Posted on 10/27/2005 8:49:24 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
BSD is currently considered completely legal and free, from my understanding. If having something for free is all people care about, why they can't use it instead of all these questionable foreign clones I'll never understand.
I'm gonna watch this $100 laptop story over the next 18 months. I want one. They look like a sharp little tool.
I thought these cheap laptops were going to be Lunix based? Has that already been scrapped?
Yes and it had to go through a legal battle to get that status. It was found to be an acceptable derivation.
why they can't use it instead of all these questionable foreign clones I'll never understand.
Because supporting capitalism and consumer choice might sometimes mean people make choice with which you are not comfortable. I use Linux because it has a better application base than BSD and is the recommended platform for Oracle, and other apps I use. I have to buy expensive hardware for apple (though they are getting better), and SUN will have to understand that their indecisiveness in the early part of this decade greatly hurt the adoption of Solaris on the x86 platform. I think a good question is if Linux proved my company which employees Americans a better TCO than Sun or Apple why should I not use it?
Depends who you ask MIT say Linux (though Minix might be a better choice) and AMD says CE. Maybe AMD is going to see their own line running CE.
Because Sun and Apple and SCO are longtime US-born products that are being undercut by the possibly illegal foreign-born clone Lunix. It also is completely released under the GPL license developed by radical leftist Richard Stallman, and has a far larger following of whackos than even Apple. Sun and Apple are resurging though, hopefully SCO will as well.
Instant on/off is a very compelling feature, I have 3 "handheld pc's" (H/PC) myself. Run the terminal server client and the sky's the limit.
Oh I cant wait until this SCO ordeal is over... then we can have these conversations without leading inflammatory language as "possibly illegal foreign-born clone Lunix". Sun nor apple meets my needs and RedHat (An American Company) Does.
and has a far larger following of whackos than even Apple.
Ill remind you Al 'I invented the Internet' and 'The internal combustion engine is the most evil thing ever invented' Gore sits on the board of Apple not RedHat
hopefully SCO will as well.
SCO uses GPL licensed products for their windows file serving, web management, network mapping software and many other features. Just goes to show you even the most rabidly anti GPL company can use Opensource software to make money.
Such as? Let me guess, you'll claim you're one of the 0.001 percent of people that actually have the need AND capability to openly tinker with your O/S source code. If that's it, give us some examples, including the code. I mean it's open source, right?
2) I want to use Oracles recommended os for distributed clusters: That nixes Solaris
3) I want an OS that does not tie my company to one vendor (that nixes both)..
Not too much experience with CE myself, my then Girlfriend now wife owned a PDA that used it and it seemed pretty nice...
It's about as far removed from the Unix code-base as can be imagined. Totally different creature altogether.
Now...Go play in traffic, kid...Ya bother me.
However, it *does* give me something to play with before I leave for the office.
Wait...Where's vim???
I suppose I can try my hand at porting some stuff to it this weekend after I work on my Volvo. :)
1 - Sun and SCO run on x86, Apple will soon.
2 - Oracle definitely runs on Sun clusters.
3 - RH and other versions of Lunix aren't directly interchangable, you still have to port just like you would with any version of *nix.
Lots of companies use some GPL, the ones I have a problem with are those that use it exclusively or are constantly releasing more products under it.
N3wbie is probably worried about your soul.
Apples ahrdware will still be restricted
2 - Oracle definitely runs on Sun clusters.
There recommended platform is Linux..
3 - RH and other versions of Lunix aren't directly interchangable, you still have to port just like you would with any version of *nix.
Sorry but I have probably done more migrations off from one Distro of linux to another than you have. Moving from Solaris to AIX or Linux is much more of a pain than switching distros..
What name calling? I only put out a hypothetical ("if"). I singled no one out. If you wish to take ownership of that, be my guest.
So you should no longer have a problem with these companies right?
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