--- Tim Churches <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nandalal Gunaratne wrote: > > Please try out blinkx on your windows machine > before > > you delete it. www.blinkx.com > > A super new way to search - no linux version yet > :-( > > Yes, some nice ideas there, but it is not open > source, and without the > source code, no-one can verify that the software > does not contain > spyware Hi Tim,
True! BTW what is the position of Australia regards software patents issue? nandalal (despite the authors claims to the > contrary), perhaps using > steganographic methods or subliminal channels to > leak information about > you and your PC to the outside world. Of course, > that is true of any > closed source software, but one has to be doubly > careful with software > from a small start-up company which deliberately > dredges and indexes > everything on your system. The same is true of > Google Desktop Search, > although Google has so much at stake (as in a entire > multi-billion > dollar company) and so many staff reveiewing code > that it is much, much > less likely that spyware functions would be hidden > in it. But a small > start-up? Who knows? > > Tim C > > >>I am an Endocrinologist in Hagerstown, Maryland > who > >>has been lurking on > >>this list for at least four years now and I > finally > >>have something > >>useful to report after several years of trying: I > am > >>now successfully > >>running Meditech Remote Workstation client version > > >>3.22 on top of > >>CrossOver Office version 4.2 over Debian Unstable > >>using VPNC to connect > >>to my Hospital's network. I shall post a How To > once > >>I sort through what > >>are the truly essential steps to do this. It > >>actually works better than > >>under native W2K. I was never able to get > >>pass-through printing working > >>under Windows. I can finally kiss my native > windows > >>partition goodbye! > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Yahoo! Messenger > > Show us what our next emoticon should look like. > Join the fun. > > > http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest > > > > > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest
