot get out. I think I'll manage. Again, it was an attempt at a joke, but to me it failed. It failed because of semantics. When you use a word, you have only certain liberties as to the meaning of that word. I know from humor. That was not it. You can disagree and I won't care.
Actually it comes from something of an inside joke. As I had not directly confronted you, you somehow felt the need for name calling and personal attacks. How nice. Go forth and procreate with thine self.
However, should somebody mature come across and actually have something intelligent to say, I will listen. Till then, jokes are funny. This was no joke.
You speak for yourself and have an inflated sense of worth. You are not as brave, nor as sophisticated as you think you are. You are a douche. Now... Go back to your mother's basement and eat a hot pocket.
Also, what is your point on dying of suicide vs a robbery or home invasion? What are your chances of running a flat tire? Why carry a spare?
OK, solution. Ask for TWO cans of soda. Drink the first one and then tear the second one in half. Try to pour as much of the flowing liquid into the now empty first can.......no wait.. Ask for THREE cans......crap....
Whoosh implies a joke. Jokes are funny. Would you consider it a joke if somebody tried to tell one about how his hard drive's CD tray kept on coming out? Or the one about how his "terminal" was blank? Sure, you may get the idea of what they are talking about, however to those who actually know better, it is not funny because they are using technical terms in an incorrect way that detracts from their intention.