While I mostly agree with the legions of upmodded posters telling you it ain't worth your time or your sanity, in typical Slashdot fashion they are all simply questioning your question rather than answering it.
I'd suggest the Dovecot stack + Roundcube + Postfixadmin for administrative tasks.
That is something that in a way surprises me. I mean not to say Google is the greatest ever, but I do expect better from them than putting out such a poor performing emulator. Android itself performs well, their Chrome browser is also known for being speedy, then why can they not get this emulator to work at a decent speed?!
Known issues with emulator performance: Because the Android emulator must simulate the ARM instruction set architecture on your computer, emulator performance is slow. We're working hard to resolve the performance issues and it will improve in future releases.
At my previous job, I heard some really crazy reasons, from non-technical PHBs, for outlawing free software. All kind of nonsense up to and including Russian hackers planting backdoors/trojans in OSS apps.
In the end, the best way to make these non-technical PHBs see sense was to simply point out all the OSS they were already using, without even knowing it.
Those HPUX servers? Running Samba shares.
That F5 SSLVPN network appliance? FreeBSD!
The most priceless moment was when I discovered the main OSS opponent was an avid Firefox user. He referred to it as "Microsoft Firefox".
Privacy's a funny thing, people will vote and fight to protect it, but on the other hand they'll practically give it away if you offer them something shiny.
Last year at the last minute the Australian Government decided to postpone Daylight Savings a couple weeks, to accomodate the Commonwealth Games. What could possibly go wrong?
Microsoft issued a hotfix to alter the automatic daylight savings changeover. But those IT workers who work with Windows networks where systems are only patched for major rollups or service packs came to work one morning and found dozens of servers offline, because their clocks were out-of-synch with domain controllers. Or even worse, domain controllers with out-of-synch clocks.
All this so that the activities of a bunch of sporty types running around and throwing things wouldn't be disrupted. I'd like to know the eventual cost of disruption to IT infrastructure on that day...
I'm reading many comments in this thread moaning that desktop Linux isnt an option in an Exchange shop.
I'm tired of hearing this BS. Thunderbird is a superb IMAP client. If you can convince your sysadmins to enable IMAP access on Exchange (a trivial task), Thunderbird + LDAP address book + Lightning calendar extension is a perfect Outlook replacement.
But in Australia, it comes down to legislation. I can tell you from experience that telcos in Australia fear legal action for distributing pornography. Its a grey area and completely untested as yet, and no one is game to go first.
The way it was presented to me goes thusly: even if you verify over the phone that an account holder is over 18, the PR/media fallout of a situation where little Johnny purchases some erotica from their provider, via Dad's phone, is one that has many a Telco exec waking up at night, covered in sweat.
...in terms of internal IT support, the author's comparisons don't stand up.
Using his medical example, here is a valid comparison: the doctor has a colleague working in the same hospital, who is not a doctor but a member of the overall team nonetheless (nurse, physio, receptionist). This person does not possess the proper skills to work in a hospital (despite claiming to have them in their resume and interview), and as a result lets the whole team down.
Until quite recently I worked at an Aussie telco, not one of the massive ones but in the top 5. I noticed the guy at the desk next to me had a mobile phone plugged into a charger, stashed on the floor under his desk, 24/7. I asked him about it once, and he darkly warned me never to unplug it, answer it if it rang, or otherwise touch it.
I later discovered its purpose; basically it all came to do with "legacy" MMS messages, which are MMS to phones which don't have MMS capabilities (SMS only). The network instead sent the message to the customer as an email (SMTP, which is what MMS uses anyway), with the sender address of a certain "special" service. Apparently, due to the way the providers' network had been designed, if the GSM service it believed these messages were "from" was not "alive" on the HLR, it would refuse to send these thousands of legacy messages to customers.
I always wondered what would happen if one of the cleaners came through afterhours and decided to help himself to a free phone...
...please forgive me for offering my opinion when I say that I US currency sucks. All US bills are roughly the same size and colour. Besides the accessibility issues mentioned in TFA, I walk away from every transaction with "Did I Give Her A 20?" anxiety.
I humbly submit that Australian bills are superior, and you should consider upgrading. Australian bills:
* Have raised text, water marks, and a "clear window" security feature
* Are all different colours (leading most Americans to refer to our currency as "monopoly money", however it makes it a hell of a lot easier to tell a 5 from a 50 when you're drunk)
* Are made from a polypropylene polymer. Besides the geek cred, this makes them extremely resistant to tearing. Even better: leave it in your pocket, if it goes through the wash, its perfectly fine.
You might also like to take a leaf from our book and phase out 1 cent pieces. Trust me, your economy can survive without them. Just FYI.
Google does not make operating systems or desktop software, they are a freakin' search company, and MS is not a search company. Yet MS identifies them as a competitor, just like they identify every company in existence as their competitor.
...except for the fact that Google does run a number of services that compete directly with MS offerings. Including:
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While I mostly agree with the legions of upmodded posters telling you it ain't worth your time or your sanity, in typical Slashdot fashion they are all simply questioning your question rather than answering it. I'd suggest the Dovecot stack + Roundcube + Postfixadmin for administrative tasks.
That is something that in a way surprises me. I mean not to say Google is the greatest ever, but I do expect better from them than putting out such a poor performing emulator. Android itself performs well, their Chrome browser is also known for being speedy, then why can they not get this emulator to work at a decent speed?!
From the SDK Tools v9 revision history:
Known issues with emulator performance: Because the Android emulator must simulate the ARM instruction set architecture on your computer, emulator performance is slow. We're working hard to resolve the performance issues and it will improve in future releases.
Ubuntu has certainly proven not to be an option for production level servers
The Wikipedia guys would probably disagree.
It's impossible to take you seriously when you refer to Microsoft as M$
The guy who invented IP disagrees with you. I think you're on shakey ground.
the mailing lists full of flaming personal attacks leveled by closet bullies empowered by semi-anonymity
I'm with you, Anonymous Coward!
+1 for Hackerspace. In the same tech vein, try DorkBot. There's one in every major city around the world!
I suppose, by your logic, that Debian should ship with ssh turned off as well, because it had a hole.
You're comparing apples and oranges. The equivalent service on Debian is Samba, which is turned off by default in Debian.
At my previous job, I heard some really crazy reasons, from non-technical PHBs, for outlawing free software. All kind of nonsense up to and including Russian hackers planting backdoors/trojans in OSS apps.
In the end, the best way to make these non-technical PHBs see sense was to simply point out all the OSS they were already using, without even knowing it.
Those HPUX servers? Running Samba shares.
That F5 SSLVPN network appliance? FreeBSD!
The most priceless moment was when I discovered the main OSS opponent was an avid Firefox user. He referred to it as "Microsoft Firefox".
Privacy's a funny thing, people will vote and fight to protect it, but on the other hand they'll practically give it away if you offer them something shiny.
Last year at the last minute the Australian Government decided to postpone Daylight Savings a couple weeks, to accomodate the Commonwealth Games. What could possibly go wrong?
Microsoft issued a hotfix to alter the automatic daylight savings changeover. But those IT workers who work with Windows networks where systems are only patched for major rollups or service packs came to work one morning and found dozens of servers offline, because their clocks were out-of-synch with domain controllers. Or even worse, domain controllers with out-of-synch clocks.
All this so that the activities of a bunch of sporty types running around and throwing things wouldn't be disrupted. I'd like to know the eventual cost of disruption to IT infrastructure on that day...
On an unrelated note, a survey carried out by McDonalds last week found 90% of Americans don't eat enough hamburgers.
I'm reading many comments in this thread moaning that desktop Linux isnt an option in an Exchange shop.
I'm tired of hearing this BS. Thunderbird is a superb IMAP client. If you can convince your sysadmins to enable IMAP access on Exchange (a trivial task), Thunderbird + LDAP address book + Lightning calendar extension is a perfect Outlook replacement.
This Ubuntu thing looks awesome, watch out M$. Where can I download the .exe?
Dugg!
But in Australia, it comes down to legislation. I can tell you from experience that telcos in Australia fear legal action for distributing pornography. Its a grey area and completely untested as yet, and no one is game to go first.
The way it was presented to me goes thusly: even if you verify over the phone that an account holder is over 18, the PR/media fallout of a situation where little Johnny purchases some erotica from their provider, via Dad's phone, is one that has many a Telco exec waking up at night, covered in sweat.
...in terms of internal IT support, the author's comparisons don't stand up.
Using his medical example, here is a valid comparison: the doctor has a colleague working in the same hospital, who is not a doctor but a member of the overall team nonetheless (nurse, physio, receptionist). This person does not possess the proper skills to work in a hospital (despite claiming to have them in their resume and interview), and as a result lets the whole team down.
This person rightfully deserves contempt.
Children nowadays are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food and tyrannise their teachers.
-Socrates
Until quite recently I worked at an Aussie telco, not one of the massive ones but in the top 5. I noticed the guy at the desk next to me had a mobile phone plugged into a charger, stashed on the floor under his desk, 24/7. I asked him about it once, and he darkly warned me never to unplug it, answer it if it rang, or otherwise touch it.
I later discovered its purpose; basically it all came to do with "legacy" MMS messages, which are MMS to phones which don't have MMS capabilities (SMS only). The network instead sent the message to the customer as an email (SMTP, which is what MMS uses anyway), with the sender address of a certain "special" service. Apparently, due to the way the providers' network had been designed, if the GSM service it believed these messages were "from" was not "alive" on the HLR, it would refuse to send these thousands of legacy messages to customers.
I always wondered what would happen if one of the cleaners came through afterhours and decided to help himself to a free phone...
I think Slashdot readers are safe.
...please forgive me for offering my opinion when I say that I US currency sucks. All US bills are roughly the same size and colour. Besides the accessibility issues mentioned in TFA, I walk away from every transaction with "Did I Give Her A 20?" anxiety.
I humbly submit that Australian bills are superior, and you should consider upgrading. Australian bills:
* Have raised text, water marks, and a "clear window" security feature
* Are all different colours (leading most Americans to refer to our currency as "monopoly money", however it makes it a hell of a lot easier to tell a 5 from a 50 when you're drunk)
* Are made from a polypropylene polymer. Besides the geek cred, this makes them extremely resistant to tearing. Even better: leave it in your pocket, if it goes through the wash, its perfectly fine.
You might also like to take a leaf from our book and phase out 1 cent pieces. Trust me, your economy can survive without them. Just FYI.
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