They claim that IBM may be interested in buying or allying with Apple
Wow, I'm remembering the "1984" commercial from Apple, with the lady throwing the hammer through the giant IBM TV screen, borrowing heavily from the classic book "1984".
The Winamp guys have my sympathy, but they will find jobs if they try hard enough. If I can get a job (Laid off twice since 2000, I will be laid off next year, my coworkers are leaving for other jobs before they get laid off), the programmers of one of the most famous pieces of software will also find jobs.
Why are you installing an operating system from 1999?
Because they are running computers from that era?
Upgrading my small office of 40 desktops from Windows 2000 to Windows XP would cost about $40-80,000 (40 new desktops at $1000-2000 a pop, including labor, training, etc). I don't have that kind of money...
Once you screw in the lightbulb you'll realize that the bulb could be functioning better if you made some improvements. So, you'll only end up unscrewing the lightbulb and leave it on your workbench for 6 months anyways...
As I look at it, we are now in the 3rd stage after the Dot Com boom
Stage 1 : Dotcom boom. Jobs were plentiful. High pay, long hours, foosball, yadda yadda.
Stage 2 : Dotcom bust. Mass layoffs. For lease signs everywhere. Took a while to get a job, and when you got it, most people hated their job.
Stage 3 : Some recovery. Lucky and skilled people who hate their jobs can now find a job at another company if they try hard enough. From my perspective, top-level and skilled people are leaving everywhere. My current workplace lost the entire IS staff and 2/3 of developers. My previous workplace lost half of the technical managers, including one guy who had been there for 25 years (3rd employee of the company, lead architect, people thought he would never leave).
Stage 4 is when the less-lucky and less-skilled people can start moving around in the job market again.
If I call Sun for support, the issue is usually resolved with 1-2 phone calls.
A typical ticket with RH support takes several phone calls.
I recently had a support issues with Redhat that took 15 emails and 3 phone calls to fix. The problem? They were sending all support email to my boss (who had the address associated with the Credit Card) instead of to me. It took them 10 tries to change the address in the DB... oddly you can't change it in the RedHat support web interface. For $400 bucks per workstation I expect better quality...
I'm scared to think what would happen if I had a serious problem with them...
I have a discount card at two of our local mega chains, Albertsons and Safeway (Safeway card works at Vons in Southern California).
Both chains will issue a card to you without you giving out your personal information.
No need to worry about targeted junk mail, and the information they have on me isn't tied to my Name.
I just got my Albertsons card 1 month ago. The form had a little checkbox at the bottom which said "I wish not to discose any of this information. Just gimme the card."
You must carry the cards with you since you can't use your phone number at the keypad.
So expensive! try a cheaper solution!
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you too can eat virtual cookies while being chased by (real) ghosts.
A tab of acid will cost you $4 and produce the same effect...
The best way to get rid of roaches is to get rid of their food and water sources.
This is simply a robotic equivilant of pesticides... you are eliminating a symptom of the problem (Cockroaches) instead of eliminating the actual problem (Food waste, dirty houses).
If you developed little robots to pick up all all those food crumbs and eliminate any spills and puddles, the Cockroaches won't prosper.
I guess in older houses they might still eat wall the wallpaper...
When I look at NDL and FC3 the difference seams small
The target markets are very different. You'd be better off comparing NDS and Redhat Enterprise Desktop.
NDL is a stable product, and is intended for home users and office environments where people need the software to remain mostly the same for a long period of time.
Fedora Core is intended for people who want cutting edge features. They release a new version every quarter or so, breaking compatability with previous releases... support quickly dwindles for any previous release--- too fast for my old bones.
why did their sales sky rocket, and continue increasing every quarter since the change?
Are you talking about number of units, or money generated from sales?
$3000 from one customer increases sales much more then 1000 customers downloading RH for free.
RH a hell of a lot better quality than it was and people are buying it
RH has gotten better, but they still have alot of work to do. My RH Enterprise WS boxes still crash frequently under moderate load. Solaris isn't a speed demon, but our developer workstations have been very stable. RedHat support usually takes more then 3 phone calls to resolve a problem (It took me 20 emails and several phone calls to get RedHat to send RedHat emails to the correct email address).
Nor can I disprove the existence of Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, and the Easter Bunny. In fact, most of the time, it's pretty damn near impossible to prove that something's not happening.
No, but you can often prove that the opposite is true. In this case, you CAN prove that the seed economy in Iraq is viable, you CAN prove that the fields are being irrigated, you CAN prove that Iraqis have enough crops to feed people.
And you haven't provided any proof to support your claims.
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Of course, those names are a little out of date.
Yeah, they are wayyy out of date. I think those people endorsed Netscape 4.0 in the 90's or something...
They claim that IBM may be interested in buying or allying with Apple
Wow, I'm remembering the "1984" commercial from Apple, with the lady throwing the hammer through the giant IBM TV screen, borrowing heavily from the classic book "1984".
If IBM buys Apple, that'll make many heads spin.
The system will eat itself, in some cases.
He tells me that he expects nullsoft to be terminated soon because it's definately not making them any money
This was rumored for a while, right? Like these articles from 3 weeks ago.
The Winamp guys have my sympathy, but they will find jobs if they try hard enough. If I can get a job (Laid off twice since 2000, I will be laid off next year, my coworkers are leaving for other jobs before they get laid off), the programmers of one of the most famous pieces of software will also find jobs.
What I hate are emails with no subject line or with one-word useless subjects like "hello".
Since an email with the subject of "hello" is likely spam or a virus, I delete them without looking at them. If the person complains, tough luck.
If the person can't write a multiword or descriptive subject, I'm not sure the person should be working here.
Dang, so THAT is what the Democrats did wrong...
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This is handy if you continually resinstall operating systems on a box, and have gotten used to accessing it via a specific IP address, or whatever.
It's also great when your friends come over and want to use your network. Just plug-in, wait for DHCP to kick in, and go.
Saves alot of typing, and retyping...
Your freedoms may get eaten by a Republican?
What is, this is Slashdot, and I was on my way out the door, And I think I have the flu... so no?
How about an "Answer Slashdot"-- we post the answers and he responds in the form of a ... well, you get it.
Why are you installing an operating system from 1999?
Because they are running computers from that era?
Upgrading my small office of 40 desktops from Windows 2000 to Windows XP would cost about $40-80,000 (40 new desktops at $1000-2000 a pop, including labor, training, etc). I don't have that kind of money...
Most nuclear plants are located in areas with rural populations. (or at least, areas that were rural when they planned and built the plants).
You can build the plant in the boonies, but you still need to operate in a region where you can attract enough workers to staff the plant.
Gosh, these are tools of the future but I have already found several job openings asking for 5 years experience in each tool...
Does it matter?
Once you screw in the lightbulb you'll realize that the bulb could be functioning better if you made some improvements. So, you'll only end up unscrewing the lightbulb and leave it on your workbench for 6 months anyways...
Yet another post from the SF Bay Area.
As I look at it, we are now in the 3rd stage after the Dot Com boom
Stage 1 : Dotcom boom. Jobs were plentiful. High pay, long hours, foosball, yadda yadda.
Stage 2 : Dotcom bust. Mass layoffs. For lease signs everywhere. Took a while to get a job, and when you got it, most people hated their job.
Stage 3 : Some recovery. Lucky and skilled people who hate their jobs can now find a job at another company if they try hard enough. From my perspective, top-level and skilled people are leaving everywhere. My current workplace lost the entire IS staff and 2/3 of developers. My previous workplace lost half of the technical managers, including one guy who had been there for 25 years (3rd employee of the company, lead architect, people thought he would never leave).
Stage 4 is when the less-lucky and less-skilled people can start moving around in the job market again.
I agree with you.
If I call Sun for support, the issue is usually resolved with 1-2 phone calls.
A typical ticket with RH support takes several phone calls.
I recently had a support issues with Redhat that took 15 emails and 3 phone calls to fix. The problem? They were sending all support email to my boss (who had the address associated with the Credit Card) instead of to me. It took them 10 tries to change the address in the DB... oddly you can't change it in the RedHat support web interface. For $400 bucks per workstation I expect better quality...
I'm scared to think what would happen if I had a serious problem with them...
I have a discount card at two of our local mega chains, Albertsons and Safeway (Safeway card works at Vons in Southern California).
Both chains will issue a card to you without you giving out your personal information.
No need to worry about targeted junk mail, and the information they have on me isn't tied to my Name.
I just got my Albertsons card 1 month ago. The form had a little checkbox at the bottom which said "I wish not to discose any of this information. Just gimme the card."
You must carry the cards with you since you can't use your phone number at the keypad.
you too can eat virtual cookies while being chased by (real) ghosts.
A tab of acid will cost you $4 and produce the same effect...
The best way to get rid of roaches is to get rid of their food and water sources.
This is simply a robotic equivilant of pesticides... you are eliminating a symptom of the problem (Cockroaches) instead of eliminating the actual problem (Food waste, dirty houses).
If you developed little robots to pick up all all those food crumbs and eliminate any spills and puddles, the Cockroaches won't prosper.
I guess in older houses they might still eat wall the wallpaper...
...who will rid us of the robots?
Project Dark Skies.
That alone will get you on the network news, which in turn will get you plenty of chicks!
Hmm... when is that mod coming out?
When I look at NDL and FC3 the difference seams small
The target markets are very different. You'd be better off comparing NDS and Redhat Enterprise Desktop.
NDL is a stable product, and is intended for home users and office environments where people need the software to remain mostly the same for a long period of time.
Fedora Core is intended for people who want cutting edge features. They release a new version every quarter or so, breaking compatability with previous releases... support quickly dwindles for any previous release--- too fast for my old bones.
After examining and tinkering with configuration files, run levels, initiation scripts, services, the proc files, the X11 setup and the file tree
Whoa there cowboy! I think you're a victim of knowing too much... how the heck did you let yourself get that far?
I started off changing my tire, but ended up rebuilding the air filter.
why did their sales sky rocket, and continue increasing every quarter since the change?
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Are you talking about number of units, or money generated from sales?
$3000 from one customer increases sales much more then 1000 customers downloading RH for free
RH a hell of a lot better quality than it was and people are buying it
RH has gotten better, but they still have alot of work to do. My RH Enterprise WS boxes still crash frequently under moderate load. Solaris isn't a speed demon, but our developer workstations have been very stable. RedHat support usually takes more then 3 phone calls to resolve a problem (It took me 20 emails and several phone calls to get RedHat to send RedHat emails to the correct email address).
Nor can I disprove the existence of Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, and the Easter Bunny. In fact, most of the time, it's pretty damn near impossible to prove that something's not happening.
No, but you can often prove that the opposite is true. In this case, you CAN prove that the seed economy in Iraq is viable, you CAN prove that the fields are being irrigated, you CAN prove that Iraqis have enough crops to feed people.
And you haven't provided any proof to support your claims.