FreeIPA an open source project from Red Hat's Emerging Technologies Lab. It combines Kerberos, LDAP, DNS, NTP and provides a centralized webUI (CLI utils too) to manage it all. As well as simplified install packages for both the server and clients.
The next version due out this spring is planning to include things like full AD integration, centralized sudo and SELinux policy management, etc.Have a look at the roadmap on the freeipa website.
From the Systemax website:
Systemax(TM) is the Great American PC Maker.
Ask your current PC Vendor 3 questions:
1. Are 100% of their systems assembled in the USA by US workers?
2. Are 100% of their tech support calls and emails answered in the USA by US workers?
3. Do they have a company policy to NEVER export American jobs?
If they can't answer YES to all 3 questions, then come ask Systemax(TM). We say "Yes" to the American worker. We are the largest, most-reliable PC manufacturer in the country that can make these claims. We've been assembling and supporting the highest quality PCs for American businesses and families in Fletcher, Ohio for over 20 years. And here's a link to one of their ruggedized laptops:
Item # BTO 038651
There actually can be a profit for Intel if you look beyond the end user. It's not the end users buying these, it's world governments.
I agree wholeheartedly that the right thing to do for responsible corporations that actually care is to contribute to the OLPC project. Healthy competition makes sense on established commodities but less sense when we're dealing with matters of human rights and moral obligations. Providing the resources and tools to educate, feed and heal should not be things we compete on but rather collaborate on.
I just recently finished interviewing at Google for a Linux engineering position (sheesh, what a process). In the end, I had asked about the project work and was told that it was not an option. I got the impression that it was a benefit for the "special" employees not the average Googler. I also asked about telecommuting, which I do now 3-4 days per week and was also told that it was not an option. In the end, I was rather disappointed because what was described to me was essentially an operational support role. Which is fine I suppose for some people, but I've been there done that and have no intention of going back into that sort of job, even if it is at Google.
Are you referring to the ancestry claims that Commonwealth citizens could make? That requires that a grand-parent was a British citizen, otherwise you're in the same boat as everyone else.
The UK annouced just yesterday the details of the new points based immigration system, similar to the system used in Canada.
Basically, the more skills you have, the better your chances. But again, if it comes down to two highly skilled immigrant workers and one is from the EU and the other from the Commonwealth, then the EU citizen gets it.
Actually, as an EU member state the jobs must go to qualified EU nationals first. In the unlikely event that there are no EU nationals qualified for the posted position(s) that have applied after a mandatory 3 month public posting period, then they can submit the appropriate paper work to hire the "USian". Now, as an American company setting up shop in the UK, they can bring over some key US employees for some period of time to build the business there. Those work permits are very easy to get, but that doesnt help the non-Google American get a job at Google UK or any other EU company.
I agree that Sun is the only truly relevant/credible Unix company left.
Also, I found that Nexenta GNU/OpenSolaris was an easy way to quickly get my hands on to a recent OpenSolaris build without too much commitment (LiveCD). I'd recommend it to anyone who is curious about OpenSolaris but unwilling or unable to install it on their machine. Once it is out of alpha, I will almost certainly replace my FreeBSD box with Nexenta.
Right, and the people you're referring to are probably not maintaining multi-(m|b)illion dollar computer/network implementations. We are not talking about manual laborers here, we are talking about highly educated professionals and the resources required to perform the function they are employed for.
One wouldn't expect a fireman to buy his own fire truck or a commercial airline pilot to pay for the jet's fuel, etc. If a resource is "required" for a particular job function, than the employer should pay for that resource.
Now on the other hand if an employer paid for dsl, cell phones, etc. for all it's employees and had changed this policy to include only those for which it was a required resource, then I would agree that one should simply get over it and be happy that they got such a nice "perk" for as long as they had.
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I take it you you've never heard of FreeIPA?
FreeIPA an open source project from Red Hat's Emerging Technologies Lab. It combines Kerberos, LDAP, DNS, NTP and provides a centralized webUI (CLI utils too) to manage it all. As well as simplified install packages for both the server and clients.
http://www.freeipa.org/
Or if you want commerical support, Red Hat has their subscription re-spin of the product available too.
http://www.redhat.com/promo/ipa
The next version due out this spring is planning to include things like full AD integration, centralized sudo and SELinux policy management, etc.Have a look at the roadmap on the freeipa website.
Ask your current PC Vendor 3 questions:
1. Are 100% of their systems assembled in the USA by US workers?
2. Are 100% of their tech support calls and emails answered in the USA by US workers?
3. Do they have a company policy to NEVER export American jobs?
If they can't answer YES to all 3 questions, then come ask Systemax(TM). We say "Yes" to the American worker. We are the largest, most-reliable PC manufacturer in the country that can make these claims. We've been assembling and supporting the highest quality PCs for American businesses and families in Fletcher, Ohio for over 20 years. And here's a link to one of their ruggedized laptops: Item # BTO 038651
There actually can be a profit for Intel if you look beyond the end user. It's not the end users buying these, it's world governments. I agree wholeheartedly that the right thing to do for responsible corporations that actually care is to contribute to the OLPC project. Healthy competition makes sense on established commodities but less sense when we're dealing with matters of human rights and moral obligations. Providing the resources and tools to educate, feed and heal should not be things we compete on but rather collaborate on.
I just recently finished interviewing at Google for a Linux engineering position (sheesh, what a process). In the end, I had asked about the project work and was told that it was not an option. I got the impression that it was a benefit for the "special" employees not the average Googler. I also asked about telecommuting, which I do now 3-4 days per week and was also told that it was not an option. In the end, I was rather disappointed because what was described to me was essentially an operational support role. Which is fine I suppose for some people, but I've been there done that and have no intention of going back into that sort of job, even if it is at Google.
Are you referring to the ancestry claims that Commonwealth citizens could make? That requires that a grand-parent was a British citizen, otherwise you're in the same boat as everyone else. The UK annouced just yesterday the details of the new points based immigration system, similar to the system used in Canada. Basically, the more skills you have, the better your chances. But again, if it comes down to two highly skilled immigrant workers and one is from the EU and the other from the Commonwealth, then the EU citizen gets it.
Actually, as an EU member state the jobs must go to qualified EU nationals first. In the unlikely event that there are no EU nationals qualified for the posted position(s) that have applied after a mandatory 3 month public posting period, then they can submit the appropriate paper work to hire the "USian". Now, as an American company setting up shop in the UK, they can bring over some key US employees for some period of time to build the business there. Those work permits are very easy to get, but that doesnt help the non-Google American get a job at Google UK or any other EU company.
I agree that Sun is the only truly relevant/credible Unix company left.
Also, I found that Nexenta GNU/OpenSolaris was an easy way to quickly get my hands on to a recent OpenSolaris build without too much commitment (LiveCD). I'd recommend it to anyone who is curious about OpenSolaris but unwilling or unable to install it on their machine. Once it is out of alpha, I will almost certainly replace my FreeBSD box with Nexenta.
http://www.nexenta.org/Right, and the people you're referring to are probably not maintaining multi-(m|b)illion dollar computer/network implementations. We are not talking about manual laborers here, we are talking about highly educated professionals and the resources required to perform the function they are employed for. One wouldn't expect a fireman to buy his own fire truck or a commercial airline pilot to pay for the jet's fuel, etc. If a resource is "required" for a particular job function, than the employer should pay for that resource. Now on the other hand if an employer paid for dsl, cell phones, etc. for all it's employees and had changed this policy to include only those for which it was a required resource, then I would agree that one should simply get over it and be happy that they got such a nice "perk" for as long as they had.