Posts by Pascal Monett

So, Oracle is getting desperate ?

Finally.

"IDC reckons the market will hit 55.2 million by 2023"

Did they factor in the fact that current hardware is used for much longer these days ? My current rig was last updated in 2015, and I have no urge or need to update it now. Laptops are a different story, they cannot be upgraded in any meaningful way aside, perhaps, memory, but they can last a good many years as well, especially the more powerful ones.

I doubt that a change in chip availability has that much of an impact.

"cut down on the borkage"

Maybe, maybe not. More borkage will incite more businesses to move to Linux, maybe. I wonder what proportion of new small businesses are not under the Redmond influence. Surely young entrepreneurs are not all afraid of living a Windows-free life ?

"block access to any domain less than a month old"

Interesting idea. Could someone please tell me how to configure that in my hosts file ?

"once companies understand what exactly AI is"

It is a statistical analysis machine, not intelligent in any way. It's just capable of applying statistical rules over a vast dataset.

There is zero chance that that will become sentient any time soon.

Corporate Behemoth Eyes Pie, Takes It

Typical of billion-dollar behemoths, Google has a good thing going with Kubernetes and its stance is to make all the money, so get people hooked on the product and reserve the means to develop on it to only paying customers, thereby adding yet another revenue stream to fill its coffers.

It's an excellent decision - for Google.

And how did he get caught ?

Some unusual activity was dicovered, and then what ? How did Yahoo! find out what happened and how did the finger get pointed to him ?

This is El Reg, I was expecting a rundown of what happened, not just a commentary on legal proceedings.

"move items [..] faster than a human runner could manage"

So, if I understand correctly, right now large hospitals employ people to run around carrying stuff that is needed ? Funny, I've been to a few hospitals in my lifetime and I don't remember seeing employees running around carrying something.

Not-for-profit, right ?

No, it's not for profit, but it's all for money.

Is there a legal way to force it to change status, and what must be done in order for that to happen ?

"had already received a final written warning for computer misuse"

Um, so how many "final" written warnings before something actually final happens ?

Because if they already got a final warning last year, and another one this year, what's to keep them from getting another one next year ?

Or is it just final in the sense that they won't be getting another one in that year ?

An interesting read

However, I cannot understand that someone agrees to move product without being able to inspect it in any way and not know that they are part of something shady. If it's legal, it is transparent, and I have the duty to ensure that the product is in good shape and has not degraded in any way, or does not risk degrading.

To do my duty, I am responsible for the product while it is in my care and I must be able to have eyes on it. If that is not part of the deal, then I am not going to take part.

Roku now makes more from "platform", which is mostly advertising, than player revenue

The mathematical consequence of that is that Roku is now an ad agency that uses players as an excuse to get revenue. You never pay attention to your excuses, you only pay attention to what matters, and for Roku, what matters is the ad agencies.

Roku is now off of my list of acceptable purchases.

"it won’t give access to encrypted comms"

Well duh, they're encrypted.

I think that law enforcement should totally be able to obtain messages exchanged between suspects, especially in cases like poor little Lucy, but if those messages are encrypted then the law will just have to find the means to decrypt them.

No backdoors.