I'm mildly annoyed by this inflamatory story. The simple point of poking the card into a slot vs swiping it was because there was really no security at all about that magnetic strip.
Is he saying he referred to Constantinople as Byzantium, or is he referring to Istanbul as Constantinople within the Byzantine empire? Either way I'm sure will irk the Turks.
Shall we bend over with our upturned hinds towards the morning sun now? Is the Universe smaller than we thought because a black hole bigger than our own galaxy keeps us from seeing a lot?
Why does no one seem to think they're going to turn the book into two movies? So much happens it could easily be so. Also note they're to be filmed at the same time.
...And this MP3 shit is causing people to not buy albums like they used to because instead of five friends buying the same 100 albums, now five friends buy one album each and make near-perfect copies for each other. So the record companies aren't signing as many no-talent one-hit wonder bands than they did ten years ago and this is beginning to affect our bottom-line as producers...
How does it follow that because people make near perfect copies off each other record companies are more selective in who they sign? You're either missing a few steps or making assumptions that aren't real.
Considering the original poster is asking to increase the size of the IS department because he's over-worked, I don't think he lacks business sense.
Plenty of IT guys couldn't explain their way out of a box much less make the large business decisions effectively. This does not negate their understanding of what they require to do their jobs effectively.
That few-hundred-bucks-an-hour president may be making $0 if he remains a technical idiot.
I find this slightly myopic. While it's obvious the guy wants into management you're ignoring his claim of being overworked, which is the justification for additional head-count.
Management IS being illogical not want to bolster their infrastructure.
It's not hard to envision an increase in an existing government contract that could indirectly cause numerous systems to break that the one-guy IS department couldn't handle.
If time and expected level of effort allow why not show them how to do something with a package? For example have them actually create something with an open library like gtk+ or qt... It might be a bit much to expect contributions back to a project from a mere class. Introducing people to what things can do would be constructive nonetheless.
It's funny this came up just now. Bob Lewis just added a blog entry about help desk issue tracking that seems apt: http://weblog.infoworld.com/lewis/2003/10/06.html# a66 I understand the need of tracking requests, but very often I've seen horrible implementations of ticket tracking that are far more detrimental than helpful for problem resolution.
This made me ponder - what happened to DR-DOS? Last I heard Caldera got ahold of it. Does that mean SCO now owns DR-DOS? Not exactly. Here's the SCO position statement: http://www.caldera.com/company/drdos.html
After I've decided I don't need the software, and removed it, I've seen some trialware not uninstall completely, preventing another trial version from working.
The per seat license may be comfortingly familiar at some site that's fed up with MS.
If that site has the resources (corporate budget, man-power) to take their custom apps and put them on Caldera I say it's a good thing.
It may even be more likely soon if it's a Delphi shop; Kylix to the rescue!
I don't think they're trying to compete with RedHat. That's where most of us who have the inclination to hack go. For a corporate site with end-users incapable or unwilling to delve into the machine, the per seat license may be more easily justifiable to management. Or at least I'll bet that's Caldera's thinking.
Mundie's clarifications of his previous comments make just as little sense.
He implies that technological advancement occurs through intellectual property right protection. Open source development obviously flies in the face of that. He just doesn't get it, or refuses to admit it.
He acknowledges that open source is intended to build a strong software community, but self-servingly fails to recognize it as a source of innovation. What an asshole. And then he misinterprets a Whitehead quote. He claims that certain historic figures succeeded at bringing products to market because of intellectual property right protection.
The Whitehead quote makes no inference for copyrights or patents. I could just as easily argue that such protections prevent others (who are possibly more capable at bridging that idea-to-product gap) from creating end-products.
It's easily shown that the software industry has been a huge drive for the global economy, but Mundie doesn't seem to think open source has had anything to do with it. True, open source contributions to economic growth may be difficult to measure, but to exclude it from the general software industry is ludicrous. I've heard countless stories of how old, cheap hardware has gotten a new lease on life because it's been retooled as some sort of open source server. Doesn't that save companies money? I'd be interested in seeing hard data on our economic contributions.
Anyway, there ARE companies with viable business plans that include GPL software. IBM comes to mind. Ever heard of them, Mundie?
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I guess this wasn't actually the question, but shall we assume no one in the new White House will be reading Animal Farm?
I'm mildly annoyed by this inflamatory story. The simple point of poking the card into a slot vs swiping it was because there was really no security at all about that magnetic strip.
There is no Cobol programmer 'afeared for his job from some robot. Pacbase included.
I could've compared programming styles to zodiacal points and it would have had more meaning to me than a political comparison.
At first I took this to be asking 'What are the best mountain ranges on the equator for astronomical observation?'
Arguably a more interesting question.
for calling the FCC's efforts 'a roving commission... about doing good'. Talk about a back-handed compliment...
Is he saying he referred to Constantinople as Byzantium, or is he referring to Istanbul as Constantinople within the Byzantine empire? Either way I'm sure will irk the Turks.
Shall we bend over with our upturned hinds towards the morning sun now? Is the Universe smaller than we thought because a black hole bigger than our own galaxy keeps us from seeing a lot?
You could call this the cougar syndrome.
Why does no one seem to think they're going to turn the book into two movies? So much happens it could easily be so. Also note they're to be filmed at the same time.
Considering the original poster is asking to increase the size of the IS department because he's over-worked, I don't think he lacks business sense.
Plenty of IT guys couldn't explain their way out of a box much less make the large business decisions effectively. This does not negate their understanding of what they require to do their jobs effectively.
That few-hundred-bucks-an-hour president may be making $0 if he remains a technical idiot.
I find this slightly myopic. While it's obvious the guy wants into management you're ignoring his claim of being overworked, which is the justification for additional head-count.
Management IS being illogical not want to bolster their infrastructure.
It's not hard to envision an increase in an existing government contract that could indirectly cause numerous systems to break that the one-guy IS department couldn't handle.
If time and expected level of effort allow why not show them how to do something with a package? For example have them actually create something with an open library like gtk+ or qt... It might be a bit much to expect contributions back to a project from a mere class. Introducing people to what things can do would be constructive nonetheless.
Frankly if the only thing that gets us to spend on space exploration/colonization is national competition I'm for it.
Yeah, but you've got plenty of time to post to /.
Great. So we can expect a lot more alien environments that look a lot like the back woods around Vancouver.
It's funny this came up just now. Bob Lewis just added a blog entry about help desk issue tracking that seems apt: http://weblog.infoworld.com/lewis/2003/10/06.html# a66
I understand the need of tracking requests, but very often I've seen horrible implementations of ticket tracking that are far more detrimental than helpful for problem resolution.
This is the first time I'd mark the original article as a Troll.
This made me ponder - what happened to DR-DOS? Last I heard Caldera got ahold of it. Does that mean SCO now owns DR-DOS? Not exactly. Here's the SCO position statement: http://www.caldera.com/company/drdos.html
After I've decided I don't need the software, and removed it, I've seen some trialware not uninstall completely, preventing another trial version from working.
The per seat license may be comfortingly familiar at some site that's fed up with MS. If that site has the resources (corporate budget, man-power) to take their custom apps and put them on Caldera I say it's a good thing. It may even be more likely soon if it's a Delphi shop; Kylix to the rescue! I don't think they're trying to compete with RedHat. That's where most of us who have the inclination to hack go. For a corporate site with end-users incapable or unwilling to delve into the machine, the per seat license may be more easily justifiable to management. Or at least I'll bet that's Caldera's thinking.
Mundie's clarifications of his previous comments make just as little sense. He implies that technological advancement occurs through intellectual property right protection. Open source development obviously flies in the face of that. He just doesn't get it, or refuses to admit it. He acknowledges that open source is intended to build a strong software community, but self-servingly fails to recognize it as a source of innovation. What an asshole. And then he misinterprets a Whitehead quote. He claims that certain historic figures succeeded at bringing products to market because of intellectual property right protection. The Whitehead quote makes no inference for copyrights or patents. I could just as easily argue that such protections prevent others (who are possibly more capable at bridging that idea-to-product gap) from creating end-products. It's easily shown that the software industry has been a huge drive for the global economy, but Mundie doesn't seem to think open source has had anything to do with it. True, open source contributions to economic growth may be difficult to measure, but to exclude it from the general software industry is ludicrous. I've heard countless stories of how old, cheap hardware has gotten a new lease on life because it's been retooled as some sort of open source server. Doesn't that save companies money? I'd be interested in seeing hard data on our economic contributions. Anyway, there ARE companies with viable business plans that include GPL software. IBM comes to mind. Ever heard of them, Mundie?