Idiot's who can't work a proper tape system are the problem. I've managed and worked with a tape system with TB's of data on it and it worked beautifully. There was never an issue where I couldn't pull data off the tapes. As for the auto backup software not working well that's not a very good excuse from any IT guy / girl. Do you not have monitor software running reporting the state for processes on all the desktop computers, so when the back up software isn't running you can get an email and go start it. Lazy IT operates make tapes unreliable.
When I was an IT guy we backed up once per week doing a full computer image of desktop + server every Wednsebury. We kept 4 weeks of backup's on hand and we had auto back up software when ever files were changed that did almost what you could call SCM and backed up every new edit of a file with stored revisions. This was all done to Tape.
If I didn't reread my code then maybe. Also I don't do any OO programming and GCC has a syntax checker and would let me know sub minute that error existed.
Visual Studio is a horrible IDE, an IDE should be sleek, trim and quick, everything Visual Studio is not. All you need to program is a good text editor ( gedit / vim ) and a good compiler such as gcc. Microsoft hides behind a bloated IDE and calls it a development environment, I have yet to see a programmer working in an IDE who can out program a real programmer using the text editor and compiler combo.
You can download and easily install the font from Microsoft in Linux with little effort. Linux has far better font support then Windows just people don't want to take the very little amount of needed effort to install them.
I've sadly been forced to use Visual Studio for school and it is one of the slowest and most bloated IDE's ever. When you write code you need a text editor of some kind, vim or gedit and a compiler + linker such as gcc. A good programmer on using a editor + compiler will be more productive then any programmer falling back to IDE's.
There is no reason I can think of that I would need to use Windows or Microsoft Office for anything. Libre Office fills my document editing needs, Linux fills my OS needs and when I have to do project work any 1/2 decent Gantt program will do just fine. Gaming can be covered by transgaming and all other windows program can be installed with Wine to some degree of functionality. So in short, I can't really think of any reason to use Microsoft products other then to waste money.
The UI to a program or operating system is completely independent of the underlying technology, so there's no reason I can't have a computer that looks like an Amiga workbench but can run all modern Windows programs, for example.
If you want a GUI that can move across every OS and will operate the same way on every OS then write it yourself.
The Windows 7 interface is no better. There is NO "classic" option, and that would take literally a day to create and could have been had for free if you'd just left things as they were.
Windows 7 does have a classic mode and it does disable the absolute pointless crap they added to the GUI. If your losing that much time using the desktop in Windows 7 then XP the problem isn't the GUI it's you not being able to adapt. I really doubt your so absolutely efficient at using your computer that even having to use a mouse to open a program is going to cost you so much time that it's a complete chore.
My Office is LibreOffice mainly because it doesn't do that "intelligent menu" crap and works for everything I need in work or at home.
I completely agree, the worst thing Microsoft office ever did was add that stupid ribbon, it actually does make office harder to use. Future more there is NO point to paying for software when you can get completely capable programs for free, this Includes Windows as Linux is more then capable on replacing it.
I don't think were to set, but I would say the current released GUI designs just work. Changing what works just leaves users unhappy, that's what all these new GUI's are doing, there changing the happy desktop into a new system that just doesn't catch us. It doesn't mean were set but it does mean there making to many changes to quickly and it's not leaving the users with an effective experience.
After reading the article I have only two major things to point out against FreeBSD which I feel is why it's losing out. First of all the installer is a mess, I've only ever been able to boot the installer in safe mode and I've never been able to finish a full install of the system, I've tried about 10 times. Now I've been in the IRC channel and they keep telling my drives have a faulty IDE controllers and etc.... but seriously if Linux can install perfectly fine then there is no reason FreeBSD shouldn't be able to.
The second thing I want to point is the learning curve is incredible. They say the learning the curve for Gentoo Linux is big but it doesn't hold a candle to FreeBSD, not even close. If they made the FreeBSD system operate more like a Linux system then I think this could also help.
In closing I think if they just cleaned up the installer and the base system to be more Linux like, doesn't have to be GUI based, they could probably convert a lot of Linux users over. .
IT is the solution, they should be right on getting the fix rolled out. At a very minimum every IT "professional" should have the ability to roll out a patch / diff fix and to fix programs at the source code level. If the CIO is saying no to Red Hat then it's not really an issue as even an IT coop should be more then capable of managing a decent Linux install. As long as all the servers are running the same distro then just write a decent script to manage the bug fixes for you, as in your drop a patch into a folder and it get applies company wide.
Here we see the classic development methods and cycle failing to produce the correct work on time. If they would skip the code reviews and strict programming practices they could get products turned out a lot faster.and at better quality, this is why agile methods are so much better, more work get produced, faster and less time is spent playing with your self over documentation.
But he's not an apple user, he makes use of apple technology to fit his needs, I'm talking about true apples users that buy only apple products because there "apple" made. your dad would be able to use a playbook with the same level of comfort.
Why are apple users so happy with there products. From what I can think of they all involve a lack of buttons or ports, all involve a very high price for what really are pretty blah stats and there shinny. It's like marketing to 5 year old boys "It's shinny and I want it cause it's big mommy" Thats about all apples good at doing. However it works, stupid people will always buy before they think and an Apple user will buy before they can afford to eat.
I know it would take time to configure but you could get it tuned to exactly how you like and then never have to worry or wonder about it again. Gentoo is bar none the best distro on the market.
I don't know either but in this case I have to blame the media face of the music industry and that right now is the record stores and the online music companys like iTunes .
I know but the point is that iTunes is missing music, That was an example of a band I can contact but there are a lot of black metal bands that I can't because of language issues and such. iTunes is getting better then they were but there still a long way off from being a complete music store.
Personally, I don't believe overly in privacy. The fact I'm on the net in the first place is enough of a reason to just be honest with my self that all my info is available for anyone who wants it. If your really worried about your freedoms then you can't be on the internet, you can't have credit cards, forget having a phone, you can't drive a car and etc... etc... etc... Everything you do in today's society is track-able and traceable. No matter how much a fuss you want to start it wont solve anything. Dealing with the fact that your government or even you neighbor can know everything about it just a healthy reality.
So really my library knowing what books I checked out is completely nothing to worry about, Infact my favorite books are computer book and electronic engineering books. I love to eat Sushi and my first name is Andrew and I'm 6 feet tall. There, now I've put information public and really is anything going to happen from it, NO.
Please can think what they want but privacy is a dead concept, just live your life and deal with it.
the lord weird slough feg, There is a band that iTunes is missing music from. Thats just one example. You can search a lot of extreme black metal bands that also don't appear.
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Saves time and effort, this is a great overall idea.
Idiot's who can't work a proper tape system are the problem. I've managed and worked with a tape system with TB's of data on it and it worked beautifully. There was never an issue where I couldn't pull data off the tapes. As for the auto backup software not working well that's not a very good excuse from any IT guy / girl. Do you not have monitor software running reporting the state for processes on all the desktop computers, so when the back up software isn't running you can get an email and go start it. Lazy IT operates make tapes unreliable.
When I was an IT guy we backed up once per week doing a full computer image of desktop + server every Wednsebury. We kept 4 weeks of backup's on hand and we had auto back up software when ever files were changed that did almost what you could call SCM and backed up every new edit of a file with stored revisions. This was all done to Tape.
If I didn't reread my code then maybe. Also I don't do any OO programming and GCC has a syntax checker and would let me know sub minute that error existed.
Visual Studio is a horrible IDE, an IDE should be sleek, trim and quick, everything Visual Studio is not. All you need to program is a good text editor ( gedit / vim ) and a good compiler such as gcc. Microsoft hides behind a bloated IDE and calls it a development environment, I have yet to see a programmer working in an IDE who can out program a real programmer using the text editor and compiler combo.
You can download and easily install the font from Microsoft in Linux with little effort. Linux has far better font support then Windows just people don't want to take the very little amount of needed effort to install them.
Your joking right?
I've sadly been forced to use Visual Studio for school and it is one of the slowest and most bloated IDE's ever. When you write code you need a text editor of some kind, vim or gedit and a compiler + linker such as gcc. A good programmer on using a editor + compiler will be more productive then any programmer falling back to IDE's.
There is no reason I can think of that I would need to use Windows or Microsoft Office for anything. Libre Office fills my document editing needs, Linux fills my OS needs and when I have to do project work any 1/2 decent Gantt program will do just fine. Gaming can be covered by transgaming and all other windows program can be installed with Wine to some degree of functionality. So in short, I can't really think of any reason to use Microsoft products other then to waste money.
The UI to a program or operating system is completely independent of the underlying technology, so there's no reason I can't have a computer that looks like an Amiga workbench but can run all modern Windows programs, for example.
If you want a GUI that can move across every OS and will operate the same way on every OS then write it yourself.
The Windows 7 interface is no better. There is NO "classic" option, and that would take literally a day to create and could have been had for free if you'd just left things as they were.
Windows 7 does have a classic mode and it does disable the absolute pointless crap they added to the GUI. If your losing that much time using the desktop in Windows 7 then XP the problem isn't the GUI it's you not being able to adapt. I really doubt your so absolutely efficient at using your computer that even having to use a mouse to open a program is going to cost you so much time that it's a complete chore.
My Office is LibreOffice mainly because it doesn't do that "intelligent menu" crap and works for everything I need in work or at home.
I completely agree, the worst thing Microsoft office ever did was add that stupid ribbon, it actually does make office harder to use. Future more there is NO point to paying for software when you can get completely capable programs for free, this Includes Windows as Linux is more then capable on replacing it.
I don't think were to set, but I would say the current released GUI designs just work. Changing what works just leaves users unhappy, that's what all these new GUI's are doing, there changing the happy desktop into a new system that just doesn't catch us. It doesn't mean were set but it does mean there making to many changes to quickly and it's not leaving the users with an effective experience.
After reading the article I have only two major things to point out against FreeBSD which I feel is why it's losing out. First of all the installer is a mess, I've only ever been able to boot the installer in safe mode and I've never been able to finish a full install of the system, I've tried about 10 times. Now I've been in the IRC channel and they keep telling my drives have a faulty IDE controllers and etc.... but seriously if Linux can install perfectly fine then there is no reason FreeBSD shouldn't be able to.
The second thing I want to point is the learning curve is incredible. They say the learning the curve for Gentoo Linux is big but it doesn't hold a candle to FreeBSD, not even close. If they made the FreeBSD system operate more like a Linux system then I think this could also help.
In closing I think if they just cleaned up the installer and the base system to be more Linux like, doesn't have to be GUI based, they could probably convert a lot of Linux users over. .
IT is the solution, they should be right on getting the fix rolled out. At a very minimum every IT "professional" should have the ability to roll out a patch / diff fix and to fix programs at the source code level. If the CIO is saying no to Red Hat then it's not really an issue as even an IT coop should be more then capable of managing a decent Linux install. As long as all the servers are running the same distro then just write a decent script to manage the bug fixes for you, as in your drop a patch into a folder and it get applies company wide.
After I downloaded 100YB of ebooks my reader was hard to carry.
No, I wrote it because thats the truth. But you just showed the fall of traditional method's, document the problem but not actually fix anything :-).
Here we see the classic development methods and cycle failing to produce the correct work on time. If they would skip the code reviews and strict programming practices they could get products turned out a lot faster.and at better quality, this is why agile methods are so much better, more work get produced, faster and less time is spent playing with your self over documentation.
Time for everyone to learn agile development and working methods :-)
But he's not an apple user, he makes use of apple technology to fit his needs, I'm talking about true apples users that buy only apple products because there "apple" made. your dad would be able to use a playbook with the same level of comfort.
Why are apple users so happy with there products. From what I can think of they all involve a lack of buttons or ports, all involve a very high price for what really are pretty blah stats and there shinny. It's like marketing to 5 year old boys "It's shinny and I want it cause it's big mommy" Thats about all apples good at doing. However it works, stupid people will always buy before they think and an Apple user will buy before they can afford to eat.
I know it would take time to configure but you could get it tuned to exactly how you like and then never have to worry or wonder about it again. Gentoo is bar none the best distro on the market.
On a serious question, how do you quantify that number to mean anything?
I don't know either but in this case I have to blame the media face of the music industry and that right now is the record stores and the online music companys like iTunes .
I know but the point is that iTunes is missing music, That was an example of a band I can contact but there are a lot of black metal bands that I can't because of language issues and such. iTunes is getting better then they were but there still a long way off from being a complete music store.
People, not please.
Personally, I don't believe overly in privacy. The fact I'm on the net in the first place is enough of a reason to just be honest with my self that all my info is available for anyone who wants it. If your really worried about your freedoms then you can't be on the internet, you can't have credit cards, forget having a phone, you can't drive a car and etc... etc... etc... Everything you do in today's society is track-able and traceable. No matter how much a fuss you want to start it wont solve anything. Dealing with the fact that your government or even you neighbor can know everything about it just a healthy reality.
So really my library knowing what books I checked out is completely nothing to worry about, Infact my favorite books are computer book and electronic engineering books. I love to eat Sushi and my first name is Andrew and I'm 6 feet tall. There, now I've put information public and really is anything going to happen from it, NO.
Please can think what they want but privacy is a dead concept, just live your life and deal with it.
the lord weird slough feg, There is a band that iTunes is missing music from. Thats just one example. You can search a lot of extreme black metal bands that also don't appear.