Makes you wonder what kind of planners they have in their empoy who keeps on bugling. Something deeper inside AT&T might be going on that we cannot see.
Mind you, if companies do find ways to make money off if it, I don't begrudge that... IF (1) I'm not forced into using it (and with M$ behind passport, I bet it will get very difficult for me to do the sort of online commerce I've done in the pass without giving into it, which will piss me off),
This is the bone of contention because Microsoft is in for the long-tem and it will try to control the net such that it will be illegal to use products and services not sanctioned by it and when they will have total control they can now impose whatever tax they want.
Its total ease of use for the horde of unsuspecting "lambs." For the technically adept, this is not an issue but for an ordinary "joe" or "sue" they find it a nuisance to enter their information everytine they interact with a merchant. The same information they did the other day when they bought a sweater that was on sale. Now they're buying some cool home stereo system and maybe tomorrow, some school stuff for the kids and they are from unique merchants. Question now is, they have to remember their login info for each merchant when they come back to order something else, maybe a new TV that is on sale maybe six months after they bought their stereo system because the merchant is having a sale again. How are they going to remember that information when each merchant has its own way of defining the login info. - some require your phone number, others email, while others a username. How do you remember all of them? Now you will see that passport makes sense. Single sign-on and authentication means no hassle for them. What they do not realize is that their identity can now be easily "hacked" as most of the systems Microsoft creates are insecure.
They have a lot of money stached in the bank from the "taxes" paid by the meek and clueless horde. The money they'll spen is viewed as a long-term investment for them and its jut a marketing cost that can be deducted from their balance sheet so they'll pay less income tax.
Back then the market was not yet developed as it is now with Microsoft controlling the desktop. IBM's OS/2 was not yet popular as Windows so its not really a good comparisson. The rationale now is that if you develop in the Windows you will have a bigger pond to catch the fish.
There are just a multitude of variables that need to be considered to successfully put this satellite into orbit. What complicates this is that it will take some time between sending a command and the actual feedback on what happens to reach earth due to the distance involved.
Amazing though that with computers and robotics, a lot of these are being automated so that mission controllers only need to make small changes.
Surely you do not understand why they are doing what they are doing.
Killing them will only strengthen the resolve of those others who will have to avenge their dead and this cycle will continue until their whole nation will have to be eradicated from the face of the eath which is impossible unless America will use nuclear weapons.
They are fighting for an idea and you can only fight that idea with a better idea that will convert others and stop the fighting.
I would greatly agree. And in most probability, many of these engineers will mostly be absorbed into other HP labs in other regions; but having the skills, it would not be difficult for them to find good jobs within the area without moving.
There must be some kind of sound reasoning for their decision because HP-UX is still one of their bread and butter divisions.
Businesses who standardized on MS software because they believed the MS rep how easy it would be to set up a web presence and operate/manage the IIS web servers are now gnashing their teeth. I dread to be the person who made that decision. And dread more to be a sysadmin of those servers.
But as a home user, you can only install it on one computer. Still some restriction if you have two or more home machines and you'll be forced to run other versions or OSes to conform to its license.
If I were an admin I would try to standardize on one distribution.
I think the world will probably need about 5 of these machines and not more....:)
HP and IBM already has offerings that can equal Sun's and its only trying to play catch-up. These are machines that are solutions looking for a problem because its not easy to implement projects of this magnitude.
Then the Linux community would be in the defensive mode.
How do we ensure that no prorpietary code was included in the Linux OS? This is a question that I believe must be addressed by the gods er developers soon.
They thought they were promised the moon (stocks and options, etc.) when they were hired and when this did not happen they theought they were entitled to something and the easiest were these properties that can be easily moved out of office premises.
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The decision to cut employees from a company is always not a very palatable issue for those who get to make the decision. I'm sure many get sleepless nights before and after making one. I've read somewhere this even ranks high among the causes of heart attacks in executives who need to make these decisions.
Layoffs however needs to be balanced against the realities of survival for the company. In other words, its a sacrifice of the few versus the good of many (hopefully). I know because I was there before and its not an easy task to be looking at your team and analyzing who should remain and who should go. I was not even sure if I would also be included myself in the rationalization of pisitions.
In these situations it is always better to do your utmost in your job because surely your boss will be able to notice this against others on your team. You can make a rational analysis too of your skills and capabilities as against other members of your team or the company's direction itself. Before anything else create your own "golden parachute" and jump before the ship goes on a nosedive.
Potatoes as with other agricultural crops have several varieties which thrive depending on the climate and soil quality. Many have mutated over the years to combat pests in their environments and these are the ones being rediscovered. Usually these varieties do not have the productivity qualities desired by the farmer who wants to produce the most out of his land.
While it is very nice to see some comparissons with open source software faring better than the competition, it is also noteworthy to remember that the study is incomplete in some respects.
1. It does not show the functionality differences of the two solutions showing the differences in implementation or even the superiority. It tries to assume that they are but in reality they are not.
2. Performance is not discussed also in more detail and probably the author assumes the Linux on mainframe is much better.
3. Resilience in case of failure is also not inlcuded. While the Windows solution has a spare server, the IBM mainframe solution assumes that it does not fail as it does not have a backup machine.
This only shows that the mainframe solution is very attractive if you are an existing IBM shop and has existing hardware and an additional platform is not a big issue.
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Makes you wonder what kind of planners they have in their empoy who keeps on bugling. Something deeper inside AT&T might be going on that we cannot see.
Mind you, if companies do find ways to make money off if it, I don't begrudge that... IF (1) I'm not forced into using it (and with M$ behind passport, I bet it will get very difficult for me to do the sort of online commerce I've done in the pass without giving into it, which will piss me off),
This is the bone of contention because Microsoft is in for the long-tem and it will try to control the net such that it will be illegal to use products and services not sanctioned by it and when they will have total control they can now impose whatever tax they want.
Its total ease of use for the horde of unsuspecting "lambs." For the technically adept, this is not an issue but for an ordinary "joe" or "sue" they find it a nuisance to enter their information everytine they interact with a merchant. The same information they did the other day when they bought a sweater that was on sale. Now they're buying some cool home stereo system and maybe tomorrow, some school stuff for the kids and they are from unique merchants. Question now is, they have to remember their login info for each merchant when they come back to order something else, maybe a new TV that is on sale maybe six months after they bought their stereo system because the merchant is having a sale again. How are they going to remember that information when each merchant has its own way of defining the login info. - some require your phone number, others email, while others a username. How do you remember all of them? Now you will see that passport makes sense. Single sign-on and authentication means no hassle for them. What they do not realize is that their identity can now be easily "hacked" as most of the systems Microsoft creates are insecure.
They have a lot of money stached in the bank from the "taxes" paid by the meek and clueless horde. The money they'll spen is viewed as a long-term investment for them and its jut a marketing cost that can be deducted from their balance sheet so they'll pay less income tax.
Back then the market was not yet developed as it is now with Microsoft controlling the desktop. IBM's OS/2 was not yet popular as Windows so its not really a good comparisson. The rationale now is that if you develop in the Windows you will have a bigger pond to catch the fish.
There are just a multitude of variables that need to be considered to successfully put this satellite into orbit. What complicates this is that it will take some time between sending a command and the actual feedback on what happens to reach earth due to the distance involved.
Amazing though that with computers and robotics, a lot of these are being automated so that mission controllers only need to make small changes.
Funny some people could easily extend and exagerate the information and make it look as if they are facts.
Lucky there are others who know otherwise.
Just like the Titanic. There will always be some small item that the designers forgot which turns out to be very important.
Surely you do not understand why they are doing what they are doing.
Killing them will only strengthen the resolve of those others who will have to avenge their dead and this cycle will continue until their whole nation will have to be eradicated from the face of the eath which is impossible unless America will use nuclear weapons.
They are fighting for an idea and you can only fight that idea with a better idea that will convert others and stop the fighting.
But there's a downside, you can only watch Cartoon Network or ZoogDisney so you can't watch SciFi or CNN or your fav local news and weather.
Have you forgotten what 666 means?
Try AOL-Time-Warner! ;-)
Don't count out Microsoft yet as it can surely metamorphose into something we have not yet seen or imagine.
I would greatly agree. And in most probability, many of these engineers will mostly be absorbed into other HP labs in other regions; but having the skills, it would not be difficult for them to find good jobs within the area without moving.
There must be some kind of sound reasoning for their decision because HP-UX is still one of their bread and butter divisions.
Another new Win* virus and maybe a lot of companies will be seriously looking at tearing down their systems and installing alternatives.
Hooray for OSS!!
No, its 4:50PM of the next day or until they have finished installing the patches and made sure all Win servers are OK.
This is a situation of reap what you sow.
Businesses who standardized on MS software because they believed the MS rep how easy it would be to set up a web presence and operate/manage the IIS web servers are now gnashing their teeth. I dread to be the person who made that decision. And dread more to be a sysadmin of those servers.
But as a home user, you can only install it on one computer. Still some restriction if you have two or more home machines and you'll be forced to run other versions or OSes to conform to its license.
If I were an admin I would try to standardize on one distribution.
Rather its the love of money that's the root of all evil.
I think the world will probably need about 5 of these machines and not more .... :)
HP and IBM already has offerings that can equal Sun's and its only trying to play catch-up. These are machines that are solutions looking for a problem because its not easy to implement projects of this magnitude.
Then the Linux community would be in the defensive mode.
How do we ensure that no prorpietary code was included in the Linux OS? This is a question that I believe must be addressed by the gods er developers soon.
They thought they were promised the moon (stocks and options, etc.) when they were hired and when this did not happen they theought they were entitled to something and the easiest were these properties that can be easily moved out of office premises.
The decision to cut employees from a company is always not a very palatable issue for those who get to make the decision. I'm sure many get sleepless nights before and after making one. I've read somewhere this even ranks high among the causes of heart attacks in executives who need to make these decisions.
Layoffs however needs to be balanced against the realities of survival for the company. In other words, its a sacrifice of the few versus the good of many (hopefully). I know because I was there before and its not an easy task to be looking at your team and analyzing who should remain and who should go. I was not even sure if I would also be included myself in the rationalization of pisitions.
In these situations it is always better to do your utmost in your job because surely your boss will be able to notice this against others on your team. You can make a rational analysis too of your skills and capabilities as against other members of your team or the company's direction itself. Before anything else create your own "golden parachute" and jump before the ship goes on a nosedive.
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How do we know that the /. article is not planted or had been edited too?
/. are knowledgeable and vigilant as compared to many other sites.
Of course we can only be satisfied with the thought that the team running
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Potatoes as with other agricultural crops have several varieties which thrive depending on the climate and soil quality. Many have mutated over the years to combat pests in their environments and these are the ones being rediscovered. Usually these varieties do not have the productivity qualities desired by the farmer who wants to produce the most out of his land.
While it is very nice to see some comparissons with open source software faring better than the competition, it is also noteworthy to remember that the study is incomplete in some respects.
1. It does not show the functionality differences of the two solutions showing the differences in implementation or even the superiority. It tries to assume that they are but in reality they are not.
2. Performance is not discussed also in more detail and probably the author assumes the Linux on mainframe is much better.
3. Resilience in case of failure is also not inlcuded. While the Windows solution has a spare server, the IBM mainframe solution assumes that it does not fail as it does not have a backup machine.
This only shows that the mainframe solution is very attractive if you are an existing IBM shop and has existing hardware and an additional platform is not a big issue.