In the article there is no mention of the number of computers at stake, but according to
this
article it's about 70,000 computers, and not 7,000 as the Slashdot header suggests. There are more interesting quotes in the Bloomberg article, for example that the main reason for the switch is security issues, so that they won't switch if Microsoft fixes these security problems.
``I still have concerns about security'' in Windows, Eslambolchi said. ``We have had more viruses attacking PCs in the last six months than in the previous 10 years.''
The open source zealots hate it because it isn't part of their religion
Of course there are some real zealots who reject everything that is not open source, but I really think only a really small minority of Firefox-users hate opera, because among others:
Diversity of browsers could persuade web-developers to make their website adhere to the standards.
Opera tries to follow the web-standards
Opera doesn't have a long history of crushing their opponents with illegal (monopolic) methods
At the moment I am planning on buying a TV-card for recording TV shows. Apart from a wish that this card should not be too expensive, my wishes would be:
Supported under Linux (2.6)
Interface: PCI or USB 1
Optionally: onboard encoding (my cpu is a Duron800)
A company I used to work for had such a "foreground" for Outlook accessed via a browser. It was not so bad, it even worked in Mozilla. Of course it was not as quick as a native version, but that is a problem for all web-based programs I think (phpgroupware,hotmail,mindterm+mutt).
Some features were (delibaretely) missing, like changing my password (which was mandatory every month), but apart from that I did not run into problems I did not have in native Outlook. I think this web-based Outlook was a feature of Exchange. This was in 2002.
Here in gnumeric 1.1.20, if I type -2^2 in a cell, the formula is automatically converted to (-2)^2, and so the answer is 4. I don't think this is so bad, excel-compatibility is there now, but mathematically it is also correct.
What the heck does SCO want, their statements get move crazy by the day. They even went on the popular 'terrorist-calling' tour, just call someone a terrorist, and you can do what you want.
The suit also adds illegal export issues stemming from the worldwide availability of open-source software. SCO claims IBM has breached its contract by making multiprocessor operating system technology available "for free distribution to anyone in the world," including residents of Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea and Libya, countries to which the United States controls exports. The open-source technology IBM released "can be used for encryption, scientific research and weapons research," the suit said.
Hopefully this will get Debian/GNU Linux (from
now on referred to as Debian) some attention in
the "non geek" media. Lately there are all kind
of announcements by Linux Companies
that they have some kind of aggreement to
distribute some nifty software that would
never be allowed in Debian non-free. This way,
practically no potential Linux User has ever
heard of Debian, and they turn to distributions
like Red bugfull Hat (is
not Linux !) and Suse (they really got lost, 6 CD's full of shareware).
Don't get me wrong, I've tried most Linux
Distributions, and they certainly beet Micro$oft
Winblows, but Debian is absolutely the best among
them. Sure, the installation doesn't look that
smooth, but if you just take the time and read
the excellent manual, there should be no
problems getting Debian running. And for are
your other problems, there's a great community
of Debian users and experts out there on the
mailing-lists and IRC, who all where Newbies once and
want to share their enthousiasm.
I could go on for ever with the advantages of
Debian, so I just list some of them.
From the user's perspection: Easy upgrades, no
problem looking for packages, clear
filesystem-structure, nice extra tools like
sendmailconfig,......
Further, the whole Linux community benefits
from the efforts of Debian: The Bugtracking
system, the promotion of Free (as in speech)
Software and all those distributions based
on Debian (Corel, Storm).
Let's hope for the benefit of the Linux Community,
this will give Debian a big hop in popularity.
Looking at the recent problems with domain-names (eToy(s) comes to my mind) , I think it has become clear that the domainname-system of today doesn't work anymore. I think there should be an international and independend organisation which should solve these problems. I have some suggestions.
There should be more domainnames for all kind of websites, like
.com for international commercial organisations
.org for non-profit organisations
.nws for news-sites
.sub for sites on certain subjects
.shp for shopping sites
.ser for sits which deliver online-service
It should be made clear to the public that there are differences between these domains, most people nowadays don't know the difference between.com and.org
There should be an equivalent of "What's Related", like "What's more" which contain websites which also have good reasons to own the domainname. These organanisations could get domainnames like.com2,.com3 . The organisation should of course carefully look before people get such a "sub-domain", and people who don't deserve it anymore should be kicked out.
I realize that this way the organisation becomes very powerfull and this isn't a free-market-system, but if we keep going the way it is going now, withing 2 years it will be a totally chaotic system with absurd prices for domain-names.
I think that the very first thing that a Linux desktop needs to be able to do and able to do absolutely flawlessly is, download a RPM or similar package, install it with a few simple clicks, create a "shortcut" to run it on the desktop or in some program menu somewhere, and then run the program
Debian does exactly as you wanted. You just run apt-get install filename The program is downloaded from a server (if it is GPL, it will probably be on the main server, there are approximitely 2500 packages there), get installed and it will get a shortcut in every window-manager-menu (Gnome, fvwm etc.) you've installed. It's as easy as that.
Slashdot Mirror
More info at Canocial blog and Ubuntu website (including a video).
The plural of virus is viruses, see for more information the Wikipedia article or this article with references.
In the article there is no mention of the number of computers at stake, but according to this article it's about 70,000 computers, and not 7,000 as the Slashdot header suggests. There are more interesting quotes in the Bloomberg article, for example that the main reason for the switch is security issues, so that they won't switch if Microsoft fixes these security problems.
``I still have concerns about security'' in Windows, Eslambolchi said. ``We have had more viruses attacking PCs in the last six months than in the previous 10 years.''
Of course there are some real zealots who reject everything that is not open source, but I really think only a really small minority of Firefox-users hate opera, because among others:
I live in the Netherlands and I don't have digital TV, just an analog cable. Thanks for the website, I'll look into it.
- Supported under Linux (2.6)
- Interface: PCI or USB 1
- Optionally: onboard encoding (my cpu is a Duron800)
- Optionally: TV-out
Which card would you recommend?A company I used to work for had such a "foreground" for Outlook accessed via a browser. It was not so bad, it even worked in Mozilla. Of course it was not as quick as a native version, but that is a problem for all web-based programs I think (phpgroupware,hotmail,mindterm+mutt).
Some features were (delibaretely) missing, like changing my password (which was mandatory every month), but apart from that I did not run into problems I did not have in native Outlook. I think this web-based Outlook was a feature of Exchange. This was in 2002.
vCard ?
Here in gnumeric 1.1.20, if I type -2^2 in a cell, the formula is automatically converted to (-2)^2, and so the answer is 4. I don't think this is so bad, excel-compatibility is there now, but mathematically it is also correct.
The suit also adds illegal export issues stemming from the worldwide availability of open-source software. SCO claims IBM has breached its contract by making multiprocessor operating system technology available "for free distribution to anyone in the world," including residents of Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea and Libya, countries to which the United States controls exports. The open-source technology IBM released "can be used for encryption, scientific research and weapons research," the suit said.
Updates to the user interfaces; Gnome and KDE; many packages, OpenOffice, ssh, and others; OpenOffice isn't in Debian (yet).
Don't get me wrong, I've tried most Linux Distributions, and they certainly beet Micro$oft Winblows, but Debian is absolutely the best among them. Sure, the installation doesn't look that smooth, but if you just take the time and read the excellent manual, there should be no problems getting Debian running. And for are your other problems, there's a great community of Debian users and experts out there on the mailing-lists and IRC, who all where Newbies once and want to share their enthousiasm.
I could go on for ever with the advantages of Debian, so I just list some of them.
From the user's perspection: Easy upgrades, no problem looking for packages, clear filesystem-structure, nice extra tools like sendmailconfig,......
Further, the whole Linux community benefits from the efforts of Debian: The Bugtracking system, the promotion of Free (as in speech) Software and all those distributions based on Debian (Corel, Storm).
Let's hope for the benefit of the Linux Community, this will give Debian a big hop in popularity.
- There should be more domainnames for all kind of websites, like
.com for international commercial organisations .org for non-profit organisations .nws for news-sites .sub for sites on certain subjects .shp for shopping sites .ser for sits which deliver online-service
- It should be made clear to the public that there are differences between these domains, most people nowadays don't know the difference between
.com and .org - There should be an equivalent of "What's Related", like "What's more" which contain websites which also have good reasons to own the domainname. These organanisations could get domainnames like
.com2, .com3 . The organisation should of course carefully look before people get such a "sub-domain", and people who don't deserve it anymore should be kicked out.
I realize that this way the organisation becomes very powerfull and this isn't a free-market-system, but if we keep going the way it is going now, withing 2 years it will be a totally chaotic system with absurd prices for domain-names.Debian does exactly as you wanted. You just run
apt-get install filename
The program is downloaded from a server (if it is GPL, it will probably be on the main server, there are approximitely 2500 packages there), get installed and it will get a shortcut in every window-manager-menu (Gnome, fvwm etc.) you've installed. It's as easy as that.