you're talking about less than the price of a good Bay area systems programmer on contract to fund an OS and related projects that benefit hundreds of millions (probably over a billion) people?
that amount of money is chicken feed. There's not enough there to even worry about someone taking a part for fraud.
strangly enough, there are not only "old boxes on ebay" but companies that buy old inventory from big iron makers and the right to repair and sell. HP 3000 for example is "dead" but you can get service and parts and even buy them with warranty from the HP authorized company that has taken over that business. Quite a few "dead" architectures in that category
a similar prediction about computers turned out to be true, if you consider the huge clustered installations for weather, code breaking, nuclear bomb simulation
former Linux server advocate here, switched to OpenBSD as my favorite server OS 13 years ago after seeing how Theo was such an asshole about security, correctness, robustness, and preserving the BSD way and philosophy of systems admin
the rack picture on the lower right corner of the www.openbsd.org was taken in 2009. since architectures retired and some added since then, could we have a new circa 2014 picture?
Hater? I've used over a dozen operating systems in my over half-century of life, from VM and Cyber NOS to VMS and OS/2 and Unix......why is it I only think MS Windows is garbage?
It doesn't matter what most people use, Apple already makes more profit and is worth more than Microsoft. There is no reason for them to make razor thin margins on what panders to the masses, Microsoft can feed itself to that meat grinder.
what are you babbling about, I haven't needed to purchase any file manager. have you considered the possibility you are easily fooled by marketers of unnecessary things?
hardly, not after that war mongering against Syria and even now providing arms to Al Qaeda affiliated rebels. What a liar Obama is, what a corporate bitch.
IE browser breaks formerly compliant sites with each release. almost no one wants a windows phone, Android and Apple dominate the market. Micosoft lost the mobile space because they don't innovate. ribbon is garbage, layers have unrelated random things, it is not designed to do any work or have a workflow. it is not discoverable. only simpletons who do very menial work find ribbon suitable. GNU C++ runs on over a dozen architectures, microsoft C++ only a few Microsoft owns the ecosystem of mediocrity and pandering to morons. those that want true functional operating system run alternatives. Micsoft does not innovate, they are reactionary and make inferior alternatives. example of powershell instead of usable real OS shell.
the value in Apple products is in having a integrated system designed from hardware to drivers to OS to software products to work. The alternatives (windows, linux and BSD) sometimes have issues in that area on desktop side, just too many possible devices and interactions among them to guarentee support or robust function. that's one of the reasons that server side is better for Linux or BSD, smaller set of devices to focus.
In the corporate world, where Windows office software is mandated, OSX is way to run that stuff under a full OS without Microsoft crippled semi-OS
Also, as geek have to point out MacOSX being BSD makes for a kick-ass command line environment on laptop and desktop; Windows is just a mess with needlessly complex powershell and/or DOS command line.
hardly imaginary since real working research reactors have been built
Good time to be asking question about commercial reactors, since India is leading the field now, will have first thorium reactor going critical in Sept of this year and producing power for grid by 2016 with over 60 more being built by 2025. they want 25% of their power to come from thorium reactors.
no, read your link and educate yourself. Thorium is not fissile, the thorium is "fertile material" that is transmuted into the nuclear fuel that is "burned" (fissioned). That fuel is U-233.
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you are confused, poor coding is the source of countless security flaws, regardless of language.
you're talking about less than the price of a good Bay area systems programmer on contract to fund an OS and related projects that benefit hundreds of millions (probably over a billion) people?
that amount of money is chicken feed. There's not enough there to even worry about someone taking a part for fraud.
you a whiner with no valid point
strangly enough, there are not only "old boxes on ebay" but companies that buy old inventory from big iron makers and the right to repair and sell. HP 3000 for example is "dead" but you can get service and parts and even buy them with warranty from the HP authorized company that has taken over that business. Quite a few "dead" architectures in that category
a similar prediction about computers turned out to be true, if you consider the huge clustered installations for weather, code breaking, nuclear bomb simulation
several creatures make a wheel of their body and roll:
for example golden wheel spiders do it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W...
former Linux server advocate here, switched to OpenBSD as my favorite server OS 13 years ago after seeing how Theo was such an asshole about security, correctness, robustness, and preserving the BSD way and philosophy of systems admin
I applaud efforts to make slashdot more technically relevant and useful and interesting, keep trying too hard!
there is dead in the sense of "no longer sold", but if many people still use a platform and can have a modern current OS running, is it really dead?
the rack picture on the lower right corner of the www.openbsd.org was taken in 2009. since architectures retired and some added since then, could we have a new circa 2014 picture?
truth stings, eh
Hater? I've used over a dozen operating systems in my over half-century of life, from VM and Cyber NOS to VMS and OS/2 and Unix......why is it I only think MS Windows is garbage?
I have a employer provided iPhone, needed apps costing $$ to be useful. my android phone I've bulked up with quality freeware, it does more.
you can add Debian and its ports to Android
quit your whining, you pansy
It doesn't matter what most people use, Apple already makes more profit and is worth more than Microsoft. There is no reason for them to make razor thin margins on what panders to the masses, Microsoft can feed itself to that meat grinder.
Your last attempt at a sentence is not grammatically correct, nor a sentence.
what are you babbling about, I haven't needed to purchase any file manager. have you considered the possibility you are easily fooled by marketers of unnecessary things?
are you sure military budget not lining fat cat and shareholder pockets?
look up facts before spewing, army is biggest part of the defense budget at 32%
hardly, not after that war mongering against Syria and even now providing arms to Al Qaeda affiliated rebels. What a liar Obama is, what a corporate bitch.
own some MS stock there, shill-boy?
IE browser breaks formerly compliant sites with each release.
almost no one wants a windows phone, Android and Apple dominate the market. Micosoft lost the mobile space because they don't innovate.
ribbon is garbage, layers have unrelated random things, it is not designed to do any work or have a workflow. it is not discoverable. only simpletons who do very menial work find ribbon suitable.
GNU C++ runs on over a dozen architectures, microsoft C++ only a few
Microsoft owns the ecosystem of mediocrity and pandering to morons. those that want true functional operating system run alternatives.
Micsoft does not innovate, they are reactionary and make inferior alternatives. example of powershell instead of usable real OS shell.
slept through history class? genocide has been part of many business/corporate plans over the centuries, and it continues at this moment
that's just an opinion.
the value in Apple products is in having a integrated system designed from hardware to drivers to OS to software products to work. The alternatives (windows, linux and BSD) sometimes have issues in that area on desktop side, just too many possible devices and interactions among them to guarentee support or robust function. that's one of the reasons that server side is better for Linux or BSD, smaller set of devices to focus.
In the corporate world, where Windows office software is mandated, OSX is way to run that stuff under a full OS without Microsoft crippled semi-OS
Also, as geek have to point out MacOSX being BSD makes for a kick-ass command line environment on laptop and desktop; Windows is just a mess with needlessly complex powershell and/or DOS command line.
should add that China also has agressive thorium reactor program. China will have two research molten salt thorium reactors finished next year
hardly imaginary since real working research reactors have been built
Good time to be asking question about commercial reactors, since India is leading the field now, will have first thorium reactor going critical in Sept of this year and producing power for grid by 2016 with over 60 more being built by 2025. they want 25% of their power to come from thorium reactors.
no, read your link and educate yourself. Thorium is not fissile, the thorium is "fertile material" that is transmuted into the nuclear fuel that is "burned" (fissioned). That fuel is U-233.