IBM Global Services, any consulting company and most "enterprise" software companies.
If you get into implementing SANs, deploying apps like Tivoli or SAP, or something highly specialized, you'll get to travel.
Hint: Ask any travelling consultant how they like travelling -- they don't. One of my colleagues had to fly from Virginia to Oregon for staff meetings... it sucks.
Sysprep installation images can encapsulate all of your apps and you just reimage to restore. The Microsoft licensing/activation crap does not apply to corporate users.
IBM has a program called ImageUltra that will let you make modular images.
Once you build the images you need, you can rebuild workstations in 5-15 minutes without administrator intervention.
There is no legitimate reason for backing up workstations -- they should be as "throwaway" as possible. Backing them up is doing nothing but wasting time and money.
It is a "budget" server as compared to similar offerings from Dell, IBM, etc.
I agree that the article is trash though. The guy spends more time talking about how to choose a mouse than how he choose the IDE controller.
But consider the source. Since Firingsquad is a gamer news site, they cobbled together a server out of whatever free shit vendors mailed in to them... hence the nonsense about how Logitech makes the best keyboard in the universe.
Don't forget the extra saftey costs. And the liability you will incur.
In many cities, you can be grandfathered in and not have to meet all sorts of safety codes.
So keeping some ancient and dangerous elevator systems running is probaly more cost effective than making building modifications to make the building safe from a fire & saftey code point of view.
Plenty of old building sites in the US will never be torn down or rebuilt, because everybody in a 50-mile radius will sue when the chemicals inside are released.
Trivial? You haven't thought about the problem too much.
Do you know what the most powerful software-based property management system was 25 years ago? Or what platform/OS it ran on?
The New York county that I live in has property records dating back to the mid 1600's preserved. NYC on the other hand, lost all sorts of records -- mostly tax stuff during 9/11.
Open standards mean nothing if you have never heard of them.
You are assuming that everyone abides by licensing agreements. A quick search on Kazaa will demonstrate quickly that that is not the case.
Let's say I produce and GPL a software package that manages a doctor's office. My code is up on the internet and some schmuck downloads my code and integrates it in his closed source doctor's office application, which he sells to doctors in another part of the country.
How do I know that he is violating my license? The guy using my code could be in Scranton, PA, Los Angeles or New Delhi.
I don't - he stole my work. Whether or not I make my money on software licensing or support, how is it in my interest to give my work away?
Unions don't always corellate to high prices. If IT dorks had the brains to have unionize years ago, we probally wouldn't be seeing the hardware industry move to East Asia and the software industry move to India and Eastern Europe.
For example, Verizon Wireless is non-union, yet is the most expensive cellular provider in the industry.
If you have ever worked in a large company, you've seen the absurd situations that arise when cost-cutting Nazis come to town.
You underestimate the complexity of US government.
The telcos have very close relationships with state and city Public Service Commissions (which were created to regulate Ma Bell) and state legislatures. They own or share ownership of the utility poles and conduits with energy utilities, and competition needs to go through state government to obtain access to those resources.
You also presume that the telephone company is going to convert every line to DSL... How cheap is VOIP when you need to pay $50/mo for the IP? In case you haven't noticed, the telcos have done a great job at maintaining artifically high prices for DSL for the last decade, with no end in sight.
Universal VOIP will not happen in the next 25 years. The pathetic thing is that by then places like Sub-Saharan Africa and Vietnam will have a more robust telecom infrastructure.
The only reason you would need an actual service provider is to connect to 'legacy' telephone networks or to offer services like voicemail.
That's a pretty big deal, considering there are like 500 million "legacy" phone lines in the US alone...
Traditional telecom will never allow VoIP to take off... telephone companies are huge employers in just about every state. They'll lobby congress and state legislatures and have VoIP taxed out of business.
Why? Verizon, SBC, etc are addicted to that $20-50/mo they make on residental service.
Holy cow! Where have you been all of these years! Has anyone ever told you that you are a true-blue absolutely amazing genius!
Code is the implementation of design, fucktard. No matter what your UML diagram says, one or more bugs in critical parts of a design can lead to a security breach...
The marketing tactics of PBS, the Sierra Club, etc and the tax-deductibility of contributions have ripped the souls out of american charity.
The Sierra Club was once an actual club, with meetings where members actually met and discussed whatever they discussed. Now it's just a place to send a check.
Today, charity is an industry with a large percentage of contributions supported a well-paid bureaucracy skimming off the top.
Well I'm glad the you have thought out the implications of what you are saying.
But do realize that doing what you propose would have far-reaching affects on all sorts of intellectual pursuits including writing and speech.
I would counter propose that something akin to a PE's "stamp" would be required to certify the design, development process, and functionality of hardware or software systems for certain areas. You already see these kinds of standards applied to automotive and aerospace applications.
But holding the authors of OpenSSH legally liable for a software flaw would have a chilling effect on the technology industry and halt progress in many areas.
Also keep in mind that liability encourages conservatism. The code that controls the navigation and control systems of the F-22 fighter is both highly reliable and secure... but the design and implementation phases have taken hundreds of engineers and programmers nearly 25 years to nearly complete.
My grandfather told me to be careful of what I wish for. That advice definately applies here.
The actual message is that Gates isn't an idiot who thinks that anyone can write a "perfect" large-scale project. If you think for a second that Unix & Linux are perfect systems, I have a bridge to sell you.
Just out of curiosity, who do you blame when Linux machines get rooted via the SSH holes discovered last month?
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IBM Global Services, any consulting company and most "enterprise" software companies.
If you get into implementing SANs, deploying apps like Tivoli or SAP, or something highly specialized, you'll get to travel.
Hint: Ask any travelling consultant how they like travelling -- they don't. One of my colleagues had to fly from Virginia to Oregon for staff meetings... it sucks.
How is Red Hat going to deal with the multiple free distributions that are bound to start eating at your market/mindshare?
The only thing the makes your "Enterprise" sustainable is the support of commercial software vendors like Oracle, IBM, etc.
What happens when Oracle decides that it's easier to provide their OWN distro for running Oracle?
It seems to me like RedHat is turning its back on the community and throwing itself to the wolves.
Apple makes good PCs and uber-Walkmen, but they aptly demonstrate that they are not a serious server vendor.
If you want funky looking hardware, buy Sun. Otherwise Linux or BSD on commidity equipment is the way to go.
Find a professor who is in a position of power (ie brings in money)
Sell him on it, and set it up for his department. Once you do that, you have a shot at getting at the administration that way.
Sysprep installation images can encapsulate all of your apps and you just reimage to restore. The Microsoft licensing/activation crap does not apply to corporate users.
IBM has a program called ImageUltra that will let you make modular images.
Once you build the images you need, you can rebuild workstations in 5-15 minutes without administrator intervention.
There is no legitimate reason for backing up workstations -- they should be as "throwaway" as possible. Backing them up is doing nothing but wasting time and money.
It is a "budget" server as compared to similar offerings from Dell, IBM, etc.
I agree that the article is trash though. The guy spends more time talking about how to choose a mouse than how he choose the IDE controller.
But consider the source. Since Firingsquad is a gamer news site, they cobbled together a server out of whatever free shit vendors mailed in to them... hence the nonsense about how Logitech makes the best keyboard in the universe.
We cannot allow our children to be injured by microwave radiation! We must stop this by suing anyone with an idea similar to this!
Why are we even wasting time thinking about lunar power generation while there are homeless people right here in the USA!
Don't forget the extra saftey costs. And the liability you will incur.
In many cities, you can be grandfathered in and not have to meet all sorts of safety codes.
So keeping some ancient and dangerous elevator systems running is probaly more cost effective than making building modifications to make the building safe from a fire & saftey code point of view.
Plenty of old building sites in the US will never be torn down or rebuilt, because everybody in a 50-mile radius will sue when the chemicals inside are released.
Mainframe infallibility is a myth. There are plenty of crappy mainframe deployments runing shitty code out there.
You can purchase multiple top-notch Unix or Intel equipment sets for less than 20% of the mainframe annual support costs!
Why do you think big blue is hyping virtual linux?
For all the fuss over one-click... has anyone actually used it?
Personally, I find it to be the stupidest way of ordering anything.
Trivial? You haven't thought about the problem too much.
Do you know what the most powerful software-based property management system was 25 years ago? Or what platform/OS it ran on?
The New York county that I live in has property records dating back to the mid 1600's preserved. NYC on the other hand, lost all sorts of records -- mostly tax stuff during 9/11.
Open standards mean nothing if you have never heard of them.
If you are trying to be funny, try again.
How likely is it that a 15 year old Audi gets great mileage and has low emissions?
You are assuming that everyone abides by licensing agreements. A quick search on Kazaa will demonstrate quickly that that is not the case.
Let's say I produce and GPL a software package that manages a doctor's office. My code is up on the internet and some schmuck downloads my code and integrates it in his closed source doctor's office application, which he sells to doctors in another part of the country.
How do I know that he is violating my license? The guy using my code could be in Scranton, PA, Los Angeles or New Delhi.
I don't - he stole my work. Whether or not I make my money on software licensing or support, how is it in my interest to give my work away?
Personal injury lawyers get between 25 and 40% of settlements...
Ever wonder why so many lawyers drive $100,000 cars?
Unions don't always corellate to high prices. If IT dorks had the brains to have unionize years ago, we probally wouldn't be seeing the hardware industry move to East Asia and the software industry move to India and Eastern Europe.
For example, Verizon Wireless is non-union, yet is the most expensive cellular provider in the industry.
If you have ever worked in a large company, you've seen the absurd situations that arise when cost-cutting Nazis come to town.
You underestimate the complexity of US government.
The telcos have very close relationships with state and city Public Service Commissions (which were created to regulate Ma Bell) and state legislatures. They own or share ownership of the utility poles and conduits with energy utilities, and competition needs to go through state government to obtain access to those resources.
You also presume that the telephone company is going to convert every line to DSL... How cheap is VOIP when you need to pay $50/mo for the IP? In case you haven't noticed, the telcos have done a great job at maintaining artifically high prices for DSL for the last decade, with no end in sight.
Universal VOIP will not happen in the next 25 years. The pathetic thing is that by then places like Sub-Saharan Africa and Vietnam will have a more robust telecom infrastructure.
The only reason you would need an actual service provider is to connect to 'legacy' telephone networks or to offer services like voicemail.
That's a pretty big deal, considering there are like 500 million "legacy" phone lines in the US alone...
Traditional telecom will never allow VoIP to take off... telephone companies are huge employers in just about every state. They'll lobby congress and state legislatures and have VoIP taxed out of business.
Why? Verizon, SBC, etc are addicted to that $20-50/mo they make on residental service.
The problem is, the "open source community" isn't as large as you think it is.
Most linux users are basically leeches, particularly those in large corps that companies like IBM is marketing.
Holy cow! Where have you been all of these years! Has anyone ever told you that you are a true-blue absolutely amazing genius!
Code is the implementation of design, fucktard. No matter what your UML diagram says, one or more bugs in critical parts of a design can lead to a security breach...
The marketing tactics of PBS, the Sierra Club, etc and the tax-deductibility of contributions have ripped the souls out of american charity.
The Sierra Club was once an actual club, with meetings where members actually met and discussed whatever they discussed. Now it's just a place to send a check.
Today, charity is an industry with a large percentage of contributions supported a well-paid bureaucracy skimming off the top.
Network congestion in the long run doesn't really matter. There is a glut of bandwidth out there.
"Stopping spam at the source" is about as effective as "just say no". Spam won't go away until SMTP is modified to require MTAs to sign transmissions.
Well I'm glad the you have thought out the implications of what you are saying.
But do realize that doing what you propose would have far-reaching affects on all sorts of intellectual pursuits including writing and speech.
I would counter propose that something akin to a PE's "stamp" would be required to certify the design, development process, and functionality of hardware or software systems for certain areas. You already see these kinds of standards applied to automotive and aerospace applications.
But holding the authors of OpenSSH legally liable for a software flaw would have a chilling effect on the technology industry and halt progress in many areas.
Also keep in mind that liability encourages conservatism. The code that controls the navigation and control systems of the F-22 fighter is both highly reliable and secure... but the design and implementation phases have taken hundreds of engineers and programmers nearly 25 years to nearly complete.
My grandfather told me to be careful of what I wish for. That advice definately applies here.
Whoever came up with SSH.
If the OpenSSH team is "responsible" for the compromising of my server, then I can sue them for any damages suffered as a result of the hack.
Think about the implications of what you say before you say something.
You seem to be the only person around here who gets it as far as what security really is.
The Blaster worm was a good thing in that a major flaw which basically rendered permissions irrelevant is now fixed just about everywhere...
The recent RPC bugs have been around since NT 3.51. Do you honestly believe that real hackers have not been taking advantage of that fact for years?
The actual message is that Gates isn't an idiot who thinks that anyone can write a "perfect" large-scale project. If you think for a second that Unix & Linux are perfect systems, I have a bridge to sell you.
Just out of curiosity, who do you blame when Linux machines get rooted via the SSH holes discovered last month?