Considering the latest ORM stuff Microsoft has put into.NET, they could have sued microsoft. Surely the payout would be greater considering the more prevalent distribution of.NET!
Its not like they can sue thinking RedHat can't afford lawyers so they'll easily win.
but it also means that they might sue Microsoft afterwards, all that Linq2SQL and Entity Framework stuff they've added to.NET is a prime candidate for some more big buck patent "rewards".
as the summary states...patent for 'exchanging data and commands between an object oriented system and a relational system. all you need is to prove that your OODB can be accessed from a relational programming language or system. Job done!
on Linux, I'd do "yum install tomcat" and it should handle all the dependencies for me. Unfortunately my particular case I'm running Apache on Windows - its altogether a different story.
But.. that's not my point. I was trying to say how awkward in general it is to load a bunch of framework layers on top of the basic OS and then keep them updated and secure; not to mention that they tend to soak up proportionately more of your resources than simple native libraries.
its not just the end-user resource usage and performance of these things. You also have to install them, I was thinking of installing a pretty subversion web-front end, I looked at sventon and it seemed quite good, no problem installing it... after I'd set up a JSP and Servlet container, plus JSP compiler and JRE. that assume I will get the correct version of all those things.
Its one thing to run the bloted apps, another to expect the system to be kept upto date with the bloated framework too.
Generally, if you have the money to be leveraging a lot of Windows Server, you used to have the money (and often need) your own DC, or a sizable chunk of one.
there, fixed that for you:)
to be fair, his experience also is average for the high-end. Big shops tend to run larger systems, sometimes Solaris, sometimes IBM running RHEL. If they have the money that its no object, they *still* don't tend to run Windows servers.
because C# and VB are practically the same thing, except VB has more powerful features (condition catch clauses are my favourite, but look at language integrated xml) plus is easier to use as it tries to be more helpful. Everyone using C# does so because it looks cool, not because of any real reason. That's why. You should try VB sometime and see for yourself.
usually the problem with forums depends on the kind of user you have. If you have technical/interested users, they will spend all day surfing the forums, asking and answering questions (hmmm.... like I am doing right now).
'ordinary' users will just want to know the answer, will not bother to search the forum, and will ask the same old questions over and over.
In the latter case, a 'knowledgebase' type list of common answers is a better option - and if they ask a question that is on that simple-to-view list, you just send them the link.
there are only so many changes the linux community can make to the system and still finish it,
Finish it? Linux is a permanently moving target, releases are made when the kernel and distro compilers want to (or they've agreed to). Its not like Microsoft where they have to get it out before a certain date or the share price collapses.
and partly because in many cases testers often have opposing views about a feature."
yup, but you can guarantee the Linux community listens, argues, debates, argues some more and relatively quickly everyone is in agreement - including those who have forked the codebase and made the changes that they wanted all along!
Uh, no, it shouldn't. Your "lord" sure as hell isn't my "lord"
so when do you start counting years? Is this 2009 to you too, or something else? Anno dominae is the phrase used to denote why this year is the number it is, and not the 4009th year since the last king of babylon, or whatever.
Still, if you write "february 26th"? I have to ask - 26th of what? You're not Yoda: "ahh, February 26th day of, it is"
just wait until next year when ypu need 4 GB in there and your asus cannot be upgraded. Remember not to bitch when you're forced to shell out more cash for a more powerful machine to do pretty much what you currently do.
BTW, have you thought what your battery life would be if you could get away with using a less powerful CPU with less RAM?
this argument always strikes me when I think of gaming. Today we need 2 cores, 2 gb ram, super graphics cards just to run Office.
A few years ago, I was playing Wing Commander with massively superior graphics to what you need to run Word with a translucent border, on a 500Mhz box with 256Mb ram and a 16mb graphics card.
so yes, there is an insane amount of inefficiency in the modern OS. I'm sure some of that can be down to making things more maintainable (as games *tend* to be throwaway code) but not by that much, surely.
"dont get to keep" according to the terms of the licence (and you're not a pirate are you?:) ). In any case, your employer/you will be purchasing upgrades so its never a totally free option. Its the teaser that keeps you in the fold.
nope, I installed VMware on Centos (because the budget for 6 Win2003 servers was too much). We run windows guests in it, but no, I've still not had problems with the host setup. This is on HP proliant servers, some with attached storage, so maybe your distro, or your hardware, or just the way you set it up was at fault - just try again, you'll see it does work.
I respect your like of VMWare, but please don't misinform people. It does not just work.
then you're the exception that proves the rule. VMWare *does* just work, I've used they free version in production on 6 servers and I've had zero problems with it. Read all the other posts in this story and you'll find you must have done something wrong, maybe try it again.
But if you're happy with VirtualBox, then there's little point migrating.
I think the OP was suggesting that you create your CV full of Linux skills, and then watch as the recruiters direct you to Linux jobs. If you have, say, AS/400 mentioned once, as an aside, in a small paragraph, using a tiny font, as a insignificant part of your first job, that you never even touched but the company once had an AS/400, I can guarantee you will get recruiters calling about whether your AS/400 skills are up to date enough to be a sysadmin!
Remove all traces of MS from your CV and you will get only interesting jobs - embedded, mobile, Linux. You won't get called for the crowd of MS vb.net jobs that are out there. You don't have to mention anything about hating Microsoft either! (and you get bonus points when you turn up to the interview and can do Windows too).
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Considering the latest ORM stuff Microsoft has put into .NET, they could have sued microsoft. Surely the payout would be greater considering the more prevalent distribution of .NET!
Its not like they can sue thinking RedHat can't afford lawyers so they'll easily win.
but it also means that they might sue Microsoft afterwards, all that Linq2SQL and Entity Framework stuff they've added to .NET is a prime candidate for some more big buck patent "rewards".
as the summary states ...patent for 'exchanging data and commands between an object oriented system and a relational system. all you need is to prove that your OODB can be accessed from a relational programming language or system. Job done!
So Philips is the agent of the Devil?
think of this:
"In an electrified society, life is defined by the television and little is accomplished once it starts around 6 pm".
Philips makes lots of TVs too.... case proven :)
maybe the real story should be that portugese companies don't know how to google.
unfortunately, even the best googled set of answers means nothing if you don't read the question properly.
The issue is that they site is written using Silverlight 2.0
"little steak tries his best, but must take more care and pay more attention to detail. D-"
on Linux, I'd do "yum install tomcat" and it should handle all the dependencies for me. Unfortunately my particular case I'm running Apache on Windows - its altogether a different story.
But.. that's not my point. I was trying to say how awkward in general it is to load a bunch of framework layers on top of the basic OS and then keep them updated and secure; not to mention that they tend to soak up proportionately more of your resources than simple native libraries.
its not just the end-user resource usage and performance of these things. You also have to install them, I was thinking of installing a pretty subversion web-front end, I looked at sventon and it seemed quite good, no problem installing it... after I'd set up a JSP and Servlet container, plus JSP compiler and JRE. that assume I will get the correct version of all those things.
Its one thing to run the bloted apps, another to expect the system to be kept upto date with the bloated framework too.
you obviously need tons of servers, as they still have the 10 connection limit imposed (on ports less than 1024) on WinXP.
Generally, if you have the money to be leveraging a lot of Windows Server, you used to have the money (and often need) your own DC, or a sizable chunk of one.
there, fixed that for you :)
to be fair, his experience also is average for the high-end. Big shops tend to run larger systems, sometimes Solaris, sometimes IBM running RHEL. If they have the money that its no object, they *still* don't tend to run Windows servers.
c#, vb(dunno why you would want to)
because C# and VB are practically the same thing, except VB has more powerful features (condition catch clauses are my favourite, but look at language integrated xml) plus is easier to use as it tries to be more helpful. Everyone using C# does so because it looks cool, not because of any real reason. That's why. You should try VB sometime and see for yourself.
Anyway, there's plenty of room for multi-language programming. One example of this is SOAP. Another example is CORBA.
is this your argument for or against multi-language programming? :)
usually the problem with forums depends on the kind of user you have.
If you have technical/interested users, they will spend all day surfing the forums, asking and answering questions (hmmm.... like I am doing right now).
'ordinary' users will just want to know the answer, will not bother to search the forum, and will ask the same old questions over and over.
In the latter case, a 'knowledgebase' type list of common answers is a better option - and if they ask a question that is on that simple-to-view list, you just send them the link.
I guess it is for you if you think February has 42 days.
Its also terribly confusing for all date parsers, poor computers can't tell if the date makes sense, or has to be parsed in your arse-about-face way.
there are only so many changes the linux community can make to the system and still finish it,
Finish it? Linux is a permanently moving target, releases are made when the kernel and distro compilers want to (or they've agreed to). Its not like Microsoft where they have to get it out before a certain date or the share price collapses.
and partly because in many cases testers often have opposing views about a feature."
yup, but you can guarantee the Linux community listens, argues, debates, argues some more and relatively quickly everyone is in agreement - including those who have forked the codebase and made the changes that they wanted all along!
Uh, no, it shouldn't. Your "lord" sure as hell isn't my "lord"
so when do you start counting years? Is this 2009 to you too, or something else? Anno dominae is the phrase used to denote why this year is the number it is, and not the 4009th year since the last king of babylon, or whatever.
Still, if you write "february 26th"? I have to ask - 26th of what? You're not Yoda: "ahh, February 26th day of, it is"
and if anyone wants proof that the monopolistic way is a bad thing, if it wasn't for the competition from Firefox, we'd all still be using IE6.
Now we just need to see the same level of competition within the Windows monopoly for all other computing features and applications.
When your average English speaker writes out a date, they'd write it as, for example, "February 26th, 2009"
but that is still the wrong way round, nearly all UK residents will write 26th February 2009 (you insensitive clod!)
The date should be fully written as "the 26th day of February in the year of our lord, 2009" (as our Gregorian calendar is christian-centric).
Oh, and gnumeric actually gets the numbers right. ;)/i?
pah, who needs that when your spreadsheet can contain multicoloured, translucent cells?! Get your computing priorities in order :)
just wait until next year when ypu need 4 GB in there and your asus cannot be upgraded. Remember not to bitch when you're forced to shell out more cash for a more powerful machine to do pretty much what you currently do.
BTW, have you thought what your battery life would be if you could get away with using a less powerful CPU with less RAM?
this argument always strikes me when I think of gaming. Today we need 2 cores, 2 gb ram, super graphics cards just to run Office.
A few years ago, I was playing Wing Commander with massively superior graphics to what you need to run Word with a translucent border, on a 500Mhz box with 256Mb ram and a 16mb graphics card.
so yes, there is an insane amount of inefficiency in the modern OS. I'm sure some of that can be down to making things more maintainable (as games *tend* to be throwaway code) but not by that much, surely.
Is HP one of MS's partner companies?
not since they sued them over the Vista Capable issue. :)
"dont get to keep" according to the terms of the licence (and you're not a pirate are you? :) ). In any case, your employer/you will be purchasing upgrades so its never a totally free option. Its the teaser that keeps you in the fold.
nope, I installed VMware on Centos (because the budget for 6 Win2003 servers was too much). We run windows guests in it, but no, I've still not had problems with the host setup. This is on HP proliant servers, some with attached storage, so maybe your distro, or your hardware, or just the way you set it up was at fault - just try again, you'll see it does work.
I respect your like of VMWare, but please don't misinform people. It does not just work.
then you're the exception that proves the rule. VMWare *does* just work, I've used they free version in production on 6 servers and I've had zero problems with it. Read all the other posts in this story and you'll find you must have done something wrong, maybe try it again.
But if you're happy with VirtualBox, then there's little point migrating.
I think the OP was suggesting that you create your CV full of Linux skills, and then watch as the recruiters direct you to Linux jobs.
If you have, say, AS/400 mentioned once, as an aside, in a small paragraph, using a tiny font, as a insignificant part of your first job, that you never even touched but the company once had an AS/400, I can guarantee you will get recruiters calling about whether your AS/400 skills are up to date enough to be a sysadmin!
Remove all traces of MS from your CV and you will get only interesting jobs - embedded, mobile, Linux. You won't get called for the crowd of MS vb.net jobs that are out there. You don't have to mention anything about hating Microsoft either! (and you get bonus points when you turn up to the interview and can do Windows too).