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I have to agree. Microsoft recommends a machine equipped with at least 800Mhz and 256MB RAM just to run the OS! How in the world can an OS need that much power? Its rediculous and that alone is the reason I will not even try XP.
A little off topic but another product Microsoft makes that takes up a ton of resources is their new Visual Studio.NET and the.NET frameworks. First of all, Visual Studio is a whopping 1.6GB! I can't remember the exact numbers, but NetBeans and other similar IDE's have never needed that much disk space. The IDE consumes at least 128MB of RAM and the IIS web server with the.NET frameworks installed runs at 70MB of RAM.
An excellent textbook I read during college was, Distributed Systems, Concepts and Design by George Coulouris, et al. This book has an excellent insight to the basic concepts of a distributed system. It gives several real-world examples, and algorithms for solving problems such as mutual exclusion, distributed deadlocking, and transaction recovery. Overall, I highly recommend this book to anyone who has none to intermediate experience in distributed systems.
Has anyone heard of Plan 9 or Amoeba? Plan 9 is open source and is developed by Bell Labs (i.e., the same people who introduced Unix). Amoeba was developed by Tannenbaum. These have been around for several years and have not caught on yet. I think the reason is because there is nothing to be gained by the home user. Why would someone want people around the world using their computer when they were away? Just thinking about the security risks alone would make me skeptical.
Too many managers force their developers to jump right into implementation. You need to take the time to design the system and develop a solution to your problem first. I read a statistic that skimming over the design phase adds 68%-150% extra time on the project before it is finished. As a programmer, I can attest to that which makes me wonder... Why do managers, project after project, keep making the same mistakes in the design phase? How many times does someone need to miss their deadlines and put unnecessary pressure on their developers before they realize where they are going wrong? Actually, from reading your question, I think the answer is simple. Marketing fluff makes upper management think developing software is as easy as drag-and-drop. They think their developers are always missing the point. They think they know more because they attended some big conference. The truth is that marketing is a major factor in bad software design.
Rollo May, author of Man's Search for Himself, offers an interesting point of view on this subject as well. Although this book was written in 1953, it still makes a powerful argument. May tries to provide advice on how to live a more meaningful life by suggesting several theories about social needs while giving a unique look within yourself. The author suggests that people who feel like they lead a meaningless life are actually finding that the social protection and structures are failing for them. As one grows older, they realize that their biggest fear is realizing how dependent they are on their parents. A natural reaction to this feeling is to throw out the social behaviors you know and adopt new ones. I haven't read this book entirely yet so I won't try to discuss any details. Maybe the Internet isn't a failing social medium but just our generation reaching out for something new.
CNN was reporting this morning that AOL's intention is to possibly create an AOL-only OS. Is it possible for them to create a new branch of RedHat that supports only AOL Internet service? Possibly a home user desktop only distro?
If the non-English speaking visitors are confused by the work "suck", then they are really going to be confused when they realize the web site's content is in English too!
I was sent an email regarding the Windows XP launch event. You go to the web page http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/go/Local/ and find your location. Ironically, when I tried to get to my location, Rochester, NY, the web page crashed! Go figure.
Before you know it, when you go to a store to make a purchase, instead of being asked for your address and phone number, they will ask for your IP address.
Is it ironic that this decision comes the day after Bush meets with the President of Mexico yesterday. Isn't Mexico looking to purchase millions of dollars in computers and software and trying to decide whether to go with Windows or Linux. I think that article was here on Slashdot within the past few days...
I've installed many versions of RedHat linux in the past. I am very disappointed so far with 7.1 since the installer program locks my laptop the instant it gets to the menu asking which language you want to use. The computer does not respond to any key stroke or the power switch and I am forced to pull the battery and the power plug... Anyone have any ideas why this is happening?
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I have to agree. Microsoft recommends a machine equipped with at least 800Mhz and 256MB RAM just to run the OS! How in the world can an OS need that much power? Its rediculous and that alone is the reason I will not even try XP.
.NET frameworks. First of all, Visual Studio is a whopping 1.6GB! I can't remember the exact numbers, but NetBeans and other similar IDE's have never needed that much disk space. The IDE consumes at least 128MB of RAM and the IIS web server with the .NET frameworks installed runs at 70MB of RAM.
A little off topic but another product Microsoft makes that takes up a ton of resources is their new Visual Studio.NET and the
An excellent textbook I read during college was, Distributed Systems, Concepts and Design by George Coulouris, et al. This book has an excellent insight to the basic concepts of a distributed system. It gives several real-world examples, and algorithms for solving problems such as mutual exclusion, distributed deadlocking, and transaction recovery. Overall, I highly recommend this book to anyone who has none to intermediate experience in distributed systems.
Has anyone heard of Plan 9 or Amoeba? Plan 9 is open source and is developed by Bell Labs (i.e., the same people who introduced Unix). Amoeba was developed by Tannenbaum. These have been around for several years and have not caught on yet. I think the reason is because there is nothing to be gained by the home user. Why would someone want people around the world using their computer when they were away? Just thinking about the security risks alone would make me skeptical.
Too many managers force their developers to jump right into implementation. You need to take the time to design the system and develop a solution to your problem first. I read a statistic that skimming over the design phase adds 68%-150% extra time on the project before it is finished. As a programmer, I can attest to that which makes me wonder... Why do managers, project after project, keep making the same mistakes in the design phase? How many times does someone need to miss their deadlines and put unnecessary pressure on their developers before they realize where they are going wrong? Actually, from reading your question, I think the answer is simple. Marketing fluff makes upper management think developing software is as easy as drag-and-drop. They think their developers are always missing the point. They think they know more because they attended some big conference. The truth is that marketing is a major factor in bad software design.
Never say, I thought all you had to do was drag-and-drop...
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1. Read between the lines of marketing fluff. 2. Listen to your developers, they are the experts.
"Mount it where it's visible when running, that will sure bring attention when attending those lan parties."
Why don't you just write "I'm and idiot" on your forehead in permanent marker? You'll get the same attention and your harddrive will still work!
Rollo May, author of Man's Search for Himself, offers an interesting point of view on this subject as well. Although this book was written in 1953, it still makes a powerful argument. May tries to provide advice on how to live a more meaningful life by suggesting several theories about social needs while giving a unique look within yourself. The author suggests that people who feel like they lead a meaningless life are actually finding that the social protection and structures are failing for them. As one grows older, they realize that their biggest fear is realizing how dependent they are on their parents. A natural reaction to this feeling is to throw out the social behaviors you know and adopt new ones. I haven't read this book entirely yet so I won't try to discuss any details. Maybe the Internet isn't a failing social medium but just our generation reaching out for something new.
CNN was reporting this morning that AOL's intention is to possibly create an AOL-only OS. Is it possible for them to create a new branch of RedHat that supports only AOL Internet service? Possibly a home user desktop only distro?
This is definitely a hoax because all the screen shots are from game review sites.
Next time I find a typo on the Internet, I think I'll be running to /.
BTW http://ads.x10.com/yahoo2/yahoo_bun.htm
If the non-English speaking visitors are confused by the work "suck", then they are really going to be confused when they realize the web site's content is in English too!
I wonder... What was the longest time a known security bug took to fix in the linux kernel or one of its major apps?
I was sent an email regarding the Windows XP launch event. You go to the web page http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/go/Local/ and find your location. Ironically, when I tried to get to my location, Rochester, NY, the web page crashed! Go figure.
Before you know it, when you go to a store to make a purchase, instead of being asked for your address and phone number, they will ask for your IP address.
Is it ironic that this decision comes the day after Bush meets with the President of Mexico yesterday. Isn't Mexico looking to purchase millions of dollars in computers and software and trying to decide whether to go with Windows or Linux. I think that article was here on Slashdot within the past few days...
I've installed many versions of RedHat linux in the past. I am very disappointed so far with 7.1 since the installer program locks my laptop the instant it gets to the menu asking which language you want to use. The computer does not respond to any key stroke or the power switch and I am forced to pull the battery and the power plug... Anyone have any ideas why this is happening?