And you didn't say what environment or situation you were in either. You made a blanket statement that mysql was a viable alternative to MSSQL.
My point was in response to your statement, not your specific need or project. I made no judgement call either way to your specific situation. Just the first half. I wasn't shooting my mouth off at all.
I'm a huge mysql fan but it in no way compares to mssql or oracle or postgres. You CAN use innodb or another table type but the default table type has none of the features that mssql or any other ACID compliant database has.
If you want something comparable in the OSS arena, use postgres or hell even SAPDB but don't spout ignorance in a feeble attempt at fanboy karma whoring.
True. True. The recent discussion on the financial viability of Linux gaming companies was interesting as well.
I know TheKompany (why does this name bother me so much? heh) is breaking even but at least it seems he has a handle on a viable linux business market.
Well even if he were, it makes no difference. I was simply pointing out that, at a time when the majority of the people in this country (the U.S.) were spending time with their family (as was I until I got sucked into checking my email...DAMN MY GEEKY WAYS!), Shawn was answering customer questions.
Just because someone doesn't celebrate Christmas doesn't mean they don't enjoy the time off;)
I disagree. I'm a Kapital customer and even on Christmas eve, Shawn was responding to messages on the mailing list from users who had questions about Kapital.
He has consistantly listened to ideas from his customers and has discussed the feasability of each option.
There was a nice healthy discussion regarding distributing Kapital as a statically linked application recently. While I didn't like his answer or agree with the end result, he DID participate and give his reasoning in a clear manner and with extreme consideration to the customer.
But then again look at the Reflector mailing list archives.
These idiots can't even run the listserv properly. They have countless amounts of spam and virus attempts.
I'm just surprised at how stupid some companies can be some times. Did you know several years ago they actually WANTED to host the hardware list themselves but they couldn't figure out if the ISP would let them run CGI's or not.
He is proposing using a strikeback system that exploits the remote hosts' vulnerability (the same one that allowed it to become infected in the first place) to render the attacker dead.
So yes, Virginia, you can kill a remote process. it was started remotely in the first place.
The funny thing is I'm wondering how many people actually USE the SCO binary emulation support anymore? It was useful before Oracle actually had a native port but is there any tool out there that's SCO only that doesn't have a port for Linux or something in the OSS world that matches up?
I realize that this may not be the ONLY thing SCO is going to use but it's the first thing that came to mind.
C-Dilla/Macrovision safedisc/spyware/malware doesn't work with VMWare. It's a known problem. It can't actually write to sector 32 of a physical hard disk because you don't HAVE one. That's how it works.
And you do realize that the people who got the most back from the tax cuts were the people THAT ACTUALLY PAID TAXES?
Christ, the low income people who got checks back never actually paid taxes. Explain that to me!
This progressive tax bullshit is one step closer that America takes to moving from a Federal Republic to a Socialist state.
You want to talk about immoral taxation? Let's talk about the death tax. You get taxed on your earnings all your life. Then when you go to leave something to your children, it gets taxed again!
How is that proper?
And fuck social security. If SS were run by an insurance company, it would be shut down in a heartbeat because it's nothing more than a ponzi scheme.
You would also realise that in terms of informal communication, alot is perfectly acceptable, as is ain't and using a number (such as 0) in place of a letter (such as O).
Are you saying that inheritance is a bad thing? I would like to think that I can leave the fruits of my labor to my children. I earned it and I should be able to do with as I wish.
You MUST be a democrat considering you throw that richest 1% mantra around like gospel. You do realize that those people are also the ones who contribute most to the economy through further investments? It would only make sense that those with the most money to invest would own the most stock!
And yes I am looking at the smaller picture. That's the only one that concerns me. I'm selfish. If you are willing to give up your own for someone else then that is your right. Just as it is my right to get what I can and be happy. As long as I don't infringe on your rights and abilities to do the same then I've done nothing wrong.
I'm also not running scared. Competition is what makes people, not just products and companies, better. If I have to spend my entire life competing with the person down the street to be able to retire happily, then I will.
You seem to be missing a big thing here. You can change all of these things you are complaining about. It's a fairly simple process. Become a CEO. Become a shareholder. Become one of the people you seem to villify with class warfare at every turn. I have a feeling you'll think differently when you get there.
While I wouldn't normally feed a troll, I figure it might be fun for once.
My tech skills ARE basically irrelevent in the grand scheme of things. I'm simply a cog in a machine. I can be replaced at anytime. I'm fully aware of that. The best I can do is prolong that replacement.
I will, however, disagree that I make no difference whatsoever to someone else in the world. I make a difference to my family and the family of the girlfriend I have and will marry. I will make a difference to my children. They will make a difference to the people they love and interact with in life. The cycle will continue as long as my family line does. Did my grandfather make a big difference in the world? Nope. He did however marry my grandmother which spawned my parents. I also have an uncle from that same family line who fought in the Gulf War and was a high ranker in the USMC.
I'm also a valuable member of my local society as someone who not only spends money in his local economy but also does his part in helping the environment by recycling. Again, it's small potatoes but every little bit helps.
And it seems I've made a contribution in your life as well. I made enough of a point that you felt compelled to respond to it!
Considering my parent's leech off me (which I don't mind considering I leeched off them for the first 18 years of my life), I don't really see what the last part of your post has to do with anything.
By the way, I don't post on slashdot often enough to derive any pride. I'm actually not a prideful person at all considering everything I've done in my life. I could probably be even more arrogant but I think I'll just sit here (on my "fat ass" as you call it) and enjoy the fact that I'm happy!
Are you saying that *I* am a socially retarded Farscape marathon watching dork? I don't consider myself socially retarded but I have been known to watch farscape occasionally. I'm not that unkempt though.
You seem to be of the opinion that you are ENTITLED to a specific wage. I don't really remember that part of the Constitution.
It bascially sounds like you are scared. Scared that you can't have the things you want. Scared that you are becoming irrelevant.
I have no delusions, sir. I realize that if I want ANYTHING in this world, I have to work for it. I have to earn it. I can't rest on my laurels. I have to continue to improve myself and make myself marketable. If I can't do that, then I can't have those things.
You see, I don't make alot of money. I probably make a bit less than the average sysadmin (according to some salary polls I've read) but you want to know the interesting fact?
When my co-worker was laid off, I got worried. I went into my boss' office and asked him about it. I said that co-worker was a good worker and I wish we could have kept him. I also asked how far off *I* was from the chopping block if we had to let go such a good worker. You know what he told me?
Co-worker was a dime a dozen. He WAS a good worker and knew his job. But that was all he knew. He had no skills other than those that the company could use elsewhere. He wasn't making a difference and offered no value-add. Myself, on the otherhand, I was told that I continued to explore various cost-saving avenues and ways to make the company more productive through IT. I had made myself a valuable member of the company.
That was two years ago. I still have a job. We haven't replaced that position yet but I'm still here.
If you feel like your livelihood is being dragged down by people like me, then maybe you need a lifestyle change.
The problem is that they CAN'T jump to another company for better pay. The current H1B program is modern slavery. If the companies knew that the work they just brought over could leave at a moment's notice and go elsewhere for better pay, they might actually pay them a competitive salary.
I want to second this motion. As others have said (encouragingly I might add) elsewhere in this thread, do you REALLY think the jackass MCSE point and click monkey deserves to make as much money as you?
Being a geek is about alot of things but one thing I've always found is that you stand on your own merits. Take opensource software. Alot of people code for the notoriety. The respect and admiration of your peers. In the business world, that translates to salary and bonus.
No offense to the guy next to me (not that there is one) but if I can do his job AND mine and do it better, then by all means, hand him a pink slip and give me part of his salary. The company is saving money and I'm making more. I'm being rewarded for doing a good job.
I'm waiting for the cost of EVERYTHING ever made to go up.
Thanks!
I don't make enough as it is and now you want me to pay more for things? Oh and it might not be the best quality because they were FORCED to hire someone who was UNDERQUALIFIED.
I guess your answer is to that is that now I'll be making more money because a glorious union lord will be "fighting" for my "rights" to make more money. Don't worry about that bubble thing forming in the distance. We'll be okay. We'll get out before it goes POP!
And what says you are entitled to that savings? The person who says that probably has no desire to rise above and set themselves apart from the rest of the paper MCSEs in the world.
Why does everyone think the are entitled to something? That's the REAL problem with the U.S. right now. Everyone wants a handout and doesn't want to work for anything.
Here's a reality check for you. The savings is INTENDED to be absorbed by the CEOs and the shareholders. That's why they became shareholders and CEOs. The shareholders invest in a company. The CEO is rewarded for making the shareholders money. Shareholders invest now have more money to invest. More investment drives more jobs which drives the economy.
You're saying you don't WANT a strong economy? How anti-american is THAT?
And what's wrong with that? Sometimes life calls for a career change. It's not easy but you do what you have to do to survive. When you start asking for handouts, you start infringing on MY rights to earn a living.
I'm not saying the H1B program couldn't do with some reform but you seem to ignore the fact that when a company is faced with increasing restrictions, they eventually jump ship and move operations to another country all together. Then where are we left? Higher unemployment.
The Communciations Worker's Union has tried this for years. They see a revenue stream passing them by in the tech industry and have been trying to jump on it.
Take your socialism elsewhere. When you can compete on your own merits and not drag my livelyhood down because you feel "entitled" to something, then you can come back and play with the high-achievers.
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good point ;) It IS running just fine though
have had it emerged since yesterday ;)
It's actually "troll".
Seriously, ask anyone from "Da UP" and see what they say.
I can get away with this by the way. I'm engaged to a Saginawian (okay..i made that word up)
And you didn't say what environment or situation you were in either. You made a blanket statement that mysql was a viable alternative to MSSQL.
My point was in response to your statement, not your specific need or project. I made no judgement call either way to your specific situation. Just the first half. I wasn't shooting my mouth off at all.
And you, sir, are full of shit.
I'm a huge mysql fan but it in no way compares to mssql or oracle or postgres. You CAN use innodb or another table type but the default table type has none of the features that mssql or any other ACID compliant database has.
If you want something comparable in the OSS arena, use postgres or hell even SAPDB but don't spout ignorance in a feeble attempt at fanboy karma whoring.
I always called it "Fischer-Price My First Operating System" hehe
Do you have ssh access to your mail server? If so, just forward local traffic on port 25 through the tunnel to the remote machine.
ssh -L25:remotemachinename:25 remotemachinename
Works like a champ. I tunnel my IMAP and SMTP connections this way.
True. True. The recent discussion on the financial viability of Linux gaming companies was interesting as well.
I know TheKompany (why does this name bother me so much? heh) is breaking even but at least it seems he has a handle on a viable linux business market.
Well even if he were, it makes no difference. I was simply pointing out that, at a time when the majority of the people in this country (the U.S.) were spending time with their family (as was I until I got sucked into checking my email...DAMN MY GEEKY WAYS!), Shawn was answering customer questions.
;)
Just because someone doesn't celebrate Christmas doesn't mean they don't enjoy the time off
I disagree. I'm a Kapital customer and even on Christmas eve, Shawn was responding to messages on the mailing list from users who had questions about Kapital.
He has consistantly listened to ideas from his customers and has discussed the feasability of each option.
There was a nice healthy discussion regarding distributing Kapital as a statically linked application recently. While I didn't like his answer or agree with the end result, he DID participate and give his reasoning in a clear manner and with extreme consideration to the customer.
Okay I'm going to go out on a limb and ask:
How in the fuck is this offtopic?
Does PCI-SIG have a few people who read slashdot now?
But then again look at the Reflector mailing list archives.
These idiots can't even run the listserv properly. They have countless amounts of spam and virus attempts.
I'm just surprised at how stupid some companies can be some times. Did you know several years ago they actually WANTED to host the hardware list themselves but they couldn't figure out if the ISP would let them run CGI's or not.
have you not read anything?
He is proposing using a strikeback system that exploits the remote hosts' vulnerability (the same one that allowed it to become infected in the first place) to render the attacker dead.
So yes, Virginia, you can kill a remote process. it was started remotely in the first place.
The funny thing is I'm wondering how many people actually USE the SCO binary emulation support anymore? It was useful before Oracle actually had a native port but is there any tool out there that's SCO only that doesn't have a port for Linux or something in the OSS world that matches up?
I realize that this may not be the ONLY thing SCO is going to use but it's the first thing that came to mind.
Nice try but it won't work.
C-Dilla/Macrovision safedisc/spyware/malware doesn't work with VMWare. It's a known problem. It can't actually write to sector 32 of a physical hard disk because you don't HAVE one. That's how it works.
And you do realize that the people who got the most back from the tax cuts were the people THAT ACTUALLY PAID TAXES?
Christ, the low income people who got checks back never actually paid taxes. Explain that to me!
This progressive tax bullshit is one step closer that America takes to moving from a Federal Republic to a Socialist state.
You want to talk about immoral taxation? Let's talk about the death tax. You get taxed on your earnings all your life. Then when you go to leave something to your children, it gets taxed again!
How is that proper?
And fuck social security. If SS were run by an insurance company, it would be shut down in a heartbeat because it's nothing more than a ponzi scheme.
You would also realise that in terms of informal communication, alot is perfectly acceptable, as is ain't and using a number (such as 0) in place of a letter (such as O).
Are you saying that inheritance is a bad thing? I would like to think that I can leave the fruits of my labor to my children. I earned it and I should be able to do with as I wish.
You MUST be a democrat considering you throw that richest 1% mantra around like gospel. You do realize that those people are also the ones who contribute most to the economy through further investments? It would only make sense that those with the most money to invest would own the most stock!
And yes I am looking at the smaller picture. That's the only one that concerns me. I'm selfish. If you are willing to give up your own for someone else then that is your right. Just as it is my right to get what I can and be happy. As long as I don't infringe on your rights and abilities to do the same then I've done nothing wrong.
I'm also not running scared. Competition is what makes people, not just products and companies, better. If I have to spend my entire life competing with the person down the street to be able to retire happily, then I will.
You seem to be missing a big thing here. You can change all of these things you are complaining about. It's a fairly simple process. Become a CEO. Become a shareholder. Become one of the people you seem to villify with class warfare at every turn. I have a feeling you'll think differently when you get there.
While I wouldn't normally feed a troll, I figure it might be fun for once.
My tech skills ARE basically irrelevent in the grand scheme of things. I'm simply a cog in a machine. I can be replaced at anytime. I'm fully aware of that. The best I can do is prolong that replacement.
I will, however, disagree that I make no difference whatsoever to someone else in the world. I make a difference to my family and the family of the girlfriend I have and will marry. I will make a difference to my children. They will make a difference to the people they love and interact with in life. The cycle will continue as long as my family line does. Did my grandfather make a big difference in the world? Nope. He did however marry my grandmother which spawned my parents. I also have an uncle from that same family line who fought in the Gulf War and was a high ranker in the USMC.
I'm also a valuable member of my local society as someone who not only spends money in his local economy but also does his part in helping the environment by recycling. Again, it's small potatoes but every little bit helps.
And it seems I've made a contribution in your life as well. I made enough of a point that you felt compelled to respond to it!
Considering my parent's leech off me (which I don't mind considering I leeched off them for the first 18 years of my life), I don't really see what the last part of your post has to do with anything.
By the way, I don't post on slashdot often enough to derive any pride. I'm actually not a prideful person at all considering everything I've done in my life. I could probably be even more arrogant but I think I'll just sit here (on my "fat ass" as you call it) and enjoy the fact that I'm happy!
I see.
Are you saying that *I* am a socially retarded Farscape marathon watching dork? I don't consider myself socially retarded but I have been known to watch farscape occasionally. I'm not that unkempt though.
You seem to be of the opinion that you are ENTITLED to a specific wage. I don't really remember that part of the Constitution.
It bascially sounds like you are scared. Scared that you can't have the things you want. Scared that you are becoming irrelevant.
I have no delusions, sir. I realize that if I want ANYTHING in this world, I have to work for it. I have to earn it. I can't rest on my laurels. I have to continue to improve myself and make myself marketable. If I can't do that, then I can't have those things.
You see, I don't make alot of money. I probably make a bit less than the average sysadmin (according to some salary polls I've read) but you want to know the interesting fact?
When my co-worker was laid off, I got worried. I went into my boss' office and asked him about it. I said that co-worker was a good worker and I wish we could have kept him. I also asked how far off *I* was from the chopping block if we had to let go such a good worker. You know what he told me?
Co-worker was a dime a dozen. He WAS a good worker and knew his job. But that was all he knew. He had no skills other than those that the company could use elsewhere. He wasn't making a difference and offered no value-add. Myself, on the otherhand, I was told that I continued to explore various cost-saving avenues and ways to make the company more productive through IT. I had made myself a valuable member of the company.
That was two years ago. I still have a job. We haven't replaced that position yet but I'm still here.
If you feel like your livelihood is being dragged down by people like me, then maybe you need a lifestyle change.
The problem is that they CAN'T jump to another company for better pay. The current H1B program is modern slavery. If the companies knew that the work they just brought over could leave at a moment's notice and go elsewhere for better pay, they might actually pay them a competitive salary.
I want to second this motion. As others have said (encouragingly I might add) elsewhere in this thread, do you REALLY think the jackass MCSE point and click monkey deserves to make as much money as you?
Being a geek is about alot of things but one thing I've always found is that you stand on your own merits. Take opensource software. Alot of people code for the notoriety. The respect and admiration of your peers. In the business world, that translates to salary and bonus.
No offense to the guy next to me (not that there is one) but if I can do his job AND mine and do it better, then by all means, hand him a pink slip and give me part of his salary. The company is saving money and I'm making more. I'm being rewarded for doing a good job.
Good idea!
I'm waiting for the cost of EVERYTHING ever made to go up.
Thanks!
I don't make enough as it is and now you want me to pay more for things? Oh and it might not be the best quality because they were FORCED to hire someone who was UNDERQUALIFIED.
I guess your answer is to that is that now I'll be making more money because a glorious union lord will be "fighting" for my "rights" to make more money. Don't worry about that bubble thing forming in the distance. We'll be okay. We'll get out before it goes POP!
And what says you are entitled to that savings? The person who says that probably has no desire to rise above and set themselves apart from the rest of the paper MCSEs in the world.
Why does everyone think the are entitled to something? That's the REAL problem with the U.S. right now. Everyone wants a handout and doesn't want to work for anything.
Here's a reality check for you. The savings is INTENDED to be absorbed by the CEOs and the shareholders. That's why they became shareholders and CEOs. The shareholders invest in a company. The CEO is rewarded for making the shareholders money. Shareholders invest now have more money to invest. More investment drives more jobs which drives the economy.
You're saying you don't WANT a strong economy? How anti-american is THAT?
And what's wrong with that? Sometimes life calls for a career change. It's not easy but you do what you have to do to survive. When you start asking for handouts, you start infringing on MY rights to earn a living.
I'm not saying the H1B program couldn't do with some reform but you seem to ignore the fact that when a company is faced with increasing restrictions, they eventually jump ship and move operations to another country all together. Then where are we left? Higher unemployment.
The Communciations Worker's Union has tried this for years. They see a revenue stream passing them by in the tech industry and have been trying to jump on it.
Take your socialism elsewhere. When you can compete on your own merits and not drag my livelyhood down because you feel "entitled" to something, then you can come back and play with the high-achievers.