It's not uncommon practice for an employer to dictate the software it wants its employees to use. Management likes things to be 'uniform', which looks tidy on paper, but invariably doesn't please everyone.
I have to use Outlook for email at work (don't even get me started); this, despite several virus problems work has had over the past year. And yes, they check to see what you are using.
BTW, those spare AOL CDs make cool mini flowerpots when you melt them in the microwave.
""that doesn't suck" [emphasis added, and amplified]."
maybe the suckage has more to do with the file extension type than with the reader.;)
but i hear you.
personally i thought it was hilarous that M$ helpfully provided a weblink to the entire document in German from a site written in English. To read the full English version, you had to dl a.doc file. Gee, that's going to convince a lot of Linux users to switch.
Just dl'd and installed the Full build of.9 and it runs great (I'm using it now), but the Net build appears to be nonfunctional. Slashdotted maybe?
Looks good to me! I've been switching between Netscape and Opera, previously, but this is fast. No problems with the display at all on SuSE 7.1 with 2.4 kernel.
Sweet.
~sabine
You might not want to switch/add it to your home box, but I think the potential business market is great. OS/2 was once in wide use, and for companies keeping an eye on an (IMO) more-stable- than-Windows OS with a comparable interface this item would be of great interest.
The sticker-shock angle is a shame from the standpoint of both developers and of OS junkies like me who want to try *everything*, even Plan 9 and Inferno.
If you work at IBM (as I once did) it's not spendy.
Not that that really makes a difference overall.
I wish they'd make a version for home users, though...
~sabine
I have DSL and love it, but here's a quote about the above from ZDNet:
"So-called fiber connections have long been viewed as the next step in broadband because they provide Internet access speeds beyond what is available through cable or DSL connections, or business-grade T1 or T3 lines. The new speeds would range from 10 megabits per second to 100mbps--or 200 to 2,000 times faster than a dial-up modem."
Awwyeahhh. Now that would be smokin.
I don't see any BBSes listed for Rochester, NY! When I lived there back in the 80s there was a flourishing BBS scene.
For those who are interested, there's an 80s-BBS yahoo group, too.
sabine,
who used to be a regular poster on the FidoNet WRITING echo...
Agreed! Interesting that Linus quotes Newton and cites Da Vinci and Einstein while Mundie quotes Gates and cites the NASDAQ.;) Hmm...which of these views sounds more interesting and balanced? I know who I'd rather listen to and it's not Mundie...~sabine
This may be a dumb question, but wouldn't it be more fair of management to switch you to a salaried pay rate rather than an hourly? On-call time should be compensated somehow. sabine (first post?)
"Also, interesting that Taco lets a piece of non-functional hardware slide when it's a review copy, but if it's a review copy of some MS or RedHat software that fouls up, it's all over the front page with "from the I-told-you-so dept.""...the difference perhaps being that first-gen tech is always buggy, so allowances are made, but version 7.4523623 of a previous release should be expected to be a bit more stable?
sabine
I once broke a date to play one of the Zorks. I nearly cried when Floyd died. And I played Infidel in one sitting.
sabine, who had a subscription to the new zork times and all
***i somehow failed to notice who yueh was until i saw him at the episode climax. only then did i recall seeing him in earlier scenes. but i don't think he was ever clearly identified before that.
***I thought this was pretty clever on the part of the creators. It left something of a puzzle for you if you already knew the story. Dr. Yueh is the very first person you see in the opening scene.***
Well-done foreshadowing. I think the eyecandy is gorgeous (except for the one scene where dawn comes up in a second - boom), the costumes are ok except for Irulan's insect dress, the acting's not too bad except for a few bits of really clunky dialogue, and all in all I'm enjoying it. I wish the Baron Harkonnen looked a little less like John Goodman though.
The one thing that disappoints me is how passive the female parts are, which was a minor quibble with the book too, and I loved the book.
::If this type of contribution is representative of the female slashdot readers I don't want it to be more inviting to them. I'm suprised you weren't marked off topic or flamebait.::
Aw. You don't need a Y chromosome to have a sense of humor.;) I am one of only a handful of female-types working at a small tech writing firm in Wisconsin, and I'm the only blondegeekGothchick for miles, AFAIK. If I didn't have a sense of humor, I'd have perished long ago.
And the post you're referring to _was_ eventually marked flamebait.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
sabine.
I've got a NeXT too, a slab/pizzabox, not a cube. I think it's cryingly beautiful and the UI is sleek and a dream to use; I want to network it to my Linux box and use it to lark about in C.
Too bad it was marketed so awkwardly at the time it was introduced. I think it's great that Jobs is back at Apple and that the Mac and Mac/OS are adopting NeXT ideas (finally!) -- Apple will be a force to watch in the next year, IMO. Jobs may be a unique personality, but he's always had lots of good stuff up his sleeve.
I'm happy to report a positive experience with sales staff, believe it or not. My bf was with me yesterday when I was buying a new internal modem (which I later installed all by my widdle self), and we got talking to one of the salesmen about modems and linux compatibility. He started out by talking to my bf, but when he realized the system was mine, he switched to me and didn't turn a hair. Cool.
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It's not uncommon practice for an employer to dictate the software it wants its employees to use. Management likes things to be 'uniform', which looks tidy on paper, but invariably doesn't please everyone.
I have to use Outlook for email at work (don't even get me started); this, despite several virus problems work has had over the past year. And yes, they check to see what you are using.
BTW, those spare AOL CDs make cool mini flowerpots when you melt them in the microwave.
~sabine
""that doesn't suck" [emphasis added, and amplified]."
;)
.doc file. Gee, that's going to convince a lot of Linux users to switch.
maybe the suckage has more to do with the file extension type than with the reader.
but i hear you.
personally i thought it was hilarous that M$ helpfully provided a weblink to the entire document in German from a site written in English. To read the full English version, you had to dl a
~sabine
"I'm still looking for a robust .doc reader that doesn't suck"
Try StarOffice
~sabine
...he knows for sure that the creator's message to his creation was 'sorry for the inconvenience'.
:(
why do great talents always leave so soon?
wait for us at the restaurant at the end of the universe, mr adams. we miss you already.
~sabine
Just dl'd and installed the Full build of .9 and it runs great (I'm using it now), but the Net build appears to be nonfunctional. Slashdotted maybe?
Looks good to me! I've been switching between Netscape and Opera, previously, but this is fast. No problems with the display at all on SuSE 7.1 with 2.4 kernel.
Sweet.
~sabine
"...why would I want to switch?"
You might not want to switch/add it to your home box, but I think the potential business market is great. OS/2 was once in wide use, and for companies keeping an eye on an (IMO) more-stable- than-Windows OS with a comparable interface this item would be of great interest.
The sticker-shock angle is a shame from the standpoint of both developers and of OS junkies like me who want to try *everything*, even Plan 9 and Inferno.
*plink* 2 cents in the jar
~sabine
If you work at IBM (as I once did) it's not spendy.
Not that that really makes a difference overall.
I wish they'd make a version for home users, though...
~sabine
I have DSL and love it, but here's a quote about the above from ZDNet:
"So-called fiber connections have long been viewed as the next step in broadband because they provide Internet access speeds beyond what is available through cable or DSL connections, or business-grade T1 or T3 lines. The new speeds would range from 10 megabits per second to 100mbps--or 200 to 2,000 times faster than a dial-up modem." Awwyeahhh. Now that would be smokin.
~sabine
"I thought you were a guy." "Most guys do."
I don't see any BBSes listed for Rochester, NY! When I lived there back in the 80s there was a flourishing BBS scene.
For those who are interested, there's an 80s-BBS yahoo group, too.
sabine, who used to be a regular poster on the FidoNet WRITING echo...
Yeah...at least he's letting other people see it though. ;) Must be nice to have $30.1 million to toss around... ~sabine
Agreed! Interesting that Linus quotes Newton and cites Da Vinci and Einstein while Mundie quotes Gates and cites the NASDAQ. ;) Hmm...which of these views sounds more interesting and balanced? I know who I'd rather listen to and it's not Mundie...~sabine
This may be a dumb question, but wouldn't it be more fair of management to switch you to a salaried pay rate rather than an hourly? On-call time should be compensated somehow. sabine (first post?)
"Also, interesting that Taco lets a piece of non-functional hardware slide when it's a review copy, but if it's a review copy of some MS or RedHat software that fouls up, it's all over the front page with "from the I-told-you-so dept."" ...the difference perhaps being that first-gen tech is always buggy, so allowances are made, but version 7.4523623 of a previous release should be expected to be a bit more stable?
sabine
I once broke a date to play one of the Zorks. I nearly cried when Floyd died. And I played Infidel in one sitting. sabine, who had a subscription to the new zork times and all
***i somehow failed to notice who yueh was until i saw him at the episode climax. only then did i recall seeing him in earlier scenes. but i don't think he was ever clearly identified before that. ***I thought this was pretty clever on the part of the creators. It left something of a puzzle for you if you already knew the story. Dr. Yueh is the very first person you see in the opening scene.*** Well-done foreshadowing. I think the eyecandy is gorgeous (except for the one scene where dawn comes up in a second - boom), the costumes are ok except for Irulan's insect dress, the acting's not too bad except for a few bits of really clunky dialogue, and all in all I'm enjoying it. I wish the Baron Harkonnen looked a little less like John Goodman though. The one thing that disappoints me is how passive the female parts are, which was a minor quibble with the book too, and I loved the book.
::If this type of contribution is representative of the female slashdot readers I don't want it to be more inviting to them. I'm suprised you weren't marked off topic or flamebait.:: Aw. You don't need a Y chromosome to have a sense of humor. ;) I am one of only a handful of female-types working at a small tech writing firm in Wisconsin, and I'm the only blondegeekGothchick for miles, AFAIK. If I didn't have a sense of humor, I'd have perished long ago.
And the post you're referring to _was_ eventually marked flamebait.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
sabine.
...to the phrse "clear skin" (that's funny! gimme 2 points!!)
...in the diagram. take a look. i am anal today.
If they start making Mac cubes in black and implement more of NeXTStep...I am so there. goth computers. mmmmmm
I've got a NeXT too, a slab/pizzabox, not a cube. I think it's cryingly beautiful and the UI is sleek and a dream to use; I want to network it to my Linux box and use it to lark about in C. Too bad it was marketed so awkwardly at the time it was introduced. I think it's great that Jobs is back at Apple and that the Mac and Mac/OS are adopting NeXT ideas (finally!) -- Apple will be a force to watch in the next year, IMO. Jobs may be a unique personality, but he's always had lots of good stuff up his sleeve.
I'm happy to report a positive experience with sales staff, believe it or not. My bf was with me yesterday when I was buying a new internal modem (which I later installed all by my widdle self), and we got talking to one of the salesmen about modems and linux compatibility. He started out by talking to my bf, but when he realized the system was mine, he switched to me and didn't turn a hair. Cool.