Re-read my post with your sense-of-humor hat on. He made for an easy target. Imagine that I wrote all that with a grin on my face. Why must you get so upset over such obvious ire? True trolls at least try not to be obvious.
I have six kids: Three boys; Three girls. I should know. What I've learned is that girls are not -- in any way -- less *capable* of learning math and science. However, *how* they learn is different. Take into account the "how" differences and you can have a science genius, girl or boy.
For example, don't *ever* say, "Good boy!" or, "Good girl!". (Got to be the most common mistake I hear parents make.) Instead, say, "Good job!". Boys won't pay much attention to the difference, but girls will -- even if you say "good job" to her, then turn around and say "good boy" to her brother. They notice all the subtleties of language and attitude.
If you ever so much as hint that your girl can't do something, YOU LOSE! Boys are much more forgetful.
Lawrence H. Summers later said that he was discussing hypotheses based on scholarly work and that it did not necessarily represent his private views.
Which are: Women should be seen and not heard. He later said that he was discussing his cultural bias and that it did not necessarily represent his primitive views.
Which are: A woman's place is in the home and real woman should seek marriage as their ultimate life fulfilment. He later said that he was discussing his gutteral feelings and that it did not necessarily represent his primordial views.
Which are: Women should stay barefoot and pregnant, as much as possible. He later said he was planning to move to either Texas or Utah and run for President, in 2008, on the Republican ticket.
Like most business books this book suffers from unneeded verboseness.
I respectfully disagree. I did read the book, cover-to-cover, last Summer. Each time I thought the author would be going off the deep end, I'd force myself to keep reading and was surprised to find he had real insight and substance all the way through.
Granted, I haven't followed his methods to the letter -- I've formed more of a variation on his theme, which better suits my circumstances. But it helped me a lot for him to give full examples, as he did.
The mortgage broker, two floors up from us, was sold a "firewall/e-mail server that runs some kind of Linux". He was experiencing e-mail issues and tried to get the "vendor" to come out and service his "product". Unfortunately the vendor couldn't remember the root password to his own box. In addition, he wanted to charge the MB for more hours to re-install and configure it a second time.
After NOT agreeing to the vendor's plan and showing him the door, the MB asked me if I could "crack into it" (yes, he actually used the right term). So... Knoppix to the rescue!
The following procedure worked well:
* 'mount' the HDD's main partition, rw
* From a shell prompt, enter 'su -' (in Knoppix this just drops you in, with no p/w required)
* Change the root passwd
* Make a backup copy of HDD's/etc/shadow password file
* Copy the line for the root user in the Knoppix/etc/shadow file
* Paste it into the HDD's/etc/shadow file, replacing the old line
* Profit.
Also noted that there were no users created (the vendor had been logging into Gnome as root to do everything). So added an user account with sudo 'ALL=(ALL) ALL' rights, etc., etc.
Well, that was software (parental control, no less) working in conjunction with the router -- not the router itself -- to blame. The customer paid the typical price of "free" commecial software.
This Belkin unit is the sweetest network device I've had the pleasure to work with. The range is phenomenal and the speed (with multiple devices connected) is very nice, too.
I confess, I've been a long-time fan of Belkin wireless products (it's about all the gear I've used of theirs). I buy Belkin WiFI products first; Netgear if Belkin isn't available; Any other brand just dissappoints.
So, instead of paying $140, plus shipping, plus mods, and transmiting at above the FCC's legal limit, why not pay half the price, make no mods and be legal?
Oh! I get it. You make some money on the sale of these on eBay. Maybe even indirectly? That's cool.
For an organization as large as you describe, a CFO might be able to do the things I describe -- you have to admit.
As for someone in the trenches... About all you can do is run a really tight ship and hope the PHB on-high notices -- and when that happens, be prepared to explain. Otherwise, you're right; You don't stand a chance of making a difference. Few strategies work for every situation. I was aiming at the corporate worlds I happen to know.
Main thoughts were: TCO doesn't cut as sharply as risk reduction. Also, proving risk-reduction is an easier win than simply offering cheap talk, though.
Step One:
Introduce OSS packages, one at a time. You can start with putting numerous, scary articles on the desk of the PHB -- one article a day, for a week or two -- which point out one of the main reasons for the rapid move toward Firefox. Next, introduce GanttProject, or some such FREE tool. When the time is right, introduce OpenOffice.org -- as a way to easily create PDF files, for example.
All these run on Windows. Just keep picking other packages which will run as well on Windows as they do on Linux. Introduce these products covertly, as well, one employee at a time. Get some of the early-adopters to help spread the news about the benefits of these "new tools" and help with training.
Step Two:
Move as many servers and services as you can to Linux. Use the best anti-virus, anti-spam software available, for example.
Step Three:
Brag about how much money and time you're saving the company, every chance you get. Make your message so sugarcoated, the PHB and gang get sick of hearing it. But realize: Money talks.
Then, really turn up the heat...
Step Three:
Start dropping articles on the PHB's desktop which address:
* BSA Audit issues
* Bruce Perens' short take on why OSS "makes sense" (he's a terrific writer!)
* Security - spyware, loss of productivity, etc.
Step Four:
Write a proposal. Do your homework. Make real sense of the numbers. Put them in simple terms. Show that migration to an OSS desktop will be painless because everyone's already using so many OSS tools.
Most importantly: Make sure your conclusions are about "risk reduction". Saving money is important, but reducing business risk is king.
If OSS is going to beat the crap out of the competition, it has to show how much business risk it can save -- as well as money. It has to show how much of a risk to business Microsoft and other closed headaches are to one's business success.
In fact, TCO isn't where it's at, folks. Screw "savings". Business value (what the developers/integrators and manufacturing people bring to the market) and business risk. Those are the real material of business.
Bottom line: TCO, "savings" and "free" need to take a back seat to productivity and risk reduction.
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However, for spelling's sake, you should use plural
No, actually, he's correct. However, for grammar's sake, you should go back to school.
(e.g. "I know, my friend.They've been quite rare,these days.")
Relatives? Friends? Actually, you are describing all of our former clients!
The profile is even worse, in that: If they fit your description, you can also expect their account will end up in collections. Fortunately that ends the "relationship".
You don't know how wrong you are. There are certain storage vendors who know just how much Microsoft *depends* heavily on Linux server farms. (MSN is such a hypocritical joke.)
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But using symbols can be such a powerful form of communication.
No, really.
This was the only Tablet PC that Gates could rely on.
Ah, what fine powers of perception you have.
Re-read my post with your sense-of-humor hat on. He made for an easy target. Imagine that I wrote all that with a grin on my face. Why must you get so upset over such obvious ire? True trolls at least try not to be obvious.
Have a baby, see gender differences
I have six kids: Three boys; Three girls. I should know. What I've learned is that girls are not -- in any way -- less *capable* of learning math and science. However, *how* they learn is different. Take into account the "how" differences and you can have a science genius, girl or boy.
For example, don't *ever* say, "Good boy!" or, "Good girl!". (Got to be the most common mistake I hear parents make.) Instead, say, "Good job!". Boys won't pay much attention to the difference, but girls will -- even if you say "good job" to her, then turn around and say "good boy" to her brother. They notice all the subtleties of language and attitude.
If you ever so much as hint that your girl can't do something, YOU LOSE! Boys are much more forgetful.
Lawrence H. Summers later said that he was discussing hypotheses based on scholarly work and that it did not necessarily represent his private views.
Which are: Women should be seen and not heard. He later said that he was discussing his cultural bias and that it did not necessarily represent his primitive views.
Which are: A woman's place is in the home and real woman should seek marriage as their ultimate life fulfilment. He later said that he was discussing his gutteral feelings and that it did not necessarily represent his primordial views.
Which are: Women should stay barefoot and pregnant, as much as possible. He later said he was planning to move to either Texas or Utah and run for President, in 2008, on the Republican ticket.
Like most business books this book suffers from unneeded verboseness.
I respectfully disagree. I did read the book, cover-to-cover, last Summer. Each time I thought the author would be going off the deep end, I'd force myself to keep reading and was surprised to find he had real insight and substance all the way through.
Granted, I haven't followed his methods to the letter -- I've formed more of a variation on his theme, which better suits my circumstances. But it helped me a lot for him to give full examples, as he did.
I don't know what you're referring to...
;-)
Forgot to mention: BECAUSE of Knoppix, and its ilk, the servers we build and sell support loop-AES, exclusively!
(i.e. When you go to mount the HDD from Knoppix, it looks like a bunch of garbage and Knoppix refuses to mount it).
The mortgage broker, two floors up from us, was sold a "firewall/e-mail server that runs some kind of Linux". He was experiencing e-mail issues and tried to get the "vendor" to come out and service his "product". Unfortunately the vendor couldn't remember the root password to his own box. In addition, he wanted to charge the MB for more hours to re-install and configure it a second time.
/etc/shadow password file /etc/shadow file /etc/shadow file, replacing the old line
:-D
After NOT agreeing to the vendor's plan and showing him the door, the MB asked me if I could "crack into it" (yes, he actually used the right term). So... Knoppix to the rescue!
The following procedure worked well:
* 'mount' the HDD's main partition, rw
* From a shell prompt, enter 'su -' (in Knoppix this just drops you in, with no p/w required)
* Change the root passwd
* Make a backup copy of HDD's
* Copy the line for the root user in the Knoppix
* Paste it into the HDD's
* Profit.
Also noted that there were no users created (the vendor had been logging into Gnome as root to do everything). So added an user account with sudo 'ALL=(ALL) ALL' rights, etc., etc.
It was a strange way to find a new customer
BTW, I *really* like your sig.
Well, that was software (parental control, no less) working in conjunction with the router -- not the router itself -- to blame. The customer paid the typical price of "free" commecial software.
So, Belkin is into spyware. Who isn't these days in one form or other?
Why in the world would I want to trust them? They've shown contempt for the consumer.
Better start stockpiling your dollars under your bed. Who you gonna trust?
This Belkin unit is the sweetest network device I've had the pleasure to work with. The range is phenomenal and the speed (with multiple devices connected) is very nice, too.
I confess, I've been a long-time fan of Belkin wireless products (it's about all the gear I've used of theirs). I buy Belkin WiFI products first; Netgear if Belkin isn't available; Any other brand just dissappoints.
Mi dos centavos.
It works with Linux. Doesn't everything, these days?
So, instead of paying $140, plus shipping, plus mods, and transmiting at above the FCC's legal limit, why not pay half the price, make no mods and be legal?
Oh! I get it. You make some money on the sale of these on eBay. Maybe even indirectly? That's cool.
(Thanks, Salshdot for the nice ad.)
Not so! Most of the Earth's surface is OCEAN. That means there's a 2/3 probability it will hit the ocean.
Oh, great. Just what we need. Even FEWER blue states. Terrific.
Becha can't eat just one!
He's taken his Ennis enlargement pills again, I see.
Eh... No offence taken.
For an organization as large as you describe, a CFO might be able to do the things I describe -- you have to admit.
As for someone in the trenches... About all you can do is run a really tight ship and hope the PHB on-high notices -- and when that happens, be prepared to explain. Otherwise, you're right; You don't stand a chance of making a difference. Few strategies work for every situation. I was aiming at the corporate worlds I happen to know.
Main thoughts were: TCO doesn't cut as sharply as risk reduction. Also, proving risk-reduction is an easier win than simply offering cheap talk, though.
Should have added: YMMV
Step One:
Introduce OSS packages, one at a time. You can start with putting numerous, scary articles on the desk of the PHB -- one article a day, for a week or two -- which point out one of the main reasons for the rapid move toward Firefox. Next, introduce GanttProject, or some such FREE tool. When the time is right, introduce OpenOffice.org -- as a way to easily create PDF files, for example.
All these run on Windows. Just keep picking other packages which will run as well on Windows as they do on Linux. Introduce these products covertly, as well, one employee at a time. Get some of the early-adopters to help spread the news about the benefits of these "new tools" and help with training.
Step Two:
Move as many servers and services as you can to Linux. Use the best anti-virus, anti-spam software available, for example.
Step Three:
Brag about how much money and time you're saving the company, every chance you get. Make your message so sugarcoated, the PHB and gang get sick of hearing it. But realize: Money talks.
Then, really turn up the heat...
Step Three:
Start dropping articles on the PHB's desktop which address:
* BSA Audit issues
* Bruce Perens' short take on why OSS "makes sense" (he's a terrific writer!)
* Security - spyware, loss of productivity, etc.
Step Four:
Write a proposal. Do your homework. Make real sense of the numbers. Put them in simple terms. Show that migration to an OSS desktop will be painless because everyone's already using so many OSS tools.
Most importantly: Make sure your conclusions are about "risk reduction". Saving money is important, but reducing business risk is king.
If OSS is going to beat the crap out of the competition, it has to show how much business risk it can save -- as well as money. It has to show how much of a risk to business Microsoft and other closed headaches are to one's business success.
In fact, TCO isn't where it's at, folks. Screw "savings". Business value (what the developers/integrators and manufacturing people bring to the market) and business risk. Those are the real material of business.
Bottom line: TCO, "savings" and "free" need to take a back seat to productivity and risk reduction.
However, for spelling's sake, you should use plural
No, actually, he's correct. However, for grammar's sake, you should go back to school.
(e.g. "I know, my friend. They've been quite rare, these days.")
Hi, Ken. I see you've found something to do with your time, now that you're off Jeopardy. Welcome!
Relatives? Friends? Actually, you are describing all of our former clients!
The profile is even worse, in that: If they fit your description, you can also expect their account will end up in collections. Fortunately that ends the "relationship".
Is this what you meant? (Note: SUN vs. SUNW)
Uh... I rather enjoyed your post. No need to bash one's self over a good, knowledgeable post. Really.
You don't know how wrong you are. There are certain storage vendors who know just how much Microsoft *depends* heavily on Linux server farms. (MSN is such a hypocritical joke.)