Good question, and honestly, I'm not sure. For mine, no. For some others, no. For all of them, no earthy clue. I wouldn't be surprised if at least some of them weren't, though.
I didn't say anything about adoption rate as a whole. I was commenting on this specific statement "Looking around at a room of IT specialists, the only ones with a Mac are middle managers. This is why we dislike it, it's a product designed to keep the user occupied, not to enable the user to be productive."
As a 42 year old system engineer (*nix) I can say your inexperience is showing. There hasn't been a company I've worked for who didn't have a plethora of Macs in the hands of the developers, SysAdmins *and* managers.
Most of our linux admins? Macs.
Half our Windows admins? Macs.
1/4 of our developers? Macs.
Went to a couple Puppet conferences. Most of the laptops? Macs.
I just got my Feb. pay-per-view magazine. It has the dates/descriptions of all the ppv's for feb. I noticed something interesting on page 4. Under the paragraph header "How To Record a Pay-Per-View", it says, and I almost quote(I dont have it in front of me)"It is legal to record a pay-per-view", then it gives detailed instructions as to how to do this.
How different would recording a ppv be from recording a dvd (rented or bought), a vhs (rented or bought), etc? Especially since I am subscribed to "digital cable"?
I have a similar problem with my employer. Their timesheet is a client-side java application. When you pull up the webpage, depending on the platform you use (Solaris, Windows and Mac using IE or Netscape) some javascript (which also gets the previous info) displays the correct applet or embed tags. Unfortunately, the javascript does not check for linux.
I sent an email to the webmaster explaining the problem (even providing links to the blackdown site, the output of my 'about:plugins' page, and a bunch of other information that would help take care of the matter). My response back was "Why dont you try using IE on linux and let me know if it works". This was the *webmaster* of a major IT contracting company!!! The cluelessness of some people amazes me. I have no problem giving away the name of the company.
Signal Corporation.
If anyone wants to contract through them and uses a desktop other than Windows, Mac, or Solaris, I *highly* suggest you think otherwise.
What about a de-crypt/delete option? i.e. you encrypt the drive. There are 2 different commands (or command arguments). One just decrypts the data. The second, decrypts the data, but while doing so, deletes/rewrites a bunch of times the drive/data. That way, if you have to give your key to someone, or they ask you to decrypt it, you can without worrying about exposing sensitive data, because it is effectively gone.
Is there a reason that wouldnt work?
It crashed on mine also. Then I ran the installer as root. It installed no problem. Unfortunately, I had the changed the default permissions for my regular user account to be able to run it. Not a big deal, though.
I was checking out the linuxone site. I thought for hoots, I'd try to order a product. The ordering page wont come up. So then I tried to visit the base url of the ordering page: gabriel.linuxopen.com. It is the base apache install including the documentation!! good grief.
I thought that the moderating system *was* a kind of 'rating' system. You can set your moderation to what you find acceptable. Might not be the most perfect system, but it works for me. In terms of 'trust', there might not be any immediate trust for any of the posts, however, like you mentioned, after you check out posts from the same people over and over and they are accurate, a kind of trust developes. 'Earned trust' rather than 'Blind trust'. Always the best kind.
I am not one of those that sent a flame to any of the previously mentioned persons. I have been corrected on my advocacy however. Yes, I used to be a "NT SUX!! Linux Rulz!!" type of advocate. Yes, articles such as this have changed me. I no longer flame. I research and correct. I try to make intelligent arguments in my discussions in this all NT shop. I educate and demonstrate. Now I have created converts and continue to do so. Once I convert someone, and they become Linux loyalists, I make sure I give them copies of articles such as this. I dont want my 'offspring' ruining the communities reputation by being a zealot.
Once you view your stats, click on your email address, it will bring up a new page. Then at the bottom of the page, it say something to the effect of "oops, I forgot my password, please email it to:***". Try that. Its not hard
Maybe Im missing something here. Im not a linux guru. However, if I need any info on how to setup a linux box, solve a linux problem, etc, I know where to go. This stuff is not hidden. There are undoubtedly hundreds of web sites, ftp sites, etc. to go to to get any and all info. Also, If I have a problem with apache, I go to apache's site first, not redhat's, or debian's, etc. If I had a problem with, i.e. Wingate (running on NT) I would *not* go to microsoft's site. I would go to Wingate's. This is not hard to figure out. I just dont understand how people can say that linux info is wide spread and all over the place, not centralized. I go to one place 'www.linux.org', click on 'Support'. voila!! If its not there, I check a search engine. Its that simple. Even my PHB 'knows how to Yahoo'. sheesh.
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We are experiencing a slight technical problem with our database system. The system administrator has already been notified and the system will be back to normal soon.
I think so. example: a car company creates a car(Windows) that under certain conditions causes the brakes to fail (macros written badly). Once the defect is made public, or proven, it is fixed. Many times, a recall takes place. The product is 'fixed', sometimes those who have had loss due to the flaw recieve some sort of compensation. The people who drove the car(users) are not blamed, even if they know they shouldnt recreate the condition that causes the malfunction(education). The person who 'created' the condition isnt to blame(virus writer), this condition doesnt affect other vehicles(Linux, MacOS, etc). Only those who created the vehicle (Windows) are to blame(Microsoft). The released a faulty, vulnerable product. Why should it be any different in the OS industry? This process is a standard everywhere except the 'Intellectual Property' industry. Why?
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Good question, and honestly, I'm not sure. For mine, no. For some others, no. For all of them, no earthy clue. I wouldn't be surprised if at least some of them weren't, though.
My anecdotal evidence for his(her) anecdotal evidence. /shrugs.
I didn't say anything about adoption rate as a whole. I was commenting on this specific statement "Looking around at a room of IT specialists, the only ones with a Mac are middle managers. This is why we dislike it, it's a product designed to keep the user occupied, not to enable the user to be productive."
Please, do try to keep up.
As a 42 year old system engineer (*nix) I can say your inexperience is showing. There hasn't been a company I've worked for who didn't have a plethora of Macs in the hands of the developers, SysAdmins *and* managers.
Most of our linux admins? Macs.
Half our Windows admins? Macs.
1/4 of our developers? Macs.
Went to a couple Puppet conferences. Most of the laptops? Macs.
etc, etc, etc.
The rest of your comment is pure applesauce.
I just got my Feb. pay-per-view magazine. It has the dates/descriptions of all the ppv's for feb. I noticed something interesting on page 4. Under the paragraph header "How To Record a Pay-Per-View", it says, and I almost quote(I dont have it in front of me)"It is legal to record a pay-per-view", then it gives detailed instructions as to how to do this.
How different would recording a ppv be from recording a dvd (rented or bought), a vhs (rented or bought), etc? Especially since I am subscribed to "digital cable"?
I have a similar problem with my employer. Their timesheet is a client-side java application. When you pull up the webpage, depending on the platform you use (Solaris, Windows and Mac using IE or Netscape) some javascript (which also gets the previous info) displays the correct applet or embed tags. Unfortunately, the javascript does not check for linux.
I sent an email to the webmaster explaining the problem (even providing links to the blackdown site, the output of my 'about:plugins' page, and a bunch of other information that would help take care of the matter). My response back was "Why dont you try using IE on linux and let me know if it works". This was the *webmaster* of a major IT contracting company!!! The cluelessness of some people amazes me. I have no problem giving away the name of the company.
Signal Corporation.
If anyone wants to contract through them and uses a desktop other than Windows, Mac, or Solaris, I *highly* suggest you think otherwise.
What about a de-crypt/delete option? i.e. you encrypt the drive. There are 2 different commands (or command arguments). One just decrypts the data. The second, decrypts the data, but while doing so, deletes/rewrites a bunch of times the drive/data. That way, if you have to give your key to someone, or they ask you to decrypt it, you can without worrying about exposing sensitive data, because it is effectively gone. Is there a reason that wouldnt work?
It crashed on mine also. Then I ran the installer as root. It installed no problem. Unfortunately, I had the changed the default permissions for my regular user account to be able to run it. Not a big deal, though.
I was checking out the linuxone site. I thought for hoots, I'd try to order a product. The ordering page wont come up. So then I tried to visit the base url of the ordering page: gabriel.linuxopen.com. It is the base apache install including the documentation!! good grief.
I thought that the moderating system *was* a kind of 'rating' system. You can set your moderation to what you find acceptable. Might not be the most perfect system, but it works for me. In terms of 'trust', there might not be any immediate trust for any of the posts, however, like you mentioned, after you check out posts from the same people over and over and they are accurate, a kind of trust developes. 'Earned trust' rather than 'Blind trust'. Always the best kind.
I am not one of those that sent a flame to any of the previously mentioned persons. I have been corrected on my advocacy however. Yes, I used to be a "NT SUX!! Linux Rulz!!" type of advocate. Yes, articles such as this have changed me. I no longer flame. I research and correct. I try to make intelligent arguments in my discussions in this all NT shop. I educate and demonstrate. Now I have created converts and continue to do so. Once I convert someone, and they become Linux loyalists, I make sure I give them copies of articles such as this. I dont want my 'offspring' ruining the communities reputation by being a zealot.
Behold!! The power of chee...er Linux!!
Once you view your stats, click on your email address, it will bring up a new page. Then at the bottom of the page, it say something to the effect of "oops, I forgot my password, please email it to:***". Try that. Its not hard
Maybe Im missing something here. Im not a linux guru. However, if I need any info on how to setup a linux box, solve a linux problem, etc, I know where to go. This stuff is not hidden. There are undoubtedly hundreds of web sites, ftp sites, etc. to go to to get any and all info.
Also, If I have a problem with apache, I go to apache's site first, not redhat's, or debian's, etc. If I had a problem with, i.e. Wingate (running on NT) I would *not* go to microsoft's site. I would go to Wingate's. This is not hard to figure out. I just dont understand how people can say that linux info is wide spread and all over the place, not centralized. I go to one place 'www.linux.org', click on 'Support'. voila!! If its not there, I check a search engine. Its that simple. Even my PHB 'knows how to Yahoo'. sheesh.
We are experiencing a slight technical problem with our database system. The system administrator has already been notified and the system will be back to normal soon.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
webmaster@32bitsonline.com hehehe
I think so. example: a car company creates a car(Windows) that under certain conditions causes the brakes to fail (macros written badly). Once the defect is made public, or proven, it is fixed. Many times, a recall takes place. The product is 'fixed', sometimes those who have had loss due to the flaw recieve some sort of compensation. The people who drove the car(users) are not blamed, even if they know they shouldnt recreate the condition that causes the malfunction(education). The person who 'created' the condition isnt to blame(virus writer), this condition doesnt affect other vehicles(Linux, MacOS, etc). Only those who created the vehicle (Windows) are to blame(Microsoft). The released a faulty, vulnerable product. Why should it be any different in the OS industry? This process is a standard everywhere except the 'Intellectual Property' industry. Why?