There's plenty of work for those of us already (or still) in IT... and plenty of competition as well.
Unlike many who saw the bursting of the ".COM bubble" as the arrival of apocalypse... I saw it as simply a time to separate the wheat from the chaff. Seems to me there were a lot of people who were in IT in 1999-2000 who had no business being there. I can't tell you how many times I heard fresh grads say "You mean I have to actually PROGRAM?!"
Not trying to knock anyone here, but if someone is trying to enter a field simply because they think there's money in it, they won't be there very long. Maybe that's what's going on here now.
Normally I put in beta software on my box (never in any production units, mind you... just my own personal box) just to "kick the tires" and see whether a new version of an app or some new piece of technology is going to get the job done.
But not databases. I won't even mess with alpha, beta or even release candidates of ANY database software until it is RTMed or "gold". It's gotta work and work right, or there's no point messing with it. I don't want any suprises with database system issues when working on any projects... not even in the earliest development stages.
I'd just as soon see that MySQL take thier time and get 5.x released when it is ready. And when it is released, I hope it works RIGHT.
Seems to me that Carly took HP, which was a tightly-focused, highly successful printer (and other peripherals) company (and let's not forget those fancy calculators!) and turned it into a colossal mess. Buying Compaq was a bust (shocking, considering the the only thing worth getting from there was the last vestiges of DEC).
Look at HP's stock price this morning... up, what, 10% already? Looks like this moved disappointed very few folks.
They need to refocus on what they did best, and spin off the rest.
Best wishes to Carly, and hope she doesn't blow it with the next company she runs.
That chipping sound is the slow but steady decline of market share, trust, user loyalty, revenues......the wall around Redmond is getting chipped away.
It will eventually come down if they don't take issues of security, stability, usability, and bloat more seriously.
And they need to take thier g@##@&% copyright enforcement crap and stab it up... they need to can it, already. They need to decide who thier clients are... John Q. Public, or Hollywood?
"Microsoft has decided not to appeal the European court order to implement antitrust sanctions, Instead, Microsoft hopes to win their main appeal that they (Microsoft) had abused their software dominance."
Their "dominance" will wither away, and quickly, if they don't start doing something about security issues.
Then what will they do? Sue customers for running away?
The suggestions include 'joining the 300 Club at the South Pole (they take a sauna to 200 degrees Fahrenheit, then run naked to the pole in minus 100 F)
Wrong list... I think that's from "100 Things To Do When You've Lost Your Sanity."
While Redmond may be able to extort^H^H^H^H^H^Hleverage user-adoption of Windows XP this way, it will cause many more problems than it solves.
Why deny users of older boxes the ability to protect themselves? And by extension, why then increase the ability of viruses et al to propagate through the Internet via those older boxes?
I think this is going to come back and bite Gates & Co. big-time.
I now have been elected governor in 15 states, plus chief justice in 4 others (but not in Caleefornya). I'm also now hold 22 of the Senate seats, 134 of the House, and I'm the Drain Commissioner in 2/3 of all counties in the US......and I am now also the Magistrate and/or District Judge everywhere I normally drive my car.
"Companies using e-commerce also retain a lot of data about customers, account numbers and personal information, and a lot of smaller businesses conducting transactions online don't put the money into security, so they become easy targets," said Donovan.
According to Donovan, many small businesses still do not have an "appropriate level of security".
The larger problem is that many small business do not have an appropriate level of *clues* about security.
Small business owners that are not tech-savvy are no better off than the average Joe Six-Pack that gets on the internet. Most unfortunately wouldn't know what it means to update your anti-virus/malware/spyware signatures, much less do it. By the time they do finally call for tech support their network and much of their IT assets, have been 0wn3d.
...you do what makes sense. You put locks on the doors. You put wooden dowels in your sliding patio door and windows if you are going on vacation. But you can't rig your locks to blow someone up if they attempt to break in your house. That's insanity.
There's only so much you can (and should) do with software. Even the boys in Redmond have a line item to deal with lost sales due to hacked code - it's simply a fact of life that not everyone is going to be a paying customer; it's a cost of doing business.
Even though I'm a geek and a developer, I'm glad to have skated by my Calcuseless classes. If I don't have to do any more integrations or any other of that math stuff for the rest of my life, I'll be happy.:p
Yes, I'm lazy. I use a calculator, or pick my wife's brain, who is much better at math than I am. Sue me.:)
Dumb question, but I gotta ask.
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I presume he will be in the Tournament of Champion... but hasn't he already won? He'd be the only one there!:p
I do whatever I can, when I can, to protect myself and my family.
Those that whine "hey, stop - you can't do that - that's not right - that's not fair" and stomp their feet in protest do *nothing* to gain any security, liberty, nor privacy.
The Government will do whatever it is capable of doing, at it's own will, period. Again, I don't necessarily like it, but that's the way it is.
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There's plenty of work for those of us already (or still) in IT... and plenty of competition as well.
Unlike many who saw the bursting of the ".COM bubble" as the arrival of apocalypse... I saw it as simply a time to separate the wheat from the chaff. Seems to me there were a lot of people who were in IT in 1999-2000 who had no business being there. I can't tell you how many times I heard fresh grads say "You mean I have to actually PROGRAM?!"
Not trying to knock anyone here, but if someone is trying to enter a field simply because they think there's money in it, they won't be there very long. Maybe that's what's going on here now.
Just my $0.02...
He must have had some aquavit during that interview...
Because it didn't translate the OP!
Normally I put in beta software on my box (never in any production units, mind you... just my own personal box) just to "kick the tires" and see whether a new version of an app or some new piece of technology is going to get the job done.
But not databases. I won't even mess with alpha, beta or even release candidates of ANY database software until it is RTMed or "gold". It's gotta work and work right, or there's no point messing with it. I don't want any suprises with database system issues when working on any projects... not even in the earliest development stages.
I'd just as soon see that MySQL take thier time and get 5.x released when it is ready. And when it is released, I hope it works RIGHT.
Just 3 gigs? But I want a:
Digital Camera
MP3 Player
Voice Recorder
PDA
TV
GPS-Navigation Unit
Scanner
Video Game Machine
Coffee Maker
Dishwasher
Car Remote Control
That runs on Windows. Will 3 gigs be enough?
Announcing IE7 allows Bill to spend some "capital" to get the unwashed computing masses to try IE one more time.
They just better get it right this time.
Otherwise the pendulum swings over to the browser with the Netscape Pedigree.
Now... how ironic would *that* be...
At least save T'Pol.
There are "logical" reasons for this.
No, really. Honest...
Any day now, credit card companies will start offering Frequent Flier Light-Years, or something like that...
Seems to me that Carly took HP, which was a tightly-focused, highly successful printer (and other peripherals) company (and let's not forget those fancy calculators!) and turned it into a colossal mess. Buying Compaq was a bust (shocking, considering the the only thing worth getting from there was the last vestiges of DEC).
Look at HP's stock price this morning... up, what, 10% already? Looks like this moved disappointed very few folks.
They need to refocus on what they did best, and spin off the rest.
Best wishes to Carly, and hope she doesn't blow it with the next company she runs.
That chipping sound is the slow but steady decline of market share, trust, user loyalty, revenues...
It will eventually come down if they don't take issues of security, stability, usability, and bloat more seriously.
And they need to take thier g@##@&% copyright enforcement crap and stab it up... they need to can it, already. They need to decide who thier clients are... John Q. Public, or Hollywood?
How else are we supposed to get access to all these works in 150 years time (or 50 in some countries) when the copyright expires on them.
Uhhh... Public... Domain?
Their "dominance" will wither away, and quickly, if they don't start doing something about security issues.
Then what will they do? Sue customers for running away?
The suggestions include 'joining the 300 Club at the South Pole (they take a sauna to 200 degrees Fahrenheit, then run naked to the pole in minus 100 F)
Wrong list... I think that's from "100 Things To Do When You've Lost Your Sanity."
...and for some reason, I am compelled to sing:
"It's The End Of The World As We Know It, And I Feel Fiiiinnnneeeeee!"
While Redmond may be able to extort^H^H^H^H^H^Hleverage user-adoption of Windows XP this way, it will cause many more problems than it solves.
Why deny users of older boxes the ability to protect themselves? And by extension, why then increase the ability of viruses et al to propagate through the Internet via those older boxes?
I think this is going to come back and bite Gates & Co. big-time.
I now have been elected governor in 15 states, plus chief justice in 4 others (but not in Caleefornya). I'm also now hold 22 of the Senate seats, 134 of the House, and I'm the Drain Commissioner in 2/3 of all counties in the US...
"Companies using e-commerce also retain a lot of data about customers, account numbers and personal information, and a lot of smaller businesses conducting transactions online don't put the money into security, so they become easy targets," said Donovan.
According to Donovan, many small businesses still do not have an "appropriate level of security".
The larger problem is that many small business do not have an appropriate level of *clues* about security.
Small business owners that are not tech-savvy are no better off than the average Joe Six-Pack that gets on the internet. Most unfortunately wouldn't know what it means to update your anti-virus/malware/spyware signatures, much less do it. By the time they do finally call for tech support their network and much of their IT assets, have been 0wn3d.
It would also be nice to get altitude and the direction (in 3-D) the picture was taken.
They should forget about Internet Explorer and try thier hand on a different line of sofware...
There's only so much you can (and should) do with software. Even the boys in Redmond have a line item to deal with lost sales due to hacked code - it's simply a fact of life that not everyone is going to be a paying customer; it's a cost of doing business.
Just had to say that.
Even though I'm a geek and a developer, I'm glad to have skated by my Calcuseless classes. If I don't have to do any more integrations or any other of that math stuff for the rest of my life, I'll be happy.
Yes, I'm lazy. I use a calculator, or pick my wife's brain, who is much better at math than I am. Sue me.
I presume he will be in the Tournament of Champion... but hasn't he already won? He'd be the only one there!
(Note - "Champion" singlular intentional)
I don't draw lines.
I do whatever I can, when I can, to protect myself and my family.
Those that whine "hey, stop - you can't do that - that's not right - that's not fair" and stomp their feet in protest do *nothing* to gain any security, liberty, nor privacy.
The Government will do whatever it is capable of doing, at it's own will, period. Again, I don't necessarily like it, but that's the way it is.
I didn't say you have to *support* it.
I said you have to *accept* it.
Big difference.