No worse than learning Vista, or the new version of Office, etc.. I've deployed a number of Linux desktops for a number of large companies. The workers have to be trained on anything they get. The advantages of a centrally managed Linux environment with locked down browser and OO is far more useful than a full blown XP desktop. Fewer techs required to support, can use older or less powerful hardware plus it's harder for users to screw up the system permanently (nothing a kickstart rebuild can't fix).
I work for IBM, but this is speculation. The vast majority of money generated and earned on large Linux clusters came from selling hardware and services. This can only help generating that business.
Look for the Targus lobbyist that pretty much eliminated every existing laptop bag requiring new bags to be purchased for everyone that wants to take advantage of this rule. Right after Xmas he may be looking for a new revenue stream and TSA approved goth might be hot.
The most important message wasn't taking care of the planet, but individualism and personal responsibility. Notice that all the people were dependent on the corporation (or it could have been government) for their every need. They all had the same clothes and ate the same food and lived in the same size rooms and had communal access to same facilities. The only individuals (and heroes) were the robots and the captain, plus John and Mary that broke out of the sameness. It's the theme of most Pixar movies: Incredibles - Exceptionalism should be rewarded, Cars - taking a different path is a good thing, Nemo - importance of family and not being afraid of life, Bug's Life - break out the the commune and use new ideas, Toy Story - freindship, loyalty and service. They may have thought they were making an environmental movie, but underlying Pixar theme of individual rights and personal responsibility shone through.
They sell most of the T series with Suse 10 and it works very well with Ubuntu and Fedora. Most likely with the Y series you'll have to buy it with Vista and then ask for a refund. I don't work for Lenovo, but I suspect they get some revenue (or advertising kickback) from the "Lenovo recommends MS Vista Business" tags they have on their sites. I once had the Lenovo site give me the option of purchasing a laptop with DOS for only $4995 extra. Wish I did a screen capture of that page.
What is the fascination people have with giving MS money when they don't want your business? Linux works for a large number of computer tasks, with Wine some more. I don't like the proprietary aspect of Apple, but their product seems to meet consumer needs fairly well. Force MS to be responsive to customer desires. Don't buy until they have a product you want. If the software you want only works on Windows XP, man up and use something else. In the long run it'll pay off.
Searching data is a tool. You still need to have insight to formulate a theory, develop a test for the theory, and ask the data pool the right (non-leading) question. Then evaluate the data looking for both proof and disproof of the theory and be smart and ego neutral enough to let the data suggest a new theory, test and question. Don't confuse a new and useful tool that makes insight easier, with the ability of humans to have that insight.
Not to begrudge a person of their fantasy, but following a bunch of dogs in the Antarctic at 10 miles a day sounds like it might be a niche market for this device. Real question... Is this a unique enough idea to be patented?
Government funded museums often show "art" that is obviously anti-faith. Same with plays. PBS has shown both pro and anti religious documentaries. BSA policy on homosexuality is similar to the US Military. I suspect the military still gets government funding. The BSA, while faith based and maybe because it is faith based, is a good organization that promotes a number of positive values. Would you add a line to the GPL banning its use by Churches, Governments and the Military?
This is probably obvious to most people, but any x86 server is good out of the box today running Linux. Same for the vast majority of desktops. Slightly less so for Laptops, but I haven't tried many that don't work. It is the "secret" contracts with MS and the spam-like crapware that cause most of the headaches. We should be able to buy virgin systems, like businesses and put on any OS we like. The hardware manufacturers would love to support only the hardware, but they are forced to support Windows and squeeze their margins. Companies like Lenovo and Dell sell their hardware with Linux because they don't have to support the OS. Of course the Lenovo T61 I just bought was $97 dollars cheaper with the Suse option than with the Vista.
While some intense games require specific types of hardware from what I've seen most require the computer to be dedicated to playing the game. Why not take advantage of the virtualization extensions AMD and Intel have built into their CPU's and virtualize a gaming environment.
I travel a lot and read for entertainment and work related. Give me an ebook when I purchase the paper version. Make ebooks cheaper. Take out the cost of paper, inventory and labor. Make ebook readers less expensive. Sell more ebooks in volume when they are cheaper and the reader is free or subsidized.
At the late 19th century steam engines were well established technology for shipping, trains and factories but they were very inefficient. Somewhere in the range of 15%. By the early 20th century steam power was at least twice as efficient (maybe more). Today most servers in data centers run around 15% utilization, doubling the utilization will slow the increased need for power. Virtualization, efficient parallel programming, thin client and network centric computing all have potential to double the efficiency of data centers. What would really be a breakthrough is a hybrid plane. Maybe with wireless power from space.
On the desktop FOSS does go after a mature established market. On the server and appliance side it is very innovative. Xen and KVM are innovators in virtualization. Linux and BSD are innovators in appliance and embedded space. JeOS is an innovative idea. FOSS has spawned some innovative business models that wouldn't have been considered a decade ago. Business have innovated on top of FOSS to create billions of dollars in revenue and tons of high paying jobs.
The only decent recent translation of an adult SciFi/Fantasy novel has been the LotR trilogy. A decent job was done with pre-adult Potter series. Considering how studios have butchered other children books recently (Golden Compass, Earagon, Spiterwick, etc) it will take a strong hand to keep it on the correct path. Maybe they should try to tell an "original" story written to be visually presented in 90 minutes.
I've had mine since December and it has stood up to the rigors of travel. I've added a usb mouse and a bluetooth dongle and upgraded the OS to Ubuntu (I don't see the fascination with putting XP on it). Tough keyboard for extended typing, but a good investment overall to compliment my main work laptop when traveling. I use it walking around data centers for console access.
Come on dude. Ubuntu is much nicer than XP for day to day stuff. But if the guy is working and typing a lot the keyboard is rough on the eeePC. A regular laptop at 4-5 pounds is reasonable. How about we give this person some practical advice...like buying a laptop bag with wheels. If going someplace that can't handle rolling wheels, hire a pack animal when you get there.
A pass phrase is still too hard for adults and a lot of typing for someone that probably isn't a touch typist. How about buying a usb fingerprint reader? I was thinking smartcard but that'll be too easy to lose.
What we need is for them to work with open standards so we can integrate a few Windows boxes into mixed environment without every other system having to create hack jobs to speak to them. Just because they make API's available just means the workarounds to integrate their world with Linux/Unix/whatever can be supported and the risk of failure is reduced. I'm tired of making compromises to have a heterogeneous environment.
You want to give away guns at government expense. What a boondoggle. Where is the personal responsibility? We could get the same result for free by allowing people to carry their own guns on the plane.
Weak company buys weaker company just to shut it down? Am I missing something? What percentage of the super computing market does SGI and Linux Networx have now? With the top 500 dominated by Linux systems I think Linux based super computing is in good shape. Sure customers that took a chance on Linux Networx MAY be screwed, but only because SGI isn't in a strong position to be around much longer. Someone who cares should look into the deal and the involvement of any LBO firms. Smells kind of SCOish.
Anything that moves can produce energy. The point is how much and at what cost to capture and reuse or store. I can solar panels on my roof for about 15K that averages about $120 a month. About a 10 year payback. A wind turbine that generates about 20% of my needs would cost 5K and have a payback of 15 years. Strapping a motion generator to myself and family to produce enough power to charge cell phones doesn't appear to ever justify the initial cost. Raindrop system.... call me when it costs the same as a shingle.
I put an XO in front of 5-15 year old kids and the younger they are the more receptive they are to the experience. Sugar is a unique desktop experience and it throws people off. Kids with PSP and DS systems are the worst. It might be why reviews by adults are so negative. My experience (and probably many of yours) is starting with a computer from the Apple II, Atari, Commodore era. Wrote high school term papers on a typewriter. In college I did amber screen work and wrote papers with a dot matrix printer. My first technical job was help desk for a huge Win95 environment. A godsend gave me the opportunity, with no experience, to move to a Solaris support gig. It was heaven to see the command line again. The rise of the Linux desktop feels comfortable to me. Put Linux systems in every school and its desktop will be popular in twenty years.
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No worse than learning Vista, or the new version of Office, etc.. I've deployed a number of Linux desktops for a number of large companies. The workers have to be trained on anything they get. The advantages of a centrally managed Linux environment with locked down browser and OO is far more useful than a full blown XP desktop. Fewer techs required to support, can use older or less powerful hardware plus it's harder for users to screw up the system permanently (nothing a kickstart rebuild can't fix).
OK, I'm a zealot, but if you mostly use a computer to browse the web and get email and write an occasional document buy a Linux computer.
I work for IBM, but this is speculation. The vast majority of money generated and earned on large Linux clusters came from selling hardware and services. This can only help generating that business.
Look for the Targus lobbyist that pretty much eliminated every existing laptop bag requiring new bags to be purchased for everyone that wants to take advantage of this rule. Right after Xmas he may be looking for a new revenue stream and TSA approved goth might be hot.
The most important message wasn't taking care of the planet, but individualism and personal responsibility. Notice that all the people were dependent on the corporation (or it could have been government) for their every need. They all had the same clothes and ate the same food and lived in the same size rooms and had communal access to same facilities. The only individuals (and heroes) were the robots and the captain, plus John and Mary that broke out of the sameness. It's the theme of most Pixar movies: Incredibles - Exceptionalism should be rewarded, Cars - taking a different path is a good thing, Nemo - importance of family and not being afraid of life, Bug's Life - break out the the commune and use new ideas, Toy Story - freindship, loyalty and service. They may have thought they were making an environmental movie, but underlying Pixar theme of individual rights and personal responsibility shone through.
They sell most of the T series with Suse 10 and it works very well with Ubuntu and Fedora. Most likely with the Y series you'll have to buy it with Vista and then ask for a refund. I don't work for Lenovo, but I suspect they get some revenue (or advertising kickback) from the "Lenovo recommends MS Vista Business" tags they have on their sites. I once had the Lenovo site give me the option of purchasing a laptop with DOS for only $4995 extra. Wish I did a screen capture of that page.
What is the fascination people have with giving MS money when they don't want your business? Linux works for a large number of computer tasks, with Wine some more. I don't like the proprietary aspect of Apple, but their product seems to meet consumer needs fairly well. Force MS to be responsive to customer desires. Don't buy until they have a product you want. If the software you want only works on Windows XP, man up and use something else. In the long run it'll pay off.
Searching data is a tool. You still need to have insight to formulate a theory, develop a test for the theory, and ask the data pool the right (non-leading) question. Then evaluate the data looking for both proof and disproof of the theory and be smart and ego neutral enough to let the data suggest a new theory, test and question. Don't confuse a new and useful tool that makes insight easier, with the ability of humans to have that insight.
Not to begrudge a person of their fantasy, but following a bunch of dogs in the Antarctic at 10 miles a day sounds like it might be a niche market for this device. Real question... Is this a unique enough idea to be patented?
Government funded museums often show "art" that is obviously anti-faith. Same with plays. PBS has shown both pro and anti religious documentaries. BSA policy on homosexuality is similar to the US Military. I suspect the military still gets government funding. The BSA, while faith based and maybe because it is faith based, is a good organization that promotes a number of positive values. Would you add a line to the GPL banning its use by Churches, Governments and the Military?
guess I have a use for all those old 3oz bottles of white out now.
This is probably obvious to most people, but any x86 server is good out of the box today running Linux. Same for the vast majority of desktops. Slightly less so for Laptops, but I haven't tried many that don't work. It is the "secret" contracts with MS and the spam-like crapware that cause most of the headaches. We should be able to buy virgin systems, like businesses and put on any OS we like. The hardware manufacturers would love to support only the hardware, but they are forced to support Windows and squeeze their margins. Companies like Lenovo and Dell sell their hardware with Linux because they don't have to support the OS. Of course the Lenovo T61 I just bought was $97 dollars cheaper with the Suse option than with the Vista.
While some intense games require specific types of hardware from what I've seen most require the computer to be dedicated to playing the game. Why not take advantage of the virtualization extensions AMD and Intel have built into their CPU's and virtualize a gaming environment.
I travel a lot and read for entertainment and work related. Give me an ebook when I purchase the paper version. Make ebooks cheaper. Take out the cost of paper, inventory and labor. Make ebook readers less expensive. Sell more ebooks in volume when they are cheaper and the reader is free or subsidized.
At the late 19th century steam engines were well established technology for shipping, trains and factories but they were very inefficient. Somewhere in the range of 15%. By the early 20th century steam power was at least twice as efficient (maybe more). Today most servers in data centers run around 15% utilization, doubling the utilization will slow the increased need for power. Virtualization, efficient parallel programming, thin client and network centric computing all have potential to double the efficiency of data centers. What would really be a breakthrough is a hybrid plane. Maybe with wireless power from space.
On the desktop FOSS does go after a mature established market. On the server and appliance side it is very innovative. Xen and KVM are innovators in virtualization. Linux and BSD are innovators in appliance and embedded space. JeOS is an innovative idea. FOSS has spawned some innovative business models that wouldn't have been considered a decade ago. Business have innovated on top of FOSS to create billions of dollars in revenue and tons of high paying jobs.
The only decent recent translation of an adult SciFi/Fantasy novel has been the LotR trilogy. A decent job was done with pre-adult Potter series. Considering how studios have butchered other children books recently (Golden Compass, Earagon, Spiterwick, etc) it will take a strong hand to keep it on the correct path. Maybe they should try to tell an "original" story written to be visually presented in 90 minutes.
I've had mine since December and it has stood up to the rigors of travel. I've added a usb mouse and a bluetooth dongle and upgraded the OS to Ubuntu (I don't see the fascination with putting XP on it). Tough keyboard for extended typing, but a good investment overall to compliment my main work laptop when traveling. I use it walking around data centers for console access.
Come on dude. Ubuntu is much nicer than XP for day to day stuff. But if the guy is working and typing a lot the keyboard is rough on the eeePC. A regular laptop at 4-5 pounds is reasonable. How about we give this person some practical advice...like buying a laptop bag with wheels. If going someplace that can't handle rolling wheels, hire a pack animal when you get there.
A pass phrase is still too hard for adults and a lot of typing for someone that probably isn't a touch typist. How about buying a usb fingerprint reader? I was thinking smartcard but that'll be too easy to lose.
What we need is for them to work with open standards so we can integrate a few Windows boxes into mixed environment without every other system having to create hack jobs to speak to them. Just because they make API's available just means the workarounds to integrate their world with Linux/Unix/whatever can be supported and the risk of failure is reduced. I'm tired of making compromises to have a heterogeneous environment.
You want to give away guns at government expense. What a boondoggle. Where is the personal responsibility? We could get the same result for free by allowing people to carry their own guns on the plane.
Weak company buys weaker company just to shut it down? Am I missing something? What percentage of the super computing market does SGI and Linux Networx have now? With the top 500 dominated by Linux systems I think Linux based super computing is in good shape. Sure customers that took a chance on Linux Networx MAY be screwed, but only because SGI isn't in a strong position to be around much longer. Someone who cares should look into the deal and the involvement of any LBO firms. Smells kind of SCOish.
Anything that moves can produce energy. The point is how much and at what cost to capture and reuse or store. I can solar panels on my roof for about 15K that averages about $120 a month. About a 10 year payback. A wind turbine that generates about 20% of my needs would cost 5K and have a payback of 15 years. Strapping a motion generator to myself and family to produce enough power to charge cell phones doesn't appear to ever justify the initial cost. Raindrop system.... call me when it costs the same as a shingle.
I put an XO in front of 5-15 year old kids and the younger they are the more receptive they are to the experience. Sugar is a unique desktop experience and it throws people off. Kids with PSP and DS systems are the worst. It might be why reviews by adults are so negative. My experience (and probably many of yours) is starting with a computer from the Apple II, Atari, Commodore era. Wrote high school term papers on a typewriter. In college I did amber screen work and wrote papers with a dot matrix printer. My first technical job was help desk for a huge Win95 environment. A godsend gave me the opportunity, with no experience, to move to a Solaris support gig. It was heaven to see the command line again. The rise of the Linux desktop feels comfortable to me. Put Linux systems in every school and its desktop will be popular in twenty years.