...in all of this, do not forget that there is a HUGE rise in the number of Linux servers quietly and discretely toiling away in the background. A number of firms that are primarily Windows or Sun oriented are ALSO using a growing number of Linux servers for the odd tasks within the corporate networks. Many of these firms are really "liking" the OS and are playing with the desktops within the development groups... I love seeing this as I go from firm to firm (as consultant). There is, most definitely, a growing movement from WITHIN many firms to use Linux as a secondary OS. I think its only a matter of time in many, many firms until it actually does become at the very least, an "alternate" desktop option and most definitely a primary server OS.
Well said! I see you've been chastised highly, but I agree with your position. I'm that rare "programmer/management" bird that has a TON of work and does manage to hire people, at least for consulting assignments. I've noticed that my programmer buddies who are truly GOOD programmers were never out of work for more that 3 or 4 weeks here in NYC. It's not enough to be a good techie, one has to interview well and present oneself as a "pro". There are many variables to the equation, it's not just whether one can code C++ and write a Sybase stored procedure...
This job is "fresh" to me. I was a professional dancer for 15 years (which paid well since I was in the union!). Now THAT is a profession with a short shelf life. Compared to the performing arts, programmers have it EASY...;-)
My poor MacFanatic friends are constantly complaining that businesses are not "enlightened" enough to buy Apple systems. I love pointing out to them stories such as this...
This was a perfect opportunity for Apple to jump in and say "Hey, don't use Linux or Windows. We'll install our hardware for less $$, provide support for X years and in return, if you like the product, give us a shot at running your back office as well". All this just as Apple is rolling out it's OS X Server line (Expen$ive...!!!)... And for what?
I'm always berating Apple for not providing middle size businesses with cheap opportunities to try Apple/Mac solutions instead... and use that to get more of a foothold in the corporate marketplace. Apple needs to "eat a little profit" and get it's hardware/software solutions out to business for "cheap" in order to gain marketplace... No one is going to consider Apple otherwise. Another great opportunity lost... Chuckle!!!!
Thank you. I too have been there - in the "other parts", where people BEG you for money, soap, clothing, anything... I'm fairly moderate when it comes to politics, so I have no political axes to grind here. Some objective analysis of time spent during multiple trips to Cuba over 14 years showed me how difficult and how brutal this place IS. You might have clean teeth, but don't try speaking your mind, reading a banned book, voicing an unpopular opinion, going to church (until recently)...or simply trying to leave the country.
Someday we'll all go there freely - to find a grown-up Elian Gonzales making $3 a week as a cabana boy in the Havana Hilton.
Pinochet, Castro, Mao, Stalin, Hitler, Hussein et al should all rot in hell.
No, it's more accurate to think of us Linux-folk as "physicians capable of healing ourselves"... as opposed to those PC-plagued who need a doctor, or Macfanatics and the awful alternative medicine analogy...
As an American who lived and worked as gaijin in Tokyo and Fukuoka for a long time, and for whom Japanese is a VERY comfortable and fluent language, I just gotta burst Billy's bubble. Ever since those ridiculous cyberspace books that geeks purportedly love so much began to appear, I've watched Americans become obsessed with anime and many things Japanese. I've lived there. They don't REALLY live that way. It's really NOT that much different than here, but it IS a lot more crowded. Their government is worse (believe it or not), with a new prime minister every six months... Big business is in cahoots with the politicians, even MORE SO than here... No one trusts the government or big business, but everyone works their respective asses off... Teen girls DO seem to live a "special existance", however, which is quite entertaining and quite beguiling to someone who is "gaijin" but comfortable in the culture.
However, believe me, London has no better appreciation of Japan than does Topeka or Vancouver or Montivideo... That is all...CRAP. So sorry William Gibson... maybe it gives you a rise, but I can honestly say you all don't have a clue... not at all. And if you want to find the truth, don't look at Tokyo, Osaka or the big cities... You MUST (MUST MUST MUST) go out to the quietest towns in the countryside.
That is where it's at...
Then drop all your preconceived notions and let the real Japan find you... It's a lot better and MUCH more rich and fascinating than anything you'd find in your books...
Trust me.
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...in all of this, do not forget that there is a HUGE rise in the number of Linux servers quietly and discretely toiling away in the background. A number of firms that are primarily Windows or Sun oriented are ALSO using a growing number of Linux servers for the odd tasks within the corporate networks. Many of these firms are really "liking" the OS and are playing with the desktops within the development groups... I love seeing this as I go from firm to firm (as consultant). There is, most definitely, a growing movement from WITHIN many firms to use Linux as a secondary OS. I think its only a matter of time in many, many firms until it actually does become at the very least, an "alternate" desktop option and most definitely a primary server OS.
True...
But the day we stop sending people into space is the day we doom our species to extinction.
We HAVE to go, someway, somehow... Thank God there are people brave enough to do this and wise enough to know the significance....
Well said! I see you've been chastised highly, but I agree with your position. I'm that rare "programmer/management" bird that has a TON of work and does manage to hire people, at least for consulting assignments. I've noticed that my programmer buddies who are truly GOOD programmers were never out of work for more that 3 or 4 weeks here in NYC. It's not enough to be a good techie, one has to interview well and present oneself as a "pro". There are many variables to the equation, it's not just whether one can code C++ and write a Sybase stored procedure...
;-)
This job is "fresh" to me. I was a professional dancer for 15 years (which paid well since I was in the union!). Now THAT is a profession with a short shelf life. Compared to the performing arts, programmers have it EASY...
Apple... the compter for the rest of YOU...
Was Jobs asleep?
Score another win for Linux!
My poor MacFanatic friends are constantly complaining that businesses are not "enlightened" enough to buy Apple systems. I love pointing out to them stories such as this...
This was a perfect opportunity for Apple to jump in and say "Hey, don't use Linux or Windows. We'll install our hardware for less $$, provide support for X years and in return, if you like the product, give us a shot at running your back office as well". All this just as Apple is rolling out it's OS X Server line (Expen$ive...!!!)... And for what?
I'm always berating Apple for not providing middle size businesses with cheap opportunities to try Apple/Mac solutions instead... and use that to get more of a foothold in the corporate marketplace. Apple needs to "eat a little profit" and get it's hardware/software solutions out to business for "cheap" in order to gain marketplace... No one is going to consider Apple otherwise. Another great opportunity lost... Chuckle!!!!
Macs, the computer for "the rest of you"
Thank you. I too have been there - in the "other parts", where people BEG you for money, soap, clothing, anything...
I'm fairly moderate when it comes to politics, so I have no political axes to grind here. Some objective analysis of time spent during multiple trips to Cuba over 14 years showed me how difficult and how brutal this place IS. You might have clean teeth, but don't try speaking your mind, reading a banned book, voicing an unpopular opinion, going to church (until recently)...or simply trying to leave the country.
Someday we'll all go there freely - to find a grown-up Elian Gonzales making $3 a week as a cabana boy in the Havana Hilton.
Pinochet, Castro, Mao, Stalin, Hitler, Hussein et al should all rot in hell.
Objective Analysis Rocks
No, it's more accurate to think of us Linux-folk as "physicians capable of healing ourselves"...
as opposed to those PC-plagued who need a doctor, or Macfanatics and the awful alternative medicine analogy...
Macs, the computer for "the rest of you"
As an American who lived and worked as gaijin in Tokyo and Fukuoka for a long time, and for whom Japanese is a VERY comfortable and fluent language, I just gotta burst Billy's bubble. Ever since those ridiculous cyberspace books that geeks purportedly love so much began to appear, I've watched Americans become obsessed with anime and many things Japanese. I've lived there. They don't REALLY live that way. It's really NOT that much different than here, but it IS a lot more crowded. Their government is worse (believe it or not), with a new prime minister every six months... Big business is in cahoots with the politicians, even MORE SO than here... No one trusts the government or big business, but everyone works their respective asses off... Teen girls DO seem to live a "special existance", however, which is quite entertaining and quite beguiling to someone who is "gaijin" but comfortable in the culture. However, believe me, London has no better appreciation of Japan than does Topeka or Vancouver or Montivideo... That is all...CRAP. So sorry William Gibson... maybe it gives you a rise, but I can honestly say you all don't have a clue... not at all. And if you want to find the truth, don't look at Tokyo, Osaka or the big cities... You MUST (MUST MUST MUST) go out to the quietest towns in the countryside. That is where it's at... Then drop all your preconceived notions and let the real Japan find you... It's a lot better and MUCH more rich and fascinating than anything you'd find in your books... Trust me.