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When I began hacking with computers, my first interest was speed. So, when I
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got around assembler, I programmed the floppy to do much of the work, because
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it's clock rate was higher than that of my C64. This was my first experience
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its clock rate was higher than that of my C64. This was my first experience
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with client/server techniques.
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When I came around Xwindows (much later), I was at once intrigued by the
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@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ modem from home, it was no longer that much fun.
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When I started working with ASP (Application Service Provider) programs, I
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tumbled across Tarantella and Citrix. Being a security fanatic, the idea of
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running a server on windows didn't appeal to me, so Citrix went down the
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basket. However, Tarantella has it's own problems (security as well as the
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basket. However, Tarantella has its own problems (security as well as the
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high price). But at the same time somebody told me about this "great little
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administrator's tool" named VNC. Being used to windows programs' sizes, the
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surprise was reciprocal inverse to the size of VNC!
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@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ I am always amazed how people react whenever Microsoft(tm) puts in some
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features into their products which were around for a long time. Especially
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reporters seem to not know dick about what they are reporting about! But
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what is every time annoying again, is that they don't do it right. Every
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concept has it's new name (remember what enumerators used to be until
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concept has its new name (remember what enumerators used to be until
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Mickeysoft(tm) claimed that enumerators are what we thought were iterators.
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Yeah right, enumerators are also containers. They are not separated. Muddy.)
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as VNC. The managers decided that for their fame, they would release the
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program for free. But not only that! They realized that by releasing also
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the code for free, VNC would become an evolving little child, conquering
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new worlds, making it's parents very proud. As well they can be! To protect
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new worlds, making its parents very proud. As well they can be! To protect
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this innovation, they decided to make it GPL, not BSD. The principal
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difference is: You can make closed source programs deriving from BSD, not
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from GPL. You have to give proper credit with both.
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