People in the Open Source community have been warning against this for years with MySQL. It is one of the key tenets in the PostgreSQL vs MySQL playbook. Use PostgreSQL because no single company controls the source. It can't be bought. MySQL dug its own destiny by tying its hand into the GPL AND (note the AND) being owned by a single entity.
...But it is about as far away from FREE Software as it gets.
In fact, is it even technically Open Source either?
From the Red Hat site: "Available for immediate download starting at $80."
Um, 80 != 0, right? So, why would the F/OSS community trumpet this as a "win"?
Yes it is. You can download the sources for free. You can also download a white box clone called CentOS. There is *nothing* that says you can't charge for Open Source.
Sure its free. Download CentOS or the Sources. There is *nothing* that says you can not charge for open source.
You get every friday or monday off depending on the stagger. The idea of 9/80 bothers me. There is a point of no return for employees. If you are going to work like that, you should make sure and take two one hour breaks a day.
A talk on why Perl 5 is Alive was given at PostgreSQL Conference West 08. What I found most interesting is how vibrant the current perl 5 community is. There are even non profits popping up to support it and forgo worrying about 6...
Uh... You realize that Bruce works for a PostgreSQL company... not "The PostgreSQL Company (www.commandprompt.com)" but he does work for EDB and I am sure he is compensated very well. Oh.. and Tom works for Redhat.
Have you fixed Evasion so that a character must have a place to evade too? It is odd that a character can Evade Fireball in a 10 foot wide tunnel. Further I would suggest that rules be put forth about movement availability in that scenario. If I just ran (4x move) on my turn, I find it unlikely I could then evade 40 yards.
Teachers work 12-16 hours a day... yet a "class" day is only 6 hours (after you subtract breaks, locker time, lunch etc..).
Where is that other 6-10 hours going? Consider that...
Frankly I don't think we pay teachers nearly enough. I think it is ridiculous that they guy that "taught" Computer Science will likely make a third of what a computer scientist makes.
Actually no I am not talking about compound keys (although yes that is very, very important). I was talking about:
CREATE TABLE foo (company_name text PRIMARY KEY)
Which as I understand it, Rails is too stupid to understand. Granted, the only ORM that I know of that isn't is the one being used by Catalyst but still. It is a major design mistake to assume that your data can be correctly represented in a normalized structure using (id serial PRIMARY KEY).
I am also not talking about extreme normalization. I am talking about basic normalization... e.g; up to say the Third Normal Form.
The job of the DBA is to enforce proper database semantics, including design, performance, and maintenance.
Proper design is impossible with rails without reducing performance (the requirement to have a serial primary key and then a natural unique just to satisfy proper data requirements). Rails also increases database maintenance through mention of the above, and increases resource utilization (disk space and IO), reduces transactional velocity (having to update multiple indexes that shouldn't be required) etc...
I can go on and on.
However, I have talked myself to death with Rails and Java programmers before. The majority (not all) are stuck in there own little code generated world and don't want to actually do things correctly.
Not to mention that Rails significantly reduces your ability to do really cool stuff such as stored procedures (yes you can break out and do it manually but then why are you using Rails?), Federated databases and on and on and on.
I wonder if they still disallow proper database design by having a requirement of an autoincrementing number for the primary key.... The Rails developers could learn a thing about databases. Start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_normalization . Yes I know that a serial/autoincrementing key makes it easy for the app... it makes it a lot harder for the DBA in a lot of cases.
These people are scientists. They are politicians. Do I think they need to have the basic fundamentals of science down? No more than the normal person driving down the road. Do I believe they need to have a firm understanding that science/math/music/english etc.. are some the most important subjects within our academia and they need to be supported? Absolutely. Do I want to know who they "may" consider to have a scientific advisors? You bet!
Do I want to know if they have a clue about what E=mc2 means? No.. I really don't care.
O.k. obviously Slashdot users are the exception (and yes I bet most slashdot users to run windows, they need it for their games). The Windows users that Apple is going after are people like my wife. I quote, "I don't want a bunch of stuff. I want to browse the web.", further I quote, "I want to insert the memory thingy and have Windows just import the pictures".
My mother is the same way. To them, a computer is just a utility, like a toaster. They want it to work, and work without fuss and like it or not, they don't need tabs, they don't need extensions. They need web browsing, pop up and maleware free. That's it.
Oh my god... somebody might actually have to get off their cheap ass and pay for something that is interesting.
Kill them, flog them... make sure the company goes out of business by sending them a message that says, "We won't pay you to provide something that cost you money to create!!!!"
I would agree with the general statement that most OSS programmers won't fill out an RFP. There are several reasons for this.
1. Programmers are not business people (Usually)
The information you are going to get from a Programmer will be very technical and then when you question it, the programmer will get annoyed.
2. OSS programmers are notoriously lazy if the project doesn't fit "their" requirements. This is not a flame, but look how long it takes to get many things done in OSS. All the cool stuff gets done ASAP!!!! but try to get someone to fix their grammar in a help file? Heh...
3. If you want help, you will have to call a professional consultant. Jabber.Com, RedHat.Com,
CommandPrompt.Com, someone like that. They have the people that can read an RFP and yes, fill out the laborious questions.
4. Get references. No matter what. Even from RedHat. Make sure you call them too.
This is an ingnorant statement. No I am not flaming. Ignorance is not a bad thing, it just means you don't know.
2.5 Billion (if they could pull that off) would hurt Microsoft ALOT. Yes Microsoft has enough money to buy a small country but 2.5 Billion is a lot of CASH.
Also, if the EU does fine Microsoft that much, they will most certainly exercise their right to make Microsoft remove some programs from Windows.
Finally, the stock market would probably be very brutal to Microsoft if they had to pay out 2.5 Billion.
>I can go to my local music store and pick up a >tape for $9.00, but I have to pay $15.00 if I >want it on a CD, why?
Because you will pay for it. We are a capitalist society, that is how it works. If people stop paying 15.00 dollars (18.00 in Oregon), they will drop their prices.
Case in point, GM is now offering 0% financing on all the autos for a month. That includes Cadillac and SAAB... Why? Because NOBODY is buying new cars.
>If you could get that brand new CD you >wanted for $9.00 you'd be less likely to rip >it from a friend. But you can't. So you >push back.
Not true. Americans are notoriously cheap and self minded (Yes I am an American). If I can get the tracks from a friend, I would get high quality MP3's and rip them to CD using free music match.
>As for the WMP format being used as the >"standard" on new CDs, that is just >bullshit. MS and the recording industry are >just scratching each others backs on this one
Again, capitalism. If you don't like it, don't buy it. In fact more importantly -- join the fan list for your favorite bands. If 1000 people all tell a band that they won't buy their music, you "may" have a chance.
America is a nation of excess. We live and breath for every new toy. It is that way of life that causes corporations to have power. WE HAVE TO HAVE IT, GIMME GIMME GIMME
It is important not to judge Ruby on this article.
The content in the article is specifically designed to look like either Perl or Python. This was to generate a similarity that programmers from other languages can understand.
The second one, article in the series looks a lot less like Perl and more like Python. This is due to Ruby being a true OO, very similar to Python.
The third article will (if they let me write it) cover advanced Ruby structures and illustrate them by interfacing with the PostgreSQL database.
The fourth article will cover Ruby/Qt.
If you guys want to see these articles you may want to give some decent feedback on the Developer Works site.
You should all be using LXP. It is available at Command Prompt, Inc. It is a C++ Apache Module that uses persistent PostgreSQL connections. It has direct query methods and XML parsing all built in.
Slashdot Mirror
People in the Open Source community have been warning against this for years with MySQL. It is one of the key tenets in the PostgreSQL vs MySQL playbook. Use PostgreSQL because no single company controls the source. It can't be bought. MySQL dug its own destiny by tying its hand into the GPL AND (note the AND) being owned by a single entity.
...But it is about as far away from FREE Software as it gets.
In fact, is it even technically Open Source either?
From the Red Hat site: "Available for immediate download starting at $80."
Um, 80 != 0, right? So, why would the F/OSS community trumpet this as a "win"?
Yes it is. You can download the sources for free. You can also download a white box clone called CentOS. There is *nothing* that says you can't charge for Open Source.
Sure its free. Download CentOS or the Sources. There is *nothing* that says you can not charge for open source.
And thus (in theory) soon moonlight, which means linux support.
You get every friday or monday off depending on the stagger. The idea of 9/80 bothers me. There is a point of no return for employees. If you are going to work like that, you should make sure and take two one hour breaks a day.
A talk on why Perl 5 is Alive was given at PostgreSQL Conference West 08. What I found most interesting is how vibrant the current perl 5 community is. There are even non profits popping up to support it and forgo worrying about 6...
For PostgreSQL :) http://www.postgresql.org/
Would you like another round of ammo with that foot gun Sun?
Look at plproxy or use schemas.
Uh... You realize that Bruce works for a PostgreSQL company... not "The PostgreSQL Company (www.commandprompt.com)" but he does work for EDB and I am sure he is compensated very well. Oh.. and Tom works for Redhat.
PWNED!
Have you fixed Evasion so that a character must have a place to evade too? It is odd that a character can Evade Fireball in a 10 foot wide tunnel. Further I would suggest that rules be put forth about movement availability in that scenario. If I just ran (4x move) on my turn, I find it unlikely I could then evade 40 yards.
Blame the establishment.
Teachers work 12-16 hours a day... yet a "class" day is only 6 hours (after you subtract breaks, locker time, lunch etc..).
Where is that other 6-10 hours going? Consider that...
Frankly I don't think we pay teachers nearly enough. I think it is ridiculous that they guy that "taught" Computer Science will likely make a third of what a computer scientist makes.
Actually no I am not talking about compound keys (although yes that is very, very important). I was talking about:
CREATE TABLE foo (company_name text PRIMARY KEY)
Which as I understand it, Rails is too stupid to understand. Granted, the only ORM that I know of that isn't is the one being used by Catalyst but still. It is a major design mistake to assume that your data can be correctly represented in a normalized structure using (id serial PRIMARY KEY).
I am also not talking about extreme normalization. I am talking about basic normalization... e.g; up to say the Third Normal Form.
The job of the DBA is to enforce proper database semantics, including design, performance, and maintenance.
Proper design is impossible with rails without reducing performance (the requirement to have a serial primary key and then a natural unique just to satisfy proper data requirements). Rails also increases database maintenance through mention of the above, and increases resource utilization (disk space and IO), reduces transactional velocity (having to update multiple indexes that shouldn't be required) etc...
I can go on and on.
However, I have talked myself to death with Rails and Java programmers before. The majority (not all) are stuck in there own little code generated world and don't want to actually do things correctly.
Not to mention that Rails significantly reduces your ability to do really cool stuff such as stored procedures (yes you can break out and do it manually but then why are you using Rails?), Federated databases and on and on and on.
I doubt it.. Rails has never been known for actually using the database for more than a flat file... One of the reasons it can't scale.
I wonder if they still disallow proper database design by having a requirement of an autoincrementing number for the primary key.... The Rails developers could learn a thing about databases. Start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_normalization . Yes I know that a serial/autoincrementing key makes it easy for the app... it makes it a lot harder for the DBA in a lot of cases.
These people are scientists. They are politicians. Do I think they need to have the basic fundamentals of science down? No more than the normal person driving down the road. Do I believe they need to have a firm understanding that science/math/music/english etc.. are some the most important subjects within our academia and they need to be supported? Absolutely. Do I want to know who they "may" consider to have a scientific advisors? You bet!
Do I want to know if they have a clue about what E=mc2 means? No.. I really don't care.
O.k. obviously Slashdot users are the exception (and yes I bet most slashdot users to run windows, they need it for their games). The Windows users that Apple is going after are people like my wife.
I quote, "I don't want a bunch of stuff. I want to browse the web.", further I quote, "I want to insert the memory thingy and have Windows just import the pictures".
My mother is the same way. To them, a computer is just a utility, like a toaster. They want it to work, and work without fuss and like it or not, they don't need tabs, they don't need extensions. They need web browsing, pop up and maleware free. That's it.
Kill them, flog them... make sure the company goes out of business by sending them a message that says, "We won't pay you to provide something that cost you money to create!!!!"
http://stage.linuxports.com/projects/pyqt/book1.ht m
The only book on Python and QT programming
1. Programmers are not business people (Usually) The information you are going to get from a Programmer will be very technical and then when you question it, the programmer will get annoyed.
2. OSS programmers are notoriously lazy if the project doesn't fit "their" requirements. This is not a flame, but look how long it takes to get many things done in OSS. All the cool stuff gets done ASAP!!!! but try to get someone to fix their grammar in a help file? Heh...
3. If you want help, you will have to call a professional consultant. Jabber.Com, RedHat.Com, CommandPrompt.Com, someone like that. They have the people that can read an RFP and yes, fill out the laborious questions.
4. Get references. No matter what. Even from RedHat. Make sure you call them too.
The new nomad has 20 gigs...
enough said
2.5 Billion (if they could pull that off) would hurt Microsoft ALOT. Yes Microsoft has enough money to buy a small country but 2.5 Billion is a lot of CASH.
Also, if the EU does fine Microsoft that much, they will most certainly exercise their right to make Microsoft remove some programs from Windows.
Finally, the stock market would probably be very brutal to Microsoft if they had to pay out 2.5 Billion.
>I can go to my local music store and pick up a >tape for $9.00, but I have to pay $15.00 if I >want it on a CD, why?
Because you will pay for it. We are a capitalist society, that is how it works. If people stop paying 15.00 dollars (18.00 in Oregon), they will drop their prices.
Case in point, GM is now offering 0% financing on all the autos for a month. That includes Cadillac and SAAB... Why? Because NOBODY is buying new cars.
>If you could get that brand new CD you >wanted for $9.00 you'd be less likely to rip >it from a friend. But you can't. So you >push back.
Not true. Americans are notoriously cheap and self minded (Yes I am an American). If I can get the tracks from a friend, I would get high quality MP3's and rip them to CD using free music match.
>As for the WMP format being used as the >"standard" on new CDs, that is just >bullshit. MS and the recording industry are >just scratching each others backs on this one
Again, capitalism. If you don't like it, don't buy it. In fact more importantly -- join the fan list for your favorite bands. If 1000 people all tell a band that they won't buy their music, you "may" have a chance.
America is a nation of excess. We live and breath for every new toy. It is that way of life that causes corporations to have power. WE HAVE TO HAVE IT, GIMME GIMME GIMME
It is important not to judge Ruby on this article.
The content in the article is specifically designed to look like either Perl or Python. This was to generate a similarity that programmers from other languages can understand.
The second one, article in the series looks a lot less like Perl and more like Python. This is due to Ruby being a true OO, very similar to Python.
The third article will (if they let me write it) cover advanced Ruby structures and illustrate them by interfacing with the PostgreSQL database.
The fourth article will cover Ruby/Qt.
If you guys want to see these articles you may want to give some decent feedback on the Developer Works site.
You should all be using LXP. It is available at Command Prompt, Inc. It is a C++ Apache Module that uses persistent PostgreSQL connections. It has direct query methods and XML parsing all built in.
Hello,
Post-Apocolyptic -- dastardly deeds with mother gates and Commander Tako... http://www.linuxports.com/TUX