He's right. CDMA transmits below thermal noise, and it still needs to have its own band. Maybe if they're low power and short range, they can work and be unlicensed, but forget it for any kind of power. You may be able to get signal out of low power over range with directional antennae, but you can't punch through or bounce off material. No cell phones or radios certainly.
Also, don't forget, the broader the band you take signal from, the wider and faster a A/D converter you need, and that can eat power.
I wasn't talking about Dot-Coms. They've left me thoroughly unimpressed. They all seemed to be a scam to me. I was talking about commercial software firms that actually ship products. The SAIC/SAIT projects that I mentioned were people that I actually knew who worked for SAIC, not the Washington Post. Is SAIC responsible for *real* weaponry, like JDAM, JSF, JSTARS, Hellfire or Predator? All I heard of were prototypes, demos, and failures.
You can criticize Oracle, Microsoft, and these other companies for bugs in their products, but they actually do *ship product*. So many gov't software contracts abide by MIT-STD this, or DOD-STD that, or SEI level whatever, but they rarely ship a working system. I used to consult and bail these people out, before I lost the stomach for it.
So how many VP's/AVP's are in your division vs. the number of Indians?
I remember interviewing one ex-defense contractor (many years ago) guy who put X-Windows and GIS at the top of his resume:
Q: "Tell me about your experience with the X-Windows system"
A: "Well, I haven't done a lot of X-Windows programming"
Q: "Tell me about your experience with GIS and mapping"
A: "Well, I haven't done a whole lot of GIS work".
Q: "If we were to hire you, what would you like to be doing".
A: "I want to be a high-level designer."
SAIC? hmm... I seem to remember projects with a project manager, scheduler, assistant, 3 researchers, 3 configuration managers, 2 client interface managers, 1 release manager, a build manager, 2 guys sleeping in their offices (no kidding), 1 guy who's entire job was to cut tapes, and 4 actual programmers, working 80 hour weeks because the project was constantly late.
Can you name a single, successful commercial product that SAIC has produced? I heard of plenty of failed government projects that SAIC did. Something about SAIT (a subdivision of SAIC) having the FBI come in and take their records because they produced fake demos for a helicopter targeting system? You couldn't get fired for sleeping in your office, but if you said that a project wasn't going well, or that its management was incompetent, you might as well start looking for another job.
There are commercial firms that are professional software development organizations which don't have these guys piling on their projects. I never saw this much waste at Microsoft or Adobe, and I don't think anyone would call them dot-coms. You may be able to look down at your nose at these ex-HTML jocks, but the software developers who create commercial products like Oracle, AutoCAD, and PhotoShop get the job done quickly, efficiently, and professionally.
Enjoy your moment of Schadenfreude.
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He's right. CDMA transmits below thermal noise, and it still needs to have its own band. Maybe if they're low power and short range, they can work and be unlicensed, but forget it for any kind of power. You may be able to get signal out of low power over range with directional antennae, but you can't punch through or bounce off material. No cell phones or radios certainly. Also, don't forget, the broader the band you take signal from, the wider and faster a A/D converter you need, and that can eat power.
I wasn't talking about Dot-Coms. They've left me thoroughly unimpressed. They all seemed to be a scam to me. I was talking about commercial software firms that actually ship products. The SAIC/SAIT projects that I mentioned were people that I actually knew who worked for SAIC, not the Washington Post. Is SAIC responsible for *real* weaponry, like JDAM, JSF, JSTARS, Hellfire or Predator? All I heard of were prototypes, demos, and failures. You can criticize Oracle, Microsoft, and these other companies for bugs in their products, but they actually do *ship product*. So many gov't software contracts abide by MIT-STD this, or DOD-STD that, or SEI level whatever, but they rarely ship a working system. I used to consult and bail these people out, before I lost the stomach for it. So how many VP's/AVP's are in your division vs. the number of Indians? I remember interviewing one ex-defense contractor (many years ago) guy who put X-Windows and GIS at the top of his resume: Q: "Tell me about your experience with the X-Windows system" A: "Well, I haven't done a lot of X-Windows programming" Q: "Tell me about your experience with GIS and mapping" A: "Well, I haven't done a whole lot of GIS work". Q: "If we were to hire you, what would you like to be doing". A: "I want to be a high-level designer."
SAIC? hmm... I seem to remember projects with a project manager, scheduler, assistant, 3 researchers, 3 configuration managers, 2 client interface managers, 1 release manager, a build manager, 2 guys sleeping in their offices (no kidding), 1 guy who's entire job was to cut tapes, and 4 actual programmers, working 80 hour weeks because the project was constantly late. Can you name a single, successful commercial product that SAIC has produced? I heard of plenty of failed government projects that SAIC did. Something about SAIT (a subdivision of SAIC) having the FBI come in and take their records because they produced fake demos for a helicopter targeting system? You couldn't get fired for sleeping in your office, but if you said that a project wasn't going well, or that its management was incompetent, you might as well start looking for another job. There are commercial firms that are professional software development organizations which don't have these guys piling on their projects. I never saw this much waste at Microsoft or Adobe, and I don't think anyone would call them dot-coms. You may be able to look down at your nose at these ex-HTML jocks, but the software developers who create commercial products like Oracle, AutoCAD, and PhotoShop get the job done quickly, efficiently, and professionally. Enjoy your moment of Schadenfreude.