I work at a very small CLEC in NJ and competing with VZ is rough business only because they control EVERYTHING. Retail hold top tier and Wholesale UNE (Unbundled Network Element) is shit. VZ (Verizon) treats our networks like garbage taking down DS3s OC12/48s and lines for maintenance whenever they feel the need and mostly when unnecessary. It is a great feeling when VZ customers move over to us and take their numbers with them. Being able to LNP cell phone numbers would be a major blow to ILECS such as VZ. Because ILECS control the infrastructure (e.g.: cell phone towers, local PSTN switching equipment etc.) they will be forced to cut costs if LNP goes info effect. I mean come on!! I would LOVE to keep the same telephone number and get cingular with 10000 free minutes a month for 50 bucks. LNP is what makes the little guys like us compete with ILECS. The FCC along with the federal government did what they needed to break up MA BELL in the early 80s, but what it did was create a super power of Baby bells that dominated regions of the US. When the government finally ruled to allow other local carriers to compete in the same market by use of sharing/leasing ILEC equipment at a fraction of the cost it began to frighten ILECS. LNP is the next progression and I really hope it works even though land line portability is not without flaws it works for the better of industry by allowing a broad range of competition.
For the purpose of providing an ounce of clarity, and I am trying from an unbiased view. I have VZ cell service because its the best,
To each his own. I enjoy that I have the option of tweaking an application the way I want it it work, however the real question lies with this:
How many end users, meaning workstation users actually do this? I want the ability to install a powerful desktop management software tool like gnome2, however I cant justify clouting my system with libraries that remain even after a "full" removal. We get into the very same problem we saw back in windows 3.11 where removing a program REALLY didnt remove all of its contents. What we are looking for is a system that doesnt need to cleaned, but one which is self contained within a packaging system. Ximian has the right idea and thats why i will wait until they put out GNOME 2.0, rather than painfully going though each rpm, each tgz, each bz2 file. It just plain sucks, Ximian offers a CLEAN approach to installing GNOME2.0. To them and however they do make money, I say thank you!
All the linux community wants is easy package management that handles dependencies somewhat transparent. For those of you who have wasted hours of your precious life trying to install these components separately, my hat goes off to you...
Beware, the trend of OSS is in danger by commercial entities claiming stake to what is rightfully GPL'ed...SLASHDOT I do believe this another issue.
It looks as though at this particular point HP needs to look at its management. There comes a time when the directors need to look at the decisions that are being made. Fiorina has been struggling with making decisions that will lead HP. This merger will only complicate things. HP needs to stick to its core business - Network Computers, Desktop Computers, and peripherals (printers ect.). Getting out of the PC will be disasterous.
1) Get rid of HP/Unix, follow IBM and start using a widely accepted network OS (Linux).
2) Smaller and more intuitive designs for the desktop computer will be successful in re-branding the HP name in the minds of consumers, follow Apple.
Being innovative can come from the results from other companies successes, follow Microsoft. They have had a very very awesome business strategy. It does not matter what they put out, because businesses and end users know that they will be there tomorrow. HP is losing ground by complaining PUBLICLY what is wrong. Enough press statements and more action.
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I work at a very small CLEC in NJ and competing with VZ is rough business only because they control EVERYTHING. Retail hold top tier and Wholesale UNE (Unbundled Network Element) is shit. VZ (Verizon) treats our networks like garbage taking down DS3s OC12/48s and lines for maintenance whenever they feel the need and mostly when unnecessary. It is a great feeling when VZ customers move over to us and take their numbers with them. Being able to LNP cell phone numbers would be a major blow to ILECS such as VZ. Because ILECS control the infrastructure (e.g.: cell phone towers, local PSTN switching equipment etc.) they will be forced to cut costs if LNP goes info effect. I mean come on!! I would LOVE to keep the same telephone number and get cingular with 10000 free minutes a month for 50 bucks. LNP is what makes the little guys like us compete with ILECS. The FCC along with the federal government did what they needed to break up MA BELL in the early 80s, but what it did was create a super power of Baby bells that dominated regions of the US. When the government finally ruled to allow other local carriers to compete in the same market by use of sharing/leasing ILEC equipment at a fraction of the cost it began to frighten ILECS. LNP is the next progression and I really hope it works even though land line portability is not without flaws it works for the better of industry by allowing a broad range of competition.
For the purpose of providing an ounce of clarity, and I am trying from an unbiased view. I have VZ cell service because its the best,
To each his own. I enjoy that I have the option of tweaking an application the way I want it it work, however the real question lies with this:
How many end users, meaning workstation users actually do this? I want the ability to install a powerful desktop management software tool like gnome2, however I cant justify clouting my system with libraries that remain even after a "full" removal. We get into the very same problem we saw back in windows 3.11 where removing a program REALLY didnt remove all of its contents. What we are looking for is a system that doesnt need to cleaned, but one which is self contained within a packaging system. Ximian has the right idea and thats why i will wait until they put out GNOME 2.0, rather than painfully going though each rpm, each tgz, each bz2 file. It just plain sucks, Ximian offers a CLEAN approach to installing GNOME2.0. To them and however they do make money, I say thank you!
All the linux community wants is easy package management that handles dependencies somewhat transparent. For those of you who have wasted hours of your precious life trying to install these components separately, my hat goes off to you...
Beware, the trend of OSS is in danger by commercial entities claiming stake to what is rightfully GPL'ed...SLASHDOT I do believe this another issue.
FreeBSD AND Mandrake you guys ROCK!!
It looks as though at this particular point HP needs to look at its management. There comes a time when the directors need to look at the decisions that are being made. Fiorina has been struggling with making decisions that will lead HP. This merger will only complicate things. HP needs to stick to its core business - Network Computers, Desktop Computers, and peripherals (printers ect.). Getting out of the PC will be disasterous.
1) Get rid of HP/Unix, follow IBM and start using a widely accepted network OS (Linux).
2) Smaller and more intuitive designs for the desktop computer will be successful in re-branding the HP name in the minds of consumers, follow Apple.
Being innovative can come from the results from other companies successes, follow Microsoft. They have had a very very awesome business strategy. It does not matter what they put out, because businesses and end users know that they will be there tomorrow. HP is losing ground by complaining PUBLICLY what is wrong. Enough press statements and more action.