Inter-Tel is pretty much the only vendor I have worked with that has a reliable VOIP solution. I have never seen a Cisco, Avaya or Panasonic system actually work as advertised in the real world. I have configured installed and supported PBX nad VOIP solutions with all these vendors. Inter-Tel has excellent training facilites and instructors at Inter-Tel university in Pheonix. If you have not looked at an Inter-Tel solution, you probably should. They have everyone beat on technology by a wide margin. Expect to pay more for it however.
I support Inter-Tel PBX systems. The only way to update and backup voice processor data and software is 3.5 floppies. There are LOTS of OEM hardware that have nothing to do with PCs that will need the support of floppies for MANY years to come. It is already a pain to find laptops with a working floppy drives and a 9-pin serial port for RS-232. Many USB conversion devices do not work with older 16-bit applications used to support older systems. PBX systems are meant to last 10-20 years. This is a constant problem for us.
I am still using my origional from 1984. There is simply no other keyboard that has the same tactile response and satifying clickity-clack. Every time I go to a job they seem to think it is a little wierd that I am carrying around this 35 lb ancient keyboard, but there is simpley nothing else that will work for me. The thing is industructable. It has outlasted many pets, girlfriends, and jobs. Even dropped it off a moving commuter train at one point. A conductor was nice enought to pick it up on his way back and it had nary a scratch on it. I love this thing! I can't emagine what you would have to do to one of these things to need a replacement...
publicly funded radio playing underground and loval music for over 20 years. I have been listening every morning for a while now. Nothing else on earth comes even close. This is the last radio station worth listening to anywhere. Check it out and if you like it, support it. It is our only hope!!
I am kind of in the same boat as this poster, and have decided after about 6 years of programming professionally, that it is time to get a degree. I have been programming recreationally from about the time I learned to read, but dropped out of high school. While I like to think I am pretty good and I have had no problem finding and retaining a job, I AM BORED! BORED BORED BORED BORED! I am dying to study higher math. I can't wait to start modeling physics. I would love to see how I can apply biology to software design. Really, once I found a book on linear algebra last month there was no looking back. I have to go to school. There are too many exciting things to study. The economy is going to be crap for a while anyways. Building business java beans is going to turn me into an empty shell soon. I am not really looking for a degree. I just want to keep from going insane. Luckily I can pay for a year of tution at URI in about a week of consulting.
I do developement in both Windows and Linux in C, Perl, VB, and Java. I have been programming on various systems from childhood, but I am self tought. I have picked up Knuth and I find the math a bit intimidating. I never remember having to study in math class in high school, but ihas been about 5 years sinse I have really studied. Can anyone point me at a good reference to get up to speed on the kind of math encountered in this series? I am very, very interested in learning, but I am not sure where to start. I have your basic advanced high school math background. Any suggestions?
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But who was letting (begging) them to make increasingly bad bets in the name of increased home ownership, hmmmm?
Yeah, That same decision worked out great for Lycos.
You don't spend 80 hours in the chair to follow the crowd. It's art and you suffer for it.
Take a look at the entry level Inter-Tel systems. Rock solid reliability and hardware. Terrible adminsitration and support tools.
Inter-Tel is pretty much the only vendor I have worked with that has a reliable VOIP solution. I have never seen a Cisco, Avaya or Panasonic system actually work as advertised in the real world. I have configured installed and supported PBX nad VOIP solutions with all these vendors. Inter-Tel has excellent training facilites and instructors at Inter-Tel university in Pheonix. If you have not looked at an Inter-Tel solution, you probably should. They have everyone beat on technology by a wide margin. Expect to pay more for it however.
I support Inter-Tel PBX systems. The only way to update and backup voice processor data and software is 3.5 floppies. There are LOTS of OEM hardware that have nothing to do with PCs that will need the support of floppies for MANY years to come. It is already a pain to find laptops with a working floppy drives and a 9-pin serial port for RS-232. Many USB conversion devices do not work with older 16-bit applications used to support older systems. PBX systems are meant to last 10-20 years. This is a constant problem for us.
I am still using my origional from 1984. There is simply no other keyboard that has the same tactile response and satifying clickity-clack. Every time I go to a job they seem to think it is a little wierd that I am carrying around this 35 lb ancient keyboard, but there is simpley nothing else that will work for me. The thing is industructable. It has outlasted many pets, girlfriends, and jobs. Even dropped it off a moving commuter train at one point. A conductor was nice enought to pick it up on his way back and it had nary a scratch on it. I love this thing! I can't emagine what you would have to do to one of these things to need a replacement...
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publicly funded radio playing underground and loval music for over 20 years. I have been listening every morning for a while now. Nothing else on earth comes even close. This is the last radio station worth listening to anywhere. Check it out and if you like it, support it. It is our only hope!!
Not to mention the seemingly infinite context-sesitive documentation available with one key press.
Christ, I spend a year of my life reading all 20 Patrick O'Brien books back to back. I wish there were more. :(
I am kind of in the same boat as this poster, and have decided after about 6 years of programming professionally, that it is time to get a degree. I have been programming recreationally from about the time I learned to read, but dropped out of high school. While I like to think I am pretty good and I have had no problem finding and retaining a job, I AM BORED! BORED BORED BORED BORED! I am dying to study higher math. I can't wait to start modeling physics. I would love to see how I can apply biology to software design. Really, once I found a book on linear algebra last month there was no looking back. I have to go to school. There are too many exciting things to study. The economy is going to be crap for a while anyways. Building business java beans is going to turn me into an empty shell soon. I am not really looking for a degree. I just want to keep from going insane. Luckily I can pay for a year of tution at URI in about a week of consulting.
I do developement in both Windows and Linux in C, Perl, VB, and Java. I have been programming on various systems from childhood, but I am self tought. I have picked up Knuth and I find the math a bit intimidating. I never remember having to study in math class in high school, but ihas been about 5 years sinse I have really studied. Can anyone point me at a good reference to get up to speed on the kind of math encountered in this series? I am very, very interested in learning, but I am not sure where to start. I have your basic advanced high school math background. Any suggestions?