I have to agree with you I find this argument pretty bad. I have used DB2, Oracle, SQL Server 2000, Firebird, MySql and Postgre in Production Environments over the last few years. I have to say they all have good points and bad points. And since I do bother to take the time to set things up properly I have to report that I have never had one of these servers crash in a production environment. I have had slow-downs and other problems that are RDBMS specific but I have to say they are all decent to great products. I am not going to give my personal opinion about which one is better because that would be pretty stupid since they all have advantages and disadvantages.
I will say this however Most of the crap people experience with MySql is user configured error. Much like windows it is made easy to use not easy to use right. I have a windows server that runs very stable sure I have to reboot it every month or two for security patches but it never crashes and once a month is acceptable maintenance for me but I do know what I am doing with my server. Likewise I have Linux servers running perfectly even have a NetBSD Server running flawlessly. Does that make any of them better then the others? No, of course it doesn't but would your average windows user know how to set up a BSD or Linux box properly? More then likely not.
Most my experience helping users of MySql in particular are a group of people who don;t know how to use JOIN's let alone how to configure their MySql properly. They use some of the most horribly ugly PHP code I have ever seen. However, being a DBA turned developer I have to say most developers don't know how to set up and properly use an RDBMS. is this MySql's Fault because the users don't know what they are doing? If you mess up when building something in the real world because you didn't bother to read the manual does it make that product suck?
Overall I have to say This article was absolute crap the comparison were not valid even at the time of writing this. If you want to pick a RDBMS pick one that fits your needs. Cost? Required Throughput? Languages? Character Sets? Your Level of Skill? Answer these then you should be able to easily find the right RDBMS for you.
Actually I have to disagree with both of you I believe Foreign keys are useful in some cases but not in others. As far as the insertion of data and data control All database access should go through "Stored Procedures". No user of any application should have direct access to any table for insert or view. your stored procedure should handle all the checks you need. You can use a foreign key on top of it if you like. However if your right your procedures properly there is no need for foreign keys. No matter what application your using you have one access point the Stored Procedures. This controls what you can an cannot do and is a way better check on data integrity.
Just remember to remove all access from the idiot developers to anything but your stored procedures. If they need something you don't have then you or whoever is your DBA writes it for them.
Oh and the general public is paying for this special interest group that is fighting?
Nope sorry, their competitors are paying for it. Regardless of where I stand on the issue this is Microsoft vs its Office Competitors this is not a fight over an Open Document format this is a fight for business.
MS Offices newest Format is Open(Open XML) so that pretty much blows that train of thought out of the water. ODF and Open XML are different yes but they are both open. Which one is better you decide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_OpenDoc ument_and_Microsoft_XML_formats/. So what is really going on here? Market share plain and simple this has nothing to do with what is best for users. This argument is a bunch of 'BS' it is similar to the BlueRay/HD debate sides have been chosen and now they are lobbying to get their choice made.
Even taking into account your Personal gain slant on Special Interest groups.
All Parties that are against Microsoft Proprietary Office formats stand to gain a foothold in a huge market by using open standards. If you believe otherwise your an idiot. IBM sells software not just Hardware you think for one second Lotus Notes wouldn't stand to gain market share if they use open standards. I believe Sun has Star Office that would also likely gain in popularity.
Before any of you go into the but you can get the software for free argument. You have to consider the fact that IE is Free as is Firefox yet they make money by users using their software advertising and bundling does earn you cash. So this model could work with Office suits as well. Not only that but interoperability between other programs is also a huge key to Offices success. If you can get a user using one of your products you can get them using others. Besides Governments always purchase support contracts.
Don't get me wrong I am all for open standards but do not think for one second that IBM or Sun in the reverse position would not be doing the same thing Microsoft is doing.
Sony Is crap they have been crap for a while I woudl rather save my money and spend it on somethign cheaper and more well made which is pretty much everything.
Oh and By the Way Boycotting Sony also means boycotting their games as well *COUGH* Everquest *COUGH*
Anyways I haven't looked back and haven't really cared since I did it.
So what if I miss a few stupid movies.(I can still catch them when they come on cable since I am not really paying for them) So what if I miss out on a few decent games that only come out for Playstation(and when I say few I mean few)
I don't seem to miss it and my pocket book really thanks me.
So another company gets in trouble and to clear there name blames the best red herring(Microsoft) the can great. The only thing that has ever been proving is Microsoft bought Unix licenses when SCO threatened to sue. So what that doesn't prove anything if you run a company and you had a similar situation come up you have a lawyer look at it they tell you that the other company could win in litigation you then decide cost of lawyers vs cost of just paying them off. So you pay them off and continue using your legal team to fight monopoly charges.
Seriously Microsoft are not angels but neither are they devils. IBM has a long sorted past and history yet now we should all support them since they are promoting a product that can increase there market share? It just seems to me that until there is actual evidence one way or the other about this claim people should just leave them alone and give them the benefit of the doubt. If it is found that they really did do this then great flame on. But from experience, No Company would ever enter into any agreement where they invest a large some of money like they did without a CONTRACT. Seriously this is one of the most stupid things I have ever heard the whole basis of this article reminds me of a Darwin award story.
umm useing the callto:############### can prompt skype to make the call for you as well. it's not like it is genious or anything it defaults to the application set same as the mailto: function on the href.
Only took me 2 days to beat it and I got all the star coins and unlocked everything. You don't need to beat the game to unlock Luigi you can do that at any time by holding L+R and selecting a file. However if you want to get to those levels it is as simple as getting mini and beating the bosses remeber you need to butt stomp when your small to hurt anyone.
America took British Common Law as the standard, anything new superceedes it. However if there have been no ammendments or no new laws to superceede a law it falls back to the original.
Like a Fork in an open source project if there is no need to change it the original and the fork both share the same behavior and code.
I am An american that lives and Works In Toronto. Is it Cheaper not really its similar. I actually get paid teh same as I was getting paid in San Diego dollar for dollar. The lifestyle is not that different. My taxes are only slightly higher then what I paid in California. However In Toronto they seem to not like Americans very much Dunno about other cities but those I meet from elsewhere seem to be a little nicer.
You can actually come to Canada and work if you get a job Offer in a few different areas which are covered by the NAFTA Agreement information concerning requirements and the actual occupations can be found here and here
Considering everythign I must say North America is more different Eat to west then it is From Canada to the US. Somethign to Consider.
OK the Company I work for send out mail to people who sign up for to use our software. We recently signed up for Whitelisting on AOL since we hit spam filters all the time. In the last week. I have had spam reported in the following instances.
Sign up confirmation letter with the users account and password.
Confirmation of Purchase made.
Notification taht their account is abotu to expire.
Notifcication of a new service sent to a user who opted in.
Now I am not condoning OPT-IN-REAL-BIG Which are huge spammers but he does have somewhat of a point. I find myself having to find ways around spam filters to get legitimate messages to our customers. It does make it rather hard to run a business when you keep getting reported as spam or filtered. I have to say personally I do not like Spam Cop I get at least three reports a week from them and they are all valid e-mails. I also get filtered out by spam Assasin before it even gets to the client. So exactly how are we to communicate with our clients.
I have been spamming myself recently with stuff about Penis Enlargment. As well as I have gotten the same e-mail suppossidly from alot of other agencies that do mass mailings to our perspective clients. This is very common. I even get spam cop reports telling me that I have been spamming all kinds of things that have come from our servers that accourding to all mail logs never went out. So you can't really say for sure if he is doing it.
I get spamcop messages everyday. From peopel who visted our websites and said they would like to have special offers sent to them. of course we remove the addresses. But still I don't like spam cop its rather annoying.
Sorry to inform you of this but yes they do. Mass mailers used by legitament companies and spammers alike track this information. Legitimate companies that contact there clients usually will give up if the MTA cannot be found 10 attempts. With in a certain amount of time. In fact heres another bit of information you might not be aware of.
If your MTA is set to notify another MTA that an e-mail does not exist. You just gave them valuable information. they now know that they can now submit as many e-mails they want to you for testing without sending a message to aquire all teh e-mail addresses from your MTA. So your friendly message just ended up giving yours and everyone who uses your MTA on your domains email address to a spammer.
Thinkign that people are not suffisticated enough is pretty stupid. I could mention a few spammers who know more about mail protocol then any other person on the planet. As well as how to exploit every spam blocking software.
Now the problem with this is real businesses that have valid unsubscription and only contact you based of interaction by you or someone who used yoru e-mail address gets blocked by spam blocking/blacklisting. This forces the legitimate businesses to begin acting like spammers.
Actually no I don't have a 401k Plan. Where did I say they were all fat men. what I consider the haves as oppossed to the have nots. may be different from you. The haves are less then.5% of the population the rest of us are tryign to get by. a Hvae can lose there job and still never have to work again the have ntos might be able to last a year at most with public assistance.
Indian workers are in general have nots as is 99% of the world but I am sorry to say this but I am exploited by working the hours and for the wage I do. If I demand more my job might end up in another country. The boss pays less to the new employee and that employee can support his entire family on his/her earnings. Can you do that? That is where the problem lies. Everyone deserves a chance and anyone willing to work should have a chance to succeed. Thats not the case though and we all know it.
"Further, most web designers actually care about cross-platform capability (even if their customers don't)."
Your kidding me right. First question out of my mouth when I am asked to do a site is. What technologies do you intend to use. ie: What platform? What server? What web server?
I could care less what server they want it on or what technology they want to use. Unless they want JSP then I tell them to find someone else. As far as compatability you don't need.Net on your system for someone to view a.Net web page. My.Net sites are tested on Windows, OSX, and Linux. Tehy are tested on IE,Mozilla,Opera,and Konqueror.
I don't think its about net gains. Its more about those that have and those that have not. The people who have the money and own the companies make a profit by hiring them.
The problem arises in the fact that good paying jobs are leaving the country. Not that everyoen doesn't deserve a good wage. But the fact is the haves are taking decent paying jobs away from the have nots. both countries profit its true. but unless your one of the few who control the majority of wealth in this nation. Then your options for employment are being limited even more.
On the flip side it seems thoguh that these haves are exploiting the Indian workers. Since they can work for cheaper wages its less cost via the bottom line. more profit for them less they have to share with others.
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I have to agree with you I find this argument pretty bad. I have used DB2, Oracle, SQL Server 2000, Firebird, MySql and Postgre in Production Environments over the last few years. I have to say they all have good points and bad points. And since I do bother to take the time to set things up properly I have to report that I have never had one of these servers crash in a production environment. I have had slow-downs and other problems that are RDBMS specific but I have to say they are all decent to great products. I am not going to give my personal opinion about which one is better because that would be pretty stupid since they all have advantages and disadvantages.
I will say this however Most of the crap people experience with MySql is user configured error. Much like windows it is made easy to use not easy to use right. I have a windows server that runs very stable sure I have to reboot it every month or two for security patches but it never crashes and once a month is acceptable maintenance for me but I do know what I am doing with my server. Likewise I have Linux servers running perfectly even have a NetBSD Server running flawlessly. Does that make any of them better then the others? No, of course it doesn't but would your average windows user know how to set up a BSD or Linux box properly? More then likely not.
Most my experience helping users of MySql in particular are a group of people who don;t know how to use JOIN's let alone how to configure their MySql properly. They use some of the most horribly ugly PHP code I have ever seen. However, being a DBA turned developer I have to say most developers don't know how to set up and properly use an RDBMS. is this MySql's Fault because the users don't know what they are doing? If you mess up when building something in the real world because you didn't bother to read the manual does it make that product suck?
Overall I have to say This article was absolute crap the comparison were not valid even at the time of writing this. If you want to pick a RDBMS pick one that fits your needs. Cost? Required Throughput? Languages? Character Sets? Your Level of Skill? Answer these then you should be able to easily find the right RDBMS for you.
Actually I have to disagree with both of you I believe Foreign keys are useful in some cases but not in others. As far as the insertion of data and data control All database access should go through "Stored Procedures". No user of any application should have direct access to any table for insert or view. your stored procedure should handle all the checks you need. You can use a foreign key on top of it if you like. However if your right your procedures properly there is no need for foreign keys. No matter what application your using you have one access point the Stored Procedures. This controls what you can an cannot do and is a way better check on data integrity. Just remember to remove all access from the idiot developers to anything but your stored procedures. If they need something you don't have then you or whoever is your DBA writes it for them.
Oh and the general public is paying for this special interest group that is fighting?c ument_and_Microsoft_XML_formats/. So what is really going on here? Market share plain and simple this has nothing to do with what is best for users. This argument is a bunch of 'BS' it is similar to the BlueRay/HD debate sides have been chosen and now they are lobbying to get their choice made.
Nope sorry, their competitors are paying for it. Regardless of where I stand on the issue this is Microsoft vs its Office Competitors this is not a fight over an Open Document format this is a fight for business.
MS Offices newest Format is Open(Open XML) so that pretty much blows that train of thought out of the water. ODF and Open XML are different yes but they are both open. Which one is better you decide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_OpenDo
Even taking into account your Personal gain slant on Special Interest groups.
All Parties that are against Microsoft Proprietary Office formats stand to gain a foothold in a huge market by using open standards. If you believe otherwise your an idiot. IBM sells software not just Hardware you think for one second Lotus Notes wouldn't stand to gain market share if they use open standards. I believe Sun has Star Office that would also likely gain in popularity.
Before any of you go into the but you can get the software for free argument. You have to consider the fact that IE is Free as is Firefox yet they make money by users using their software advertising and bundling does earn you cash. So this model could work with Office suits as well. Not only that but interoperability between other programs is also a huge key to Offices success. If you can get a user using one of your products you can get them using others. Besides Governments always purchase support contracts.
Don't get me wrong I am all for open standards but do not think for one second that IBM or Sun in the reverse position would not be doing the same thing Microsoft is doing.
Umm Why not just download the official from the site http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/downlo ad.html?product=firefox-2.0&os=win&lang=en-US
It is not like it's not already posted they just haven't linked it ;-)
why wait? http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.htm l?product=firefox-2.0&os=win&lang=en-US
Sony Is crap they have been crap for a while I woudl rather save my money and spend it on somethign cheaper and more well made which is pretty much everything.
Oh and By the Way Boycotting Sony also means boycotting their games as well *COUGH* Everquest *COUGH*
Anyways I haven't looked back and haven't really cared since I did it.
So what if I miss a few stupid movies.(I can still catch them when they come on cable since I am not really paying for them)
So what if I miss out on a few decent games that only come out for Playstation(and when I say few I mean few)
I don't seem to miss it and my pocket book really thanks me.
So another company gets in trouble and to clear there name blames the best red herring(Microsoft) the can great. The only thing that has ever been proving is Microsoft bought Unix licenses when SCO threatened to sue. So what that doesn't prove anything if you run a company and you had a similar situation come up you have a lawyer look at it they tell you that the other company could win in litigation you then decide cost of lawyers vs cost of just paying them off. So you pay them off and continue using your legal team to fight monopoly charges.
Seriously Microsoft are not angels but neither are they devils. IBM has a long sorted past and history yet now we should all support them since they are promoting a product that can increase there market share? It just seems to me that until there is actual evidence one way or the other about this claim people should just leave them alone and give them the benefit of the doubt. If it is found that they really did do this then great flame on. But from experience, No Company would ever enter into any agreement where they invest a large some of money like they did without a CONTRACT. Seriously this is one of the most stupid things I have ever heard the whole basis of this article reminds me of a Darwin award story.
Seriously I think these formates are going to go out the way of laserdisk.
umm useing the callto:############### can prompt skype to make the call for you as well. it's not like it is genious or anything it defaults to the application set same as the mailto: function on the href.
Only took me 2 days to beat it and I got all the star coins and unlocked everything. You don't need to beat the game to unlock Luigi you can do that at any time by holding L+R and selecting a file. However if you want to get to those levels it is as simple as getting mini and beating the bosses remeber you need to butt stomp when your small to hurt anyone.
America took British Common Law as the standard, anything new superceedes it. However if there have been no ammendments or no new laws to superceede a law it falls back to the original.
Like a Fork in an open source project if there is no need to change it the original and the fork both share the same behavior and code.
Every State and Federal are all based on British Common Law except in the case of Louisianna whcih is based of French Common law.
I find Linux very easy to use but it is not as easy to use as Windows.
I am An american that lives and Works In Toronto. Is it Cheaper not really its similar. I actually get paid teh same as I was getting paid in San Diego dollar for dollar. The lifestyle is not that different. My taxes are only slightly higher then what I paid in California. However In Toronto they seem to not like Americans very much Dunno about other cities but those I meet from elsewhere seem to be a little nicer.
You can actually come to Canada and work if you get a job Offer in a few different areas which are covered by the NAFTA Agreement information concerning requirements and the actual occupations can be found here and here
Considering everythign I must say North America is more different Eat to west then it is From Canada to the US. Somethign to Consider.
Thankfully the people who write them have better grammar and spelling then mine :-)
OK the Company I work for send out mail to people who sign up for to use our software. We recently signed up for Whitelisting on AOL since we hit spam filters all the time. In the last week. I have had spam reported in the following instances.
Sign up confirmation letter with the users account and password.
Confirmation of Purchase made.
Notification taht their account is abotu to expire.
Notifcication of a new service sent to a user who opted in.
Now I am not condoning OPT-IN-REAL-BIG Which are huge spammers but he does have somewhat of a point. I find myself having to find ways around spam filters to get legitimate messages to our customers. It does make it rather hard to run a business when you keep getting reported as spam or filtered.
I have to say personally I do not like Spam Cop I get at least three reports a week from them and they are all valid e-mails. I also get filtered out by spam Assasin before it even gets to the client. So exactly how are we to communicate with our clients.
I have been spamming myself recently with stuff about Penis Enlargment. As well as I have gotten the same e-mail suppossidly from alot of other agencies that do mass mailings to our perspective clients. This is very common. I even get spam cop reports telling me that I have been spamming all kinds of things that have come from our servers that accourding to all mail logs never went out. So you can't really say for sure if he is doing it.
I get spamcop messages everyday. From peopel who visted our websites and said they would like to have special offers sent to them. of course we remove the addresses. But still I don't like spam cop its rather annoying.
Sorry to inform you of this but yes they do. Mass mailers used by legitament companies and spammers alike track this information. Legitimate companies that contact there clients usually will give up if the MTA cannot be found 10 attempts. With in a certain amount of time. In fact heres another bit of information you might not be aware of.
If your MTA is set to notify another MTA that an e-mail does not exist. You just gave them valuable information. they now know that they can now submit as many e-mails they want to you for testing without sending a message to aquire all teh e-mail addresses from your MTA. So your friendly message just ended up giving yours and everyone who uses your MTA on your domains email address to a spammer.
Thinkign that people are not suffisticated enough is pretty stupid. I could mention a few spammers who know more about mail protocol then any other person on the planet. As well as how to exploit every spam blocking software.
Now the problem with this is real businesses that have valid unsubscription and only contact you based of interaction by you or someone who used yoru e-mail address gets blocked by spam blocking/blacklisting. This forces the legitimate businesses to begin acting like spammers.
Actually no I don't have a 401k Plan. Where did I say they were all fat men. what I consider the haves as oppossed to the have nots. may be different from you. The haves are less then .5% of the population the rest of us are tryign to get by. a Hvae can lose there job and still never have to work again the have ntos might be able to last a year at most with public assistance.
Indian workers are in general have nots as is 99% of the world but I am sorry to say this but I am exploited by working the hours and for the wage I do. If I demand more my job might end up in another country. The boss pays less to the new employee and that employee can support his entire family on his/her earnings. Can you do that? That is where the problem lies. Everyone deserves a chance and anyone willing to work should have a chance to succeed. Thats not the case though and we all know it.
"Microsoft doesn't have to fire a shot if the Linux community chops themselves to pieces."
So no us vs them in the *NIX community but its okin the *nix vs Windows???
Interesting.
Do as you say not as you do??
"Further, most web designers actually care about cross-platform capability (even if their customers don't)."
.Net on your system for someone to view a .Net web page. My .Net sites are tested on Windows, OSX, and Linux. Tehy are tested on IE,Mozilla,Opera,and Konqueror.
Your kidding me right. First question out of my mouth when I am asked to do a site is. What technologies do you intend to use. ie: What platform? What server? What web server?
I could care less what server they want it on or what technology they want to use. Unless they want JSP then I tell them to find someone else. As far as compatability you don't need
They all work fine.
I don't think its about net gains. Its more about those that have and those that have not. The people who have the money and own the companies make a profit by hiring them.
The problem arises in the fact that good paying jobs are leaving the country. Not that everyoen doesn't deserve a good wage. But the fact is the haves are taking decent paying jobs away from the have nots. both countries profit its true. but unless your one of the few who control the majority of wealth in this nation. Then your options for employment are being limited even more.
On the flip side it seems thoguh that these haves are exploiting the Indian workers. Since they can work for cheaper wages its less cost via the bottom line. more profit for them less they have to share with others.
Dude that is my job I convert from ASP to C# or ASP to PHP or JSP to PHP. Thats all I do all day long. Oh and administrate the network.