Amen! Can you imagine phoning a neurosurgeon to ask how to perform a lobotomy on yourself? At that point He/She would probably agree you needed one, and promptly hand you off to the Receptionist, who would try to talk you through the process over the phone, using a script out of a college text for Surgery 101. In the end, who among us is NOT clueless on some topic? The MD who can't change a sparkplug, or the Mechanic who can't take his own blood pressure? It is apparent that those of us who are tek oriented (myself included) often have a lot to learn about human relations, and patience. It helps if we can put the same perseverance we have for coding or hardware to use in the interpersonal areas. Here's hoping, and I'm still trying.
In addition to businesses, goverment agencies use NT4 as network server/client software for SCADA applications that monitor and control infrastructure facilities: e.g. drinking water & wastewater in our community. These systems use NT4 to network a number of (fortunately) standalone capable PLC's which interface with a variety of sensors and devices. When NT4 locks up, operational personnel lose active update and control capability.
They must reboot the system every few days.
So much for 24/7/365 reliability from MS. Problem is, they are locked into a proprietary system that is rapidly becoming extinct. Changing to a reliable, cost effective networking solution will entail major system downtime plus overtime for inhouse and outside techs.
Public utilities that strive to minimize expenses to their customers (ratepayers) are not getting any help from MS.
Gotta agree with u38cg re fragmentation of help resources. This noob has been all over the web with Mdk 8.0, 8.1 and 8.2. Overall, I much prefer Mandrake's version of Linux over the Win'98 that left me in the lurch. However Linux would be much friendlier to newbies if there were a comprehensive "one safe source" for help. There are a myriad of good and well intentioned sites on the web, none of which cover ALL the bases. With the multitude of distros out there a comprehensive help system may be difficult to implement. Perhaps with the "Linux Standard Base" certification we could have a Linux Standard Help system also.
path_man you scored 5 in my book.
With what Asscroft is doing with
Homeland Security, and what MS is
doing with Palladium, it's just a
matter of time until all of our
existing 'unsecure' wares are no
longer compatible.
The manufacturers (hard and soft)
have to be licking their chops.
P2 - 400 with 256 mb in this case.
Runs a little faster than the Win98 SE
that kept degenerating until it wouldn't
do email or web ( including MS update ).
W98 also wouldn't reinstall from CD.
Hence Mandrake, which hasn't let me down yet.
My first thought was that MS wants control more than money, but at the user level rather than competitor level. Either way, the game is still "Get control and then you can control the money". Reminds me of a verse about "If you love something, set it free..." Note how the Open Source movement has set their work free to soar, while MS still tries to keep theirs chained in a dungeon.
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Amen!
Can you imagine phoning a neurosurgeon to ask how to perform a lobotomy on yourself?
At that point He/She would probably agree you needed one, and promptly hand you off to the Receptionist, who would try to talk you through the process over the phone, using a script out of a college text for Surgery 101.
In the end, who among us is NOT clueless on some topic? The MD who can't change a sparkplug, or the Mechanic who can't take his own blood pressure? It is apparent that those of us who are tek oriented (myself included) often have a lot to learn about human relations, and patience. It helps if we can put the same perseverance we have for coding or hardware to use in the interpersonal areas. Here's hoping, and I'm still trying.
In addition to businesses, goverment agencies use NT4 as network server/client software for SCADA applications that monitor and control infrastructure facilities: e.g. drinking water & wastewater in our community. These systems use NT4 to network a number of (fortunately) standalone capable PLC's which interface with a variety of sensors and devices. When NT4 locks up, operational personnel lose active update and control capability. They must reboot the system every few days. So much for 24/7/365 reliability from MS. Problem is, they are locked into a proprietary system that is rapidly becoming extinct. Changing to a reliable, cost effective networking solution will entail major system downtime plus overtime for inhouse and outside techs. Public utilities that strive to minimize expenses to their customers (ratepayers) are not getting any help from MS.
Gotta agree with u38cg re fragmentation of help resources. This noob has been all over the web with Mdk 8.0, 8.1 and 8.2. Overall, I much prefer Mandrake's version of Linux over the Win'98 that left me in the lurch. However Linux would be much friendlier to newbies if there were a comprehensive "one safe source" for help. There are a myriad of good and well intentioned sites on the web, none of which cover ALL the bases. With the multitude of distros out there a comprehensive help system may be difficult to implement. Perhaps with the "Linux Standard Base" certification we could have a Linux Standard Help system also.
path_man you scored 5 in my book. With what Asscroft is doing with Homeland Security, and what MS is doing with Palladium, it's just a matter of time until all of our existing 'unsecure' wares are no longer compatible. The manufacturers (hard and soft) have to be licking their chops.
P2 - 400 with 256 mb in this case. Runs a little faster than the Win98 SE that kept degenerating until it wouldn't do email or web ( including MS update ). W98 also wouldn't reinstall from CD. Hence Mandrake, which hasn't let me down yet.
My first thought was that MS wants control more
than money, but at the user level rather than
competitor level. Either way, the game is still
"Get control and then you can control the money".
Reminds me of a verse about "If you love something,
set it free..." Note how the Open Source movement
has set their work free to soar, while MS still
tries to keep theirs chained in a dungeon.