Keep up the good work. Mixed networks are sloooooooly making a comeback.
At the large company I work, almost all IT stuff is MS. However, most of the products we build and deliver are *nix and the pressure from the engineers to get Linux desktops is growing. Many engineers are running CDROM based Linux versions on their laptops and desktops and never boot into the IT installed MS configuration. Our customers are feeling the same pressure, since we keep installing Linux systems for them.
Doesn't matter. The differences between Unix distributions are only superficial. The better you know Unix, the less these little differences matter. Yes, I am saying Unix, since I include the BSDs, OSX and Solaris. Deep down, they are all the same.
Yeah, well, that will reduce the viewership and eventually someone will realize that there are millions of people out there who are not watching TV at all, recognize the market and serve them, making the DRM pendulum swing back.
As I wrote elsewhere, EULAs are mostly bull. Go and read your state's "Sale of Goods Act" - it should have one and that is pretty much all that matters. The reason is that a Sale is the default action. For a transaction to be a Lease, the parties have to jump through very specific hoops and EULAs seldom do. Therefore, If it Looks like a Sale, Quacks like a Sale and Flies like a Sale, then it is a Sale, meaning that you most likely OWN your copy of MS Windows outright, despite what MS likes to pretend for example and that is why you can resell the CDs on Ebay.
EULAs are unenforceable in most states. If your state has a "Sale of Goods" act, then it probably defines things. The main purpose of a EULA is to scare people off and fill in any gaps that may exist in the state legislation. So, even though most SW companies would like to pretend that you are only leasing their software, in most cases you are in fact buying it, with all the privileges that go with owning it.
The thing is that Free software is not a business. It doesn't matter if Free software is ignored. It doesn't cost more if it is not used. The people who develop it also don't care whether it is used or not.
However, in the long run, Free software will win out since eventually more people will understand that software itself has no intrinsic value. The value lies in service and support and Free software tends to have lower support costs, since it is usually designed better.
You do realize that most firewall devices actually run some kind of Linux do you? If you run Linux on a desktop, you are pretty much just as secure. One day when Cisco starts to make Windows based firewall devices, then I'll start to take Microsoft seriously.
"Use valgrind to find the bugs and Hans Boehm's GC to not have to fix them."
Very well put!:)
It is basically impossible to write a C++ program without memory problems. There are long dissertations linked from the Boehm site that explains why.
Boehm's garbage collector is used in GCC. That is probably the toughest test it can possibly get. I have used it myself in projects too. It certainly makes life a lot easier and the resultant programs are rock solid.
Pretty soon, we'll have direct to brain spam and adware. Be careful and don't install an implant that runs Windows or you will be shut down when WGA can't phone home to Redmond...
Bull - tokenring and ext2 - bull...
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The poster must have copied that from some other decades old post and forgot to remove mention of "tokenring", "ext2" and "defragment".
I don't think gasoline prices will double. Even at the present price of around $60 per barrel, it is already very lucrative to produce synthetic gasoline from coal. North America has huge amounts of coal - enough for hundreds of years of use. The only reason it is not done in North America is because of the perception that the oil price will drop again.
Actually, I have given Suse an honest try, but found that it is even worse than Redhat. So my favourite distros are still Mandriva and Ubuntu, while I use RedHat only when the customer insists on it, which strangely is most of the time. It seems that the few CIOs that do have half a clue have only heard of RedHat and insist on spending money on it and won't consider Centos either, even though we never actually use RedHat support. Even the argument that they are paying *me* for support, so why do they want to pay Redhat for nothing doesn't help.
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Keep up the good work. Mixed networks are sloooooooly making a comeback. At the large company I work, almost all IT stuff is MS. However, most of the products we build and deliver are *nix and the pressure from the engineers to get Linux desktops is growing. Many engineers are running CDROM based Linux versions on their laptops and desktops and never boot into the IT installed MS configuration. Our customers are feeling the same pressure, since we keep installing Linux systems for them.
Probably half of lawyers use it. People who produce really enormous quantities of documents appreciate the quality, stability and archive value of WP.
Doesn't matter. The differences between Unix distributions are only superficial. The better you know Unix, the less these little differences matter. Yes, I am saying Unix, since I include the BSDs, OSX and Solaris. Deep down, they are all the same.
"a melamine-free source of protein" Slime has protein?
Please write 10 times on the blackboard: "their".
Yeah, well, that will reduce the viewership and eventually someone will realize that there are millions of people out there who are not watching TV at all, recognize the market and serve them, making the DRM pendulum swing back.
As I wrote elsewhere, EULAs are mostly bull. Go and read your state's "Sale of Goods Act" - it should have one and that is pretty much all that matters. The reason is that a Sale is the default action. For a transaction to be a Lease, the parties have to jump through very specific hoops and EULAs seldom do. Therefore, If it Looks like a Sale, Quacks like a Sale and Flies like a Sale, then it is a Sale, meaning that you most likely OWN your copy of MS Windows outright, despite what MS likes to pretend for example and that is why you can resell the CDs on Ebay.
EULAs are unenforceable in most states. If your state has a "Sale of Goods" act, then it probably defines things. The main purpose of a EULA is to scare people off and fill in any gaps that may exist in the state legislation. So, even though most SW companies would like to pretend that you are only leasing their software, in most cases you are in fact buying it, with all the privileges that go with owning it.
The modern software world is pretty much ruled by GCC. It would be interesting to see what happens when that one's license changes to GPL3.
The thing is that Free software is not a business. It doesn't matter if Free software is ignored. It doesn't cost more if it is not used. The people who develop it also don't care whether it is used or not.
However, in the long run, Free software will win out since eventually more people will understand that software itself has no intrinsic value. The value lies in service and support and Free software tends to have lower support costs, since it is usually designed better.
I guess they expect that some bits and pieces of the wounded solder will fall off along the way, like his head for example.
of Calcutta now got a twin.
I wonder how much tissue Mars uses in a year to wipe its hole.
Thankyou, thankyou, enough applause already.
The US and Russian moon missions orbited two targets 50 years ago.
No, no, no - Vista is sloooooow...
"Does it walk Vista" is more appropriate.
The 'grey goo' solution. Drop them on enemy territory and slowly reduce the whole country to 'grey goo'.
Linux is used all over the place already. Linux/Unix is actually preferred from a security accreditation and certification point of view.
You do realize that most firewall devices actually run some kind of Linux do you? If you run Linux on a desktop, you are pretty much just as secure. One day when Cisco starts to make Windows based firewall devices, then I'll start to take Microsoft seriously.
"Use valgrind to find the bugs and Hans Boehm's GC to not have to fix them." Very well put! :)
It is basically impossible to write a C++ program without memory problems. There are long dissertations linked from the Boehm site that explains why.
Boehm's garbage collector is used in GCC. That is probably the toughest test it can possibly get. I have used it myself in projects too. It certainly makes life a lot easier and the resultant programs are rock solid.
The Conservative Garbage Collector http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/ will make most memory issues go away. It is robust and is used in GCC for example.
Pretty soon, we'll have direct to brain spam and adware. Be careful and don't install an implant that runs Windows or you will be shut down when WGA can't phone home to Redmond...
The poster must have copied that from some other decades old post and forgot to remove mention of "tokenring", "ext2" and "defragment".
Friggen idiot.
I don't think gasoline prices will double. Even at the present price of around $60 per barrel, it is already very lucrative to produce synthetic gasoline from coal. North America has huge amounts of coal - enough for hundreds of years of use. The only reason it is not done in North America is because of the perception that the oil price will drop again.
Actually, I have given Suse an honest try, but found that it is even worse than Redhat. So my favourite distros are still Mandriva and Ubuntu, while I use RedHat only when the customer insists on it, which strangely is most of the time. It seems that the few CIOs that do have half a clue have only heard of RedHat and insist on spending money on it and won't consider Centos either, even though we never actually use RedHat support. Even the argument that they are paying *me* for support, so why do they want to pay Redhat for nothing doesn't help.
After all, they paid Novell M$40, so Xandros should have gotten at least M$1. Fair is fair isn't it?