jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Sat Nov 12 15:14:15 CST 2011
OpenSUSE Showed promise. Seemed to install. Turned into a black screen. Shutdown, turned it back on and I am at a pretty green desktop with folder icons. Linux Integration Service doesn't just install... It seems in fact that the Linux Integration Service only works on a small handful of distros. Now I remember why I stopped trying... ;) John W. Colby Colby Consulting Reality is what refuses to go away when you do not believe in it On 11/12/2011 3:30 PM, jwcolby wrote: > Fedora just hung showing the pretty submarine. It can't shutdown, power down only. Won't release the > virtual cd so that I can install the tools. > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > > Reality is what refuses to go away > when you do not believe in it > > On 11/12/2011 2:26 PM, jwcolby wrote: >> I am downloading 4 different distros. Every one claims to just fire up and go. We shall see. Of >> course getting MariaDb to go after that is one more thing to make happen. >> >> John W. Colby >> Colby Consulting >> >> Reality is what refuses to go away >> when you do not believe in it >> >> On 11/12/2011 1:35 PM, Arthur Fuller wrote: >>> I'm afraid that I can't help you in this endeavour, John. It seems that >>> Oracle VirtualBox doesn't have the ability to inhale VMs from other sources >>> (I could be wrong, but if so, haven't yet figured out how to do it.) What I >>> do instead (in VirtualBox) is create a new VM, loading a CD with the >>> downloaded OS, and after that, VirtualBox takes care of everything: mounts >>> the OS, installs it as a VM, allocates the default space with Grow, etc.) >>> >>> Allegedly there is a way to use MS VM images, but I haven't got that far yet >>> >>> On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 11:47 AM, jwcolby<jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Arthur, >>>> >>>> Do you have a Linux distro that runs in a Hyper-V vm. Yea I know Hyper-V >>>> is MS but I made a switch to Hyper-V and it would be very disruptive to >>>> switch back. But I would like to get a vm up and running so I could play >>>> in MariaDB. >>>> >>>> Are there encapsulated VMs that I can just download and start as VMs in >>>> Hyper-V? I tried to get two different DISTROs running and failed both >>>> times. >>>> >>>> >>>> John W. Colby >>>> Colby Consulting >>>> >>>> Reality is what refuses to go away >>>> when you do not believe in it >>>> >>>> On 11/12/2011 11:11 AM, Arthur Fuller wrote: >>>> >>>>> I have moved to MySQL for medium-to-large DBs and to SQLite for small DBs. >>>>> See ya, BillG and SteveB. I'm gone, reluctantly so, since I have spent the >>>>> last dozen or so years mastering MS-SQL, which I now realize was a >>>>> complete >>>>> waste of time and energy. From now on, I'm going open-source solutions, >>>>> and >>>>> I'm about to bolt from the whole Windows "solution" in favour of Ubuntu >>>>> and|or Mint (a fork from Ubuntu). Currently I run both these OSs as VMs >>>>> inside Oracle/Sun VirtualBox. but I am about to flip the whole system so >>>>> the basic boot is into Ubuntu and any Windows/Access sessions will be >>>>> dealt >>>>> with in a VM. >>>>> >>>>> So long, Steve and Bill. It's been a slice, but I'm done with you guys. >>>>> You >>>>> don't make life better; you only make it more expensive. And as a >>>>> semi-retired person, expenses matter significantly.I just calculated >>>>> December and realized that at the end of the day (after rent, hydro, net >>>>> connection etc.) I have a whopping $15 left for the whole month of >>>>> December. Wow. Party hearty. >>>>> >>>>> Not that I'm complaining. Were it not for our alleged socialist >>>>> government, >>>>> I wouldn't receive so much as a dime; so I count myself in the set of >>>>> Lucky >>>>> MoFus. >>>>> >>>>> Arthur >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Mark Simms<marksimms at verizon.net> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> John - I think it's a poor strategy on Microsoft's part. >>>>>> IMHO: They should position themselves price-wise BETWEEN the >>>>>> ever-so-expensive Oracle and the ever-so-cheap MySQL. >>>>>> Instead, they appear to be moving towards trying to compete with >>>>>> Oracle... >>>>>> This is so "Balmer-like". >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: accessd-bounces@**databaseadvisors.com<accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com>[mailto: >>>>>>> accessd- >>>>>>> bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby >>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 9:27 AM >>>>>>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving; Sqlserver-Dba >>>>>>> Subject: [AccessD] New SQL Server license scheme is RADICALLLY more >>>>>>> expensive >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://sqlserverperformance.**wordpress.com/2011/11/10/sql-** >>>>>>> server-2012-<http://sqlserverperformance.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/sql-server-2012-> >>>>>>> licensing-and-hardware-**considerations/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The full retail license cost per physical core is $6874.00 for SQL >>>>>>> Server 2012 Enterprise Edition. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I cannot imagine that there will not be a huge backlash about this from >>>>>>> clients and massive >>>>>>> switching to MySQL and the likes. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I know that I will never purchase SQL Server 2010. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> John W. 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