This is nothing more than Trac which again is still the best thing that open source has to offer. I use Trac and love it. It integrates with Subversion, has a wiki and bug tracking plus project management and tons of plugins including one for scrum support and gant charting. But as many will point out, it isn't a full project management tool. Openoffice was working on a project management tool but this got dropped. This unfortunately is one area that got dropped in the open source arena.
Yeah, I love Trac but have to agree with you. OSS doesn't have anything that competes with Microsoft Project. Open Office did have something that was going to compete but it got sidebarred while they pushed 3.0 out the door. They may be getting back to it now or else someone may be building onto Eclipse... I dunno.
You use it where it is feasible and where it can be supported. At the financial company I work at, we are about to move to Asterisk (mainly because conferencing calls cost the company thousands of dollars each year). We have started dynamically creating our PDF's through a LAMP app instead of using a Windows app and closed source BIN for PDF generation. But all of these are supported and maintained in house. If they have the STAFF to support them, then I say do it. If they have the money to get someone else to support it, then I say do it. Otherwise, as a business, their best bet is to stay where the support and maintenance is... not even open source supporters can be all open source; we'd like to do everything ourselves but the fact of the matter is there just aren't enough hours in the day.
Aside from Trac though, I hate to say this but you are right. My manager recently asked about this and after researching, I had to admit that I couldn't find anything satisfactory. I use Trac (which is web based) but it's not something that I would suggest for project management on a daily basis. Agile42 is the SCRUM tool based on Trac which again is web based but is very good. But again, not much out there for project management.
Trac now has a nice SCRUM plugin. And a separate SCRUM tool is built off the TRAC project. Trac also has alot of additional plugins which are extremely useful for project management like gant charts and stuff and can integrate with subversion and has very basic bug tracking as well. Can be a good all in one tool for internal and remote offices (since it is web based).
Show me an OS that isn't. Linux just happens to clean up their messes and change things where they need to rather than continuing to build upon a spaghetti coded architecture.
My god! This is like inviting the cast of 'Biggest Loser' at the beginning of the show over to your apartment for Hors de Vors. Vista already ate everything, they are going to be fighting over crumbs!
Well there are studies which are inconclusive but point to high dosages of vitamin in conjunstion with high doses of vitamin E reducing chances of alzheimers by 80%. Their is also evidence that THC and cannibinoids not only help to produce new brain cells but to preserve them. So I gues what I am saying little Johnny is don't forget to smoke your pot and take your vitamins.
LTSP is definitely the way to go as far as I'm concerned. At Amazon from 95-97, most of our deploys were with dumb terminals and the current financial company I am at is now doing a massive thin client deploy as well. It makes it easier to maintain only a couple servers and easier to monitor your users activity.
It doesn't matter because if Google advertisers do not support it (flash only supported) and Youtube does not support it, the likelihood of mass saturation being attained is low. You will only see it once in a blue moon on freak sites or Microsoft sites. This is another money sink that they are putting their money into.
well for that matter international addresses do not conform to domestic address formats and should be stored separately. Since I was talking about zip codes (which are standard to US only) this was not a discussion about international addresses and therefore the point is moot. If this HAD been a discussion about POSTAL CODES, then I would concede your point however it was not and the documentation of 'zip code' should have pointed to domestic only.
I address international addresses elsewhere in the code.:)
They usually delete threads because it's an issue with something you did; screwed with the desktop environment or installed something that mucked with it. Blaming a vendor for user error is the last refuge of the PEBKAC.
As a classic example, I often point to a database design and a zipcode field. A newbie (and for that matter most people) would declare that zip codes need to be stored as integers and should they need to be formatted with a dash, that can be handled in the application layer. Now this is true in a general sense except for one thing... east code zip codes start with a zero. What will happen when you cast that zip code starting with a zero into an integer field? It's going to trim that leading zero.
Now an old timer will know this and set the zipcode field as a varchar.
The newcomer will not understand how to create objects as well as an old timer will generally as well. An old timer has alot of experience in creating objects and relationships and they have an easier time duplicating real life scenarios into a program or database.
Suprisingly, I've seen this argument a million times... so I just had to add it as a sig. Mixing up the engineer/consumer/career in our opinions about technology often causes conflict. I have opinions as a engineer about technology that differ with my opinions as a consumer which in turn differ with my opinions with my career. Those who make arguments like this, cannot resolve their conflict or at least choose not to see it.
With a BSD backend, a controlled hardware architecture and the ability to run tools from all platforms via MacPorts or VMWare or Wine, Mac has shown it is not only a better user experience in th long run but a far lower maintenance computer. There are fewer problems due to the maintained hardware architecture by Apple and no viruses to speak of due to sandboxing and BSD's UNIX background.
It does hav bugs like any OS which luckily they are fairly quick to address, and they have a much faster turn around for new versions of the OS (one every year versus every 3-5 years for Windows).
Would I prefer it to be more open like Linux? Oh hell yes especially now that they are adopting HDCP and other DRM related technologies. I suspect however that the Vista fiasco and Netbooks have caused enough people to consider a switch to Linux and with Apple embracing OpenGL for game development on iPhone and iTouch, it will only be a matter of time before it is on equal footing as a game platform and openGL is equally considered thus giving Linux a footup as well; afterall, Blizzard already has admitted to having a Linux Warcraft client internally that they haven't released.
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This is nothing more than Trac which again is still the best thing that open source has to offer. I use Trac and love it. It integrates with Subversion, has a wiki and bug tracking plus project management and tons of plugins including one for scrum support and gant charting. But as many will point out, it isn't a full project management tool. Openoffice was working on a project management tool but this got dropped. This unfortunately is one area that got dropped in the open source arena.
Yeah, I love Trac but have to agree with you. OSS doesn't have anything that competes with Microsoft Project. Open Office did have something that was going to compete but it got sidebarred while they pushed 3.0 out the door. They may be getting back to it now or else someone may be building onto Eclipse... I dunno.
You use it where it is feasible and where it can be supported. At the financial company I work at, we are about to move to Asterisk (mainly because conferencing calls cost the company thousands of dollars each year). We have started dynamically creating our PDF's through a LAMP app instead of using a Windows app and closed source BIN for PDF generation. But all of these are supported and maintained in house. If they have the STAFF to support them, then I say do it. If they have the money to get someone else to support it, then I say do it. Otherwise, as a business, their best bet is to stay where the support and maintenance is... not even open source supporters can be all open source; we'd like to do everything ourselves but the fact of the matter is there just aren't enough hours in the day.
Aside from Trac though, I hate to say this but you are right. My manager recently asked about this and after researching, I had to admit that I couldn't find anything satisfactory. I use Trac (which is web based) but it's not something that I would suggest for project management on a daily basis. Agile42 is the SCRUM tool based on Trac which again is web based but is very good. But again, not much out there for project management.
Trac now has a nice SCRUM plugin. And a separate SCRUM tool is built off the TRAC project. Trac also has alot of additional plugins which are extremely useful for project management like gant charts and stuff and can integrate with subversion and has very basic bug tracking as well. Can be a good all in one tool for internal and remote offices (since it is web based).
Show me an OS that isn't. Linux just happens to clean up their messes and change things where they need to rather than continuing to build upon a spaghetti coded architecture.
Hyper Sonic Deathgoat Jones. The name for my next child. I will be registering him for kindergarten class as such.
C'mon man! Their developers are probably SUMO who have been eating Microsoft dogfood!
My god! This is like inviting the cast of 'Biggest Loser' at the beginning of the show over to your apartment for Hors de Vors. Vista already ate everything, they are going to be fighting over crumbs!
Well there are studies which are inconclusive but point to high dosages of vitamin in conjunstion with high doses of vitamin E reducing chances of alzheimers by 80%. Their is also evidence that THC and cannibinoids not only help to produce new brain cells but to preserve them. So I gues what I am saying little Johnny is don't forget to smoke your pot and take your vitamins.
LTSP is definitely the way to go as far as I'm concerned. At Amazon from 95-97, most of our deploys were with dumb terminals and the current financial company I am at is now doing a massive thin client deploy as well. It makes it easier to maintain only a couple servers and easier to monitor your users activity.
It doesn't matter because if Google advertisers do not support it (flash only supported) and Youtube does not support it, the likelihood of mass saturation being attained is low. You will only see it once in a blue moon on freak sites or Microsoft sites. This is another money sink that they are putting their money into.
If you want to be anal about it, you forgot to trim and escape the string. Critical fail.
lol... you got me. I'd still kick him in the balls though. :P
well for that matter international addresses do not conform to domestic address formats and should be stored separately. Since I was talking about zip codes (which are standard to US only) this was not a discussion about international addresses and therefore the point is moot. If this HAD been a discussion about POSTAL CODES, then I would concede your point however it was not and the documentation of 'zip code' should have pointed to domestic only.
:)
I address international addresses elsewhere in the code.
Send me your computer and I'll let you know :)
Sorry but I love my Macbook Pro an I want to kick him in the balls for this.
They usually delete threads because it's an issue with something you did; screwed with the desktop environment or installed something that mucked with it. Blaming a vendor for user error is the last refuge of the PEBKAC.
As a classic example, I often point to a database design and a zipcode field. A newbie (and for that matter most people) would declare that zip codes need to be stored as integers and should they need to be formatted with a dash, that can be handled in the application layer. Now this is true in a general sense except for one thing... east code zip codes start with a zero. What will happen when you cast that zip code starting with a zero into an integer field? It's going to trim that leading zero.
Now an old timer will know this and set the zipcode field as a varchar.
The newcomer will not understand how to create objects as well as an old timer will generally as well. An old timer has alot of experience in creating objects and relationships and they have an easier time duplicating real life scenarios into a program or database.
thank you for proving my point.
oops... mispost. I shall where the medallion of shame now.
Hmmm... mus be an OLD issue. This doesn't happen in 10.5
Yes... all information you could easily google on your own but that you don't feel like doing MUST be a troll... http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/11/17/apple-brings-hdcp-to-a-new-aluminum-macbook-near-you
Your logic board is broken.
Suprisingly, I've seen this argument a million times... so I just had to add it as a sig. Mixing up the engineer/consumer/career in our opinions about technology often causes conflict. I have opinions as a engineer about technology that differ with my opinions as a consumer which in turn differ with my opinions with my career. Those who make arguments like this, cannot resolve their conflict or at least choose not to see it.
With a BSD backend, a controlled hardware architecture and the ability to run tools from all platforms via MacPorts or VMWare or Wine, Mac has shown it is not only a better user experience in th long run but a far lower maintenance computer. There are fewer problems due to the maintained hardware architecture by Apple and no viruses to speak of due to sandboxing and BSD's UNIX background.
It does hav bugs like any OS which luckily they are fairly quick to address, and they have a much faster turn around for new versions of the OS (one every year versus every 3-5 years for Windows).
Would I prefer it to be more open like Linux? Oh hell yes especially now that they are adopting HDCP and other DRM related technologies. I suspect however that the Vista fiasco and Netbooks have caused enough people to consider a switch to Linux and with Apple embracing OpenGL for game development on iPhone and iTouch, it will only be a matter of time before it is on equal footing as a game platform and openGL is equally considered thus giving Linux a footup as well; afterall, Blizzard already has admitted to having a Linux Warcraft client internally that they haven't released.