I have the Sprnt version of your phone... the PPC-6700. I agree it's an amazing phone... aside from a relatively short battery life and being a teensy bit larger than I would like... it's dang near perfect. I chose Sprint because their data plans are cheaper -- $15/mo instead of Verizon's $40+ for unlimited data.
Cingular works where my Sprint phone *and* where my wife's Verizon phone works *and* where they won't work. How do I know? My coworker as well as my vacation partner (ski trip... think lake & river cell coverage) both have Cingular.
Sprint's customer service has been good to me... I call, point out the problem, at it's fixed. Hardly the case for my wife's Verizon service... which was so poor we switched her to Verizon.
Not to mention Sprint's data plan has sane pricing. $15/mo unlimited data versus everyone else that has $40+ per month for unlimited data.
We use Exchange lots too. My users are well versed with it, and love the integration with Project and Sharepoint. Ugh. Therefore Windows is our option.
I never used Citrix... but I know of two other operations very similar to my own that switched away from their Citrix installs and went with Terminal Server 2003 instead. Their reasons? Server 2003 was "good enough," printing "just worked," and Citrix "was complicated."
They found TS2003 easier to deal with for their needs.
While I cannot give you have insight regarding your Solomon installation, I can say that I found solutions to TS2003's biggest (IMHO) shortcoming: USB for Palm Sync. My solution? OMA -- and my users seemed to like the excuse to pickup a new phone just to keep their phone in sync... so it was an acceptable answer for everyone.
We use Terminal Server 2003 and have had no difficulties. Server 2003 made a very nice improvement compared to 2000 since the color depth is now greater -- it's really as good as having a local desktop so long as the connection is fast and reliable.
Local printing from a Terminal connection is handled nicely, and most printers are supported via printer driver redirection... for example you will map the user's HP Photosmart xxxx printer to the Windows Driver for the "HP 950c" printer.
My understanding is Citrix reigns supreme WRT USB and availability. You simply cannot sync your USB Palm pilot via Remote Desktop. And clustering for Terminal Services is limited relative to Citrix.
As for other options... you might check out Linux Terminal Server Project. Without know the specific software packages you use Windows might be your only real option at the moment.
Even even we take that narrow view, he's still only 50% correct, because he also mentioned Judaism, which clearly has no use for the NT.
Not true -- Jesus was a Jew, and was speaking to Jews and Gentiles. It is correct that Jewish people choose not to read the NT, however that does not mean they have no use for it. It was written for their benefit!
I second this... though I believe they are Windows based (something the submitter seemed to want to avoid).
We have several DS2s installed for years, and there have been two glitches... both caused by power spike/loss. Each time the DVR had to be reset, and though we lost our video archive (what little was not backed up) the DVRs reloaded and reinitialized themselves without issue.
Say what you will about Outlook/Exchange, it's really not bad software.
Perhaps if it were such terrible software there would be another big player in the groupware market. There are plenty of small ones... but none that can replace Exchange. Believe me... when one exists I'll be migrating.
Anyone giving anything simply for a tax break needs a clue -- they still wind up with less money. Anyone who takes issue with accepting the tax break should instead accept the tax break and give the saved tax amount as well... and should continue to give until the tax break runs out -- after all it's an opportunity to do more with less. Those opportunities are very few and far between.
I have no problem accepting a tax deduction for giving. Nobody should have a problem with it. Take it if you want... leave it if you want. There is no shame either way. But those who leave it for personal reasons just missed the above opportunity to give *more* than they coudl have otherwise.
Well......by giving a tax deductable donation your money goes farther. I prefer to see good organizations like your local Salvation Army, church, or food bank get 100% of my donation than to keep 60% of it for myself.
Uncle Sam needs to figure out how to do more with less. After all, he keeps counting on me to do the same.....
Conservatives like Andrew Sullivan of the New Republic who say an exit strategy is the most important thing the U.S. needs to do.
Interesting thread. I'll comment on your one point above. To me, an "exit strategy" does not mean get the heck out of dodge, -- no, I suggest it means stay until it's prudent to get the heck out...
Exiting now would leave too much undone to be considered anything but abandonment.
Pest Patrol. There is a 30 day / 25-user trial available online. Pest Patrol
They were recently purchased by Computer Associates, and this product will be rolled into their Secure Content Manager package in a year or so.
Granted, Slashdot tends to pick on Microsoft. But I believe Microsoft have earned their reputation.
As for PHP and/or Perl, and similar problems to today's ASP.Net exploit (I've excluded JSP because I'm ignorant to this detail)... OSS has historically been exceptionally fast, efficient, and thorough when releasing fixes to exploitable code.
How many times has an OSS fix borked your production server? Probably not often. MS has earned a reputation for the contrary.
How long have we had to wait for the typical OSS fix? Sometimes a few days, but typically less than one day. MS has never been so fast.
And the number one reason: What happens if an exploit is found in an abandoned OSS project that you rely on? Well, chances are you have the code. While you may not be able to fix the code yourself, it is *possible* to get it fixed because the code is not locked away in Bill G's mansion.
I do not have the skills to find or fix exploits. But I understand the value of empowering and equipping -- and that is one thing OSS does well.
Thanks for assuming I didn't try stopping him. It wasn't a case of "what should I get" but rather a case of "look what I'm gonna do."
I offered to get him setup with MythTV. I even showed him my rig -- he was very impressed! Yet he wanted something that could double as an office PC... he sits ~3 feet from the screen -- therefore a projector wouldn't work.
A friend just spent $5K plus on a "Dell Media Center" computer -- purchased all the extras (against my recommendataion).
The 24" screen makes a lousy tv. The computer makes a lousy PVR -- because he cannot record HD like the cablebox allows. He cannot tune channels with the computer. And the remote requires lots of programming (very little in terms of autolearning or preprogrammed alt. system remotes).
I was a user of RAV Antivirus on Linux/Postfix. Excellent antivirus with an easy installation and straightforward configuration. Highly customizable too.
Microsoft bought them out... and left me in the cold with a 1 year old product that was abandoned. Too bad.
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Consider getting your racks from Kell Systems. (www.kellsystems.com)
They are not cheap, but they reduce the sound dramatically.
I don't work for them, I'm just a happy customer...
...cheap enough, stable enough.
www.stargateinc.com (I don't work for them...)
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I have the Sprnt version of your phone... the PPC-6700.
I agree it's an amazing phone... aside from a relatively short battery life and being a teensy bit larger than I would like... it's dang near perfect.
I chose Sprint because their data plans are cheaper -- $15/mo instead of Verizon's $40+ for unlimited data.
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Anecdotal and, of course, YMMV...
Cingular works where my Sprint phone *and* where my wife's Verizon phone works *and* where they won't work. How do I know? My coworker as well as my vacation partner (ski trip... think lake & river cell coverage) both have Cingular.
Sprint's customer service has been good to me... I call, point out the problem, at it's fixed. Hardly the case for my wife's Verizon service... which was so poor we switched her to Verizon.
Not to mention Sprint's data plan has sane pricing. $15/mo unlimited data versus everyone else that has $40+ per month for unlimited data.
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For example, the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paparazzi/?
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Think Unix by Jon Lasser.
http://isbn.nu/078972376X
We use Exchange lots too. My users are well versed with it, and love the integration with Project and Sharepoint. Ugh. Therefore Windows is our option.
I never used Citrix... but I know of two other operations very similar to my own that switched away from their Citrix installs and went with Terminal Server 2003 instead. Their reasons? Server 2003 was "good enough," printing "just worked," and Citrix "was complicated."
They found TS2003 easier to deal with for their needs.
While I cannot give you have insight regarding your Solomon installation, I can say that I found solutions to TS2003's biggest (IMHO) shortcoming: USB for Palm Sync. My solution? OMA -- and my users seemed to like the excuse to pickup a new phone just to keep their phone in sync... so it was an acceptable answer for everyone.
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We use Terminal Server 2003 and have had no difficulties. Server 2003 made a very nice improvement compared to 2000 since the color depth is now greater -- it's really as good as having a local desktop so long as the connection is fast and reliable.
7 742-e057-4e00-a0d5-62de2ebf9fbd/TSPDRW_Package.exe /
Local printing from a Terminal connection is handled nicely, and most printers are supported via printer driver redirection... for example you will map the user's HP Photosmart xxxx printer to the Windows Driver for the "HP 950c" printer.
This package makes printer redirection easier: http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/f/2/9f23
My understanding is Citrix reigns supreme WRT USB and availability. You simply cannot sync your USB Palm pilot via Remote Desktop. And clustering for Terminal Services is limited relative to Citrix.
As for other options... you might check out Linux Terminal Server Project. Without know the specific software packages you use Windows might be your only real option at the moment.
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I believe God hears all prayers, even if the answer is 'No.'
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Not true -- Jesus was a Jew, and was speaking to Jews and Gentiles. It is correct that Jewish people choose not to read the NT, however that does not mean they have no use for it. It was written for their benefit!
The GGP was 100% correct....
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I second this... though I believe they are Windows based (something the submitter seemed to want to avoid).
We have several DS2s installed for years, and there have been two glitches... both caused by power spike/loss. Each time the DVR had to be reset, and though we lost our video archive (what little was not backed up) the DVRs reloaded and reinitialized themselves without issue.
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Say what you will about Outlook/Exchange, it's really not bad software.
Perhaps if it were such terrible software there would be another big player in the groupware market. There are plenty of small ones... but none that can replace Exchange. Believe me... when one exists I'll be migrating.
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Anyone giving anything simply for a tax break needs a clue -- they still wind up with less money. Anyone who takes issue with accepting the tax break should instead accept the tax break and give the saved tax amount as well... and should continue to give until the tax break runs out -- after all it's an opportunity to do more with less. Those opportunities are very few and far between.
I have no problem accepting a tax deduction for giving. Nobody should have a problem with it. Take it if you want... leave it if you want. There is no shame either way. But those who leave it for personal reasons just missed the above opportunity to give *more* than they coudl have otherwise.
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Well... ...by giving a tax deductable donation your money goes farther. I prefer to see good organizations like your local Salvation Army, church, or food bank get 100% of my donation than to keep 60% of it for myself.
Uncle Sam needs to figure out how to do more with less. After all, he keeps counting on me to do the same.....
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Interesting thread. I'll comment on your one point above. To me, an "exit strategy" does not mean get the heck out of dodge, -- no, I suggest it means stay until it's prudent to get the heck out...
Exiting now would leave too much undone to be considered anything but abandonment.
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Q. How many lawyer jokes are there?
A. Two - the rest are all true stories.
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Pest Patrol. There is a 30 day / 25-user trial available online. Pest Patrol They were recently purchased by Computer Associates, and this product will be rolled into their Secure Content Manager package in a year or so.
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Mod parent up! Though a bit heavy for many tiny devices, Jabber makes a lot of sense...
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Excellent Question.
Granted, Slashdot tends to pick on Microsoft. But I believe Microsoft have earned their reputation.
As for PHP and/or Perl, and similar problems to today's ASP.Net exploit (I've excluded JSP because I'm ignorant to this detail)... OSS has historically been exceptionally fast, efficient, and thorough when releasing fixes to exploitable code.
How many times has an OSS fix borked your production server? Probably not often. MS has earned a reputation for the contrary.
How long have we had to wait for the typical OSS fix? Sometimes a few days, but typically less than one day. MS has never been so fast.
And the number one reason: What happens if an exploit is found in an abandoned OSS project that you rely on? Well, chances are you have the code. While you may not be able to fix the code yourself, it is *possible* to get it fixed because the code is not locked away in Bill G's mansion.
I do not have the skills to find or fix exploits. But I understand the value of empowering and equipping -- and that is one thing OSS does well.
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Flameboy,
Thanks for assuming I didn't try stopping him. It wasn't a case of "what should I get" but rather a case of "look what I'm gonna do."
I offered to get him setup with MythTV. I even showed him my rig -- he was very impressed! Yet he wanted something that could double as an office PC... he sits ~3 feet from the screen -- therefore a projector wouldn't work.
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Could someone offer some info on realworld experience using PHP to pull data from Microsoft SQL Server?
Thank you,
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A friend just spent $5K plus on a "Dell Media Center" computer -- purchased all the extras (against my recommendataion).
The 24" screen makes a lousy tv. The computer makes a lousy PVR -- because he cannot record HD like the cablebox allows. He cannot tune channels with the computer. And the remote requires lots of programming (very little in terms of autolearning or preprogrammed alt. system remotes).
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Autoupdate only installs "critical" patches. WM9 and the Euro tool are not such updates.
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Volume Licenses:
....
$67 Office Pro License
$35 Media
$7 Exchange CAL
$135 Windows Server 2003 License
Cheap!
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I was a user of RAV Antivirus on Linux/Postfix. Excellent antivirus with an easy installation and straightforward configuration. Highly customizable too.
Microsoft bought them out... and left me in the cold with a 1 year old product that was abandoned. Too bad.
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