In theory, open source should be a no brainer to save money. Using open source can save tons of licence fees.
IN practice, open source may not be compatible with legacy systems, or missing critical functionality. And support can be a nightmare, with no vendor to provide updates or respond to bug support.
And before you say do it yourself, that adds more cost than the licences, for programmers, managers, testers, etc.
Most bean counters are so stupid. To make a big gain on the bottom line, hire only women. You can pay them less, and they do just as good a job. (Like my wife) And if they are a minority, you can pay them even less!
No company does what they are paid to do these days. It is outsourced to a company that outsources security that outsources to some fat kid laying in bed. Who hires an Indian in Mumbai to do the actual work. No surprise that something like accountability gets lost.
OK, I will say it. The folks on the other end of the phone or Lync are voices. I have no idea what the ethnic makeup of my team is, and I do not care. As long as they do what is needed for my job, all good. I can guess, but why bother?
WFH is true meritocracy.
BTW, I am older white male, which is going to mean less as the years go by.
My first was a model1 also. With the update to 64K.
Later upgraded to Apple II.
That later got me my first programing job, porting a TRS80 application to a Z80 expansion board to an Apple II, and using the apple II display and interfaces for the application running on the Z80 board. And, all in assembler.
AT the back of the IBM PC manual was the ROM code and circuit diagram.
Several times I used those to figure exactly what a specific command was doing. In the hardware.
With so many layers of API, IDE, 4g languages, who the hell knows what is happening underneath?
Stop holding my hand so hard, let me figure things out myself.
Java Model Railroad software is both free and part of my life.
Could not have a much fun in my hobby if it was not there.
And a dedicated group is keeping it alive with regular updates.
Thanks to all who help keep open source viable for the rest of us.
Thomas
DeSoto, TX
Drug safety trials. Need I say more? I must be getting old, I do not remember Trump claiming to own a pharma company. Maybe he did a marketing campaign for one?
Also, The Wages of Destruction. Best analysis of why Germany did not have the economy to win WW2, and how they tried anyway. That and mismanagement of the Luftwaffe and the DRG. Examples of how stupid leaders can pull a country down a black hole.
DOJ is behind the Win 10 free upgrades, because MS has all the back doors the DOJ has requested. The more Win 10 deploys, the more data the DOJ has access to.
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IN practice, open source may not be compatible with legacy systems, or missing critical functionality. And support can be a nightmare, with no vendor to provide updates or respond to bug support.
And before you say do it yourself, that adds more cost than the licences, for programmers, managers, testers, etc.
If I am on a Jury with this case, I would laugh so hard! AND award legal fees to the accused!
Which says the schools are not producing folks who can work at headquarters.
Stick your head in the sand, vote down taxes that support schools, teach to the test to meet some arbitrary number, and here we are.
I still miss the clarity that Pam brought to the Law intersecting technology.
I learned enough from Groklaw to understand the outline of what this case means, but the fine points....
Most bean counters are so stupid. To make a big gain on the bottom line, hire only women. You can pay them less, and they do just as good a job. (Like my wife) And if they are a minority, you can pay them even less!
References?
NO texts in or out until you are not moving for 1 minute.
Same for browser or wi-fi connection.
Voice and 911 would continue to work.
Might be simple hardware fix.
But the FCC would have to do the specs.
Darwin would have laughed his ass off.
And all to pretend to improve the bottom line.
As seen on Fox News.
Tinfoil makes the signal clearer. But only if you fold it just right. A lost art....
The sale process was so bad I never figured out how to complete a purchase.
Automatic currency conversion to other currency (Euro, Ausi$, etc.)
Aside from the fees, best option.
And if someone hacks them we are all so screwed anyway, even cash would not be safe.
OK, I will say it. The folks on the other end of the phone or Lync are voices. I have no idea what the ethnic makeup of my team is, and I do not care. As long as they do what is needed for my job, all good. I can guess, but why bother?
WFH is true meritocracy.
BTW, I am older white male, which is going to mean less as the years go by.
Later upgraded to Apple II.
That later got me my first programing job, porting a TRS80 application to a Z80 expansion board to an Apple II, and using the apple II display and interfaces for the application running on the Z80 board. And, all in assembler.
Seems like the wild west now.
Thomas
Follow me, God has shown the way!
With so many layers of API, IDE, 4g languages, who the hell knows what is happening underneath?
Stop holding my hand so hard, let me figure things out myself.
Java Model Railroad software is both free and part of my life. Could not have a much fun in my hobby if it was not there. And a dedicated group is keeping it alive with regular updates. Thanks to all who help keep open source viable for the rest of us. Thomas DeSoto, TX
I just added the water. System returning to equilibrium. (You do have to read the story!).
Drug safety trials. Need I say more? I must be getting old, I do not remember Trump claiming to own a pharma company. Maybe he did a marketing campaign for one?
Also, The Wages of Destruction. Best analysis of why Germany did not have the economy to win WW2, and how they tried anyway. That and mismanagement of the Luftwaffe and the DRG. Examples of how stupid leaders can pull a country down a black hole.
Now you know why your doctor says take all the pills in the prescription. You want to be at 1000, not 1.
Best news aggregator on the web.
Even the arrant bullshit is interesting!
Live by the hack, die by the hack.
DOJ is behind the Win 10 free upgrades, because MS has all the back doors the DOJ has requested. The more Win 10 deploys, the more data the DOJ has access to.
Removing the tin foil hat......