Don't know if anyone else saw this:
http://www.forbes.com/2002/07/16/linuxintro.html
It appears to cast Linux in good light, however, it really seems to
do no more than link to a bunch of other stories, none of which I've
cared to read yet :)
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Seeya,
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IIRC, Forbes is starting to carry /. stories.
-Mark
On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 09:46:44AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Don't know if anyone else saw this:
http://www.forbes.com/2002/07/16/linuxintro.html
It appears to cast Linux in good light, however, it really seems to
do no
On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, at 9:59am, Mark Komarinski wrote:
IIRC, Forbes is starting to carry /. stories.
Who publishes Forbes? I want to sell their stock short...
;-)
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Interesting. RealNetworks announces that they will be releasing the
source to certain software components, under what is supposed to be an Open
Source(ish) license.
http://netscape.com.com/2100-1104-945418.html
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/79476_real22.shtml
Has anyone used any of the Quantum Snap Server products to add NAS storage
for small office use? I remember them using Linux as the hidden OS. I was
thinking of recommending one of these for use in a small office. So far the
only deficiency I see in the small one I want to use (the Snap Server
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Greater NH Linux Users' Group [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 6:10 PM
Subject: RealNetworks going Open Source?
It is unclear yet what components will be opened, but rumor appears
to
indicate it would be transport and
Thought it was BSD, not Linux, myself.
Regardless, we've been running one for close to 4 years and sharing
Windows and Mac systems. Several of the Macs are connected via NFS
connections and they have been fine.
Ray
At 2:29 PM -0400 7/22/02, Hewitt Tech wrote:
Has anyone used any of the
Quoting Hewitt Tech [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Has anyone used any of the Quantum Snap Server products to add NAS
storage
for small office use?
Yeppers. I have a 4000.
I remember them using Linux as the hidden OS.
Nope.. Currently, BSD. In April they purchased a company that would lead
to
In a message dated: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 14:30:18 CDT
Thomas Charron said:
The *ONLY* concern I've had with it is ease of subverting security.
Primarily, reseting the admin password is as easy as pushing a little button
with a pencil top, and pushing it again twice, then holding it down. This
On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Thomas Charron wrote:
The *ONLY* concern I've had with it is ease of subverting security.
Primarily, reseting the admin password is as easy as pushing a little button
with a pencil top, and pushing it again twice, then holding it down. This
resets the admin password..
On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, at 2:04pm, Rich C wrote:
It appears the goal is to allow proprietary streaming media providers to
supply plug-ins to RealNetworks' framework, in order to make a more
versatile client. They don't appear to be opening up RealNetworks'
streaming protocol.
I haven't been
On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, at 12:40pm, Ken Ambrose wrote:
Ken's (security) rule-of-thumb: if you don't have physical security,
you don't have security. Period. Looked at a different way, I -like-
being able to reset passwords easily through a button ...
Yeah, what he said. :)
Even if said
On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, at 2:29pm, Hewitt Tech wrote:
Has anyone used any of the Quantum Snap Server products to add NAS storage
for small office use?
The only caveats I hear of regularly are performance, management, and
backup. Performance is pretty poor, especially for any kind of I/O
Hewitt Tech [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Has anyone used any of the Quantum Snap Server products to add NAS storage
for small office use? I remember them using Linux as the hidden OS. I was
thinking of recommending one of these for use in a small office. So far the
I have an older model at home
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
The *ONLY* concern I've had with it is ease of subverting security.
Primarily, reseting the admin password is as easy as pushing a little
button
with a pencil top, and pushing it again twice, then holding it down.
This
resets the admin password.. No way to
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, at 12:40pm, Ken Ambrose wrote:
Ken's (security) rule-of-thumb: if you don't have physical security,
you don't have security. Period. Looked at a different way, I
-like-
being able to reset passwords easily through a button ...
Even if
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Reverse engineering network protocols has, historically, been rather easy
to do. I was, in fact, somewhat surprised to not find an instance of a
ripper for RealNetworks's RDT protocol already in existence.
I seem to recall something that did this (on Windows) a
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Since when can RealPlayer decode Windows Media? The version I have on
Linux (8.0.3.421) certainly cannot. More information, please.
Where does one obtain this version, anyways? I've struggled with
Real's web page and have only been able to determine that the
In a message dated: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 14:55:21 CDT
Thomas Charron said:
As a second note I forgot about, it also has a built in FTP and web server,
as well as the ability to run Java servlets. Definatly a nice little box..
Ahm, okay, so how is this different than a Cobalt then?
A Cobalt
I watched the Helix announcement today and it really did seem like something
is going on.
The Developers sight (I guess) is:
http://www.helixcommunity.org/
I'm a user not an engineer.
The CEO was really high on the helix server running on Linux.
He actually said he can get 400% greater
The latest and greatest NFS code for the newer Linux kernels is supposed to
be much improved. Kernels prior to 2.4 didn't have NFS V3 support (or at
least you had to play with the 2.2 kernel series in order to get NFS V3
support). It's the NFS V3 protocol that improves performance noticeably. I
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Subject: Re: RealNetworks going Open Source?
On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, at 2:04pm, Rich C wrote:
It appears the goal is to allow proprietary streaming media
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In a message dated: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 16:49:44 EDT
Hewitt Tech said:
I'll look at the Cobalt systems though. I also saw positive comments on the
MaxAttach systems put out by Maxtor.
Cobalt is now owned by Sun. Also, keep in mind, they're meant as a
web appliance, not necessarilly an NFS/CIFS
On 22 Jul 2002, at 4:05pm, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
Since when can RealPlayer decode Windows Media? The version I have on
Linux (8.0.3.421) certainly cannot. More information, please.
Where does one obtain this version, anyways?
http://proforma.real.com/real/player/unix/unix.html
On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, at 4:42pm, Alan R. wrote:
The CEO was really high on the helix server running on Linux.
Just FYI, RealServer, their current proprietary product, already runs on
Linux, so making the Open Source version run on Linux should be a
no-brainer. :-)
He also speculated that a
On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, at 4:07pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As a second note I forgot about, it also has a built in FTP and web server,
as well as the ability to run Java servlets. Definatly a nice little
box..
Ahm, okay, so how is this different than a Cobalt then?
One is made by Sun,
The Real :) point I should have made concerning performance was really
associated to cost savings.
The current Helix Universal Server running on Linux has essentially
no software cost and can support 8000 Microsft streams for a given server.
The Microsoft alternative requires a company to run
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On 22 Jul 2002, at 4:05pm, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
Since when can RealPlayer decode Windows Media? The version I have on
Linux (8.0.3.421) certainly cannot. More information, please.
Where does one obtain this version, anyways?
On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, at 3:50pm, Rich C wrote:
Of course this implies only that RealNetworks can supply streaming data in
Microsoft's format. If they can do this, you have to assume they can
decode it as well.
Well, yes and no. The streaming transport is typically separate from the
actual
On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, at 5:37pm, Alan R. wrote:
About the player being Vapoware... I agree. But they did just release a
Mac OS X version of RealOne Player on July 17 so things look good.
Oh, I certainly won't complain if it happens. :)
On a related note, I just found an alpha release
In regards to the webcast that RealNetworks was hosting about their Open
Source(ish) Helix framework, the following was seen on Slashdot:
During the QA session of the webcast:
Perens: I've been reading questions off of slashdot, most of which have
been positive.
Glaser: Are you sure
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