"Open source software, and free software *depend* on copyright. Yes, depend on it. Without copyright, then anyone could take the code, including large corporations, and modify it for their own interest, and sell it without releasing the source code. Basically, it'd defeat the point of the difference between "free", and "Free"."
RMS invented the GPL to hack the copyright. If copyrights were to be abolished RMS would be dancing in the streets.
Its an oracle mode firebird. They took the firebird open source database and made it look like oracle. Same table types, same column types, same SP language.
I wonder if the same thing could be done with postgres. If I recall sapdb was also compatible with oracle 7.3 or something like that.
Do you have any recent tests against the 2.6 kernel?
As you know the linux kernel of today is vastly superior to the linux kernel of 2002. I would not be surprised if it was bitchslapping the NT kernel by now.
Nah, tort reform is to prevent the little guys from suing big corporations. It's not about anything else. It certainly won't stop big companies from suing little guys like this case is.
SQL server enterprise edition costs 16,000 per processor last time I checked (and yes you need that version if you want all those features).
This is about the same as oracle although oracle has a few more features and better replication.
For the vast majority of the businesses on the planet postgres will do just fine. Worry about the other stuff when you have 30+ K to spend on a database server.
"A proper GUI frontend for the configuration would make things much faster and allow me to get on to what I actually want to do, instead of fiddling with my OS."
You keep saying this but it's still not true.
Config files are much easier and much better.
They are filled with comments that explain every option.
I can copy and paste from the comments or the manpages.
I can paste them into an email when I am asking for help so somebody else can take a look at it.
I can make backup copies in case I mess up and have to get back to where I was.
The first thing I do when I set up a new system is to check the entire/etc and/usr/local/etc (in freebsd) into cvs. That way I can keep track every single minute change in my system and can roll back to any given point in time or undo any change. They that with your GUI
You just don't get it and you never will. Text files are a superior way to manage your system. More flexable, more scriptible, more powerful, more adaptible, and yes easier and more convenient.
I hope to god nobody in the linux world listens to BOFH like you. Just because you are too stupid to make config changes in a file that does not mean everybody should be forced to suffer some least common denominator gui crap.
"I'm stupid because I want to get things done rather than waste my time?"
No, you are stupid because you are unable to read and write a text file.
" Insulting people isn't going to sway them to your cause."
No but you are just a troll and it's OK to insult trolls. Why is it OK for you to call me a freak but not OK for me to call you stupid?
"And hey, I'm not the most technically adept, either, but I'm still better than the people who are using their CD-ROM drive trays as cupholders and who can't grasp the difference between left-click and right-click."
I really don't think you are any better then those people.
"I'm just going by my experience"
So am I. It works great for me.
"Why can't the system gracefully auto-detect it or use reasonable defaults? It's possible. Windows does it."
So does linux. At least my distribution did (xandros).
"And note I never said I couldn't make it work."
Yes you did.
"Wine, yes, that never worked for me,"
That's because the people who work at MS are evil assholes.
"I don't even have to know what a command prompt is,"
I like the command prompt.
"But the comments are nowhere near a thorough documentation of all the configuration possibilities. For example, the Xorg.conf said nothing about how to get my multi-head setup going."
Worked out of the box for me with no config file entries in xandros.
What the hell are you using anyway. I sounds like you are running a five year old distro.
I think it will all be moot in a year or two. PS3 will run on the sony/ibm cell processor. Needless to say the cell processor will also run linux and will be available in IBM workstations (maybe even apples).
I think in a couple of years PPC/Cell will be the prefered linux architecture and the games will be very abundant.
For me I don't give a flying donut. I don't play games.
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And to think thelonious monk only needed a lousy piano to make amazing music.
"Open source software, and free software *depend* on copyright. Yes, depend on it. Without copyright, then anyone could take the code, including large corporations, and modify it for their own interest, and sell it without releasing the source code. Basically, it'd defeat the point of the difference between "free", and "Free"."
RMS invented the GPL to hack the copyright. If copyrights were to be abolished RMS would be dancing in the streets.
With PHP you have a pick of many templating engines. You should never really need to do all that.
Secondly I would still prefer escaping strings manually then to type every time I want to print a space.
Here is an actual snipped from one of my projects in php.
// we know we have results so let's deal with them.
;
$xml = new XPath();
$xml->load_string ($results_xml);
$a= $xml->get_attributes($xml->root);
if ($a['COUNT'] != 0):
$results=$xml->evaluate("/SOME/XPATH/EXPRESSION")
foreach ($results as $result):
do something with $result
endforeach;
endif;
I vastly prefer this method of working to XSL. It's easier to read, easier to type, easier to debug etc.
"ust because you enjoy using the wrong tool for the job (in this case, xml transformation),"
/>
Yes because it's much better to type
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="string-length(@NUMBER_OF_PAGES)>0">
<xsl:value-of select="@NUMBER_OF_PAGES"
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:text>0</xsl:text>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
Then a simple if then else statement.
God where are my mod points when I need them.
I agree. If I have to do anything other then a simple transform I would much rather do it in a language then XSL.
I would like to see a comparison to a "real" language like java or python or ruby or something.
I hate XSL and whenever possible use an actual programming language.
Have you seen this.
Its an oracle mode firebird. They took the firebird open source database and made it look like oracle. Same table types, same column types, same SP language.
I wonder if the same thing could be done with postgres. If I recall sapdb was also compatible with oracle 7.3 or something like that.
Judges almost never throw out a case. It's extremely rare. They believe that it's up to the juries.
Of course that means whoever has the most money wins.
Those tests were run in 2002.
Do you have any recent tests against the 2.6 kernel?
As you know the linux kernel of today is vastly superior to the linux kernel of 2002. I would not be surprised if it was bitchslapping the NT kernel by now.
Nah, tort reform is to prevent the little guys from suing big corporations. It's not about anything else. It certainly won't stop big companies from suing little guys like this case is.
Not to mention it's more expensive then all the other databases (even oracle and SQL server).
SQL server enterprise edition costs 16,000 per processor last time I checked (and yes you need that version if you want all those features).
This is about the same as oracle although oracle has a few more features and better replication.
For the vast majority of the businesses on the planet postgres will do just fine. Worry about the other stuff when you have 30+ K to spend on a database server.
It doesn't work that way. It's only stored in one table. You can think of the parent table as a view.
Have you seen oracle mode firebird?
Well it's not quite oracle but then again 99% of the businesses and people on this planet don't need oracle (or sql server or db/2).
Unless you are running an enterprise postgres can do anything you need and more.
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Those that don't know lisp are doomed to reinvent it (poorly).
There was no need for XML. We already had lisp.
If you were coding in java you'd of course have to say it three times or so.
SomeType mySomeType= (SomeType) someOtherThing.makeSomeType()
It's no use just saying it once you know.
It won't matter as much for home. If you are using linux at work chances are you are going to get a linux PC at home so you can take your work home.
You keep saying this but it's still not true.
Config files are much easier and much better.
You just don't get it and you never will. Text files are a superior way to manage your system. More flexable, more scriptible, more powerful, more adaptible, and yes easier and more convenient.
I hope to god nobody in the linux world listens to BOFH like you. Just because you are too stupid to make config changes in a file that does not mean everybody should be forced to suffer some least common denominator gui crap.
"Based on my experience, changes made to a GUI can be applied to the system without restarting, unlike most config file situations."
that has got the be the single most stupidest thing anybody has ever said.
Congratulations, you get my retard of the week award.
Config files are not written in a computer's language.
"I'm stupid because I want to get things done rather than waste my time?"
No, you are stupid because you are unable to read and write a text file.
" Insulting people isn't going to sway them to your cause."
No but you are just a troll and it's OK to insult trolls. Why is it OK for you to call me a freak but not OK for me to call you stupid?
"And hey, I'm not the most technically adept, either, but I'm still better than the people who are using their CD-ROM drive trays as cupholders and who can't grasp the difference between left-click and right-click."
I really don't think you are any better then those people.
"I'm just going by my experience"
So am I. It works great for me.
"Why can't the system gracefully auto-detect it or use reasonable defaults? It's possible. Windows does it."
So does linux. At least my distribution did (xandros).
"And note I never said I couldn't make it work."
Yes you did.
"Wine, yes, that never worked for me,"
That's because the people who work at MS are evil assholes.
"I don't even have to know what a command prompt is,"
I like the command prompt.
"But the comments are nowhere near a thorough documentation of all the configuration possibilities. For example, the Xorg.conf said nothing about how to get my multi-head setup going."
Worked out of the box for me with no config file entries in xandros.
What the hell are you using anyway. I sounds like you are running a five year old distro.
I think it will all be moot in a year or two. PS3 will run on the sony/ibm cell processor. Needless to say the cell processor will also run linux and will be available in IBM workstations (maybe even apples).
I think in a couple of years PPC/Cell will be the prefered linux architecture and the games will be very abundant.
For me I don't give a flying donut. I don't play games.