The article was mentioning something about THE IMAGE of IT industry and I think that it is one of the biggest reasons why not many women go into IT. Ms. Fiorina does not fit into the stereo typical image of IT person, but I look at her as a businesswoman (good sharp one, of course) not as an IT person; many others, I'm guessing, view her as a businesswoman as well. So the image of IT industry (mostly geeky looking pale extra thin or chubby men) hasn't really changed much. Hmmm... yet another reason why we have to think about what Mr. B. G. is doing to the whole IT industry.
> How many of you found it beneficial to expound on the virtues of open source software or the beauty of TCP/IP structure during a date?
Jennifer Lopez was being interviewed by TechTV a short while ago and making a pretty profound comment. To summarize it, she was saying that she doesn't care much about computers, but her fiance (Ben Affleck) is really into computers (pretty hardcore geek from what I guess from the Ben Affleck interview also at TechTV). So whenever computer stuff comes up, one asks for a generous help and the other, the hero, rescues her. That's why everything works out great! The point is this; great understanding and appreciation of the beauty of TCP/IP (or UDDI or SOAP or.NET or whatever) may not directly get you a date, BUT the fact that only small number of women study computer science would be very beneficial to establish a great relationship in the end.
> The certificates are good for any software or computer hardware, not just Microsoft's.
Yes, but even if vouchers are good for ANY software or computer hardware, knowing the MS's current position in the market, wouldn't most people get new Windows or products on Windows platform instead of trying out Linux or BSD? If that's the case, wouldn't the settlement only benefit MS in a long run?
Well, it might be that CED curses, screams and yells at you EVERYDAY because it's a small company.
PS That's my story by the way. But I'm out of there now; it was absolutely ridiculous to stay there. I'm starting up new company with my friend now and there will be no cursing, screaming or yelling.
Wouldn't that be interesting if our beloved Slashdot starts taking video/audio submission (someday)? So instead of just reading headlines at Slashdot, we'll be reading, listening and watching headlines submitted to Slashdot. That's like new generation of tech news? Many people here submit stories that we can categorize into "Tomorrow's World", so it might become something to... watch, listen and read. How does this idea sound? If and when something like that gets on the net, we're not gonna miss shows like "Tomorrow's World", are we?
> considering that Java 2.0 will be out real soon now (tm),
Java 2.0? I've been looking for information about the release of Java 2.0 for last couple of hours (since I read your post), but I haven't found any. Are you sure Sun is releasing Java 2.0? Look, even if it were true, when is it really going to be released?
> First off, it uses Java, which is notoriously non- FREE.
Are you talking about Java Verification Program (US$15,000 wow... http://www.keylabs.com/j2ee/trademark.html). Yes, it costs you a bit to get the license, but as long as you are writing (even enterprise) application for you or your organization, it's really free, right? No source code available for Sun JDK, but it costs US$0.00 to download it and use it, doesn't it?
> Second off, they rely on the PGP encryption too, which is closed source,...
The reason that we have PGP today is that the author decided to make it open source (for various reasons), right? I just checked PGP Corporation web site (http://www.pgp.com/display.php?pageID=51#anch107) and they say that the source code is available. Am I missing something here?
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The article was mentioning something about THE IMAGE of IT industry and I think that it is one of the biggest reasons why not many women go into IT. Ms. Fiorina does not fit into the stereo typical image of IT person, but I look at her as a businesswoman (good sharp one, of course) not as an IT person; many others, I'm guessing, view her as a businesswoman as well. So the image of IT industry (mostly geeky looking pale extra thin or chubby men) hasn't really changed much. Hmmm... yet another reason why we have to think about what Mr. B. G. is doing to the whole IT industry.
> How many of you found it beneficial to expound on the virtues of open source software or the beauty of TCP/IP structure during a date?
.NET or whatever) may not directly get you a date, BUT the fact that only small number of women study computer science would be very beneficial to establish a great relationship in the end.
Jennifer Lopez was being interviewed by TechTV a short while ago and making a pretty profound comment. To summarize it, she was saying that she doesn't care much about computers, but her fiance (Ben Affleck) is really into computers (pretty hardcore geek from what I guess from the Ben Affleck interview also at TechTV). So whenever computer stuff comes up, one asks for a generous help and the other, the hero, rescues her. That's why everything works out great! The point is this; great understanding and appreciation of the beauty of TCP/IP (or UDDI or SOAP or
> The certificates are good for any software or computer hardware, not just Microsoft's.
Yes, but even if vouchers are good for ANY software or computer hardware, knowing the MS's current position in the market, wouldn't most people get new Windows or products on Windows platform instead of trying out Linux or BSD? If that's the case, wouldn't the settlement only benefit MS in a long run?
> The Government
As far as I'm concerned any government job (well, 99.9%) is a permanent retirement. I'd have to ask "What's life for?"
> CEO says hello to you everyday
Well, it might be that CED curses, screams and yells at you EVERYDAY because it's a small company.
PS That's my story by the way. But I'm out of there now; it was absolutely ridiculous to stay there. I'm starting up new company with my friend now and there will be no cursing, screaming or yelling.
Wouldn't that be interesting if our beloved Slashdot starts taking video/audio submission (someday)? So instead of just reading headlines at Slashdot, we'll be reading, listening and watching headlines submitted to Slashdot. That's like new generation of tech news? Many people here submit stories that we can categorize into "Tomorrow's World", so it might become something to... watch, listen and read. How does this idea sound? If and when something like that gets on the net, we're not gonna miss shows like "Tomorrow's World", are we?
> considering that Java 2.0 will be out real soon now (tm),
Java 2.0? I've been looking for information about the release of Java 2.0 for last couple of hours (since I read your post), but I haven't found any. Are you sure Sun is releasing Java 2.0? Look, even if it were true, when is it really going to be released?
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) and they say that the source code is available. Am I missing something here?
> First off, it uses Java, which is notoriously non- FREE.
Are you talking about Java Verification Program (US$15,000 wow... http://www.keylabs.com/j2ee/trademark.html). Yes, it costs you a bit to get the license, but as long as you are writing (even enterprise) application for you or your organization, it's really free, right? No source code available for Sun JDK, but it costs US$0.00 to download it and use it, doesn't it?
> Second off, they rely on the PGP encryption too, which is closed source,
The reason that we have PGP today is that the author decided to make it open source (for various reasons), right? I just checked PGP Corporation web site (http://www.pgp.com/display.php?pageID=51#anch107