Applications may start to take the Web route also.
Accounting for example.
I'd love to pair up with some geeks on here to start up a company to develop a full web based accounting system in LAMP, seriously lacking in the Linux community.
it's written in perl, but - have a look at sql-ledger... i think a consulting crew who customized SQL-Ledger for businesses could make some bucks. you could partner with general-practice linux consulting companies who need a subcontractor to take care of their clients' accounting migration needs. you could even offer hosted accounting.
I will stick with my Python as it is really free, yes I can even pack it in with my project and give it to anyone I want. Coding in java is like writing a macro in MS word and saving the document. I refuse to had the key to my code over to someone else.
i started java development back before i had a real consciousness about licensing issues. ever since, i've been hoping we'd see java set free. now that the possibility has all but been removed, i too have turned my attentions to Python.
I've seen soap opera plots that were less convoluted than this mess.
given that soap opera plots are targeted at lobotomized cows barely aware enough to sign their name on a credit card application, that's not saying much...
i've just started using python, haven't even cracked open webware or cheetah yet - but conceptually, at least, these seem quite similar to their counterparts.
i suspect the java-based stuff is faster, scales a lot better, has more libraries, and is more mature - but the P+W+C might grow to fill that void, using completely free software.
has anyone used both of these sets of technology? what are your opinions?
I can tell you this much: if my team did this to me, and then even HINTED at how "valuable" they were, they'd be fired on the spot, project status be damned.
can i have their e-mail addresses? i'm just curious what it's like to work for an arrogant douchebag.
I have 24 computers in our labs. No student 'owns' a computer - they sit where there is space. So what, they're supposed to do a quick install everytime they log in to a new computer? What about when I reinstall the lab (every month or so). They all get to reinstall again. That's stupid.
FWIW, that was the show-stopper for us too. Frustrating... waiting to see what 2.0 is like...
But in this press release it says that linux networx is the one that installed the linux clusters at the LLNL.
ok, i admit i'm clinically paranoid - but i still think SCOX will eventually set up a patsy to lose a case to ensnare gnu/linux. i wonder if the US government would collude in such an operation. MS is a big money vacumm cleaner that sucks cash from other countries into the US - democratizing computing could appear to the technically ignorant realpolitikos as a net loss, nationally.
The problem is that these things are to be downloaded, a full CD in FLAC runs in the ~300M (please correct me if I'm wrong) range
that may be the case but for some people there is no substitute for lossless, full cd-quality recordings. until they offer that, on-line music with or without drm isn't of much interest to me.
it's got to be less expensive to just maintain a big server with fat pipes than to physically pump out and mail cd's.
i'd even be happy with a service that lets you buy a good-quality encoded copy on-line, and then sends the full-quality version on cd via mail or whatever.
i want the immediacy of an on-line transaction (download OGG), plus the comfort of knowing i will always have a full-quality version available (download or mail FLAC or WAV). how they achieve that isn't that important to me.
Maybe if you were a little less dogmatic and a little more pragmatic about which technologies you're willing to learn, you wouldn't still be searching the jobs in your area..
i agree 100%! to take your point a little further, you could make even more money if you were willing to suck off wealthy older gentlemen on Sunset Boulevard.
Trying my best to find elegant, clean ways to solve the problem at hand no matter what the language or support technology is -- that's where the challenge and fun lies.
once again, you're dead-on. just like Kurt Bischoff's excellent work - he didn't waste cycles on context, he just put his mind to finding the best solution to the problem handed to him. you know, when he designed auschwitz.
Just once, JUST ONCE, I'd like our knee-jerking media to actually provide details to the public on how to combat a virus, or trojan horse, or whatever, in the text of their article.
after a typical virus news story i e-mailed a local news station and suggested that they include in their stories the fact that users of alternative operating systems are not affected by windows viruses - they wrote back and said that was a good idea, and they'd do that.
the last time this happened it was Windows servers. it sounds like they're resistant to change so i wouldn't be surprised if it's still Microsoft Swiss Cheese Server.
insurance can also play a role for those companies worried about "not having someone to sue" if their Free software gives them problems.
a software insurance outfit could evaluate the risk posed by faulty software and insure the company. this is actually better than "having someone to sue" because that someone could go belly-up (which they probably would if their proprietary software sucks nuts hard enough to inspire lawsuits). even if they didn't, much of the wealth would be siphoned off by lawyers orchestrating the legal slap-fight.
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it's written in perl, but - have a look at sql-ledger... i think a consulting crew who customized SQL-Ledger for businesses could make some bucks. you could partner with general-practice linux consulting companies who need a subcontractor to take care of their clients' accounting migration needs. you could even offer hosted accounting.
based on his picture, i'd guess your meeting was scheduled past his beddy-bye sleepy-time.
i started java development back before i had a real consciousness about licensing issues. ever since, i've been hoping we'd see java set free. now that the possibility has all but been removed, i too have turned my attentions to Python.
Do it for Van Gogh.
...the "Go Fuck Yourself, Microsoft - I'm Installing Linux!" license. not only are the terms far better than MS's EULA, it's also more fun to say.
given that soap opera plots are targeted at lobotomized cows barely aware enough to sign their name on a credit card application, that's not saying much...
python replaces java
webware replaces servlets
cheetah replaces velocity
i've just started using python, haven't even cracked open webware or cheetah yet - but conceptually, at least, these seem quite similar to their counterparts.
i suspect the java-based stuff is faster, scales a lot better, has more libraries, and is more mature - but the P+W+C might grow to fill that void, using completely free software.
has anyone used both of these sets of technology? what are your opinions?
can i have their e-mail addresses? i'm just curious what it's like to work for an arrogant douchebag.
i just target them back for stabbage.
shut your hole, gates. no one cares what you think anymore.
FWIW, that was the show-stopper for us too. Frustrating... waiting to see what 2.0 is like...
slight correction - i don't think OOo reads/edits PDF.
god i hate that fucking bitch. did you hit her too?
among other things, i develop webapps using servlets and velocity for a living. are there good cross-platform OO alternatives? any recommendations?
ok, i admit i'm clinically paranoid - but i still think SCOX will eventually set up a patsy to lose a case to ensnare gnu/linux. i wonder if the US government would collude in such an operation. MS is a big money vacumm cleaner that sucks cash from other countries into the US - democratizing computing could appear to the technically ignorant realpolitikos as a net loss, nationally.
that may be the case but for some people there is no substitute for lossless, full cd-quality recordings. until they offer that, on-line music with or without drm isn't of much interest to me.
it's got to be less expensive to just maintain a big server with fat pipes than to physically pump out and mail cd's.
i'd even be happy with a service that lets you buy a good-quality encoded copy on-line, and then sends the full-quality version on cd via mail or whatever.
i want the immediacy of an on-line transaction (download OGG), plus the comfort of knowing i will always have a full-quality version available (download or mail FLAC or WAV). how they achieve that isn't that important to me.
how do you figure?
it's called an "analogy" - perhaps you've heard of it? add some exaggeration for emphasis and you have a fairly common exposition technique.
i agree 100%! to take your point a little further, you could make even more money if you were willing to suck off wealthy older gentlemen on Sunset Boulevard.
Trying my best to find elegant, clean ways to solve the problem at hand no matter what the language or support technology is -- that's where the challenge and fun lies.
once again, you're dead-on. just like Kurt Bischoff's excellent work - he didn't waste cycles on context, he just put his mind to finding the best solution to the problem handed to him. you know, when he designed auschwitz.
Adaptability is a good thing.
it's not the only good thing.
after a typical virus news story i e-mailed a local news station and suggested that they include in their stories the fact that users of alternative operating systems are not affected by windows viruses - they wrote back and said that was a good idea, and they'd do that.
spreading the word by hook or crook :-)
my wife's a debian user too but she doesn't know or care :-)
i'm 99% certain this was just desperate wishful thinking on behalf of the debian geeks.
the last time this happened it was Windows servers. it sounds like they're resistant to change so i wouldn't be surprised if it's still Microsoft Swiss Cheese Server.
a software insurance outfit could evaluate the risk posed by faulty software and insure the company. this is actually better than "having someone to sue" because that someone could go belly-up (which they probably would if their proprietary software sucks nuts hard enough to inspire lawsuits). even if they didn't, much of the wealth would be siphoned off by lawyers orchestrating the legal slap-fight.