than having to buy memory sticks for the fuckin' things. I've got a sony 828 and the 1 gig memory stick fills up QUICK!
As a side note, you must have noticed that your 828 comes with a CF slot, so you can buy a 4 GB microdrive for the price of your 1 GB Memory Stick Pro.
I've STFW for this particular quote from NSA, But I couldn't find it. I'm trying to convince some people of the convenience of linux in secure environments, and this quote could be extremely useful. Thanks.
We really didn't have server crashes, but Oracle always had problems with our E5k server, with all patches applied, and crashed very often (two to four times a month). The reason is still a mistery to me... maybe it was a hardware defect or some kind of Oracle misconfiguration.
I'm the CIO of an insurance company. In 2000 I decided that linux was the way to go, so I hired an experienced Linux Engineer. We started with replacing mail, then proxy, web server, firewall, print servers, file servers, LDAP, net monitor (MRTG), basically everything that we called infrastructure. That took about a year, and in the middle, I trained my old windows guys with a mix of inhouse and outside efforts.
At the beginning of 2001, we changed all development servers (with our testing Oracle 8i databases), and everything went sweet. So in april 2001 we changed our production server from a Sun Enterprise 5000 (4 Ultra Sparc processors) to a Quad Xeon. No more server crashes, no more high maintenance costs.
The final user is still using windows, so they didn't notice any change but more speed and more uptime.
The upper management is very happy with the savings so far (we reduced our spending by about 60%), and the uptime.
I am very happy with the solid performance of all our servers.
Some interesting facts:
Our Company is one of the top ten in Venezuela.
Yes, we are in Venezuela.
We have only one windows server alive: it runs Metaframe.
No, I'm not an english native speaker. Corrections are welcome.
Re:Are you a USA patriot? No, I'm not.
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Even if Linus worked for the Nasa, and he were born in Washington DC, Linux is not a USA product.
Face it, there is inteligent life out of your country...
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Maybe because you misspelled OSDL?
sigh, what's wrong with a little dyslexia...
As a side note, you must have noticed that your 828 comes with a CF slot, so you can buy a 4 GB microdrive for the price of your 1 GB Memory Stick Pro.
"What version of Windows do you have?"
"I use Linux."
"Oh! Red Hat!"
"No, pal, It's Debian."
And then, suddenly, all their arrogance is gone...
I've STFW for this particular quote from NSA, But I couldn't find it.
I'm trying to convince some people of the convenience of linux in secure environments, and this quote could be extremely useful.
Thanks.
The largest installation of linux in South America, in a financial group (a bank and an insurance company), runs only in Debian.
And that was because bussiness is the priority.
Check http://www.nuevomundo.com.ve.
Real managers know what they are doing.
Linux: most popular form of Debian
We really didn't have server crashes, but Oracle always had problems with our E5k server, with all patches applied, and crashed very often (two to four times a month).
The reason is still a mistery to me... maybe it was a hardware defect or some kind of Oracle misconfiguration.
At the beginning of 2001, we changed all development servers (with our testing Oracle 8i databases), and everything went sweet. So in april 2001 we changed our production server from a Sun Enterprise 5000 (4 Ultra Sparc processors) to a Quad Xeon. No more server crashes, no more high maintenance costs.
Some interesting facts:
Face it, there is inteligent life out of your country...
PS: I posted this same article three days ago, and got rejected... It's only news if it goes to Linux Today...
You still can get you linux, plus all bells and whistles, from Debian.
By the way, do you realize that Linux is mostly an european product?
This four big players united will have stronger market position and will help to the widespread adoption of linux where more needed.