I just checked all of the virus sites and they are all on 'green' alert level saying that there are not even an moderate threats out there right now. Either this has just been blown way out of proportion by CCN (slow news day) or all of the security companies think they already have this one solved.
Our IT department is taking no action since there is no elevated threat level.
I despise hypocrisy more than anything and if it's one thing that pro apple/linux people are it's hypocritical. Just assume for a moment that this was Microsoft we were talking about. Can you imagine the uproar on this boad? Can you imagine yourself defending the fact that Microsoft was sending personal information mearly for 'statistical' purposes? You have got to be kidding me. Apple is no different from any other company. They will use this information for profit in any way that they can (including selling the information to other companies).
All of the privacy advocates are correct on this one. If Apple is really not using this info for anything, they should provide a UI to disable it. If they don't, that's a clear indication that they plan to use your personal information for profit.
This all depends on the quality of your education. Take your "I can learn any programming language" for example.
I had very extensive computer science education from the top school in the country in this area. I guarantee you that languages hold no mistery to me. Neither do operating systems. Nor, MT programming, etc. There are no 'intricacies' once you understand how languages work.
I interview a LOT of candidates. Their major failing is lack of programming fundamentals. Here's a great example. All of the 'Java' programmers that I interview can give very basic examples of MT issues (book answers). But NONE of them actually understand it. None of them can think through how Java actually implements synchronized, wait, notify, etc. That's a very basic concept.
You CANNOT selectively enforce your trademark. You will loose it. If Linus enforces this for companies making in excess of 1 million dollars, it must also be enforced for individuals, non-profits, charity organizations, etc.
It does not matter what groklaw says. What matters is real legal system precident.
Why do you think McDonalds forces individuls whose names are McFoo to remove the 'Mc' from any food related business that individul operates? That's right. You can't even use your own name because McDonalds trademarks it. If they failed to enforce that for an individual, they could looks their trademark on McNuggets, etc.
So please, let's not be hypocritical. Linus is doing the same thing. Welcome to the real world. Linux is just becoming another commercial venture and Linus wants to cash in.
Those patents just represent known "prior art". They are essentiallly patents that are related to the described invention. There is abosolutely no implication that the current patent uses the technologies described in the "prior art".
In fact, it just the opposite. Any claims that would already be covered would not be allowed in the current patent. So they do not need to pay anything for the other patents referenced since their invention has been found to be different from all of those.
Of course, they do not need to pay anything to reference OLE.
This is the beginning of the end of inovation as we know it. What do you think will be the motivation for writing inovative software?
The hypocrisy of the open software communitiy knows no bounds. Every day you bitch about how Microsoft steals ideas. Then you turn around and want to make this legal! Unbelievable.
The only reason why the open software community is against patents is that no innovation has ever come from it. All it does is copy what has already been done.
Linux? Right! Nice innovation. Been there, done that.
Mozilla? Wow, a browser! That's never been done.
The list goes on and on. Nothing new. Nothing inovative.
"We'll continue to sell the old version because it's obviously better value for our customers,"
The 'N' version was released due to a poorly thought out EU lawsuit. It turns out that no-one wants the new version of XP. They'd rather have the old one that the EU tried so hard to get rid of.
Shows you how out of touch with reality the EU is.
Sorry, you can't use this as a poster child for open source.
He's like a horse with blinders. He can't see past his own prejudice. Why does anyone think his opinions matter on this subject? Linus is just a geek programmer who wrote a very mediocre OS. That somehow makes him a visionary. Please
Oh, and the IBM comparisons do not apply in this case. IBM/Microsoft != Microsoft/Linux. You can't draw any conclusions base on that.
Just to point out one of the of the many idiocies that spewed from Linus's mouth, the whole thing about a MS can never happen again is happening right before his eyes (think Google).
I'd compare Linus to an Idiot Savant, but at least they are good at something.
I'm currently on my 6th startup and can say that this article is not very accurate (yes, I've taken one from the beginning all the way through public offering). There are plenty of reasons to start off in stealth mode.
First, there is such a thing as a unique idea and it can be important to keep it quiet. You certainly need to get your patents filed first. The fact that the author suggests otherwise simply means he has never worked in a truly inovative environment.
The first mover is important argument is not a truism. In fact, the first mover usually looses. Netscape is a poster child for that.
I'd suggest trying a couple more startups. The author can then look back at this article and smile at his naïveté.
Easy. Just run so basic qa tests on the program. If it crashes, chances are that the authors have integrated an OpenSource library into it.
Seriouosly. Every once in a while a junior programmer will use some opensource library in the product I'm currently managing. I periodically scrub the code and remove them all, but more often than not we find out due to the horrendous quality of the opensource code.
Some things to look for:
Memory leaks
Thread unsafe structures
Extremely poor multithreaded performance - Some opensource code tries to be thread safe but the poor use of locks simple serializes the code.
Though our legal department forbids the use of any GPL software due to GPL issues (a much more monopolistic license than even Microsoft), I forbid it bases soley on quality issues.
Right. And Apple is not switching to Intel, right?
Face it. This is a reality and it is going to happen. There is no question as to whether they've achieved fusion. They have.
I won't point out the obvious efficiency problems since they were clearly stated in the article (enough/.'rs who fail to rtfa will have already used this as an argument).
It's quite possible, though apparently unlikely, that Transmeta will turn things around and manage to survive. However, Intel is already all over the leakage problem, so this may well be the end of Transmeta.
This is the definition of "going out of business". They are not "out" of business. They are "going out" of business.
This is a poster child for the fundamental problem with open source.
Consumers just don't want/need it. They want a box on a shelf that they can buy and they want support.
Open source gives neither of those. The/. community doesn't understand this because it's focused on the open source religion and not the open source reality.
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The point of this article is compiler optimizations, not algorithm selection. At the point that I look at compiler performance, I've already done all of the algorithm tuning so your point is moot. This is a very interesting benchmark for those that of who already write good code and want the compiler to make the best of it.
It operates in a licensed part of the RF spectrum; if operate this in that portion of the spectrum without a license, the FCC can and has fined people $10,000.00.
That's still cheaper than my monthly Verizon cell phone bill!
I can't believe all of the replies making fun of this because they think it's a binary representation of XML. Didn't anyone read the RFC that was referenced in the summary?
This is simply a way to reference binary data from within an XML document and to have that binary data included in the same payload (using MIME).
Passing binary data in XML is a big problem. Everybody just invents their own method of doing it (although most are just variations on the theme presented here).
There is a need for this specicification but it is not ground breaking or even particularly/. newsworth.
First of all, Windows does not have very efficient theads. OK, compared to Linux they might be good, but then compared to Linux my old VIC20 had efficient threads.
But to answer your question, you only have to look at Solaris. It can easily linearly scale a single process/multithreaded applicated up to 64 processors. I've done it. I would have tested it further but we only had a 64way machine.
Of course Solaris can trivially scale a multiprocess application to 64 processors. I can't understand an operating system that would have have problems with that. If its is a big deal that Linux can do this then its pretty sad.
Linux is no where close to scaling its threads up to 64 processores. It can barely do well at only 4 processors in a multi threaded app.
You're kidding right? The Google workforce is no different than any other silicon valley firm. Don't kid yourself.
If you work for Google then you should get out more and realize that it's not different. If you don't work for Google then you should stop idolizing them. The grass is definitely not greener.
Xen is exceptionally obscure. Sorry to burst your bubble.
I also don't understand why people continue to compair Zen to VMWare. Not only are the approaches different, so is the functionality. I guess the fact that both products use the term 'virtual' confuses people.
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I just checked all of the virus sites and they are all on 'green' alert level saying that there are not even an moderate threats out there right now. Either this has just been blown way out of proportion by CCN (slow news day) or all of the security companies think they already have this one solved.
Our IT department is taking no action since there is no elevated threat level.
No, YOU miss the point.
I despise hypocrisy more than anything and if it's one thing that pro apple/linux people are it's hypocritical. Just assume for a moment that this was Microsoft we were talking about. Can you imagine the uproar on this boad? Can you imagine yourself defending the fact that Microsoft was sending personal information mearly for 'statistical' purposes? You have got to be kidding me. Apple is no different from any other company. They will use this information for profit in any way that they can (including selling the information to other companies).
All of the privacy advocates are correct on this one. If Apple is really not using this info for anything, they should provide a UI to disable it. If they don't, that's a clear indication that they plan to use your personal information for profit.
This all depends on the quality of your education. Take your "I can learn any programming language" for example. I had very extensive computer science education from the top school in the country in this area. I guarantee you that languages hold no mistery to me. Neither do operating systems. Nor, MT programming, etc. There are no 'intricacies' once you understand how languages work. I interview a LOT of candidates. Their major failing is lack of programming fundamentals. Here's a great example. All of the 'Java' programmers that I interview can give very basic examples of MT issues (book answers). But NONE of them actually understand it. None of them can think through how Java actually implements synchronized, wait, notify, etc. That's a very basic concept.
You CANNOT selectively enforce your trademark. You will loose it. If Linus enforces this for companies making in excess of 1 million dollars, it must also be enforced for individuals, non-profits, charity organizations, etc. It does not matter what groklaw says. What matters is real legal system precident. Why do you think McDonalds forces individuls whose names are McFoo to remove the 'Mc' from any food related business that individul operates? That's right. You can't even use your own name because McDonalds trademarks it. If they failed to enforce that for an individual, they could looks their trademark on McNuggets, etc. So please, let's not be hypocritical. Linus is doing the same thing. Welcome to the real world. Linux is just becoming another commercial venture and Linus wants to cash in.
In fact, it just the opposite. Any claims that would already be covered would not be allowed in the current patent. So they do not need to pay anything for the other patents referenced since their invention has been found to be different from all of those.
Of course, they do not need to pay anything to reference OLE.
This has now been officially declared to be the most stupid article ever posted on slashdot.
Very arrogant. PhD wonks are some of the worst employees. I have yet to meet one that is actually productive.
My guess is that he actually couldn't pass the test. Guys like this are too far removed from practical implementation to be of any use.
The hypocrisy of the open software communitiy knows no bounds. Every day you bitch about how Microsoft steals ideas. Then you turn around and want to make this legal! Unbelievable.
The only reason why the open software community is against patents is that no innovation has ever come from it. All it does is copy what has already been done.
Linux? Right! Nice innovation. Been there, done that.
Mozilla? Wow, a browser! That's never been done.
The list goes on and on. Nothing new. Nothing inovative.
"We'll continue to sell the old version because it's obviously better value for our customers,"
The 'N' version was released due to a poorly thought out EU lawsuit. It turns out that no-one wants the new version of XP. They'd rather have the old one that the EU tried so hard to get rid of.
Shows you how out of touch with reality the EU is.
Sorry, you can't use this as a poster child for open source.
Oh, and the IBM comparisons do not apply in this case. IBM/Microsoft != Microsoft/Linux. You can't draw any conclusions base on that.
Just to point out one of the of the many idiocies that spewed from Linus's mouth, the whole thing about a MS can never happen again is happening right before his eyes (think Google).
I'd compare Linus to an Idiot Savant, but at least they are good at something.
First, there is such a thing as a unique idea and it can be important to keep it quiet. You certainly need to get your patents filed first. The fact that the author suggests otherwise simply means he has never worked in a truly inovative environment.
The first mover is important argument is not a truism. In fact, the first mover usually looses. Netscape is a poster child for that.
I'd suggest trying a couple more startups. The author can then look back at this article and smile at his naïveté.
Seriouosly. Every once in a while a junior programmer will use some opensource library in the product I'm currently managing. I periodically scrub the code and remove them all, but more often than not we find out due to the horrendous quality of the opensource code.
Some things to look for:
Memory leaks
Thread unsafe structures
Extremely poor multithreaded performance - Some opensource code tries to be thread safe but the poor use of locks simple serializes the code.
Though our legal department forbids the use of any GPL software due to GPL issues (a much more monopolistic license than even Microsoft), I forbid it bases soley on quality issues.
Welcome to open source.
Face it. This is a reality and it is going to happen. There is no question as to whether they've achieved fusion. They have.
I won't point out the obvious efficiency problems since they were clearly stated in the article (enough /.'rs who fail to rtfa will have already used this as an argument).
Transmeta isn't going out of business
Huh?????
It's quite possible, though apparently unlikely, that Transmeta will turn things around and manage to survive. However, Intel is already all over the leakage problem, so this may well be the end of Transmeta.
This is the definition of "going out of business". They are not "out" of business. They are "going out" of business.
Consumers just don't want/need it. They want a box on a shelf that they can buy and they want support.
Open source gives neither of those. The /. community doesn't understand this because it's focused on the open source religion and not the open source reality.
The point of this article is compiler optimizations, not algorithm selection. At the point that I look at compiler performance, I've already done all of the algorithm tuning so your point is moot. This is a very interesting benchmark for those that of who already write good code and want the compiler to make the best of it.
That's still cheaper than my monthly Verizon cell phone bill!
Thanks Nostradamus. I think I'll file this opinion in the same file as the classic "Computers will never need more thean 64kb of memory".
This is simply a way to reference binary data from within an XML document and to have that binary data included in the same payload (using MIME).
Passing binary data in XML is a big problem. Everybody just invents their own method of doing it (although most are just variations on the theme presented here).
There is a need for this specicification but it is not ground breaking or even particularly /. newsworth.
Take a look at this example. It's incrediblyl complicated and all it does is display a horrible little form that lets you query cookbook recipies!
Why do people get all excited about this nonsense. There's no reason for either Ruby or Rail (nice name) today.
It's not useful for anything bigger than a 'hello world' application.
The article had nothing at all to do with MS, IE or Gates. You are a supreme retard.
But to answer your question, you only have to look at Solaris. It can easily linearly scale a single process/multithreaded applicated up to 64 processors. I've done it. I would have tested it further but we only had a 64way machine.
Of course Solaris can trivially scale a multiprocess application to 64 processors. I can't understand an operating system that would have have problems with that. If its is a big deal that Linux can do this then its pretty sad.
Linux is no where close to scaling its threads up to 64 processores. It can barely do well at only 4 processors in a multi threaded app.
You're kidding right? The Google workforce is no different than any other silicon valley firm. Don't kid yourself. If you work for Google then you should get out more and realize that it's not different. If you don't work for Google then you should stop idolizing them. The grass is definitely not greener.
I also don't understand why people continue to compair Zen to VMWare. Not only are the approaches different, so is the functionality. I guess the fact that both products use the term 'virtual' confuses people.