They can also tell you that today is your last day for no reason at all. Or worse, call you after you've left for the day and tell you not to come back.
The cost of liability insurance can be prohibitively high or not available at all. I work for a company in the wireless space. We frequently see requests to indemnify against RF "frying your brain". Insurance companies (even the really big boys like Lloyds) won't touch it.
In many cases, there is no option for a more expensive software that comes with a guarantee. Yes, some software like hospital life support and air traffic control come with a guarantee, but that is why you will see many 'normal' sw mfgs license mention these applications by name and say that you should not use their product in these environments.
but they are not stupid. When considering this plan, I'm sure they anticipated the objection & litigation, but after consulting with their attorneys, they must have reached the conclusion that their position is defensible, and therefore winnable. It will be an interesting court case, that's for sure.
Perhaps replacement is an OK suggestion for at $500 desktop. A $30k (or more) server on the other hand deserves a little more attention before reaching that conclusion.
One thing I have noticed over time, is that fewer people (I'll leave age out of the equation) seem to understand how to tune a system or how to identify where the bottlenecks are. More frequently, I see sysadmin-types say that we need a new computer computer when what we need is more memory or faster I/O.
Some costs are fixed, like facilities-related costs, medical insurance and the like. Some are directly proportional to salary, like vacation, holidays, and employer contribution to social security. It really depends on how many benefits the employer provides and whether they are fixed or variable wrt salary. In some cases, 2 * $40k/yr will be measurably cheaper.
No, an $80k/yr person costs a company a lot more than $80k/yr. Benefits, vacation, holdays, insurance, cost of the space you occupy and utilities you use, etc...
Enterprise-class is management speak for "has a pretty GUI that a monkey can use". If one is managing thousands or tens of thousands of accounts, one doesn't want to pay somebody big bucks to do it using Open Source if said open source requires an $80k/yr person to administer it. It's a TCO calculation, nothing more.
I've been using vi for over 20 years. From time to time, I have tried to learn emacs (seeing the benefits) but the learning curve seems so steep, relative to just sticking with the statuis quote. Short of taking a couple of months off to focus on this extensiveley, what's the best way?
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They can also tell you that today is your last day for no reason at all. Or worse, call you after you've left for the day and tell you not to come back.
As in, the Chinese mfgs will be expected to pay some kind of licensing/royalty fee for the other formats and not for the PRC-developed one.
Remember Barbar the Elephant? That's what the EU running the Internet looks like.
When will you learn that you need something to set you apart? Windriver has dev tools. Hear that sound? It's Windriver eating your lunch.
That's the one Google will suck.
Kinda hard to "do no evil" when different people have different definitions.
Google needs to grow a pair and stand up on this issue rather than silently ignoring it and hoping it will go away.
NILFS is too close to MILFs
"Serenity is so like TV that it ought to come with a clicker so we can switch over to the next movie at the multiplex."
-- Kyle Smith, NEW YORK POST
The cost of liability insurance can be prohibitively high or not available at all. I work for a company in the wireless space. We frequently see requests to indemnify against RF "frying your brain". Insurance companies (even the really big boys like Lloyds) won't touch it.
In many cases, there is no option for a more expensive software that comes with a guarantee. Yes, some software like hospital life support and air traffic control come with a guarantee, but that is why you will see many 'normal' sw mfgs license mention these applications by name and say that you should not use their product in these environments.
if you ask them.
Flourinert would be a better pick, but the stuff is very expensive.
but they are not stupid. When considering this plan, I'm sure they anticipated the objection & litigation, but after consulting with their attorneys, they must have reached the conclusion that their position is defensible, and therefore winnable. It will be an interesting court case, that's for sure.
Perhaps replacement is an OK suggestion for at $500 desktop. A $30k (or more) server on the other hand deserves a little more attention before reaching that conclusion.
You mean to say, you don't know how these work? More's the pity.
One thing I have noticed over time, is that fewer people (I'll leave age out of the equation) seem to understand how to tune a system or how to identify where the bottlenecks are. More frequently, I see sysadmin-types say that we need a new computer computer when what we need is more memory or faster I/O.
Lockwood? Lockwood!
Actually, I think in that case it was embedded in the tooth and always on.
Some costs are fixed, like facilities-related costs, medical insurance and the like. Some are directly proportional to salary, like vacation, holidays, and employer contribution to social security. It really depends on how many benefits the employer provides and whether they are fixed or variable wrt salary. In some cases, 2 * $40k/yr will be measurably cheaper.
No, an $80k/yr person costs a company a lot more than $80k/yr. Benefits, vacation, holdays, insurance, cost of the space you occupy and utilities you use, etc...
Enterprise-class is management speak for "has a pretty GUI that a monkey can use". If one is managing thousands or tens of thousands of accounts, one doesn't want to pay somebody big bucks to do it using Open Source if said open source requires an $80k/yr person to administer it. It's a TCO calculation, nothing more.
The Japanese long ago mastered the art of making small animals look very big. So big they could destroy entire cities.
Infosys and Microsoft aren't in the same business. Outsourcer vs sw mfg.
You paid the round-eye price!!!???
My fingers are connected to my brina, I swear.
I've been using vi for over 20 years. From time to time, I have tried to learn emacs (seeing the benefits) but the learning curve seems so steep, relative to just sticking with the statuis quote. Short of taking a couple of months off to focus on this extensiveley, what's the best way?
As someone who is directly underneath the CIO at our company
You mean, you're his hot, nubile admin?