One wonders if the government will start insourcing IT projects again since their outsourced service providers seem to suck.
Not sure that would change anything. There's not much that the federal govt. touches that it can't screw up. My impression after having worked for the govt. for a number of years is that it mostly stems from Congress. And sadly, I don't see Congress acting more wisely anytime soon.
I somewhat disagree. I thought it had elements of both (a) f you, you're not our only audience and we know better than you and (b) we're sorry the implementation sucks balls and we'll fix it.
I'd say it's a mea culpa regarding the less important stuff, and a big f u regarding the more important stuff.
Agreed. As a former U.S. govt. employee, I can honestly say that the red tape is 70% of why I left. Between security ("IA") policies that gave no consideration to productivity, and purchasing requirements that ignored opportunity costs and red-tape-compliance labor costs, I just didn't feel like I'd get as much software developed during my career as I wanted to.
Timothy, I still don't think you understand what we're looking for.
What you need to preserve, to keep me at least, is a rating system where each of my best posts fluctuates wildly between -1 and +5 over the course of the day, while I curse the quality of both moderators and meta-moderators.
If you can't preserve that dynamic, I'm outta here!
What do you do about Bill Gates, who could claim tens of millions of dollars from a being pulled away from work for a day or two. Small towns would be afraid of ticketing any Mercedes or Porsches.
I think you're inadvertently making another important point. Attractive women aren't just distracting. They can completely disrupt many men's brains for long periods.
I recognize Nixie as smart and insightful. I also can help spending 80% of the time I see her daydreaming about sleeping with her.
If I had to work with her, this would be a serious problem for me. I'm not saying that's grounds to not hire attractive women, but it might be why I'd have to look for another job myself.
All you're doing is stating that you hold positions that are firmly contrary to the Republican platform, and emoting at how amazed you are at the chasm.
That's nothing remotely like an argument for how you're right and they're wrong.
'We are the only ones who can harness the power of software and deliver it through devices and services that truly empower every individual and every organization.'
The main thing I can think of that makes Microsoft uniquely position for anything is its semi-monopoly status. Is he arguing that they'll use that to take over a new market?
But at least you're getting a group-policy rate that the employer had negotiated, rather than an open-market individual/family rate. It's better than (pre-ACA) open-market plans, I suspect.
I'm considering buying an M6800 workstation-class laptop from them. But it's only worthwhile if they'll be able to honor a 3-year warranty.
This uncertainty might cost them my business. Their only saving grace is that their primary competitor for my business, HP, is also causing me to doubt.
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One wonders if the government will start insourcing IT projects again since their outsourced service providers seem to suck.
Not sure that would change anything. There's not much that the federal govt. touches that it can't screw up. My impression after having worked for the govt. for a number of years is that it mostly stems from Congress. And sadly, I don't see Congress acting more wisely anytime soon.
I guess the poster didn't really claim to work for NASA. So maybe that don't actually have dress codes?
I somewhat disagree. I thought it had elements of both (a) f you, you're not our only audience and we know better than you and (b) we're sorry the implementation sucks balls and we'll fix it.
I'd say it's a mea culpa regarding the less important stuff, and a big f u regarding the more important stuff.
Oh, and BTW, I thought your post was very funny.
Agreed. As a former U.S. govt. employee, I can honestly say that the red tape is 70% of why I left. Between security ("IA") policies that gave no consideration to productivity, and purchasing requirements that ignored opportunity costs and red-tape-compliance labor costs, I just didn't feel like I'd get as much software developed during my career as I wanted to.
Your complaint is so yesterday morning. Timothy issued a (sort of) mea culpa yesterday.
The comment system isn't finished yet, that's for sure
But that's the most frustrating thing of all! This is /. Comments should have been the first thing you got right. The comments make the site.
Apparently you haven't seen most of my comments...
Timothy, I still don't think you understand what we're looking for.
What you need to preserve, to keep me at least, is a rating system where each of my best posts fluctuates wildly between -1 and +5 over the course of the day, while I curse the quality of both moderators and meta-moderators.
If you can't preserve that dynamic, I'm outta here!
The problem seems to be /. 's owners not knowing they'll be shit.
Put him in the 95% tax bracket where he belongs, and let him speed all he wants?
Can you think of any solutions the problem that don't involve such aggressive taxation?
What do you do about Bill Gates, who could claim tens of millions of dollars from a being pulled away from work for a day or two. Small towns would be afraid of ticketing any Mercedes or Porsches.
As an uncle, I feel a heightened sense of urgency in this matter.
No offense, but perhaps that's why we have Silicon Valley and Boston/Cambridge, but you don't.
I think everyone on Slashdot has a story about women just feigning interest in coding because they want a one night stand.
I think you're inadvertently making another important point. Attractive women aren't just distracting. They can completely disrupt many men's brains for long periods.
I recognize Nixie as smart and insightful. I also can help spending 80% of the time I see her daydreaming about sleeping with her.
If I had to work with her, this would be a serious problem for me. I'm not saying that's grounds to not hire attractive women, but it might be why I'd have to look for another job myself.
All you're doing is stating that you hold positions that are firmly contrary to the Republican platform, and emoting at how amazed you are at the chasm.
That's nothing remotely like an argument for how you're right and they're wrong.
Well, they don't fuck up by paying for doctors to murder babies.
See what I did there?
You forgot that we now torture people, too.
The main thing I can think of that makes Microsoft uniquely position for anything is its semi-monopoly status. Is he arguing that they'll use that to take over a new market?
If he was humbled by being appointed CEO, then one of several things is true:
(A) He doesn't know what "humbled" means.
(B) He has a very bizarre psyche.
(C) He thinks that being made CEO is a punishment for some mistake he's made in his current job.
I've read from others that it depends on which product line you buy.
I would think that private companies can maximize whatever the hell they want: short-term profit, long-term profit, the number of frogs in Ohio, etc.
But at least you're getting a group-policy rate that the employer had negotiated, rather than an open-market individual/family rate. It's better than (pre-ACA) open-market plans, I suspect.
I'm considering buying an M6800 workstation-class laptop from them. But it's only worthwhile if they'll be able to honor a 3-year warranty.
This uncertainty might cost them my business. Their only saving grace is that their primary competitor for my business, HP, is also causing me to doubt.
I don't know what it is, but I'm prepared to pay you $10,000 for it right now.