How can you say that when you know nothing about me? I was using that as an example, and no, it's NOT my only solution. I've been in this business a LONG friggin time, am on the Board of Directors of a major firm as well. I am one of the people who SUPPORT linux who are in a position of authority.
That makes NO sense. For example, finding qualified people who know Siebel is like trying to find a needle in a haystack, yet our company just spent $110 million on Siebel (what a piece of crap), plus they have 3 Siebel consultants raking them over the coals. Siebel is a LOT more obscure than Linux!
it's funny...I'm the IT Director at my company, and the UNIX admin as well. People notice I don't do much..when they ask why, it's pretty much because UNIX runs perfectly. We have 24 IBM S-80's (AIX) running loads of shit. We have our worldwide printing queue running on a Pentium 200 running Linux (That's to print our Purchase Orders thru Oracle). Everything else runs on Linux. Except the Intranet and Lotus Notes which our MCSE set up. He's always fixing the Win boxes.He works his cajones off.
I'm the only one here who even knows what Linux is and because of me Linux is being pushed more and more. When the NT guy mentions a problem, I will sometimes say "Linux can solve that easily", he skulks away in shame, saying "NT is my job". Then I say, "What's stopping you from re-educating yourself?"
I went to school for Applied Linguistics, having always loved languages (not French or Spanish, but ones like Eskimo, Tagalog, Ewe (Niger-Congo))
and have studied them all through childhood.
At the same exact time I fell in love w/ Computers (Commodore Vic 20) and have done it ever since.
My degree satiated my love for langauges, although the idea of translating the new testament in the middle of the New Guinea jungle wasn't my idea of a goods time.
So, I used my knowledge of computers I learned all through life, and now have a job as Senior UNIX administrator for about 65 UNIX machines, as well as previously running an ISP/DataCenter for 5 years ( a learning experience in itself!)
Just follow your dreams...you'll find ways to use your talents
Windows security flaws in General..
I am not a Windows user, I use Linux.
I told him also about the "pay for use" model they had going on..I'm not sure if they changed that
The typical user does NOT get this information.
They are happily using their Hotmail accounts and have NO clue that these things exist. Sure, they might have it in PC World, or maybe the Technology section of the Times, but my MOTHER does not read these things. Only us geeks in the industry know ( we are a small percentage of the population).
Microsoft will fix this to appease the security experts, but that's about it.
As long as Joe Sixpack can stay happily ignorant, MS is happy. For example, one of my friends, a very intelligent Nuclear Physicist, just got suckered in to a CompUSA MegaPC w/ 1.2 GHZ, 1 GB RAM , DVD RAM and Windows XP for anout 5 Grand. He browses the web PERFECTLY fine on his 988 MHZ PC. He said the "pretty colors" of XP sold him. I told him of the security flaws and reasons for not going with XP (never mind the absolute non-necessity of the PC), and his response was "How come I haven't heard about these things you talk about?" I had no answer. That's how Microsoft stays in power. If we step outside the industry for a minute, we can see that Linux means nothing to most people, AOL IS the internet, and Windows IS a computer. How do we fix this? I don't know, but someone must.
Ah yes..I had the Atari 800XL. I happened to love it, although not as much as my commodore. Ever get Antic magazine? I still have a box of old Antic magazine from 82-84
Am I the only one old enough to remember the Commodore Vic20 or C64? Blew DOS out of the water. Anyone remember load "$",8,1?
My first computer ever was a Commodore Pet my uncle bought me for Christmas in 1979. I never touched an IBM compatible until 1989 (in college). Then I was wondering why I was. Then I found Linux in 1993. I was glad.
Trillian is Windows only! I'm assuming 90% of people on/. are Linux users, so you should specify which platform the program runs on. Linux has both Jabber and Everybuddy
I'm not a Windows user, so the Version of ICQ and AIM I use are aLOT smaler in size. I use GAIM and LICQ, which are products for Linux, which are both excellent
Unless you are being tounge-in-cheek, every single one of those problems can be and ARE solved. Who uses ext2 anymore? I've been using ReiserFS for a LONG time. Secondly, you can boot the entire Linux OS off of CD, a live file system. No fsck, just power up and power down.
You can't be rooted because the entire fs is on CD. Just have a hdd partition for the mp3's or what have you.
Download SUSE's Live CD to see exactly what I mean
I have a question that has been killing me since the beginning of all the M$ crap.
What did people use before Windows? Apple IIe's? Commodore 64's? Even Atari 800 XL's. I know of BUSINESSES that ran on Commie 64's. Why did everyone move to DOS without that learning curve?
What made people make the switch? I used my Commie 128 until 1992, when I found Linux. If Linux didnt exist, I would've moved to Windows due to no one making any more applications for the Commodore. No browser on a Commie (except lynx through a dialup). I made the switch because my platform was dead and buried. But that's me..MANY left WAY before 1992. Why? Can't those same scenario's work for Linux as well??
How come all the people who comment negatively about Linux or OpenSource do NOT use an OpenSource platform as their primary? I use Linux 98% of the time (and BeOS and FreeBSD when I'm in the mood).
I dont even use Windows at work even though we are an AIX server, Windows client house. I've seen more and more staff go the Linxu route..and I think it could be because I manage the department! Seeing a manager practive what he preaches goes a LONG way. I don't even consider Windows ports of GNU software 'real'. Always sub-par.
Why use vi on windows? Makes no sense to me..It's like putting a spoiler on a Hyundai.
Messes up your desktop??? The only time I have ever fscked up my Linux desktop is because of soemthing I have done incorrectly. Ctrl-Alt-Backspace restarts the X-windowing system
Our company of 400 will be deploying all ThinClients (using LTSP) and a couple of our apps (like Siebel..UUGH!!!) which are windows only, are accesed through Citrix Anyway, so we will use the Linux Citrix client....
Only the developers will get their own PC's as they tend to suck all the processor power:)
I have never done a play by play comparison between Solaris and AIX, but I prefer AIX. It's a breeze to set up, and the JFS is a dream. SMIT makes life easy. Solaris takes forever to install. Maybe the only REAL difference between the 2 platforms is the hardware. RISC vs PowerPC.
I've used SAM, and is a good app. But now I'm the Manager for an IBM infrastructure, and SMITTY is absolutely superb. Hell, Sun doesn't even HAVE a tool! Even dumb MCSE's can figure out SMIT.
I've been in this field for some 10 odd years, and never in mylife have I worked 80 hours. (Sometimes by choice, at home, but never "on the clock")
You have to lay out the rules in the begining.
I am now a director of technology, and I am Task oriented. If you have a specific task to do, and you're done for the day, go home! Why sit there and use the company's bandwidth? I don't believe in the "asses and elbows" method. At my company, we are ALL professionals, we all know what we have to do. Our Cisco guy only comes in when he has specific tasks to do when his physical presence is required. The rest of the time he's at home working remotely. Why have him sit in his cubicle for 8 hours? It never made sense to me. He's paid for his knowledge and technical expertise and for ALWAYS saving our ass. Some of our programmers prefer to work at the office. They say home has too many distractions. That's fine. I say "Only you know how you work best". I never care how a task is done. You can go home and pay your COUSIN to do the work. As long as I get the final product..I'm happy. Isn't that what it's all about? Results? That's why I have the best team. Everyone's happy. Sick days and personal days are just "symbols". There is no set schedule. 85% of our programmers work at 4 AM. Why make them bend to the 8:30-5:30 way of life when they are not as productive? As long as MY superiors see the results they want, they couldn't care less. EVERY company should work this way. You'll have happy, more productive professionals. Not burned out card punchers.
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This is fact! A gay male in NYC has a 85% chance of getting AIDS by the time they are 30 years of age!
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How can you say that when you know nothing about me? I was using that as an example, and no, it's NOT my only solution. I've been in this business a LONG friggin time, am on the Board of Directors of a major firm as well. I am one of the people who SUPPORT linux who are in a position of authority.
That makes NO sense. For example, finding qualified people who know Siebel is like trying to find a needle in a haystack, yet our company just spent $110 million on Siebel (what a piece of crap), plus they have 3 Siebel consultants raking them over the coals. Siebel is a LOT more obscure than Linux!
it's funny...I'm the IT Director at my company, and the UNIX admin as well. People notice I don't do much..when they ask why, it's pretty much because UNIX runs perfectly. We have 24 IBM S-80's (AIX) running loads of shit. We have our worldwide printing queue running on a Pentium 200 running Linux (That's to print our Purchase Orders thru Oracle). Everything else runs on Linux. Except the Intranet and Lotus Notes which our MCSE set up. He's always fixing the Win boxes.He works his cajones off.
I'm the only one here who even knows what Linux is and because of me Linux is being pushed more and more. When the NT guy mentions a problem, I will sometimes say "Linux can solve that easily", he skulks away in shame, saying "NT is my job". Then I say, "What's stopping you from re-educating yourself?"
I went to school for Applied Linguistics, having always loved languages (not French or Spanish, but ones like Eskimo, Tagalog, Ewe (Niger-Congo))
and have studied them all through childhood.
At the same exact time I fell in love w/ Computers (Commodore Vic 20) and have done it ever since.
My degree satiated my love for langauges, although the idea of translating the new testament in the middle of the New Guinea jungle wasn't my idea of a goods time.
So, I used my knowledge of computers I learned all through life, and now have a job as Senior UNIX administrator for about 65 UNIX machines, as well as previously running an ISP/DataCenter for 5 years ( a learning experience in itself!)
Just follow your dreams...you'll find ways to use your talents
I've installed XP on a spare machine and have used it for almost 2 weeks. XP Pro. I hate it...very slow in comparison to Linux on the SAME machine
Windows security flaws in General..
I am not a Windows user, I use Linux.
I told him also about the "pay for use" model they had going on..I'm not sure if they changed that
The typical user does NOT get this information.
They are happily using their Hotmail accounts and have NO clue that these things exist. Sure, they might have it in PC World, or maybe the Technology section of the Times, but my MOTHER does not read these things. Only us geeks in the industry know ( we are a small percentage of the population).
Microsoft will fix this to appease the security experts, but that's about it.
As long as Joe Sixpack can stay happily ignorant, MS is happy. For example, one of my friends, a very intelligent Nuclear Physicist, just got suckered in to a CompUSA MegaPC w/ 1.2 GHZ, 1 GB RAM , DVD RAM and Windows XP for anout 5 Grand. He browses the web PERFECTLY fine on his 988 MHZ PC. He said the "pretty colors" of XP sold him. I told him of the security flaws and reasons for not going with XP (never mind the absolute non-necessity of the PC), and his response was "How come I haven't heard about these things you talk about?" I had no answer. That's how Microsoft stays in power. If we step outside the industry for a minute, we can see that Linux means nothing to most people, AOL IS the internet, and Windows IS a computer. How do we fix this? I don't know, but someone must.
Actually..it was load "*", 8, 1 which executed the program on cd...the load "$" was a directory listing :)
Ah yes..I had the Atari 800XL. I happened to love it, although not as much as my commodore. Ever get Antic magazine? I still have a box of old Antic magazine from 82-84
Am I the only one old enough to remember the Commodore Vic20 or C64? Blew DOS out of the water. Anyone remember load "$" ,8 ,1?
My first computer ever was a Commodore Pet my uncle bought me for Christmas in 1979. I never touched an IBM compatible until 1989 (in college). Then I was wondering why I was. Then I found Linux in 1993. I was glad.
Why not change your OS? Why use an inferior OS like Windows?
Trillian is Windows only! I'm assuming 90% of people on /. are Linux users, so you should specify which platform the program runs on. Linux has both Jabber and Everybuddy
I'm not a Windows user, so the Version of ICQ and AIM I use are aLOT smaler in size. I use GAIM and LICQ, which are products for Linux, which are both excellent
Unless you are being tounge-in-cheek, every single one of those problems can be and ARE solved. Who uses ext2 anymore? I've been using ReiserFS for a LONG time. Secondly, you can boot the entire Linux OS off of CD, a live file system. No fsck, just power up and power down.
You can't be rooted because the entire fs is on CD. Just have a hdd partition for the mp3's or what have you.
Download SUSE's Live CD to see exactly what I mean
It's a Windows only app. I don't think DirectX works on Win4Lin
I have a question that has been killing me since the beginning of all the M$ crap.
What did people use before Windows? Apple IIe's? Commodore 64's? Even Atari 800 XL's. I know of BUSINESSES that ran on Commie 64's. Why did everyone move to DOS without that learning curve?
What made people make the switch? I used my Commie 128 until 1992, when I found Linux. If Linux didnt exist, I would've moved to Windows due to no one making any more applications for the Commodore. No browser on a Commie (except lynx through a dialup). I made the switch because my platform was dead and buried. But that's me..MANY left WAY before 1992. Why? Can't those same scenario's work for Linux as well??
How come all the people who comment negatively about Linux or OpenSource do NOT use an OpenSource platform as their primary? I use Linux 98% of the time (and BeOS and FreeBSD when I'm in the mood).
I dont even use Windows at work even though we are an AIX server, Windows client house. I've seen more and more staff go the Linxu route..and I think it could be because I manage the department! Seeing a manager practive what he preaches goes a LONG way. I don't even consider Windows ports of GNU software 'real'. Always sub-par.
Why use vi on windows? Makes no sense to me..It's like putting a spoiler on a Hyundai.
Messes up your desktop??? The only time I have ever fscked up my Linux desktop is because of soemthing I have done incorrectly. Ctrl-Alt-Backspace restarts the X-windowing system
I like NetBSD alot...I might buy a DC from ebay now
I'm not a gamer, but doesn't the DC have a CDROM, and if so, is it possible to put linux on it?
Our company of 400 will be deploying all ThinClients (using LTSP) and a couple of our apps (like Siebel..UUGH!!!) which are windows only, are accesed through Citrix Anyway, so we will use the Linux Citrix client.... :)
Only the developers will get their own PC's as they tend to suck all the processor power
I have never done a play by play comparison between Solaris and AIX, but I prefer AIX. It's a breeze to set up, and the JFS is a dream. SMIT makes life easy. Solaris takes forever to install. Maybe the only REAL difference between the 2 platforms is the hardware. RISC vs PowerPC.
I've used SAM, and is a good app. But now I'm the Manager for an IBM infrastructure, and SMITTY is absolutely superb. Hell, Sun doesn't even HAVE a tool! Even dumb MCSE's can figure out SMIT.
I've been in this field for some 10 odd years, and never in mylife have I worked 80 hours. (Sometimes by choice, at home, but never "on the clock")
You have to lay out the rules in the begining.
I am now a director of technology, and I am Task oriented. If you have a specific task to do, and you're done for the day, go home! Why sit there and use the company's bandwidth? I don't believe in the "asses and elbows" method. At my company, we are ALL professionals, we all know what we have to do. Our Cisco guy only comes in when he has specific tasks to do when his physical presence is required. The rest of the time he's at home working remotely. Why have him sit in his cubicle for 8 hours? It never made sense to me. He's paid for his knowledge and technical expertise and for ALWAYS saving our ass. Some of our programmers prefer to work at the office. They say home has too many distractions. That's fine. I say "Only you know how you work best". I never care how a task is done. You can go home and pay your COUSIN to do the work. As long as I get the final product..I'm happy. Isn't that what it's all about? Results? That's why I have the best team. Everyone's happy. Sick days and personal days are just "symbols". There is no set schedule. 85% of our programmers work at 4 AM. Why make them bend to the 8:30-5:30 way of life when they are not as productive? As long as MY superiors see the results they want, they couldn't care less. EVERY company should work this way. You'll have happy, more productive professionals. Not burned out card punchers.
When you consider that 50% of gay males in NYC are HIV+ , you better BELIEVE they will discriminate!
This is fact! A gay male in NYC has a 85% chance of getting AIDS by the time they are 30 years of age!