I didn't understand this either... Went and checked revenue... Nvida - 1.7Billion ATI 1.2 Billion... So I see why ATI would be considered the underdog...
Offtopic, but am I the only one you finds the name "K. Y. Ho" funny... I'd be dropping the Y or something...
On that note... You can get your cool clothes... Any proceeds beyond the basic cost of each product will be donated to the American Civil Liberties Union.
This doesn't sound so bad to someone, until it really happens... I began receiving a couple hundred bounced messages an hour, and a few "please don't spam me any more" messages... Just what I wanted - to be known as a porn spammer...
I tried to find where they were coming from, some of the bounces were more informative than others... The originating IP ended up being someone(intentionally or unintentionally) running an SMTP proxy server... And the IP was out in the middle of nowhere... (Came back to a B-class set of addresses... Not much help in tracking down a network admin...)
Some of the bounces had the actual message... Which were linking people to a site which in turn asked them to buy something (saying that their order page was secure when it wasn't)... I tracked down who had registered the domain (the admin and billing contacts...) addresses ended up being in China (domain was cnmailads.com)... Sent email, no response... I set up procmail to redirect the hundreds of bounces to them, plus I had some simple spam filters, and redirected all of my spam to them as well...
The order page contained a form that had an email address for where the orders were really going... I made my own personal copy of the form, and began sending megs of data through... Entering bogus info to corrupt any real entries (who would order this crap over the Net from a website in China??? Who knows...) Email address was a yahoo account, which it didn't take long for me to fill it up... All added the yahoo address to my procmail redirector as well...
I went to a couple of spammy sites (cooldeals.com or something like that)... Signed them up to receive all sorts of valuable emails... Signed them up for some mailing lists too... Easy to sign up, and pain to get off of...
It had been going on for about a week before I started this, and stopped after about 2 days...
Checked back to the link that was sent and the site was gone... Probably moving on to the next sucker email address and site...
Outside of getting a word processor and a calculator within SimDesk, what else are they getting? They're still going to need an OS... Most OS's have free/bundled email apps... Am I missing something?
Who still uses structs? Tapestry the way to go :)
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Am I one of the first to follow up? Sweet
People considering using structs might want to take a look (as you always should) at alternate technologies... The one I might suggest would be Tapestry with IDE integration with Eclipse through Spindle.
Designing for the next iteration -- not the entire system... In some cases for designs to be useful, the developer must code a portion of it as a prototype to demonstrate that their idea will work and is effecient... If someone says that they can forsee all implementation issues at design time, they are either lying or spending too much time designing:)
Regular communication with the end user / customer... This just can't be done enough... I think that any methodology that calls this to the attention of the development team / project managers is a "good thing".
On the other hand, some things are not so good/realistic... The biggest thing being pairs programming... I'm not aware of any organization that is actually doing this... Forget about working from home, putting in long hours, etc if you start using this technique... I'd be curious to hear about organizations doing this, with success...
Finally, I agree that change in requirements is inevitable, but I think that it has to be properly managed... You can't keep getting new and potentially radically different requirements from the client every two weeks, without seriously burning out the development team... and you can't tell me that requirement changes don't affect costs... Like everything in a project, changes must be managed and negotiated... The development team can work hard to implement software, but can't bend time and space to do so...
My 2 cents... And yes, I definitely practice what I preach:)
We release versions of our software under Windows, Linux, Solaris & Mac...
Several things help us to do this:
We build a server-based product (web-based application environment - no gui...)
We develop in Java...
Developers work under whatever platform they like, so the software ends up getting executed / tested on many platforms throughout the development life cycle...
Because of these factors, we're able to release identical (functionality wise) versions in parallel... Our companies background makes support (important factor!) a non-issue as well..
Overall I would say that sales ratio breaks down as:
Windows:Linux:Solaris
75:5:1
Probably wouldn't make sense from a business perspective as a pure port if Linux isn't already a major part of your development life cycle... But we've got members of the team (including myself), who've used Linux pre 1.0 and really belive that the OS is superior to Windows...
I've founded an ISP, a consulting company, and within the consulting company, we've begun selling commercial software... I've got a background in Business & Comp Sci from U of Waterloo (but that's another Slashdot story...)
The importance of a business plan for any activity that you undertake cannot be stressed enough... Who will your customers be? Who are your competitors? Why should someone choose your service over someone elses? Why do they need your services at all? What are your strengths and weaknesses... You need a budget & a plan - how will you get the word out about your company? Are you going to compete on price? Quality of service? Finding a niche and servicing that market is probably a good way to start... Don't try and be everything to everyone... Owning your own business and toughing it out is no easy matter... Be prepared to save every cent you make, and put in long hours (your competitors are working harder than you... are you smarter than them?)
A quality business plan will take a couple of weeks to put together, and involves calling your competitors to gather intelligence... and potential customers to determine if there is a market...
Be persistent, and prepared to work hard, and you will succeed...
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Offtopic, but am I the only one you finds the name "K. Y. Ho" funny... I'd be dropping the Y or something...
Here's the link for those that want to see the complete rundown of insiders over the past little while at SCO...
If he had the address penisenlargo2000@yahoo.com [I am not making this up], then he deserved it :)
Chris
On that note... You can get your cool clothes... Any proceeds beyond the basic cost of each product will be donated to the American Civil Liberties Union.
I tried to find where they were coming from, some of the bounces were more informative than others... The originating IP ended up being someone(intentionally or unintentionally) running an SMTP proxy server... And the IP was out in the middle of nowhere... (Came back to a B-class set of addresses... Not much help in tracking down a network admin...)
Some of the bounces had the actual message... Which were linking people to a site which in turn asked them to buy something (saying that their order page was secure when it wasn't)... I tracked down who had registered the domain (the admin and billing contacts...) addresses ended up being in China (domain was cnmailads.com)... Sent email, no response... I set up procmail to redirect the hundreds of bounces to them, plus I had some simple spam filters, and redirected all of my spam to them as well...
The order page contained a form that had an email address for where the orders were really going... I made my own personal copy of the form, and began sending megs of data through... Entering bogus info to corrupt any real entries (who would order this crap over the Net from a website in China??? Who knows...) Email address was a yahoo account, which it didn't take long for me to fill it up... All added the yahoo address to my procmail redirector as well...
I went to a couple of spammy sites (cooldeals.com or something like that)... Signed them up to receive all sorts of valuable emails... Signed them up for some mailing lists too... Easy to sign up, and pain to get off of...
It had been going on for about a week before I started this, and stopped after about 2 days... Checked back to the link that was sent and the site was gone... Probably moving on to the next sucker email address and site...
Outside of getting a word processor and a calculator within SimDesk, what else are they getting? They're still going to need an OS... Most OS's have free/bundled email apps... Am I missing something?
People considering using structs might want to take a look (as you always should) at alternate technologies... The one I might suggest would be Tapestry with IDE integration with Eclipse through Spindle.
I wonder if Fossil's website is powered by one of their watches?
Designing for the next iteration -- not the entire system... In some cases for designs to be useful, the developer must code a portion of it as a prototype to demonstrate that their idea will work and is effecient... If someone says that they can forsee all implementation issues at design time, they are either lying or spending too much time designing :) ... This just can't be done enough... I think that any methodology that calls this to the attention of the development team / project managers is a "good thing".
Regular communication with the end user / customer
On the other hand, some things are not so good/realistic... The biggest thing being pairs programming ... I'm not aware of any organization that is actually doing this... Forget about working from home, putting in long hours, etc if you start using this technique... I'd be curious to hear about organizations doing this, with success...
Finally, I agree that change in requirements is inevitable, but I think that it has to be properly managed... You can't keep getting new and potentially radically different requirements from the client every two weeks, without seriously burning out the development team... and you can't tell me that requirement changes don't affect costs... Like everything in a project, changes must be managed and negotiated... The development team can work hard to implement software, but can't bend time and space to do so...
My 2 cents... And yes, I definitely practice what I preach :)
Chris
These truly are classics... Reminds me of spending hours and hours typing pages and pages of hex codes in... Good times... :)
Several things help us to do this:
Because of these factors, we're able to release identical (functionality wise) versions in parallel... Our companies background makes support (important factor!) a non-issue as well..
Overall I would say that sales ratio breaks down as:
Windows:Linux:Solaris
75:5:1
Probably wouldn't make sense from a business perspective as a pure port if Linux isn't already a major part of your development life cycle... But we've got members of the team (including myself), who've used Linux pre 1.0 and really belive that the OS is superior to Windows...
Plug (our bug tracking software) is @ http://www.fastbugtrack.com/
Authenticating by the domain that the sender says he is from is very weak...
Holes like this are what keeps the spam coming to my mailbox...
The importance of a business plan for any activity that you undertake cannot be stressed enough... Who will your customers be? Who are your competitors? Why should someone choose your service over someone elses? Why do they need your services at all? What are your strengths and weaknesses... You need a budget & a plan - how will you get the word out about your company? Are you going to compete on price? Quality of service? Finding a niche and servicing that market is probably a good way to start... Don't try and be everything to everyone... Owning your own business and toughing it out is no easy matter... Be prepared to save every cent you make, and put in long hours (your competitors are working harder than you... are you smarter than them?)
A quality business plan will take a couple of weeks to put together, and involves calling your competitors to gather intelligence... and potential customers to determine if there is a market...
Be persistent, and prepared to work hard, and you will succeed...