You are 100% correct, and the responses you got from your post prove that too many tech people just don't get it. They whine when they get laid off, or they're projects get cut, but as soon as you suggest ANY form of business structure or development PR, you get rants. The tech industry cranks out new versions and thinks they are "progressing"...but usually, all they have done is generate more bugs, move features, or re-write internal code. It's pure bunk to think that what you want to do as a programmer ( which is write new code ) is always best for the business ( which is to find stable products to make money ).
Hey, next time you buy a new car, what about if the manufacturer shows up every two weeks and wants you to buy a COMPLETELY NEW CAR for the same price you just paid but with a bunch of features you don't really know about ( say, winshield wiper warmers, and then windshield wiper warmers 2.0, and then winsheild wiper wiper warmers "plus"...buinesses are just like you, they can't afford to constantly pay for new features they can't use, and then scrap that right away just becuase the software industry wants them to.
You may have a point. It seems that the more experience I gain in the IT industry, the more I realize how little true IT knowledge is in the marketplace. The problem is, can business management tell the difference yet?
Yes, it's one thing when people type in conversational terms, but at some point, true written communication is essential. I can't imagine someone writing a new white paper using IM shorthand.
I use 100 meg zip disks for temporary strage and transport, and CD's for long term storage. When dealing with source code, graphics, and documents, burning everything to CD to transport isn't often the most efficient method. The problem is, ZIPs aren't standard, it's just my standard. But given a choice, I'll take a PC with not floppy but I gotta add an internal ZIP.
That's rich. Next explain how CSS relative path references are more secure than inline style or HTML. Oh wait, that's right, you don't know what you're talking about.
I think that's the #1 problem. Those who push and evangalize Linux seem to think the average computer user just needs experience on Linux to get it, and user interface is over rated. As long as this attitude prevails, Linux as a desktop environment will continue to languish in relative obscurity.
Microsoft builds crappy, insecure, bloated software, but it's built so the average person can actually figure out how to DO something with it. Not every person who uses a computer is interested in "tweaking" their machine, they JUST WANT IT TO WORK, and they don't want to have to know every little cyptic nuance of the OS to do so.
Think of it like a new car. Let's say that when you buy a brand new sedan, you have to get under the hood and re-wire the horn, panel nodes, and rebuild the transmission with after market parts just to get the car to run correctly. Sure, some people would love being able to "tweak" their car, but most people will go buy a car that already runs correctly -- considering they did not buy the car to "tweak", they bought to get them around.
This is the latest incarnation of the dot-commers, guys who do anything to grab the corporate IT dollars. While the business and IT departments in most companies, the 'consultants' still find ways to swoop in and woo senior management with scare tactics and buzzwords.
It's all about a slick presentation and hype, packaged to feed off the 'latest thing' -- in this case, corporate security.
My position as a software engineer has been to work on my own 'counter presentations' -- I always have to be ready to jump into the fray and try and take some of the 'gleam' off of the sales pitch without sounding like I'm simply resistant to change.
I would have to ask how a company can move into a digital era, or take advantage of new technologcal efficiency if those companies cut themselves and their employees off from that technology.
I would ask how curtailing email or web browsing will stop viruses and hacking when the most dangerous and malicious attacks do not need anyone to download or email anything (code red, anyone? Nimda, anyone?)
It's important for IT professionals to understand the attack these 'consultants' represent to solid technoly solutions, and prepare to deal with them accordingly.
It's also important to understand that for every real security consultant, there are a hundred sales persons claiming to be one.
1. Will C# make money for Microsoft and other companies?
Yes.
2. Will the general public care that Microsoft costs businesses and consumers billions of doallars on security fixes?
No.
3. Will Microsoft actually atart caring about security?
No.
4. Will the general ( i.e., 'consumer' ) public think Microsoft's products are insecure?
No.
Apple hasn't been able to compete because it's always been overpriced versus PC's. The new Mac is a good bargain...but of course there's the software availability question.
Windows XP ( you know, for the Windows eXPerience) is touting the same marketing philosophy that the article says Apple has failed with. Hmmm....
Yeah, I tried to watch the show, Patrick is a funny guy and so is the Tick character ( in concept)...but the show was just mind-numbingly awful. I barely made it through two episodes.
I see a lot of support for Google, but I've never liked Google. In fact, I go out of my way NOT to use it. It doesn't really return heavy results, and the results returned are generally about 10% accurate from my experience.
To each his own, but I miss AltaVista a few years ago, when it was the "quick and dirty" search engine of choice. Maybe I got 10,000 pages, but there a was a good chance that somewhere in the results was what I wanted. With Google, I get maybe 10-20 results on average with MAYBE 1 or two listings related to the search, but mostly just packaged "results". Deployment may be better with Google, but I'm still waiting for a decent search engine.
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And it was so.
You are 100% correct, and the responses you got from your post prove that too many tech people just don't get it. They whine when they get laid off, or they're projects get cut, but as soon as you suggest ANY form of business structure or development PR, you get rants.
The tech industry cranks out new versions and thinks they are "progressing"...but usually, all they have done is generate more bugs, move features, or re-write internal code. It's pure bunk to think that what you want to do as a programmer ( which is write new code ) is always best for the business ( which is to find stable products to make money ).
Hey, next time you buy a new car, what about if the manufacturer shows up every two weeks and wants you to buy a COMPLETELY NEW CAR for the same price you just paid but with a bunch of features you don't really know about ( say, winshield wiper warmers, and then windshield wiper warmers 2.0, and then winsheild wiper wiper warmers "plus"...buinesses are just like you, they can't afford to constantly pay for new features they can't use, and then scrap that right away just becuase the software industry wants them to.
You may have a point. It seems that the more experience I gain in the IT industry, the more I realize how little true IT knowledge is in the marketplace. The problem is, can business management tell the difference yet?
Yes, it's one thing when people type in conversational terms, but at some point, true written communication is essential. I can't imagine someone writing a new white paper using IM shorthand.
Are we actually growing dumber every day?
I use 100 meg zip disks for temporary strage and transport, and CD's for long term storage.
When dealing with source code, graphics, and documents, burning everything to CD to transport isn't often the most efficient method.
The problem is, ZIPs aren't standard, it's just my standard. But given a choice, I'll take a PC with not floppy but I gotta add an internal ZIP.
That's rich. Next explain how CSS relative path references are more secure than inline style or HTML. Oh wait, that's right, you don't know what you're talking about.
I think that's the #1 problem. Those who push and evangalize Linux seem to think the average computer user just needs experience on Linux to get it, and user interface is over rated. As long as this attitude prevails, Linux as a desktop environment will continue to languish in relative obscurity.
Microsoft builds crappy, insecure, bloated software, but it's built so the average person can actually figure out how to DO something with it. Not every person who uses a computer is interested in "tweaking" their machine, they JUST WANT IT TO WORK, and they don't want to have to know every little cyptic nuance of the OS to do so.
Think of it like a new car. Let's say that when you buy a brand new sedan, you have to get under the hood and re-wire the horn, panel nodes, and rebuild the transmission with after market parts just to get the car to run correctly. Sure, some people would love being able to "tweak" their car, but most people will go buy a car that already runs correctly -- considering they did not buy the car to "tweak", they bought to get them around.
"analyzed the brain waves of 240 people aged between 6 and 29"
So, here we go again, 240 people checked out of 6 billion on the planet, and we are supposed to take this 'research' as legitimate.
Hey, I bet I can line up 240 people who suffer low health risk from smoking -- therefore smoking must be completely safe.
Oh, I can also gather 240 people who think our entire society should be based on the prinicples of Star Trek -- I guess it's a global phonomenon.
Geez.
I really miss the old 'quick and dirty' Alta Vista...Google is still substandard.
Now that's funny!
You can compile VB apps without the VB IDE.
April Fool's is lame idea to begin with, so it's unliekly anyone could come up with anything funny about it.
This is the latest incarnation of the dot-commers, guys who do anything to grab the corporate IT dollars. While the business and IT departments in most companies, the 'consultants' still find ways to swoop in and woo senior management with scare tactics and buzzwords.
It's all about a slick presentation and hype, packaged to feed off the 'latest thing' -- in this case, corporate security.
My position as a software engineer has been to work on my own 'counter presentations' -- I always have to be ready to jump into the fray and try and take some of the 'gleam' off of the sales pitch without sounding like I'm simply resistant to change.
I would have to ask how a company can move into a digital era, or take advantage of new technologcal efficiency if those companies cut themselves and their employees off from that technology.
I would ask how curtailing email or web browsing will stop viruses and hacking when the most dangerous and malicious attacks do not need anyone to download or email anything (code red, anyone? Nimda, anyone?)
It's important for IT professionals to understand the attack these 'consultants' represent to solid technoly solutions, and prepare to deal with them accordingly.
It's also important to understand that for every real security consultant, there are a hundred sales persons claiming to be one.
I can honestly say Chuck Jones work improved my enjoyment of life -- both as a child, an adult, and a parent.
What an actual business model will get you these days.
For 20k, yuou can get a decent search engine, not that junk Google passes off as search functions.
1. Will C# make money for Microsoft and other companies?
Yes.
2. Will the general public care that Microsoft costs businesses and consumers billions of doallars on security fixes?
No.
3. Will Microsoft actually atart caring about security?
No.
4. Will the general ( i.e., 'consumer' ) public think Microsoft's products are insecure?
No.
"Microsoft" and "security" in the same sentence! Comedic genius!
Apple hasn't been able to compete because it's always been overpriced versus PC's. The new Mac is a good bargain...but of course there's the software availability question.
Windows XP ( you know, for the Windows eXPerience) is touting the same marketing philosophy that the article says Apple has failed with. Hmmm....
Yeah, I tried to watch the show, Patrick is a funny guy and so is the Tick character ( in concept)...but the show was just mind-numbingly awful. I barely made it through two episodes.
Lisp is elegant?
I don't like Google's packaged responses either. I want a search, not a consumer profile.
I see a lot of support for Google, but I've never liked Google. In fact, I go out of my way NOT to use it. It doesn't really return heavy results, and the results returned are generally about 10% accurate from my experience.
To each his own, but I miss AltaVista a few years ago, when it was the "quick and dirty" search engine of choice. Maybe I got 10,000 pages, but there a was a good chance that somewhere in the results was what I wanted. With Google, I get maybe 10-20 results on average with MAYBE 1 or two listings related to the search, but mostly just packaged "results". Deployment may be better with Google, but I'm still waiting for a decent search engine.