This is pretty nice. Definitely better than a couple months ago, when the text was a pain to read. Those tiny fonts had to go. Personally, though, this stuff does not matter to me unless it is really poorly laid out. Are there any books on website interface design in the same vein as "About Face"? Maybe that question should go to Redhat's webmaster...
Tom, Tom, Tom. Good to see that people still need asbestos suits to be around you. As usual though, you make a good point. Client-server is properly a software distinction, intended to promote intelligent partitioning and reuse of code. Still, the initial question of this thread is a good one: Who is still dual booting/using M$, and how often? I myself dual boot both my laptop and my SMP monster at home. BTW Tom, when Larry Wall came through Chicago this summer, he was good enough to stop by the local Perl Mongers meeting and give us some tips. When can we expect you to grace us with your presence?
Fair enough, and I agree to an extent, but I don't think I'm prejudging this guy, and certainly not prejudging him or this company based solely on his employment history. I am intrigued by the fact that his employment with M$ was deemed important enough to warrant mention in the press release. BTW, I too use M$ products on a daily basis (with varying degrees of sucess) as they are a staple of corporate life.
Am I the only one who thinks it's interesting that a former M$ employee is not only jumping ship for this, but that this company is so forthright about his employment history? Admittedly, developer relations was one of M$ strong points, so it's not a bad pedigree. One would have to question how much real linux experience he has (no mention of what copyleft projects he worked on) but then again, this is a wide-open and fast developing frontier. As far as the efficacy of their site, I definitely think that there is room in the market for a single point of reference for technical support. Linuxcare.com, Redhat, etc. all are providing pieces of the puzzle, but nobody has bundled a comprehensive, simple update and info site with much success. Best of luck to them, I guess.
I think you hit the nail on the head. I still use my version from 1996 on my Windog partion, but I am using Win95 less and less, so it is becoming obsolete. Unfortunately, the PIMs for Linux are not that great, and it would be nice to have a version for Linux. Borland is resucitating Delphi by porting a version to Linux, and NetManage could do themselves a favor by following suit. It would be even more killer if they ported with a few improvements, like centralized administration, maybe with an intelligenly done client server architecture or web based architecture, coupled with improved links with Palm OS. The last time I talked with them, I was selecting a PIM for an entire company (150 + licenses) but they just didn't get it. They were more enthralled with developing a Java version of the product than producing something useful (like centralized administration) and so I was forced to pass them over. This time around the playing field is level, and MicroShaft isn't going to be here anytime soon. I think ECCO is another example of an award winning product that was destroyed by "almost free" software from M$ that never really worked right (Exchange ring a bell?) and poor judgement by their management. Netmanage has a chance to get in on the ground floor with a Linux offering, if they are smart enough to take it.
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This is pretty nice. Definitely better than a couple months ago, when the text was a pain to read. Those tiny fonts had to go. Personally, though, this stuff does not matter to me unless it is really poorly laid out. Are there any books on website interface design in the same vein as "About Face"? Maybe that question should go to Redhat's webmaster...
Tom, Tom, Tom. Good to see that people still need asbestos suits to be around you. As usual though, you make a good point. Client-server is properly a software distinction, intended to promote intelligent partitioning and reuse of code. Still, the initial question of this thread is a good one: Who is still dual booting/using M$, and how often? I myself dual boot both my laptop and my SMP monster at home. BTW Tom, when Larry Wall came through Chicago this summer, he was good enough to stop by the local Perl Mongers meeting and give us some tips. When can we expect you to grace us with your presence?
Fair enough, and I agree to an extent, but I don't think I'm prejudging this guy, and certainly not prejudging him or this company based solely on his employment history. I am intrigued by the fact that his employment with M$ was deemed important enough to warrant mention in the press release. BTW, I too use M$ products on a daily basis (with varying degrees of sucess) as they are a staple of corporate life.
Am I the only one who thinks it's interesting that a former M$ employee is not only jumping ship for this, but that this company is so forthright about his employment history? Admittedly, developer relations was one of M$ strong points, so it's not a bad pedigree. One would have to question how much real linux experience he has (no mention of what copyleft projects he worked on) but then again, this is a wide-open and fast developing frontier. As far as the efficacy of their site, I definitely think that there is room in the market for a single point of reference for technical support. Linuxcare.com, Redhat, etc. all are providing pieces of the puzzle, but nobody has bundled a comprehensive, simple update and info site with much success. Best of luck to them, I guess.
Just for the record, Star Office has a Power Point clone, and it works pretty well. Thought you'd like to know.
I think you hit the nail on the head. I still use my version from 1996 on my Windog partion, but I am using Win95 less and less, so it is becoming obsolete. Unfortunately, the PIMs for Linux are not that great, and it would be nice to have a version for Linux. Borland is resucitating Delphi by porting a version to Linux, and NetManage could do themselves a favor by following suit. It would be even more killer if they ported with a few improvements, like centralized administration, maybe with an intelligenly done client server architecture or web based architecture, coupled with improved links with Palm OS. The last time I talked with them, I was selecting a PIM for an entire company (150 + licenses) but they just didn't get it. They were more enthralled with developing a Java version of the product than producing something useful (like centralized administration) and so I was forced to pass them over. This time around the playing field is level, and MicroShaft isn't going to be here anytime soon. I think ECCO is another example of an award winning product that was destroyed by "almost free" software from M$ that never really worked right (Exchange ring a bell?) and poor judgement by their management. Netmanage has a chance to get in on the ground floor with a Linux offering, if they are smart enough to take it.