Actually I belive that Elrond had a ring. So did the other leader of the elves. A chick, I can't remember her name... Some believe that even Gandalf had one of the elven rings.
To the question though. I always thought the ring initially had a significant amount of power when cut off of the big S's hand. It very quickly corrupted ALL people and even halflings. Then it lost some power over time. When Saramon(spelling) started to come back to this world the ring gained power again. The difference is that this time the people around know about it and try and fight it's affects. Each major character passes their brief test when tempted by the ring (well most do...) but as the ring gets closer to Mount Doom, and as Saramon, (mis-spelled but it has been a while since I read the books) gets closer to being reborn, the ring gets A LOT more power. Again the core difference is that this time the people know what the ring is about. I do agree with the other posters that Halflings were chosen because they appear to have some resistance to the rings power, or more perhaps it is because most of them don't have the greed that men,elves and dwarves appear to have.
Now could they have given the ring to the guy at the beginning of the book, that wasn't effected by it at all. (Tom Bran** something...), and had him destroy it? I thought that was an interesting discussion in the book, and I for one would have seriously considered using his help. The guy and his wife were obviously WAY more powerful than Gandalf. He must of been some type of God.
Now for my gripe about the second movie...
Frodo almost gives the ring to a Nazgul(spelling again) on some type of Dragon.... Sam pushes him out of the way and the Dragon creature gets shot by ONE arrow and flies away! WTF!!! It didn't make them look very tough when one arrow (not well placed), caused it to run away. This is why they should have had Boramiers(spelling) brother pass the test when presented with the ring. I understand it would have made the ring look less powerful, but I would have focused (like the book) on making him look very very intelligent, and it wouldn't have been an issue.
Arigorn(spelling again) with his elf chick lover. Why is this chick getting so much time in the movie? It has been a while sinse reading the books but I don't even remember her much at all. She has added little to the movie. Granted her acting is good and she is attractive, but her character didn't need to be developed.
The king: They made him out to be an arrogant ass. He wouldn't ask for help. In the book they made him out to be a great leader and he did ask for help and got some. He did whatever was best for his people. (DVD extended edition helped with this gripe)
Small Gripe: Shadowfaux the horse was suppose to be the kings horse. It was suppose to be a horse like no other. When the king told Gandalf he could have anything and Gandalf asked for Shadowfaux, he very reluctantly agreed. It gave the impression that this horse was valued above all of the kings riches. The movied didn't quite to this justice, and it would have only taken a few seconds...
The ents didn't go to war: I liked the fact that they decided on their own to go to war. In the movie they spent a ton a time showing how well thought out they were but then had them do a knee-jerk reaction when they saw some of their own dead. I also liked in the book how Treebeard had most of the battle planned out in advance.
Now even with all the gripes.... I think the exteneded edition movies are GREAT and can't wait to see the third one this Sunday.
Actually they probably won't have to do that. Once that development shop realizes that a MAJOR client is switching from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice they will either re-tool their app or plan on not selling it to them. The issue is if there is competition for that application. If so then you can bet they will redo their app for OpenOffice ASAP, because their competitor will want to jump in there and take that business away. You can bet that the next time they do a "software evaluation" for that type of product, one that works with OpenOffice will be a requirement.
If it was about oil then why aren't the spoils of war going to the victors? America could VERY easily take most of the oil. But instead America is bending over backwards to help Iraq. Heck $40+ BILLION in help. That would buy a heck of a lot of oil.
It is hard to argue with your point. But the two points don't have to be related. The U.S. can make a mistake with China and still do what is right with Iraq.
Good point though, and I hope that our administration wakes up and does something about China. Well to be honest I hope China wakes up and does something about China. Most of the people I have met from China seem intelligent, so I would imagine it shouldn't be too long before they come around.
Has your leader killed over 40,000 of your own people with nerve gas? Has your leader sponsored terrorism with large amounts of money, and weapons? If so then you are correct to worry about the U.S. attacking your government.
Blah blah blah.... We hate anything American does.
The U.S. cann't attack any nation.... blah blah blah.... Well pal we did, and the world is now a much safer place for it. We gave up British, American and Italian lives for this (sorry if I missed any other country), and this is a huge day.
You watch too much BBC and CNN. Remember there is a GOOD reason the Iraqie Bob hugged the CNN reporter.... and that the BBC was thrown off of a British ship.
I think you have it backwards. Black is all colors (American version), and white is no color at all.
Now, the guy who was offended... I was offended by your article, and to be honest anything you say or write, so does that mean you should stop? Now I am only kidding, but you get my point.
If you really are a black American then you should focus a TON more on: 1. The huge issue of single parent (mother only) black families in the U.S. 2. The large percentage of black girls who get pregnant as a teen. 3. The role models that black America shows to it's youth. Let's see... You can either play sports or.... well I guess it is only sports. Ahh but at least those sports guys act like good role models:-) 4. Why 50% of all violant crime in America is caused by black males between the ages of 18-24. Yet they make up less than 5% of the population of the U.S.A.
Honestly, I can understand that black Americans have it hard. So do a lot of other ethnic groups, but they seem to be adapting and in most cases doing well.
I agree that there "might" be life. But that life will probably be very primative.
My question is this.
If we find life there and it is primitive... So what? How does this help us? I am not trying to be a troll, but the cost of this thing is going to be HUGE. What benifit are we (U.S.) people going to get out of this? Is the end goal to see if we could live there? It appears to me that we should first focus our efforts and limited dollars on other areas. The space station is a good example. Is it done yet? Are we able to use it in all the ways that it was promised?
I am a fan of NASA and like the idea of space exploration, but given todays economic climate, I think they should be very careful about what missions they plan.
Solaris? - Good luck getting patches. Nothing like dealing with Oracle and Sun to resolve a problem. Also isn't their Java Application Server great:-) Yep JBOSS can't compare.
AIX? - My experience is that apps that say they support Sun and AIX run on Sun, but the AIX stuff crashes a lot. Now if it is IBM software then the AIX stuff works well. Just don't run Optivity on it.
Windows? - Nuff said...
Mac OSX? - Very new server platform.
SGI? - Cool platform, but my GOD expensive and are they going to be a NT box or a Unix box this week?
VAX? - Great box and OS, but I don't believe Digital Equipment... errr... Compaq.... er, I mean H.P. is going to do much with it.
HPUX? - Was a great box and ok OS, but H.P. has bet the farm with Windows, in a fight against Dell.
NetWare? - Well, they may deny it, but they will probably be off NetWare and on to Linux in less than 3 years. NetWare 8 = SuSe 10.0 Also NetWare as an application server was a nightmare.
You must mean a IBM Mainframe. Yep you are correct it is ROCK solid and fast as hell. Now seeing that I spent a part of my life sending dumps to IBM for anaylis of their code problems, I would be willing to say that this isn't a "perfect" solution. Also it is a little bit more expensive than most Linux solutions and their *NIX solution is done via emulation. Granted it is a great box and OS, but I would expect that at over 100X the price.
You mention that nobody wants to do the grunt codeing. I need to know what specific examples you have of this. You also mention that there is no quality checks. I will agree to a point, but my God is there ever code review. EVERYONE in the world can see your code! Most people would not purposely throw out some junk code to "just get it done" like most other closed source development environments.
Lastly, if you have tried to get open source software to work on multiple platforms and had serious problems, then I would suggest looking at Java solutions in the future.
Actually have you looked at SuSe 9.0? I was shocked how far the Linux desktop has come. It detected everyting I have and actually has the software installed on it that I normally have to download and configure for RedHat. Like Java and flash.
I think that you might be missing the mark here a bit. I could see selling this to someone like my mom who doesn't load crap on her machine. She just wants to get email and open pictures of her kids and grandkids. This thing would be fine. To be honest I would probably buy it for her, just so I don't have to deal with the constant spy-crap on Windows. Not to mention the viruses and other issues that seem to plague Windows.
Will there be some people who buy it and then try and buy "Deer Hunter" and then be pissed it didn't run? Yes. However, Sun and Walmart will understand this and probably market this as a "Net Appliance" device. I don't see people buyying an Xbox and saying "Why can't I run Office on this thing?" It will be two different markets.
"The benefit of the up-front cost of $349 is that you can install the product on as many servers as you wish"
This is not true. You have to pay the $350 EVERY year for EVERY server. According to their sales department this is the licence. There is NO breaks for development boxes or test boxes.
This kind of attitude has forced our company to migrate off of RedHat. We are currently looking at Suse, who offers a similar program, but at least they don't kill Operton users at $2,000/year/server.
Having been a "Red Hat Shop", I was supprised how good SuSe 9.0 is. It was great not to have to load and configure JAVA and shockwave.
I agree with you. It will more than likely suck big time, and they will need to make "The Hobbit" just to recover the lost money.
However there was this movie about a ship that left port hit an iceburg and sunk. The boat sunk in under 20 minutes. The movie was over 3 hours long! It made a few dollars though...
Actually it was. The idea was not to have Linux be some super server to compete with a IBM Mainframe or 10 million dollar Sun box. It was to give one guy a good platform to work on, that didn't crash all the time. So actually Linux started out more as a "desktop" than a server.
I do agree that Linux is a Unix clone, but the core difference I see is the large number of developers working on Linux vs *OS. Were most Unix vendors focus on one area (server), Linux tends to focus in EVERY area, and with large dedicated coders in those areas also. For this reason, and total cost of ownership, Linux will be a very tough competitor to anyone.
I do find in VERY interesting that RedHat will not come out and say that they are competing against Microsoft. They are. Gartner had a report here recently that said that more people are switching from Windows to Linux than from any other platform. That to me is competition.
Having said all that, I agree that it will be a while before the masses switch off of Windows to anything else. When they do it will probably be cost related though... Office Pro ~$600 + $100+ every two years. Windows - ~$100/3 years
I see a time within the next year or two when Microsoft will have to make some serious price cuts to keep people from switching. Again this is competition.:-)
I, and most have no problem with your statement, however please note that Oracle only supports EXPENSIVE versions of Linux. What has made Linux great is the ability to put a box in an organization (skunk works projects) and test it out. Then when it works you can look at putting it in production. What is needed is for these vendors to release a "free" but not supported version of their product that is EXACTLY like their enterprise version. This product should be just as easy to download ISO's as it always has been.
My big gripe is that with Microsoft/Novell/IBM/Oracle you pay for their development effort and their support. With RedHat you can't get their product without support, and they don't do that much develoment. They just package other peoples software and make sure it all works.
Like the other poster I know very little about chip production, but you didn't seem to answer his question.
It appears that these ovens could produce square chips. That would appear to save some money and then it appears that you wouldn't need to keep making bigger and bigger wafers.
Again I know verry little about chip design, so I am not trying to be a troll or start any wars here.
Man I may need to move to San Jose. We get average LAN guys here for around $40k. Top guys get around $75k. But I imagine the cost of living is a little more out there. I also bet the wheather is a lot better:-)
Our economy here sucks big time. Indiana is a manufacturing state and specifically automotive. It has been hard here. That coupled with the fact our former Govenor was incompetent has hurt us a lot.
Samba 3 will hook in to Active Directory (haven't done it yet, because we are all Linux now), BUT I have heard that is uses an LDAP connection to AD. From what I have read Samba 3 can now be a backup domain controller and also participate in trust relationships.
Good luck and give it a try. It won't hurt anything if you set it to not participate in browser elections. That was just a brilliant design on Microsoft's part. I have seen browser elections take down many a large switched networks. They suck big time. Especially if you have multiple protocols like ipx and netbui installed, and before everyone blast me... yes I know about the registry setting to turn that off.
If I need fires put out then I would hire a contractor. To use your type of thinking if we switch off of Linux to XYZ I would then fire all my Linux guys and hire XYZ guys.
Yes I know you can't learn Oracle in 24 hours:-) But if you give me someone who knows relational database like DB2 and has shown the ability to learn new things then that is a better long term employee for our company. Now in todays market I can find someone who fits both.
I disagree, we have a similar company and are based out of Indiana and I put out a job listing and had so many qualified resume's the next day I couldn't go through them all in a week. I began to wonder if they handed out MCSE's at Walmart.:-) I can find Linux guys who know windows and windows guys who are not so biased that they can learn SAMBA in way less than a week. I don't know how much you pay, but around here there is NO cost difference between an MCSE and a Linux/Windows guy.
Again I have setup SAMBA now for quite a few organizations around town and have NEVER had an issue.
When you mention that it is not configured for a corporate environment, I would disagree. I was part of a LAN team that worked on a 50k+ NT network and we used SAMBA a ton on our SUN boxes and it worked well. We had FAR FAR FAR FAR more problems with WINS on our Windows boxes than we EVER did with our SAMBA solutions.
I want to make one point clear. Once the software is installed it runs. For 99% of the companies out there it never needs to be touched again (unless you want to). You would not need to spend 2-3 hours a week for every new project that comes up. I know because I run it. I have ran it and will continue to run it. I have ran it in 50k+ mixed networks and 5 user church networks.
It's funny you mention UNIX and Oracle people looking for jobs, on our job posting we looked for exactly that and we got around 35% MCSE's and Microsoft Access guys. I was thinking the same thing but in reverse,:-):-) (Mabe we should switch roles). I personally don't care if a developer,LAN Guy,DBA etc, doesn't know our specific technology. I look more for what they have shown on the job, and their ability to learn new stuff. I feel for all those poor saps that thought they would have a job forever doing Visual Basic, only to have Microsoft pull the plug on them. The good ones will show that they can learn something else. (I would suggest JAVA).... but that is me:-)
Exchange, no. But most people don't run Exchange AND their file/print server on the same box. So you could piece-mail this, and still save a ton of money on CALs.
CRM- Depends what package you use. Some yes some no. But remember not all CRM packages run on all versions of Windows either, and some require certain service packs, so again most people run their CRM services on a dedicated machine.
Solomon??? Never heard of it.... Just did a Google search and found out that it is a MICROSOFT solution. SHOCKER!!! Do you work for Microsoft? Here is their info on the product.
"Microsoft Business Solutions-Solomon(R) is a robust, flexible solution built to meet the needs of project-centric and distribution-driven companies. Its customization and integration tools help you adapt best practices, integrate with other systems, serve customers better, and excel in your industry. It also boosts employee efficiency by providing real-time data access through a Web-based interface. "
Well after reading that I feel that I know a ton about it:-). Yep that was descriptive:-) God, how did I ever live without it.:-)
I will bet that it doesn't run on Linux and that it never will, but you would have three options 1. Use VMware and run it. 2. Find a replacement for it that runs on more than one platform. 3. Keep an NT server around just to run that app. (kinda like Exchange).
The great thing about SAMBA is that it doesn't have to replace your ENTIRE NT network, it can co-exist well, and as a side benefit you get FREE CALS and a product that (for me) has worked great.
You could be like us. Use it and save some money, then over time evaluate migrating off of Microsoft altogether. It took us around 2 years but we are now CAL free! Man I can't tell you how great it is not to have to worry about that.
Lastly, how much does Exchange cost you per user? When we ran it, it was around $20/user.
I use to work in a mixed NT and Samba network, (we have not migrated off of NT over to Linux), and to be honest after the setup, which did take a little longer to setup (2 days). It ran without a hitch. So I would say that to find a replacement for this guy would not be a problem because any technical guy (or gal) worth his or her salt could figure out Samba in around 2-3 days. The stuff just works.
The issue is that Dell and some other OEM's get Windows for around $10. Others get it for around $100+. It just depends on how much Microsoft likes you.
So when a computer cost $3,000+ nobody cared much about an additional $90.00, but when they cost $600 they care a lot. Weird how it works out that way.
Now Microsoft isn't an idiot, they licence this in a very restrictive way, and it doesn't include office. Office makes up around 40% of Microsofts revenue.
The other issue is that Dell and company have a rather large process for stageing machines. When this process is changed it requires more time and that is more money. So this is why you don't see a large price difference between Windows and NO OS or Linux for that matter.
The issue is if you ever plan on upgrading that system and you need Office. Again Microsoft isn't stupid and they know that by controlling the OS they can control what apps go on top of the OS. My argument from the beginning is not just against Windows XP, but against the whole Microsoft product line required to do a job.
This is really not much different than drug dealers. They will give away some of their product (at the beginning) to make it up in spades with other products later. So when an argument is made against Microsoft software you can't just look at Windows, but you need to look at all the software required to do a persons job.
Now having said that, in my opinon FREE software like Open Office will eventually chew in to Microsoft's profit margins enough to where they need to charge Dell and company more for the OS. Again, Microsoft isn't stupid and I expect them to try and lock office in to their.NET stuff soon, and work very very hard on locking in their users at the cry of "Inovation". The core problem is that they need to make money somewhere, and if FREE software is "good enough" for most users, in places that use to be cash cows for Microsoft then they will be hurting in the long run.
To help prove my point, I point to how much money Microsoft is currently hording; ~$40 BILLION. As mentioned many times before, they are not stupid, and they know that they have the fight of the life on their hands. They have built a nice war chest and will try and ride this out.
It is just impossible to compete against FREE when it is "good enough". They had better find a way to add value to a business and consumers that free software can't soon. I personally think they can do this, but they will never be the same company they are today, well the same company they were 8 years ago...
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Wow... I am impressed you know the book so well.
I think Tom Bombadil could have taken the ring to Mount Doom if he wanted to and thrown it in the fire.
Actually I belive that Elrond had a ring. So did the other leader of the elves. A chick, I can't remember her name... Some believe that even Gandalf had one of the elven rings.
To the question though. I always thought the ring initially had a significant amount of power when cut off of the big S's hand. It very quickly corrupted ALL people and even halflings. Then it lost some power over time. When Saramon(spelling) started to come back to this world the ring gained power again. The difference is that this time the people around know about it and try and fight it's affects. Each major character passes their brief test when tempted by the ring (well most do...) but as the ring gets closer to Mount Doom, and as Saramon, (mis-spelled but it has been a while since I read the books) gets closer to being reborn, the ring gets A LOT more power. Again the core difference is that this time the people know what the ring is about. I do agree with the other posters that Halflings were chosen because they appear to have some resistance to the rings power, or more perhaps it is because most of them don't have the greed that men,elves and dwarves appear to have.
Now could they have given the ring to the guy at the beginning of the book, that wasn't effected by it at all. (Tom Bran** something...), and had him destroy it? I thought that was an interesting discussion in the book, and I for one would have seriously considered using his help. The guy and his wife were obviously WAY more powerful than Gandalf. He must of been some type of God.
Now for my gripe about the second movie...
Frodo almost gives the ring to a Nazgul(spelling again) on some type of Dragon.... Sam pushes him out of the way and the Dragon creature gets shot by ONE arrow and flies away! WTF!!! It didn't make them look very tough when one arrow (not well placed), caused it to run away. This is why they should have had Boramiers(spelling) brother pass the test when presented with the ring. I understand it would have made the ring look less powerful, but I would have focused (like the book) on making him look very very intelligent, and it wouldn't have been an issue.
Arigorn(spelling again) with his elf chick lover. Why is this chick getting so much time in the movie? It has been a while sinse reading the books but I don't even remember her much at all. She has added little to the movie. Granted her acting is good and she is attractive, but her character didn't need to be developed.
The king: They made him out to be an arrogant ass. He wouldn't ask for help. In the book they made him out to be a great leader and he did ask for help and got some. He did whatever was best for his people. (DVD extended edition helped with this gripe)
Small Gripe: Shadowfaux the horse was suppose to be the kings horse. It was suppose to be a horse like no other. When the king told Gandalf he could have anything and Gandalf asked for Shadowfaux, he very reluctantly agreed. It gave the impression that this horse was valued above all of the kings riches. The movied didn't quite to this justice, and it would have only taken a few seconds...
The ents didn't go to war: I liked the fact that they decided on their own to go to war. In the movie they spent a ton a time showing how well thought out they were but then had them do a knee-jerk reaction when they saw some of their own dead. I also liked in the book how Treebeard had most of the battle planned out in advance.
Now even with all the gripes.... I think the exteneded edition movies are GREAT and can't wait to see the third one this Sunday.
Actually they probably won't have to do that. Once that development shop realizes that a MAJOR client is switching from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice they will either re-tool their app or plan on not selling it to them. The issue is if there is competition for that application. If so then you can bet they will redo their app for OpenOffice ASAP, because their competitor will want to jump in there and take that business away. You can bet that the next time they do a "software evaluation" for that type of product, one that works with OpenOffice will be a requirement.
If it was about oil then why aren't the spoils of war going to the victors? America could VERY easily take most of the oil. But instead America is bending over backwards to help Iraq. Heck $40+ BILLION in help. That would buy a heck of a lot of oil.
It is hard to argue with your point. But the two points don't have to be related. The U.S. can make a mistake with China and still do what is right with Iraq.
Good point though, and I hope that our administration wakes up and does something about China. Well to be honest I hope China wakes up and does something about China. Most of the people I have met from China seem intelligent, so I would imagine it shouldn't be too long before they come around.
Has your leader killed over 40,000 of your own people with nerve gas? Has your leader sponsored terrorism with large amounts of money, and weapons? If so then you are correct to worry about the U.S. attacking your government.
Let's see a post from Anonymous Coward....
Blah blah blah.... We hate anything American does.
The U.S. cann't attack any nation.... blah blah blah.... Well pal we did, and the world is now a much safer place for it. We gave up British, American and Italian lives for this (sorry if I missed any other country), and this is a huge day.
You watch too much BBC and CNN. Remember there is a GOOD reason the Iraqie Bob hugged the CNN reporter.... and that the BBC was thrown off of a British ship.
All I ment by America is the color is spelled "color". :-)
I think you have it backwards. Black is all colors (American version), and white is no color at all.
:-)
Now, the guy who was offended... I was offended by your article, and to be honest anything you say or write, so does that mean you should stop? Now I am only kidding, but you get my point.
If you really are a black American then you should focus a TON more on:
1. The huge issue of single parent (mother only) black families in the U.S.
2. The large percentage of black girls who get pregnant as a teen.
3. The role models that black America shows to it's youth. Let's see... You can either play sports or.... well I guess it is only sports. Ahh but at least those sports guys act like good role models
4. Why 50% of all violant crime in America is caused by black males between the ages of 18-24. Yet they make up less than 5% of the population of the U.S.A.
Honestly, I can understand that black Americans have it hard. So do a lot of other ethnic groups, but they seem to be adapting and in most cases doing well.
I agree that there "might" be life. But that life will probably be very primative.
My question is this.
If we find life there and it is primitive... So what? How does this help us? I am not trying to be a troll, but the cost of this thing is going to be HUGE. What benifit are we (U.S.) people going to get out of this? Is the end goal to see if we could live there? It appears to me that we should first focus our efforts and limited dollars on other areas. The space station is a good example. Is it done yet? Are we able to use it in all the ways that it was promised?
I am a fan of NASA and like the idea of space exploration, but given todays economic climate, I think they should be very careful about what missions they plan.
What NOS are you use to?
:-) Yep JBOSS can't compare.
Solaris? - Good luck getting patches. Nothing like dealing with Oracle and Sun to resolve a problem. Also isn't their Java Application Server great
AIX? - My experience is that apps that say they support Sun and AIX run on Sun, but the AIX stuff crashes a lot. Now if it is IBM software then the AIX stuff works well. Just don't run Optivity on it.
Windows? - Nuff said...
Mac OSX? - Very new server platform.
SGI? - Cool platform, but my GOD expensive and are they going to be a NT box or a Unix box this week?
VAX? - Great box and OS, but I don't believe Digital Equipment... errr... Compaq.... er, I mean H.P. is going to do much with it.
HPUX? - Was a great box and ok OS, but H.P. has bet the farm with Windows, in a fight against Dell.
NetWare? - Well, they may deny it, but they will probably be off NetWare and on to Linux in less than 3 years. NetWare 8 = SuSe 10.0 Also NetWare as an application server was a nightmare.
You must mean a IBM Mainframe. Yep you are correct it is ROCK solid and fast as hell. Now seeing that I spent a part of my life sending dumps to IBM for anaylis of their code problems, I would be willing to say that this isn't a "perfect" solution. Also it is a little bit more expensive than most Linux solutions and their *NIX solution is done via emulation. Granted it is a great box and OS, but I would expect that at over 100X the price.
You mention that nobody wants to do the grunt codeing. I need to know what specific examples you have of this. You also mention that there is no quality checks. I will agree to a point, but my God is there ever code review. EVERYONE in the world can see your code! Most people would not purposely throw out some junk code to "just get it done" like most other closed source development environments.
Lastly, if you have tried to get open source software to work on multiple platforms and had serious problems, then I would suggest looking at Java solutions in the future.
Actually have you looked at SuSe 9.0? I was shocked how far the Linux desktop has come. It detected everyting I have and actually has the software installed on it that I normally have to download and configure for RedHat. Like Java and flash.
I think that you might be missing the mark here a bit. I could see selling this to someone like my mom who doesn't load crap on her machine. She just wants to get email and open pictures of her kids and grandkids. This thing would be fine. To be honest I would probably buy it for her, just so I don't have to deal with the constant spy-crap on Windows. Not to mention the viruses and other issues that seem to plague Windows.
Will there be some people who buy it and then try and buy "Deer Hunter" and then be pissed it didn't run? Yes. However, Sun and Walmart will understand this and probably market this as a "Net Appliance" device. I don't see people buyying an Xbox and saying "Why can't I run Office on this thing?" It will be two different markets.
"The benefit of the up-front cost of $349 is that you can install the product on as many servers as you wish"
This is not true. You have to pay the $350 EVERY year for EVERY server. According to their sales department this is the licence. There is NO breaks for development boxes or test boxes.
This kind of attitude has forced our company to migrate off of RedHat. We are currently looking at Suse, who offers a similar program, but at least they don't kill Operton users at $2,000/year/server.
Having been a "Red Hat Shop", I was supprised how good SuSe 9.0 is. It was great not to have to load and configure JAVA and shockwave.
I agree with you. It will more than likely suck big time, and they will need to make "The Hobbit" just to recover the lost money.
However there was this movie about a ship that left port hit an iceburg and sunk. The boat sunk in under 20 minutes. The movie was over 3 hours long! It made a few dollars though...
It wasn't the original target...
:-)
Actually it was. The idea was not to have Linux be some super server to compete with a IBM Mainframe or 10 million dollar Sun box. It was to give one guy a good platform to work on, that didn't crash all the time. So actually Linux started out more as a "desktop" than a server.
I do agree that Linux is a Unix clone, but the core difference I see is the large number of developers working on Linux vs *OS. Were most Unix vendors focus on one area (server), Linux tends to focus in EVERY area, and with large dedicated coders in those areas also. For this reason, and total cost of ownership, Linux will be a very tough competitor to anyone.
I do find in VERY interesting that RedHat will not come out and say that they are competing against Microsoft. They are. Gartner had a report here recently that said that more people are switching from Windows to Linux than from any other platform. That to me is competition.
Having said all that, I agree that it will be a while before the masses switch off of Windows to anything else. When they do it will probably be cost related though...
Office Pro ~$600 + $100+ every two years.
Windows - ~$100/3 years
I see a time within the next year or two when Microsoft will have to make some serious price cuts to keep people from switching. Again this is competition.
I, and most have no problem with your statement, however please note that Oracle only supports EXPENSIVE versions of Linux. What has made Linux great is the ability to put a box in an organization (skunk works projects) and test it out. Then when it works you can look at putting it in production. What is needed is for these vendors to release a "free" but not supported version of their product that is EXACTLY like their enterprise version. This product should be just as easy to download ISO's as it always has been.
My big gripe is that with Microsoft/Novell/IBM/Oracle you pay for their development effort and their support. With RedHat you can't get their product without support, and they don't do that much develoment. They just package other peoples software and make sure it all works.
Like the other poster I know very little about chip production, but you didn't seem to answer his question.
It appears that these ovens could produce square chips. That would appear to save some money and then it appears that you wouldn't need to keep making bigger and bigger wafers.
Again I know verry little about chip design, so I am not trying to be a troll or start any wars here.
Still takes a MANUAL switch to launch a nuke. In most cases it takes two.
Is your math correct?
If it was released in Nov of 2004 that would only be 2 months before 2005, wouldn't it?
Or if it was released in Oct of 2004 that would only be 3 months before 2005.
Man I may need to move to San Jose. We get average LAN guys here for around $40k. Top guys get around $75k. But I imagine the cost of living is a little more out there. I also bet the wheather is a lot better :-)
Our economy here sucks big time. Indiana is a manufacturing state and specifically automotive. It has been hard here. That coupled with the fact our former Govenor was incompetent has hurt us a lot.
Samba 3 will hook in to Active Directory (haven't done it yet, because we are all Linux now), BUT I have heard that is uses an LDAP connection to AD. From what I have read Samba 3 can now be a backup domain controller and also participate in trust relationships.
Good luck and give it a try. It won't hurt anything if you set it to not participate in browser elections. That was just a brilliant design on Microsoft's part. I have seen browser elections take down many a large switched networks. They suck big time. Especially if you have multiple protocols like ipx and netbui installed, and before everyone blast me... yes I know about the registry setting to turn that off.
If I need fires put out then I would hire a contractor. To use your type of thinking if we switch off of Linux to XYZ I would then fire all my Linux guys and hire XYZ guys.
:-) But if you give me someone who knows relational database like DB2 and has shown the ability to learn new things then that is a better long term employee for our company. Now in todays market I can find someone who fits both.
Yes I know you can't learn Oracle in 24 hours
I disagree, we have a similar company and are based out of Indiana and I put out a job listing and had so many qualified resume's the next day I couldn't go through them all in a week. I began to wonder if they handed out MCSE's at Walmart. :-) I can find Linux guys who know windows and windows guys who are not so biased that they can learn SAMBA in way less than a week. I don't know how much you pay, but around here there is NO cost difference between an MCSE and a Linux/Windows guy.
:-) :-) (Mabe we should switch roles). I personally don't care if a developer,LAN Guy,DBA etc, doesn't know our specific technology. I look more for what they have shown on the job, and their ability to learn new stuff. I feel for all those poor saps that thought they would have a job forever doing Visual Basic, only to have Microsoft pull the plug on them. The good ones will show that they can learn something else. (I would suggest JAVA).... but that is me :-)
Again I have setup SAMBA now for quite a few organizations around town and have NEVER had an issue.
When you mention that it is not configured for a corporate environment, I would disagree. I was part of a LAN team that worked on a 50k+ NT network and we used SAMBA a ton on our SUN boxes and it worked well. We had FAR FAR FAR FAR more problems with WINS on our Windows boxes than we EVER did with our SAMBA solutions.
I want to make one point clear. Once the software is installed it runs. For 99% of the companies out there it never needs to be touched again (unless you want to). You would not need to spend 2-3 hours a week for every new project that comes up. I know because I run it. I have ran it and will continue to run it. I have ran it in 50k+ mixed networks and 5 user church networks.
It's funny you mention UNIX and Oracle people looking for jobs, on our job posting we looked for exactly that and we got around 35% MCSE's and Microsoft Access guys. I was thinking the same thing but in reverse,
Exchange, no. But most people don't run Exchange AND their file/print server on the same box. So you could piece-mail this, and still save a ton of money on CALs.
:-). Yep that was descriptive :-) God, how did I ever live without it. :-)
CRM- Depends what package you use. Some yes some no. But remember not all CRM packages run on all versions of Windows either, and some require certain service packs, so again most people run their CRM services on a dedicated machine.
Solomon??? Never heard of it.... Just did a Google search and found out that it is a MICROSOFT solution. SHOCKER!!! Do you work for Microsoft? Here is their info on the product.
"Microsoft Business Solutions-Solomon(R) is a robust, flexible solution built to meet the needs of project-centric and distribution-driven companies. Its customization and integration tools help you adapt best practices, integrate with other systems, serve customers better, and excel in your industry. It also boosts employee efficiency by providing real-time data access through a Web-based interface. "
Well after reading that I feel that I know a ton about it
I will bet that it doesn't run on Linux and that it never will, but you would have three options
1. Use VMware and run it.
2. Find a replacement for it that runs on more than one platform.
3. Keep an NT server around just to run that app. (kinda like Exchange).
The great thing about SAMBA is that it doesn't have to replace your ENTIRE NT network, it can co-exist well, and as a side benefit you get FREE CALS and a product that (for me) has worked great.
You could be like us. Use it and save some money, then over time evaluate migrating off of Microsoft altogether. It took us around 2 years but we are now CAL free! Man I can't tell you how great it is not to have to worry about that.
Lastly, how much does Exchange cost you per user? When we ran it, it was around $20/user.
I use to work in a mixed NT and Samba network, (we have not migrated off of NT over to Linux), and to be honest after the setup, which did take a little longer to setup (2 days). It ran without a hitch. So I would say that to find a replacement for this guy would not be a problem because any technical guy (or gal) worth his or her salt could figure out Samba in around 2-3 days. The stuff just works.
The issue is that Dell and some other OEM's get Windows for around $10. Others get it for around $100+. It just depends on how much Microsoft likes you.
.NET stuff soon, and work very very hard on locking in their users at the cry of "Inovation". The core problem is that they need to make money somewhere, and if FREE software is "good enough" for most users, in places that use to be cash cows for Microsoft then they will be hurting in the long run.
So when a computer cost $3,000+ nobody cared much about an additional $90.00, but when they cost $600 they care a lot. Weird how it works out that way.
Now Microsoft isn't an idiot, they licence this in a very restrictive way, and it doesn't include office. Office makes up around 40% of Microsofts revenue.
The other issue is that Dell and company have a rather large process for stageing machines. When this process is changed it requires more time and that is more money. So this is why you don't see a large price difference between Windows and NO OS or Linux for that matter.
The issue is if you ever plan on upgrading that system and you need Office. Again Microsoft isn't stupid and they know that by controlling the OS they can control what apps go on top of the OS. My argument from the beginning is not just against Windows XP, but against the whole Microsoft product line required to do a job.
This is really not much different than drug dealers. They will give away some of their product (at the beginning) to make it up in spades with other products later. So when an argument is made against Microsoft software you can't just look at Windows, but you need to look at all the software required to do a persons job.
Now having said that, in my opinon FREE software like Open Office will eventually chew in to Microsoft's profit margins enough to where they need to charge Dell and company more for the OS. Again, Microsoft isn't stupid and I expect them to try and lock office in to their
To help prove my point, I point to how much money Microsoft is currently hording; ~$40 BILLION. As mentioned many times before, they are not stupid, and they know that they have the fight of the life on their hands. They have built a nice war chest and will try and ride this out.
It is just impossible to compete against FREE when it is "good enough". They had better find a way to add value to a business and consumers that free software can't soon. I personally think they can do this, but they will never be the same company they are today, well the same company they were 8 years ago...