The company I work for, Software Architects, Inc. budgets quite a bit towards education. All of the new hires go through a 3 week "boot camp" where they take classes on all of the hot technologies for 10 hours a day, 6 days a week. Topics include Java, XML, OOD, servlets, C#, etc.
Education opportunities are constantly made available for all employees. Books and other materials are also paid for, as well as the cost of certification exams. All employees are encouraged to earn one new certification per year.
Training is key to maintaining quality employees in IT... Smart companies will provide as much as they can.
These guys may hate dot coms, but they do seem to be pretty good at web design. Ooops... Wait a minute... The links to the PDFs are dead... hmmmmm. Oh well, maybe they should put up an ad banner or something for the slashdotting they are about to receive!
I'd like to see Kasparov take this beast on. Will they do anything high-profile with this computer? I mean, science is great and research is an invaluable asset, but could they host a solid 128 man deathmatch on a huge map?
Apple owns the specs to those CODECs and has absolutely no obligation, reason, or interest in releasing them to 'the community'. I'm sure someone can purchase those specs to create their own player if they'd like, but no one will. They won't because then they would have to charge money for their application. They can't charge money, because as soon as a skilled Linux developer charges for something, the community doesn't like them and will start a "free the ____" campaign. Sometimes you just have to suck it up and pay for a product. This is a lesson that most of the Linux community needs to learn - just because Linux is getting popular doesn't mean that developers must climb aboard the open source bandwagon in order to create a good product.
This is the big, big difference folks. This is what makes Windows different than everything else. Sure, better performance in T operating system and more stability in operating system Q, but none of that matters if it takes three or four times as long to do even the simplest of administrative tasks. People won't start using Linux in mass numbers and especially not as their main desktop OS until they can configure absolutely everything they could want to by simply going into into the control panel. Linuxconf and the others are a good start, but their interfaces suck compared to windows. If nothing else, you've got to give MS credit when it comes down to the GUI.
No, actually 'alot' is not a word at all. The verb you are thinking of is spelled 'allot'. You should probably check the dictionary before you attack someone.:)
Yes, this is a very good thing because whether their products are good or not, they are a huge company. Any huge company that wants to throw some support at Linux is cool with me.
All these companies merge and then just take one of the names. Sometimes they put a slash (/) between the names & use the compound name. I think they should all come up with new names to use. What's with @stake? l0pht was a leet name and now they went and screwed it up. Yeah, I read that l0pht will still be around, but they should have given @stake a reet name before they merged. How about @5T4K3? Any ideas?
As far as I know, the PalmOS is doing better than WinCrashEasily or the other competitors... I've heard that the government is backing Palm (distributing pilots?) and they're going public on the 1st of Feb. CE machines look nice, but they just aren't as effective as the Pilot. Plus, the next PalmOS is going to be in color.
Of course... there already is a Linux for the Pilot...:)
Well, this article tells us everything that we already knew to be true & didn't really offer much insight. Sure RedHat 'came in last' but it was up against some tough competition. Win2K is the easiest to use (GUI-wise), Novell is by far the fastest, SCO is solid, and Linux offers a very good balance of everything at an affordable price. I don't see this as a 'bad' article for the Linux community at all.
I've built a lot of computer systems and my advice to you is to forget about the dual processors and go for SCSI. Unless you're going for hardcore processing power (which normal users generally aren't; except for gamers, of course), stick with one 433 celeron and drop some extra cash on SCSI. You can get a card for about $140 plus a small hard drive (2GB) for $100. You may want to check ebay for an even better deal. Believe me, the difference between using IDE for your main drive vs. SCSI is unbelievable! It's definitely worth the extra cash!
I found this post to be rather interesting but I know the story behind Linux virii. What I want to know about are virii that exist on the Mac and BeOS platforms. Do they exist? Are they a major problem? What are the technical details behind their existance or lack thereof?
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The company I work for, Software Architects, Inc. budgets quite a bit towards education. All of the new hires go through a 3 week "boot camp" where they take classes on all of the hot technologies for 10 hours a day, 6 days a week. Topics include Java, XML, OOD, servlets, C#, etc.
Education opportunities are constantly made available for all employees. Books and other materials are also paid for, as well as the cost of certification exams. All employees are encouraged to earn one new certification per year.
Training is key to maintaining quality employees in IT... Smart companies will provide as much as they can.
These guys may hate dot coms, but they do seem to be pretty good at web design. Ooops... Wait a minute... The links to the PDFs are dead... hmmmmm. Oh well, maybe they should put up an ad banner or something for the slashdotting they are about to receive!
I'd like to see Kasparov take this beast on. Will they do anything high-profile with this computer? I mean, science is great and research is an invaluable asset, but could they host a solid 128 man deathmatch on a huge map?
Apple owns the specs to those CODECs and has absolutely no obligation, reason, or interest in releasing them to 'the community'. I'm sure someone can purchase those specs to create their own player if they'd like, but no one will. They won't because then they would have to charge money for their application. They can't charge money, because as soon as a skilled Linux developer charges for something, the community doesn't like them and will start a "free the ____" campaign. Sometimes you just have to suck it up and pay for a product. This is a lesson that most of the Linux community needs to learn - just because Linux is getting popular doesn't mean that developers must climb aboard the open source bandwagon in order to create a good product.
This is the big, big difference folks. This is what makes Windows different than everything else. Sure, better performance in T operating system and more stability in operating system Q, but none of that matters if it takes three or four times as long to do even the simplest of administrative tasks. People won't start using Linux in mass numbers and especially not as their main desktop OS until they can configure absolutely everything they could want to by simply going into into the control panel. Linuxconf and the others are a good start, but their interfaces suck compared to windows. If nothing else, you've got to give MS credit when it comes down to the GUI.
No, actually 'alot' is not a word at all. The verb you are thinking of is spelled 'allot'. You should probably check the dictionary before you attack someone. :)
Yes, this is a very good thing because whether their products are good or not, they are a huge company. Any huge company that wants to throw some support at Linux is cool with me.
All these companies merge and then just take one of the names. Sometimes they put a slash (/) between the names & use the compound name. I think they should all come up with new names to use. What's with @stake? l0pht was a leet name and now they went and screwed it up. Yeah, I read that l0pht will still be around, but they should have given @stake a reet name before they merged. How about @5T4K3? Any ideas?
As far as I know, the PalmOS is doing better than WinCrashEasily or the other competitors... I've heard that the government is backing Palm (distributing pilots?) and they're going public on the 1st of Feb. CE machines look nice, but they just aren't as effective as the Pilot. Plus, the next PalmOS is going to be in color.
:)
Of course... there already is a Linux for the Pilot...
Well, this article tells us everything that we already knew to be true & didn't really offer much insight. Sure RedHat 'came in last' but it was up against some tough competition. Win2K is the easiest to use (GUI-wise), Novell is by far the fastest, SCO is solid, and Linux offers a very good balance of everything at an affordable price. I don't see this as a 'bad' article for the Linux community at all.
I've built a lot of computer systems and my advice to you is to forget about the dual processors and go for SCSI. Unless you're going for hardcore processing power (which normal users generally aren't; except for gamers, of course), stick with one 433 celeron and drop some extra cash on SCSI. You can get a card for about $140 plus a small hard drive (2GB) for $100. You may want to check ebay for an even better deal. Believe me, the difference between using IDE for your main drive vs. SCSI is unbelievable! It's definitely worth the extra cash!
I found this post to be rather interesting but I know the story behind Linux virii. What I want to know about are virii that exist on the Mac and BeOS platforms. Do they exist? Are they a major problem? What are the technical details behind their existance or lack thereof?