They've made contributions to opensource as well as to the Linux platform. If it wasn't for Oracle, linux wouldn't even be a consideration for us at the moment.
While they are a 'big' company and some people distrust them based on that fact. Generally they adopt industry standards. Aren't they in our good books today? Or is that Wednesdays?
When it comes to RDBMS's... Personally I love working with Oracle because they are always pushing the envelope and innovating. All the other DB Vendors are playing catchup.
The same can't be said for other area's of software.
Back when I was in university people joined Computer Science because they were genuinely interested in it. Nowadays alot of people joined because they thought it was a guaranteed job. The sad part is they did history degrees first and then took a 6 months IT diploma program at some rinky dink school.
Maybe its just me, but you can definitely tell who when to university and took a CS degree vs McIT schools. So now we have a market flooded with people who don't really have a clue and the sad part is management either doesn't care less or doesn't have a clue about who they are hiring. How many really competent people do you know in IT? For most people in IT, things just haven't gell'ed yet. They know bits and pieces but they can't see the big picture.
I joined a company a year ago and inherited a badly designed application... Its freakin pathetic and i've actually had people laugh at the design. Who designed it? Some guy who didn't have a clue, spent 2 years doing it (its not a big app) and management thinks he's better than sliced bread.
I'll admit it, i'm a DBA but I don't act like whats described in the document. Developers have what we like to call a *cough* development environment. Maybe he's heard of it? Its where developers have free reign.
Now production environments are entirely different.. We have to have tight control.. why? Ask a DBA how many times he's been called to recover a table before a developer thought he was in dev but was in prod. Ask a DBA how often he gets put on the hot seat because an application performs poorly?
Its unfortunate but admin people are the ones that get blamed not the developers. Why? Because most times its prohibitly expensive to redesign the application and people will fight to the death before they admit a mistake. So the DBA's, network, server have to fix it.
As a DBA i'll promise not the be a pain in the ass if you include me when designing your app. I'm pretty sure all the other admins feel the same way. Don't come crying to me after you've put some assinine application into production.
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I'm sure there's so much crap filling the air down there that they wouldn't notice anyways.
We did have problems with one employee we hired who quit because she couldn't "stand sending e-mail or IRC messages to someone in the same room". The rest of us couldn't stand being interrupted in mid-thought because she came up to us, for something that could wait 5 minutes until we checked IRC or e-mail. That just didn't work out.
Here we are talking about how to get more human interaction.. Yet you guys are in the same office and couldn't be bothered to talk to each other!!
Personally, i'd love to have an irc server setup here at work for us to 'chat', ask questions... But sometimes its nice to just stretch you legs and go visit your neighbour.
Granted, I am running an older version, not sure off hand but I plan on looking tonight. My configuration catches i'd say 70-80% of spam.. I still get 15-20 in my inbox a day while at least 60 or more get nabbed by the filter.
Any fine-tuning tips? I currently have the level set at 5.2 but I start getting more false positives when I go lower... Since I use a winbloze email client there is no easy way for me to forward spam messages to my linux server to process them.
but I watch television shows for entertainment value only. I liked firefly when it was on, haven't really missed it since but I think some people read too much into these shows. They should take them for what they are worth, simply their entertainment value, nothing more.
Fine, your a fan... i'm a trekkie but you won't see me preaching about the hidden meanings of an Enterprise episode.
I never thought of that before.. ie.. if your going to let someone telecommunte then why not outsource to a 'cheaper' country.
The difference is tho, that most telecommunters go into the office regularly for meetings, etc. Most companies that allow telecommunters want them to live in commuting range in case they need them to come in for meetings or emergencies. They don't want the extra cost of having to fly someone in 3-4 or more times a year for meetings.
I think what some people are missing is that most IT jobs can be performed from anywhere, DBA's, developers, designers, alike. Yes, for some jobs like graphic artists they may require special hardware resources but thats not the norm.
Theres no reason why in this day in age most people couldn't work from wherever they wanted.. From home, shared cubicals, picnic table, etc. We have the technology, the only thing standing in the way is PHB's.
Studies have shown that people who work from home are more productive and work longer hours. The last company I was at didn't mind if you work from home but in my current position they like to see your face from 9-5. Basically it comes down to trust and unfortunately, alot of managers out there don't trust their employees.
If they could get past that, there would be tremendous real estate savings.
Shared space is ideal for people who work from home but are in the office 1-2 days a week for meetings, etc. Other than that, I don't see much of a point.. why not just knock down all the cubicle walls and push people closer together.
If you were, you'd know why. Best leave these decisions up to the resources you have hired to do this work. As a DBA, its simply astounding how many people put their.02 worth in yet have no understanding of RDBMS's.
There is a place for opensource databases and your company may not be one of them. You don't provide any details about your applications so how are we supposed to know if postgreSQL is an alternative? Yet you still state,
"They honestly are only looking at companies that are going to rape them in yearly fees, though one of the big hopes is to get one that will rape them less violently, they still want to be raped."
Since you are expecting us to make assumptions, can we assume you used the same persuasive arguments in your meeting?
I've been a DBA for about 7 years now and out of all the databases I support I enjoy Oracle the most... why? Because they have vision. Listen to some of Larry's keynote speeches at various events... Sure he takes shots at competitors (which are usually pretty funny) but personally, I like the way he pushes technology and the direction he's taking. Sure, sometimes he's wrong but at least he's not afraid to step up to the plate.
Everytime I get called to go to another vendors info day or session they always compare themselves to Oracle. Does DB2, SQLServer, etc have vision? If they do, they don't advertise it. Maybe I would look more favorably towards them if they actually showed some innovation.
Bosses who let you work from home are rare these days and even those that do, i'd be surprised if I ever met one that would let me travel like that. That boss is 1 in a million or your friend is critical to their company.
Actually, I never understood until recently the benefits of having a lower dollar than the US. Why? Because alot of our goods are sold to you guys, thus, if our dollar goes down we get more money. Also, it makes our goods cheaper to buy.
Currently, at work, because the dollar is rising they have to keep a closer eye on the budget. So not as much training, books, etc.. this year. As far as I know we have a trade surplus while you guys run a high defecit (sp?)
Come on, be realistic. If a couple of guys can solve the same problem developing the software in their spare time and get results at a fraction of the time then that company doesn't deserve to make anymore or they should hire this guy.
This is nothing new, you can find free software to solve just about any problem. People buy commercial software because in some cases free versions aren't advanced enough or easy enough to use or they want to buy support.
For the same reason why MUD's were so successfull...they let you build your own content.
Personally, I think the first hack and slash EQ/AC style game that lets users build their own content/quests/etc will take off. Game companies simply can't afford to pump out enough content to keep users busy. Whats better? 30 developers for 100,000 players? Or thousands of developers for 100,000 players?
When I mention this people talk about quality and making sure the overall theme is the same. Well, create a panel that evaluates potential additions to the game. ie, user creates a dungeon and wants to add it and sends a request to get it placed in the world. The committee (considering of gamers/developers and company employees) evaluate it. They could send it back for more work, fix bugs or reject it.
Anyways, that would be my perfect MMORPG. I still remember the day I obtained wizard status in my first mud and could start designing my own objects, weapons, monsters, etc.
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While they are a 'big' company and some people distrust them based on that fact. Generally they adopt industry standards. Aren't they in our good books today? Or is that Wednesdays?
The same can't be said for other area's of software.
Maybe its just me, but you can definitely tell who when to university and took a CS degree vs McIT schools. So now we have a market flooded with people who don't really have a clue and the sad part is management either doesn't care less or doesn't have a clue about who they are hiring. How many really competent people do you know in IT? For most people in IT, things just haven't gell'ed yet. They know bits and pieces but they can't see the big picture.
I joined a company a year ago and inherited a badly designed application... Its freakin pathetic and i've actually had people laugh at the design. Who designed it? Some guy who didn't have a clue, spent 2 years doing it (its not a big app) and management thinks he's better than sliced bread.
I'll admit it, i'm a DBA but I don't act like whats described in the document. Developers have what we like to call a *cough* development environment. Maybe he's heard of it? Its where developers have free reign.
Now production environments are entirely different.. We have to have tight control.. why? Ask a DBA how many times he's been called to recover a table before a developer thought he was in dev but was in prod. Ask a DBA how often he gets put on the hot seat because an application performs poorly?
Its unfortunate but admin people are the ones that get blamed not the developers. Why? Because most times its prohibitly expensive to redesign the application and people will fight to the death before they admit a mistake. So the DBA's, network, server have to fix it.
As a DBA i'll promise not the be a pain in the ass if you include me when designing your app. I'm pretty sure all the other admins feel the same way. Don't come crying to me after you've put some assinine application into production.
I'm sure there's so much crap filling the air down there that they wouldn't notice anyways.
If you own 1000 cd's?!
Here we are talking about how to get more human interaction.. Yet you guys are in the same office and couldn't be bothered to talk to each other!!
Personally, i'd love to have an irc server setup here at work for us to 'chat', ask questions... But sometimes its nice to just stretch you legs and go visit your neighbour.
Any fine-tuning tips? I currently have the level set at 5.2 but I start getting more false positives when I go lower... Since I use a winbloze email client there is no easy way for me to forward spam messages to my linux server to process them.
Anyone want to upload their config files? :)
You missed my point.. move along..
Fine, your a fan... i'm a trekkie but you won't see me preaching about the hidden meanings of an Enterprise episode.
Right now, I can hear at least 6 keyboards, 2 people on the phone and a couple of conversations and i'm in cubicle land. Its distracting as hell.
The difference is tho, that most telecommunters go into the office regularly for meetings, etc. Most companies that allow telecommunters want them to live in commuting range in case they need them to come in for meetings or emergencies. They don't want the extra cost of having to fly someone in 3-4 or more times a year for meetings.
Theres no reason why in this day in age most people couldn't work from wherever they wanted.. From home, shared cubicals, picnic table, etc. We have the technology, the only thing standing in the way is PHB's.
Studies have shown that people who work from home are more productive and work longer hours. The last company I was at didn't mind if you work from home but in my current position they like to see your face from 9-5. Basically it comes down to trust and unfortunately, alot of managers out there don't trust their employees.
If they could get past that, there would be tremendous real estate savings.
Shared space is ideal for people who work from home but are in the office 1-2 days a week for meetings, etc. Other than that, I don't see much of a point.. why not just knock down all the cubicle walls and push people closer together.
I thought SQL Server readers blocked writers and vice versa even when the locks were row level?
If you were, you'd know why. Best leave these decisions up to the resources you have hired to do this work. As a DBA, its simply astounding how many people put their .02 worth in yet have no understanding of RDBMS's.
"They honestly are only looking at companies that are going to rape them in yearly fees, though one of the big hopes is to get one that will rape them less violently, they still want to be raped."
Since you are expecting us to make assumptions, can we assume you used the same persuasive arguments in your meeting?
Sorry, but I use both postgreSQL and Oracle. postgreSQL has a LONG ways to go before it can trump Oracle.
Everytime I get called to go to another vendors info day or session they always compare themselves to Oracle. Does DB2, SQLServer, etc have vision? If they do, they don't advertise it. Maybe I would look more favorably towards them if they actually showed some innovation.
Bosses who let you work from home are rare these days and even those that do, i'd be surprised if I ever met one that would let me travel like that. That boss is 1 in a million or your friend is critical to their company.
Currently, at work, because the dollar is rising they have to keep a closer eye on the budget. So not as much training, books, etc.. this year. As far as I know we have a trade surplus while you guys run a high defecit (sp?)
This is nothing new, you can find free software to solve just about any problem. People buy commercial software because in some cases free versions aren't advanced enough or easy enough to use or they want to buy support.
He doesn't have to wait for one to respond to send another request. Its called parallelism and computers are good at it these days.. well, some.
I'm curious as to what the legal consequences will be if it becomes unprofitable and they shutdown the servers....
Personally, I think the first hack and slash EQ/AC style game that lets users build their own content/quests/etc will take off. Game companies simply can't afford to pump out enough content to keep users busy. Whats better? 30 developers for 100,000 players? Or thousands of developers for 100,000 players?
When I mention this people talk about quality and making sure the overall theme is the same. Well, create a panel that evaluates potential additions to the game. ie, user creates a dungeon and wants to add it and sends a request to get it placed in the world. The committee (considering of gamers/developers and company employees) evaluate it. They could send it back for more work, fix bugs or reject it.
Anyways, that would be my perfect MMORPG. I still remember the day I obtained wizard status in my first mud and could start designing my own objects, weapons, monsters, etc.
Ah... I didn't know he currently resided in the US.
Since he's not a US citizen why is he even bothering to go?