Coors Light beer had a similar promotion this past summer in Canada if you bought a 15-pack of cans. If you cracked open a winning can, it would beep and the instructions said that Molson (Canadian importer for Coors) would track you down, so they could give you a home entertainment package.
I assume that it would be a real PITA and expense to refit existing planes with CAT5 cable.. as opposed to simply installing a wireless access point in the back/front and running one wire to the satellite connection.
1. Transferring product from generator (IBM supercomputer) to location. If you've just used 1 month of supercomputer time to model DNA folding, how will IBM transfer that data back to you? What if the computations and use are faster than the transmission rate? [Modem vs. DSL vs. T1 line]
They'll charge you for the connection that you require. Same as if you want a faster line from your telco or cableco.. Leased lines, etc.. IBM's in every mid to large size city. Fast transfer rates could likely be accomodated.
2. Dependency - you rely up on natural gas and electricity to be there, and yes they go down, but can they guarentee their utility won't have worse problems - especially if its Windows run and goes down once a week, cutting into your bought utility time.
Safely assuming that this would all be running IBM hardware and operating systems (S/390, AIX, OS/400 on their respective machines), downtime would be best the least of your worries... These are all workhorses that can run forever* IBM has the most experience that I know of running large application servers (mainframes) for many large clients.
3. Regulation. Most utilities are regulated, and those that were deregulated have not always worked out for the consumer. Let's say company A gets rid of its expensive infrastructure for computing resources and uses IBM's utility. What if IBM becomes the only utility and charges way more than it should - there's no competition so Company A can't shop around. Along this same vien, if Company A is smart enough, they'll never enter into a utility agreement with IBM if they can generate their own computing cycles and be sure that they'll always be there, versus putting all their eggs in one basket.
Company A can go back hosting its own apps.. as opposed to you or I who can't start digging for natural gas.. well, legally anyhow...
I'm not a huge IBM fan, but it's hard to dispute their capabilities for doing this kind of work.
Not having a Lotus Notes CLIENT (they do have the Domino server available) for Linux is fairly consistent with IBM's attitude towards user apps on Linux. Same can be said for Lotus SmartSuite.
The agreement also includes minimum standards for the reconditioned computers, setting chip speeds and memory and requires accessories such as a color monitor, speakers and CD drive; these standards could be upgraded annually as needed.
The minimum standards are Commodore 64's (64, not 64C), imported from Kabul.
I haven't actually had a chance to use it, but have ran through their free online demos. It will generate Excel spreadsheets, HTML, and XML as well as charts in GIF/JPG. Even WML so your executive who "needs" a 100-page report can view it line-by-line on his cell phone from his golf cart. You can embed it in servlets (J2EE), JSP, or EJB's.
BTW, I would really make sure that reports that long are really required. I haven't designed a system in the last 5 years that needed that kind of reporting. We usually end up replacing those long reports with smaller, more customizable online reports. And it looks iReporting would do this just fine.
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Coors Light beer had a similar promotion this past summer in Canada if you bought a 15-pack of cans. If you cracked open a winning can, it would beep and the instructions said that Molson (Canadian importer for Coors) would track you down, so they could give you a home entertainment package.
I tried and tried....
I assume that it would be a real PITA and expense to refit existing planes with CAT5 cable.. as opposed to simply installing a wireless access point in the back/front and running one wire to the satellite connection.
Plus the fact that wheelmice only scroll vertically.
I agree. This dinosaur can still be bought and delivered brand new...
They'll charge you for the connection that you require. Same as if you want a faster line from your telco or cableco.. Leased lines, etc.. IBM's in every mid to large size city. Fast transfer rates could likely be accomodated.
2. Dependency - you rely up on natural gas and electricity to be there, and yes they go down, but can they guarentee their utility won't have worse problems - especially if its Windows run and goes down once a week, cutting into your bought utility time.
Safely assuming that this would all be running IBM hardware and operating systems (S/390, AIX, OS/400 on their respective machines), downtime would be best the least of your worries... These are all workhorses that can run forever* IBM has the most experience that I know of running large application servers (mainframes) for many large clients.
3. Regulation. Most utilities are regulated, and those that were deregulated have not always worked out for the consumer. Let's say company A gets rid of its expensive infrastructure for computing resources and uses IBM's utility. What if IBM becomes the only utility and charges way more than it should - there's no competition so Company A can't shop around. Along this same vien, if Company A is smart enough, they'll never enter into a utility agreement with IBM if they can generate their own computing cycles and be sure that they'll always be there, versus putting all their eggs in one basket.
Company A can go back hosting its own apps.. as opposed to you or I who can't start digging for natural gas.. well, legally anyhow...
I'm not a huge IBM fan, but it's hard to dispute their capabilities for doing this kind of work.
Check out solutions available on Lotus Domino. Domino is available for Linux and runs very well, and provides plenty of other services as well.
Don't forget that your neighbour can sniff your home network using the outlet on the outside of your garage!
Not to mention stealing your bandwidth...!
Not having a Lotus Notes CLIENT (they do have the Domino server available) for Linux is fairly consistent with IBM's attitude towards user apps on Linux. Same can be said for Lotus SmartSuite.
The minimum standards are Commodore 64's (64, not 64C), imported from Kabul.
Lovely. Now not only will I have my wife screaming, crying, frowning as I drive "too fast" to and from the office.
If you're in Canada (like me), the CRTC has some good information on telemarketing regulations here: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/ENG/INFO_SHT/T22.HTM
I haven't actually had a chance to use it, but have ran through their free online demos. It will generate Excel spreadsheets, HTML, and XML as well as charts in GIF/JPG. Even WML so your executive who "needs" a 100-page report can view it line-by-line on his cell phone from his golf cart. You can embed it in servlets (J2EE), JSP, or EJB's.
BTW, I would really make sure that reports that long are really required. I haven't designed a system in the last 5 years that needed that kind of reporting. We usually end up replacing those long reports with smaller, more customizable online reports. And it looks iReporting would do this just fine.
Bantu provides a complete web-based (Java) IM client, that integrates with Yahoo, MSN, and ICQ. This client works great through firewalls too.
Although, they charge businesses for their software, there are many sites that offer instant messaging using Bantu for free.