Re: [LUAU] Groklaw's take on Microsoft-Novell alliance

2006-11-13 Thread Julian Yap
On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 21:48 -1000, Michael Bishop wrote: Very good article on the Microsoft-Novell alliance. Warrent Togami has some good points... http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20061103073628401 On a related note, this is a good speech by Richard Stallman on 'The Dangers of

Re: [LUAU] My experience with using Fedora Core 6 on a Dell Inspiron 6000 notebook

2006-11-13 Thread Julian Yap
On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 19:43 -1000, Peter Besenbruch wrote: The link doesn't work. Try this one instead: http://julianyap.com/wiki/Fedora_Core_6_%22Zod%22_on_a_Dell_Inspiron_6000_notebook I went to the site and did a search for Fedora. I got a laptop from rCubed with Fedora 5

[LUAU] Sun releases Java under the GPL

2006-11-13 Thread Julian Yap
http://www.sun.com/2006-1113/feature/ I think it's great that Sun chose the GPL. Really impressive. Is 4Q meant to be 'big news' time in the tech industry? ~ Julian ___ LUAU@lists.hosef.org mailing list

Re: [LUAU] Sun releases Java under the GPL

2006-11-13 Thread Peter Besenbruch
Julian Yap wrote: http://www.sun.com/2006-1113/feature/ I think it's great that Sun chose the GPL. Really impressive. Oh, my! -- Hawaiian Astronomical Society: http://www.hawastsoc.org HAS Deepsky Atlas: http://www.hawastsoc.org/deepsky ___

[LUAU] Dedicated Hosting

2006-11-13 Thread luau
I was wondering what options there are in Hawaii for setting up hosting services.   Paul ___ LUAU@lists.hosef.org mailing list http://lists.hosef.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luau

Re: [LUAU] Dedicated Hosting

2006-11-13 Thread Julian Yap
If you want co-location, you can try LavaNet, located on Bishop St: http://lava.net/sales/server_colo Disclaimer: My employer --- luau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering what options there are in Hawaii for setting up hosting services. Paul

[LUAU] and the hits just keep on coming

2006-11-13 Thread Jim Thompson
First Sun GPLs (most of) Java, making it Free Software, not open sores. As jswartz said (in obvious reference to esr), (Crow and hats available for those needing a snack :-) http://blogs.sun.com/ jonathan/entry/fueling_the_network_effect Now comes the shocker. Sun considers using the

[LUAU] so what happens now?

2006-11-13 Thread Jim Thompson
Sun and Ubuntu seem to have some rhythm. Java is essentially open, the FSF likes the move, Ubuntu runs on the recent SPARC boxes, and we should shortly see .debs for java showing up in the free apt repositories. But there has to be more to it than this. We have a 1+1=2 situation, but