I recently deployed an open-source solution (Solaris) to an organization (my home) and the cost/benefit analysis goes like this:
1) cost of software = $0 (free to download and mostly open-source)
2) cost of support = $0 (all the support I have required was online documentation)
3) cost of time required to deploy = $400 (calculated using my current employment rate)
4) cost of know-how required to deploy = -$2200
Total cost: -$1800
Wait a minute, I hear you saying, why is the training cost negative? Because I learnt the system myself, saving myself the $2200 it would have cost me to get Sun training (web course, which is the cheapest option). I could also use this $2200-worth of knowledge to deploy Solaris for others and get paid for it. (This would not be possible if the only possible support vendor were the software vendor.) So deploying this particular free solution to this particular organization cost me $-1800, which reflects the kowledge value I got out of it.
1) What happens to ZFS now? Is it more or less likely now to see it come to Linux (the kernel) one day? 2) In general, is this a better outcome than IBM buying Sun?
...stem cell therapy that can treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD)...
A spokesman for Intel expressed great interest in the technology:
"AMD has been a problem we've tried to combat for years, but until now, no matter how much we tried to suppress it, it always managed to survive. Not anymore."
Which is why they are free to copyright their own implementation of not trivial. But if I go and make that work for my own software, Apple and the broken American patent system can suck my virtual dick.
You had a point right until you mentioned a girlfriend. NOBODY ON SLASHDOT HAS A GIRLFRIEND.
What's next, are you gonna tell us your girlfriend is also a Linux geek who can set up an encrypted Debian-based RAID cluster while having sex with you in her very own basement? Riiiight.
While your point is spot on, I would like to point out that actually putting a large sticker "I'm completely insecure" on one's laptop takes (and shows) some confidence.
This is completely dumb, but if it finally makes LOSSLESS digital music stores a reality (that have no DRM and are not watermarked), I'm all for it!
Didn't RTFA (duh), but I wonder what codec they use for the lossless part? Not that I care, since I would transcode that to FLAC before I even played it.
Yes, but in said community counterarguments like "Here's the math and it works out, while your doesn't due to this counterexample!" work. Try that with the religious nutjobs.
Bullshit. All they really needed to do was to send a minimum-wage guy with a fucking brush along with the machine. 90 days @ minimal wage - it wouldn't be that expensive, would it now?
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Apparently the Windows 8 kernel is being reworked to provide dramatic performance improvements.
Sure, why not.
You know, if I bought an Internet access contract and they blocked anything at all, I'd sue them for false advertising.
I recently deployed an open-source solution (Solaris) to an organization (my home) and the cost/benefit analysis goes like this:
1) cost of software = $0 (free to download and mostly open-source)
2) cost of support = $0 (all the support I have required was online documentation)
3) cost of time required to deploy = $400 (calculated using my current employment rate)
4) cost of know-how required to deploy = -$2200
Total cost: -$1800
Wait a minute, I hear you saying, why is the training cost negative? Because I learnt the system myself, saving myself the $2200 it would have cost me to get Sun training (web course, which is the cheapest option). I could also use this $2200-worth of knowledge to deploy Solaris for others and get paid for it. (This would not be possible if the only possible support vendor were the software vendor.) So deploying this particular free solution to this particular organization cost me $-1800, which reflects the kowledge value I got out of it.
Overall pretty cheap, eh?
I have two questions for you:
1) What happens to ZFS now? Is it more or less likely now to see it come to Linux (the kernel) one day?
2) In general, is this a better outcome than IBM buying Sun?
Ca you get the patchset for free? I thought you needed a support contract for any patches.
...stem cell therapy that can treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD)...
A spokesman for Intel expressed great interest in the technology:
"AMD has been a problem we've tried to combat for years, but until now, no matter how much we tried to suppress it, it always managed to survive. Not anymore."
NVIDIA declined to comment on this news story.
So a good scientist dies and all Slashdotters can do is attempt whoring out a +5 Funny with lame jokes?
:(
My high regard for the Slashdot community is obviously misguided.
It's a great loss for the research community and my condolences go to his family. And really, that's a nasty way to go...
Not trivial.
Which is why they are free to copyright their own implementation of not trivial. But if I go and make that work for my own software, Apple and the broken American patent system can suck my virtual dick.
I do agree that English should be among the tools used by every serious programmer. (I am not a native English speaker.)
I do not agree that pragmatism is the most virtuous of all hacker traits.
Vulcans are hot!
You had a point right until you mentioned a girlfriend. NOBODY ON SLASHDOT HAS A GIRLFRIEND.
... :)
What's next, are you gonna tell us your girlfriend is also a Linux geek who can set up an encrypted Debian-based RAID cluster while having sex with you in her very own basement? Riiiight.
Disclaimer: I kid, I kid...
While your point is spot on, I would like to point out that actually putting a large sticker "I'm completely insecure" on one's laptop takes (and shows) some confidence.
The -f will skip over anything that can't be done, you know.
This is completely dumb, but if it finally makes LOSSLESS digital music stores a reality (that have no DRM and are not watermarked), I'm all for it!
Didn't RTFA (duh), but I wonder what codec they use for the lossless part? Not that I care, since I would transcode that to FLAC before I even played it.
Yes, but in said community counterarguments like "Here's the math and it works out, while your doesn't due to this counterexample!" work. Try that with the religious nutjobs.
Just to avoid a few hundred whooshes, this here analogy is a joke, and it's grossly inaccurate at that. But it's funny! :)
Bullshit. All they really needed to do was to send a minimum-wage guy with a fucking brush along with the machine. 90 days @ minimal wage - it wouldn't be that expensive, would it now?
WTF? Linux is at least as capable of intensive tasks as Windows is. No BSODs either.
Somebody mod this +6 Insightful! :)
That one's getting old, I've spent too much time on Slashdot, or both.
Black Viper's site is great. I never noticed much of a difference on XP, but on Vista it is night vs. day.
OK, so the power of the RIAA's lawsuits was not so much in the money they were going to extract from victims, but rather the general fear that ensued.
Then the RIAA goes on to say they won't be doing that anymore, thus discontinuing the fear.
But they never actually stopped, only gave up some of their power (fear is power in their case).
Could anyone please find some logic in this?
I concur. My daily multipurpose PC runs KDE 4 on Linux 2.6.28, but I built the kernel to match the hardware.
-rw------- 1 root root 1.4M 2009-01-19 19:59 System.map-2.6.28-gentoo-r1
-rw------- 1 root root 3.2M 2009-01-19 19:59 vmlinuz-2.6.28-gentoo-r1
It's not bloated, and it boots fast.
What did SE do?
I'm wondering about the method if infecting a USB stick. Is it filesystem-secific? How does it work?