Use a DLT tape (30 year retention guarantee), use tar as the archive format and transcode everything to a non proprietary codec or plain text. That'll probably be fine in 100 years. I've got a 25 year old DLT my father created on a VAX and that was readable last year still!
Well you sir are quite probably a muppet or a liar.
In the last 15 years of using Windows from support to development to solution architect, I've never once had to write a single line of C. Everything is exposed via COM/Win32 to all languages. It's a simple interop job. I've probably touched the Win32 API once or twice back in the VB6 days and that was it.
I've built massive applications that span thousands of machines, built clusters of 150+ machines for a single deployment, had insane levels of automation for everything and built applications with over 100 developers and over 1,000,000 LOC, thousands of tables and hundreds of MSMQ queues. I've worked in the finance, defence and retail sectors. I'm sitting here with PowerShell writing a deployment automation platform at the moment, without the aid of C or Win32.
Whatever you're doing, you're doing it wrong. Go and hit yourself with the clue stick.
I don't see the problem with this. Firstly, I've not purchased a Windows upgrade for 13 years (NT->2K). Secondly, Windows 7 is supported until 2020 so it's not like you have to upgrade it. Corporate customers need not worry as their license agreements give them the new OS for no additional cost.
I'm glad I've not purchased an eReader yet. I feel like we're licensing our souls piecemeal these days. Unfortunately, we're getting a raw deal in return for the adoption of technology.
I actually do this when I buy a book and have done for 20 years now: Buy it cash (preferably second hand already), Read it, Stick a bloody great big sticker on the front that says this is to be handed around for free and must not be sold, Give it to someone (anyone!). I encourage everyone else to do this as well.
Well it's only June. I don't buy that much, but when I do I make sure I don't buy a hunk of shit that needs replacing every 5 minutes, so 5 things I've bought new in the last 10 years which will still be going in 20 years FROM NOW through repair and replacement:
1. Land Rover Defender TD5. Definitely want this after 20 years. This replaced my 30 year old one. Repairable.
2. Maglite LED torch. Definitely want this after 20 years. Repairable.
3. Aga cooker. Definitely want this after 20 years. Repairable.
4. Singer 4423 sewing machine. Definitely want this after 20 years. Repairable.
5. OPL frame dryer. Definitely want this after 20 years. Repairable
I can't see a use for this other than to create more industrial waste that is a pain in the butt to deal with. Whatever you spray it on has a defined shelf life then with no prospect of repair.
I agree entirely, but we're flexible enough to switch platforms within a year or two. That's just due diligence.
At the moment they are the most logical company to pay the bills with (despite the anti-Microsoft appeal here). Their products hit the sweet spot that we need i.e. easy enough to use for braindead zombie users and powerful enough for power users.
Microsoft actually pay a lot of people's bills indirectly, mine included.
The EU can actually fuck off if they want to put a lot of companies out of business both in the retail and consultancy markets.
"Sorry we can't service your business any more - Microsoft aren't allowed to sell us another SQL Server CPU license so your cluster will have to pack up when the CPU pegs".
Also:
"Sorry we only sell Apple in this shop - we're no longer allowed to sell Windows PCs"
If that happens, I'm going to Brussels with a LART.
Spot on.
I was brought up on cheap Casio calculators and Rotring Tikki pencils and actually know what the hell I'm doing rather than how to get what I want out of Google.
Typical Europe.
Bar Nigel Farage, who is the Chuck Norris of politics, it's like watching monkeys at typewriters.
A model parliament should be like in Star Trek dammit!
Firstly, you need to make sure there is a paper process which people can run by if the kit fails. Business continuity doesn't always require a massive DR strategy especially in your market area. If the kit does go pop, your staff need to be able to work instantly - paper is the best and did for years before computers came along.
However from a technical POV, speaking from 15 years experience running SQL Server instances, there's no cheap solution that works reliably. Hot standby (HA mirror) is the best approach for your scenario. It's probably a good idea to host it in another DC to isolate larger failures.
I doubt if it was a corporate device that the end user would know (regardless of the law).
I'm off to close my gmail account now because this has disgusted me. Sorry but I will never support an organisation that promotes such things. Back to mutt and postfix!
I'm all for this. Hopefully Microsoft will provide non-crapware infested machines like the ones you get from Acer, Dell and Sony.
It's bad when you have to spend the first hour of owning a new computer re-installing windows without all the vendor crap.
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
So far - stuff that has turned to crap: CDE/Motif, Openlook, MacOS, Windows, Ubuntu (I mean Unity WTF), Gnome 3.
This is a disturbing trend. I'm going to write my own WM for X now.
I've done a fair bit of looking around at this and I can only find two opinions:
1. What ifixit said. Can't replace the battery, screen, RAM, disk or anything. It's an iPad with a keyboard.
2. Fanboy drooling and the sound of Hipster's credit cards melting. Please can someone explain how these individuals even crawled out of the oceans!
I own a 5 year old Thinkpad T61 (running Windows - there I admitted it) that's had more replacement parts than the queen's hips so I'm firmly in (1) or vagina.
First I tried Apple and it didn't let me move my music around, then I tried Android and it didn't let me upgrade, then I tried Windows Phone and it went flat in a day, now I can try Facebook and it won't let me keep my privacy.
I wish I still had my old Nokia 3310 now...
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Use a DLT tape (30 year retention guarantee), use tar as the archive format and transcode everything to a non proprietary codec or plain text. That'll probably be fine in 100 years. I've got a 25 year old DLT my father created on a VAX and that was readable last year still!
Well you sir are quite probably a muppet or a liar.
In the last 15 years of using Windows from support to development to solution architect, I've never once had to write a single line of C. Everything is exposed via COM/Win32 to all languages. It's a simple interop job. I've probably touched the Win32 API once or twice back in the VB6 days and that was it.
I've built massive applications that span thousands of machines, built clusters of 150+ machines for a single deployment, had insane levels of automation for everything and built applications with over 100 developers and over 1,000,000 LOC, thousands of tables and hundreds of MSMQ queues. I've worked in the finance, defence and retail sectors. I'm sitting here with PowerShell writing a deployment automation platform at the moment, without the aid of C or Win32.
Whatever you're doing, you're doing it wrong. Go and hit yourself with the clue stick.
I don't see the problem with this. Firstly, I've not purchased a Windows upgrade for 13 years (NT->2K). Secondly, Windows 7 is supported until 2020 so it's not like you have to upgrade it. Corporate customers need not worry as their license agreements give them the new OS for no additional cost.
I'm glad I've not purchased an eReader yet. I feel like we're licensing our souls piecemeal these days. Unfortunately, we're getting a raw deal in return for the adoption of technology.
I actually do this when I buy a book and have done for 20 years now: Buy it cash (preferably second hand already), Read it, Stick a bloody great big sticker on the front that says this is to be handed around for free and must not be sold, Give it to someone (anyone!). I encourage everyone else to do this as well.
Well it's only June. I don't buy that much, but when I do I make sure I don't buy a hunk of shit that needs replacing every 5 minutes, so 5 things I've bought new in the last 10 years which will still be going in 20 years FROM NOW through repair and replacement:
1. Land Rover Defender TD5. Definitely want this after 20 years. This replaced my 30 year old one. Repairable.
2. Maglite LED torch. Definitely want this after 20 years. Repairable.
3. Aga cooker. Definitely want this after 20 years. Repairable.
4. Singer 4423 sewing machine. Definitely want this after 20 years. Repairable.
5. OPL frame dryer. Definitely want this after 20 years. Repairable
There's not excuse to buy disposable shit.
I can't see a use for this other than to create more industrial waste that is a pain in the butt to deal with. Whatever you spray it on has a defined shelf life then with no prospect of repair.
I agree entirely, but we're flexible enough to switch platforms within a year or two. That's just due diligence. At the moment they are the most logical company to pay the bills with (despite the anti-Microsoft appeal here). Their products hit the sweet spot that we need i.e. easy enough to use for braindead zombie users and powerful enough for power users.
Microsoft actually pay a lot of people's bills indirectly, mine included. The EU can actually fuck off if they want to put a lot of companies out of business both in the retail and consultancy markets. "Sorry we can't service your business any more - Microsoft aren't allowed to sell us another SQL Server CPU license so your cluster will have to pack up when the CPU pegs". Also: "Sorry we only sell Apple in this shop - we're no longer allowed to sell Windows PCs" If that happens, I'm going to Brussels with a LART.
So Microsoft are running the EU bailout now?
Indeed, the legend, not the man.
Spot on. I was brought up on cheap Casio calculators and Rotring Tikki pencils and actually know what the hell I'm doing rather than how to get what I want out of Google.
Typical Europe. Bar Nigel Farage, who is the Chuck Norris of politics, it's like watching monkeys at typewriters. A model parliament should be like in Star Trek dammit!
Firstly, you need to make sure there is a paper process which people can run by if the kit fails. Business continuity doesn't always require a massive DR strategy especially in your market area. If the kit does go pop, your staff need to be able to work instantly - paper is the best and did for years before computers came along.
However from a technical POV, speaking from 15 years experience running SQL Server instances, there's no cheap solution that works reliably. Hot standby (HA mirror) is the best approach for your scenario. It's probably a good idea to host it in another DC to isolate larger failures.
Info here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb934127(SQL.105).aspx
I doubt if it was a corporate device that the end user would know (regardless of the law). I'm off to close my gmail account now because this has disgusted me. Sorry but I will never support an organisation that promotes such things. Back to mutt and postfix!
I'm all for this. Hopefully Microsoft will provide non-crapware infested machines like the ones you get from Acer, Dell and Sony. It's bad when you have to spend the first hour of owning a new computer re-installing windows without all the vendor crap.
Well in 20 years, we'll have x86 denial syndrome instead (of Amiga Denial Syndrome that is).
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo So far - stuff that has turned to crap: CDE/Motif, Openlook, MacOS, Windows, Ubuntu (I mean Unity WTF), Gnome 3. This is a disturbing trend. I'm going to write my own WM for X now.
I've done a fair bit of looking around at this and I can only find two opinions:
1. What ifixit said. Can't replace the battery, screen, RAM, disk or anything. It's an iPad with a keyboard.
2. Fanboy drooling and the sound of Hipster's credit cards melting. Please can someone explain how these individuals even crawled out of the oceans!
I own a 5 year old Thinkpad T61 (running Windows - there I admitted it) that's had more replacement parts than the queen's hips so I'm firmly in (1) or vagina.
just buy a nokia 303..
It's got a touch screen. A phone with a keyboard and a touch screen is a big WTF in my mind.
First I tried Apple and it didn't let me move my music around, then I tried Android and it didn't let me upgrade, then I tried Windows Phone and it went flat in a day, now I can try Facebook and it won't let me keep my privacy. I wish I still had my old Nokia 3310 now...
Us windows phone owning suckers in the UK had the same problem. My wife ruined my morning poop wit the news that it wasn't a bank holiday :(
And the nanobots will be selling them on ebay for megabucks in a week!