RIM often polls its large corporate customers asking what they need and what they'd like to see in future devices. One of the most compelling features of the BlackBerry is the centralized management that corporate customers get with the BES. Through policies, administrators can turn on and off certain features selectively by user or by group.
This is one of the main reasons that BlackBerry has been so popular in large corporations.
It will be no different with future versions of the device - they are slow to add new features because they also need to implement the central control before rolling them out.
There's been a lot of speculation that RIM will be coming out with a BlackBerry with a camera in the near future, too. However, the current 8700 has lots of multimedia features already (support for video, etc) and there's talk of an impending software release unlocking even more capabilities (like more frames per second).
With that always on data connection and most users subscribing to an unlimited data plan, it's easy to imagine ways where as iTunes enabled BlackBerry would solve a lot of Apple's iPhone problems (OTA podcasting anyone?)
I've always thought of both of these companies as user interface kings in their respective categories. I'd bet that they've at least had some discussions about the possibilities of such an agreement.
NTP, the company that has so far successfully brought suit against RIM for its patents on "wireless messaging" (can you imagine a broader term?) bought an equity stake in Visto just days before this announcement.
Sounds like a pretty lucrative business. More on my O'Reilly blog.
There *is* a BlackBerry port of the J2ME VNC client software. You'll have to think of another reason to justify the money you spent on the Treo 650. There are a couple reasons - like perhaps you prefer to have to retrieve mail rather than have it pushed to you immediately.
I've recently switched from Vonage to AT&T. The call quality on Vonage was not very good. There is often a nagging local echo and there were several times that I had to reboot the telephone adapter to get it to function. This was unacceptable. Everything about AT&T's service has been better so far: call quality, customer service (much lower hold times!), and more features (locate me!).
Also, AT&T's telephone adapter sits on the internet side of your home network - this allows the device to perform QoS functions by prioritizing the voice packets. Vonage's device sits behind your router and therefore can't do anything about a busy connection. There will inevitably be dropped calls if you use your internet connection heavily while on the phone.
I worked in a medium sized division of a large company and we were in the exact same situation. I had the same concerns that you do. We ended up collapsing into an OU and have not looked back. There are several services that get consolidated as well. For example, you would (probably) no longer have to support domain controllers if you went into an OU. Also, there is very little that can be done with a domain that can't be accomplished with an OU (password policy is one).
This sounds kind of like the NFL mandating that owners must interview at least one minority candidate when filling a coaching vacancy. That policy doesn't work too well - just look at the recent Lion's hire.
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The professional video gaming industry is part of the fabric of our country. It has become too important to fail.
I think they deserve a bailout.
Can you give a link to the thermostat you're using? I've got a "programmable" one but it's a piece of crap.
Sounds like you're one of the most unproductive workers I can imagine.
The first thing that comes to my mind when I hear about people working these long hours is that they're wasting a lot of time.
Day traders who know what they're doing love this type of attitude.
Yes, please, everyone read this book and continue believing it.
RIM often polls its large corporate customers asking what they need and what they'd like to see in future devices. One of the most compelling features of the BlackBerry is the centralized management that corporate customers get with the BES. Through policies, administrators can turn on and off certain features selectively by user or by group.
This is one of the main reasons that BlackBerry has been so popular in large corporations.
It will be no different with future versions of the device - they are slow to add new features because they also need to implement the central control before rolling them out.
Dave Mabe
There's been a lot of speculation that RIM will be coming out with a BlackBerry with a camera in the near future, too. However, the current 8700 has lots of multimedia features already (support for video, etc) and there's talk of an impending software release unlocking even more capabilities (like more frames per second).
With that always on data connection and most users subscribing to an unlimited data plan, it's easy to imagine ways where as iTunes enabled BlackBerry would solve a lot of Apple's iPhone problems (OTA podcasting anyone?)
I've always thought of both of these companies as user interface kings in their respective categories. I'd bet that they've at least had some discussions about the possibilities of such an agreement.
Dave Mabe
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Here's a review with screenshots as seen on a BlackBerry 7100g.
NTP, the company that has so far successfully brought suit against RIM for its patents on "wireless messaging" (can you imagine a broader term?) bought an equity stake in Visto just days before this announcement. Sounds like a pretty lucrative business. More on my O'Reilly blog.
SQL is great - it's trying to get all the database vendors to support it consistently. Ever tried doing in Oracle what is a piece of cake in MySQL:
SELECT * FROM table LIMIT x,y
You can easily page through results using that LIMIT function. Try doing the same in Oracle. I'm told it can be done, but it ain't pretty.
I would pay $1000 to get rid of the mess of cables that I have with my current Xbox. What a mess!
There *is* a BlackBerry port of the J2ME VNC client software. You'll have to think of another reason to justify the money you spent on the Treo 650. There are a couple reasons - like perhaps you prefer to have to retrieve mail rather than have it pushed to you immediately.
Oh yeah, well swimmers do it better in the water. Runners do it better in the woods.
Oh wait. Never mind.
You are incorrect. AT&T just announced yesterday that the price of their service dropped to $29.95. So that makes it $20 for 6 months and then $29.95 after that.
I've recently switched from Vonage to AT&T. The call quality on Vonage was not very good. There is often a nagging local echo and there were several times that I had to reboot the telephone adapter to get it to function. This was unacceptable. Everything about AT&T's service has been better so far: call quality, customer service (much lower hold times!), and more features (locate me!).
Also, AT&T's telephone adapter sits on the internet side of your home network - this allows the device to perform QoS functions by prioritizing the voice packets. Vonage's device sits behind your router and therefore can't do anything about a busy connection. There will inevitably be dropped calls if you use your internet connection heavily while on the phone.
Dave
There's also sa-exim which is a local scan plugin for Exim that does site wide spam filtering at SMTP time. It is quite nice.
Dave
I've started using YAML for config files for anything I write. YAML is far more readable than XML and it's still machine parseable.
http://www.yaml.org
Dave
Here's the google cache of mikerowesoft.com
Here is the no registration NYT link.
This is great! Now I can record Casey Casum's Weekly Top 40 each week so I can listen to it at my leisure! Those songs rarely air on normal radio.
It must really be an odd article if we should actually read the article before posting a reply.
I worked in a medium sized division of a large company and we were in the exact same situation. I had the same concerns that you do. We ended up collapsing into an OU and have not looked back. There are several services that get consolidated as well. For example, you would (probably) no longer have to support domain controllers if you went into an OU. Also, there is very little that can be done with a domain that can't be accomplished with an OU (password policy is one).
Maybe Microsoft should release the source code to products that they no longer support so that users can fix the unfixable flaws.
The solution you suggest will cost money as well, although it still might be the best solution.
This sounds kind of like the NFL mandating that owners must interview at least one minority candidate when filling a coaching vacancy. That policy doesn't work too well - just look at the recent Lion's hire.
Usually the turnover is dictated by the size of a train and how fast you can load/unload them.
Usually? Why just usually?