A microsoft rep met with us a couple of weeks ago pushing.NET, win2k3, the whole enchilada. He mentioned they have MANY of these languages in development and are due to be released in the next year or so...
wouldn't all of these new languages in development be considered Vaporware? Unless I am misinformed, but according to the settlement for the anti-trust case, I thought that MS was not allowed to push Vaporware.
Maybe someone could tell me the official definition of vaporware.
Now, the REAL kicker is the first part, where 90% of the job listings want unrealistic years of experience.
Don't tell me you look at the requirements to see if you actually meet them!?! When applying for jobs, I look at the requirements and if I come close, the I apply. You would be suprised.
When HR (or whoever) submits the job description, they submit what their idea of an ideal candidate is... plus a few bonuses. Whether they actually receive resumes from people who meet all of the requirements is another story. I would guess that it does not happen all the time because I have been asked to come in for an interview where I did not meet all of the requirements. Just apply, the worst that can happen is that you do not receive a phone call.
Software companies like to argue that, because code is intangible (and, to a lesser extent, because development cycles are so darn short these days) it is impossible to spot and fix every bug in it, so no one should realistically expect software to be reliable all the time
Unfortunately, the way business works these days, software companies need to release a product (software in this example) before the competition. Why? so that said company is either keeping pace with the competition or is out pacing the competition (at least in appearance).
This is bad for the consumer because the software that is released is not thoroughly tested to remove all (or, at least, most) of the bugs. If companies lengthened the development cycle, we consumers would win in the end.
One key to selecting the right major is not what is hot right now. Rather, you want to select a Major that will be hot when you graduate! This takes a lot of vision and following of market trends.
Speaking of following market trends, you should have noticed that the dot-com bubble burst in 2000/2001. (no vision needed to notice that one, just had to follow the market in general). At that point, you were still early in the college career and could have decided on a different major.
One final thought on selecting a Major: Select a major based on what you enjoy doing (or at least what think you will enjoy doing). Selecting a major on how much cash you can make once you graduate is a poor way to select a major. If you select a major based on something that interests you or for which you have a passion, then the money will come... eventually.
Today's computers use fans and heat sinks containing fins to help cool circuitry.
That's the problem with today's technology. We keep using Fish in our hardware. No wonder the experts predicted that the smaller the channel, the less heat that would be dissipated (paraphrasing). The fish they were using would not be able to fit though the small channels, thus causing the channel to be blocked!
that's the easy method. To keep it secure AND keep it on, you have to unplug the mouse and keyboard, pull the CAT5 cable from the NIC and pull the phone line from the modem.
This happens more during the winter when the earth is farther away from the sun.
Well, the earths distance from the sun during winter depends on whether you live in the Northern or Souther hemisphere. For those in the Northern during winter season, the earth is CLOSEST to the sun. During the summer season the earth is FURTHEST from the sun.
In the Souther Hemisphere, the earth is closest to the sun during the summer season... furthest durning the winter season.
The earths rotation around the sun is not a perfect circle.
and kids are more excited, it does not necessarily mean that they are learning any more than they were before. Wouldn't the money be better spent if Maine used it to attract more/better teachers with higher salaries
when people (or in this case, the kids) are excited about something, they will tend to pay more attention. When kids pay attention, they tend to learn more.
Spending more money on teachers does not necessarily mean that they will be better teachers. The end result of giving bad teachers more money is that you still have bad teachers... they just have more money. Nothing in the classroom will change by handing more money to the teachers. Though not stated, the article implies that the students are better behaved with the iBooks. For those teachers that are good, the better behavior patterns means that they can teach more effectively. Thus, there is a better chance that the students will learn more.
IMHO, I feel that the money spent for the iBooks is money well spent. However, only time will tell. Let's see what happens in say 5 to 10 years with these students.
...I would encourage you to set aside perhaps 2 weeks where you compile both on VC++ and gcc. You'll be stunned at the number of errors that gcc will catch but VC++ will let slip through. Lord only knows what the VC++ compiled code is actually doing...
If that is true, then maybe that would explain why MS OS's and applications is so susceptible to buffer overruns.
Novell can't compete with Windows "ease of use" and Linux price.
What?!? NWAdmin (and the newer Console one) makes administration of the DS a piece of cake. Everything in is one place. The Admin can create templates so that a user account (for example) can be created with a few clicks of a button. And that user account has all the necessary settings in place. Can't get much easier than that.
There is a lot of info on the Novell web site on cost of ownership of a software. Novell beats MS hands down on this one.
Now for large companies 3000+. Can't speak for too many of these, I only know a few, but all of them tend to have some commitee to determine what direction they should go (or their parent company tells them!). Those people tend to lean away from Novell because of Novells "uncertanty" as a company.
Try telling that to Bank One. Currently, they have two Novell trees due to a merger with First Chicago Bank (BankOne's tree and First Chicago's tree). Once these two trees are merged together, they will have a larger DS (objects, servers, etc) than Novell itself. Actually, they will have the largest Tree in the world.
What I believe would help save Novell would be for them to slowly abandon NetWare, take RedHat Linux much like Mandrake does, and release a version of it called NetWare X. They would have to port GroupWise to it, and improve their NDS support for it, but they could sell it at the same price NetWare 6 ships today.
Wrong. If they released a Novell version of RedHat (or Linux in general), then they would not be able to charge for it because it would have to be an Open Source OS (GLP licensing). As for the NDS support for redhat, I have not worked with it, but from what I hear, it works well.
Mircosoft is only doing (in other markets) what they did in the PC market: bundle. They have such a hugh monolopy in the PC OS market because they bundle everything in the OS. That strategy worked in the OS market, so it should work in other markets, right?
Makes me think of those all-in-one printers / fax machines / copiers/scanners. Those are a piece of junk , IMO. Once on feature goes, say the fax for example, then you lose everything while it is fixed. I think it is safe to assume that you will get the same thing with this new product.
One policy that I have seen many time is if the data is not backed up to the Network (ie server), then it is not your (you, the IT guy) responsibility if it is lost.
but be ready to install disk quotas. You'll be suprised at the number of twinks who will backup his/her ENTIRE C drive.
1. Open up their APIs, etc... (Cool things like Lindows will be 100% legal then:))
I agree
2. Fix their pricing so that it is uniform to all OEMs (so that OEMs will not be persecuted individually for carrying a competing product, like Linux or Netscape)
Again, I agree. However, I can understand volume discounts as long as the discounts are the same for everyone!
3. Fine them for blatent lying in court (have they commited perjury?),/i>
I often wondered about this myself. what about the windows demo that was staged? Since they tried to mislead the court, wouldn't that be perjury offense if not obstruction of justice?
4. As reparations for breaking the law, force them to issue free copies of software to schools in poor neighborhoods, etc...
Whooooa nelly! Why give their software away when Misro$oft gets to charge the schools for upgrades. A better reparation would be to contribute money and let the schools choose which software (and hardware or training or computer services for that matter) they want to purchase.
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A microsoft rep met with us a couple of weeks ago pushing .NET, win2k3, the whole enchilada. He mentioned they have MANY of these languages in development and are due to be released in the next year or so...
wouldn't all of these new languages in development be considered Vaporware? Unless I am misinformed, but according to the settlement for the anti-trust case, I thought that MS was not allowed to push Vaporware.
Maybe someone could tell me the official definition of vaporware.
They should instead just put
...
Looking for professional liars.
Integrity is a no-no.
Skill in contorting the truth is a must.
Would one direct this ad to hire more technical people?
Sound like an ad that is directed at hiring more HR people. or Marketing? or Enron VP folk?
Now, the REAL kicker is the first part, where 90% of the job listings want unrealistic years of experience.
Don't tell me you look at the requirements to see if you actually meet them!?! When applying for jobs, I look at the requirements and if I come close, the I apply. You would be suprised.
When HR (or whoever) submits the job description, they submit what their idea of an ideal candidate is... plus a few bonuses. Whether they actually receive resumes from people who meet all of the requirements is another story. I would guess that it does not happen all the time because I have been asked to come in for an interview where I did not meet all of the requirements. Just apply, the worst that can happen is that you do not receive a phone call.
B.C. leads Canada in the "no religion" category at 35% and it is also the largest religious group in the Province.
...hmmm, bad example, but you know what I mean.
Not to be picky, but how can "no religion" be a religion group? It could be the highest response to the religion question.
It's like saying that Microsoft, the worlds largest software maker, does not make software.
Software companies like to argue that, because code is intangible (and, to a lesser extent, because development cycles are so darn short these days) it is impossible to spot and fix every bug in it, so no one should realistically expect software to be reliable all the time
Unfortunately, the way business works these days, software companies need to release a product (software in this example) before the competition. Why? so that said company is either keeping pace with the competition or is out pacing the competition (at least in appearance).
This is bad for the consumer because the software that is released is not thoroughly tested to remove all (or, at least, most) of the bugs. If companies lengthened the development cycle, we consumers would win in the end.
One key to selecting the right major is not what is hot right now. Rather, you want to select a Major that will be hot when you graduate! This takes a lot of vision and following of market trends.
Speaking of following market trends, you should have noticed that the dot-com bubble burst in 2000/2001. (no vision needed to notice that one, just had to follow the market in general). At that point, you were still early in the college career and could have decided on a different major.
One final thought on selecting a Major: Select a major based on what you enjoy doing (or at least what think you will enjoy doing). Selecting a major on how much cash you can make once you graduate is a poor way to select a major. If you select a major based on something that interests you or for which you have a passion, then the money will come... eventually.
Today's computers use fans and heat sinks containing fins to help cool circuitry.
That's the problem with today's technology. We keep using Fish in our hardware. No wonder the experts predicted that the smaller the channel, the less heat that would be dissipated (paraphrasing). The fish they were using would not be able to fit though the small channels, thus causing the channel to be blocked!
Turn it off!
that's the easy method. To keep it secure AND keep it on, you have to unplug the mouse and keyboard, pull the CAT5 cable from the NIC and pull the phone line from the modem.
This happens more during the winter when the earth is farther away from the sun.
Well, the earths distance from the sun during winter depends on whether you live in the Northern or Souther hemisphere. For those in the Northern during winter season, the earth is CLOSEST to the sun. During the summer season the earth is FURTHEST from the sun.
In the Souther Hemisphere, the earth is closest to the sun during the summer season... furthest durning the winter season.
The earths rotation around the sun is not a perfect circle.
and kids are more excited, it does not necessarily mean that they are learning any more than they were before. Wouldn't the money be better spent if Maine used it to attract more/better teachers with higher salaries
when people (or in this case, the kids) are excited about something, they will tend to pay more attention. When kids pay attention, they tend to learn more.
Spending more money on teachers does not necessarily mean that they will be better teachers. The end result of giving bad teachers more money is that you still have bad teachers... they just have more money. Nothing in the classroom will change by handing more money to the teachers. Though not stated, the article implies that the students are better behaved with the iBooks. For those teachers that are good, the better behavior patterns means that they can teach more effectively. Thus, there is a better chance that the students will learn more.
IMHO, I feel that the money spent for the iBooks is money well spent. However, only time will tell. Let's see what happens in say 5 to 10 years with these students.
Is it me, or does this car look like a modern version of the land rover from Lost in Space?
...I would encourage you to set aside perhaps 2 weeks where you compile both on VC++ and gcc. You'll be stunned at the number of errors that gcc will catch but VC++ will let slip through. Lord only knows what the VC++ compiled code is actually doing...
If that is true, then maybe that would explain why MS OS's and applications is so susceptible to buffer overruns.
Novell can't compete with Windows "ease of use" and Linux price.
What?!? NWAdmin (and the newer Console one) makes administration of the DS a piece of cake. Everything in is one place. The Admin can create templates so that a user account (for example) can be created with a few clicks of a button. And that user account has all the necessary settings in place. Can't get much easier than that.
There is a lot of info on the Novell web site on cost of ownership of a software. Novell beats MS hands down on this one.
Now for large companies 3000+. Can't speak for too many of these, I only know a few, but all of them tend to have some commitee to determine what direction they should go (or their parent company tells them!). Those people tend to lean away from Novell because of Novells "uncertanty" as a company.
Try telling that to Bank One. Currently, they have two Novell trees due to a merger with First Chicago Bank (BankOne's tree and First Chicago's tree). Once these two trees are merged together, they will have a larger DS (objects, servers, etc) than Novell itself. Actually, they will have the largest Tree in the world.
What I believe would help save Novell would be for them to slowly abandon NetWare, take RedHat Linux much like Mandrake does, and release a version of it called NetWare X. They would have to port GroupWise to it, and improve their NDS support for it, but they could sell it at the same price NetWare 6 ships today.
Wrong. If they released a Novell version of RedHat (or Linux in general), then they would not be able to charge for it because it would have to be an Open Source OS (GLP licensing). As for the NDS support for redhat, I have not worked with it, but from what I hear, it works well.
Frank
Mircosoft is only doing (in other markets) what they did in the PC market: bundle. They have such a hugh monolopy in the PC OS market because they bundle everything in the OS. That strategy worked in the OS market, so it should work in other markets, right?
/scanners. Those are a piece of junk , IMO. Once on feature goes, say the fax for example, then you lose everything while it is fixed. I think it is safe to assume that you will get the same thing with this new product.
Makes me think of those all-in-one printers / fax machines / copiers
One policy that I have seen many time is if the data is not backed up to the Network (ie server), then it is not your (you, the IT guy) responsibility if it is lost.
but be ready to install disk quotas. You'll be suprised at the number of twinks who will backup his/her ENTIRE C drive.
1. Open up their APIs, etc... (Cool things like Lindows will be 100% legal then :))
I agree
2. Fix their pricing so that it is uniform to all OEMs (so that OEMs will not be persecuted individually for carrying a competing product, like Linux or Netscape)
Again, I agree. However, I can understand volume discounts as long as the discounts are the same for everyone!
3. Fine them for blatent lying in court (have they commited perjury?),/i>
I often wondered about this myself. what about the windows demo that was staged? Since they tried to mislead the court, wouldn't that be perjury offense if not obstruction of justice?
4. As reparations for breaking the law, force them to issue free copies of software to schools in poor neighborhoods, etc...
Whooooa nelly! Why give their software away when Misro$oft gets to charge the schools for upgrades. A better reparation would be to contribute money and let the schools choose which software (and hardware or training or computer services for that matter) they want to purchase.