HTTPS w/ automatic encryption at rest: that's what I get in my "MOVEit DMZ" secure file transfer system.
My occasional consultant uses the web browser of his/her choice, I can force them to use a cert to authenticate if I don't think a password will do and I don't have to mess with PGP or SMIME key management.
(http://www.standardnetworks.com/moveit)
If developer loyalty is any measure of the present and future success of a (product in a category), then Brand X should be considered a standout among other (products in a category).
...because the evidence that Drupal is developer-loyalty-producing is what?
But most developers would prefer learning XXX from a book...
Really? I'm a developer and I haven't touched a tech book since I graduated college 10 years ago. Welcome to web, folks - books like this are obsolete.
Partial dup? Wasn't the $60B debunked yesterday?
Anyway, as a software vendor that depends on MySQL, I think this "open source is cool" story was just put out there by Sun's PR team to deflect attention away from their accidental "even more of MySQL will be pay-to-play" in the future announcement.
Hey MySQL, thanks for the help getting my product to market, but now it's time for some vendor independence; buh-bye.
Uh...can I get it without the "AppleTV"? Seriously, if I won this $18K rig as a prize, that's the piece I'd leave unopened on the curb.
(I'd eBay the iMac and use the cash to buy something cooler too.)
I wonder who Heidi Rühle's campaign contributors are. (Follow the money.)
If I were a Green party supporter, I'd be pissed: my leadership ought to be focused on (duh) the environment and human health, not which way software contracts are steered down in IT.
Legg Mason also likely has a board member with a 6% share. Yahoo's board is elected from scratch every year, so all Microsoft has to do is win just one proxy election to seize majority control of Yahoo.
More likely Legg Mason is worried that Microsoft may actually conduct a hostile takeover for a lower price than the friendly price. (Microsoft's lower price would actually makes sense; Yahoo would probably be worth less after a hostile takeover.) Legg Mason probably doesn't care on the face of things whether Yahoo gets taken over or not, but they do care about the value of their stake.
I think Legg Mason's message is music to Microsoft's ears: if enough major shareholders get worried about a lower offer, they'll press the existing Yahoo board to cut the friendly deal (and then Microsoft will purge the board as soon as they get control).
Actually, I'd think it'd be more like "give us your lunch money or we'll fsck up your mortgage, Visa cards, driver's license, and put your wife up on Craig's List."
So...America's cyber A-Team has the 1337 skills of an entry-level con man? Can we outsource our electronic defense to the Israeli cyber team or something instead?
Given that many live happily in the armed forces without any of these threatened items, I'm sticking with my theory of an unusually high wedgie-per-day rate.
C'mon - when was the last time writing anything that popped into your mind considered a "talent". Blogs...yeesh. I still can't figure out who has the time to read those things.
Microsoft wants to do the same, but in reverse, and faces an infinitely bigger challenge: rebuild Microsoft apps so they can become cloud enabled while pulling its giant channel (and embedded software) along in the process.
You really think MS faces the bigger task? MS has widely accepted desktop and server apps already, and a working framework for companies to build a back end with database, web and other common services. I'd think MS would face the easier challenge here; all they need to do is convince people to swap out (outsource) their core corporate back end processing in favor of similar services hosted by Microsoft.
Google's challenge seems to be to convince companies to outsource their core corporate back end processes using brand new back end applications and desktop apps that just came out of beta. That seems like the tougher hill to climb.
In either case, the challenge isn't new; "cloud computing" seems like just version 10 of the outsourced processing pitch that's been used in the computing industry for at least 40 years - just ask EDS, IBM, Unisys, etc.
(some newspaper) is running an interesting story about (some company)'s involvement with (government)... From the (original press release), "When the (government) wanted a (product with extensive capabilities), they turned to (company) because (pitch). '...a lot of people in the (target market) don't know that we exist,' said (sales exec), who leads (some company's) government sales team...""
"interesting story" = "warmed over press release"? Zzzzz.....
I will, and I'm an '05 Golf TDI owner who's enjoying about 43 MPG today. I'm an efficiency geek - always loved that diesels did more with less than gasoline engines. I can't wait to use the same tech in my car that's used in locomotives - that REALLY appeals to the kid in me.
There are many restaurants (e.g., McDonalds) that install seats LESS comfortable than they could so you're not encouraged to stick around. "Turns" is a big concept in most businesses, but especially so in restaurants that need to meet demand during peak mealtimes to turn a profit.
Over time, Mozilla would become the name of the open source project, AOL would buy Netscape and Internet Explorer would get up to 90%+ of market share leading to the worst period in web browsers' history where innovation was a niche for Opera and IE remixes users.
In the immortal words of the great Clippy: "English, MF-er, speak it?" I haven't seen a jumbled run-on like this since Stallman was last in town.
Generally, making "writing code that you give away" your life's work is generally a bad way to go about things if "steady paycheck" is what you desire (unless you're working for someone who's already figured out the business model).
If you are interested in making a profit, follow the advice of other posters here and figure out what people WILL pay for first, and then avoid giving whatever that is away.
IDC just released its predictions for 2008 with regards to data storage trends. Its research shows...
If you've ever been involved in an IDC, Gartner or whatever marketing discussion, you know that the "research" mainly consists of going from vendor to vendor (data storage vendors in this case) and asking what, in their wildest dreams, would the ideal demand curve look like. Then they charge for actually coming up with some supporting information to meet the vendors' preferred conclusion, and release the whole thing to consumers in the hopes of stimulating some demand for the paying vendors. Very scientific.
In yet another instance of up-and-coming browser developers fighting back against the Microsoft behemoth...
I think it's more a case of Opera being pissed that it's not funded with Google money like Mozilla Firefox is. Up-and-coming? I think Opera's time has long passed.
...the makers of Opera have filed a complaint with the European Union against Microsoft.
What, wasn't their mommy available to cry to?
If "developers" are going to "fight", how about developing something the market cares about instead, eh?
RedHat may help though - they might insist on some level of quality / provide some assistance in the creation of software that does not suck quite so much.
Just wanna give a shout out to the PR rep that planted this story. Three brand mentions in the opening paragraph - can I get a whoop-whoop?
Two points off for the "less expensive commodity hardware instead of expensive mainframes" - that's a Microsoft marketing phrase from the early 1990's for God's sake - but still a pretty good job all around.
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HTTPS w/ automatic encryption at rest: that's what I get in my "MOVEit DMZ" secure file transfer system. My occasional consultant uses the web browser of his/her choice, I can force them to use a cert to authenticate if I don't think a password will do and I don't have to mess with PGP or SMIME key management. (http://www.standardnetworks.com/moveit)
What about an 80-column card? (If you get that, I know how old you are...)
Partial dup? Wasn't the $60B debunked yesterday? Anyway, as a software vendor that depends on MySQL, I think this "open source is cool" story was just put out there by Sun's PR team to deflect attention away from their accidental "even more of MySQL will be pay-to-play" in the future announcement. Hey MySQL, thanks for the help getting my product to market, but now it's time for some vendor independence; buh-bye.
Uh...can I get it without the "AppleTV"? Seriously, if I won this $18K rig as a prize, that's the piece I'd leave unopened on the curb. (I'd eBay the iMac and use the cash to buy something cooler too.)
I wonder who Heidi Rühle's campaign contributors are. (Follow the money.) If I were a Green party supporter, I'd be pissed: my leadership ought to be focused on (duh) the environment and human health, not which way software contracts are steered down in IT.
Legg Mason also likely has a board member with a 6% share. Yahoo's board is elected from scratch every year, so all Microsoft has to do is win just one proxy election to seize majority control of Yahoo.
More likely Legg Mason is worried that Microsoft may actually conduct a hostile takeover for a lower price than the friendly price. (Microsoft's lower price would actually makes sense; Yahoo would probably be worth less after a hostile takeover.) Legg Mason probably doesn't care on the face of things whether Yahoo gets taken over or not, but they do care about the value of their stake.
I think Legg Mason's message is music to Microsoft's ears: if enough major shareholders get worried about a lower offer, they'll press the existing Yahoo board to cut the friendly deal (and then Microsoft will purge the board as soon as they get control).
So...America's cyber A-Team has the 1337 skills of an entry-level con man? Can we outsource our electronic defense to the Israeli cyber team or something instead?
Given that many live happily in the armed forces without any of these threatened items, I'm sticking with my theory of an unusually high wedgie-per-day rate.
I'll bet Taco's working on embedding sounds on this mashed-up trainwreck of a site, but until them, this will have to do:
http://www.geocities.com/yank2010/jamit.wav
Dup Dup Dup WHERRR Dup Dup Dup
(The sound radar makes, right?)
Anyone else think "Cyber Command" staff suffer a higher incidence of wedgies and swirlies than other members of our armed forces?
"Web 2.0 talent" = Oxymoron?
C'mon - when was the last time writing anything that popped into your mind considered a "talent". Blogs...yeesh. I still can't figure out who has the time to read those things.
You really think MS faces the bigger task? MS has widely accepted desktop and server apps already, and a working framework for companies to build a back end with database, web and other common services. I'd think MS would face the easier challenge here; all they need to do is convince people to swap out (outsource) their core corporate back end processing in favor of similar services hosted by Microsoft.
Google's challenge seems to be to convince companies to outsource their core corporate back end processes using brand new back end applications and desktop apps that just came out of beta. That seems like the tougher hill to climb.
In either case, the challenge isn't new; "cloud computing" seems like just version 10 of the outsourced processing pitch that's been used in the computing industry for at least 40 years - just ask EDS, IBM, Unisys, etc.
"interesting story" = "warmed over press release"? Zzzzz.....
I thought we called these guys "gen y"?
"Cyber Command"? What time does that show air on the Disney channel?
I will, and I'm an '05 Golf TDI owner who's enjoying about 43 MPG today. I'm an efficiency geek - always loved that diesels did more with less than gasoline engines. I can't wait to use the same tech in my car that's used in locomotives - that REALLY appeals to the kid in me.
Who? Never heard of him, but good luck.
Anyone know what state he's planning to run in? (The article submitter was a little thin in this area.)
There are many restaurants (e.g., McDonalds) that install seats LESS comfortable than they could so you're not encouraged to stick around. "Turns" is a big concept in most businesses, but especially so in restaurants that need to meet demand during peak mealtimes to turn a profit.
In the immortal words of the great Clippy: "English, MF-er, speak it?" I haven't seen a jumbled run-on like this since Stallman was last in town.
I think we covered this in detail here:
What is the Best Way to Start a Paid GPL Project?
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/05/1756217
Generally, making "writing code that you give away" your life's work is generally a bad way to go about things if "steady paycheck" is what you desire (unless you're working for someone who's already figured out the business model).
If you are interested in making a profit, follow the advice of other posters here and figure out what people WILL pay for first, and then avoid giving whatever that is away.
If you've ever been involved in an IDC, Gartner or whatever marketing discussion, you know that the "research" mainly consists of going from vendor to vendor (data storage vendors in this case) and asking what, in their wildest dreams, would the ideal demand curve look like. Then they charge for actually coming up with some supporting information to meet the vendors' preferred conclusion, and release the whole thing to consumers in the hopes of stimulating some demand for the paying vendors. Very scientific.
5 posts and no reigns-REINS correction yet? Yeesh.
Seriously, though, can someone translate Szulik's last little bit of CEO-speak for me?
"When there is zero expectation of financial remuneration, everything is Hollywood."
I think it's more a case of Opera being pissed that it's not funded with Google money like Mozilla Firefox is. Up-and-coming? I think Opera's time has long passed.
What, wasn't their mommy available to cry to?
If "developers" are going to "fight", how about developing something the market cares about instead, eh?
(laughs so hard milk squirts out his nose)
Red Hat newbie, are we?
Just wanna give a shout out to the PR rep that planted this story. Three brand mentions in the opening paragraph - can I get a whoop-whoop?
Two points off for the "less expensive commodity hardware instead of expensive mainframes" - that's a Microsoft marketing phrase from the early 1990's for God's sake - but still a pretty good job all around.