What's wrong here, is that Microsoft thinks that IT bosses, are all PHBs and it would be very easy to spread FUD amongst them.
When I started as a developer 10 years ago, may be this was the case, my bosses then had absolutely no clue what
programming was all about (I am not talking about a specific programming language, or paradigm, just programming or
software engineering in general)).
These were the type of people, who felt the sand under their feet, slipping away every time there were concerns regarding the technology they were managing. And the reason was obvious, they DIDN'T KNOW about the technology they were managing.
But now it's a very very different world, people who were senior programmers then, are now managers, and as such are in
much better shape to judge the technologies they work with.
So in retrospect, Microsoft may have had luck in these kind of FUD tactics, 10 years ago, but that won't work now. Sure there will be some, who will fold and pay up, but then most of the competent people in the industry that I know, are saying...."Hang on a minute,, there is something very fishy about these claims"
My solution, use svn+ssh and keep a ssh connection to the svn server in Master mode.
All svn+ssh activity tunnels through this master connection , no need for ssh handshake each time or
for that matter no need to even open a socket each time.
Plus if the master connection is set to compress data ( -C ) , then you get transparent compression.
Now if only I could expand all this to fit 2 pages....Profit!!!
I use to work for a big big financial company.
They had lots of stupid policies, like I.E. only. (wouldn't even allow us to install firefox).
google groups was banned because people could browse hacking groups (I am not kidding ).
And yet they were hit every time a Microsoft worm was on the loose. They spent countless hours
recovering from these break outs. So if you choose to close your ears and eyes, and insist on
using microsoft only products, then you CAN have damages.
He did hit his target audience - the "unfamiliar with" linux.
Umm, did you read the part about "recompile the kernel with only drivers you need" ?
Not a suggestion for someone "unfamiliar" with linux, won't you agree ?
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Using Fedora on a production system, and then complaining about stability is like using Win XP Home on production and complaining about stability/scalability.
Different OSes for different needs. For Desktop use Fedora, for servers use RHEL/CentOS.
I never get this argument...
If Linux/Firefox/(your favorite OSS product) was as popular as Windows/IE/(any proprietary Product), it will be
attacked more, and will be equally vulnerable and would have equal # of security flaws.
Fact is I don't care, What I want is something that is secure and really don't care if it is not as popular. In
fact, "security by insignificance" works for me.
Umm,
Java 5 or rather JDK 5, is different than Java EE 5.
As for JDK 5, there are plenty of reasons to use JDK 5, over 1.4, even on a J2EE 1.4 App.
TO name a few...
Generics, type safety at compilation time
Enhanced for loops, bye bye, iterator.hasNext()
Auto Boxing of primitives... bye bye List.insert(new Integer(5)
Proper enumeration suport.. bye bye scores of static final variables
As for using Java EE 5, there are even more reasons to use it, once ejb 3 specs are
stabilized.
e.g.
Java Persistence API is so so much better than J2EE 1.4 entity beans.
JSF is so so much better than struts.
Stateful session beans make much more sense now. see jboss-seam
Last but not least, Annotations , bye bye xdoclets, ejb descriptors,
. Seriously Annotations, alone, make a very strong case, for adopting Java 5, and Java EE 5.
Has the thought occured to you, that India is a democratic country, because, the Indians want it that way, regardless of what China or USA govt. think.
India gained its freedom from the british in 1947, when neither USA or China, were the world powers that they are today, and
it has been a democratic nation since then.
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If ever there was a fitting analogy , this has to be it.
damn, where are my pants.
I don't. Killing people turns them in to martyrs.
it would be 1.352 billion. Why discount Microsoft 20 million ?
Serial Killers are selective about who they kill.
I thought residency in North Dakota, is alone enough to merit a relocation.
If you ever wondered how badly can some one f*** up apache web server code base, take a look at Oracle Web Server. You have been warned.
Try arguing that with a Java Programmer.
My ZX Spectrum+ 128 can kick your Commodore 64's ass any time any day.
When I started as a developer 10 years ago, may be this was the case, my bosses then had absolutely no clue what programming was all about (I am not talking about a specific programming language, or paradigm, just programming or software engineering in general)).
These were the type of people, who felt the sand under their feet, slipping away every time there were concerns regarding the technology they were managing. And the reason was obvious, they DIDN'T KNOW about the technology they were managing.
But now it's a very very different world, people who were senior programmers then, are now managers, and as such are in much better shape to judge the technologies they work with.
So in retrospect, Microsoft may have had luck in these kind of FUD tactics, 10 years ago, but that won't work now. Sure there will be some, who will fold and pay up, but then most of the competent people in the industry that I know, are saying...."Hang on a minute,, there is something very fishy about these claims"
Plus if the master connection is set to compress data ( -C ) , then you get transparent compression.
Now if only I could expand all this to fit 2 pages....Profit!!!
And yet they were hit every time a Microsoft worm was on the loose. They spent countless hours recovering from these break outs. So if you choose to close your ears and eyes, and insist on using microsoft only products, then you CAN have damages.
For those companies who do get Open Source, this is latest round of Microsoft FUD is nothing more than, to joke about during lunch time.
WTP was the reason I switched from Eclipse to Netbeans 5.5.
WTP is a complete mess.
And don't forget the new addendum , "File everything in triplicate", courtesy Canon/HP/Lexmark/Epson/Brother/Kodak.
Umm, did you read the part about "recompile the kernel with only drivers you need" ?
Not a suggestion for someone "unfamiliar" with linux, won't you agree ?
Different OSes for different needs. For Desktop use Fedora, for servers use RHEL/CentOS .
It tells a lot about the quality of the joke, when you have to explain it in the same sentense.
I never get this argument...
If Linux/Firefox/(your favorite OSS product) was as popular as Windows/IE/(any proprietary Product), it will be attacked more, and will be equally vulnerable and would have equal # of security flaws.
Fact is I don't care, What I want is something that is secure and really don't care if it is not as popular. In fact, "security by insignificance" works for me.
As for JDK 5, there are plenty of reasons to use JDK 5, over 1.4, even on a J2EE 1.4 App.
TO name a few...
- Generics, type safety at compilation time
- Enhanced for loops, bye bye, iterator.hasNext()
- Auto Boxing of primitives... bye bye List.insert(new Integer(5)
- Proper enumeration suport.. bye bye scores of static final variables
As for using Java EE 5, there are even more reasons to use it, once ejb 3 specs are stabilized.e.g.
Last but not least, Annotations , bye bye xdoclets, ejb descriptors, . Seriously Annotations, alone, make a very strong case, for adopting Java 5, and Java EE 5.
India gained its freedom from the british in 1947, when neither USA or China, were the world powers that they are today, and it has been a democratic nation since then.
Europe also has a sizable african population you know, and they also had african slaves.
What is interesting is, who was stupid enought not to see that this would cause problems.
they should trademark...'shooting yourslef in the foot'.
Stalin was not, and yet he killed 3x the no. of people Hitler did. what's your point ?
The ones who survive have to suffer