There are many stories here of how to quote a project based on experience. This gives valuable insight to any potential bidders out there. But, as yet, there has been no submission really discussing why a project manager will discard low bids so easily.
We need to look at from their perspective...
Firstly there is a corporate (company) project which needs to be completed such as a (simple?) web/database project. This will satisfy some strategic business objective (SBO) where the critical business issue (CBI) is to give more and better access to web services within in a certain time period.
The project managers issues, in addition to the company issues, are to look good to his boss, his peers and to make his resume look better for future use. This may be a little cynical but keep it in mind. The strongest part of any sale is motivating the buyer.
1. He needs to succeed within budget and with little to no risk.
2. He wants to spend money (resume: Lead $100,000 web project etc. etc.)
Now, assuming he is honest and wants to get the best value for money for his company, he will buy the solution which looks like it is more likely to get his company web site up and running in the shortest time with little risk to the company.
Why do the movie guys want digital? Is it for quality? That is likely a secondary reason. More likely they want to bring down their costs and bring in customers. How much to stamp 100,000 12inch discs? Probably less than a couple of reels of film. The whole world could be covered by one pressing. (languages and all). Digital sub titles etc.
We the customer are just a means to an end. Make them richer.
As far as I can tell we have seven languages available in babelfish.altavista.com. Kids sign on with a particular language (maybe more can be added for the event??) and they can talk to each other with their wireless pdas to anyone else connected. All translations go via English (it seems the easiest) and some form of translation, however accurate, will come out the other end!!!
First, to the dude who flamed the poster of the original discussion, I hope you can see from the response here that the posting was worth while.
Now for the subject.
ERP on Linux. A lot of the responses have been somewhat misleading as the responders may not be looking at the issue from the same point. Are accounting products client or server based? Of course there are different products that fulfill different needs.
QuickBooks, a Windows based product may be well and good for small businesses etc but these products just do not make it in the corporate world. You need one of the big boys.
Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, Lawson or JDEdwards to name most of them (I really can't consider Great Plains).
These systems can run your entire company both financially and from an HR perspective.
The key thing is to determine what level of user you are or are likely to become.
The issue for linux is one of trust as was previously mentioned. Linux is not yet deemed sufficiently reliable, there are different measures of reliability, for users in this market space. The major manufacturers of ERP software all consider linux as a potential contender in this market but until users demand support for Linux it will not be forth coming.
Do you remember a few years ago when the US could not export encryption technology. At the same time Europeans were allowed to use equivilent technology and also export it. But, when exported to the US, the Americans could not allow it to ne reexported.
Think about it. Do we really think that US restrictions will really stop the rest of the world?? Are we that arrogant?
So, the new kernel is out. Great. The last kernel failed to compile on the Alpha. (OK I know 2.2.19 is the last kernel on alphalinux.org)
I have followed (not lead) Linux for the last 10 years with interest,used it extensively, absolutely love it and what it has done for the reliability and enjoyment of personal and now professional computing.
Unfortunately we can all foresee (if not accept) the end of our beloved Linux as the kernel of choice. Even CmdrTaco mentioned it this morning. We have to reboot. Hot swappable kernel, as was mentioned in a previous post is a possibility but I believe this is just bolting on functionality to a now outdated kernel proposition. Linus and the community did a fantastic job of emulating a UNIX kernel. Just what we wanted. We now want more. Linux is not the answer to our future. GNU and the tools around it maybe but not the kernel and I think Linus will be amongst those to accept this.
Maybe HURD is the answer for reliability, extensibility, versatility, Hot Swapability etc. in the future. I will love to follow this trend when it lifts.
To the HURD folk. I watch and wait and long to follow. Thanks.
Long before 2019 Johns Hopkins had finally patented Respiration as discovered as 'discovered' from the human genome.
This information, stored in an Ellison 3.0 Database was immediately acted on by Larry who decided, by the licencing agreement, that it was his CREATION. (Read Eddison and the light bulb).
Gates looked down and saw that it was good. Understanding section 2228795.66 subsection AZ9 of the MS user licence, he realized that all information stored on a MS based machine was His.
He took it.
Linus looked out from the tower and let down his hair. The Johns Hopkins people climbed up.
The file had been stored in Ellison DB as a KDE Word file. Not compatible with any other software and included encyption techniques covered by the DMCA.
"We are saved" they cryed. "MS nor Larry cannot legally read the document."
Moral... Er! Is there one? Yes.
Can we, as an industry, please have document formats that we can use and keep open.
Please, those who consistently try to pull down the industry, can we please try to open it, just a little?
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TCP/IP is a great protocol and now, thankfully, we can take it for granted that we can intercommunicate between machines freely.
What is more important now is higher level protocols which allow file/information transfer.
In 2019 when LanMan 22.0 goes Beta with password encryption using a fully patented technique where will the rest of us be with our humble FTP and StarOffice/KDE file formats. Will we even come close to Gate's XML 10.0 Alpha format?
I really do not want to exchanging high level document formats using TEXT in 2019!
Come to think of it, in 2019 I think I would rather be making a living sailing the Seven Seas!
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Beautiful, beautiful.
Equally sad (win v linux;-) but beautiful!
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Someone does not have a clue... and it is NOT the guy who wrote the machine comparison.
Please read what he was trying to say rather than what you wanted to hear.
This is too sad. Don't waste my time. Delete this entire article. It is a shame this ever made it to/.
This may seem like nit picking. Does anybody know the name of the original short story by Clarke? I have seen the movie far greater then 'n' times and read the book a few times too. Unfortunately I have not seen the reference to the original story.
Any ideas. I would love to read it to determine how many of the naming ideas were Clarke's and just what Kubrick conjoured up!
Remember Bletchley and the Enigma encryption device mentioned a short while ago on/. Recall that 'twas here they invented the programmable computer in the forties..... Just to break encryption
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There are many stories here of how to quote a project based on experience. This gives valuable insight to any potential bidders out there. But, as yet, there has been no submission really discussing why a project manager will discard low bids so easily.
We need to look at from their perspective...
Firstly there is a corporate (company) project which needs to be completed such as a (simple?) web/database project. This will satisfy some strategic business objective (SBO) where the critical business issue (CBI) is to give more and better access to web services within in a certain time period.
The project managers issues, in addition to the company issues, are to look good to his boss, his peers and to make his resume look better for future use. This may be a little cynical but keep it in mind. The strongest part of any sale is motivating the buyer.
1. He needs to succeed within budget and with little to no risk.
2. He wants to spend money (resume: Lead $100,000 web project etc. etc.)
Now, assuming he is honest and wants to get the best value for money for his company, he will buy the solution which looks like it is more likely to get his company web site up and running in the shortest time with little risk to the company.
That's about it.
Why do the movie guys want digital? Is it for quality? That is likely a secondary reason. More likely they want to bring down their costs and bring in customers. How much to stamp 100,000 12inch discs?
Probably less than a couple of reels of film. The whole world could be covered by one pressing. (languages and all). Digital sub titles etc.
We the customer are just a means to an end. Make them richer.
As far as I can tell we have seven languages available in babelfish.altavista.com. Kids sign on with a particular language (maybe more can be added for the event??) and they can talk to each other with their wireless pdas to anyone else connected. All translations go via English (it seems the easiest) and some form of translation, however accurate, will come out the other end!!!
First, to the dude who flamed the poster of the original discussion, I hope you can see from the response here that the posting was worth while.
Now for the subject.
ERP on Linux. A lot of the responses have been somewhat misleading as the responders may not be looking at the issue from the same point. Are accounting products client or server based? Of course there are different products that fulfill different needs.
QuickBooks, a Windows based product may be well and good for small businesses etc but these products just do not make it in the corporate world. You need one of the big boys.
Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, Lawson or JDEdwards to name most of them (I really can't consider Great Plains).
These systems can run your entire company both financially and from an HR perspective.
The key thing is to determine what level of user you are or are likely to become.
The issue for linux is one of trust as was previously mentioned. Linux is not yet deemed sufficiently reliable, there are different measures of reliability, for users in this market space. The major manufacturers of ERP software all consider linux as a potential contender in this market but until users demand support for Linux it will not be forth coming.
Do you remember a few years ago when the US could not export encryption technology. At the same time Europeans were allowed to use equivilent technology and also export it. But, when exported to the US, the Americans could not allow it to ne reexported.
Think about it. Do we really think that US restrictions will really stop the rest of the world?? Are we that arrogant?
There might be the odd mathematician out there!
Are the services here compatible with Existing European equipment? Digital transmissions have been in existance in Europe since 1997.
So, the new kernel is out. Great. The last kernel failed to compile on the Alpha. (OK I know 2.2.19 is the last kernel on alphalinux.org)
I have followed (not lead) Linux for the last 10 years with interest,used it extensively, absolutely love it and what it has done for the reliability and enjoyment of personal and now professional computing.
Unfortunately we can all foresee (if not accept) the end of our beloved Linux as the kernel of choice. Even CmdrTaco mentioned it this morning. We have to reboot. Hot swappable kernel, as was mentioned in a previous post is a possibility but I believe this is just bolting on functionality to a now outdated kernel proposition. Linus and the community did a fantastic job of emulating a UNIX kernel. Just what we wanted. We now want more. Linux is not the answer to our future. GNU and the tools around it maybe but not the kernel and I think Linus will be amongst those to accept this.
Maybe HURD is the answer for reliability, extensibility, versatility, Hot Swapability etc. in the future. I will love to follow this trend when it lifts.
To the HURD folk. I watch and wait and long to follow. Thanks.
This information, stored in an Ellison 3.0 Database was immediately acted on by Larry who decided, by the licencing agreement, that it was his CREATION. (Read Eddison and the light bulb).
Gates looked down and saw that it was good. Understanding section 2228795.66 subsection AZ9 of the MS user licence, he realized that all information stored on a MS based machine was His.
He took it.
Linus looked out from the tower and let down his hair. The Johns Hopkins people climbed up.
The file had been stored in Ellison DB as a KDE Word file. Not compatible with any other software and included encyption techniques covered by the DMCA.
"We are saved" they cryed. "MS nor Larry cannot legally read the document."
Moral ... Er! Is there one? Yes.
Can we, as an industry, please have document formats that we can use and keep open.
Please, those who consistently try to pull down the industry, can we please try to open it, just a little?
TCP/IP is a great protocol and now, thankfully, we can take it for granted that we can intercommunicate between machines freely. What is more important now is higher level protocols which allow file/information transfer. In 2019 when LanMan 22.0 goes Beta with password encryption using a fully patented technique where will the rest of us be with our humble FTP and StarOffice/KDE file formats. Will we even come close to Gate's XML 10.0 Alpha format? I really do not want to exchanging high level document formats using TEXT in 2019! Come to think of it, in 2019 I think I would rather be making a living sailing the Seven Seas!
Beautiful, beautiful. Equally sad (win v linux ;-) but beautiful!
Someone does not have a clue ... and it is NOT the guy who wrote the machine comparison.
Please read what he was trying to say rather than what you wanted to hear.
This is too sad. Don't waste my time. Delete this entire article. It is a shame this ever made it to /.
Yeah, I saw Terminator too (two?). Both maybe. Sounds like a similar plot. Very eloquent!
Guys, This is a way old idea. I saw these on TV several years ago.
This may seem like nit picking. Does anybody know the name of the original short story by Clarke? I have seen the movie far greater then 'n' times and read the book a few times too. Unfortunately I have not seen the reference to the original story. Any ideas. I would love to read it to determine how many of the naming ideas were Clarke's and just what Kubrick conjoured up!
Was this not covered on /. last year? This is not new news but old news. The fact that NASA is getting a box is darn cool tho. Can I have one?
Remember Bletchley and the Enigma encryption device mentioned a short while ago on /. Recall that 'twas here they invented the programmable computer in the forties..... Just to break encryption