Managers may be afraid of unknown open source packages but much of what they do is governed, managed if you will, by open source software. As has been said time and again here the internet and much of the global communication grid is dependent on open source offerings. It what they don't know that they fear. Nobody ever got fired for choosing Microsoft.
Not without inflicting majok dammage to US and international business. Regardless of how you feel about them as a company they are an economic force affecting jobs, pensions and service sectors.
I've used IPCop a few times doing some complex tasks (VPN's, VOIP, VTC) and have been generally satisfied with how things worked but look forward to the next major rev of the product based on the 2.6 kernel. The current IPsec implementation is OpenSWAN based and I prefer the native ipsec included with the 2.6. This by no means diminishes the effort of the IPCop team, it's a good product.
NIST Net (http://www-x.antd.nist.gov/nistnet) can be used for latency and bandwith simulation. It is no longer supported though. Not sure what other free alternatives are out there.
Red Hat charges a premium for RHEL AS, less for ES and WS is priced similarly to Microsoft products. Fedora on the other hand is free. I don't see a problem here. What RHEL does for business and government is offer a validated, supported and, most important for my organization, certfied product. RHEL4 is Common Criteria Scheme certified at CAPP/EAL4+. This means we can use it without justification something we can not do currently with Fedora or the new Oracle offering for that matter.
Seems like the majority of Asterisk support has been for SIP phones. Some support for SCCP phones such as the 7910. Be nice if more low end phone support was available. Overall, Asterisk seems much nice than CCM and does not rely on a OS/Application installation.
Local businesses are cooncerned when Walmart sets up shop in much the same way. Gooooooooogle could be formidible competition to established ISP's and they know it based on a track record of success. The consumers generally win though.
Microsoft has established itself as a standard so much so that even a 'unbiased' consumer organization such as Consumer Reports basically only acknowledges MS when reviewing computers and making recommendations. Apple is a player but not top tier. It's no wonder AV companies pander to MS and spread FUD. Logically, one would think that a business that exists to correct flaws in another product would lead consumers to shy away form that product but no, because MS is a standard.
Not so much crashing but 1.5 seems slower. Especially noticeable with several (or many) tabs open. Systems I've noticed this on were not low end either. And OS did not matter, Windows XP, RHEL and Fedora all were sluggish. Seems like 1.0.7 offered a better all around browser experience.
As a parent of a rising high school senior with AP calc and Latin on the schedule I agree. Seems like academic performance is considered genetic but the sports participants have to work or their success. My kids, the rising senior and the college junior worked very hard for what they earned. As parents we set standards and provided an environment condusive to learning but the kids did/do the work.
Not to troll but WinME was immune to many of the problems which plagued later versions of Windows. Does that not count for anything? Of course, it rarely stayed up long enough to be useful as a bot or much else for that matter...
"Some "good" news, however - SP2 seems to prevent this music from playing in the background."
Since Napster is out and other P2P apps will land me in jail I was hoping this music would be a way to add to my MP3 collection. Damn SP2!
As much as Slashdot and other white hat leaning movements fight the good fight the motivation of the 'ememy', perceived as terrorists, spammers, greedy bastards or script kiddies test driving internet mayhem will continue to have the upper hand. The wild west metaphor often describing the lawlessness of the internet is real. As much as we hate the NSA and other invasive orginizations they impose structure and laws. Chaos is the alternative.
For some reason Barry Bonds comes to mind when I read the article subject. AS skewed as the sports playing field is now I shudder to think what things might be like once the 'designers' get a hold of something like this. The Tour de France in one day?
Begrudgingly I made the same decision. Over 25 years ago I bought the original Sony Walkman and the engineering was inovative and exciting. For years Sony meant superior vision and engineering wonders. I own Sony camera's, TV, monitors, etc. but have reached the point of dumping Sony altogether. I don't know if it was the passing of Akio Morita or what but Sony has not been the same company of late. It's too bad really.
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continues to exist yes. Not wishing to start a(nother) flame war but the industry exists because of MS.
You don't just buy Microsoft, you buy _into_ Microsoft. It often is a life sentence.
Managers may be afraid of unknown open source packages but much of what they do is governed, managed if you will, by open source software. As has been said time and again here the internet and much of the global communication grid is dependent on open source offerings. It what they don't know that they fear. Nobody ever got fired for choosing Microsoft.
Celebrities should be seen not heard.
Not without inflicting majok dammage to US and international business. Regardless of how you feel about them as a company they are an economic force affecting jobs, pensions and service sectors.
I've used IPCop a few times doing some complex tasks (VPN's, VOIP, VTC) and have been generally satisfied with how things worked but look forward to the next major rev of the product based on the 2.6 kernel. The current IPsec implementation is OpenSWAN based and I prefer the native ipsec included with the 2.6. This by no means diminishes the effort of the IPCop team, it's a good product.
thank you, thank you and thank you. Really, I mean it. Flame on!
I need to change that Darwin fish with legs thing on my automobile to a dolphin with legs. Nobody can be offended by that now, right?
NIST Net (http://www-x.antd.nist.gov/nistnet) can be used for latency and bandwith simulation. It is no longer supported though. Not sure what other free alternatives are out there.
Red Hat charges a premium for RHEL AS, less for ES and WS is priced similarly to Microsoft products. Fedora on the other hand is free. I don't see a problem here. What RHEL does for business and government is offer a validated, supported and, most important for my organization, certfied product. RHEL4 is Common Criteria Scheme certified at CAPP/EAL4+. This means we can use it without justification something we can not do currently with Fedora or the new Oracle offering for that matter.
And the irony is beta Google software is better than production offerings more often than not.
Sounds easy but if you already own a couple hundred SCCP only capable phones you lament SCCP support. Such is life...
Seems like the majority of Asterisk support has been for SIP phones. Some support for SCCP phones such as the 7910. Be nice if more low end phone support was available. Overall, Asterisk seems much nice than CCM and does not rely on a OS/Application installation.
Local businesses are cooncerned when Walmart sets up shop in much the same way. Gooooooooogle could be formidible competition to established ISP's and they know it based on a track record of success. The consumers generally win though.
Microsoft has established itself as a standard so much so that even a 'unbiased' consumer organization such as Consumer Reports basically only acknowledges MS when reviewing computers and making recommendations. Apple is a player but not top tier. It's no wonder AV companies pander to MS and spread FUD. Logically, one would think that a business that exists to correct flaws in another product would lead consumers to shy away form that product but no, because MS is a standard.
Not so much crashing but 1.5 seems slower. Especially noticeable with several (or many) tabs open. Systems I've noticed this on were not low end either. And OS did not matter, Windows XP, RHEL and Fedora all were sluggish. Seems like 1.0.7 offered a better all around browser experience.
As a parent of a rising high school senior with AP calc and Latin on the schedule I agree. Seems like academic performance is considered genetic but the sports participants have to work or their success. My kids, the rising senior and the college junior worked very hard for what they earned. As parents we set standards and provided an environment condusive to learning but the kids did/do the work.
Not to troll but WinME was immune to many of the problems which plagued later versions of Windows. Does that not count for anything? Of course, it rarely stayed up long enough to be useful as a bot or much else for that matter...
"Some "good" news, however - SP2 seems to prevent this music from playing in the background." Since Napster is out and other P2P apps will land me in jail I was hoping this music would be a way to add to my MP3 collection. Damn SP2!
As much as Slashdot and other white hat leaning movements fight the good fight the motivation of the 'ememy', perceived as terrorists, spammers, greedy bastards or script kiddies test driving internet mayhem will continue to have the upper hand. The wild west metaphor often describing the lawlessness of the internet is real. As much as we hate the NSA and other invasive orginizations they impose structure and laws. Chaos is the alternative.
"Wear 'em" - signed, US Government
"People Suck at Spotting Phishing" that is "Why Emails Are Misunderstood".
Now I know why I get headaches and feel generally lousy at work. I assumed my job sucked but now I know it's just bad electricity.
For some reason Barry Bonds comes to mind when I read the article subject. AS skewed as the sports playing field is now I shudder to think what things might be like once the 'designers' get a hold of something like this. The Tour de France in one day?
Begrudgingly I made the same decision. Over 25 years ago I bought the original Sony Walkman and the engineering was inovative and exciting. For years Sony meant superior vision and engineering wonders. I own Sony camera's, TV, monitors, etc. but have reached the point of dumping Sony altogether. I don't know if it was the passing of Akio Morita or what but Sony has not been the same company of late. It's too bad really.