I agree with you on that then. I had the TNT Ultra with TV out and it really wasn't that great of quality. I'm not sure I ever even used it.
I am glad you found the Trinitron price. I was looking all over pricewatch for 22in and didn't even stop to think that Sony doesn't make a 22in.
What did that run you? $4K? It is a great idea though. I teach classes sometimes at work and before the class I will pop a DVD into my laptop and watch it on the big screen. The sound sucks but the picture's awesome. I assume of course that you have you computer hooked up to your digital surround sound stereo?
I love that he put as a theme and not a myth that Microsoft OS needs to be rebooted at least once a day. I can tell you of a few hundred WIndows 2000 machines that get rebooted once a month at most. While most of these are at work we do give each user admin rights to their own machine (don't ask - it has to do with a software product that I would rather not discuss) and theoretically they could install whatever they want.
At home, I know my girlfriend has restarted her computer once in the last month and that was because I installed a new burner. Last time I checked, even Linux requires you to shut down before working inside the case (hot-swappable excluded).
Now I may come across as Pro-Microsoft in this rant (and in others on slashdot) but my point is actually quite different. I do use Linux. The email address you see above is thanks to a qmail server running on Slackware. If you are going to rant against Microsoft than take something like security. By ranting on something that is outright wrong only makes you look like a fool and a professor stating it is a black eye for the open-source community.
Most people like to have their resume's laser-printed directly onto bond paper. I actually know of many industries that would throw away anything else.
Something tells me that the average Joe User is not going to a) understand half of what is written there and b) care about embedded OS's. As for the technically inclined MS supporters, they are just going to say that Lineo and Redhat are just as guilty as Microsoft.
While I don't agree with Microsoft's point. Yours is even more ignorant. How's about we look up innovate in the dictionary and then look up invent (source: m-w.com)
innovate: to introduce as or as if new.
invent: to produce (as something useful) for the first time through the use of the imagination or of ingenious thinking and experiment.
So tell me mr. troll, do you understand now? Microsoft doesn't call themselves inventors - they call themselves innovators. I do however believe that Linux developers are also innovators (and probably better at it).
It is very difficult to make a direct correlation between the XP sales and the Microsoft case. PC sales have also decreased dramatically. Joe User doesn't see any reason to upgrade to XP since they are happy with what they have.
I seem to remember also reading how consumer polls people siding with Microsoft. I will try to find them.
Very good point. We were forced (by a parent company) to switch off of Exchange/Outlook to a product that doesn't yet have calendaring and senior management in our company almost revolted. We ended up with a compromise to keep the calendar part of Exchange running until the other products calendar app is ready. Just yesterday I had to set up a meeting with two VP's. Do you think I actually talked to them? Of course not. They don't know their own calendar. You have to talk to their assistants.
200MB files can be handled in may different ways that can be user friendly. The best to me would be an online document retrieval system that allows users to "publish" their document with versioning and anybody with proper access can download if they want. This avoids both emailing large files and explaining FTP to users. I would also set a max size on file attachments.
You know nothing about the topic so don't post. Accounting software is typically client/server. Most of the application runs on the server. The front end can be anything from PC to Mac to Web based all with the same accounting software.
I think this varies significantly with the type of person. I put my father on XP and he jumped at it and loves it. He spends most of his free time on it, much to my mother's dismay.
My mother on the other hand has nothing to do with anything electronic. She won't touch the VCR except to hit play.
I'm not sure whether it's an inate nack for it or just a different attitude towards new things.
I think it's more than just having to change the system for the standard but is the system flexible enough to handle a change in the standard. An example I can come up with on the fly right now is the change in the sales tax laws in New York (ok it's NYS Tax Laws not SFAS but hopefully the example translates). We had to create dozens of new subaccounts that luckily our account structure was flexible enough to handle.
How come you haven't been busted down as a troll yet. Oh I forgot. It's ok to spout bullshit as long as it bashes Microsoft. I am not even pro-Microsoft and I think your bullshit is counter-productive and immature.
Another thing. It is not just about the frequency and whether you lost something. It's the fact that MOST business software vendors stop supporting their older versions of their software and effectively force their users to upgrade. A lot of them also require that their consultants do the upgrade in order for you to qualify for support. Spend some time in corporate America or at least read the trade magazines before you post. I am going to try and remember where I saw the article about software companies bilking their clients.
Mod him up because that is a great point I missed. Having audited some multi-national companies I know first hand that working with different accounting standards is a bitch. There is an International standards board (IASB) that is the counterpart of the US FASB but until recently they were almost competetive in some standards.
Currency is also a huge issue. We had to update our ledger software just to include the Euro.
"My employees have years of experience with Windows and Windows-based accounting software. It would simply not make sense to re-train them to use Linux. "
I realize you are trolling but I will give you a legit answer anyway. Most accounting software is client/server. The server would usually be on *Nix or NT. The client can be Windows, Mac, etc. or whatever else the vendor wants to support. Most are also providing web clients using JSP/Servlets.
I wish accounting software was that easy. If you are running a mom and pop business it can be simple but the minute you start dealing with inventory (LIFO vs FIFO), Fixed Assets (straight-line vs double-declining), Accounts Payable (aging, check writing, vendor tax ids), Accounts Receivable (aging, revenue recognition), Cash (multiple bank accounts, ZBA accounts, over-night sweeps), Cash vs Accrual basis vs Tax Basis, etc.
Add to that the need for a good report writer (which is very hard to find) and you have quite a beast. Most companies have whole departments dedicated to Financial Systems.
I know that there are several accounting packages out there that support Linux (Computron being one) but they are mostly expensive.
The one problem with an open-source accounting package is that accounting standards are constantly changing and the software would often have to be changed to reflect new standards. Anyone working on such a project would have to be well-versed in each of the new SFAS (Statements of Financial Accounting Standards) as they come out. That's not a fun project for a CPA let alone a layperson.
Did you even read my post? We have to upgrade AIX and Oracle whenever we update the GL software because the GL software company will not support the earlier versions of AIX and Oracle. Since we pretty much have to upgrade the GL software every year we have to upgrade AIX and Oracle every year.
I was looking forward to at last one anit-Microft rant. When last I checked, Adobe and Macromedia update their products on Apple also.
I will also give you an example that doesn't involve any Microsoft product at all. Our General Ledger software is running on AIX. We had to update to an interim release to correct an issue (that happened to be new to the latest version). Unfortunately, with that release they have minimum requirements in order to receive support. To meet those requirements we had to update AIX and Oracle. So not only did we have to update their product because of a mistake that appeared in their latest release but we also had to update the OS and the Database so that we could continue to receive support from them. I am sure that other people have other non-MS stories.
I think it is time you stop wasting your efforts bashing Microsoft and start looking at the deceipt and corruption that is in all companies. Profit and Customer Satisfaction are two diverging paths and every company will err towards the profit side.
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I agree with you on that then. I had the TNT Ultra with TV out and it really wasn't that great of quality. I'm not sure I ever even used it. I am glad you found the Trinitron price. I was looking all over pricewatch for 22in and didn't even stop to think that Sony doesn't make a 22in.
What did that run you? $4K? It is a great idea though. I teach classes sometimes at work and before the class I will pop a DVD into my laptop and watch it on the big screen. The sound sucks but the picture's awesome. I assume of course that you have you computer hooked up to your digital surround sound stereo?
"If you don't have the money for a decent monitor, why would you blow $300 on a video card?"
All in Wonder Radeon goes for $140-50. The cheapest 22" monitor I found was $528. The Sony Trinitrons are upwards of $1K.
I don't want to have to get up and go to the PC every time I want to pause or jump around to different features.
I use a wireless mouse and mini keyboard. They stash away in the coffee table when not in use.
I love that he put as a theme and not a myth that Microsoft OS needs to be rebooted at least once a day. I can tell you of a few hundred WIndows 2000 machines that get rebooted once a month at most. While most of these are at work we do give each user admin rights to their own machine (don't ask - it has to do with a software product that I would rather not discuss) and theoretically they could install whatever they want.
At home, I know my girlfriend has restarted her computer once in the last month and that was because I installed a new burner. Last time I checked, even Linux requires you to shut down before working inside the case (hot-swappable excluded).
Now I may come across as Pro-Microsoft in this rant (and in others on slashdot) but my point is actually quite different. I do use Linux. The email address you see above is thanks to a qmail server running on Slackware. If you are going to rant against Microsoft than take something like security. By ranting on something that is outright wrong only makes you look like a fool and a professor stating it is a black eye for the open-source community.
Most people like to have their resume's laser-printed directly onto bond paper. I actually know of many industries that would throw away anything else.
All excellent points but even in any of those cases a simple "cease and desist" letter would do the job. I don't see adcritic putting up a big fight.
Something tells me that the average Joe User is not going to a) understand half of what is written there and b) care about embedded OS's. As for the technically inclined MS supporters, they are just going to say that Lineo and Redhat are just as guilty as Microsoft.
While I don't agree with Microsoft's point. Yours is even more ignorant. How's about we look up innovate in the dictionary and then look up invent (source: m-w.com)
innovate: to introduce as or as if new.
invent: to produce (as something useful) for the first time through the use of the imagination or of ingenious thinking and experiment.
So tell me mr. troll, do you understand now? Microsoft doesn't call themselves inventors - they call themselves innovators. I do however believe that Linux developers are also innovators (and probably better at it).
It is very difficult to make a direct correlation between the XP sales and the Microsoft case. PC sales have also decreased dramatically. Joe User doesn't see any reason to upgrade to XP since they are happy with what they have.
I seem to remember also reading how consumer polls people siding with Microsoft. I will try to find them.
Very good point. We were forced (by a parent company) to switch off of Exchange/Outlook to a product that doesn't yet have calendaring and senior management in our company almost revolted. We ended up with a compromise to keep the calendar part of Exchange running until the other products calendar app is ready. Just yesterday I had to set up a meeting with two VP's. Do you think I actually talked to them? Of course not. They don't know their own calendar. You have to talk to their assistants.
200MB files can be handled in may different ways that can be user friendly. The best to me would be an online document retrieval system that allows users to "publish" their document with versioning and anybody with proper access can download if they want. This avoids both emailing large files and explaining FTP to users. I would also set a max size on file attachments.
Oh and the Database is the the third tier. Go look up n-tier applications.
You know nothing about the topic so don't post. Accounting software is typically client/server. Most of the application runs on the server. The front end can be anything from PC to Mac to Web based all with the same accounting software.
I think this varies significantly with the type of person. I put my father on XP and he jumped at it and loves it. He spends most of his free time on it, much to my mother's dismay.
My mother on the other hand has nothing to do with anything electronic. She won't touch the VCR except to hit play.
I'm not sure whether it's an inate nack for it or just a different attitude towards new things.
I think it's more than just having to change the system for the standard but is the system flexible enough to handle a change in the standard. An example I can come up with on the fly right now is the change in the sales tax laws in New York (ok it's NYS Tax Laws not SFAS but hopefully the example translates). We had to create dozens of new subaccounts that luckily our account structure was flexible enough to handle.
How come you haven't been busted down as a troll yet. Oh I forgot. It's ok to spout bullshit as long as it bashes Microsoft. I am not even pro-Microsoft and I think your bullshit is counter-productive and immature.
Another thing. It is not just about the frequency and whether you lost something. It's the fact that MOST business software vendors stop supporting their older versions of their software and effectively force their users to upgrade. A lot of them also require that their consultants do the upgrade in order for you to qualify for support. Spend some time in corporate America or at least read the trade magazines before you post. I am going to try and remember where I saw the article about software companies bilking their clients.
"What kind of General Ledger software needs an update every year?"
Take a look at the postings in the Linux accounting software article for your answer. Don't talk on something you don't know.
"I'd agree with you if that were true, but it's not."
You name one company that shows a great profit and has great customer satisfaction.
Mod him up because that is a great point I missed. Having audited some multi-national companies I know first hand that working with different accounting standards is a bitch. There is an International standards board (IASB) that is the counterpart of the US FASB but until recently they were almost competetive in some standards. Currency is also a huge issue. We had to update our ledger software just to include the Euro.
"My employees have years of experience with Windows and Windows-based accounting software. It would simply not make sense to re-train them to use Linux. " I realize you are trolling but I will give you a legit answer anyway. Most accounting software is client/server. The server would usually be on *Nix or NT. The client can be Windows, Mac, etc. or whatever else the vendor wants to support. Most are also providing web clients using JSP/Servlets.
I wish accounting software was that easy. If you are running a mom and pop business it can be simple but the minute you start dealing with inventory (LIFO vs FIFO), Fixed Assets (straight-line vs double-declining), Accounts Payable (aging, check writing, vendor tax ids), Accounts Receivable (aging, revenue recognition), Cash (multiple bank accounts, ZBA accounts, over-night sweeps), Cash vs Accrual basis vs Tax Basis, etc.
Add to that the need for a good report writer (which is very hard to find) and you have quite a beast. Most companies have whole departments dedicated to Financial Systems.
I know that there are several accounting packages out there that support Linux (Computron being one) but they are mostly expensive.
The one problem with an open-source accounting package is that accounting standards are constantly changing and the software would often have to be changed to reflect new standards. Anyone working on such a project would have to be well-versed in each of the new SFAS (Statements of Financial Accounting Standards) as they come out. That's not a fun project for a CPA let alone a layperson.
Did you even read my post? We have to upgrade AIX and Oracle whenever we update the GL software because the GL software company will not support the earlier versions of AIX and Oracle. Since we pretty much have to upgrade the GL software every year we have to upgrade AIX and Oracle every year.
I was looking forward to at last one anit-Microft rant. When last I checked, Adobe and Macromedia update their products on Apple also.
I will also give you an example that doesn't involve any Microsoft product at all. Our General Ledger software is running on AIX. We had to update to an interim release to correct an issue (that happened to be new to the latest version). Unfortunately, with that release they have minimum requirements in order to receive support. To meet those requirements we had to update AIX and Oracle. So not only did we have to update their product because of a mistake that appeared in their latest release but we also had to update the OS and the Database so that we could continue to receive support from them. I am sure that other people have other non-MS stories.
I think it is time you stop wasting your efforts bashing Microsoft and start looking at the deceipt and corruption that is in all companies. Profit and Customer Satisfaction are two diverging paths and every company will err towards the profit side.
I'm not a real audiophile but how does that performance compare with using the Audigy and SPDIF Out.