The purpose of the investment was to make sure Corel could not create an alternative to windows. Corel Linux was the first distribution the average schmuck could install easily and use effectively. Microsoft killed Corel Linux development and more than got their money's worth out of the investment.
I have a new virus on my computer too.
It seems when the Norton Antivirus Updates subscription is not renewed after a year it becomes a virus that pops up a dialog box on your Windows computer each time your start it up for the day and asks if you will renew now or later (later being limited in selection to tomorrow).
Thanks for the sympathy.
The no classes in C story is hilarious. I wonder when all of this mess the certificate monkeys are doing finally collapses and WE THE REAL PROGRAMMERS can take over again.
I thought the original strategy of training programmers to code assembler first to understand the machine and then Pascal which enforced coding discipline because it was very strictly typed and introduced all of the key elements of high level languages like pointers while being simple to learn.
After that you introduced systems analysis and made students understand that computers are just sophisticated data processing, recording and retrieval systems and the important thing was what the people using the computer needed and wanted not what you the programmer thought they neeed. I taught computer science in college and it worked. Java teaches nothing. I used it in my university masters degree courses to do some quick 3D modeling, but I found it too easy to use. Allocation and deallocation handled by the compiler scares me.
I am serious about becoming a cop. I do not see the IT/MIS industry recovering within 5 to 10 years and I have trouble making enough to buy food.
I beleive the end of the depression in the 30's was a result of policies and procedures FDR put in place to remedy corporate, agricultural, industrial and finacial abuses of the 1920's that resulted in the great depression. WWII was not a solution to the depression, just a lucky coincidence that allowed the USA to suck every last penny out of Britian through the Lend-Lease Act.
The source of our current troubles begins with the adoption of a curious form of facism in the 1950s that repealed FSR's reforms under the ignorant non-leadership of Eisenhower, the dumbest cracker the Whitehouse ever hosted.
I could not agree more with your comments. The percentages for levels of programmers you estimate are nearly the same as mine (I think 5 to 10% of the programmers out there are very good to excellent).
My GPA was 4.0 (93% average). Almost no one seems to give a damn. America is becoming a mediocraty of its own creation.
Up here in Canada having MCSE and Cisco is a magic get a job card. A majority of the ads I have seen want one of three things:
SAP experince PeopleSoft Experience MCSE and/or CISCO
Almost noone wants real programmers for anything.
I once saw an ad for a project analyst that stated the job involved cost-benefit analysis, project management and change management. The ad went on to say MCSE was absolutely required and a degree in computer science was not! How did Microsquish convince all those pointy haired bosses that people that pass a 2 week MCSE course are excperienced geniuses?
As for the state of IT employment...
I have 20 years of experience in the MIS/IT industry, have had my code (I wrote it but do not own it) recently sold for millions to a foriegn firm. My research on bioinformatic systems to 3D model protien and RNA (viral) structures was canceled by provincial funding cuts. I write articles for IBM and Intel on programming. I graduated first in my class.
I am currently doing landscaping and construction work for food.
Technology is dead. I am going to informational seminars over the next month on becoming a prison guard or a cop (I was a bailiif before going to college). The only growth industry in America is crime.
Consider these time wasting idiots another scam to rip you off. Ignore the letter. If they do contact you tell them that you will press charges for harassment.
The BSA has no legal authority, anywhere. They can start a civil legal action on behalf of a member of the BSA if a complaint is made to them by a person who claims illegal copies of software are being used at a location.
Otherwise they can pee up a tree. The BSA is seeming to be running a protection racket like the Better Business Bureau, another bunch of crooks.
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The purpose of the investment was to make sure Corel could not create an alternative to windows. Corel Linux was the first distribution the average schmuck could install easily and use effectively. Microsoft killed Corel Linux development and more than got their money's worth out of the investment.
I have a new virus on my computer too. It seems when the Norton Antivirus Updates subscription is not renewed after a year it becomes a virus that pops up a dialog box on your Windows computer each time your start it up for the day and asks if you will renew now or later (later being limited in selection to tomorrow).
Thanks for the sympathy. The no classes in C story is hilarious. I wonder when all of this mess the certificate monkeys are doing finally collapses and WE THE REAL PROGRAMMERS can take over again. I thought the original strategy of training programmers to code assembler first to understand the machine and then Pascal which enforced coding discipline because it was very strictly typed and introduced all of the key elements of high level languages like pointers while being simple to learn. After that you introduced systems analysis and made students understand that computers are just sophisticated data processing, recording and retrieval systems and the important thing was what the people using the computer needed and wanted not what you the programmer thought they neeed. I taught computer science in college and it worked. Java teaches nothing. I used it in my university masters degree courses to do some quick 3D modeling, but I found it too easy to use. Allocation and deallocation handled by the compiler scares me. I am serious about becoming a cop. I do not see the IT/MIS industry recovering within 5 to 10 years and I have trouble making enough to buy food.
I beleive the end of the depression in the 30's was a result of policies and procedures FDR put in place to remedy corporate, agricultural, industrial and finacial abuses of the 1920's that resulted in the great depression. WWII was not a solution to the depression, just a lucky coincidence that allowed the USA to suck every last penny out of Britian through the Lend-Lease Act. The source of our current troubles begins with the adoption of a curious form of facism in the 1950s that repealed FSR's reforms under the ignorant non-leadership of Eisenhower, the dumbest cracker the Whitehouse ever hosted.
I could not agree more with your comments. The percentages for levels of programmers you estimate are nearly the same as mine (I think 5 to 10% of the programmers out there are very good to excellent). My GPA was 4.0 (93% average). Almost no one seems to give a damn. America is becoming a mediocraty of its own creation.
I only like to code for Linux or OS10 now.
Up here in Canada having MCSE and Cisco is a magic get a job card. A majority of the ads I have seen want one of three things:
SAP experince
PeopleSoft Experience
MCSE and/or CISCO
Almost noone wants real programmers for anything.
I once saw an ad for a project analyst that stated the job involved cost-benefit analysis, project management and change management. The ad went on to say MCSE was absolutely required and a degree in computer science was not! How did Microsquish convince all those pointy haired bosses that people that pass a 2 week MCSE course are excperienced geniuses?
As for the state of IT employment...
I have 20 years of experience in the MIS/IT industry, have had my code (I wrote it but do not own it) recently sold for millions to a foriegn firm. My research on bioinformatic systems to 3D model protien and RNA (viral) structures was canceled by provincial funding cuts. I write articles for IBM and Intel on programming. I graduated first in my class.
I am currently doing landscaping and construction work for food.
Technology is dead. I am going to informational seminars over the next month on becoming a prison guard or a cop (I was a bailiif before going to college). The only growth industry in America is crime.
Guns don't kill people, I kill people.
Consider these time wasting idiots another scam to rip you off. Ignore the letter. If they do contact you tell them that you will press charges for harassment. The BSA has no legal authority, anywhere. They can start a civil legal action on behalf of a member of the BSA if a complaint is made to them by a person who claims illegal copies of software are being used at a location. Otherwise they can pee up a tree. The BSA is seeming to be running a protection racket like the Better Business Bureau, another bunch of crooks.
Agreed, obviously an exercise of more dollars than sense.
Information without accuracy is rumor and benfeits none who hear it.