And if they offered this for free, as part of the OS or not, you would be crying the blues about how M$ is being anticompetetive with the likes of McAffe and Symantec.
Not me. The Anti-Virus companies live off bugs in the operating system. If the world were to adopt a secure file system, would you cry over the loss of such fine anti-virus products? I wouldn't.
This is an outrage. If Microsoft knows how to make their product more secure, they should incorporate it into the OS. "Wow, that's a bad virus! This will be *great* for our antivirus subscriptions..."
Will Microsoft's corporate customers accept this?
I thought this was an intellectual site. Does slashdot really think the outsourcing problem is caused by "tax loopholes"? Really? Which ones?
I thought the problem was that Indians were willing to work for ten cents an hour.
If I'm right, and Kerry's wrong, do we really need someone so clueless in the White House?
Surveys reveal the #1 predictor of job satisfaction is how the employee feels about his/her relationship with his/her direct manager.
Consider questions like:
What do you feel it is important for those you supervise to focus on?
How do you set and manage goals for your subordinates?
How would you handle the situation when you perceived one of your subordinates was performing below expectations?
a) describe a situation in the past when you felt you successfully reformed a poor-performing subordinate
How do you communicate your expectations with subordinates?
a) describe a situation in the past when you felt you successfully communicated expectations with staff
What managerial tools or strategies do you use to motivate staff and/or how do you create incentives? Under what circumstances do you feel incentives and/or rewards have been earned?
a) describe a situation in the past when you felt you successfully motivated staff using incentives/rewards
How would you handle a situation where your department was assigned a workload that could not feasibly be completed during normal 40-hour work weeks?
Your goal is to try to get an idea of what it would be like to work for this person under good and bad circumstances.
As a manager and parent, I perceive that folks with immovable external responsibilities are often more focused and efficient than "kids" who can stay till midnight. Parents know they can't do it later so they get stuff done now, and usually focus on getting something resolved with finality. Your team that works all hours is frequently the team getting distracted by online games, trying out untested new technologies etc.
It's not that one group is better or worse then another. A smart manager will put a parent in a role where they'll be successful based on their particular strengths. The ability to work late is not necessarily an advantage, depending on the quality and velocity of work produced during the period.
You need to learn how to make the mental transition to become this type of employee (focused and a little more serious). Time management is a skill you will master by necessity ; why wait for experience to teach you. Get busy, man!
That's a terrific idea! Oh wait! Let's vote in someone who will make the government pay us all $100K for working on open-source projects! No wait! Make that $200K for me because my project is really really important!
The only reason the 'album' came into being was because two sides of a large plastic disc needed filled. Now, in an age where you can order up a custom CD from the record store and download one track at a time, there is no compelling reason to -automatically- bundle 7-14 songs (or:45 to:60 minutes) from the same artist together.
Wouldn't artists prefer to work on and sell one song at a time? Why not? Why wait until you have enough material to satisfy the **manufacturing process requirements**?
This bill would mark the beginning of a new age in entertainment. They'll have to start focusing on filming stuff people are willing to pay for, not just willing to tolerate.
At these prices, they'll never grab any significant market share. This is a legacy product relying on change-averse Wordperfect users. Here's the pricing, right from the web store at Corel.com:
01. WordPerfect Office 11 - Standard $299.99 USD
01. WordPerfect Office 11 $449.99 CAD
IMO, the price-point for a replacement office product has to account for the hidden efficiency cost of making the change. That's why people aren't buying Microsoft Office even though you can get the "student version" for $149. The cost of upgrading Windows OS, your hardware, and losing some/all your settings pegs the investment too high for a lot of people.
Now add the cost of changing to an entirely different product, where your productivity will fall in the short term as you learn the ins-and-outs of the new package; well, it's expensive.
OpenOffice has the obvious advantage of having no up-front cost; you don't even have to drive to Best Buy. Still, the cost of re-learning how to do everything is daunting to many.
"Well it hade consequenc of the US being evan less liked in world! [sic] "
Good thing our leaders recognize that the world is a dangerous place, not a fifth-grade popularity contest.
"The UN dose a lot of work that is not related to war."
You mean like, make shady deals with mass-murdering dictators and then protect them from free-world consequences?
Or do you mean looking out for the human rights of the oppressed, say by putting Syria in charge of the human rights council?
Ok everybody just take a deep breath. It's not time to flush capitalism yet. Keep a few points in mind:
1) For at *least* 15 years we have all done *very* well in tech (last three years notwithstanding).
2) The tech employment sector was over served and overpaid. Come on now! I personally approved $50K and up for hires without college degrees and in their early 20's. Very early.
3) We are in the middle of a re-adjustment. It's painful but it is overdue. Those with solid skills (beyond the programming language of the moment)will do fine. And by skills I mean: business/technical writing, project/time management, etc. You know, job skills.
4) This outsourcing thing is a fad and will settle out with a relatively small percentage of the tech sector able to be outsourced. Capitalism will re-assert itself. The crappy Indian programmers will be cheap, and you'll get crap from them. The good ones will be more expensive. The additional overhead of working from across the miles and cultures will also take its toll.
5) Now is the time to be sharpening your *GENERAL* skills and reminding yourself that the latest coolest tech is not your job security. The ability to add value to the organization, be a productive part of a team, provide and meet deadlines, follow standards, etc., will see you through.
For what it's worth, my lifestyle has taken a terrible hit lately. I've even considered going to ack! cough! law school. But I don't blame it on the Indians. Tech was very very good to me.
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Not me. The Anti-Virus companies live off bugs in the operating system. If the world were to adopt a secure file system, would you cry over the loss of such fine anti-virus products? I wouldn't.
This is an outrage. If Microsoft knows how to make their product more secure, they should incorporate it into the OS. "Wow, that's a bad virus! This will be *great* for our antivirus subscriptions..." Will Microsoft's corporate customers accept this?
I thought this was an intellectual site. Does slashdot really think the outsourcing problem is caused by "tax loopholes"? Really? Which ones? I thought the problem was that Indians were willing to work for ten cents an hour. If I'm right, and Kerry's wrong, do we really need someone so clueless in the White House?
Consider questions like:
a) describe a situation in the past when you felt you successfully reformed a poor-performing subordinate
a) describe a situation in the past when you felt you successfully communicated expectations with staff
a) describe a situation in the past when you felt you successfully motivated staff using incentives/rewards
Your goal is to try to get an idea of what it would be like to work for this person under good and bad circumstances.
It's not that one group is better or worse then another. A smart manager will put a parent in a role where they'll be successful based on their particular strengths. The ability to work late is not necessarily an advantage, depending on the quality and velocity of work produced during the period.
You need to learn how to make the mental transition to become this type of employee (focused and a little more serious). Time management is a skill you will master by necessity ; why wait for experience to teach you. Get busy, man!
That's a terrific idea! Oh wait! Let's vote in someone who will make the government pay us all $100K for working on open-source projects! No wait! Make that $200K for me because my project is really really important!
Wouldn't artists prefer to work on and sell one song at a time? Why not? Why wait until you have enough material to satisfy the **manufacturing process requirements**?
This bill would mark the beginning of a new age in entertainment. They'll have to start focusing on filming stuff people are willing to pay for, not just willing to tolerate.
At these prices, they'll never grab any significant market share. This is a legacy product relying on change-averse Wordperfect users. Here's the pricing, right from the web store at Corel.com:
01. WordPerfect Office 11 - Standard $299.99 USD
01. WordPerfect Office 11 $449.99 CAD
IMO, the price-point for a replacement office product has to account for the hidden efficiency cost of making the change. That's why people aren't buying Microsoft Office even though you can get the "student version" for $149. The cost of upgrading Windows OS, your hardware, and losing some/all your settings pegs the investment too high for a lot of people.
Now add the cost of changing to an entirely different product, where your productivity will fall in the short term as you learn the ins-and-outs of the new package; well, it's expensive.
OpenOffice has the obvious advantage of having no up-front cost; you don't even have to drive to Best Buy. Still, the cost of re-learning how to do everything is daunting to many.
"Well it hade consequenc of the US being evan less liked in world! [sic] " Good thing our leaders recognize that the world is a dangerous place, not a fifth-grade popularity contest. "The UN dose a lot of work that is not related to war." You mean like, make shady deals with mass-murdering dictators and then protect them from free-world consequences? Or do you mean looking out for the human rights of the oppressed, say by putting Syria in charge of the human rights council?
Ok everybody just take a deep breath. It's not time to flush capitalism yet. Keep a few points in mind: 1) For at *least* 15 years we have all done *very* well in tech (last three years notwithstanding). 2) The tech employment sector was over served and overpaid. Come on now! I personally approved $50K and up for hires without college degrees and in their early 20's. Very early. 3) We are in the middle of a re-adjustment. It's painful but it is overdue. Those with solid skills (beyond the programming language of the moment)will do fine. And by skills I mean: business/technical writing, project/time management, etc. You know, job skills. 4) This outsourcing thing is a fad and will settle out with a relatively small percentage of the tech sector able to be outsourced. Capitalism will re-assert itself. The crappy Indian programmers will be cheap, and you'll get crap from them. The good ones will be more expensive. The additional overhead of working from across the miles and cultures will also take its toll. 5) Now is the time to be sharpening your *GENERAL* skills and reminding yourself that the latest coolest tech is not your job security. The ability to add value to the organization, be a productive part of a team, provide and meet deadlines, follow standards, etc., will see you through. For what it's worth, my lifestyle has taken a terrible hit lately. I've even considered going to ack! cough! law school. But I don't blame it on the Indians. Tech was very very good to me.