Marketing people are quick to describe the 0 to >0 transition as "increasingly popular". Of course the rest of the world considers it statistical noise. : )
There is one difference that PETA may have overlooked- pigs & dogs don't vote or purchase anything. Unless that changes, they'll probably never become a relevant demographic and always have less rights. : )
BG: "Alright fella's, it's been a couple of generations and ever since that Damn Internet showed up we've been unable to significantly improve the security of our O/S's. With Vista, this will all change. I'd like to introduce Mr. Fripp who assures me that he'll be able to provide us with several options that will enable Vista to at least SOUND safe & secure, completely reassuring the user that their computing and internet experience is without risks to identity, credit rating, or confidential material. Mr. Fripp, if you please...."
Good point. The report does seems to imply that there are more vulnerabilities REPORTED in all flavors of Unix & any related software combined vs. just Windows by itself and without weighting for seriousness of vulnerability.
When I went through Navy electronic technician school they taught us half-splitting as a formal procedure for isolating faults. Off the record, the instructors use to tell us to check interconnecting wiring first- 'cause it was usually the cause
Actual details of the study indicate that buying a retail PC with Windows on it is easier than buying a PC, uninstalling Windows & installing Linux. While not conclusively established, it was also noted that non-networked Windows PC represent an approximate equivalent security risk to a networked Linux box.
I am very impressed by MS' strategy here. As an IT professional, I've never been crazy about working under the same roof as sales & marketing people. I think this move shows that MS corporate is being sensitive to their developers by relocating the Mar/Comm function to the offices of Security Innovation, Inc. If they want to be coy and call it 3rd party research, well- that's just semantics.
Hello? Slashdot moderators? Anybody home? I'd like to introduce myself as an average/. user. Just so there's no confusion, I come to the site every day in search of interesting news in the world of IT and related topics. While not a young gun in the world of IT, I have not yet reached the age where I can't remember stories that have already been posted back in the mists of... well, yesterday. I've go to assume that the number of readers like myself coming to this channel merit actually having somebody at the helm... can somebody please look into this?
That's not true. If a user consents to it by buying such a system, then they are agreeing to seeing the ads and the ads are not spam. There are plenty of existing examples of this that work fine. Reminds me of the 80's when you could get a free 9" bw television or condo weekend by agreeing to participate in some marketing research project/campaign.
Would I take them on such an offer? Absolutely not. When I need something, I go out and look for the best value. Everything else is just so much noise. But many people enjoy being a "target."
Could you please clarify? Do they want some of the US pie, or do they want some of their own pie that their gov't doesn't distribute as evenly as the US does?
According to (1), in 2000, most of them are US phd's... 61%, or 2,684.
If you'll grant that this % hasn't changed much then I think the US is ahead- by just a smidgen.
2,684 of 300 Mil (8.95E-5) vs. 24,900 of 3 Bil (8.30E-5)
Cut 'em some slack- $2.8M's isn't exactly a King's Ransom or anything. Isn't that what VC's all about? Throwing some money at what everybody else thinks is a stupid idea? It wouldn't be much of a "venture" if it was obviously going to exceed.
Not just a subject- some nouns & verbs too.
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Did slashdot just un-slashdot itself? I can feel the ground trembling as the herd of technonews junkies sweep majestically over to the new site.
Right- I'm running 5.04 Hoary Hedgehog... I know there are later versions and eventually I will upgrade. But the fact that I do have to upgrade is significant within the context of the evaluation of the given distro.
I am evaluating Ubuntu primarily because of the simplicity of the install & the seemingly effective QA process that occurs in managing the distro repositories. For this reason, it's understandable that they're not the fastest in including the latest 3rd party (OO) packages (for example compared to Fedora). It's a worthy tradeoff, especially in production commercial environment.
The averge linux evangelist (myself included) tends to forget how much more aggresive they are as far as upgrading as fast as they can. Obviously this is not a good practice in a production environment. IMHO, Suse (specifically OSS 10) seems to be a little bit ahead of the curve as far as including later releases than Ubuntu but still doing a decent QA job. On the other hand it's not as simple or as fast an install as Ubuntu and the thud factor on the HD footprint is bit heavier.
My goal is to determine if I can realistically make the recommendation to convert the small company (60 seats) I am the IT director for to a Linux desktop when the time comes, and I do feel like it's not far off. There are passionate freaks on either side of this issue as any slashdot reader can see. Getting at the truth is a complex issue.
My Ubuntu did not come with OO 2 and with the standard repositories, I have not been offered it as an option when using the Ubuntu Upgrade Manager. I'm not saying I couldn't go get it myself but this trial is to see how Ubuntu works if I keep the packages reasonably close to what Ubuntu expects. Most issues w/Linux (or for any o/s for that matter) arise when you start dumping all kinds of unmanaged, un qa'd combinations of components on the same box. Part of the value of a distro in a workplace to me will be managing the package selection for me.
I'm an IT professional that's been using Unbuntu at work for about 2 months know. Everything works fine (email, internet, Office compatible applications, etc). I do miss MS Access (Ubuntu doesn't have latest version of OOO which would have included an Access counterpart). MySQL CC or MySQL Admin+Query Browser aren't as easy to use (though they are faster because all queries are pass through).
I've been using Suse OSS 10 at home and like it a little better- more robust repositories slightly more stable.
I will say that when the next desktop o/s upgrade occurs at my company it may not be as hard as I thought to put Linux on the candidate list because the number of non-IT employees that are switching to Linux at home on their own (without any evangelizing by me) is pretty high. This will certainly make it an easier sell if I want to consider Linux on the desktop at work rather than the PIA-Du Jour from Redmond.
It's not just children and video games... I have friends that have requested that I not email them any humor that requires reading. They just want the funny pics.
I used to think that this was tragic but who am I to judge. Our civilization is rife with oddities: $800 women's pocketbooks, the oil industry, big tobacco, soccer Mom's with military grade SUV's, the big Gov't/Pharmacy/Insurance Co/Healthcare Keiretsu, Betamax over VHS, $20 cigags, presidents that won by a majority vote, creationism over evolution, dare I say Windows over the alternatives... Obviously the collective doesn't always make optimum choices. Tolerating the abberations is what enables the leaps. I'm not here that long- 80, maybe 90 years. I try & stay low, say my peace, do my thing and try to get a laugh now & then. It's no fun worrying about civilization's collapse.
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Marketing people are quick to describe the 0 to >0 transition as "increasingly popular". Of course the rest of the world considers it statistical noise. : )
I'd be really interested to hear a formal description of the non-physical mind.
As a commerical developer required to attend marketing meetings I can think of a few more cases similar to the items on your list.
There is one difference that PETA may have overlooked- pigs & dogs don't vote or purchase anything. Unless that changes, they'll probably never become a relevant demographic and always have less rights. : )
I just went to order this and was a bit taken aback; $30 for the paperback & $99 for the hardbound. Maybe it comes with a CD.
BG: "Alright fella's, it's been a couple of generations and ever since that Damn Internet showed up we've been unable to significantly improve the security of our O/S's. With Vista, this will all change. I'd like to introduce Mr. Fripp who assures me that he'll be able to provide us with several options that will enable Vista to at least SOUND safe & secure, completely reassuring the user that their computing and internet experience is without risks to identity, credit rating, or confidential material. Mr. Fripp, if you please...."
Good point. The report does seems to imply that there are more vulnerabilities REPORTED in all flavors of Unix & any related software combined vs. just Windows by itself and without weighting for seriousness of vulnerability.
Come on, does anybody even report MS vulnerabilities anymore? Wouldn't that be like the meteorologists reporting that tomorrow the sky will be blue?
when I installed Suse. I'm not exactly all broken up about this.
When I went through Navy electronic technician school they taught us half-splitting as a formal procedure for isolating faults. Off the record, the instructors use to tell us to check interconnecting wiring first- 'cause it was usually the cause
errr ... no, I was being sarcatic too
Actual details of the study indicate that buying a retail PC with Windows on it is easier than buying a PC, uninstalling Windows & installing Linux. While not conclusively established, it was also noted that non-networked Windows PC represent an approximate equivalent security risk to a networked Linux box.
I am very impressed by MS' strategy here. As an IT professional, I've never been crazy about working under the same roof as sales & marketing people. I think this move shows that MS corporate is being sensitive to their developers by relocating the Mar/Comm function to the offices of Security Innovation, Inc. If they want to be coy and call it 3rd party research, well- that's just semantics.
Hello? Slashdot moderators? Anybody home? I'd like to introduce myself as an average /. user. Just so there's no confusion, I come to the site every day in search of interesting news in the world of IT and related topics. While not a young gun in the world of IT, I have not yet reached the age where I can't remember stories that have already been posted back in the mists of ... well, yesterday. I've go to assume that the number of readers like myself coming to this channel merit actually having somebody at the helm... can somebody please look into this?
Would I take them on such an offer? Absolutely not. When I need something, I go out and look for the best value. Everything else is just so much noise. But many people enjoy being a "target."
Could you please clarify? Do they want some of the US pie, or do they want some of their own pie that their gov't doesn't distribute as evenly as the US does?
According to (1), in 2000, most of them are US phd's... 61%, or 2,684. If you'll grant that this % hasn't changed much then I think the US is ahead- by just a smidgen.
2,684 of 300 Mil (8.95E-5) vs. 24,900 of 3 Bil (8.30E-5)
1. http://www.nber.org/digest/jan05/w105
Sshhh- the journalists are trying to use big scary numbers to make their point.
Cut 'em some slack- $2.8M's isn't exactly a King's Ransom or anything. Isn't that what VC's all about? Throwing some money at what everybody else thinks is a stupid idea? It wouldn't be much of a "venture" if it was obviously going to exceed.
Did slashdot just un-slashdot itself? I can feel the ground trembling as the herd of technonews junkies sweep majestically over to the new site.
I am evaluating Ubuntu primarily because of the simplicity of the install & the seemingly effective QA process that occurs in managing the distro repositories. For this reason, it's understandable that they're not the fastest in including the latest 3rd party (OO) packages (for example compared to Fedora). It's a worthy tradeoff, especially in production commercial environment.
The averge linux evangelist (myself included) tends to forget how much more aggresive they are as far as upgrading as fast as they can. Obviously this is not a good practice in a production environment. IMHO, Suse (specifically OSS 10) seems to be a little bit ahead of the curve as far as including later releases than Ubuntu but still doing a decent QA job. On the other hand it's not as simple or as fast an install as Ubuntu and the thud factor on the HD footprint is bit heavier.
My goal is to determine if I can realistically make the recommendation to convert the small company (60 seats) I am the IT director for to a Linux desktop when the time comes, and I do feel like it's not far off. There are passionate freaks on either side of this issue as any slashdot reader can see. Getting at the truth is a complex issue.
My Ubuntu did not come with OO 2 and with the standard repositories, I have not been offered it as an option when using the Ubuntu Upgrade Manager. I'm not saying I couldn't go get it myself but this trial is to see how Ubuntu works if I keep the packages reasonably close to what Ubuntu expects. Most issues w/Linux (or for any o/s for that matter) arise when you start dumping all kinds of unmanaged, un qa'd combinations of components on the same box. Part of the value of a distro in a workplace to me will be managing the package selection for me.
I've been using Suse OSS 10 at home and like it a little better- more robust repositories slightly more stable.
I will say that when the next desktop o/s upgrade occurs at my company it may not be as hard as I thought to put Linux on the candidate list because the number of non-IT employees that are switching to Linux at home on their own (without any evangelizing by me) is pretty high. This will certainly make it an easier sell if I want to consider Linux on the desktop at work rather than the PIA-Du Jour from Redmond.
I used to think that this was tragic but who am I to judge. Our civilization is rife with oddities: $800 women's pocketbooks, the oil industry, big tobacco, soccer Mom's with military grade SUV's, the big Gov't/Pharmacy/Insurance Co/Healthcare Keiretsu, Betamax over VHS, $20 cigags, presidents that won by a majority vote, creationism over evolution, dare I say Windows over the alternatives... Obviously the collective doesn't always make optimum choices. Tolerating the abberations is what enables the leaps. I'm not here that long- 80, maybe 90 years. I try & stay low, say my peace, do my thing and try to get a laugh now & then. It's no fun worrying about civilization's collapse.