Re: SGI Freeware Feb. 2004

From: Marcin 'Rambo' Roguski (m_roguski_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 01/30/04 

Date: 30 Jan 2004 08:05:08 -0800

> Is that all you know? open source? take a look into GPL, it has more
> restrictions than commercial softwares, at least I can use commercial
> Unix and know everything we developed in the lab can be published
> without any questions being asked by the vendors, can you do that with
> softwares under GPL?
> Source is opened but only for decoration!

I disagree:

1. The major restriction of GPL is that everything derived from works
under a GPL license must have source released under GPL with explict
notice where changes to the original source were made.

2. Major companies, among them SGI of course, invest resources in
developing open source software, it's not bunch of loosers as many
(including my boss) think!

3. I'm loosely involved into few Open Source project myself, Indogo
Magic Desktop for Linux, XMcd (test it on HP and SGI boxes), without
regretting that.
 
> Buy a PC, install Linux, and wait for X to crash so you can press
[...]
> pleasure of losing everything you have done.

Ehem, I work with XFree 4.3.1, on a nVidia GeForce, and can ensure
you- my X have NEVER crashed! And info for you: autosave! Most of apps
(commercial or not) have it

> Not everything is all abut parallel processing, how many CPUs can Linux
> handle in an SMP system? 2? 4? 8? how about over 100 CPUs in vertical
> config? can "young" Linux handle that?

"Penguins can fly" is the answer for you!

> S.Chang

Rambo

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