They lost $12,000,000 2006 3Q. They lost $10,000,000 same time last year. They're bleeding money very fast now. The only reason they can survive is because they sold stock. Trolltech is doing very badly, financially speaking.
Its almost worth messing up from time to time just to show what would happen every day if you weren't there.
Yeah. And how about the janitors? Maintenance people? Trucking people? Accounting people? Shipping people? People in manufacturing? IT is just one part of a massive support staff that it takes to run any business.
I'm sorry to break the news that IT isn't necessarily any more important than the people that make sure that the toilets flush and the power bills are paid. Actually, as a business owner, if I had a fixed amount of money and had to decide to spend it on either A. A plumber, B. More help on the loading dock, or C. IT, I gotta say that C would be last on my list. Sorry guys. I can run my business with somewhat broken computers. I can't run it with no toilets and nobody to receive the inventory.
Of course CEO's don't want to spend a lot of money and time on security. Unless the company makes security software or hardware, it IS an expense. Computer security should be handled with the same priority as physical security (keeping facilities secure) and basic infrastructure (power, water, telephone, etc.). Any CEO that spends an inordinate amount of time on computer security will, and should be fired. Just because you, as an IT person, spends all day reading about security threats, does not mean that upper management should do the same. A good top level manager understands priorities, and handles them accordingly. IT security should be handled as an absolute requirement to run the business (like power and water), but should be handled with the minimum possible expense, since it does not generate any income.
As a manager, you have to understand that EVERYBODY is screaming at you about their particular area. The marketing people need a bigger budget. The maintenance people are wanting to upgrade this and that. The transportation people need new trucks. That's their job. It's a top manager's job to look at each of these recommendations, and prioritize them in a way that will do the best for the company.
Seems to me like this blog entry is just another example of IT people being too myopic to get any real handle on how a business is run. In case anybody is scratching their heads as to why IT people rarely climb up the executive ranks to manage large companies, this example illustrates that reason very well. (Usually, in large companies, the people running the show are from marketing or finance. Occasionally operations. Never from IT.)
If he didn't want it, he should not have bought it. It's that simple. Does the UK use force to make their citizens buy Dell laptops bundled with Windows? If so, that's pretty scary.
Every time I see a statement like this it pisses me off. Linux is very inter operable with every mainstream OS except Windows.
Wow. That's like saying that those floormats work in every mainstream car, except those with 4 wheels.
And you know what, Windows isn't inter operable with any other OS that exists. Not only that but the Linux community goes to outrageous efforts to make it inter operable with other OS's (reverse engineering) while Microsoft goes to extreme efforts to ensure no OS can inter operate with Windows.
I don't care. I'm not a programmer (any more) or a philosopher or a financial analyst. I need my software to work so that I can work. I care about what the end result is. Whatever happens behind the scenes is 100% irrelevant to me and my business.
Also why is it I find Linux far simpler than Windows. You set it up and it works forever. On rare occasions that there are problems you can find a definitive solution unlike Windows where you just reboot and pray because no one including Microsoft knows what's happening with most problems.
If I could figure out how to set up any of my business software on Linux, then I'd agree. Until then, it's still pretty much 100% useless for me and my business.
That's the idea. Embrace and extend Linux in order to make it useful for mixed platform environments. Sounds like everybody wins, to me, except for poor ol' Red Hat. But, Red Hat has made more bad strategic moves than I can count, so I won't be shedding any tears for them.
I can see it now... COM objects for parts of Linux... complete file system interoperability... oooh... maybe even a coherent desktop platform! I know that it'll be years away, but now I'll start to more seriously considering adding SUSE into the mix at my all MS business if I need a Linux for something.
The only concern I have is that Microsot continues further down the path and begins to create closed source applications or kernel modules specifically to run Microsoft apps.
Why would you be at all concerned about that? As always, you can run what you'd like. If you don't like "MS Linux", you certainly don't have to use it. Once MS puts some effort into SUSE, I'd most definitely consider switching some of my 100% MS shop to SUSE for some back end stuff. I need interoperability, and simplicity, neither of which are strong points of Linux right now. I'm looking forward to see what is going to happen to SUSE, because there might be a very good, useable Linux to come out of it.
How is this going to hurt Novell in any way, shape or form. If anything, Novell SUSE will be the big winner, because in mixed environments, who are you gonna choose? Some random distribution that may or may not interoperate with your Windows machines, or one that MS has worked with to make sure it works?
I own a business that is 100% MS right now. Everything is working well, but if we ever need a Linux server in the future, I know what distro I'm choosing (hint: it isn't Red Had or Ubuntu).
Oh, and on SUSE, MS will make sure that Samba and all other pieces that handle interoperability will actually *work*. It'll be a very good thing for everybody (SUSE, MS, Linux users, etc.). Only Red Hat will get squeezed, here. And I'm predicting that Red Hat will be marginalized to a great extent, too, now that Oracle is trying to break free and offer their own support, and of course, anybody with a mixed environment will be using SUSE.
No, all that's going to happen is MS is going to pay knowledgeable people to look over every line of code, and make sure that it's all clear (something which the other companies should have done long age). It's going to be a HUGE benefit for large companies that are worried about liability. If I were you, I'd relax...breathe... and take off the tin foil hat. The other Linuxes will still exist, but SUSE will just become the new corporate standard.
I'm down the street from Cary. You gotta remember that Cary is FULL of kids, and most of them are rich, spoiled kids, to boot (as if you didn't know). That would explain all of the interest in the Wii in Cary...
How about supporting your local CD store? Call me nuts, but I'd rather spend my money locally, insteasd of with some large, faceless corporation that's only interest is in my wallet.
... says that demand for the Wii is very low. They're not expecting to sell very many at all. The PS3 pre-orders, though, were snapped up in 5 minutes.
Eh. Voting machines are just another distraction from the real problem: democracy is dead in the US. There are only two parties even allowed to be on the ballot in most states, and many states even throw away write-in votes. At this point, it's like voting for Coke or Pepsi. There is no real choice, but people like to think that they have a real choice to make a real difference. It's 100% bullshit. The Democrats and Republicans are just playing good cop/bad cop. They're both happy as long as they can have half of the power and money, and the people are contented enough to think that they actually have a choice.
What a pretentious prick. Do you go up to people who have had relatives killed in car accidents and tell them it was their own fault for not driving a Sherman Tank?
US government: We put you in power in the 1980's. Now, we have no use for you, so we're going to invade your country, kill hundreds of thousands of people, blame you for a few thousand deaths under your leadership, and call you the "monster".
What a complete load of horse shit. I can go down to my local thrift shop, spend $25, and get a PC that will run DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP without a problem. Ubuntu won't install 3/4 of the time on generic old PC's that I've tried, and OSX certainly won't. What kind of crack are you smoking?
That's why there are many times more Microsoft developers than there are for any other platform. MS has made programming insanely simple. DLL's and other forms of COM objects make code reuse very, very simple. I can make a application with a functional web browser embedded in it in under 30 seconds. Can't do that on any other platform that I'm aware of.
ince the only way to leave without a passport will be by walking.
Well, don't forget... you won't be able to walk to Mexico any more, since Bush just signed a bill to have a 700 mile wall built. But, I guess that you could still walk to Canada...
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They lost $12,000,000 2006 3Q. They lost $10,000,000 same time last year. They're bleeding money very fast now. The only reason they can survive is because they sold stock. Trolltech is doing very badly, financially speaking.
Its almost worth messing up from time to time just to show what would happen every day if you weren't there.
Yeah. And how about the janitors? Maintenance people? Trucking people? Accounting people? Shipping people? People in manufacturing? IT is just one part of a massive support staff that it takes to run any business.
I'm sorry to break the news that IT isn't necessarily any more important than the people that make sure that the toilets flush and the power bills are paid. Actually, as a business owner, if I had a fixed amount of money and had to decide to spend it on either A. A plumber, B. More help on the loading dock, or C. IT, I gotta say that C would be last on my list. Sorry guys. I can run my business with somewhat broken computers. I can't run it with no toilets and nobody to receive the inventory.
Of course CEO's don't want to spend a lot of money and time on security. Unless the company makes security software or hardware, it IS an expense. Computer security should be handled with the same priority as physical security (keeping facilities secure) and basic infrastructure (power, water, telephone, etc.). Any CEO that spends an inordinate amount of time on computer security will, and should be fired. Just because you, as an IT person, spends all day reading about security threats, does not mean that upper management should do the same. A good top level manager understands priorities, and handles them accordingly. IT security should be handled as an absolute requirement to run the business (like power and water), but should be handled with the minimum possible expense, since it does not generate any income.
As a manager, you have to understand that EVERYBODY is screaming at you about their particular area. The marketing people need a bigger budget. The maintenance people are wanting to upgrade this and that. The transportation people need new trucks. That's their job. It's a top manager's job to look at each of these recommendations, and prioritize them in a way that will do the best for the company.
Seems to me like this blog entry is just another example of IT people being too myopic to get any real handle on how a business is run. In case anybody is scratching their heads as to why IT people rarely climb up the executive ranks to manage large companies, this example illustrates that reason very well. (Usually, in large companies, the people running the show are from marketing or finance. Occasionally operations. Never from IT.)
Is it just for the fun of getting it to run?
If so, that's a pretty bizarre version of "fun" in my opinion. Do the same people also think that doing their taxes is "fun"?
If he didn't want it, he should not have bought it. It's that simple. Does the UK use force to make their citizens buy Dell laptops bundled with Windows? If so, that's pretty scary.
Every time I see a statement like this it pisses me off. Linux is very inter operable with every mainstream OS except Windows.
Wow. That's like saying that those floormats work in every mainstream car, except those with 4 wheels.
And you know what, Windows isn't inter operable with any other OS that exists. Not only that but the Linux community goes to outrageous efforts to make it inter operable with other OS's (reverse engineering) while Microsoft goes to extreme efforts to ensure no OS can inter operate with Windows.
I don't care. I'm not a programmer (any more) or a philosopher or a financial analyst. I need my software to work so that I can work. I care about what the end result is. Whatever happens behind the scenes is 100% irrelevant to me and my business.
Also why is it I find Linux far simpler than Windows. You set it up and it works forever. On rare occasions that there are problems you can find a definitive solution unlike Windows where you just reboot and pray because no one including Microsoft knows what's happening with most problems.
If I could figure out how to set up any of my business software on Linux, then I'd agree. Until then, it's still pretty much 100% useless for me and my business.
That's because they're all owned and marketed by Microsoft. I suppose that would be more intraoperability as opposed to interoperability.
What's your point? It all still works together very easily. I use software to do my job. I don't care who makes it. I just need it to work.
embrace and extend it.
That's the idea. Embrace and extend Linux in order to make it useful for mixed platform environments. Sounds like everybody wins, to me, except for poor ol' Red Hat. But, Red Hat has made more bad strategic moves than I can count, so I won't be shedding any tears for them.
I can see it now... COM objects for parts of Linux... complete file system interoperability... oooh... maybe even a coherent desktop platform! I know that it'll be years away, but now I'll start to more seriously considering adding SUSE into the mix at my all MS business if I need a Linux for something.
The only concern I have is that Microsot continues further down the path and begins to create closed source applications or kernel modules specifically to run Microsoft apps.
Why would you be at all concerned about that? As always, you can run what you'd like. If you don't like "MS Linux", you certainly don't have to use it. Once MS puts some effort into SUSE, I'd most definitely consider switching some of my 100% MS shop to SUSE for some back end stuff. I need interoperability, and simplicity, neither of which are strong points of Linux right now. I'm looking forward to see what is going to happen to SUSE, because there might be a very good, useable Linux to come out of it.
You really should considering getting back on your medication. You're a bit wacky.
How is this going to hurt Novell in any way, shape or form. If anything, Novell SUSE will be the big winner, because in mixed environments, who are you gonna choose? Some random distribution that may or may not interoperate with your Windows machines, or one that MS has worked with to make sure it works?
I own a business that is 100% MS right now. Everything is working well, but if we ever need a Linux server in the future, I know what distro I'm choosing (hint: it isn't Red Had or Ubuntu).
Oh, and on SUSE, MS will make sure that Samba and all other pieces that handle interoperability will actually *work*. It'll be a very good thing for everybody (SUSE, MS, Linux users, etc.). Only Red Hat will get squeezed, here. And I'm predicting that Red Hat will be marginalized to a great extent, too, now that Oracle is trying to break free and offer their own support, and of course, anybody with a mixed environment will be using SUSE.
No, all that's going to happen is MS is going to pay knowledgeable people to look over every line of code, and make sure that it's all clear (something which the other companies should have done long age). It's going to be a HUGE benefit for large companies that are worried about liability. If I were you, I'd relax...breathe... and take off the tin foil hat. The other Linuxes will still exist, but SUSE will just become the new corporate standard.
I'm down the street from Cary. You gotta remember that Cary is FULL of kids, and most of them are rich, spoiled kids, to boot (as if you didn't know). That would explain all of the interest in the Wii in Cary...
How about supporting your local CD store? Call me nuts, but I'd rather spend my money locally, insteasd of with some large, faceless corporation that's only interest is in my wallet.
... says that demand for the Wii is very low. They're not expecting to sell very many at all. The PS3 pre-orders, though, were snapped up in 5 minutes.
Eh. Voting machines are just another distraction from the real problem: democracy is dead in the US. There are only two parties even allowed to be on the ballot in most states, and many states even throw away write-in votes. At this point, it's like voting for Coke or Pepsi. There is no real choice, but people like to think that they have a real choice to make a real difference. It's 100% bullshit. The Democrats and Republicans are just playing good cop/bad cop. They're both happy as long as they can have half of the power and money, and the people are contented enough to think that they actually have a choice.
One massive multinational corporation working with another. Why should I be excited about this? Is this news? Is this a good thing?
What a pretentious prick. Do you go up to people who have had relatives killed in car accidents and tell them it was their own fault for not driving a Sherman Tank?
...especially to any math articles. 142 is 1.183...% of 12000. Not "less than 0.1%"
wikipedia is free.
... so is shit.
US government: We put you in power in the 1980's. Now, we have no use for you, so we're going to invade your country, kill hundreds of thousands of people, blame you for a few thousand deaths under your leadership, and call you the "monster".
What a complete load of horse shit. I can go down to my local thrift shop, spend $25, and get a PC that will run DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP without a problem. Ubuntu won't install 3/4 of the time on generic old PC's that I've tried, and OSX certainly won't. What kind of crack are you smoking?
That's why there are many times more Microsoft developers than there are for any other platform. MS has made programming insanely simple. DLL's and other forms of COM objects make code reuse very, very simple. I can make a application with a functional web browser embedded in it in under 30 seconds. Can't do that on any other platform that I'm aware of.
ince the only way to leave without a passport will be by walking.
Well, don't forget... you won't be able to walk to Mexico any more, since Bush just signed a bill to have a 700 mile wall built. But, I guess that you could still walk to Canada...