Look at their webpage in the "software" section. I have a hard time believing that all of the same apps that run under Linux (and probably BSD) were all ported to this proprietary OS. I see pretty much the same multimedia apps that are available that I use under Linux.
3 years is usually not enough experience for ONE language let alone THREE. Programming experience is pretty important, let alone the skill to start up your own "venture"*.
I would definately concentrate on increasing programming skill or taking business management classes, or possibly fail at BOTH!!
Contracting is a good start because they usually demand good technical skills while introducing the concept of "econonmics" as it applies to how much money you make for the contracting company and how productive you are for the client.
Every company I have worked for had an IT department that managed to have a swelled head to match its budget. They typically were egomaniacs, and treated the nerd/geek engineering staff with disdain. This was really due to the fact that most of the engineers could do the IT job as well as their own. We finally chased IT out of the engineering building and maintained our network ourselves (and had better uptime)
I love Linux. I have made a living doing nothing but Linux development and integration for over two years. Mostly stand alone applications and servers are the meat and potatoes. But I do NOT push Linux on friends and family for desktop use because I will end up being their support lifeline, and I do not have enough time. Even when I help set up broadband firewall servers, It takes a couple of days to get the people out of my hair after the server is doing everything it is supposed to. The people realize the power and versatility of Linux, but they always want to do more, and they cannot do it themselves. How many times do you have to explain that you have to log in as root to stop/restart servers (how do I log in as root?)
Another issue that I would love to have someone explain to me is - how does a vendor support a device under Linux, when most times a binary driver needs to be compiled for every popular distribution as well as the version of distribution or the driver could fail. Even if source is supplied by a vendor, the average Windows type user would be lost.
There will always be two levels of computer users - my type and the type that will get frustrated by Linux's sheer overwhelming visible complexity. Hell - I am so tired of being asked why Windows locked up again, but supporting the same crowd on Linux would make me crazy - even when it never locks up!
Hey Linux runs excellent on old hardware under crappy conditions with noone at the helm - but it requires an above average user to change the way it works.
It is a good thing that we had all those hardware manufacturers supporting Linux with tech specs and drivers from day one... or where would Linux be now? (sarcasm)
As soon as you start to rely on a resource, you fall down when it gets pulled out from under you. Is that not the strength of Linux, that you rely on a pool of people, not companies? And when companies contribute, you get a short free ride (some alot longer)!
When a counter offer is made, some things have usually already happened: 1. You already were unhappy enough to look for another job.
Usually because you want more money and they won't
give it, or title/responsibility... 2. Another company made an offer for something I assume
you were interested in enough to go through the process
of have an offer extended.
Now if you are for real: You wrote a resignation and turned it in. If you were worth a crap, you were swarmed upon to be convinced that this is a mistake. You will inform them that your decision is final. When they counter offer, you can ask, "If I was worth this NOW, why was I not worth this WHEN I ASKED FOR MORE MONEY BEFORE???". (and if you did not ask for more money before, you are too dumb to work for me...)
A good manager will have already taken care of you, or faced with a resignation, will wish you the best of luck. You cannot allow people to hold companies hostage, soon everyone will try the manuver. (I fired a few "give me an office or else...")
I have let many people go when they expect a counter offer. The good people know that I am fighting for them pay wise, and I let them know if I cannot compete. I found that more productivity is gained when you are honest about the environment.
I also got the company to raise all of the engineers salary a minimum of 10% when I convinced them that we were going to lose most of them. This was an unbelievable boost of morale. But a stupid company doing one right thing still can't save the world...
Grow up, all you liberal fanatics. If I hear "unfair", I am going to barf (too late). When was the last time you were "forced" to "share"? Who determines what is fair?
NASA has had alot of waste in the past, only recently have they discovered off-the-shelf for cost reduction. Alot of that waste could have been used today (re: fat cat beaurocrats)
Why should I work hard just to re-allocate my income to someone whom probably did not work as hard to earn an income? No one gave me anything (no college money, no free ride), so give them the tools to do better, then f*ck off.
Some of you younger/. viewers that live in a liberal wet dream, wait till you get a family, and you have to support them first and foremost, every day is about THEM, not about YOU.
You will see (if you are willing to make a commitment).
From what I understand, record sales actually increased EVEN with Napster "ripping" them off. My group figures that the Napster allowed people to hear what they wanted, and then bought CDs with the tracks they previewed.
Some people that never buy CDs will also not pay for a subscription, that will not affect sales, but not allowing previewing, I believe that will hurt.
I have had to repair drivers/applications written by people with the best of intentions (but no clue) but I thanked them profusely for their contribution when sending them a patch.
Can you help the glibc effort, other wise -- be constructive.
I understand the desperation in your voice, I feel it everyday, but I also thank god that I am not a MicroSoft slave anymore -- freedom has a high price.
No, it prevents the states from doing things on the fly that affect U.S. types of issues.
This decision forces the Florida to justify it's decision (what was the law the decision based on). If they had a good reason, the U.S Supreme court will back them.
The federal law pertaining to Presidential elections (maybe Federal in general) does not allow the rules to change after an election.
I personally do not think anyone has won here, I say we lost much more.
Put all politicians on the space station and conviently forget the fuel to keep it going...
Could someone explain the benefit of "stretching" a pc to make the technology now be in two places instead of one? So now a MIS guy has to figure out if the desktop has a problem or the cpu in the closet? Any how many organizations have closets big enough to keep equipment for all of their employees instead of using desk space?
Complete machines and or Thin client and servers are still hard to beat.
If this continues, any package containing illegal material will force UPS, FedEx (my God, even USPS) to be closed down or sued. This would require that anybody transporting any content would have to inspect it to prove it was not contraband.
"Hey, before you know it, you won't have to worry about freedom anymore. Then just sit back and enjoy Jerry Springer."
BAAAAD ADVICE!!!!! Imagine a company where all employees were allowed to make up/change policy on the fly...
As far as porn goes... I would expect to get fired as well as I would fire anyone who was caught viewing it. I cannot remember any company that had a policy that tolerates it, and it just plain does not belong in the workplace.
The company usually has the legal right to scan any email (remember Borland/Symantec Gene Wang problems), so it comes down to the choice - you want to DO YOUR JOB or QUIT - becoming a martyr for about 5 seconds (just about the time your replacements butt hits your still warm chair).
As far as it being the "morally correct" thing for the company to do, call Dr Laura.
The suits do not mix in, it is obvious how they stand out. When they realize that the profit margins will not support their new BMW monthly payment requirement, many will back out, kiss MS's mighty butt and drive away, soulless, shallow, but happy.
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Look at their webpage in the "software" section. I have a hard time believing that all of the same apps that run under Linux (and probably BSD) were all ported to this proprietary OS. I see pretty much the same multimedia apps that are available that I use under Linux.
3 years is usually not enough experience for ONE language let alone THREE. Programming experience is pretty important, let alone the skill to start up your own "venture"*.
I would definately concentrate on increasing programming skill or taking business management classes, or possibly fail at BOTH!!
Contracting is a good start because they usually demand good technical skills while introducing the concept of "econonmics" as it applies to how much money you make for the contracting company and how productive you are for the client.
Every company I have worked for had an IT department that managed to have a swelled head to match its budget. They typically were egomaniacs, and treated the nerd/geek engineering staff with disdain. This was really due to the fact that most of the engineers could do the IT job as well as their own.
We finally chased IT out of the engineering building and maintained our network ourselves (and had better uptime)
I love Linux. I have made a living doing nothing but Linux development and integration for over two years. Mostly stand alone applications and servers are the meat and potatoes. But I do NOT push Linux on friends and family for desktop use because I will end up being their support lifeline, and I do not have enough time. Even when I help set up broadband firewall servers, It takes a couple of days to get the people out of my hair after the server is doing everything it is supposed to. The people realize the power and versatility of Linux, but they always want to do more, and they cannot do it themselves. How many times do you have to explain that you have to log in as root to stop/restart servers (how do I log in as root?)
Another issue that I would love to have someone explain to me is - how does a vendor support a device under Linux, when most times a binary driver needs to be compiled for every popular distribution as well as the version of distribution or the driver could fail. Even if source is supplied by a vendor, the average Windows type user would be lost.
There will always be two levels of computer users - my type and the type that will get frustrated by Linux's sheer overwhelming visible complexity. Hell - I am so tired of being asked why Windows locked up again, but supporting the same crowd on Linux would make me crazy - even when it never locks up!
Hey Linux runs excellent on old hardware under crappy conditions with noone at the helm - but it requires an above average user to change the way it works.
It is a good thing that we had all those hardware manufacturers supporting Linux with tech specs and drivers from day one... or where would Linux be now? (sarcasm)
As soon as you start to rely on a resource, you fall down when it gets pulled out from under you. Is that not the strength of Linux, that you rely on a pool of people, not companies? And when companies contribute, you get a short free ride (some alot longer)!
When a counter offer is made, some things have usually already
happened:
1. You already were unhappy enough to look for another job.
Usually because you want more money and they won't
give it, or title/responsibility...
2. Another company made an offer for something I assume
you were interested in enough to go through the process
of have an offer extended.
Now if you are for real:
You wrote a resignation and turned it in.
If you were worth a crap, you were swarmed upon to
be convinced that this is a mistake. You will inform them
that your decision is final. When they counter offer,
you can ask, "If I was worth this NOW, why was I not worth this
WHEN I ASKED FOR MORE MONEY BEFORE???". (and if you did not
ask for more money before, you are too dumb to work for me...)
A good manager will have already taken care of you,
or faced with a resignation, will wish you the best of
luck. You cannot allow people to hold companies hostage,
soon everyone will try the manuver. (I fired a few
"give me an office or else...")
I have let many people go when they expect a counter
offer. The good people know that I am fighting for them
pay wise, and I let them know if I cannot compete.
I found that more productivity is gained when you
are honest about the environment.
I also got the company to raise all of the
engineers salary a minimum of 10% when I convinced
them that we were going to lose most of them. This
was an unbelievable boost of morale. But a stupid
company doing one right thing still can't save the world...
You can't just turn off the cell phone,
you have to yank the battery (cell phones are one
of those "never totally off" devices)
.
By the way, do you guys care that all new
cell phones are required to have GPS (in the US
anyway)?
Remember that digital electronics is just emulation by analog circuits...
Who promised whom what? I did not know the internet was going to save the world, feed the hungry, yadda yadda yadda...
If the best I can hope for is collaboration, then I am all for it.
For those who want to save the world, get off your computer, it would be a good start (I got enough to read already).
Grow up, all you liberal fanatics. If I hear "unfair", I am going to barf (too late). When was the last time you were "forced" to "share"? Who determines what is fair?
/. viewers that live in a liberal wet dream, wait till you get a family, and you have to support them first and foremost, every day is about THEM, not about YOU.
NASA has had alot of waste in the past, only recently have they discovered off-the-shelf for cost reduction. Alot of that waste could have been used today (re: fat cat beaurocrats)
Why should I work hard just to re-allocate my income to someone whom probably did not work as hard to earn an income? No one gave me anything (no college money, no free ride), so give them the tools to do better, then f*ck off.
Some of you younger
You will see (if you are willing to make a commitment).
End rant
From what I understand, record sales actually increased EVEN with Napster "ripping" them off. My group figures that the Napster allowed people to hear what they wanted, and then bought CDs with the tracks they previewed.
Some people that never buy CDs will also not pay for a subscription, that will not affect sales, but not allowing previewing, I believe that will hurt.
Johnny
(I would gladly bet YOUR life on my ideas)
I have had to repair drivers/applications written by people with the best of intentions (but no clue) but I thanked them profusely for their contribution when sending them a patch.
Can you help the glibc effort, other wise -- be constructive.
I understand the desperation in your voice, I feel it everyday, but I also thank god that I am not a MicroSoft slave anymore -- freedom has a high price.
No, it prevents the states from doing things on the fly that affect U.S. types of issues.
This decision forces the Florida to justify it's decision (what was the law the decision based on). If they had a good reason, the U.S Supreme court will back them.
The federal law pertaining to Presidential elections (maybe Federal in general) does not allow the rules to change after an election.
I personally do not think anyone has won here, I say we lost much more.
Put all politicians on the space station and conviently forget the fuel to keep it going...
Circuitry is the word.
Fill in cute tag line here...
Could someone explain the benefit of "stretching" a pc to make the technology now be in two places instead of one? So now a MIS guy has to figure out if the desktop has a problem or the cpu in the closet? Any how many organizations have closets big enough to keep equipment for all of their employees instead of using desk space?
Complete machines and or Thin client and servers are still hard to beat.
(the dog ate my cute, witty tag line)
if 45% of the ice is gone --
Gee.. Where did 45% of the coastline go?
Seems that Florida would now be a coral reef starter.
gurgle..glub..glub..
Quick call Ralph Nader or Al Gore to save us...
If this continues, any package containing illegal material will force UPS, FedEx (my God, even USPS) to be closed down or sued. This would require that anybody transporting any content would have to inspect it to prove it was not contraband.
"Hey, before you know it, you won't have to worry about freedom anymore. Then just sit back and enjoy Jerry Springer."
I guess Janet Rhino will want legislation to be passed to prevent this sort of thing from happening again.
We could just make Windows the "State OS"
----------------------------
"Why can't we all just get along???
Oh, I forgot, you're an idiot!"
BAAAAD ADVICE!!!!!
Imagine a company where all employees were allowed to make up/change policy on the fly...
As far as porn goes... I would expect to get fired as well as I would fire anyone who was caught viewing it. I cannot remember any company that had a policy that tolerates it, and it just plain does not belong in the workplace.
The company usually has the legal right to scan any email (remember Borland/Symantec Gene Wang problems), so it comes down to the choice - you want to DO YOUR JOB or QUIT - becoming a martyr for about 5 seconds (just about the time your replacements butt hits your still warm chair).
As far as it being the "morally correct" thing for the company to do, call Dr Laura.
The suits do not mix in, it is obvious how they stand out. When they realize that the profit margins will not support their new BMW monthly payment requirement, many will back out, kiss MS's mighty butt and drive away, soulless, shallow, but happy.