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Comment on No More NVidia by Compiz Rocks! | eigenmagic

Compiz Rocks! | eigenmagic — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:06:29 +0000

[...] know I said previously that I wouldn’t buy NVidia again. I actually bought a Gigabyte card, which has an NVidia chipset in it. There wasn’t much more [...]

Comment on 5 Awesome Things About Open Source by Justin Warren

Justin Warren — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:12:22 +0000

You’re quite right. seafelt isn’t Open Source via the definition by the Open Source Initiative. There is provision for some restrictions on distributing derivative works in the OSI definition, but we’d be splitting hairs to say seafelt met the criterion. Let’s just say it doesn’t and be done with it.

On re-reading this post, my intention was to point out that you can pay for Open Source software; it doesn’t have to be free of charge. seafelt is a bad example. Maybe RedHat is a better example?

I don’t want to seem like I’m changing history, but do you think I should update the post so it’s more accurate?

Comment on 5 Awesome Things About Open Source by A. Simmons

A. Simmons — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:13:23 +0000

“Everyone still gets the source, but to distribute it yourself would infringe on our copyright.”

That’s certainly not Free software, then, and I’m pretty sure it doesn’t meet the official Open Source Definition.

Comment on Fix for Firefox3, Flash10, Ubuntu, AMD64 by Native Flash for AMD64! Woo! | eigenmagic

Native Flash for AMD64! Woo! | eigenmagic — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:05:16 +0000

[...] you saw my last post on how painful and frustrating the silly 32bit under 64bit dance is, you will no doubt be as happy [...]

Comment on OSDC 2008 Review by Justin Warren

Justin Warren — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:14:51 +0000

Yeah. Freakshow, innit?

We still need a decent Visio equivalent on Linux.

Comment on OSDC 2008 Review by Craig

Craig — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:11:36 +0000

Microsoft getting into interoperability? Now that would be IT leadership during this malais we’re in (or heading in to).

Comment on Paid Slave, or Trusted Advisor: It’s Your Choice by Justin Warren

Justin Warren — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:51:29 +0000

Good points, Craig.

Yes, you need to build rapport with a client, and that begins from before you even start paid work for them.

Yet I wonder about someone who pays you a lot of money but doesn’t trust your advice. Why do that? Isn’t that just a waste of time and money?

Comment on Paid Slave, or Trusted Advisor: It’s Your Choice by Craig

Craig — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:42:53 +0000

The key part-word for me is “trust”. People might listen to your advice because they pay you a lot of money, but they will not trust your advice because they don’t have an established and strong relationship with you. Especially when you come to an organisation - initially - as an outsider.

Comment on New Modem Firmware by How To Get 4 Times Your Usual ADSL Bandwidth | eigenmagic.com

How To Get 4 Times Your Usual ADSL Bandwidth | eigenmagic.com — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:17:01 +0000

[...] readers may remember previous tales of woe regarding my Internet connection. I think I might have just solved the problem. Time [...]

Comment on ZFS Gets Good… Maybe by VMware 2.0 Download Link Broken? | eigenmagic.com

VMware 2.0 Download Link Broken? | eigenmagic.com — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:09:56 +0000

[...] so VMware server v1.0.8 complained that the virtual server Sun provided for the Sun 7000 series simulator was ‘created by a version with more features’ or something. So, I tried to download the [...]