Re: Novell,MS and Xen
On 11/10/06, Bruce Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It will shortly become too expensive for individuals to develop software for commercial use. Looks like us programmers will go the way of the Ham radio operator and backyard mechanic. There will be no more Wilbur and Orville Wrights in this industry if Microsoft is successful with its Novell acquisition. Actually, Microsoft is acting exactly like Wilbur and Orville Wright. They focused on patent litigation to try to keep others out of the airplane business. Glenn Curtis and others focused on the product. You can buy a Curtis or Beechcraft or Cessna but you can't buy a Wright brand plane today. One can hope history repeats itself. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Boston Linux Installfest XXIII Saturday, November 18, 2006
Boston Linux Installfest XXIII When: Saturday, November 18, 2006 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Where: MIT Building E-51, Room 061 Parking: parking is available in front of the building. What you need to bring: Your computer, monitor, power strips and your Linux distributions. We do have copies of some distributions. COST: It's free! However, we DO have expenses, and contributions are welcome. Please consider contributing $25 per machine. Our volunteers will help you to install Linux on your own system. While Linux runs on most systems, some systems do have configurations and hardware that may not be supported. Please consult the following web pages for hardware compatibility. Linux.ORG:http://www.linux.org/hardware/index.html Hardware HOWTO http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO.html Linux Frequently Asked Questions http://www.linuxdoc.org/ Please refer to the BLU website (http://www.blu.org) for further information and directions. Parking is available in front of the building on Amherst St. Enter the building, and take the elevator to your left down 1 floor. Room 061 is opposite the elevator. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Novell,MS and Xen
Tom Buskey wrote: On 11/10/06, Bruce Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It will shortly become too expensive for individuals to develop software for commercial use. Looks like us programmers will go the way of the Ham radio operator and backyard mechanic. There will be no more Wilbur and Orville Wrights in this industry if Microsoft is successful with its Novell acquisition. Actually, Microsoft is acting exactly like Wilbur and Orville Wright. They focused on patent litigation to try to keep others out of the airplane business. Glenn Curtis and others focused on the product. You can buy a Curtis or Beechcraft or Cessna but you can't buy a Wright brand plane today. One can hope history repeats itself. Thanks for the history [re-]lesson. I had completely forgotten that Wilbur and Orville were very secretive and anal about their invention. (Actually, I think one was more secretive than the other, but the brothers honored each other.) But your observation is correct, their protectiveness was greater than their business management skills, and they lost the war to their competition. (But won many battles which, with hindsight, only served to make their competition stronger.) Let's hope the software industry (and the GPL) is made stronger by this fight. Now we just have to be aware of what those congress critters are passing for laws. --Bruce ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Eudora going Open Source, to use Mozilla platform
Larry Cook wrote: I was trying to convince a Windows friend to switch to Thunderbird, but he decided to upgrade to the new version of Eudora. I was looking at the new Eudora features and found this press release: http://www.eudora.com/press/2006/eudora-mozilla_final_10.11.06.html Larry Nice. I just converted from an antique version of Eudora to Thunderbird not long ago. :) Todd ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Novell,MS and Xen
On 11/11/06, Bruce Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not to throw cold water on these well-fanned flames but... Prediction: Microsoft will buy Novell/SUSE or otherwise acquire all the Unix IP and try to litigate Linux/Unix out of business. Then it will turn its lawyer cannons on the GPL. Only one problem - I doubt Novell owns all the Unix copyrights. If you look at the agreement by which assets were sold by Novell to SCO (Santa Cruz Operation - not the new The SCO Group, former Caldera), it very carefully does NOT spell out what Unix copyrights Novell owns. Original excludes all copyrights, amendment two offers to transfer at a future time those required for SCO to carry out the agreement - it does NOT specify what those are. Why would they be so careful to NOT spell it out? Again, look at Unix history, especially in light of the now-revealed BSD agreeement. Original Unix copyright was probably so many different ways, no one owns it all. At best, Novell could grant sublicensing, but didn't own it. So, if Novell doesn't own it, MS buying Novell doesn't grant it to them. And, it makes no difference to Linux anyway. No patents left (over 20 years), Trademark to The Open Group, no trade secrets. That leaves copyrights. Which Linux doesn't violate. So keep on developing - jeff ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Venezuela goes Linux?
Item from a Venezuela news list (www.VHeadline.com): Chavez opens free technologies center in Merida: President Hugo Chavez Frias has visited Merida to open the National Center of Development and Research in Free Technologies (Cendital). The idea behind the center is that the government wants to boost information and communication technologies, such as free software, promoting research and development of innovative technological ventures that will lead towards Venezuela producing its own technology. The development and research of free technology will center on formal and informal education, the public sector and State institutions. Cendital was created by decree on August 17, 2006 and published in the Gaceta Oficial No. 38, 502. The National Executive, via the Science Technology Ministry, has spent more than several billion bolivares on the project over a 3- year period and the HQ will be in Merida's Los Hechizos sector. ...doesn't specifically say Linux, but I am sure it is part, if not core, of the mix here. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: MythTV hw question
They don't specify the VGA output resolution, and I can't seem to find that specification anywhere. I even downloaded their PDF Manual and that info isn't in it. -derek Thomas Charron [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/mini_itx/epia_en/ They've specifically built the board above for HD signal processing, as well as 5.1 sound. Thomas On 11/10/06, Derek Atkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thomas Charron [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 11/10/06, Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That's probably fine for a backend, but may be a bit slow for decoding for the frontend. I've noticed cpu power requirements for playing are perportional to the bitrate of the MPEG2 so you can always crank down the bitrate setting when recording to find what it can handle. But wouldn't the 350 be able to handle that decoding for me? That's why I was thinking of getting that card, it can do both. Correct. Either that or one of the Via EPIA boards can use hardware decoding. Are the Via EPIA boards powerful enough to decode 720p and 1080i, deinterlace (as necessary) and scale to output a 1080p signal? If so, what EPIA board? If not What do you recommend instead? -derek -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key available -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH [EMAIL PROTECTED]PGP key available ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: MythTV hw question
Not sure about the CN700, but the CN400 on my SP13000 can do 720p however it isn't one of the standard resolutions the X driver will offer. You need to add a modeline to the XF86 config and it'll then output it just fine. Last I checked Unichrome Pro was still not supported in the standard XF86 or X.org distributions. Compiling the external unichrome pro X driver from CVS is quite a pain and was still a bit buggy last time I upgraded. This recent discussion prompted me to finish up this page today, something I've been meaning to finish for a few months. It has just about everything for my MythTV frontend computer. http://centerclick.org/yukon/ -- Dave Derek Atkins writes: They don't specify the VGA output resolution, and I can't seem to find that specification anywhere. I even downloaded their PDF Manual and that info isn't in it. -derek Thomas Charron [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/mini_itx/epia_en/ They've specifically built the board above for HD signal processing, as well as 5.1 sound. Thomas ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
