What can we (in the Linux world), who comply to standards do? What strategy must we follow to have M$ kind-of stab themselves in the foot by the selfish/greedy actions they might take in regard to IE7?
I think that if a major PC buyer - read government, decided not to let systems with non compliant browsers be marketed in the country, M$ would listen to some extent. However, for this approach to succeed, many governments must do the same...not just one. The EU could do this. So could Russia and China. Is it time to lobby these governments on this just like was done on the software patent issue? But again, as an individual, I want more...ie...to be able to completely remove all traces of IE on my PC and let any browser specific component be handled by a browser of my choice. What about that?
An interesting read. I wish I had mod points. On another note, the USA does not want other nations to have the nuclear capability because they (the USA) does not have a means to disable or defend itself against the weapon. We simply cannot stop a nuclear bomb's devastating effects. So we pump up the rhetoric to prevent others from acquiring these weapons. Remember, we do not destroy our own. By the way, is it true that the most deadly nuclear weapons are actually produced by Russia?
Couldn't agree more. After all even our own president (Bush of USA) also "lies" even over things that are obvious - think the IRAQ war. The other boss of ENRON also lied...so did former president Clinton, Bill Gates. They all lie in this land of "freedom!"
"Drupal?" Well, that name caught me off guard! On reading the introduction, I thought Drupal is some famous [Indian] "computer" person. How wrong I was. But again, http://www.sourceforge.net/ does not list Drupal among the top 10 most active Content Management Systems! I used "CMS" as the search string.
So, is the statement: "Drupal is the leading open-source (written in PHP) content management system and is used to power tens of thousands of websites, blogs, community sites, etc." really accurate?
I feel glad about this because when I tried to press the Linux world into adopting autopackage http://autopackage.org/, a good number of slashdotters modded me down while others said autopackge does not solve the underlining issue. Granted but...
Guys, Joe Six Pack just wants things to get done. The current rpm hell does not cut, it and even Debian's apt still has a hell of problems. Time has come for the Linux world to do something about software installation on Linux. For an average user, there is just too much information.
Consider this: If one wants to install =package-name=, this user will be presented with the same package for at least six major distros. Heck, as an average user, I thought I used Linux! Sadly, on the desktop, Linux might never fly!
First, this is definitely offtopic: I do not like the colors used for this post! The good thing is slashdot is "free".
Back to the point:
The proprietors of those warez sites should consider Barbados or Switzerland. Over there, the law will take quite a time to get them and the moment they sense "danger", they can morph into an entity completely different.
How do the Russians launch their vehicles one after another without lots of funfare but with almost success? There have been almost 2,300 successful Soyuz launches and just 11 Soyuz failures ever...! That's a success rate that cant be beat! To make matters worse, they do it cheaper too!
Yes, Novell should be very concerned here. Their product though good, is heavy and YaST is as slow as hell. I hope the new distro will be apt-based. Even better would be that it becomes based on autopackage http://autopackage.org/ because the packages could the be able to install on [any] distro.
The authorities forgot to consider "scanning" for gas! I am sure a deadly gas attack would wreck more damage since gas is spread by air circulation as compared to physical proximity in case of a bomb.
To make matters worse, a gas can be made to have its effects way much later, say an hour. Now, wait a minute...think about that.
[quote]"Broadband Reports has a good read on the real deal behind next generation broadband deployments. In four years: half all Verizon DSL users should have fiber, half of all SBC subscribers should have 10-20Mbps DSL, and one tenth of all BellSouth customers should have 50Mbps DSL. At the same time cable companies should begin deploying DOCSIS 3.0 technology in 2006, eventually bringing 100Mbps speeds to end users." [/quote]
The question is: At what cost? I would not want my provider to shovel DSL [and associated costs] down my throat when I do not need all that speed. I only do email, slashdot and online banking on the internet. My current service which is cable restricted to twice the speed of dial-up is more that adequate.
Good! The one for Firefox is here. Let's demand one for Konqueror. Google should realize that Konqueror is the *default* browser for many KDE centric Linux systems that have KDE installed by default....only if the Konqueror programmers could first fix the sometimes insane toolbars!
When will the "critical mass" on cities that have chosen Linux be struck? My city, Toronto which prides itself of being "progressive" does not have as much Linux infrastructure. If more cities catch on with Linux, my own city will see the light.
On the other hand, M$ must be thinking...
"This [Linux] phenomenon is not going to go away anytime soon...and our campaign has not worked as well...but life is still worth living because though costs have doubled and profits declined, we still hang on!"
Over here at http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/200506/ index.html, it shows Apache simply increased its market share in the month heading up to July 2005. This reminds me of what statistics can be: They can be made/manipulated into anything the presenter wants to project. So who is telling lies here? SecuritySpace or Netcraft or both?
[...] Mickey Lutz did something that most CIOs, even today, would consider unthinkable: He moved a critical part of his IT infrastructure from the mainframe and Unix to Linux. For Lutz, the objections to Linux, regarding its technical robustness and lack of vendor support, had melted enough to justify the gamble.'[...] His organization saved 90% in costs in so doing.
Now, let's get prepared to rebut any Microsoft officials whenever they talk about the common "Total Cost of Ownership" as far as Linux is concerned.
I am not a native English speaker but I wanted to know how else the statement...[...]"...his goal for creating software was to 'Commit Digital Piracy..." can be interpreted.
Disclaimer: This *might* be moded off-topic but I'll still ask:
If anyone can point me to a good *free* PHP editor for Linux, I'd be very glad. The editors for Linux I find here http://www.php-editors.com/review/, are not good enough. I want one I can get for free.
I'm no geek and really do not understand.NET clearly. I am still running Windows98 SP2. Does this fact mean that I cannot utilise his patch since Windows98 is just too old to even have a.NET runtime?
Has the "advanced configuration" also been revamped? You see, in the previous versions, what was available in the advanced options was just an option of choosing what columns are displayed! This to me, was a non-starter.
Isn't SUN the company that said OSS is a cancer in 2001? Now come 2005 and they are embracing "the CANCER?"
I am supprised about SUN's move and wonder whether this move by SUN will also mean that it will be more open about SCO's case. SUN have been silent throughout.
SUN should be saying these words, or these words should be going on in SUN's mind..."Life is still worth living because even as costs double and profits fade, we (SUN) still hang on!"
I am glad KDE is way up there. I am sure no slashdotter can say KDE is doing badly at all. GNOME too, did not do that bad either. We surely have resources in the OSS world.
[...]In fact, it is easier to convert stolen identity data into money by filing false unemployment claims than going after the credit card companies.
This is another example or rot, I am sorry to say. It troubles me that we as a nation are going down the drain. How are we more different as compared to those in the third world in this regard?
To make matters worse, many technology writers and pundits do not see matters like these as news-worthy! Our leaders are not doing a good job.
Are you saying that Yahoo now fully supports Firefox and that its music/video service (launchcast?) works without a hitch? I cannot check it out now, as our internet activities are always monitored. I'm posting this from an HP SuSE Linux server with Lynx!
Truly, the only people who deserve a complete helping of blame are the hackers. Let's not forget that they're the ones doing this to us. They're the ones who are annoying an entire planet. They're the ones who are costing us billions of dollars a year to secure our systems against them. They're the ones who place their desire for fun ahead of everyone on earth's desire for peace and the right to privacy."
By saying the above, the author does not realise that these hackers, though nasty in some way, have a democratic right to express themselves as they please. He should also realise that "one man's meat is another man's poison". That's how democracy works. There are many industries making life out of people's misery. Think about the drug companies and the anti-virus companies. Do you think they want disease and viruses to go away?
["...] mouse scrolling, integration with major Mac email clients and native support for Mac fonts. The full announcement is here."
Do current relses of OpenOffice.org and other software have native support for Linux fonts? I ask this because I find that fonts on Linux are a bit "blurry"...that is, they are not as clear/crisp as their those on their windows counterparts. Even when anti-aliasing is turned off, fonts on Linux do not look that good. This is one reason in my opinion, why some slashdotters have written to say that Linux is ugly! Is it because there is lack of the so called native support for Linux fonts?
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I think that if a major PC buyer - read government, decided not to let systems with non compliant browsers be marketed in the country, M$ would listen to some extent. However, for this approach to succeed, many governments must do the same...not just one. The EU could do this. So could Russia and China. Is it time to lobby these governments on this just like was done on the software patent issue? But again, as an individual, I want more...ie...to be able to completely remove all traces of IE on my PC and let any browser specific component be handled by a browser of my choice. What about that?
An interesting read. I wish I had mod points. On another note, the USA does not want other nations to have the nuclear capability because they (the USA) does not have a means to disable or defend itself against the weapon. We simply cannot stop a nuclear bomb's devastating effects. So we pump up the rhetoric to prevent others from acquiring these weapons. Remember, we do not destroy our own. By the way, is it true that the most deadly nuclear weapons are actually produced by Russia?
Couldn't agree more. After all even our own president (Bush of USA) also "lies" even over things that are obvious - think the IRAQ war. The other boss of ENRON also lied...so did former president Clinton, Bill Gates. They all lie in this land of "freedom!"
So, is the statement: "Drupal is the leading open-source (written in PHP) content management system and is used to power tens of thousands of websites, blogs, community sites, etc." really accurate?
Guys, Joe Six Pack just wants things to get done. The current rpm hell does not cut, it and even Debian's apt still has a hell of problems. Time has come for the Linux world to do something about software installation on Linux. For an average user, there is just too much information.
Consider this: If one wants to install =package-name=, this user will be presented with the same package for at least six major distros. Heck, as an average user, I thought I used Linux! Sadly, on the desktop, Linux might never fly!
2: Once Lenovo's sales pickup, DELL will jump onto the ship - fast...! This time pointing to new research showing shifting customer requirements.
3: Third will be: You guessed it - PROFIT! Whether they will be able to muscle their way against Lenovo is another matter.
Back to the point: The proprietors of those warez sites should consider Barbados or Switzerland. Over there, the law will take quite a time to get them and the moment they sense "danger", they can morph into an entity completely different.
How do the Russians launch their vehicles one after another without lots of funfare but with almost success? There have been almost 2,300 successful Soyuz launches and just 11 Soyuz failures ever...! That's a success rate that cant be beat! To make matters worse, they do it cheaper too!
Yes, Novell should be very concerned here. Their product though good, is heavy and YaST is as slow as hell. I hope the new distro will be apt-based. Even better would be that it becomes based on autopackage http://autopackage.org/ because the packages could the be able to install on [any] distro.
To make matters worse, a gas can be made to have its effects way much later, say an hour. Now, wait a minute...think about that.
The question is: At what cost? I would not want my provider to shovel DSL [and associated costs] down my throat when I do not need all that speed. I only do email, slashdot and online banking on the internet. My current service which is cable restricted to twice the speed of dial-up is more that adequate.
Good! The one for Firefox is here. Let's demand one for Konqueror. Google should realize that Konqueror is the *default* browser for many KDE centric Linux systems that have KDE installed by default....only if the Konqueror programmers could first fix the sometimes insane toolbars!
On the other hand, M$ must be thinking...
"This [Linux] phenomenon is not going to go away anytime soon...and our campaign has not worked as well...but life is still worth living because though costs have doubled and profits declined, we still hang on!"
Question is: Hang on? But for how long?
Over here at http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/200506/ index.html, it shows Apache simply increased its market share in the month heading up to July 2005. This reminds me of what statistics can be: They can be made/manipulated into anything the presenter wants to project. So who is telling lies here? SecuritySpace or Netcraft or both?
Now, let's get prepared to rebut any Microsoft officials whenever they talk about the common "Total Cost of Ownership" as far as Linux is concerned.
I am not a native English speaker but I wanted to know how else the statement...[...]"...his goal for creating software was to 'Commit Digital Piracy..." can be interpreted.
If anyone can point me to a good *free* PHP editor for Linux, I'd be very glad. The editors for Linux I find here http://www.php-editors.com/review/, are not good enough. I want one I can get for free.
I'm no geek and really do not understand .NET clearly. I am still running Windows98 SP2. Does this fact mean that I cannot utilise his patch since Windows98 is just too old to even have a .NET runtime?
Has the "advanced configuration" also been revamped? You see, in the previous versions, what was available in the advanced options was just an option of choosing what columns are displayed! This to me, was a non-starter.
I am supprised about SUN's move and wonder whether this move by SUN will also mean that it will be more open about SCO's case. SUN have been silent throughout.
SUN should be saying these words, or these words should be going on in SUN's mind..."Life is still worth living because even as costs double and profits fade, we (SUN) still hang on!"
I am glad KDE is way up there. I am sure no slashdotter can say KDE is doing badly at all. GNOME too, did not do that bad either. We surely have resources in the OSS world.
This is another example or rot, I am sorry to say. It troubles me that we as a nation are going down the drain. How are we more different as compared to those in the third world in this regard?
To make matters worse, many technology writers and pundits do not see matters like these as news-worthy! Our leaders are not doing a good job.
Are you saying that Yahoo now fully supports Firefox and that its music/video service (launchcast?) works without a hitch? I cannot check it out now, as our internet activities are always monitored. I'm posting this from an HP SuSE Linux server with Lynx!
By saying the above, the author does not realise that these hackers, though nasty in some way, have a democratic right to express themselves as they please. He should also realise that "one man's meat is another man's poison". That's how democracy works. There are many industries making life out of people's misery. Think about the drug companies and the anti-virus companies. Do you think they want disease and viruses to go away?
Do current relses of OpenOffice.org and other software have native support for Linux fonts? I ask this because I find that fonts on Linux are a bit "blurry"...that is, they are not as clear/crisp as their those on their windows counterparts. Even when anti-aliasing is turned off, fonts on Linux do not look that good. This is one reason in my opinion, why some slashdotters have written to say that Linux is ugly! Is it because there is lack of the so called native support for Linux fonts?