What's scarier is the extent to which biological weapons have been "buried" in the public mind.
The US developed biological weapons less than 40 miles from Manhattan during the cold war, and the Russians developed all sorts of nasty biological agents.
The Soviets even deployed bio-weapons against the Nazis during WW2.
Super programmers often hurt a team more than they help.
Alot of brilliant engineers and programmers are brilliant for a good reason: their brains are wired to intuitively grasp what mediocre programmers need to explicitly think about.
There's a downside to that as well; namely that those individuals do not have the best communications and personal skills.
You need to work cross-platform. If you are selling appications and don't offer Windows support, you're essentially cutting out a huge slice of the market.
Once upon a time, the government didn't regulate the possession of anything.
Then in the wake of gang violence in the early 20th century, machine guns were effectively banned by requiring sellers to obtain a tax stamp that was never issued. Sounds reasonable, right?
That law started a trend of overbearing government that continues to this day. Today offenses like posession of eagle feathers, possession of perscription drugs in an unmarked container and copyright infringement often yield more serious punishments than violent crimes like rape or manslaughter.
You can use MySQL on Windows too, so cross off teh SQL Server or add a DB2 or Oracle install to the Linux example.
Also, Red Hat Enterprise ES Server ranges in price from $450 to $1,000 depending on the configuration and features installed. That price includes 1 year of upgrades. Microsoft provides updates for free for the life of the product.
You could do an example with Debian, Gentoo, Slackware or Fedora where the OS cost is zero. But even in that case, you tend to need more skilled (and more expensive) admins to care and feed that environment.
And as far as your binary compatability nonsense goes, tell IBM, Oracle, CA and other vendors about that -- they all have apps that break with minor changes to GLibc and bigger changes to threading libraries.
I think that the most interesting thing about the all MS vs. Unix affair is that Linux has all but killed the Unix vendors and encouraged enterprise users to migrate away from RISC and towards x86 hardware.
Companies don't give a shit about open source. They want cheap. And Microsoft will find a way to present their TCO as being less than Linux.
Linux delivered the last computer market, high end computing, to Microsoft lock, stock and barrel.
Linux has a real stability and consistency problem when it comes to competing distros and running binary applications that you do not have the source code to.
Add to that the proprietary modifications and vastly inflated prices of the dominant Linux vendor and you have a confused customer base that is more comfortable with the consistent Microsoft product lines.
Those lines are bullshit. You'll see those entries in everything from Windows to Solaris to AIX to VMS, unless you buy some super-duper service contract.
Programmers may have written applications using deprecated APIs or utilities that will be broken by an ungrade.
Usually people develop embedded systems on Windows to save money or to get a nice GUI frontend for that ancient embedded DOS application.
Microsoft has traditionally bent over backwards to maintain compatability with previous releases of Windows and DOS, but those days are coming to an end in the name of security.
Yes, a bait-and-switch strategy where you sell 30,000,000 shares so that insiders can dump 20,000,000 unreported, overhyped shares is no big deal at all.
Capitalism is "buy low, sell high". The rest is detail.
High-dollar Federal grants generally require that you adhere to some sort of standardized purchasing practice.
Competitive bidding isn't simply "Ok, this guy said he can do it for $50, he wins."
When you issue an RFP for others to come in and do work, you have to weigh various factors in your scoring.
Price is one factor. Experience and hardware features are another. You might assign bonus points to companies that allowed for a few students to take part in the implementation.
In other words, you need a process that makes the vendors do their homework and get you reliable prices and statements of work. Otherwise, contracts have a habit of going to the best salesmen with the coolest swag.
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Have you done business with ebay in the last 3-4 years?
What's scarier is the extent to which biological weapons have been "buried" in the public mind.
The US developed biological weapons less than 40 miles from Manhattan during the cold war, and the Russians developed all sorts of nasty biological agents.
The Soviets even deployed bio-weapons against the Nazis during WW2.
Shell scripts aren't linking directly to the library, so GPL shouldn't be an issue to the OP.
Super programmers often hurt a team more than they help.
Alot of brilliant engineers and programmers are brilliant for a good reason: their brains are wired to intuitively grasp what mediocre programmers need to explicitly think about.
There's a downside to that as well; namely that those individuals do not have the best communications and personal skills.
Sorry for being off-topic, but yours is probably the best Slashdot post I've read in 2-3 years.
Thanks.
You need to work cross-platform. If you are selling appications and don't offer Windows support, you're essentially cutting out a huge slice of the market.
Micro$oft is still evil! Debian fixed everythin 12 years ago! Mozilla cannot have security bugs!
OSS r00lz!
Brushed aluminum has been proven to increase the performance of just about anything.
The brushed aluminum wing on my Corolla has made it a speed machine on par with any Porsche
Insurance companies and their lobbists are pretty tight with the state and federal legislators.
Rest assured, whatever is in their best interest will become law.
The reason for the low insurance is low costs, not mileage.
Motorcycle riders involved in accidents dont' tend to need as much medical attention as car and truck drivers -- because they're usually dead.
They could have ticketed drivers for speeding on toll roads during the days of paper tickets if desired.
Fortunately, most toll roads are operated by public authorities, and state legislatures have limited influence over their regulations in most states.
Ever hear of the slippery slope?
Once upon a time, the government didn't regulate the possession of anything.
Then in the wake of gang violence in the early 20th century, machine guns were effectively banned by requiring sellers to obtain a tax stamp that was never issued. Sounds reasonable, right?
That law started a trend of overbearing government that continues to this day. Today offenses like posession of eagle feathers, possession of perscription drugs in an unmarked container and copyright infringement often yield more serious punishments than violent crimes like rape or manslaughter.
You can use MySQL on Windows too, so cross off teh SQL Server or add a DB2 or Oracle install to the Linux example.
Also, Red Hat Enterprise ES Server ranges in price from $450 to $1,000 depending on the configuration and features installed. That price includes 1 year of upgrades. Microsoft provides updates for free for the life of the product.
You could do an example with Debian, Gentoo, Slackware or Fedora where the OS cost is zero. But even in that case, you tend to need more skilled (and more expensive) admins to care and feed that environment.
And as far as your binary compatability nonsense goes, tell IBM, Oracle, CA and other vendors about that -- they all have apps that break with minor changes to GLibc and bigger changes to threading libraries.
I think that the most interesting thing about the all MS vs. Unix affair is that Linux has all but killed the Unix vendors and encouraged enterprise users to migrate away from RISC and towards x86 hardware.
Companies don't give a shit about open source. They want cheap. And Microsoft will find a way to present their TCO as being less than Linux.
Linux delivered the last computer market, high end computing, to Microsoft lock, stock and barrel.
Linux has a real stability and consistency problem when it comes to competing distros and running binary applications that you do not have the source code to.
Add to that the proprietary modifications and vastly inflated prices of the dominant Linux vendor and you have a confused customer base that is more comfortable with the consistent Microsoft product lines.
Great... sounds like the microsoft of old is back. I haven't been in any screaming matches with the NT admins in awhile.
Unlikely.
http://www.ibm.com/tivoli
Those lines are bullshit. You'll see those entries in everything from Windows to Solaris to AIX to VMS, unless you buy some super-duper service contract.
Programmers may have written applications using deprecated APIs or utilities that will be broken by an ungrade.
Usually people develop embedded systems on Windows to save money or to get a nice GUI frontend for that ancient embedded DOS application.
Microsoft has traditionally bent over backwards to maintain compatability with previous releases of Windows and DOS, but those days are coming to an end in the name of security.
Does SCO own any of this intellectual property?
Yes, a bait-and-switch strategy where you sell 30,000,000 shares so that insiders can dump 20,000,000 unreported, overhyped shares is no big deal at all.
Which makes Penguin's decision even more retarded.... they had to change the title of the book because the original title is a porn site.
Yet they rename it to a name that is owned by someone else??? How idiotic!
Capitalism is "buy low, sell high". The rest is detail.
High-dollar Federal grants generally require that you adhere to some sort of standardized purchasing practice.
Competitive bidding isn't simply "Ok, this guy said he can do it for $50, he wins."
When you issue an RFP for others to come in and do work, you have to weigh various factors in your scoring.
Price is one factor. Experience and hardware features are another. You might assign bonus points to companies that allowed for a few students to take part in the implementation.
In other words, you need a process that makes the vendors do their homework and get you reliable prices and statements of work. Otherwise, contracts have a habit of going to the best salesmen with the coolest swag.
No shit.
Here's how it works. You get 5 or 6 technical staff and managers, at least 3 of whom are not involved with the proposals.
Then you Request Proposals via a sealed bid.
You then come up with a scoring worksheet; you weigh cost, implementation track record, hardware or whatever other factors are important to you.
Then each person scores the proposals and you meet to go over them and come up with an overall ranking.
It may seem drawn out, but its a system that works well AND controls costs.
Have the companies submit bids... then compare them and make a decision.
This isn't rocket science.