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Windows Drives Company To OpenBSD
Barry Lyndon writes "Computerworld reports that the nightmare of windows is driving PriceWaterhouseCoopers, one of the world's largest accountancy and business consulting companies, to OpenBSD and open source in general." From the article: "'My predecessor spent too much [so] I was told not to spend any money.' When asked what argument he used to convince management to use an open source solution, Uemura said: 'They didn't have an argument because they said don't spend any money.' 'They trusted me,' he said. 'The whole office was relying on one domain controller which was dying.' Uemura said a lot of work was done 'behind the scenes'. 'My experience is that if something has to be done, just do it - don't ask! They will thank you later,' he said."
Hurray!! BSD is alive and kicking again!!
My experience is that if something has to be done, just do it - don't ask! They will thank you later
- Famous last words?
...the domain controller is dying.
My experience is that if something has to be done, just do it - don't ask! They will thank you later,' he said."
yeah, that's also a good way to get fired.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
But you're grub! You can do magical things like that.
Cyric Zndovzny at your service.
The existing tech staff were running the whole thing on one Domain Controller. My *home* network has two.
How many people can read hex if only you and dead people can read hex?
Yes, but thats just silly.. Running your home network on two domain controller is just showing off that you can.
3) What PricewaterhouseCoopers uses for tax accounting is not something you want to be doing your taxes with.
Why not? It's on my list of things to do, right after retrofitting the controls from a F16 onto my bicycle.
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That sounds like a FANTASTIC idea. Just come in one weekend and change the entire network over to BSD without running it by anyone. Why bother with the pesky work of drawing up a well-structured arguement for what you want, and then run it by the people who sign your check?
Well, that's the plus side of being in a culture that still believes in personal responsibility. The downside is coming into work on Monday and being handed a katana with the understanding you will "do the honorable thing."
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the other managers would blame the dead guy for just about everything
Heh, that's the way it is on any large-ish project. If a developer leaves, then suddenly they've had a hand in just about everything, certainly everything that goes wrong.
Functionality not complete? "I think Bob was going to finish that."
Build breaks? "Yeah, it was some of Bob's code."
Printer out of toner? "I think Bob changed that last."
This typically starts as soon as the cube vultures have departed, and lasts until the next developer leaves. It provides a convenient scapegoat, and helps to ease project tensions.
Just junk food for thought...
The downside is coming into work on Monday and being handed a katana with the understanding you will "do the honorable thing."
Hmm...
A) Accept this decorative sword as a gift for exceptional service, with a nice 'thank you' note to follow
B) Pose menacingly for the upcoming 'Boyz of IT' calendar
C) Slaughter everyone in management
'the boss said "why do you want that?"'
Correct answer: "It will help me do my job more effectively and make the company more competitivein the market"
Wrong answer: "It will help me find another job more effectively and make me more competitive in the job market."
Though on occasion brutal honesty can cause some interesting reactions. But seriously, just sell them the training and get them just as excited about it as you are.
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See the wikipedia article on Seppuku for details...
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*** putting down the large sausage parmesana sub sandwich
Ummm, maybe not right now, thanks.
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Yes, 'baby' - too bad there is absolutely no way to save '7 years worth of salaries' by getting rid of Windows - for the simple reason it's simply not that expensive. He saved money by getting of Check Point, which is very expensive (though I don't know about running it on Windows...) Check Point (well, NGX CCSA) works fine on HP-UX.
Hey, maybe I'll tell management at my company to get rid of Vignette and use some two-bit PHP blog project for our publishing? We'll save '5 years worth of salaries', the company will go down in flames and I'll get my ass fired. TCO fact, baby.
Sorry, but your post is so ridiculous I couldn't believe I was reading it.
No need to do a transition analysis, Microsoft has already done several of them.