I have been involved in several desktop deployment projects lately. From what I have seen, companies are moving from old machines running XP, to new machines running XP. It's mostly a matter of compatibility with existing software applications.
I have been involved in several desktop deployment projects lately. Companies are upgrading from old PCs running XP, to new PCs running XP. The reason is to maintain compatibility with old software. Maintaining compatibility with hardware, such as printers, can also be an issue. As I understand it, my HP 3015 will not work with Win7.
Another reason, I suspect, is that win7 does not offer anything really compelling. Just an interface that is supposed to look more cool. I prefer something functional.
Certainly careers are a major concern to slashdot's core audience. And such a section would be far more relevant than many of the obscure and/or obsolete sections that slashdot maintains.
Consider the scox-scam. The lawsuit was ridiculous from day one. There was no way scox could "own" UNIX. But, the scam is now well into it's eighth year, with no end in sight.
If, like IBM, you happen to have around $50 million to $100 million to defend yourself against a bogus lawsuit, maybe that's not a big problem.
But if you are a smaller company, like TomTom, it may be better to just cave in. Maybe it's easier for HTC to cave in to a bogus lawsuit. Those suits were not officially "won" at trial, but they were big wins for Microsoft. The scox scam was a big win for Microsoft as well.
The point of filing a bogus patent lawsuit is not to go to court, and actually "win" at a trial. You have basically "won" when the lawsuit was filed. The company you file the lawsuit against will have to give you something. It's like legalized extortion. Or, in the case of the scox-scam, you get eight years of FUD against your competitor for a relatively meager $100 million (hardly the cost of making a few TV commercials).
No one ebook reader can read all the different ebook formats. Typically, ebooks are not transferable between different ebook devices. I can possibly remove the DRM, and convert the format, but that is a headache at best. This may also affect the cost of an ebook relative to a real book. For example, if I want to read a "Nook" ebook on my Kindle, I am expected to buy the book again. I can get an ebook in ePub format from my local library, but I would not be able to read on my Kindle, I would be expected to buy a separate device for that.
I am surprised nobody has brought this up yet. Usually, you get a free, or nearly free, phone with your contract. But not at walmart, be prepared to pay around $200 for your smart phone.
Also, I don't think T-Mobile has a reputation for the best coverage. And T-Mobile is usually cheap anyway.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that walmart is bad deal. But, I think these things should be taken into consideration, just to put things into perspective.
Calculus is about 400 years old. It has been taught for centuries before there were calculators. If somebody can not speak English well enough to take a math exam, then that student should not be in a US school.
Small powerless groups who are marginalised are forced to use extremism and violence if they want to influence the public.
Muslims are hardly a "small powerless group." And nobody is forced to use "extremism and violence" to influence the public. Ever hear of MLK or Ghandi? Both of those guys believed in peace, but they got their message across.
The guy is the modern day equivalent of the old robber barons. He is an actual slave driver, with blood on his hands. Pure scum.
But, as evil as he is, he does have a point about the overly litigious USA. Look at what is going on, on the bogus IP lawsuits. Scox's bogus lawsuit is, technically, still alive, and well into it's 8th year. Paul Allan is suing everybody over BS IP. Oracle is suing Google over BS. Nuisance lawsuits, patent trolling, submarine patents, professional litigants, software patents, business method patents, and the like is everywhere. It's practically all US business does anymore.
Technical innovation? How could there be? Tech companies in the USA are in a desperate race to offshore, or inshore, every tech job, including R&D.
So what's left in the USA? You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. Make some campaign contributions to get favorable treatment. Spend enough on advertising to influence the media. We have all that, and lawsuits. It's all we do anymore. In the USA everybody will make their living by suing everybody else.
You are missing the point. It is not a constitutional issue, and nobody is saying that it is. But that does not mean that information should censored every time somebody complains about it.
Last December, a guy who calls himself "tunnelrat" had three websites taken down because he exposed a work visa scam. The company that was perpetrating the scam claimed "hate speech." See how that works?
The reason is that these groups make a bigger fuss about it. If Christians had the same "hair trigger sensitivity to slightest perceived insult" (quoting Pat Condell) then Christians would be given the same consideration.
If Christians were to start rioting, murdering, or at filing lawsuits, over every silly little thing, then Christians would be given the same consideration.
It doesn't work that way. You're obligated to look for non-H1Bs first
I am sorry, but that is simply not true. A company can hire an h1b even there is an American available to do the job. A company can lay off the American just because an H1B is cheaper, it happens all the time.
and to pay your H1Bs at least market rate
I some career fields, like health care, jobs are standardized, and so are pay rates. IT does not work like that, never has. When it comes to IT jobs the term "market rate" is meaningless.
In any case, H1B holders often become green card holders and then citizens eventually, which is a fine outcome (an American citizen has the job at that point) and far better than the jobs going to other countries.
From the perspective of a US job seeker, what's the difference between losing you job because it was offshored, and losing your job after you train your h1b replacement? At least if you have your job offshored you don't have the additional humiliation of essentially being forced to dig your own grave.
Especially if I can buy one for a reasonable price. As I understand it, the Samsung will cost about $1000. In any case, I'm tired of the constant announcements, and no actual products.
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I think it is because vista/7 do not really offer any compelling features. Mostly just eye candy. Not worth the expense, or bother.
I have been involved in several desktop deployment projects lately. From what I have seen, companies are moving from old machines running XP, to new machines running XP. It's mostly a matter of compatibility with existing software applications.
At least that is what I am seeing.
I have been involved in several desktop deployment projects lately. Companies are upgrading from old PCs running XP, to new PCs running XP. The reason is to maintain compatibility with old software. Maintaining compatibility with hardware, such as printers, can also be an issue. As I understand it, my HP 3015 will not work with Win7.
Another reason, I suspect, is that win7 does not offer anything really compelling. Just an interface that is supposed to look more cool. I prefer something functional.
Sick to death of announcements about tablets that I can not buy. As usual, no news about price, or release date.
Until I can buy one, these types of announcements are just annoyances.
Certainly careers are a major concern to slashdot's core audience. And such a section would be far more relevant than many of the obscure and/or obsolete sections that slashdot maintains.
Right Wadhwa?
Zoho also does not need any bachelor degree programmers. Zoho prefers to hire right out of high school.
I think college degrees are only worthwhile for jobs that actually require the degree: doctors, nurses, lawyers, etc.
I consider my own degrees (math, business, and comp. sci.) to be a complete waste of time, money, and effort.
Here's the Zoho stroy:
http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/07/01/208222/Zoho-Dont-Need-No-Stinking-PhD-Programmers?from=rss
You do not have to win at a trail to "win" the lawsuit.
TomTom was a huge win for Microsoft, but MS did not win at a trial.
HTC was a huge win for Apple, but Apple did not win at a trial.
In fact, it's better to not go to trial, because then everything is nice and undisclosed.
Consider the scox-scam. The lawsuit was ridiculous from day one. There was no way scox could "own" UNIX. But, the scam is now well into it's eighth year, with no end in sight.
If, like IBM, you happen to have around $50 million to $100 million to defend yourself against a bogus lawsuit, maybe that's not a big problem.
But if you are a smaller company, like TomTom, it may be better to just cave in. Maybe it's easier for HTC to cave in to a bogus lawsuit. Those suits were not officially "won" at trial, but they were big wins for Microsoft. The scox scam was a big win for Microsoft as well.
The point of filing a bogus patent lawsuit is not to go to court, and actually "win" at a trial. You have basically "won" when the lawsuit was filed. The company you file the lawsuit against will have to give you something. It's like legalized extortion. Or, in the case of the scox-scam, you get eight years of FUD against your competitor for a relatively meager $100 million (hardly the cost of making a few TV commercials).
Just a thought. If you have not about this security problem for four years, why not fix the problem?
No one ebook reader can read all the different ebook formats. Typically, ebooks are not transferable between different ebook devices. I can possibly remove the DRM, and convert the format, but that is a headache at best. This may also affect the cost of an ebook relative to a real book. For example, if I want to read a "Nook" ebook on my Kindle, I am expected to buy the book again. I can get an ebook in ePub format from my local library, but I would not be able to read on my Kindle, I would be expected to buy a separate device for that.
I am surprised nobody has brought this up yet. Usually, you get a free, or nearly free, phone with your contract. But not at walmart, be prepared to pay around $200 for your smart phone.
Also, I don't think T-Mobile has a reputation for the best coverage. And T-Mobile is usually cheap anyway.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that walmart is bad deal. But, I think these things should be taken into consideration, just to put things into perspective.
Calculus is about 400 years old. It has been taught for centuries before there were calculators. If somebody can not speak English well enough to take a math exam, then that student should not be in a US school.
Small powerless groups who are marginalised are forced to use extremism and violence if they want to influence the public.
Muslims are hardly a "small powerless group." And nobody is forced to use "extremism and violence" to influence the public. Ever hear of MLK or Ghandi? Both of those guys believed in peace, but they got their message across.
then I ask you why there's no furor over the idea of opening a Christian church near Ground Zero.
Because 9/11 was Muslim terrorism, not Christian terrorism.
The guy is the modern day equivalent of the old robber barons. He is an actual slave driver, with blood on his hands. Pure scum.
But, as evil as he is, he does have a point about the overly litigious USA. Look at what is going on, on the bogus IP lawsuits. Scox's bogus lawsuit is, technically, still alive, and well into it's 8th year. Paul Allan is suing everybody over BS IP. Oracle is suing Google over BS. Nuisance lawsuits, patent trolling, submarine patents, professional litigants, software patents, business method patents, and the like is everywhere. It's practically all US business does anymore.
Technical innovation? How could there be? Tech companies in the USA are in a desperate race to offshore, or inshore, every tech job, including R&D.
So what's left in the USA? You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. Make some campaign contributions to get favorable treatment. Spend enough on advertising to influence the media. We have all that, and lawsuits. It's all we do anymore. In the USA everybody will make their living by suing everybody else.
You are missing the point. It is not a constitutional issue, and nobody is saying that it is. But that does not mean that information should censored every time somebody complains about it.
Last December, a guy who calls himself "tunnelrat" had three websites taken down because he exposed a work visa scam. The company that was perpetrating the scam claimed "hate speech." See how that works?
Muslims, and maybe Scientologiests.
The reason is that these groups make a bigger fuss about it. If Christians had the same "hair trigger sensitivity to slightest perceived insult" (quoting Pat Condell) then Christians would be given the same consideration.
If Christians were to start rioting, murdering, or at filing lawsuits, over every silly little thing, then Christians would be given the same consideration.
Legally, you have to pay an H1B market rate
In IT, the term "market rate" is meaningless. Jobs are not standardized.
It doesn't work that way. You're obligated to look for non-H1Bs first
I am sorry, but that is simply not true. A company can hire an h1b even there is an American available to do the job. A company can lay off the American just because an H1B is cheaper, it happens all the time.
and to pay your H1Bs at least market rate
I some career fields, like health care, jobs are standardized, and so are pay rates. IT does not work like that, never has. When it comes to IT jobs the term "market rate" is meaningless.
In any case, H1B holders often become green card holders and then citizens eventually, which is a fine outcome (an American citizen has the job at that point) and far better than the jobs going to other countries.
From the perspective of a US job seeker, what's the difference between losing you job because it was offshored, and losing your job after you train your h1b replacement? At least if you have your job offshored you don't have the additional humiliation of essentially being forced to dig your own grave.
Believe me, hiring americans costs less
If that were the case, then why is it common practice for Americans to be forced to train their H1B replacements?
I did not read the article. But I suspect they mean Americans when they say "people." Even though the US only has about 5% of the world's population.
Especially if I can buy one for a reasonable price. As I understand it, the Samsung will cost about $1000. In any case, I'm tired of the constant announcements, and no actual products.
I assume that escort services, and modeling services, are no longer allowed to be advertised in phone books, or newspapers?
It sure looks like it.