What happens when a multi-billion dollar corporation gets involved in Linux?
http://linux-foundation.org/weblogs/openvoices/edward-screven/
I thought folks might find some of the above interesting. If not, then
please feel free to forget that you read it.
Rich
Ben Scott wrote:
[snip]
Proper posture is the most important thing, and next to
that, simple wrist support (which might just involve moving your
keyboard).
Or using a different keyboard. I had pain issues before I started using
my Kinesis keyboard. http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/classic.htm
I
Thomas Charron wrote:
Are you connecting with the HDMI cable? It's annoying, but it will
only do 1080i UNLESS you use the HDMI.
Yeah, using HDMI. I'm not quite sure why HDMI is an issue? When you have
a 1080p TV there really isn't that much difference between a 1080i
signal and a 1080p
My 11 year old TV crapped out yesterday so I ended up picking up a 50
1080p Plasma (Panasonic TH50PZ700U).
Wow! HDTV is really good. Blu-ray through the PS3 is pretty amazing. The
BBC version of Planet Earth on Blu-ray is one of the most amazing things
I have ever seen on a TV.
That said when
Scott,
I got a few responses and cut and paste them into this response, see in
line below (again, these are not from me but from folks at Oracle who
are using D620s with Linux):
Good luck!
Rich
Scott Garman wrote:
Richard Soule wrote:
Oracle uses the Dell Latitude D620 laptop internally
R S wrote:
Hello, my name is Ross and I come to you from Austin, Texas.
I went exactly the other way, from Nashua NH to Austin TX (by way of Los
Angeles and San Francisco). To me Austin is MUCH better than NH from a
quality of life standpoint with the one exception being the GNHLUG
folks.
Travis Roy wrote:
Not to mention the condition of the house! :)
My friend's house was built in 2004 and is in great shape. :)
Housing costs are SUBSTANTIALLY lower in Austin (inside the city limits)
than in Nashua, NH (inside the city limits). If you move outside the
city limits in either
Fred wrote:
[snip]
I truly need more time. More *lifetimes* in particular.
More lifetimes granted:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphasic_sleep
http://pure-doxyk.livejournal.com/229675.html
Rich
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* Warning - Talk about free commercial software below. Don't read if
this offends you! *
While not open source, Oracle has a free version of it's database
(Oracle XE) that includes something called Oracle Application Express
(APEX). APEX can do all the things that Access does and was built to
Ben Scott wrote:
My measurement is qualitative, not quantitative. Everything that
uses Java that I've ever encountered on any machine takes a long time
to start and uses up gobs and gobs of memory, regardless of how
trivial the program. Interactive programs all have a somewhat
I sent this on to my team at Oracle and CC'd my boss... his response:
The scary thing is that this guy is serious.
That made my day even more!
Rich
Jon maddog Hall wrote:
Michael,
You made my day. I can only imagine those guys at the
ShelleyTheRepublican.com
site laughing at people who
Ben Scott wrote:
Ask the list about installing Oracle some time :)
Have you tried Oracle XE yet? I won't tell you it's easy, instead I'll
point you to this on Developer.com:
http://www.developer.com/db/article.php/10920_3599691_1
We've been listening... And it's free: Free to download,
Add me to the VMWare crowd. I use it every time I do a demo. My laptop
came from Oracle with WinXP on it, I run Linux, WinXP and Win2K Server
VMs depending on which demo I want to run.
Sometimes running the WinXP VM with Oracle EE database, Oracle EE
Application Server, Oracle BPEL Server,
From the article:
So what makes you happy?
Good friends. Enthusiastic students. Enthusiastic teachers. Warm sandy
beaches.
Most definately there is something missing here: Beer!
Michael Costolo wrote:
Saw this linked from /. this AM:
I've left a message and sent an email to maddog last week but I lost my cell phone so I'm not sure if I'm using the right numbers...
Can someone send me his contact info (off list) and/or let me know if he is around (is he on the road without access to technology?)
Thanks,
Rich
Apparently MS has lined up a bunch of folks to assist with the migration
from Linux to MS: http://www.isvnxt.com/
What is NXT?
Overview Benefits: NXT is a new end-to-end initiative specifically for
ISVs with solutions driving over US$5 million in revenue who are ready
to migrate or
Randy Edwards wrote:
I noted something similar when I looked at the site's business case page.
They feature a graph of how many billions in revenues there were for various
operating systems. Well, from a customer's point of view, that's generally a
*bad* thing -- you want the software
Getting on the list can be difficult. Most states have a 'Statewide
Contract' which means negotiating with the state purchasing folks. They
often demand special concessions (you can never charge us more than you
charge any other customer), access to internal sales information (so
they know
Thomas Charron wrote:
Article sure does say that, but the link they refer to lists a bunch
of *END USERS* selling off THEIR invites, not Microsoft.
Do we know that those end users aren't MS Employees? That we be the best!
Dude, I just wrote some buggy software for Billy. How much do you
For my day to day job I do a lot of software demos. Lately I've been
using a Redhat system running in a VMWare image. I just got a new system
that has some cool demos in it and I want to change all the passwords to
be the same thing as the usernames. I realize this is going to shock a
lot of
Bruce Dawson wrote:
Just keep typing the same password in. After about 2 consecutive tries
with the same password, it seems to figure out that you really do want
an unsecure password, and accepts it.
That worked!
Thanks Bruce (and Scott although Bruce's answer got here first)
Rich
Greg Rundlett wrote:
Anybody have suggestions for good (free software) tools for recording
and playing back a website demo? I built an application that has a web
frontend, and I want to record user interaction through the site so that
I can do demonstrations of the application without
I'd buy a copy at $20 or less.
Rich
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Paul,
You could try:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/1558606726/ref=cm_cr_dp_2_1/103-8170352-9419859?%5Fencoding=UTF8customer-reviews.sort%5Fby=-SubmissionDaten=283155
Not sure about the above, but it seems highly rated (even though there
are only 9 ratings).
All the books that
Michael Costolo wrote:
Would you define cool software? Frankly, I am of the opinion that Linux comes
with lots of cool software. Or at least, lots of cool software runs under Linux (my
apologies for the pedantry). But being a physicist, I suppose my geek factor is
pretty high. What cool apps
Paul's email got me thinking... His commment about 'figuring
something out' really hit home because recently I've run into
situations where consultants have 'solved the wrong problem'
for some big clients.
We often see two kinds of 'good' consultants out there:
1) The kind with great experience
Michael ODonnell wrote:
What an opportunity to embarrass yourself! Might also
be good preparation for a job interview...
More or less, this is how I got my job at Oracle.
An Oracle sales consulting director came to UNH to help
troubleshoot an Oracle issue on a machine. I think it was
something
http://qrxx.4t.com/barbieOS.htm
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If you want to type VERY fast you should try one of these:
http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/professional.htm
It's what I use at work and I love it.
Caps Lock is next to the A key though...
:-)
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Erik Price wrote:
I would save up and it would be my next big purchase -- if they
offered USB.
http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/advantage.htm
It's a bit more at $299, so I would probably go with some type of
adapter:
http://www.maltron.co.uk/USB-PS2pic.html
You are all so high tech!
When I was in the Air Force we took a match to the punched cards used
to synchronize all the crypto equipment.
Paper is so much easier to destroy... but probably less fun.---BeginMessage---
In the AF we had some hi-tec 10MB drives (1999 taxes paying for 1980s technology
Secure Communications in Okinawa Japan.
If anyone ever saw the movie The Falcon and the Snowman, I did exactly what
Christopher Boyce
did in the movie (except for the part about selling secrets to the commies). He was
America's most
wanted spy: He didn't sell secrets to the Russians, he sold
If this is for personal use then you can use any of the Oracle software
that you download from http://otn.oracle.com without paying Oracle (see
site for complete license information, etc.).
Oracle9i Lite Release 5.0.2.0.0 for Linux and Oracle9i Lite Release
5.0.2 for Windows CE, 95/98/NT/2000,
http://www.arie.org/doh/
;-)
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http://iinformation.com/images/penguincrossing.jpg
These are appearing all over the Oracle campus in Redwood Shores, CA.
(That's actually my website. If for some reason you would like the
image, please copy it to your site instead of linking to mine. Not sure
what type of bandwidth I have.)
Ed Lawson wrote:
Seems like I remember a meeting at UNH where it was said Oracle would
never release a product for Linux even thought they had it running on
Linux for internal trials.
Clearly maddog Rich at futurism. I bow to his superior predictive
capabilities. Of course I'll use my young
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