That's great, we'll all take your bosses word as scripture. For those of use around long enough to come up with our own thoughts, we miss the quality and reliability of the old HP.
What is a real security check though? It's a large question. When I think about the network that is able to track down suspected terrorists I realize that my communications have probably been compromized too. Should we simply not care about who is flying but make sure they have no way other than their own physical skills to try to hijack a plane?
I do know of somebody that died on 9/11. It was the mother of a friend of my step-mother's daughter. She was in the north tower around floor 100, had just gotten there for a english language lesson when the plane struck. Remarkably I knew of two other people that were supposed to be in the towers that day including the north tower above where the plane struck. One was going in late for because of their newborn babies doctor appointment and the other just took the day off.
I wasn't implying that. It was more of a question of what someone believes if they are personally affected by an incident. Like the person that suddenly becomes a proponent of gun control after somebody they know is murdered with a gun. My question was posted too late and far down to try to create any meaningful discusion though.
On the record though, in the case of a flying cylindrical tube, I don't mind a heavy security check to make sure I don't have to try to group together with other passengers to fight off an attacker at 35,000 feet. It's a double edged sword. I like the idea of accountability but then I have to trust the government in charge of that.
Do you really think that the trade and barter system would bring about society as we know it? I'll give you 1 horse for that Athlon 3400+ system. Or how about hair cuts for a 5 years? It's not a con job, it's about specialization and economies of scale. it's a representation of work and a sense of faith in your government, in that you believe your government will be stable for the foreseeable future.
High-end engineering??? Well we all have relative levels of how we define things. If you had "high-end" engineers I'm going to assume that a lot of them had at least a Bachelors or Masters in EE. Computer Science is really Applied Math so anybody that was doing the design there probably had advanced math capabilities. Let's not confuse those with the ability to actually get through a reputable Computer Science or Electrical Engineering program with those that have certifications, which are just tests provided by a company to prove that there are trained individuals available to service their products. You can't compare someone sitting down and developing the algorithms necessary for a project and then implementing them and testing them to somebody making sure the mail server is running. I'm not belittling IT. I know some stellar IT people, including somebody that didn't finish their masters in CS but is a hell of a network guru.
People have favorites and often don't like change. I was working for a company that in 2002 was still using NT 4 on desktops because it did what they needed it to do. You are living with your head in the sand if you think that people will just jump because something equivalent is available. Much time and effort is involved in learning to use an operating system and applications in the way a person or corporation wants. There is a huge amount of inertia involved in displacing Windows and I really can't believe that anybody that takes a look at the world sees Linux as a Replacement for Windows in any less than a 5-10 year frame, just like Linus does. Frankly I think a quick push to a Linux destkop hurts Linux more as a lot of people will only give it one chance, just like they would with any other product.
You sure you have your timeframe right? I paid $300 for 24 megs around the same time. Memory manufacturers ramped up production in anticipation of a massive Win95 migration that never happened and memory dropped through the floor. I do remember paying roughly $300 for a 486DX/33. Sadly that was to upgrade my 486SX/25.
How many web and mail servers are running Linux? Software is written by humans and human aren't perfect so yada yada yada... It's no suprise that Linux would have as many bugs as any other piece of software. It would appear though that those that choose to run Linux keep their servers patched and turn off unnecssary services more often than those that choose Windows. The majority of web servers use Apache. The majority of those Apache servers are Linux boxes yet we don't see the issues with Apache that we see with IIS.
But I don't understand the whole compatibility issue. I can't recall one single attempt at cross-platform application development that has had any thing close to widespread acceptance..NET is a good idea, Mono needs to be a better.NET, not a cross platform compatible environment. Mono needs to address RAD development under Linux as application programming under Linux is the big knock right now. I think Mono has as much of a chance to be successful as Open32 helped developers target both Windows and OS/2
I think their might be issues with that naming. Linux is a registered trademark and I think Linus might have issues with a naming that implied it was THE Linux Desktop System
Work for McDonalds? At no place did I say people weren't responsible for their own health. I made a joke about requiring an agioplasty if you download a lot of music as a result of this promotion. Get a grip on yourself.
The thing about this is that, while amusing to people like us, you have to remain vigilant. Microsoft is going to fling lots of FUD hoping that some of it sticks. Some of it will stick if a concerted, intelligent, well reasoned response that debunks the FUD isn't offered up.
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The fact that 15% of the developers at this website are using a non-IE broswer suggests that they maybe be developing with no-IE browsers in mind now.
Pushed me back to Slackware.
Didn't read the article did you? He's pushing one of their machines running Linux and even talking about when a supercomputer isn't the best solution.
Their being in the US has nothing to do with mistakes in their software that has been localized for various regions across the planet.
That's great, we'll all take your bosses word as scripture. For those of use around long enough to come up with our own thoughts, we miss the quality and reliability of the old HP.
What is a real security check though? It's a large question. When I think about the network that is able to track down suspected terrorists I realize that my communications have probably been compromized too. Should we simply not care about who is flying but make sure they have no way other than their own physical skills to try to hijack a plane?
I do know of somebody that died on 9/11. It was the mother of a friend of my step-mother's daughter. She was in the north tower around floor 100, had just gotten there for a english language lesson when the plane struck. Remarkably I knew of two other people that were supposed to be in the towers that day including the north tower above where the plane struck. One was going in late for because of their newborn babies doctor appointment and the other just took the day off.
I wasn't implying that. It was more of a question of what someone believes if they are personally affected by an incident. Like the person that suddenly becomes a proponent of gun control after somebody they know is murdered with a gun. My question was posted too late and far down to try to create any meaningful discusion though.
On the record though, in the case of a flying cylindrical tube, I don't mind a heavy security check to make sure I don't have to try to group together with other passengers to fight off an attacker at 35,000 feet. It's a double edged sword. I like the idea of accountability but then I have to trust the government in charge of that.
I wonder how the beliefs fall based on such links?
Do you really think that the trade and barter system would bring about society as we know it? I'll give you 1 horse for that Athlon 3400+ system. Or how about hair cuts for a 5 years? It's not a con job, it's about specialization and economies of scale. it's a representation of work and a sense of faith in your government, in that you believe your government will be stable for the foreseeable future.
High-end engineering??? Well we all have relative levels of how we define things. If you had "high-end" engineers I'm going to assume that a lot of them had at least a Bachelors or Masters in EE. Computer Science is really Applied Math so anybody that was doing the design there probably had advanced math capabilities. Let's not confuse those with the ability to actually get through a reputable Computer Science or Electrical Engineering program with those that have certifications, which are just tests provided by a company to prove that there are trained individuals available to service their products. You can't compare someone sitting down and developing the algorithms necessary for a project and then implementing them and testing them to somebody making sure the mail server is running. I'm not belittling IT. I know some stellar IT people, including somebody that didn't finish their masters in CS but is a hell of a network guru.
People have favorites and often don't like change. I was working for a company that in 2002 was still using NT 4 on desktops because it did what they needed it to do. You are living with your head in the sand if you think that people will just jump because something equivalent is available. Much time and effort is involved in learning to use an operating system and applications in the way a person or corporation wants. There is a huge amount of inertia involved in displacing Windows and I really can't believe that anybody that takes a look at the world sees Linux as a Replacement for Windows in any less than a 5-10 year frame, just like Linus does. Frankly I think a quick push to a Linux destkop hurts Linux more as a lot of people will only give it one chance, just like they would with any other product.
Progamming and adminstering machines isn't computer science. Those degree programs are jokes.
You sure you have your timeframe right? I paid $300 for 24 megs around the same time. Memory manufacturers ramped up production in anticipation of a massive Win95 migration that never happened and memory dropped through the floor. I do remember paying roughly $300 for a 486DX/33. Sadly that was to upgrade my 486SX/25.
That would make sense, they get taken in by marketing, not substance.
How many web and mail servers are running Linux? Software is written by humans and human aren't perfect so yada yada yada... It's no suprise that Linux would have as many bugs as any other piece of software. It would appear though that those that choose to run Linux keep their servers patched and turn off unnecssary services more often than those that choose Windows. The majority of web servers use Apache. The majority of those Apache servers are Linux boxes yet we don't see the issues with Apache that we see with IIS.
But I don't understand the whole compatibility issue. I can't recall one single attempt at cross-platform application development that has had any thing close to widespread acceptance. .NET is a good idea, Mono needs to be a better .NET, not a cross platform compatible environment. Mono needs to address RAD development under Linux as application programming under Linux is the big knock right now. I think Mono has as much of a chance to be successful as Open32 helped developers target both Windows and OS/2
Fat nerdy teenagers can bring easily bring Microsoft products to their knees.
...and I wasn't talking about users, but companies and brand names.
Mandrake isn't calling themselves Linux 9.0.
I think their might be issues with that naming. Linux is a registered trademark and I think Linus might have issues with a naming that implied it was THE Linux Desktop System
Work for McDonalds? At no place did I say people weren't responsible for their own health. I made a joke about requiring an agioplasty if you download a lot of music as a result of this promotion. Get a grip on yourself.
Because you deserve a (heart attack/stroke/bmi above 40) today.
I find Morningwood Penitentiary funnier. Sadly, it took me a few viewings of that episode to catch that joke.
I've always been able to run mail/web servers from any ISP. Thank you DynDNS.
The thing about this is that, while amusing to people like us, you have to remain vigilant. Microsoft is going to fling lots of FUD hoping that some of it sticks. Some of it will stick if a concerted, intelligent, well reasoned response that debunks the FUD isn't offered up.