He may not need technical support, but he probably will need application support. (Oracle, etc) Anyway, RedHat doesn't mean you MUST use RPMs, nor does it mean you have to use sendmail. I personally compile all from source, (I don't install any applications from the RedHat disks) and use postfix as my SMTP server on RedHat boxen. I run many different distro at home, but only RedHat at work. While I know my way around Linux and handle 99.9% of all issues with Linux. If something does go wrong, I like knowning I have a support team behind me. I don't know about you, but I can't be down for 48 hours because I *thought* I could handle everything the world could throw at me.
I see it like this. You have motorcycle riders. Most don't like wearing helmets. Alot of them do anyway even though they trust their own skills. That doesn't mean that they won't wreck and die. 82% of the deaths in Oklahoma in 1994 were riders *not* wearing a helmet. My servers have helmets... Just in case
I have a webapp that uses PHP/Apache2/PostgreSQL without issue. But I would research more before using it for your applications. I had gotten to test it quite abit before porting the whole application over to PostgreSQL from MySQL.
The Linux source is as widely open as any source in the world. Why would you need an NDA? The source (stolen or not) is open for the world to see right now. Even if SCO wins, there are 10+ million Linux CDs floating around with the source on it.
*obligatory slap at Microsoft*
Microsoft should sue SCO for security model I.P. infringements. "Claim secure while the world can plainly see the evidence that rejects the claim"
(in this cause; that could be exactly why they want an NDA)
I decide what games I'm going to play, and I see how they look on each card. The main people that buy highend card generally know others that do also. I just compare their cards with the games I wish to play. I pick the best of the lot, and buy it. Currently I have a GeForce4 4400TI. It does great for the games that I play. I'm sure I will need a new card when Doom3 is released. I will check Doom III out on every card I consider. Then buy the one I think looks the best.
We currently use this type of setup except on a much smaller scale.
We backup our servers to tape, but we back alot of our workstations with Norton's Ghost. We ghost the workstations to a 1.3 gig Windows98 machine with 2 120 gig EIDE drives in a raid 1 configuration. We don't require off site storage for the workstation backups as they are only use to restore if a drive fails. All work related data is stored in home/or other types of directories on servers backup to tape and stored offsite. So far it's been in place for 7 months and has worked flawlessly. I have the Raid server rebooted each Sunday morning. (since it's Win98 and not a server quality OS)
I would recommend it to anyone providing they are aware of when to, and when not to use this type of backup.
While I've also found Cable faster on avg (quite abit in some cases), I also found DSL much more reliable. I've had DSL for the last 3 1/2 years. I had cable for the year before that, and my father still has cable to this very day. From what I've seen in the 4 1/2 years of both my DSL and year of cable and my fathers 3 years of cable is that he has 250% more trouble than I ever have. While I'm sure YMMV, generally this has been the case, even outside my family circle.
The first half of the movie pretty much sucked. I was in fear that they screwed off the second book (note that I've never read all the books, but currently am reading them) All the action in the second half made the movie. The Dwarf stuff was kind of dumb. (I'm mean come on) but the treant battle was fantasic. (can't remember if they call them treants in LotRs, but I'm talking about the tree people)
Anyhow, This is one of the few movies that I will actually buy as it comes out. Normally there could be years if ever that I would buy a movie.
Note to creators, Make the movie for "The Hobbit" to finish off the series.
I don't all the legal issues with GNU, but if they use any part of the GNU libraries etc, wouldn't they have to open source the media player? Including how to read the file format?
I pay Verizon to traffic my data, not to know where and to whom I'm sending it. I pay for a service, not to be spied on. Why in the world would Verizon need to know where I'm sending my email and what it said? This appears more of governmental privacy breaker, and something that would be pushed by lobbist. (RIAA)
The only thing Verizon should be worried about is how much bandwidth I'm using since that is costly to them. Other than that, it's none of their business. If I have 500 computers NAT'ed at home, it's shouldn't matter as long as I'm not using 500 gigs of data transfer a month. It's not how *many*, it's how *much* that cost them.
We have 1 NT server left on our block of servers. It is a stand alone server and we just use the normal NTBackup to back it up. The funny thing is, we have to reboot the server everytime we want to back it up because NTBackup will not start unless we do. If we want 500 days uptime with ours, it would be at the cost of not backing up...:(
Even if it's true, why would they announce something like this that would be sure to upset Apple users that happen to be a large sum of their business? Unless there was external persuasion involved. *coughmscough*
I read that you are.. I quote the title of the article. "Microsoft logo scheme means Office Depot won't sell non-compliant XP products". It is thoroughly clear to me that many of Microsoft's actions arn't in the best interest of it's customers. (or non-customers) A move like this on the part of your company appears to me that you are willing to support these actions. If this course of action is followed by your company, I will no longer be a customer of Office Depot.
That isn't the *single* reason for the war. It's about the safety of the United States and others around the world. Mix in terrorist, what Iraq did in the early 90s, weapons of mass destruction, and the ability for those to easly be mixed and used against America, or anyone else for that matter. THAT is why there is a war to remove Saddam.
What happens if next time they release anthrax in downtown New York. Or in 150 different places in downtown New York at the same time? London? Paris? Berlin? How about in the mall down the street from your house while your wife/kids/mother/father/YOU are there buying a new pair of shoes?
War is always a bad thing. But sometimes it is the only thing. I'm not saying war is the answer, but something has to be done. He must be removed from power. He is a death sieve, and it will only grow. Many are going to die. That isn't whats in question. The question is do you remove him now, or later. How many have to die before you do something?
First off, with so many tech workers out of work. It seems fishy to me that they *can't* find someome else to fill the job. Secondly, H1-B's can be hired as long as 1) the position can't be filled (already noted this) 2) No one is laid off to bring an H1-B in. 3) No one is fired just to bring an H1-B in. (can be hard to prove)
If what was said is true, and with all the uproar lately about H1-B. This may get ugly, and even stick.
Personally, I've started to have issue with a few things Sun has done. I don't hold any of that against them. I just don't use their products if I have a choice. If *this* is true, I would hold it against them and begin to advocate that others also not use their products.
Personally I use both. I use Opera for web browsing in windows (not on linux as the fonts are still almost unviewable on some sites) I use Mozilla for my email. Althought I get alot of issues with it (the mail folders causing lockups but compressing them seems to have stopped that, and mail filters worked great till it locked up once now they don't work at all and freeze up if I try edit them) In linux, I use Mozilla exclusively. Mainly because it has the best support (that I've seen), and the most fonts are *at least* somewhat viewable.
As for the guy that said. I do place a lot of blame for this on Opera because he has to fire up a big boy browser to view some sites. How is what's happening with MSN.com Opera's fault by you visiting another website that uses embeded technologies that either arn't supported *yet* or are proprietary?
I personally have Opera claim to be IE6 just because it renders IE6 content rather well, and I don't have to deal with so much garbage with sites that are rendering dependent on browser and version.
I'm on this bandwagon. That is a filthy mess. I have it Perasive running on a machine along with Arc-Serve (BrightStor or whatever) I can't back the damn thing up. Everytime I try to back it up it crashes. (Win2k) I'm stuck with only mirroring this machine. I called both Arc-Serve and Best software to try and get it fixed and all I got was *shrugs* concerning it.
I don't consider PostgreSQL as an alternative to Oracle. PostgreSQL is a nice DB, but it isn't the be all end of of dbs. But then again neither is Oracle. If I had to choose between the two it wouldn't be cut and dry until you gave me the circumstances. Personally I use PostgreSQL in my business environment and it has worked flawlessly so far. Granted it doesn't run MC applications (Mission Critical) But it is used to make major business decisions (more or less data-warehousing)
I wouldn't dismiss PostgreSQL so quickly. Then again I wouldn't risk MC applications on it without further educating myself on it also. But it's that true for all major business decisions? I DBA 3 psql dbs. I'm happy with them. I even have live backup software for them. My DBA skills arn't great, but well enough to have judged correctly on what I have.
Any other PostgreSQL DBAs have farther exp on this subject?
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He may not need technical support, but he probably will need application support. (Oracle, etc) Anyway, RedHat doesn't mean you MUST use RPMs, nor does it mean you have to use sendmail. I personally compile all from source, (I don't install any applications from the RedHat disks) and use postfix as my SMTP server on RedHat boxen. I run many different distro at home, but only RedHat at work. While I know my way around Linux and handle 99.9% of all issues with Linux. If something does go wrong, I like knowning I have a support team behind me. I don't know about you, but I can't be down for 48 hours because I *thought* I could handle everything the world could throw at me.
I see it like this. You have motorcycle riders. Most don't like wearing helmets. Alot of them do anyway even though they trust their own skills. That doesn't mean that they won't wreck and die. 82% of the deaths in Oklahoma in 1994 were riders *not* wearing a helmet. My servers have helmets... Just in case
I have a webapp that uses PHP/Apache2/PostgreSQL without issue. But I would research more before using it for your applications. I had gotten to test it quite abit before porting the whole application over to PostgreSQL from MySQL.
The Linux source is as widely open as any source in the world. Why would you need an NDA? The source (stolen or not) is open for the world to see right now. Even if SCO wins, there are 10+ million Linux CDs floating around with the source
on it.
*obligatory slap at Microsoft*
Microsoft should sue SCO for security model I.P. infringements. "Claim secure while the world can plainly see the evidence that rejects the claim"
(in this cause; that could be exactly why they want an NDA)
I decide what games I'm going to play, and I see how they look on each card. The main people that buy highend card generally know others that do also. I just compare their cards with the games I wish to play. I pick the best of the lot, and buy it. Currently I have a GeForce4 4400TI. It does great for the games that I play. I'm sure I will need a new card when Doom3 is released. I will check Doom III out on every card I consider. Then buy the one I think looks the best.
We currently use this type of setup except on a much smaller scale.
We backup our servers to tape, but we back alot of our workstations with Norton's Ghost. We ghost the workstations to a 1.3 gig Windows98 machine with 2 120 gig EIDE drives in a raid 1 configuration. We don't require off site storage for the workstation backups as they are only use to restore if a drive fails. All work related data is stored in home/or other types of directories on servers backup to tape and stored offsite. So far it's been in place for 7 months and has worked flawlessly. I have the Raid server rebooted each Sunday morning. (since it's Win98 and not a server quality OS)
I would recommend it to anyone providing they are aware of when to, and when not to use this type of backup.
While I've also found Cable faster on avg (quite abit in some cases), I also found DSL much more reliable. I've had DSL for the last 3 1/2 years. I had cable for the year before that, and my father still has cable to this very day. From what I've seen in the 4 1/2 years of both my DSL and year of cable and my fathers 3 years of cable is that he has 250% more trouble than I ever have. While I'm sure YMMV, generally this has been the case, even outside my family circle.
yeah, but the treants really kicked some ass!
The first half of the movie pretty much sucked. I was in fear that they screwed off the second book (note that I've never read all the books, but currently am reading them) All the action in the second half made the movie. The Dwarf stuff was kind of dumb. (I'm mean come on) but the treant battle was fantasic. (can't remember if they call them treants in LotRs, but I'm talking about the tree people)
Anyhow, This is one of the few movies that I will actually buy as it comes out. Normally there could be years if ever that I would buy a movie.
Note to creators, Make the movie for "The Hobbit" to finish off the series.
I don't all the legal issues with GNU, but if they use any part of the GNU libraries etc, wouldn't they have to open source the media player? Including how to read the file format?
I pay Verizon to traffic my data, not to know where and to whom I'm sending it. I pay for a service, not to be spied on. Why in the world would Verizon need to know where I'm sending my email and what it said? This appears more of governmental privacy breaker, and something that would be pushed by lobbist. (RIAA)
The only thing Verizon should be worried about is how much bandwidth I'm using since that is costly to them. Other than that, it's none of their business. If I have 500 computers NAT'ed at home, it's shouldn't matter as long as I'm not using 500 gigs of data transfer a month. It's not how *many*, it's how *much* that cost them.
We have 1 NT server left on our block of servers. It is a stand alone server and we just use the normal NTBackup to back it up. The funny thing is, we have to reboot the server everytime we want to back it up because NTBackup will not start unless we do. If we want 500 days uptime with ours, it would be at the cost of not backing up... :(
Even if it's true, why would they announce something like this that would be sure to upset Apple users that happen to be a large sum of their business? Unless there was external persuasion involved. *coughmscough*
communityrelations@officedepot.com
I sent the following email.
I read that you are.. I quote the title of the article. "Microsoft logo scheme means Office Depot won't sell non-compliant XP products". It is thoroughly clear to me that many of Microsoft's actions arn't in the best interest of it's customers. (or non-customers) A move like this on the part of your company appears to me that you are willing to support these actions. If this course of action is followed by your company, I will no longer be a customer of Office Depot.
The article in question is the following.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=8472
Thank You,
That isn't the *single* reason for the war. It's about the safety of the United States and others around the world. Mix in terrorist, what Iraq did in the early 90s, weapons of mass destruction, and the ability for those to easly be mixed and used against America, or anyone else for that matter. THAT is why there is a war to remove Saddam.
What happens if next time they release anthrax in downtown New York. Or in 150 different places in downtown New York at the same time? London? Paris? Berlin? How about in the mall down the street from your house while your wife/kids/mother/father/YOU are there buying a new pair of shoes?
War is always a bad thing. But sometimes it is the only thing. I'm not saying war is the answer, but something has to be done. He must be removed from power. He is a death sieve, and it will only grow. Many are going to die. That isn't whats in question. The question is do you remove him now, or later. How many have to die before you do something?
First off, with so many tech workers out of work. It seems fishy to me that they *can't* find someome else to fill the job. Secondly, H1-B's can be hired as long as 1) the position can't be filled (already noted this) 2) No one is laid off to bring an H1-B in. 3) No one is fired just to bring an H1-B in. (can be hard to prove)
If what was said is true, and with all the uproar lately about H1-B. This may get ugly, and even stick.
Personally, I've started to have issue with a few things Sun has done. I don't hold any of that against them. I just don't use their products if I have a choice. If *this* is true, I would hold it against them and begin to advocate that others also not use their products.
Personally I use both. I use Opera for web browsing in windows (not on linux as the fonts are still almost unviewable on some sites) I use Mozilla for my email. Althought I get alot of issues with it (the mail folders causing lockups but compressing them seems to have stopped that, and mail filters worked great till it locked up once now they don't work at all and freeze up if I try edit them) In linux, I use Mozilla exclusively. Mainly because it has the best support (that I've seen), and the most fonts are *at least* somewhat viewable.
As for the guy that said. I do place a lot of blame for this on Opera because he has to fire up a big boy browser to view some sites. How is what's happening with MSN.com Opera's fault by you visiting another website that uses embeded technologies that either arn't supported *yet* or are proprietary?
I personally have Opera claim to be IE6 just because it renders IE6 content rather well, and I don't have to deal with so much garbage with sites that are rendering dependent on browser and version.
I'm on this bandwagon. That is a filthy mess. I have it Perasive running on a machine along with Arc-Serve (BrightStor or whatever) I can't back the damn thing up. Everytime I try to back it up it crashes. (Win2k) I'm stuck with only mirroring this machine. I called both Arc-Serve and Best software to try and get it fixed and all I got was *shrugs* concerning it.
:(
If only my IT director would have listen to me
I don't consider PostgreSQL as an alternative to Oracle. PostgreSQL is a nice DB, but it isn't the be all end of of dbs. But then again neither is Oracle. If I had to choose between the two it wouldn't be cut and dry until you gave me the circumstances. Personally I use PostgreSQL in my business environment and it has worked flawlessly so far. Granted it doesn't run MC applications (Mission Critical) But it is used to make major business decisions (more or less data-warehousing)
I wouldn't dismiss PostgreSQL so quickly. Then again I wouldn't risk MC applications on it without further educating myself on it also. But it's that true for all major business decisions? I DBA 3 psql dbs. I'm happy with them. I even have live backup software for them. My DBA skills arn't great, but well enough to have judged correctly on what I have.
Any other PostgreSQL DBAs have farther exp on this subject?
Damnit, it's those europeans that are stealing my International Bandwidth! ;)