Where I work (local government, 250 user site, Parramatta, NSW in Australia) we had the same request for an ITIL-compliant helpdesk system. We chose RT because it was a) free b) fit into our system c) we could buy the O'Reilly book and d) there was a support community for it.
WRT "a little known fact is that NSW used NetWare up until 1999 I believe" - the NSW Ministry where I am a contractor is *still* using Netware (Groupwise, eDirectory, iPrint,...) and are (AFAIK) quite happy with it. Any mention of bringing replacing the Novell products with Microsoft ones is met (figuratively) with fingers held up in the sign of the cross!
MCP was the name of the OS on the Burroughs B-90 mini that I programmed in the early '80s in N.Z. (although I remember it as MCPX - the extended version), and the Wikipedia says that the Tron people borrowed the name from that. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burroughs
"The (nearly) Whole Microsoft Catalog - A constantly updated list of what they own." at the now-inactive "Boycott Microsoft" website, at http://www.vcnet.com/bms/departments/catalog/index.shtml
(oh, and also The Microsoft "Hall of Innovation" at http://www.vcnet.com/bms/departments/innovation.sh tml
For some history about the "peculiar" action of dragging-to-Trash on a Macintosh, see http://www.mackido.com/Interface/TrashingDisks.htm l While my first encounter with this behaviour was in 1987, I still remember that fleeting "but won't it wipe all my files?" feeling. But I soon learned it was just a (non-destructive) shortcut, albeit a memorable one!
Well, the *name* might be theirs, but the technology wasn't original!
Microsoft's November 1998 Comdex announcement of it's "breakthrough" new display technology, dubbed 'ClearType' was regarded by many as the most important event of the show. (snip) But Microsoft was apparently unaware that twenty-two years ago AppleII programmers were using these techniques -- rooted in Apple technology patents -- to improve the effective resolution of their video displays. Steve Gibson.(c) 2003 Gibson Research Corporation. http://grc.com/ctwho.htm
Putting Microsoft and Boeing in the same sentence reminded me of this article by Bill Parish, entitled "Microsoft Financial Pyramid Costs Seattle Its Largest Employer, the Boeing Corporation, and Destabilizes Government Tax Revenues" http://www.billparish.com/20010322boeingandmsft.ht ml
Luke Chapter 12
41And He (Jesus) sat down opposite the treasury, and began observing how the people were putting money into the treasury; and many rich people were putting in large sums.
42A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amount to a cent.
43Calling His disciples to Him, He said to them, "Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the contributors to the treasury;
44for they all put in out of their surplus, but she, out of her poverty, put in all she owned, all she had to live on."
Let us not forget the former New South Wales (Australia) gaming and racing minister Mr Richard Face...
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/03/10677081 39518.html?from=storyrhs
The same goes for "VIN number"; "VIN" stands for "Vehicle Identification Number." And "UPC code" is redundant because "UPC" stands for "Universal Product Code."
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/pin.html
"The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate technology, led them into it in the first place."
-- Douglas Adams
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Dude, the Primus that filed for bankruptcy is in Delaware. Delaware is not in Australia. The Primus in Aussie is the one at www.primus.com.au
Where I work (local government, 250 user site, Parramatta, NSW in Australia) we had the same request for an ITIL-compliant helpdesk system. We chose RT because it was a) free b) fit into our system c) we could buy the O'Reilly book and d) there was a support community for it.
WRT "a little known fact is that NSW used NetWare up until 1999 I believe" - the NSW Ministry where I am a contractor is *still* using Netware (Groupwise, eDirectory, iPrint, ...) and are (AFAIK) quite happy with it. Any mention of bringing replacing the Novell products with Microsoft ones is met (figuratively) with fingers held up in the sign of the cross!
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archive s/000405.html
I know how I felt when I found my initials were taken for "Windows Script Component"...
MCP was the name of the OS on the Burroughs B-90 mini that I programmed in the early '80s in N.Z. (although I remember it as MCPX - the extended version), and the Wikipedia says that the Tron people borrowed the name from that. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burroughs
MYOB is available for Mac OS X - I use it myself, and wouldn't be without it/them.
The answer, of coursee, is at http://www.style.org/unladenswallow/
"The (nearly) Whole Microsoft Catalog - A constantly updated list of what they own." at the now-inactive "Boycott Microsoft" website, at http://www.vcnet.com/bms/departments/catalog/index .shtml
(oh, and also The Microsoft "Hall of Innovation" at http://www.vcnet.com/bms/departments/innovation.sh tml
Of course, we all know what the pipes that the plumber installs and the software MS builds have in common...? They're both full of !
Help - I can't find the degauss button on my LCD monitors!!!
For some history about the "peculiar" action of dragging-to-Trash on a Macintosh, see http://www.mackido.com/Interface/TrashingDisks.htm l
While my first encounter with this behaviour was in 1987, I still remember that fleeting "but won't it wipe all my files?" feeling. But I soon learned it was just a (non-destructive) shortcut, albeit a memorable one!
-- Offtopic, but has anyone ever noticed that you can read M$FT as "misfit"?
"We will only purchase products that read and write open, pubically documented formats by default."
I *knew* it was a curly question!
"A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money." - popularly attributed to the late Senator Everett Dirksen
Outlook? I usually call it LookOut!
Oh, what a silly bunt! bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/python/Scripts/ TheTravelAgentSketch.html
Putting Microsoft and Boeing in the same sentence reminded me of this article by Bill Parish, entitled "Microsoft Financial Pyramid Costs Seattle Its Largest Employer, the Boeing Corporation, and Destabilizes Government Tax Revenues" http://www.billparish.com/20010322boeingandmsft.ht ml
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these...?
Luke Chapter 12 41And He (Jesus) sat down opposite the treasury, and began observing how the people were putting money into the treasury; and many rich people were putting in large sums. 42A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amount to a cent. 43Calling His disciples to Him, He said to them, "Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the contributors to the treasury; 44for they all put in out of their surplus, but she, out of her poverty, put in all she owned, all she had to live on."
Let us not forget the former New South Wales (Australia) gaming and racing minister Mr Richard Face... http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/03/10677081 39518.html?from=storyrhs
Oh that's freaky you chose those - my given names are William Stephen (but please don't tell anyone else)!
"The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate technology, led them into it in the first place." -- Douglas Adams