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Open source standards are the story of the year

Open source standards are the story of the yearAltruismRegarding principal vs. principle:All things considered, I prefer counting on enlightened self-interest rather than altruism. Most standards work depends on multiple players seeing it as in their advantage to grow the pie rather than the slice.That, in turn, depends on having...

Tags: Quality, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Leadership, Betaware, Now Microsoft, Motif, open source, Microsoft Office, standards, Office 12, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Open source standard, Openlook

Discussion threads 2005-10-25

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DTrace and the Linux bunker mentality

DTrace and the Linux bunker mentalityBecause it is the Linux way Paul1) Take something good and copy it badly.2) Never, ever listen to anyone offering advice regarding usability [i]"Linux ain't no Fisher Price OS"[/i] etc.3) Spend more time arguing on the mailing lists, than actually developing and bug-testing.RE: DTrace and...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, DTrace, SCO Group Inc., Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

ah, so what's a billion, or two?

ah, so what's a billion, or two?In today's paperThe tax people promise to be make in operation this Thursday - making it close to a two week shutdown.An unrelated note to B.O.F.H. and NetArchBoth of you noted, last week, that GNU sytood for Gnu's not Unix - and it bothered...

Tags: Operating systems, GNU, Unix, kernel, OSF

Discussion threads 2007-03-13

What users care about (1)

What users care about (1)You can still do it on the AS/400 iSeries etcSwiped from the CL Reference manual[pre]DCLF FILE(DF1) RCDFMT(FMT1) OPNID(DSPF1) :RCVF DEV(DEV1) OPNID(DSPF1) WAIT(*NO) :WAIT DEV(*NONE) OPNID(DSPF1)In this example, the RCVF command specifies to use the displayfile...

Tags: Workstations, Processors, UNIX, DSPF1, Sun Microsystems Inc., DF1, CL Reference manual, OPNID, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2007-02-26

Sun continues sailing its free and open course with DRM

Sun continues sailing its free and open course with DRMEver heard of Openlook?Sun offered its windowing system for free to anyone that would sign up. EVERYONE else went with Motif. I SUPPOSE you could call that "open" . . .Dan, are you suggesting a "monoculture" would be good?I mean if...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2005-08-22

'Open Source Solaris' to debut this year

'Open Source Solaris' to debut this yearI KNEW it was going to happen!!!! Go MS and Sun!!!"Separately, Sun executives said that a far-reaching agreement with Microsoft to improve interoperability between Sun and Microsoft wares will not affect Solaris 10. However, the two companies have discussed other areas of technical...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, open source, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-09-13

Linux oogles desktop PC replacements

Linux oogles desktop PC replacementsZDNET????Would someone like to define the word oogle for me? As far as I know this is not a word with any meaning whatsoever. The English language is fine thing, please use it with respect.If you mean Linux providers are excited over expanding there market share...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Desktops, WinFS, Prior Art, Free Software development, desktop computer, English Language, PC, Microsoft Office, Linux, IBM Corp., Novell Inc., desktop

Discussion threads 2004-05-21