that the change in IIS vs. Apache only happened in month? Look at the market share at netcraft here, you'll see that the sharp decline only happened in the past month. It's just an an exception, like what happened in November 2000.
I went searching around at electronics surplus stores (Active surplus in toronto is where I got a lot of stuff) and found old rack mount cases for my AT style stuff. For my newer machines, I just made shelves inside the case and layed the machines on horizontally. The same goes for my sun machines.
Also, if you want a cheap enclosure to hold all the rack mount gear, look for someone who is selling an old unix server case. That's what I did, and now all my stuff are inside of a Sparc Center 2000E case. The processing power inside of it is more than the origional server had. And, IMHO, it looks good too.
The site hasn't been slashdotted! That's a real testiment to the quality of their machines, and how well they do as web servers.
On a side note, I think I'm going to get one of these machines. Not only have I always wanted a sun machine, but if your a student, they'll give you 30-40%off the price!
Regards,
Jason
There's always room for JELLO!!! I still prefer the idea of holding gigabytes on a roll of Scotch Tape
Will we ever see this technology, no, probably not. The important thing to remember is that this is what is possible, and it might spark new ideas that will become possible. Ever thought about what it was like to be the first to propose the idea of personal computers? (Altair was the first to actually get one to the public, not sure who came up with the idea) PC's, what a weird concept eh?
My company has 17 offices throughout the world, with 9 exchange servers in various locations, and I will say, it is a management nightmare.There are practical uses for exchange though, the global address book, the public folders and the replication work extremely well (In my experience). Delegate permissions are great for secretaries, and exchange administrator is half decent.
The area that it crashes the most is when you have multiple site connectors (X.400 or microsofts own Site Connector), the MTA seems to go into a loop, and crashes it's self.
If you want a bullet proof system, try domino mail on an AS/400. It will allow you to use outlook, notes, pine, etc.. and the reliability is unmatched.
For those who say that it can't scale however, I have seen it scale to well over 25000 users, and that is more than enough headroom for growth in this particular situation
well, acording to the arin whois, the 24.0.0.0 address space is owned by the entire @home network. Your local @home provider only has a single subnet of that large class A.
Where I live, (Toronto, ON) we still have the option of using static or dynamic addressing. They both provide the same ip address, and with how many times their DHCP server goes on the blink, I am quite happy to use a static IP. In terms of security advantages, since both provide the same IP, I don't get any type of additional security.
One thing that you pointed out that must be re-mentioned. All of the people that are looking to do damage to your computer, are not after your computer individually. They are after a computer, with weak security, to have some fun with.
The Hacker Crackdown is Bruce Sterlings view on the world of hackerdom. It looks at Phiber Optik and Acid Phreak and the like, and tries to give the reader some insight into what goes on in the computer underground. If you have not read it, I strongly suggest you do, He is an amazing author, and if you have been a geek for a long time, you'll find find it that much more enjoyable. It was written in '92 so it is a bit more upto date.
Jason
(The.net should be.com if you want to e-mail me.)
Why would a company spend so much money retraining people to use a new OS or office productivity software suite when most people have some experience with Micro$oft products? If a company goes with Micro$soft, they instantly increase their ROI and user satisfaction. Most regular users that you find in the majority of offices don't want to learn a new OS. All they use the computer for is to get simple tasks done, and for them, Office is all they need. For the office I work for, I looked at switching to either Linux or Mac OS due to my frustrations with Win9x, or NT, and I found that I would be spending 25-30% more due to training and support costs. It's just not worth it in my opinion. That's my opinion, take it or leave it!
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that the change in IIS vs. Apache only happened in month? Look at the market share at netcraft here, you'll see that the sharp decline only happened in the past month. It's just an an exception, like what happened in November 2000.
I went searching around at electronics surplus stores (Active surplus in toronto is where I got a lot of stuff) and found old rack mount cases for my AT style stuff.
For my newer machines, I just made shelves inside the case and layed the machines on horizontally. The same goes for my sun machines.
Also, if you want a cheap enclosure to hold all the rack mount gear, look for someone who is selling an old unix server case. That's what I did, and now all my stuff are inside of a Sparc Center 2000E case. The processing power inside of it is more than the origional server had. And, IMHO, it looks good too.
Jason
The site hasn't been slashdotted! That's a real testiment to the quality of their machines, and how well they do as web servers.
On a side note, I think I'm going to get one of these machines. Not only have I always wanted a sun machine, but if your a student, they'll give you 30-40%off the price!
Regards,
Jason
There's always room for JELLO!!!
I still prefer the idea of holding gigabytes on a roll of Scotch Tape
Will we ever see this technology, no, probably not. The important thing to remember is that this is what is possible, and it might spark new ideas that will become possible. Ever thought about what it was like to be the first to propose the idea of personal computers? (Altair was the first to actually get one to the public, not sure who came up with the idea) PC's, what a weird concept eh?
My company has 17 offices throughout the world, with 9 exchange servers in various locations, and I will say, it is a management nightmare.There are practical uses for exchange though, the global address book, the public folders and the replication work extremely well (In my experience). Delegate permissions are great for secretaries, and exchange administrator is half decent.
The area that it crashes the most is when you have multiple site connectors (X.400 or microsofts own Site Connector), the MTA seems to go into a loop, and crashes it's self.
If you want a bullet proof system, try domino mail on an AS/400. It will allow you to use outlook, notes, pine, etc.. and the reliability is unmatched.
For those who say that it can't scale however, I have seen it scale to well over 25000 users, and that is more than enough headroom for growth in this particular situation
Welcome to the department of redundancy department. (Former U.S. government arm, now private orginaization)
well, acording to the arin whois, the 24.0.0.0 address space is owned by the entire @home network. Your local @home provider only has a single subnet of that large class A.
Where I live, (Toronto, ON) we still have the option of using static or dynamic addressing. They both provide the same ip address, and with how many times their DHCP server goes on the blink, I am quite happy to use a static IP. In terms of security advantages, since both provide the same IP, I don't get any type of additional security.
One thing that you pointed out that must be re-mentioned. All of the people that are looking to do damage to your computer, are not after your computer individually. They are after a computer, with weak security, to have some fun with.
That's my $.02
just enter root@127.0.0.1 as your e-mail address. It'll backfire on them nicely! regards
The Hacker Crackdown is Bruce Sterlings view on the world of hackerdom. It looks at Phiber Optik and Acid Phreak and the like, and tries to give the reader some insight into what goes on in the computer underground. If you have not read it, I strongly suggest you do, He is an amazing author, and if you have been a geek for a long time, you'll find find it that much more enjoyable. It was written in '92 so it is a bit more upto date. Jason (The .net should be .com if you want to e-mail me.)
Why would a company spend so much money retraining people to use a new OS or office productivity software suite when most people have some experience with Micro$oft products? If a company goes with Micro$soft, they instantly increase their ROI and user satisfaction. Most regular users that you find in the majority of offices don't want to learn a new OS. All they use the computer for is to get simple tasks done, and for them, Office is all they need. For the office I work for, I looked at switching to either Linux or Mac OS due to my frustrations with Win9x, or NT, and I found that I would be spending 25-30% more due to training and support costs. It's just not worth it in my opinion. That's my opinion, take it or leave it!