RE: OT -- MS makes a statement about open-source software movemen

2001-05-07 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
:22 AM || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L || Subject: RE: OT -- MS makes a statement about open-source software || movemen || || || Here is Linus's response || http://web.siliconvalley.com/content/sv/2001/05/03

RE: OT -- MS makes a statement about open-source software movemen t

2001-05-07 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
: Thursday, May 03, 2001 7:30 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject:RE: OT -- MS makes a statement about open-source software movement Sounds like MS is afraid Open Source Software (OSS) will undermine MS. Hard to imagine a big

Re: OT -- MS makes a statement about open-source software movemen

2001-05-07 Thread Nuno Souto
- Original Message - Will we have to push something like JInitiator onto client machines in case they have .net running on them? I am just one DBA worrying about this... I think you're spot-on here. That's what's most likely. The hordes will make sure Java dies quickly now that M$

RE: OT -- MS makes a statement about open-source software movemen

2001-05-07 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
:RE: OT -- MS makes a statement about open-source software movemen I like that prison metaphor. I've rarely metaphor i didn't! A security-guru buddy of mine sent me a site reviewing all major Unix/Linux/MS security vis a vis TCP packet snooping/spoofing. Linux came

RE: OT -- MS makes a statement about open-source software movemen

2001-05-07 Thread Mohan, Ross
working on it || -Original Message- || From: Boivin, Patrice J [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] || Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 12:57 PM || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L || Subject: RE: OT -- MS makes a statement about open-source software || movemen || || || Now of course we

RE: OT -- MS makes a statement about open-source software movemen

2001-05-07 Thread Mohan, Ross
: OT -- MS makes a statement about open-source software || movemen || || || dude, || || semi-intuitive/deductive? || || re: .net || || what I've seen is a lot of the usual eternally poorly, or || partly, thought out MS-hate, mostly secondary/derivative || material on email lists, along

Re: OT -- MS makes a statement about open-source software movemen t

2001-05-06 Thread Paul Drake
Jared Still wrote: On Thursday 03 May 2001 14:21, Boivin, Patrice J wrote: ? http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010503/tc/microsoft_linux_dc_2.html ... ? ? Let me know what you think. I think I should get out my waders and my gas mask as they are compulsory when wading this deep in

Re: OT -- MS makes a statement about open-source software movemen t

2001-05-06 Thread Jared Still
On Sunday 06 May 2001 00:30, Paul Drake wrote: But - isn't the consumer - who is able to make intelligent, well-informed choices in a competitive marketplace - the boss? uh - the consumer isn't intelligent? Does this include users and induhviduals? ;) For a visually humorous take on this:

Re: OT -- MS makes a statement about open-source software movemen t

2001-05-06 Thread Nuno Souto
- Original Message - I think I should get out my waders and my gas mask as they are compulsory when wading this deep in cattle dung. Aye, cattle dung it is most definitely! About time this sort of attack from M$ got back the reaction it deserves from the industry, instead of paying

Re: OT -- MS makes a statement about open-source software movemen t

2001-05-04 Thread Don Jerman
Don't forget breaking up common industry design standards like incompatible data requirements for Kerberos implementations and the use of the latest COM+ for all IPC -- you know -- the ones that require you to buy and run Microsoft products ;-). David Messer wrote: Sounds like MS is afraid

RE: OT -- MS makes a statement about open-source software movemen

2001-05-04 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Here is Linus's response http://web.siliconvalley.com/content/sv/2001/05/03/opinion/dgillmor/weblog/t orvalds.htm a good read ... Raj __ Rajendra Jamadagni MIS, ESPN Inc. Rajendra dot Jamadagni at ESPN dot com Any opinion

RE: OT -- MS makes a statement about open-source software movemen t

2001-05-03 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010503/tc/microsoft_linux_dc_2.html http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010503/tc/microsoft_linux_dc_2.html Let me know what you think. : ) Patrice Boivin Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA) Systems Admin Operations | Admin. et Exploit. des systèmes