We are starting to deploy the cards on sales laptops. While most of our sales guys are out of the highest speed markets noted in the article, the card and software have worked very well and both are an absolute cinch to install and use.
going to force Microsoft to spend more time on security and stability, and less time on adding new features.
Doing so definitely cuts into their marketing ambitions. This is a big deal for any company looking to make money and continuing to do so.
The problem is, how do you achieve the balance between writing good code and making deadlines? I think this question goes beyond the problem MS is facing and extends to all of us in small shops too, where we are expected to write amazing code but are never given the time to do The Right Thing (tm).
I'm on the fence with this issue. I see the side about earning a paycheck. I understand the rewards that go along with altruism. I understand the need for standards and most importantly open standards. But, we all need to make a paycheck. Plain and simple. Say for a moment free software does continue to be successful, even enormously successful over the next few years, what does the future look like to those thinking of entering the field at that time?
And who are the (l)users? The persons who use a computer as a tool to get their job done? The persons who don't think of their OS as a religion? The persons who given in and try Open Source software only to find that a good deal of software isn't as usable as it could be? When they ask or comment they are thrown to the wolves.
OMG..imagine a guy who has done a good deal of visible work for the Open Source cause, points out a weakness or simply an area that needs some improvement, and the most visible and shocking comments on/. are the ones knocking the guy. Very little in the way of, "yeah things could be better...How do we fix this? How do we help?"
Technology hasn't made it less stressful for me. Instead, with every new release of foo, expectations are heightened and project completion time tables are shortened based on the marketing brochures or eager sales reps who will say just about anything about the new foo to a desperate ear. I or anyone else in the group then feels the stress of not "living up to" the claims of the technology.
I worked doing tech support at an ISP some years ago. Once I gained more knowledge I moved on to bigger and better things. It cannot be easy to hold on to talented tech support persons for the relatively low pay they receive vs the stress of dealing with irate customers and the pressure of keeping call times down. Most probably move on like I did.
Initially when this happened I thought seeing the content of files leaked would be telling as to whether the source was stumbled upon and leaked or someone who had knowledge of the source tree leaked the files.
About 2% of those users actually use any of the 'features' or even much more than Word
And how many Openoffice users use the vast majority of features available in Openoffice? I agree with you that few people use most features, however that is generally the case with a lot of software.
I don't agree with you that most users of MS Office feel they need the product to be productive. I'd bet there are more users than not who have *no choice* but to use MS Office where they work or software has been purchased that hooks into MS Office and *only* that office suite.
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I'm at the same point you are with Kylix. Too many misc. errors to deal with.
I also ran into the problem that very few components that were available on the Windows side were available on the Linux side with Kylix. The lure of cross platform quickly withered away.
I absolutely agree with what you wrote. Both teams for OpenSSL and OpenSSH have been *very* responsive and very professional about the situtation. Not only that but the various communities behind each product are always helpful in times of patching and understanding the extent of the situation.
I was simply finding a sort of irony to two of the entries.
If I'm finger pointing from the Windows side of the fence, I'd laugh that a security library from which secure applications are built upon and a protocol to increase security both put one at risk and both made a top ten list.
Both pieces of software are written by persons with security on their minds. Both pieces of software are written in an open fashion.
"...Yahoo has Solaris, BSD, and Linux versions of the messenger..."
To further support your point, Yahoo has an OS X client as well.
http://download.yahoo.com/dl/mac/ymsgr_2.5.3-osx_i nstall.bin
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With an RMS value of 194 decibels
Wow, RMS gets pretty loud ranting about GNU. :-)
We are starting to deploy the cards on sales laptops. While most of our sales guys are out of the highest speed markets noted in the article, the card and software have worked very well and both are an absolute cinch to install and use.
going to force Microsoft to spend more time on security and stability, and less time on adding new features.
Doing so definitely cuts into their marketing ambitions. This is a big deal for any company looking to make money and continuing to do so.
The problem is, how do you achieve the balance between writing good code and making deadlines? I think this question goes beyond the problem MS is facing and extends to all of us in small shops too, where we are expected to write amazing code but are never given the time to do The Right Thing (tm).
I'm on the fence with this issue. I see the side about earning a paycheck. I understand the rewards that go along with altruism. I understand the need for standards and most importantly open standards. But, we all need to make a paycheck. Plain and simple. Say for a moment free software does continue to be successful, even enormously successful over the next few years, what does the future look like to those thinking of entering the field at that time?
And who are the (l)users? The persons who use a computer as a tool to get their job done? The persons who don't think of their OS as a religion? The persons who given in and try Open Source software only to find that a good deal of software isn't as usable as it could be? When they ask or comment they are thrown to the wolves.
OMG..imagine a guy who has done a good deal of visible work for the Open Source cause, points out a weakness or simply an area that needs some improvement, and the most visible and shocking comments on /. are the ones knocking the guy. Very little in the way of, "yeah things could be better...How do we fix this? How do we help?"
Technology hasn't made it less stressful for me. Instead, with every new release of foo, expectations are heightened and project completion time tables are shortened based on the marketing brochures or eager sales reps who will say just about anything about the new foo to a desperate ear. I or anyone else in the group then feels the stress of not "living up to" the claims of the technology.
No, you save those for a rainy day when you need to exert leverage. :-) Those days are coming up for Microsoft in its battle against Open Source.
I worked doing tech support at an ISP some years ago. Once I gained more knowledge I moved on to bigger and better things. It cannot be easy to hold on to talented tech support persons for the relatively low pay they receive vs the stress of dealing with irate customers and the pressure of keeping call times down. Most probably move on like I did.
Sadly, the Centrino support will most likely be a proprietary driver, but it's better than nothing.
I'll take proprietary drivers if it means I can use the hardware I like with the OS I love to get work done.
Anyway what's the point in seeing/having it?
Initially when this happened I thought seeing the content of files leaked would be telling as to whether the source was stumbled upon and leaked or someone who had knowledge of the source tree leaked the files.
About 2% of those users actually use any of the 'features' or even much more than Word
And how many Openoffice users use the vast majority of features available in Openoffice? I agree with you that few people use most features, however that is generally the case with a lot of software.
I don't agree with you that most users of MS Office feel they need the product to be productive. I'd bet there are more users than not who have *no choice* but to use MS Office where they work or software has been purchased that hooks into MS Office and *only* that office suite.
I'm at the same point you are with Kylix. Too many misc. errors to deal with.
I also ran into the problem that very few components that were available on the Windows side were available on the Linux side with Kylix. The lure of cross platform quickly withered away.
I absolutely agree with what you wrote. Both teams for OpenSSL and OpenSSH have been *very* responsive and very professional about the situtation. Not only that but the various communities behind each product are always helpful in times of patching and understanding the extent of the situation.
I was simply finding a sort of irony to two of the entries.
If I'm finger pointing from the Windows side of the fence, I'd laugh that a security library from which secure applications are built upon and a protocol to increase security both put one at risk and both made a top ten list.
Both pieces of software are written by persons with security on their minds. Both pieces of software are written in an open fashion.
"...Yahoo has Solaris, BSD, and Linux versions of the messenger..." To further support your point, Yahoo has an OS X client as well. http://download.yahoo.com/dl/mac/ymsgr_2.5.3-osx_i nstall.bin