"A blind person can shoot a rifle by mounting an offset pistol scope on the side of the rifle instead of on top. This allows their companion behind them to peer over their shoulder and help them sight it, but the blind person can pull the trigger."
Oh, like that brake peddle they used to put in the drivers education cars when I was in highschool? If we can turn teenagers loose in automobiles, why not a blind person with a gun?
This whole outsourcing thing has made me sick. So companies want to save money, but what are they saying to their customers? This is based on revenue alone. The managers of these companies don't care about quality. Sure they'll tell you they do, but look at the quality of service they provide.
Now I'm not bashing the people doing the work. The whole deal just stinks for the customer. The companies move into these countries, start paying these people a ton of money. Other companies actively recruit people with the promise of more money. Hey, if the other company is going to pay me more to do the same job why not? I'd be out the door too. Now what does that do for the customer? The service they will get from a specific company isn't going to get any better once it is outsourced. The people with the best abilities will move on and leave the work to lesser qualifed people. To be optimistic, the oursourced staff may eventually be able to handle the job. But are the customers going to wait for them to figure it out? If the companies have done a good job of training the new hires then perhaps they have a chance. If the oursources can get the job done then great. But with the rate of turnover this is not happening.
Now here is where it really takes a noise dive. Who are training these new hires? The brighter people have moved on to bigger and better pastures, so you get some employee who bearly understands the job to train the new hires. Forget talking to the people that trained the first round of employees. They're gone. And along with with those people go the knowledge that the new hires need to atleast provide acceptable service.
Oh, and how about this? Say you've outsourced to India and you want to save even more money. Now that the outsourced staff in India are our "experianced" people. They get to train your new people when the new country the company is setting up shop in. Again, lack of experiance will lead to a lack of quality. If your customer made it through the first round of the oursourcing, you may lose them in the second. It is all a downward spiral from here. Sure it looks good this quarter, but how about 6 months or a year from now?
Hmm... Wasn't There Another Book That Answers Why?
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"What I don't understand is why desktop users who have no need of the "Unix philosophy" of data processing insist on complaining about an operating system that was designed to move DATA (not icons or mouse pointers) around efficiently."
Forget having no need. Let's start with the fact that they don't have a clue what "Unix philosophy" is.The ones that whine the most are the LAZIEST Windows users.
Find me a Windows user that can sort a text file from a command prompt and I'll trade you a needle I found in a haystack.
Maybe they should open source 2K and NT now. Perhaps there are Windows programmers all over the internet what would work for free making Windows better!
Did anyone scan the Windows source code for SCO IP? Oh silly me, Microsoft is protected. They bought a license didn't they.:D
Did any one happen to look at who some of the Canopy Companies are? I did a quick scan and noticed that one of the companies is Trolltech
Great... That is all we need, they'll go after the GPL'ed QT for Linux...:)
I would agree. Microsoft settled with these guys over DR DOS didn't they? To a certian extent we can rant all we want. But what happens in the court room is what will really matter. I just hope this case doesn't wind up in the hands of morons.
From what I remember flame war Linus was pretty fair in his criticism and his acceptance of fair criticism. The more I read this $C0 stuff, the more I realize that $C0 is committing extortion.
Now there has to be a reson why $C0 has been withholding the source code. Hmmm, let's get all the licensing money we can before we go to court? I don't think $S0 has the money. Othwise they would have filed that injuction that required a bond wouldn't they?
I can understand why Linus said $C0 is smoking crack. They haven't showed us anything. This is just a ploy for $C0's exec's to line their pockets before they bail off the sinking ship. Is it me or do I smell something like Enron?
When this finally goes to court I wonder what future $C0 will have. It is funny how the press always pits Linux against Windows. Linux isn't a Windows killer, its a Unix killer. Perhaps some one could buy $C0's legimate IP and open source it. I'm sure IBM, HP and all the rest wouldn't mind spending some of their $C0 licensing money on Linux. But then again if $C0 takes a dive I would expect IBM, HP and Sun to protect their investments. Once this goes to trial I think we'll see who are friends really are.
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The world forgot about SCO already?
What? No Tomb Radier?! Well, that does it for me. No Vista.l
Actually the patches are here: http://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/windowsxp.htm
"A blind person can shoot a rifle by mounting an offset pistol scope on the side of the rifle instead of on top. This allows their companion behind them to peer over their shoulder and help them sight it, but the blind person can pull the trigger."
Oh, like that brake peddle they used to put in the drivers education cars when I was in highschool? If we can turn teenagers loose in automobiles, why not a blind person with a gun?
"As a long time British colony, many Indians speak relatively fluent English"
Hmm, how come I never get to talk to the "relatively fluent" Indians?
This whole outsourcing thing has made me sick. So companies want to save money, but what are they saying to their customers? This is based on revenue alone. The managers of these companies don't care about quality. Sure they'll tell you they do, but look at the quality of service they provide.
Now I'm not bashing the people doing the work. The whole deal just stinks for the customer. The companies move into these countries, start paying these people a ton of money. Other companies actively recruit people with the promise of more money. Hey, if the other company is going to pay me more to do the same job why not? I'd be out the door too. Now what does that do for the customer? The service they will get from a specific company isn't going to get any better once it is outsourced. The people with the best abilities will move on and leave the work to lesser qualifed people. To be optimistic, the oursourced staff may eventually be able to handle the job. But are the customers going to wait for them to figure it out? If the companies have done a good job of training the new hires then perhaps they have a chance. If the oursources can get the job done then great. But with the rate of turnover this is not happening.
Now here is where it really takes a noise dive. Who are training these new hires? The brighter people have moved on to bigger and better pastures, so you get some employee who bearly understands the job to train the new hires. Forget talking to the people that trained the first round of employees. They're gone. And along with with those people go the knowledge that the new hires need to atleast provide acceptable service.
Oh, and how about this? Say you've outsourced to India and you want to save even more money. Now that the outsourced staff in India are our "experianced" people. They get to train your new people when the new country the company is setting up shop in. Again, lack of experiance will lead to a lack of quality. If your customer made it through the first round of the oursourcing, you may lose them in the second. It is all a downward spiral from here. Sure it looks good this quarter, but how about 6 months or a year from now?
"When houses, restauants, shops, shopping centers can be made according to the ancient science of Vastu Shastra then why cann't the Websites also follow the same rules" Hmmm.. Seems like I remember a book that answers this question. http://www.amazon.com/Web-Pages-That-Suck-Looking/ dp/078212187X/ref=pd_sim_b_1/002-7345104-9047259
So did Barbie dump Ken for Tux? Ken is such a luser.. Oh wait... Tux has a girlfriend.
If it is ported, I want it on cassette!
Maybe they should open source 2K and NT now. Perhaps there are Windows programmers all over the internet what would work for free making Windows better! Did anyone scan the Windows source code for SCO IP? Oh silly me, Microsoft is protected. They bought a license didn't they. :D
Did any one happen to look at who some of the Canopy Companies are? I did a quick scan and noticed that one of the companies is Trolltech Great... That is all we need, they'll go after the GPL'ed QT for Linux... :)
I would agree. Microsoft settled with these guys over DR DOS didn't they? To a certian extent we can rant all we want. But what happens in the court room is what will really matter. I just hope this case doesn't wind up in the hands of morons.
From what I remember flame war Linus was pretty fair in his criticism and his acceptance of fair criticism. The more I read this $C0 stuff, the more I realize that $C0 is committing extortion.
Now there has to be a reson why $C0 has been withholding the source code. Hmmm, let's get all the licensing money we can before we go to court? I don't think $S0 has the money. Othwise they would have filed that injuction that required a bond wouldn't they?
I can understand why Linus said $C0 is smoking crack. They haven't showed us anything. This is just a ploy for $C0's exec's to line their pockets before they bail off the sinking ship. Is it me or do I smell something like Enron?
When this finally goes to court I wonder what future $C0 will have. It is funny how the press always pits Linux against Windows. Linux isn't a Windows killer, its a Unix killer. Perhaps some one could buy $C0's legimate IP and open source it. I'm sure IBM, HP and all the rest wouldn't mind spending some of their $C0 licensing money on Linux. But then again if $C0 takes a dive I would expect IBM, HP and Sun to protect their investments. Once this goes to trial I think we'll see who are friends really are.
It was worth the ten bucks to see Monica Bellucci in IMAX.
Really..... Can't say the same thing for Monica Bellucci.