So, what company or companies have already agreed to pay the fine if he gets in trouble over this ?? Sure, maybe the guy has got money, but literally throwing away a half-million dollars just to prove a point seems plain stupid to me !
Maybe they should just sell disposable printers instead.
Many of the low-cost printers out there ARE disposable or very well could be. You can buy an HP or Lexmark printer for $69 in many places. Name-brand replacement cartridges are $30-35 each, one b/w and one color. For almost the same price, you could simply buy a new printer !
This guy doesn't hide his past...
Check out ijet's website and you can find this:
Bruce McIndoe
Chief Executive Officer
Bruce McIndoe was the founder & CEO of CSSi, an Inc.500 and four-time Washington Technology FAST 50 company that developed intelligence collection and processing systems for various national intelligence organizations. Bruce was one of the lead architects for the National Security Agency's Echelon II program, identified as one of the most productive intelligence programs in the agency's history. He was also a major contributor to the Future Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Systems Architecture Program, several major Communications Security (COMSEC) programs and numerous technical programs. After successfully growing CSSi to 150 people and $17 million in annual revenues, Bruce sold the company to Nichols Research Corporation where he became VP Enterprise Applications and then VP Sales & Marketing with Nichols InfoTec. Prior to joining iJET, he was President of B2B Web Solutions specializing in supply chain automation using the Internet and XML technologies. Bruce holds an M.S. in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University and is a trustee of Allegheny College, where he received his B.S. in Physics.
There's a local, well-respected ISP here called "Donet". They kinda have a slogan like "Do the net". Anyways, they've got some great names for their machines. These are real; do a reverse DNS lookup on 'donet.com'. Here's a few:
As has been mentioned more than once, the source code is available from musiccity's website here. If I were Musiccity, I'd just say "Request it from us and we'll provide it..." . That would satisfy the GPL !:-)
Also, for those who have downloaded the zip file linked above, it contains a "gnucleus1" folder. Does the GPL allow GPL'd software to be used in "closed-source" software ?? Doesn't doing this "taint" the closed-source program and therefore make it GPL also ?? Or, is this simply ESR's dream/wish ?? Fact is, the GPL has never been tried in court. Until then, all you get is a bunch of non-lawyers spouting their opinion or interpretation.
Here in Ohio, telephone service is regulated by a state gov't entity, the PUCO (Public Utilities Commission (or Committee) of Ohio). They've fined Ameritech/SBC millions of dollars in recent years because of poor service and what not. In fact, Ameritech has recently started running radio ads that tell about consumers right to refunds for service outages, etc, etc !! You know damn well they were FORCED to do that !!
I just took a quick look around their website but didn't find anything interesting...
I can't imagine that design needing 250 hours of CAD work... It is VERY nice looking, no doubt about that. My guess is most of the labor was in actual production of the parts. Assembly looks pretty simple.
You and I may know how to configure a POP mailbox, and how to use multiple mailboxes, but your average surfer does not.
Bash Microsoft all anyone wants, but with Outlook Express, for example, it's terribly simple to add additional POP accounts. The problem most people run into is they try and use the smtp server of the same domain they've just added. Many, many ISPs don't allow this and it's really no big deal. It just has to made clear that they enter the smtp/outgoing server for the ISP they've dialed into (or DSL, cable, etc).
I thought that everywhere in the United States it was just a flat rate for all local service.
It certainly can be that way if the customer chooses. That's how mine is, in fact. But, with Ameritech, they have numerous other choices. One of them is (30) outgoing calls per month. It costs "X" of dollars per month... ~~ $10 ?? After (30) calls, you pay per call, per minute, whatever.
Hmmm, they probably figured 2 or 3 people would be interested in this so they had a half-dozen licenses available... Turns out 10 'families' wanted it.
Matrox video drivers come with something called 'Quick Desk' that allows multiple desktops. I use it with NT4 at work... The keystroke for switching between them is configurable. The taskbar only shows the windows on the desktop you're on too.
These surveys aren't after what OS someone chooses to use, it's what they are using. Should we say, "But 1/4 of those Navy users wanted to use Linux, so let's take away 90,000 from Win2K and give the number to Linux."
People make the decision to use "x" for their own good reasons.
What if you gave people the free choice to pick the word processor they wanted to use ?? A few years ago, you had MS Word and WordPerfect. Is one better than the other ?? Who knows... If Word does the job and I can buy the copies I need, I will. If WP does the same, I will. But not both. Same goes with spreadsheets. You used to have Excel, Quattro Pro, and Lotus 123...
LSL currently has "Helix Gnome" v1.0, so it would seem likely that they'll have this new version at some point. When ?? Ask them... I've called them before (rec'd a bad disc once) and they were extremely helpful -- shipped another disc that day, 2-day delivery.
Petreley says "On the other hand, consider the business implications of selling a distribution based on Debian: the distributor would be adopting a system that is deliberately designed to make it nearly impossible to sell its customers any upgrades. That cuts off a primary source of revenue for the Linux distributor." I thought the linux-distros made money from service, not from the media they sell. I mean, I realize the software they include is free, but they have to pay someone to package them, customize them, etc, etc. Not to mention all the production and marketing-related costs. How much profit is left when boxed sets sell for $20-30 on Wal-Mart's shelves ??
I went to www.ontrack.com to see if, by chance, they had a FAQ like "Can I erase my data to the point that even you can't recover it ??". Didn't find it, nor did I look very hard, but did find this faq
...runs Linux, according to an nmap portscan (with OS detection on). It said it was an i386 version, but don't know if that's correct or not. Then again, I'm sure you can buy i386 cpus *real* cheap nowadays. Does some company still make them, as I would guess Intel doesn't.
It does DHCP, NAT, PPPoE, setup via webpage (runs httpd), port forwarding, port blocking, static and dynamic routing, etc, etc
Subject says it all... then again, I've got enough free space and Partition Magic that I could divide up my existing ext2 partition and format it as reiser.
With cable internet access, if the town is small enough and your house or apt is *in* town, cable should be available everywhere and not just portions. One thing to watch out for is apt complexes that provide NO cable at all. And the cable co likely will not run a line in just for your one apt.
With DSL, it's so critical and sensitive, you actually won't know for sure until your line is physically tested by the telco and you can't do this 'til you move in and order a phone.
My wife and I just bought our first house last summer. Everytime we went "house-hunting", I'd write down or remember a street address of a house that looked interesting. You can usually guess the important parts of the phone number. What matters is the area code and the first (3) digits (exchange number, I believe). Then, simply go to either the local telco's webpage and enter this info or go to a DSL provider such as Covad and enter the same info. Covad though, is not in "small" towns. Even better, the DSL Reports site mentioned above... it queries most DSL and telco companies for availability at the address you specify.
If it's anything like my Philips DVD player, it's rather simple. You turn the unit on, insert the CD/DVD with the update on it, and it starts automatically. Mine took a few minutes (maybe 4 ??) to do and ejected the disc when it was done. While it was updating, it did show some info on the small readout, but I didn't sit and watch it.
What did sorta bother me was the *jump* in version number that it made. I think mine came with something like 3.xx or 6.xx and the upgrade took it up to 9.xx. The unit was only a year old !! How come I didn't get any updates in between ??
I did have to call and ask for the update too. Certainly wasn't sent automatically.
Who cares how many songs there are...
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I just burned a CD of MP3s over the weekend for my brother-in-law that had, I think, 25 songs. It fit, with a little room to spare, on a 74min/650mb CD. I've tried some 80min/700mb CDs and they're "iffy" with my burner (an HP 9150i).
I started out running Redhat, around v5.0. I believe I skipped 5.1, but did install 5.2. Then, I upgraded to Mandrake-Linux v?? (higher than the version of RedHat I had installed at the time). It was a smooth process. I actually think Mandrake forgot to change one of the install screens where it asks if you're installing on a clean system or upgrading. I think the upgrade question asked if you're upgrading from something like a RedHat v4.2 or higher system. At the time, Mandrake had a few versions prior to the one I was installing.
...for Microsoft's primary target, that being business customers. In many, many cases, companies will purchase hundreds, and often thousands, of licenses of the entire Office suite. When all of these users are using the same client, and the companies are using Exchange servers, there are many useful features available.
When it's an all-Microsoft shop, you can schedule meetings/appointments with people, conference rooms (yes, there's an entry in our address book for "Conference Room # 2, Bldg X");-), audio/video equipment based on when they're available. You can create e-mail messages with "voting" options. You can create "routed" messages that have to go to certain people, in a certain order. For example, say you want to see about buying "item A". You know that purchasing agent "B" handles these type items, but you need approval from say your manager, and maybe he needs approval from his superior. You can route the message to go first to your manager, then to his, then to the purchasing agent. And it's all fairly automatic. Yeah, some of you will call this bloat, but people use it !
And don't worry, if you send a message to someone who doesn't use an Exchange server, they won't see any of the extras. Before everyone I worked with all got switched to using an Exchange server, some of us went through a Linux mail server ! And yes, it did cause some confusion when someone sent me a meeting request, but I wasn't able to click "Accept", "Decline", or "Tentative". All I got was a message saying there was a meeting here at such and such time.
I, by no means, want to defend MS. But, as others have pointed out, this posting is simply unfair and inaccurate !
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So, what company or companies have already agreed to pay the fine if he gets in trouble over this ?? Sure, maybe the guy has got money, but literally throwing away a half-million dollars just to prove a point seems plain stupid to me !
Many of the low-cost printers out there ARE disposable or very well could be. You can buy an HP or Lexmark printer for $69 in many places. Name-brand replacement cartridges are $30-35 each, one b/w and one color. For almost the same price, you could simply buy a new printer !
Chief Executive Officer
Bruce McIndoe was the founder & CEO of CSSi, an Inc.500 and four-time Washington Technology FAST 50 company that developed intelligence collection and processing systems for various national intelligence organizations. Bruce was one of the lead architects for the National Security Agency's Echelon II program, identified as one of the most productive intelligence programs in the agency's history. He was also a major contributor to the Future Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Systems Architecture Program, several major Communications Security (COMSEC) programs and numerous technical programs. After successfully growing CSSi to 150 people and $17 million in annual revenues, Bruce sold the company to Nichols Research Corporation where he became VP Enterprise Applications and then VP Sales & Marketing with Nichols InfoTec. Prior to joining iJET, he was President of B2B Web Solutions specializing in supply chain automation using the Internet and XML technologies. Bruce holds an M.S. in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University and is a trustee of Allegheny College, where he received his B.S. in Physics.
There's a local, well-respected ISP here called "Donet". They kinda have a slogan like "Do the net". Anyways, they've got some great names for their machines. These are real; do a reverse DNS lookup on 'donet.com'. Here's a few:
k .donet.comr nt.donet.come t.comm n et.com e t.comd .donet.com
loaf.donet.com
lard.donet.com
baked.donet.com
coolatta.donet.com
twinkie.donet.com
breadstic
muffin.donet.com
crust.donet.com
bu
holeless.donet.com
ort.donet.com ??
nib.donet.com ??
stick.donet.com
oven.donet.com
cinnamon.don
coffeeroll.donet.com
gingerbread.donet.co
stretch.donet.com
cayenne.donet.com
wazzup.do
creampuff.donet.com
creampuff2.donet.com
toasted.donet.com
potpie.donet.com
fritter.don
honey.donet.com
baklava.donet.com
layere
jumbo.donet.com
lowfat.donet.com
Also, for those who have downloaded the zip file linked above, it contains a "gnucleus1" folder. Does the GPL allow GPL'd software to be used in "closed-source" software ?? Doesn't doing this "taint" the closed-source program and therefore make it GPL also ?? Or, is this simply ESR's dream/wish ?? Fact is, the GPL has never been tried in court. Until then, all you get is a bunch of non-lawyers spouting their opinion or interpretation.
Here in Ohio, telephone service is regulated by a state gov't entity, the PUCO (Public Utilities Commission (or Committee) of Ohio). They've fined Ameritech/SBC millions of dollars in recent years because of poor service and what not. In fact, Ameritech has recently started running radio ads that tell about consumers right to refunds for service outages, etc, etc !! You know damn well they were FORCED to do that !!
I just took a quick look around their website but didn't find anything interesting...
I can't imagine that design needing 250 hours of CAD work... It is VERY nice looking, no doubt about that. My guess is most of the labor was in actual production of the parts. Assembly looks pretty simple.
Bash Microsoft all anyone wants, but with Outlook Express, for example, it's terribly simple to add additional POP accounts. The problem most people run into is they try and use the smtp server of the same domain they've just added. Many, many ISPs don't allow this and it's really no big deal. It just has to made clear that they enter the smtp/outgoing server for the ISP they've dialed into (or DSL, cable, etc).
- I thought that everywhere in the United States it was just a flat rate for all local service.
It certainly can be that way if the customer chooses. That's how mine is, in fact. But, with Ameritech, they have numerous other choices. One of them is (30) outgoing calls per month. It costs "X" of dollars per month... ~~ $10 ?? After (30) calls, you pay per call, per minute, whatever.Hmmm, they probably figured 2 or 3 people would be interested in this so they had a half-dozen licenses available... Turns out 10 'families' wanted it.
Matrox video drivers come with something called 'Quick Desk' that allows multiple desktops. I use it with NT4 at work... The keystroke for switching between them is configurable. The taskbar only shows the windows on the desktop you're on too.
I thought this comment
"... I've searched google for half and hour but cannot find anyone selling or anyplace to purchase a cable modem amplifier..."
indicates he did try looking himself.
People make the decision to use "x" for their own good reasons.
What if you gave people the free choice to pick the word processor they wanted to use ?? A few years ago, you had MS Word and WordPerfect. Is one better than the other ?? Who knows... If Word does the job and I can buy the copies I need, I will. If WP does the same, I will. But not both. Same goes with spreadsheets. You used to have Excel, Quattro Pro, and Lotus 123...
Cheapbytes also has a Helix Gnome disc listed.
Yeap, it sure is... it seems someone's extreme anti-anything-related-to-Microsoft bias is showing through.
Petreley says "On the other hand, consider the business implications of selling a distribution based on Debian: the distributor would be adopting a system that is deliberately designed to make it nearly impossible to sell its customers any upgrades. That cuts off a primary source of revenue for the Linux distributor." I thought the linux-distros made money from service, not from the media they sell. I mean, I realize the software they include is free, but they have to pay someone to package them, customize them, etc, etc. Not to mention all the production and marketing-related costs. How much profit is left when boxed sets sell for $20-30 on Wal-Mart's shelves ??
I went to www.ontrack.com to see if, by chance, they had a FAQ like "Can I erase my data to the point that even you can't recover it ??". Didn't find it, nor did I look very hard, but did find this faq
Quite surprising that their newspaper carries Ann Landers, but it certainly does. There's a link to it on the article's page.
It does DHCP, NAT, PPPoE, setup via webpage (runs httpd), port forwarding, port blocking, static and dynamic routing, etc, etc
Subject says it all... then again, I've got enough free space and Partition Magic that I could divide up my existing ext2 partition and format it as reiser.
With cable internet access, if the town is small enough and your house or apt is *in* town, cable should be available everywhere and not just portions. One thing to watch out for is apt complexes that provide NO cable at all. And the cable co likely will not run a line in just for your one apt.
With DSL, it's so critical and sensitive, you actually won't know for sure until your line is physically tested by the telco and you can't do this 'til you move in and order a phone.
My wife and I just bought our first house last summer. Everytime we went "house-hunting", I'd write down or remember a street address of a house that looked interesting. You can usually guess the important parts of the phone number. What matters is the area code and the first (3) digits (exchange number, I believe). Then, simply go to either the local telco's webpage and enter this info or go to a DSL provider such as Covad and enter the same info. Covad though, is not in "small" towns. Even better, the DSL Reports site mentioned above... it queries most DSL and telco companies for availability at the address you specify.
What did sorta bother me was the *jump* in version number that it made. I think mine came with something like 3.xx or 6.xx and the upgrade took it up to 9.xx. The unit was only a year old !! How come I didn't get any updates in between ??
I did have to call and ask for the update too. Certainly wasn't sent automatically.
I just burned a CD of MP3s over the weekend for my brother-in-law that had, I think, 25 songs. It fit, with a little room to spare, on a 74min/650mb CD. I've tried some 80min/700mb CDs and they're "iffy" with my burner (an HP 9150i).
I started out running Redhat, around v5.0. I believe I skipped 5.1, but did install 5.2. Then, I upgraded to Mandrake-Linux v?? (higher than the version of RedHat I had installed at the time). It was a smooth process. I actually think Mandrake forgot to change one of the install screens where it asks if you're installing on a clean system or upgrading. I think the upgrade question asked if you're upgrading from something like a RedHat v4.2 or higher system. At the time, Mandrake had a few versions prior to the one I was installing.
When it's an all-Microsoft shop, you can schedule meetings/appointments with people, conference rooms (yes, there's an entry in our address book for "Conference Room # 2, Bldg X") ;-), audio/video equipment based on when they're available. You can create e-mail messages with "voting" options. You can create "routed" messages that have to go to certain people, in a certain order. For example, say you want to see about buying "item A". You know that purchasing agent "B" handles these type items, but you need approval from say your manager, and maybe he needs approval from his superior. You can route the message to go first to your manager, then to his, then to the purchasing agent. And it's all fairly automatic. Yeah, some of you will call this bloat, but people use it !
And don't worry, if you send a message to someone who doesn't use an Exchange server, they won't see any of the extras. Before everyone I worked with all got switched to using an Exchange server, some of us went through a Linux mail server ! And yes, it did cause some confusion when someone sent me a meeting request, but I wasn't able to click "Accept", "Decline", or "Tentative". All I got was a message saying there was a meeting here at such and such time.
I, by no means, want to defend MS. But, as others have pointed out, this posting is simply unfair and inaccurate !