It's interesting that people modded this as funny. All ten items are true! Let me make three additional predictions:
1. There will be dozens of "IT in 2007" articles that state the obvious. 2. There will be dozens of "IT in 2007" articles that miss the obvious. 3. Dupes on Slashdot
This is fun. Perhaps this IT pundit thing isn't as hard as everyone makes it out to be.
Same here. However, there is only a small percentage my time spent on the computer that I am actually configuring or troubleshooting it and need admin rights. I use runas for this. It has become much more usable in Windows XP. The rest of my time is spent running as a regular user.
Actually, I would rather see the story verified rather than falsified. But China is clearly trying to cast itself as a world superpower so they are going to have to get used to constant critisism about everything they do. It's how the big players are treated.
Have any other countries verified with their own technology that this spaceflight actually took place and was successful? Some of the images of the spacecraft look fake. And the ones that don't look fake show damage on the spacecraft. I'm not usually this skeptical, but a source other than their government sponsored TV would be nice to see.
A server's stability is a transitive property: it is about as stable as its administrator's personality.
A third party product is simply an additional tool in this case. One he will have to manage in addition to his server. It will help, but your friend needs to look at how he manages his technology (including product selection). I'm not trying to bust his chops but he can learn it sooner or he can learn it later. I wish him luck...
I run both Exchange and Bynari servers. Bynari is a nice solution but I wouldn't deploy it for more than ~50 users. Exchange requires less than half the administration/maintenance/troubleshooting time that Bynari requires. This is based on almost a year of running it.
The Outlook client configuration is akward and easily breakable in Bynari. They provide a client configuration script to automate the process but it requires the user to have administrative rights on the computer and I don't allow that. That leaves manual configuration as the remaining option. Users can (and often do) re-configure the Bynari Insight Client because it's options are readily available and changeable using the highly visible toolbar it adds to Outlook. Exchange/Outlook is instantly configurable using group policies. And the settings are mostly hidden from the user.
The Web mail interface has a lot to be desired. They have redesigned this in a recent version, but I have not had a chance to look at it.
Even though the users' data is stored on the server, it is synchronized back to the user's hard drive into a PST file. This is nice because if there is a problem you can delete the PST and re-synchronize from the server. However, it causes problems when users get over ~150MB of e-mail. The synchronization process takes several minutes. During this time the hard drive thrashes and the CPU maxes out. This means that the end user experience is degraded and users do not get their messages immediately as they do in Exchange.
On the upside, I actually do like Bynari. It is maturing at a rapid pace. Their tech support has been exceptional. They fix bugs and add features on a regular, frequent schedule. And the product is priced way better than Exchange. My advice is to download and read the Bynari manual. You should also install a demo version and abuse it for a couple of weeks to see how it works for you. Good luck!
Actually, ESR was quite clever in his response. Microsoft is making an attempt to "infect" the open source community by hiring OSS people - http://www.gentoo.org/news/20050613-drobbins.xml. ESR has effectively turned their effort into a publicity problem. And Microsoft handed it to him on a silver platter. Nicely done!
Agreed. I started using Linux about 7 months ago. The reason I chose Gentoo is because it was a do-it-yourself kind of distro but also had a lot of supporting documentation and some great forums. I also like the opt-in strategy for including packages. It's not really that difficult for a beginner to learn providing they actually read and follow the documentation.
--The difference between and hacker and a guru? The guru reads the manual!
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D'oh! So much for skipping to the last page of the article.
It's interesting that programmers working outside of a corporate environment produce such amazing products. Hmmm... I wonder what's up with that?
There are a lot of burnout-contributing factors in IT jobs that are not present in other professions.
See http://kerpau.net/why-systems-administrators-are-u niquely-susceptible-to-burnout/ for examples. Good or bad - these kinds of attitudes are just coping mechanisms.
Disclaimer: Yes. It's my article but I still think it's relevant.
Doctors don't complain any less. They just do it in their own version of a Slashdot forum - the Doctor's lounge.
It's interesting that people modded this as funny. All ten items are true! Let me make three additional predictions:
1. There will be dozens of "IT in 2007" articles that state the obvious.
2. There will be dozens of "IT in 2007" articles that miss the obvious.
3. Dupes on Slashdot
This is fun. Perhaps this IT pundit thing isn't as hard as everyone makes it out to be.
I can produce that temperature of gas on $5 worth of Taco Bell!
Same here. However, there is only a small percentage my time spent on the computer that I am actually configuring or troubleshooting it and need admin rights. I use runas for this. It has become much more usable in Windows XP. The rest of my time is spent running as a regular user.
This is the best way, by far! It's more secure and stops almost all spyware cold. And no spyware == better performance.
We're just trying to keep China's arrogance in check (: Get over yourself...
Actually, I would rather see the story verified rather than falsified. But China is clearly trying to cast itself as a world superpower so they are going to have to get used to constant critisism about everything they do. It's how the big players are treated.
Have any other countries verified with their own technology that this spaceflight actually took place and was successful? Some of the images of the spacecraft look fake. And the ones that don't look fake show damage on the spacecraft. I'm not usually this skeptical, but a source other than their government sponsored TV would be nice to see.
A server's stability is a transitive property: it is about as stable as its administrator's personality.
A third party product is simply an additional tool in this case. One he will have to manage in addition to his server. It will help, but your friend needs to look at how he manages his technology (including product selection). I'm not trying to bust his chops but he can learn it sooner or he can learn it later. I wish him luck...
It's a fairly popular high-end PSU brand. Seems like it should have been included in the review. Hmmm...
Yeah, I installed the Yahoo! Toolbar the other day and ended up with the Adobe Reader on my computer.
What the?!?!?
I run both Exchange and Bynari servers. Bynari is a nice solution but I wouldn't deploy it for more than ~50 users. Exchange requires less than half the administration/maintenance/troubleshooting time that Bynari requires. This is based on almost a year of running it.
The Outlook client configuration is akward and easily breakable in Bynari. They provide a client configuration script to automate the process but it requires the user to have administrative rights on the computer and I don't allow that. That leaves manual configuration as the remaining option. Users can (and often do) re-configure the Bynari Insight Client because it's options are readily available and changeable using the highly visible toolbar it adds to Outlook. Exchange/Outlook is instantly configurable using group policies. And the settings are mostly hidden from the user.
The Web mail interface has a lot to be desired. They have redesigned this in a recent version, but I have not had a chance to look at it.
Even though the users' data is stored on the server, it is synchronized back to the user's hard drive into a PST file. This is nice because if there is a problem you can delete the PST and re-synchronize from the server. However, it causes problems when users get over ~150MB of e-mail. The synchronization process takes several minutes. During this time the hard drive thrashes and the CPU maxes out. This means that the end user experience is degraded and users do not get their messages immediately as they do in Exchange.
On the upside, I actually do like Bynari. It is maturing at a rapid pace. Their tech support has been exceptional. They fix bugs and add features on a regular, frequent schedule. And the product is priced way better than Exchange. My advice is to download and read the Bynari manual. You should also install a demo version and abuse it for a couple of weeks to see how it works for you. Good luck!
Actually, ESR was quite clever in his response. Microsoft is making an attempt to "infect" the open source community by hiring OSS people - http://www.gentoo.org/news/20050613-drobbins.xml. ESR has effectively turned their effort into a publicity problem. And Microsoft handed it to him on a silver platter. Nicely done!
http://tristanperich.com/Art/Telephone/
Friends don't let friends karaoke.
Take their microphone, call a cab or do whatever else is necessary. Just don't let them karaoke!
They will thank you!
As much as I like Firefox, its day is coming. Check this out... http://www.mikx.de/ This site details 3 new Firefox vulnerabilities.
Agreed. I started using Linux about 7 months ago. The reason I chose Gentoo is because it was a do-it-yourself kind of distro but also had a lot of supporting documentation and some great forums. I also like the opt-in strategy for including packages. It's not really that difficult for a beginner to learn providing they actually read and follow the documentation.
--The difference between and hacker and a guru? The guru reads the manual!