Has anyone been organizing protest for the SCO forum 2003?
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Novell Buys Ximian
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It's Mono and evolution. Think about it, they've just gotten (for what I bet was a very reasonable price) THE most experienced.NET porting group in the world.
My prediction is that Novel will:
1) Port Mono to Netware. 2) Port Evolution to Windows (with a connector for GroupWise) 3) Keep Ximian active in the Linux/Unix world, just so they can generate good-will and credibility if/when they're forced to make Linux they're main focus.
Call your insurance company, a lot of companies won't cover home based business if you have employees working on the premises. If they are willing to cover you the cost are significantly more then regular homeowners policy.
I ran a small consulting firm out of my home for a while, the insurance was killing me, so I had everyone work from their home and held weekly meetings at the local Starbucks.
Here's some random advice that I wish someone had given me before I started.
Incorporate now, before you do anything else.
If you're offering any of your friends/workers equity in the company find a good lawyer, tell them to find a good lawyer. Have the lawyers work out a real agreement. It's not a matter of trust, it's a matter of clarifying what all parities expect.
Consider subleasing space from an existing company. I know people who do this in New York for as little as 80$ a month. Even if it's just one cube you'll get access to the companies conference rooms and have a "real address" in a commercial district.
Work out the worst case scenario for employing yourself, you will need money to live while you get your company off the ground. Nothing sucks more then having to take a job or freelance assignment to pay the bills because your business isn't bringing in money. Assume that everything will take three times as long as you think it will and that you'll need twice as much money for startup cost.
No matter what you do, remember the one rule of consulting:
If your client weren't crazy, dumb, annoying, immature and/or frustrating they wouldn't need you.
Having said that, think about what the goals of your direct contact at the company are, and do whatever it takes to meet those goals, even if doing so would go against your better judgment.
A businessman hires a mathematician a computer programmer and an economist. He decides to give them a very simple test on their first day of employment.
He calls the mathematician into his office and asks him "what is the total of 1 + 1?" The mathematician quickly says "That's easy, 2".
Next the programmer is asked the same question, "what is the total of 1 +1?" The programmer says, "I could answer that easily enough, but I think it would better if I developed a calculator that you could run yourself and get the answer."
Finally the economist is asked the same questions "what is the total of 1 +1?" The economist closes the door to the office, shuts the blinds, turns on a radio and then whispers in the mans ear "What do you want them to total?".
I've been using Rack Shack and have been very happy with the service. They have a very interesting way of selling hosting, they build a bunch of servers, post what they have to their site and you can order and be up and running that day.
The only weird/bad thing I've found is that by default they enable telnet by default. Obviously it's easy enough to turn off but IMHO it shouldn't even be an option.
I've been the (almost) exact same situation as you mentioned. I very politely asked my employer to pay me "something" for my time. I explained that I knew the company was in trouble and that I wasn't looking to get rich or take advantage of a bad situation but that I needed to receive compensation for my time. My former boss accused me of trying to "screw him" he then called other former employees that I had an attitude problem.
The point of this is, if the person isn't willing to pay you then he/she don't respect you.
Joke Mathematics, Computers and Economics and its
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Science Askew
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A guy goes up to a mathematician and asked, "How much is 1 + 1?" The mathematician says "2" The same guy ask a programmer the same question, the programmer says "I could tell you but it would make more sense for me to write a program that can answer that question" The guy then goes to an economist and once again asks the same question. The economist brings him into his office, locks the door, closes his blinds and whispers "how much to you want it to equal?'
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It's great that Steve Ditko finally was reconized as the co-creator of Spider-man (thanks to Sam Rammi) but it's been claimed that he's not getting $$ from the movie.
I think there is a big difference between what you run at home and what you use at work. I've had years of experience with IRIX and Solaris but I have no need or interest in running them at home.
You asked a lot of questions. Here is may take on your idea. Like any small business venture you have to believe in what you're doing; it doesn't matter what people her say pro or con.
For everyone who is comparing your concept to failed dot.com keep in mind a couple of things. A lot of the ideas behind the dot.com craze weren't that bad. Etoys for example could have worked, if they didn't overspend their capital and assume more VC money would be on the way.
Create a real budget; look at worse case scenario of what you're trying to do. Keep in mind that even if you don't pay yourself in the beginning that your time is valuable.
You should also learn the lingo of the target audience you're trying to reach. By now you've most likely read the "it's not a honeypot" post.
While I'd love to just let the yard turn into a meadow and never mow again, my neighbors would most likely stop talking to me, and my daughter wouldn't have a yard to play in. Besides what do you do about the occasional backyard grill-out?
While I don't think any rational person is going to be against planting trees, they don't do as much good as wetlands. Unfortunately most of our wetlands are disappearing, and trees can't take up the slack.
I gave a younger cousin a similar package when she went to college. One of the items I added was a "get out of jail free" card from Monopoly along with a note telling her that she could call me for help if she got into trouble and didn't want her parents to find out. She never used it but told me that she liked having it.
Kerby did the cover of the first comic Spider-man was in. He also came up with early version of Spider-man that was pretty much a rip off of the old Capt. Marvel who looked like Capt. America.
Stan Lee never gave much thought as to what any of the Marvel hero's looked like so he didn't seem to care.
Diko came up with the look of Spider-man and has never (IMHO) recived the proper credit.
And yes I know I sound like the comic book guy on the Simpsons.
Please write to Scientific American, without the Amateur Scientist colum I doubt I would have come up with any ideas for school science projects. Even more important then the projects themselves the Amateur Scientist articles planted the idea in my head that I could be a scientist. That discovery and invention could be accomplished by anyone.
Don?t beat up on Katz that much, he?s obviously living in a different dimension then the rest of us. I just find it funny that his article is posted at the same time that/. is running another story about the Bert Osama conection.
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Has anyone been organizing protest for the SCO forum 2003?
It's Mono and evolution. Think about it, they've just gotten (for what I bet was a very reasonable price) THE most experienced .NET porting group in the world.
My prediction is that Novel will:
1) Port Mono to Netware.
2) Port Evolution to Windows (with a connector for GroupWise)
3) Keep Ximian active in the Linux/Unix world, just so they can generate good-will and credibility if/when they're forced to make Linux they're main focus.
1. Make sure everyone is on board. The last thing you want is for word to leak out.
2. Talk to a lawyer.
3. Seriously, no joke, talk to a lawyer.
Call your insurance company, a lot of companies won't cover home based business if you have employees working on the premises. If they are willing to cover you the cost are significantly more then regular homeowners policy.
I ran a small consulting firm out of my home for a while, the insurance was killing me, so I had everyone work from their home and held weekly meetings at the local Starbucks.
Here's some random advice that I wish someone had given me before I started.
Incorporate now, before you do anything else.
If you're offering any of your friends/workers equity in the company find a good lawyer, tell them to find a good lawyer. Have the lawyers work out a real agreement. It's not a matter of trust, it's a matter of clarifying what all parities expect.
Consider subleasing space from an existing company. I know people who do this in New York for as little as 80$ a month. Even if it's just one cube you'll get access to the companies conference rooms and have a "real address" in a commercial district.
Work out the worst case scenario for employing yourself, you will need money to live while you get your company off the ground. Nothing sucks more then having to take a job or freelance assignment to pay the bills because your business isn't bringing in money. Assume that everything will take three times as long as you think it will and that you'll need twice as much money for startup cost.
And finally, relax.
Good Luck.
But how does Bat Boy tie into this?
No matter what you do, remember the one rule of consulting:
If your client weren't crazy, dumb, annoying, immature and/or frustrating they wouldn't need you.
Having said that, think about what the goals of your direct contact at the company are, and do whatever it takes to meet those goals, even if doing so would go against your better judgment.
A businessman hires a mathematician a computer programmer and an economist. He decides to give them a very simple test on their first day of employment.
He calls the mathematician into his office and asks him "what is the total of 1 + 1?" The mathematician quickly says "That's easy, 2".
Next the programmer is asked the same question, "what is the total of 1 +1?" The programmer says, "I could answer that easily enough, but I think it would better if I developed a calculator that you could run yourself and get the answer."
Finally the economist is asked the same questions "what is the total of 1 +1?" The economist closes the door to the office, shuts the blinds, turns on a radio and then whispers in the mans ear "What do you want them to total?".
That's just strange.
I've been using Rack Shack and have been very happy with the service. They have a very interesting way of selling hosting, they build a bunch of servers, post what they have to their site and you can order and be up and running that day.
The only weird/bad thing I've found is that by default they enable telnet by default. Obviously it's easy enough to turn off but IMHO it shouldn't even be an option.
I've been the (almost) exact same situation as you mentioned. I very politely asked my employer to pay me "something" for my time. I explained that I knew the company was in trouble and that I wasn't looking to get rich or take advantage of a bad situation but that I needed to receive compensation for my time. My former boss accused me of trying to "screw him" he then called other former employees that I had an attitude problem.
The point of this is, if the person isn't willing to pay you then he/she don't respect you.
A guy goes up to a mathematician and asked, "How much is 1 + 1?"
The mathematician says "2"
The same guy ask a programmer the same question, the programmer says "I could tell you but it would make more sense for me to write a program that can answer that question"
The guy then goes to an economist and once again asks the same question.
The economist brings him into his office, locks the door, closes his blinds and whispers "how much to you want it to equal?'
One of the best PayPal alternatives out is https://www.c2it.com
Owned by Citibank it handles international transactions better and it back by a very big bank.
But most importantly they have a 800 number for customer service!!!!!
Unfortunately you still don't have any privacy. But it's a much better option then PayPal.
It's great that Steve Ditko finally was reconized as the co-creator of Spider-man (thanks to Sam Rammi) but it's been claimed that he's not getting $$ from the movie.
I think there is a big difference between what you run at home and what you use at work. I've had years of experience with IRIX and Solaris but I have no need or interest in running them at home.
You asked a lot of questions. Here is may take on your idea. Like any small business venture you have to believe in what you're doing; it doesn't matter what people her say pro or con.
For everyone who is comparing your concept to failed dot.com keep in mind a couple of things. A lot of the ideas behind the dot.com craze weren't that bad. Etoys for example could have worked, if they didn't overspend their capital and assume more VC money would be on the way.
Create a real budget; look at worse case scenario of what you're trying to do. Keep in mind that even if you don't pay yourself in the beginning that your time is valuable.
You should also learn the lingo of the target audience you're trying to reach. By now you've most likely read the "it's not a honeypot" post.
Good luck.
Let me guess, you don't own a house?
While I'd love to just let the yard turn into a meadow and never mow again, my neighbors would most likely stop talking to me, and my daughter wouldn't have a yard to play in. Besides what do you do about the occasional backyard grill-out?
While I don't think any rational person is going to be against planting trees, they don't do as much good as wetlands. Unfortunately most of our wetlands are disappearing, and trees can't take up the slack.
Future generations will only need two things from us. The complete works of Luis Armstrong
and the rules of major league baseball.
I gave a younger cousin a similar package when she went to college. One of the items I added was a "get out of jail free" card from Monopoly along with a note telling her that she could call me for help if she got into trouble and didn't want her parents to find out. She never used it but told me that she liked having it.
What about Steve Diko?
Kerby did the cover of the first comic Spider-man was in. He also came up with early version of Spider-man that was pretty much a rip off of the old Capt. Marvel who looked like Capt. America.
Stan Lee never gave much thought as to what any of the Marvel hero's looked like so he didn't seem to care.
Diko came up with the look of Spider-man and has never (IMHO) recived the proper credit.
And yes I know I sound like the comic book guy on the Simpsons.
To everyone complaining about the organic web shooters or other devotions from the original comic book I ask you this.
Would you really want to see a scene where the green goblin is sitting in his house painting grenades to look like pumpkins?
Comics are a very different medium then film and any film that sticks to the original will never be an enjoyable movie.
Please write to Scientific American, without the Amateur Scientist colum I doubt I would have come up with any ideas for school science projects. Even more important then the projects themselves the Amateur Scientist articles planted the idea in my head that I could be a scientist. That discovery and invention could be accomplished by anyone.
This is soooo easy. Just make everyone logon with username: user and use the company name as the password.
Seriously, someone suggested this in a meeting at the company I worked for.
Have you thought about switching to AFS? I relize this is slightly off-topic but AFS (IMHO) is a much better solution to NFS.
Don?t beat up on Katz that much, he?s obviously living in a different dimension then the rest of us. I just find it funny that his article is posted at the same time that /. is running another story about the Bert Osama conection.