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Re: [SLE] new v9.2 is out
- From: Fergus Wilde <fwilde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 13:20:04 +0100
- Message-id: <200410081320.05035.fwilde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Friday 08 October 2004 06:35, Allen wrote:
> On Friday 08 October 2004 02:54, Jim Sabatke wrote:
> > John Andersen wrote:
> > I always look at the list volumes around release time. It usually is
> > very high with X.0, less with X.1, etc. So I generally agree. I think
> > this time the 9.1 seemed more problemetic than 9.0, probably due to the
> > Novel buyout.
> >
> > This is usually not the case though, and have been burned, and had more
> > hours burned with X.0 releases of big software like Oracle and various
> > UNIX operating systems.
>
> I haven't had a Problem with 9.1. 36 days uptime, FTP server that gets
> about 3 GB of traffic at a time, and nothing wrong.
>
> One thing I would LOVE in SUSE though, is the ability to play DVDs I own
> without having to download anything, and it would be cool to have like 8.2
> had where I can play video without downloading more codecs.
Perhaps the statesiders on the list can gradually get the Hollywood cartel to
drop their hostility - AFAIK it's legal, not technical issues that are the
big worry. I don't think there's a lot that can be done politically here in
UK, as our IP laws etc. appear, like our foreign policy, welded to US
developments.
I don't suppose people easily forget the dawn raid that arrested the
Norwegian (I think) schoolboy for watching a DVD on Linux. Same goes for the
RIAA. There may be some hope that, like the cryptography thing, it can be
solved, but I am inclined to doubt it as the lawyers and the industry both
believe they make more money with the current set up. My guess would be that
their ultimate aim is make everything pay-per-view/listen, so they will
dislike any system that prevents or undermines the kind of 'rights
management' software you now see in things like Acrobat Reader 6.
May be just my paranoia, though
Cheers
Fergus
--
Fergus Wilde
Chetham's Library
Long Millgate
Manchester
M3 1SB
Tel: 0161 834 7961
Fax: 0161 839 5797
http://www.chethams.org.uk
> On Friday 08 October 2004 02:54, Jim Sabatke wrote:
> > John Andersen wrote:
> > I always look at the list volumes around release time. It usually is
> > very high with X.0, less with X.1, etc. So I generally agree. I think
> > this time the 9.1 seemed more problemetic than 9.0, probably due to the
> > Novel buyout.
> >
> > This is usually not the case though, and have been burned, and had more
> > hours burned with X.0 releases of big software like Oracle and various
> > UNIX operating systems.
>
> I haven't had a Problem with 9.1. 36 days uptime, FTP server that gets
> about 3 GB of traffic at a time, and nothing wrong.
>
> One thing I would LOVE in SUSE though, is the ability to play DVDs I own
> without having to download anything, and it would be cool to have like 8.2
> had where I can play video without downloading more codecs.
Perhaps the statesiders on the list can gradually get the Hollywood cartel to
drop their hostility - AFAIK it's legal, not technical issues that are the
big worry. I don't think there's a lot that can be done politically here in
UK, as our IP laws etc. appear, like our foreign policy, welded to US
developments.
I don't suppose people easily forget the dawn raid that arrested the
Norwegian (I think) schoolboy for watching a DVD on Linux. Same goes for the
RIAA. There may be some hope that, like the cryptography thing, it can be
solved, but I am inclined to doubt it as the lawyers and the industry both
believe they make more money with the current set up. My guess would be that
their ultimate aim is make everything pay-per-view/listen, so they will
dislike any system that prevents or undermines the kind of 'rights
management' software you now see in things like Acrobat Reader 6.
May be just my paranoia, though
Cheers
Fergus
--
Fergus Wilde
Chetham's Library
Long Millgate
Manchester
M3 1SB
Tel: 0161 834 7961
Fax: 0161 839 5797
http://www.chethams.org.uk
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