Oracle are you watching?
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Opengroupware
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· Score: 3, Informative
We just purchased Oracle's collaboration suite for various reasons. One thing that Oracle needs improvement on is the web interface. Why, because it totally sucks! A high school web development class could do a better job. IMHO, what Oracle needs to do is borrow the code from OpenGroupware's web interface and then give back something. Just like Apple did with Safari/Konqueror.
Independence Day
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· Score: 2, Funny
Our IT department is chearing. We can see President Thomas J. Whitmore declaring, "this...... is our Independence Day!!!!!!"
Before naming one more condition. Maybe he is actually A.D.H.D.
Mr. Lax said he loved the constant stimulation. "It's instant gratification," he said, and it staves off boredom."
I wonder if Mr. Lax has been tested for A.D.H.D.?
"We all suffer a kind of A.D.D," he said. "It's a bit of a joke, but it's true. We are easily bored. We have lots of things going on at the same time."
"Because of this, I cannot understand why they would want to let people split service costs."
Because lets say a customer just won't pay X amount of dollars for broadband. He or she can't afford it etc. With one more person they can. Now the ISP has a sale that they wouldn't have had. Up to the demarc the bandwidth is the same. The customer is the one who might notice a difference in performance as their next door neighboor is on a downloading spree. As far as the ISP is concerned they have made a sale and are still getting the full amount had the customer been able to afford the access and paid for access all by themselves.
What I can't understand is why these companies can't get their act together and come to the realization that they aren't going to be able to compete with Microsoft on their own? What there needs to be is a coalition of companies to offer an alternative solution. e.g. Novell, Sun, Red Hat, Suse, Oracle, and Corel should work together to offer complete solutions that work together. This is one of Microsoft's biggest selling points right now. They offer solutions that tie together with IMHO closed standards. Why can't the aforementioned do the same with collaboration and open standards?
"Because the hyperactivity caused a crash about every other day, Shiels monitored the computers all day."
Hmmm I guess the spam software is running on Windows.
"everyone likes to put down microsoft, but this isn't something you see them doing. and somehow they still manage to compete."
Microsoft is jumping on the India bandwagon like everyone else. They have a development center there. The development of
JUMP isn't taking place in the U.S. Bill is very concerned about programmers learning other products than MS stuff. In addition to exporting work to India he has been going over there and donating large sums of money, etc.
There has been a misnomer that I have witnessed in a few jobs as well as my current one. The misnomer is that if you are behind the firewall you are safe, so why can't we install X application like web shots etc? Currently this view is changing here, however, we get stiff resistance from the top as we try to make things more secure. The senior leadership wants to be the exception to the desktop policy rule regardless of explanation. How do you implement security on the desktop across the organization while not receiving the support of non IT background superiors?
I was so close to completely to switch to Linux on the desktop. The only thing left in my home network non-Linux is my XP Pro workstation. I installed Red Hat 8.0 and everything worked great accept for one major hang up for me. Evolution kept crashing on me when I tried to print. I absolutely love Evolution. It is a great Outlook replacement to which I have become addicted. I looked for bug fixes but I just didn't have the time to keep troubleshooting. I am mostly doing web, email, networking, some dev, so Linux is a perfect desktop for me. As soon as this bug with Evolution is fixed I am sure I will be on a Linux desktop. It is a self-imposed requirement that my contacts, email etc. are in one place to be synced with my PDA etc.Linux almost does everything I need it to do. For some time I was considering a Mac, but their hardware prices are too high for me.
Man I hope they fixed the bugs in evolution. The main one for me was that it always crashed when printing. As soon as Evolution can fulfill this requirement I will be able to truly get off of XP/Outlook. I am not much of a gamer.:-)
"Witnesses saw a large balding man monkey dancing from the scene and a slim geeky man with glasses trailing behind continuously adjusting his glasses." An in other news....
When people compare Red Hat to M$ it makes me cringe. I never see the comparison made with Suse. If there is an M$ of Linux it is definitely Suse. Look at Yast for example and now this. At least Red Hat still makes their latest release available to the public for free not to mention they give back to the Open Source community. Here is an examples as well as this one. I do buy their OS after I have tried it out because I want to support them not only to help keep them alive, but also because they have maintained some open source business ethics.
As Micro$oft keeps making stupid mistakes like this it hurts them. Yeaaaaaah!!!!!! My hats off to the people here who exposed this lie.
From Yahoo News, "Trouble erupted after amateur sleuths at a popular technology Web site, Slashdot.org, noticed that a photograph showing the woman with a cup of coffee was a stock image available for purchase elsewhere on the Internet."
I can't wait until they start their new subscription licensing scheme. People are really going to get fed up with stupid Micro$oft.
"Personally I think Red Hat should abandon the idea of giving away copies entirely."
I have bought several copies of Red Hat to support the company. Many of my friends have as well. We do, however, like to "test drive" it before we buy it. Just like a car. I remeber years ago when I bought Win 95 how I wished I hadn't. I think by allowing "Test Driving" it pushes a company to produce a better product because it gives the consumer more choice as to whether they think it is worth their dollars. Just like buying a car. If the ride stinks not a lot of people are going to buy it. By producing a good product people who want to see Open Source prosper will buy a copy. I am donwloading it right now. If it is as good as everyone says I will order it.
Sure bugs are in all software. Its obvious that just like any other OS, Linux can have security bugs. However, a skeptic of Open Source should take note as to how quickly the patch was made available.
Find an accredited college that caters to working people. Ask people that attend how they like the institution before you apply. Is the education they are receiving worth while and are the professors competent. I am currently working in the tech industry 40 - 45 hrs a week and go to school Tuesday / Thursday nights. It's working out real well for me. I like my university a lot.
What I can't understand is why they make the con during the work week? Not everyone can take off from work you know. Why not make it like Defcon? Like Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. A lot more people would probably show up. Just a thought.
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We just purchased Oracle's collaboration suite for various reasons. One thing that Oracle needs improvement on is the web interface. Why, because it totally sucks! A high school web development class could do a better job. IMHO, what Oracle needs to do is borrow the code from OpenGroupware's web interface and then give back something. Just like Apple did with Safari/Konqueror.
Our IT department is chearing. We can see President Thomas J. Whitmore declaring, "this...... is our Independence Day!!!!!!"
Before naming one more condition. Maybe he is actually A.D.H.D.
Mr. Lax said he loved the constant stimulation. "It's instant gratification," he said, and it staves off boredom."
I wonder if Mr. Lax has been tested for A.D.H.D.?
"We all suffer a kind of A.D.D," he said. "It's a bit of a joke, but it's true. We are easily bored. We have lots of things going on at the same time."
Jeesh sounds a lot like me and I have A.D.H.D.
"Because of this, I cannot understand why they would want to let people split service costs."
Because lets say a customer just won't pay X amount of dollars for broadband. He or she can't afford it etc. With one more person they can. Now the ISP has a sale that they wouldn't have had. Up to the demarc the bandwidth is the same. The customer is the one who might notice a difference in performance as their next door neighboor is on a downloading spree. As far as the ISP is concerned they have made a sale and are still getting the full amount had the customer been able to afford the access and paid for access all by themselves.
and you made me laugh so much with that crack. Thanks for the laugh!!!! Someone mod this up!!
When this goes to trial I hope I get jury duty.
"Do you know what Unix is?"
No
"Do you know what Linux is?"
No
"Do you know who SCO is?"
No
"Do you know what IBM does?"
Ummmm they make typewriters?
"Ok, you are on."
Bwuahahahahah
What I can't understand is why these companies can't get their act together and come to the realization that they aren't going to be able to compete with Microsoft on their own? What there needs to be is a coalition of companies to offer an alternative solution. e.g. Novell, Sun, Red Hat, Suse, Oracle, and Corel should work together to offer complete solutions that work together. This is one of Microsoft's biggest selling points right now. They offer solutions that tie together with IMHO closed standards. Why can't the aforementioned do the same with collaboration and open standards?
"Because the hyperactivity caused a crash about every other day, Shiels monitored the computers all day."
Hmmm I guess the spam software is running on Windows.
"everyone likes to put down microsoft, but this isn't something you see them doing. and somehow they still manage to compete." Microsoft is jumping on the India bandwagon like everyone else. They have a development center there. The development of JUMP isn't taking place in the U.S. Bill is very concerned about programmers learning other products than MS stuff. In addition to exporting work to India he has been going over there and donating large sums of money, etc.
There has been a misnomer that I have witnessed in a few jobs as well as my current one. The misnomer is that if you are behind the firewall you are safe, so why can't we install X application like web shots etc? Currently this view is changing here, however, we get stiff resistance from the top as we try to make things more secure. The senior leadership wants to be the exception to the desktop policy rule regardless of explanation. How do you implement security on the desktop across the organization while not receiving the support of non IT background superiors?
I hope this is their only intent. I fear, however, that they have the other motive of killing OS X virtual PC. I hope you are right and I am wrong.
I am sitting in my basement with my aluminum foil hat on and glass of water in hand.
I was so close to completely to switch to Linux on the desktop. The only thing left in my home network non-Linux is my XP Pro workstation. I installed Red Hat 8.0 and everything worked great accept for one major hang up for me. Evolution kept crashing on me when I tried to print. I absolutely love Evolution. It is a great Outlook replacement to which I have become addicted. I looked for bug fixes but I just didn't have the time to keep troubleshooting. I am mostly doing web, email, networking, some dev, so Linux is a perfect desktop for me. As soon as this bug with Evolution is fixed I am sure I will be on a Linux desktop. It is a self-imposed requirement that my contacts, email etc. are in one place to be synced with my PDA etc.Linux almost does everything I need it to do. For some time I was considering a Mac, but their hardware prices are too high for me.
Man I hope they fixed the bugs in evolution. The main one for me was that it always crashed when printing. As soon as Evolution can fulfill this requirement I will be able to truly get off of XP/Outlook. I am not much of a gamer. :-)
I know this isn't free, but there are alternatives. Oracle Calendar Server is an up an coming competitor to Outlook.
This kind of reminds me of the East German's intelligence program of keeping people's scents on file. Maybe that will be next?
The Road Ahead
"Witnesses saw a large balding man monkey dancing from the scene and a slim geeky man with glasses trailing behind continuously adjusting his glasses." An in other news....
When people compare Red Hat to M$ it makes me cringe. I never see the comparison made with Suse. If there is an M$ of Linux it is definitely Suse. Look at Yast for example and now this. At least Red Hat still makes their latest release available to the public for free not to mention they give back to the Open Source community. Here is an examples as well as this one. I do buy their OS after I have tried it out because I want to support them not only to help keep them alive, but also because they have maintained some open source business ethics.
As Micro$oft keeps making stupid mistakes like this it hurts them. Yeaaaaaah!!!!!! My hats off to the people here who exposed this lie.
From Yahoo News, "Trouble erupted after amateur sleuths at a popular technology Web site, Slashdot.org, noticed that a photograph showing the woman with a cup of coffee was a stock image available for purchase elsewhere on the Internet."
I can't wait until they start their new subscription licensing scheme. People are really going to get fed up with stupid Micro$oft.
"Personally I think Red Hat should abandon the idea of giving away copies entirely."
I have bought several copies of Red Hat to support the company. Many of my friends have as well. We do, however, like to "test drive" it before we buy it. Just like a car. I remeber years ago when I bought Win 95 how I wished I hadn't. I think by allowing "Test Driving" it pushes a company to produce a better product because it gives the consumer more choice as to whether they think it is worth their dollars. Just like buying a car. If the ride stinks not a lot of people are going to buy it. By producing a good product people who want to see Open Source prosper will buy a copy. I am donwloading it right now. If it is as good as everyone says I will order it.
I heard Bill Gates is teaming up with Nurv's Gary Winston to complete Synapse. Resistance is futile.
Sure bugs are in all software. Its obvious that just like any other OS, Linux can have security bugs. However, a skeptic of Open Source should take note as to how quickly the patch was made available.
Find an accredited college that caters to working people. Ask people that attend how they like the institution before you apply. Is the education they are receiving worth while and are the professors competent. I am currently working in the tech industry 40 - 45 hrs a week and go to school Tuesday / Thursday nights. It's working out real well for me. I like my university a lot.
What I can't understand is why they make the con during the work week? Not everyone can take off from work you know. Why not make it like Defcon? Like Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. A lot more people would probably show up. Just a thought.