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Yeah, I remember the 'Sun DB' remark. I expect we'll see a Sun-branded version of MySQL (SunSQL? MySunDB? StarSQL? OpenSQL.org?). I also expect to see Sun packaging MySQL with OpenOffice.org, with smoother OOo Base integration.
Re:THE NEW COMMENTS SYSTEM!
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Sun Buys MySQL
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Seriously, how the fuck do I view -1, threaded? Try the Prefs link on the far left side of the bar thing at the top.
Re:Im a sun employee
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Sun Buys MySQL
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· Score: 4, Funny
No more BK at MySQL. Are you saying that Sun employees don't eat Whoppers? Does Sun have stock in McDonald's?
And a properly-made power supply should never burst into flames. Normally, a power supply has a fuse in it that will blow to prevent the circuitry in the PSU from becoming overloaded. Sounds like there is a serious product liability issue with the PSU in the Presario in question.
Exclusivity -- exactly right. Here's the problem: on television, exclusivity makes a certain sense -- you want to drive people to YOUR advertisers, not anyone else's.
But when you are selling content, it makes no sense whatsoever. Think of it this way, media executives: What makes better sense to you? Putting DVDs in as many stores as possible, or making sure you are the only one to sell it? Which is going to get a wider audience and more buyers? Which is likely to keep people from buying it?
It's the same for online content. You want to sell it in as many places and through as many different channels as you can. The more widely available it is, the easier it is for the consumer to make the purchase. If a consumer has to go out of their way to get something you are selling -- well, they just won't buy it. And, yes, for iTunes subscribers, going to some other website to get your content constitutes 'going out of their way'.
As a DNI official recently noted, "We have a saying in this business: 'Privacy and security are a zero-sum game.'" That has got to be the biggest dose of horse puckey I've ever seen.
It's possible to maintain security without tracking everything about ordinary, law-abiding citizens -- which is most of us. It's just not convenient to do so.
Well, Opera Software is a Norweigan company, operating in Olso. While Norway is not technically in the EU, it is part of the 'European Economic Area.' As a Norweigan company, Opera Software is guaranteed the same four economic freedoms as companies that are in EU countries. So there is some legitimate EU interest here, to be sure.
Quantum optical? C'mon, is it just me or doesn't that just sound like they made that up after watching a Star Trek: The Next Generation marathon on Spike?
So do you think that Microsoft should be allowed to disobey whatever laws they see fit? No matter what you think of their products, you have to admit that Microsoft plays dirty. Nobody likes it, especially not the EU.
No one here, not even the EU, is asking for the destruction of Microsoft. What's being asked of Microsoft is plain and simple -- compete on the merits of your product, not on your ability to illegally maintain a monopoly. Is that too much ask?
i didnt know that microsoft was looking for a pizza delivery boy. They already had one, but he started throwing chairs at people, making threats, and swearing a lot, so they promoted him to CEO.
Using true static IPs is much less convenient than configuring a dhcp server to dole them out. One problem is moving a machine (like a laptop or lan-party gaming computer) between networks -- static IPs can make things sticky.
You're right, but many routers do NOT support this feature out-of-the-box, the most notable of these being the WRT54G.
Personally, I just run a standard ISC DHCP daemon on one of my boxes and then configure it to dole out addresses to machines that need 'static' IPs for server functionality. I also have a dynamic port range for other boxes and devices that can change without any adverse effects.
On a Linux machine (currently there are packages for Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora, plus some others), this can be made easy by the use of the gadmintools' ghdpcd.
Hey, if it works the U.S. government, certainly it works for university administrations, right? We can just use horrible, horrible tragedies to scare everyone into compliance! Nobody should disagree, and if you do, you're a terrorist! Or a school shooter! In fact, that's exactly what H.R. 1955 is all about. Disagree with the government? You go to Gitmo. It's already passed the House, so write your Senator!
The EFF's view isn't any more "what copyright law actually says" than the RIAA's until a judge rules on it.
Oh, I think NewYorkCountryLawyer knows what he's talking about. You know how people say IANAL? Well, he doesn't say that because he is a lawyer. And one that has particularly been defending copyright infringement cases lately. This is a reading of existing law, not necessarily trying to establish a 'new law' via legal precedent (which, BTW, isn't all it's cracked up to be.)
Simply put it into your company's apt repo, (Or yum repo) That's great for Linux clients, but does nothing at all for Windows client.
There are, indeed, methods of distributing the files in Windows across a domain, but there are actually none that work correctly with mixed Windows versions and that means that each site has to set this up manually, as opposed to FF actually having a TOOL that understand FF configuration and can set that up, too, etc.
You don't want users doing their own updates. You need for IT to do the updates so that you have time to do integration testing on the updates in order to make sure that company intranet sites, etc., don't break because of an update. This will give you time to, for example, fix the internal web application before going to production.
Automatic updates in Firefox can be turned off, but you still somehow need to deploy them in an automatic fashion. I'm guessing, though, that a tool could be developed fairly easily that puts the updates in the correct directory so that FF sees them the next time it starts and then installs them automatically.
Automating this could beat the hell out of a hundred lines of procmail recipes. Maybe. But I think procmail gives you MUCH more flexibility. Yahoo may work well with MySpace or Facebook, but what about iMeem, CarDomain or GuildCafe? You can get ANYTHING with procmail and a few scripts.
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Yeah, I remember the 'Sun DB' remark. I expect we'll see a Sun-branded version of MySQL (SunSQL? MySunDB? StarSQL? OpenSQL.org?). I also expect to see Sun packaging MySQL with OpenOffice.org, with smoother OOo Base integration.
Yeah, but just you wait and see....VMS will succumb to to Y100K bug! Oh, wait...
And a properly-made power supply should never burst into flames. Normally, a power supply has a fuse in it that will blow to prevent the circuitry in the PSU from becoming overloaded. Sounds like there is a serious product liability issue with the PSU in the Presario in question.
Exclusivity -- exactly right. Here's the problem: on television, exclusivity makes a certain sense -- you want to drive people to YOUR advertisers, not anyone else's.
But when you are selling content, it makes no sense whatsoever. Think of it this way, media executives: What makes better sense to you? Putting DVDs in as many stores as possible, or making sure you are the only one to sell it? Which is going to get a wider audience and more buyers? Which is likely to keep people from buying it?
It's the same for online content. You want to sell it in as many places and through as many different channels as you can. The more widely available it is, the easier it is for the consumer to make the purchase. If a consumer has to go out of their way to get something you are selling -- well, they just won't buy it. And, yes, for iTunes subscribers, going to some other website to get your content constitutes 'going out of their way'.
It's possible to maintain security without tracking everything about ordinary, law-abiding citizens -- which is most of us. It's just not convenient to do so.
Apparently, this can. (Linked in TFA)
Well, Opera Software is a Norweigan company, operating in Olso. While Norway is not technically in the EU, it is part of the 'European Economic Area.' As a Norweigan company, Opera Software is guaranteed the same four economic freedoms as companies that are in EU countries. So there is some legitimate EU interest here, to be sure.
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Quantum optical? C'mon, is it just me or doesn't that just sound like they made that up after watching a Star Trek: The Next Generation marathon on Spike?
So do you think that Microsoft should be allowed to disobey whatever laws they see fit? No matter what you think of their products, you have to admit that Microsoft plays dirty. Nobody likes it, especially not the EU.
No one here, not even the EU, is asking for the destruction of Microsoft. What's being asked of Microsoft is plain and simple -- compete on the merits of your product, not on your ability to illegally maintain a monopoly. Is that too much ask?
Using true static IPs is much less convenient than configuring a dhcp server to dole them out. One problem is moving a machine (like a laptop or lan-party gaming computer) between networks -- static IPs can make things sticky.
You're right, but many routers do NOT support this feature out-of-the-box, the most notable of these being the WRT54G.
Personally, I just run a standard ISC DHCP daemon on one of my boxes and then configure it to dole out addresses to machines that need 'static' IPs for server functionality. I also have a dynamic port range for other boxes and devices that can change without any adverse effects.
On a Linux machine (currently there are packages for Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora, plus some others), this can be made easy by the use of the gadmintools' ghdpcd.
Hey, if it works the U.S. government, certainly it works for university administrations, right? We can just use horrible, horrible tragedies to scare everyone into compliance! Nobody should disagree, and if you do, you're a terrorist! Or a school shooter! In fact, that's exactly what H.R. 1955 is all about. Disagree with the government? You go to Gitmo. It's already passed the House, so write your Senator!
And what I'm saying is that the Mozilla Foundation should develop a standard tool for making this easy to do.
Oh, I think NewYorkCountryLawyer knows what he's talking about. You know how people say IANAL? Well, he doesn't say that because he is a lawyer. And one that has particularly been defending copyright infringement cases lately. This is a reading of existing law, not necessarily trying to establish a 'new law' via legal precedent (which, BTW, isn't all it's cracked up to be.)
Mod parent up, +5, informative!
I figured there was a way to do this, I just wasn't sure how. This still doesn't provide any method of distributing configuration changes, though.
There are, indeed, methods of distributing the files in Windows across a domain, but there are actually none that work correctly with mixed Windows versions and that means that each site has to set this up manually, as opposed to FF actually having a TOOL that understand FF configuration and can set that up, too, etc.
You don't want users doing their own updates. You need for IT to do the updates so that you have time to do integration testing on the updates in order to make sure that company intranet sites, etc., don't break because of an update. This will give you time to, for example, fix the internal web application before going to production.
Automatic updates in Firefox can be turned off, but you still somehow need to deploy them in an automatic fashion. I'm guessing, though, that a tool could be developed fairly easily that puts the updates in the correct directory so that FF sees them the next time it starts and then installs them automatically.
HOMER: That's right, Lisa. In THIS house, we OBEY the Laws of Thermodynamics!
Most likely, yeah, considering they bought Oddpost for just this sort of tech.