Expensive! don't make me laugh. Compared to most of the other support contracts it is still cheap.
And the price depends on what you want/need, comming as cheap as $350. And you know what, Linux wasn't even considered (at least at my current job) until they suddenly came up with this 'expensive' support plan. Guess what, companies just want to pay for this crap support.
For the smaller companies out there, linux is still the cheapest choice. plenty of distro's to pick from, which _are_ supported by the towns local IT support shop.
We started switching to the Novell offering 3 weeks ago ripping out all the older redhat systems.
take note, the true power of linux at work! giving control to the customer instead of the vendor. i still can't get that through the heads of my management, but i keep repeating it every time.
If you enjoy driving cars, don't buy this. If you like exciting cars, don't buy this. If you you want a cheap car, don't buy this. If you want a comfortable car, don't buy this.
I got this car as a replacement vehicle from the car-audio center when they where installing my GPS unit. You wouldn't believe how RELIEVED i was to get rid of that thing. I got used to certain things while driving a car (see above) and it did not have any of these (or at least it did not meet my standards) and i would never ever buy a car like it.
The only good thing about it was the mileage. Ofcourse there are other cars available who provide more of comfort for less money, so i would never put my money on a smart.
(oh yeah, rush hour on the highway in that car is scarier then Doom3, because all other drivers think of you as an insect and the car has no performance _what so ever_ to get you out of sticky situations, in fact there is this gigantic lag!! before any power gets transferred to the wheels - HORROR)
with real open source, drivers from Linux start arriving in droves. Intel performance is improved. GNU tools become standard parts of the system at almost all levels. Solaris becomes a more robust Linux, with a proven commercial track record.
If SUN does it right, then i don't see why it won't work the other way around. all the good stuff from solaris might find it's way into linux.
that is more likely to happen because all the hackers already know linux (code) inside out right _now_, and they can just take what is better from solaris and put it into linux.
ofcourse SUN will never, ever release the source under GPL or BSD or any other OSS license that would allow the above to happen. But because of that it will invalidate the possibility of putting linux code into solaris.
Games companies aren't going to bend over backwards to help linux, if their games are in DX. It's just not going to happen. Linux has a tiny share of the market, approx. 2%.
yes, but working together with Transgaming doesn't cost them any money. It is like a low-budget porting firm. Transgaming does the work for them, the only thing valve (in this case) has to come up with is providing a list of calls Cedega must be able to support to get the game working.
in fact i have been writing to companies every time a game gets released i would like to play on linux to consider 1. a port or 2. contacting Transgaming which will be more then happy to get the game working on linux (as it will increase sales of Cedega, i don't see why they would turn down such a corporation with a gaming company).
ah, but in Monkey Island 1, you COULD die, staying underwater longer than 10 minutes...
i don't buy it, there where a lot of near-death expierences in monkey island, but none actually resulted in one. same for pseudo-action in-games, if you were not able to finish them, no problem, as they would be skipped after x minutes.
the one you talk about is a well known dicussion point, and i never tried it out, but some say - you die - while other say - you get rescued.... well i guess it's of to ScummVM to find out the truth!:P
Hohohaha, that is so funny... i too couldn't stop laughing every time my character died a sierra game. i hated it even more after i enjoyed the great lucas arts adventure games, where you weren't afraid of death after every step you took. lucas arts also knew this sucked and has a classic joke in MI1, where you would fall off a cliff and a sierra requester pops up - you have died, load/quit. after a few seconds your character comes back on the screen - rubber tree! now _that_ is funny...
Your manager shouldn't have access to the servers in the first place. It is not his job to logon to systems and change stuff, he is a manager not a tech.
Most likely not. You see, if they release the source for this program there is no incentive anymore to buy the device, and any geek with a compiler and a handheld will be able to run this without Tom Tom ever making a dollar.
the source code itself is useles without the maps. I have read up on some of the OSS GPS software being made and it seems that it is not difficult at all. The maps make the gps device stand out, level of detail and amount of poi etc.
What some people might not know is that Linus was a Sinclair user as well. Before he got a PC he had a QL, which had a 32bit architecture with a multitasking OS and was a pretty nifty machine for the time.
i believe this story, in fact i believe the car became self aware and discovered how UGLY it was and wanted to kill itself! that, or the fact that renault is 'une piece de crap voiture'.
I think people have to forget about the cliche that all open source software is developed by some kid in his attic. A lot of OSS is developed using the same control process as commercial software, _but_ as an extra the source code is open. I can't see how in these cases it can be worse? Of course there are and always be OSS project made just for fun or out of an itch and perhaps in these cases the article could have a point (although i don't agree, as small project with little developers can take advantage of the 'many eyeball' idea, and people _do_ look).
A lot of flaming going on here, linux vs solaris. There is no use, nobody wins here. Besides it all depens. Take myself for example, i stumbled into the unix world through linux, like so many other youngster these days do. so linux is your first love, it will probably be your last. if on the other hand, you are an old-timer and got into unix through a 'real' unix you will probably dig solaris till the day you die. for me, i think solaris is a great os, but i still like linux more. i figure this will only increase as more and more people get to know linux first _and_ know it better.
is right here
get the plucker files, put them on your pda. instant linux knowledge available anywhere, anytime.
as a distro, take a pick from one of the (easy) favourites: RH, suse, mandrake and learn the basics. don't use X, there is a console alternative for almost everything. when you got the console in your fingers it is time for your exam!
But i keep finding myself to use Perl at work all the time. Why? Well, i'm a sysadmin and all my colleagues have some knowledge of Perl as well, but no Python and they certainly don't have any interest in learning it. Even when looking for a job i have found the interviewer to act surprised when i say i prefer Python over Perl. But no question about it, when i'm working on personal projects i go for Python all the time. This book is excellent, although i used the 'learning Python' from O'Reilly and ofcourse the online documentation (which is also more then excellent!)
Is this going to help the customer in any way, will it increase the quality of the software, will it be cheaper for the customer? My guess to all these questions is - NO.
... is release the code and not let this program get to waste. it seems they already spend a lot of time on it, it would be silly to just shelve it.
ofcourse, i don't buy the story. i'm not sure why they stopped developing though. and wouldn't HP be one of those 'partners' that has access to the windows code?
This guy is looking at it from the perspective of _companies_, i'm sure a lot of them would like it if Linux was using the BSD license instead of GPL. But it is _not_ about businesses or companies; the GPL is there for _us_, the users! People should get that through their thick fat skull...
if the network code would be backwards compatible that would be great. that way people with old hardware can continue to play the game, and people with newer riggs can run the latest newest game engine and enjoy greatly improved gfx/sfx.
it was even worse. people were accusing piracy on the amiga for the decline of the platform, while in fact there was just as much piracy on the pc or any other platform out at (or before) that time.
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Expensive! don't make me laugh. Compared to most of the other support contracts it is still cheap.
And the price depends on what you want/need, comming as cheap as $350. And you know what, Linux wasn't even considered (at least at my current job) until they suddenly came up with this 'expensive' support plan. Guess what, companies just want to pay for this crap support.
For the smaller companies out there, linux is still the cheapest choice. plenty of distro's to pick from, which _are_ supported by the towns local IT support shop.
take note, the true power of linux at work! giving control to the customer instead of the vendor. i still can't get that through the heads of my management, but i keep repeating it every time.
If you enjoy driving cars, don't buy this.
If you like exciting cars, don't buy this.
If you you want a cheap car, don't buy this.
If you want a comfortable car, don't buy this.
I got this car as a replacement vehicle from the car-audio center when they where installing my GPS unit. You wouldn't believe how RELIEVED i was to get rid of that thing. I got used to certain things while driving a car (see above) and it did not have any of these (or at least it did not meet my standards) and i would never ever buy a car like it.
The only good thing about it was the mileage. Ofcourse there are other cars available who provide more of comfort for less money, so i would never put my money on a smart.
(oh yeah, rush hour on the highway in that car is scarier then Doom3, because all other drivers think of you as an insect and the car has no performance _what so ever_ to get you out of sticky situations, in fact there is this gigantic lag!! before any power gets transferred to the wheels - HORROR)
If SUN does it right, then i don't see why it won't work the other way around. all the good stuff from solaris might find it's way into linux.
that is more likely to happen because all the hackers already know linux (code) inside out right _now_, and they can just take what is better from solaris and put it into linux.
ofcourse SUN will never, ever release the source under GPL or BSD or any other OSS license that would allow the above to happen. But because of that it will invalidate the possibility of putting linux code into solaris.
yes, but working together with Transgaming doesn't cost them any money. It is like a low-budget porting firm. Transgaming does the work for them, the only thing valve (in this case) has to come up with is providing a list of calls Cedega must be able to support to get the game working.
in fact i have been writing to companies every time a game gets released i would like to play on linux to consider 1. a port or 2. contacting Transgaming which will be more then happy to get the game working on linux (as it will increase sales of Cedega, i don't see why they would turn down such a corporation with a gaming company).
i don't buy it, there where a lot of near-death expierences in monkey island, but none actually resulted in one. same for pseudo-action in-games, if you were not able to finish them, no problem, as they would be skipped after x minutes. :P
the one you talk about is a well known dicussion point, and i never tried it out, but some say - you die - while other say - you get rescued.... well i guess it's of to ScummVM to find out the truth!
Hohohaha, that is so funny... i too couldn't stop laughing every time my character died a sierra game.
i hated it even more after i enjoyed the great lucas arts adventure games, where you weren't afraid of death after every step you took.
lucas arts also knew this sucked and has a classic joke in MI1, where you would fall off a cliff and a sierra requester pops up - you have died, load/quit. after a few seconds your character comes back on the screen - rubber tree! now _that_ is funny...
Your manager shouldn't have access to the servers in the first place. It is not his job to logon to systems and change stuff, he is a manager not a tech.
the source code itself is useles without the maps. I have read up on some of the OSS GPS software being made and it seems that it is not difficult at all. The maps make the gps device stand out, level of detail and amount of poi etc.
What some people might not know is that Linus was a Sinclair user as well. Before he got a PC he had a QL, which had a 32bit architecture with a multitasking OS and was a pretty nifty machine for the time.
i believe this story, in fact i believe the car became self aware and discovered how UGLY it was and wanted to kill itself!
that, or the fact that renault is 'une piece de crap voiture'.
that's right, but FORD spells 'Driver Returns On Foot' backwards.
I think people have to forget about the cliche that all open source software is developed by some kid in his attic. A lot of OSS is developed using the same control process as commercial software, _but_ as an extra the source code is open. I can't see how in these cases it can be worse? Of course there are and always be OSS project made just for fun or out of an itch and perhaps in these cases the article could have a point (although i don't agree, as small project with little developers can take advantage of the 'many eyeball' idea, and people _do_ look).
A lot of flaming going on here, linux vs solaris.
There is no use, nobody wins here. Besides it all depens. Take myself for example, i stumbled into the unix world through linux, like so many other youngster these days do. so linux is your first love, it will probably be your last. if on the other hand, you are an old-timer and got into unix through a 'real' unix you will probably dig solaris till the day you die.
for me, i think solaris is a great os, but i still like linux more. i figure this will only increase as more and more people get to know linux first _and_ know it better.
as a distro, take a pick from one of the (easy) favourites: RH, suse, mandrake and learn the basics. don't use X, there is a console alternative for almost everything. when you got the console in your fingers it is time for your exam!
But i keep finding myself to use Perl at work all the time. Why? Well, i'm a sysadmin and all my colleagues have some knowledge of Perl as well, but no Python and they certainly don't have any interest in learning it. Even when looking for a job i have found the interviewer to act surprised when i say i prefer Python over Perl.
But no question about it, when i'm working on personal projects i go for Python all the time.
This book is excellent, although i used the 'learning Python' from O'Reilly and ofcourse the online documentation (which is also more then excellent!)
More control for them, even less control for us.
Is this going to help the customer in any way, will it increase the quality of the software, will it be cheaper for the customer? My guess to all these questions is - NO.
I can see the questions, but where are the answers?
Send back these questions and get some real answers this time.
Don't give them any more ideas!
... is release the code and not let this program get to waste. it seems they already spend a lot of time on it, it would be silly to just shelve it.
ofcourse, i don't buy the story. i'm not sure why they stopped developing though. and wouldn't HP be one of those 'partners' that has access to the windows code?
This guy is looking at it from the perspective of _companies_, i'm sure a lot of them would like it if Linux was using the BSD license instead of GPL.
But it is _not_ about businesses or companies; the GPL is there for _us_, the users! People should get that through their thick fat skull...
if the network code would be backwards compatible that would be great. that way people with old hardware can continue to play the game, and people with newer riggs can run the latest newest game engine and enjoy greatly improved gfx/sfx.
maybe that is why they are based in Canada?
it was even worse. people were accusing piracy on the amiga for the decline of the platform, while in fact there was just as much piracy on the pc or any other platform out at (or before) that time.
because 'God' also starts with a capital. and i don't even believe in any god, the Internet is more like a religion to me :P