Comment Re:99.999% (Score 1) 245
uh... me...
I'm a mac user and long term sophos customer. Well... I guess there's got to be one.
uh... me...
I'm a mac user and long term sophos customer. Well... I guess there's got to be one.
You're almost right. Actually, JavaScript is the new C. The GNU Compiler Collection should now actually be ported to JavaScript. I also suggest that a new UI be created using HTML5. It's about time GCC was tightly coupled to an IDE so we can move away from the command line.
UnXi's claim that you link to http://www.sco.com/5reasons/#5 is just lies. In the UK, I think the Trading Standards Authority would have something to say. If one thing is now clear, SCO never owned the rights to Unix, never owned unix, still don't own unix.
I like the comment on this page which says "UnXis's award-winning Global Services offer a complete portfolio[...]". Which "Awards" exactly? Buying the remains of SCO probably $600k down-the-drain. I also note on the The OpenGroup's website (the owners of UNIX), that they (TheOpenGroup) own the trademark UNIXWARE. So what do UnXi actually own? A few hundred thousand lines of unmanageable and out of date code? Seriously guys, Unixware and OpenServer are deader than a dead thing with dead dangly bits.
I thought that WindowsNT was heavily influenced by the VMS architecture?!
> You can incorporate it into your own code, provided that you license your code as GPL (commercial software doesn't usually allow that)
Actually, you only have to license your code as GPL if you distribute it. I know it's a small point (why would you write software and then not distribute it?!), but if you don't distribute your code (binary and/or source) you can use GPL code without restriction.
Don't think this fiasco is over yet. The UK government has a rather poor record of securing data. It won't be long until the entire database is up on WikiLeaks.
> On the other extreme, rising star Chrome appears to be left out, too. What does Google think of that?"
Who are JPMorgan Chase? I did a Google search for them and I didn't find anything?
I agree.
And, IBM will never be replaced as the dominant PC manufacturer.
We're a funny lot in the UK. The English are particularly strange. I should point out that I was born in the fine county of Essex, England. We don't eat horses. We don't eat dogs. We don't (on the whole) eat veal. And we definately don't eat Blue Fin tuna. However, we do produce veal.... we just ship it to Europe. What we don't eat gets turned into dog food. Similarly, we have alot of dear (venison), but instead of eating it ourselves, we (again) feed it to cats and dogs. I don't know if we export horse meat, but I'd wager that we do..... we just won't eat it ourselves. Me? Well I'm English.
UK Schools now routinely use the "Data Protection Act" or "Privacy Concerns" to prevent parents taking photos of their children at school plays, sports days, assemblies, award ceremonies, etc. Actually, the "Data Protection Act" doesn't have anything to do with this. The schools are petrified that one pervert might come into their school and take photos of kids and upload them to some sicko website (Myspace, Facebook, Bebo???) and get the school a whole load of bad publicity. When I was recently "told off" by my daughter's Karate instructor for taking photos just before a grading (she got a green belt), I did feel like saying "Where exactly in the Data Protection Act does it say I can't take pictures of my children?". Of course I didn't, I wanted my child to be able to take part. However I was denied the opportunity to have any photographic record of her achievements. There is also the fact that many schools make money out of videoing these events and selling the DVD's. The schools are just protecting a revenue stream. There's nothing to stop the perverts buying the DVD and having a jolly good hand shandy over it. Where's the "Data Protection Act" now?!!
So, SCO is actually worth less than I thought! Oh well. You can't win them all.
Hackers of the world, unite!