Re: [Beowulf] An OT patented rgb editorial rant

2007-01-25 Thread Greg Lindahl
On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 01:07:31PM +1100, Steve Heaton wrote: > Here's a thought, has Microsoft's dominance been supported by Western > society's swing to the right? To what extent? The desire to bust trusts (monopolies) is shared by a fraction of people on both the left and right of the politic

[Beowulf] An OT patented rgb editorial rant

2007-01-25 Thread Steve Heaton
G'day RGB and all I draw great comfort from another lesson that history has taught us: all empires crumble. All those previous empires also looked invincible. Sure, some last longer than others but they all ultimately suffer the same fate. Here's a thought, has Microsoft's dominance been s

Re: [Beowulf] An OT patented rgb editorial rant, skip if you like...

2007-01-25 Thread Robert G. Brown
On Thu, 25 Jan 2007, Chris Samuel wrote: # Well actually, my son with using Linux to surf the web, and play some # games from when he was 2. # # This was a stock install of Debian with the KDE Desktop. I just put the # icons on the desktop, and had it auto login for him. (he had some # trouble w

[Beowulf] [Fwd: GlusterFS 1.2-BENKI (GNU Cluster File System) - Announcement] (fwd)

2007-01-25 Thread Robert G. Brown
Done. rgb -- Robert G. Brownhttp://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:31:12