What about the server side? That's where most of your licensing costs are. Does anyone know their plans or current setup there? Are they using Exchange, Sharepoint, Terminal Services/Citrix, etc? If they're using any Windows technologies on the server side, are there any migration plans?
I have to assume this drone wasn't using the P-codes. Most likely it isn't considered high value enough or possibly too likely that it could fall into the wrong hands.
Good news! There are thousands and thousands of contractors making absurd sums of money and if you're in a dangerous area you are escorted to and from the work site by armed military escorts. You're more likely to die in a car accident on the way to work in the US than you are to die as a contractor in the middle east.
Sure, I absolutely agree with you. I'm just making the counterpoint to the parent post. Not everyone needs massive slow hard drives, especially in a typical business environment. I can't imagine why our accountants need the standard 300+ GB HDDs in their workstations. The only reason they have them is because it's the smallest drive that's being manufactured anymore. Never once have I had an anyone in operations, accounting, or HR or any clinician (or anyone I can think of, ever) ask for more local storage space, but I couldn't possibly count the number of times someone complained about how slow their computer booted up.
And when did you work for Intel that they didn't have a SAN, are we talking like 1992? You know this for a fact, or was it just possibly abstracted from your viewpoint (eg front ended by NFS/CIFS, etc)?
So far so good, I've still got original OCZ Vertex MLC drives ticking along just great. I think a lot depends on what kind of life expectancy you need out of a drive. Typically I was replacing desktop HDDs every 3-5 years which, for even a "power user" at home, is a fraction of the lifespan of an SSD. After putting an SSD in one computer I was hooked, the difference is just crazy. If you're trying to decide whether or not to spend another $100 to upgrade the CPU in a new computer build, just replace the HDD with an SSD. The difference will be far more dramatic than a couple hundred megahertz of clock speed.
You've got a lot of factors at work there. First is pixel density and seating distance, then the quality of the projector and room setup, and finally the quality of the TV you're comparing it against. Yes a poorly setup room with a low quality projector would be vastly inferior to a good 40" TV.
I didn't spend all this money on a SAN to have users storing files on local hard disks. Small, fast, quiet, low-power, low-heat disks for the desktop and a combination of fast/slow on the network storage system to store files. The reality is manufacturers stuff 500GB HDD down our throats for desktop computers, when I could just as easily get a 50GB SSD for the same price, which is more storage than any of my workstations need (disclaimer: healthcare).
Well, first of all, I have SSDs in every computer I own (2 desktops - win7/fedora15, htpc running f14+xbmc, macbook air) and the average joe will absolutely see a massive difference. Have you ever used a desktop computer with an SSD? The difference is absolutely shocking. Also, of the 4 SSDs I own (including all the way back to the original OCZ Vertex) I have never had a single failure. Feel free to believe angry anecdotal evidence on the Internet, but I have actual real world experience with them, and I cannot recommend them highly enough.
Cost is absolutely a concern, and that has to be weighed against opportunity cost of completing these projects. SSDs are down to about $1.50/GB. I'd be more than happy to replace the 300-500GB HDD that I'm getting in workstations now with 30GB SSDs and go from $40 to mabye $45? I'd also use a fraction of the power, produce nearly no heat, make no noise and be able to sustain a 1500g shock. The machines we're rolling out are all kiosks in a healthcare environment and won't have anything other than a web browser and Microsoft Office installed. And if they happen to fail I'll RMA it (under warranty, ocz offers 3 year warranty directly, plus OEM warranty of course) and have another one in place within 24 hours.
Seems like a huge opportunity for SSD vendors? We've got a number of projects coming up that require hundreds of new workstations and we're already struggling with getting equipment. I'd gladly pay more per machine to avoid delaying these projects, and end up with better performance as well.
I love the new virtual desktop system. Once I figured out a few tricks I've found Gnome3 to be fantastic.
1. Use CTRL+click to open a second copy of an already open application, instead of switching to the currently running instance
2. Press alt+~ to switch between different instances of an open application (eg - multiple terminals) without switching between different apps, like alt+tab
3. To shutdown, click on your username in the top right, then press alt. You'll see at the bottom of the list "Suspend" will change to "Power Off"
I really enjoy being able to launch applications so quickly by just pressing the "Windows" key and beginning to type the application name, then pressing enter. I really feel like Gnome 3 gets out of my way and let's me use my applications.
Unfortunately the people who are unhappy tend to be the loudest. I just wanted to chime in and say that I absolutely love Gnome 3 and wouldn't dream of going back to Gnome 2.
whats wrong with x86? just build a cheap x86 box and add whatever components you want. you could even throw untangle on something. i'm sure you've got an old pc sitting around somewhere, or someone has one you can have.
So basically you can't work for any financial institution, healthcare company or publicly traded company because I don't know anyone who can deal with PCI, HIPAA or SOX without an IT department.
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What about the server side? That's where most of your licensing costs are. Does anyone know their plans or current setup there? Are they using Exchange, Sharepoint, Terminal Services/Citrix, etc? If they're using any Windows technologies on the server side, are there any migration plans?
What's so awful about it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS_signals#Precision_code
I have to assume this drone wasn't using the P-codes. Most likely it isn't considered high value enough or possibly too likely that it could fall into the wrong hands.
Would be fare less likely to work, as pilots are capable of flying without GPS (eg VFR)
More Chinese coming to the US than US citizens going to China. Doesn't prove a whole lot either way.
Good news! There are thousands and thousands of contractors making absurd sums of money and if you're in a dangerous area you are escorted to and from the work site by armed military escorts. You're more likely to die in a car accident on the way to work in the US than you are to die as a contractor in the middle east.
Sure, I absolutely agree with you. I'm just making the counterpoint to the parent post. Not everyone needs massive slow hard drives, especially in a typical business environment. I can't imagine why our accountants need the standard 300+ GB HDDs in their workstations. The only reason they have them is because it's the smallest drive that's being manufactured anymore. Never once have I had an anyone in operations, accounting, or HR or any clinician (or anyone I can think of, ever) ask for more local storage space, but I couldn't possibly count the number of times someone complained about how slow their computer booted up.
And when did you work for Intel that they didn't have a SAN, are we talking like 1992? You know this for a fact, or was it just possibly abstracted from your viewpoint (eg front ended by NFS/CIFS, etc)?
So far so good, I've still got original OCZ Vertex MLC drives ticking along just great. I think a lot depends on what kind of life expectancy you need out of a drive. Typically I was replacing desktop HDDs every 3-5 years which, for even a "power user" at home, is a fraction of the lifespan of an SSD. After putting an SSD in one computer I was hooked, the difference is just crazy. If you're trying to decide whether or not to spend another $100 to upgrade the CPU in a new computer build, just replace the HDD with an SSD. The difference will be far more dramatic than a couple hundred megahertz of clock speed.
You've got a lot of factors at work there. First is pixel density and seating distance, then the quality of the projector and room setup, and finally the quality of the TV you're comparing it against. Yes a poorly setup room with a low quality projector would be vastly inferior to a good 40" TV.
I didn't spend all this money on a SAN to have users storing files on local hard disks. Small, fast, quiet, low-power, low-heat disks for the desktop and a combination of fast/slow on the network storage system to store files. The reality is manufacturers stuff 500GB HDD down our throats for desktop computers, when I could just as easily get a 50GB SSD for the same price, which is more storage than any of my workstations need (disclaimer: healthcare).
If the poster is so "advanced" he should know he can hide the ribbon and use keyboard shortcuts.
Well, first of all, I have SSDs in every computer I own (2 desktops - win7/fedora15, htpc running f14+xbmc, macbook air) and the average joe will absolutely see a massive difference. Have you ever used a desktop computer with an SSD? The difference is absolutely shocking. Also, of the 4 SSDs I own (including all the way back to the original OCZ Vertex) I have never had a single failure. Feel free to believe angry anecdotal evidence on the Internet, but I have actual real world experience with them, and I cannot recommend them highly enough.
Cost is absolutely a concern, and that has to be weighed against opportunity cost of completing these projects. SSDs are down to about $1.50/GB. I'd be more than happy to replace the 300-500GB HDD that I'm getting in workstations now with 30GB SSDs and go from $40 to mabye $45? I'd also use a fraction of the power, produce nearly no heat, make no noise and be able to sustain a 1500g shock. The machines we're rolling out are all kiosks in a healthcare environment and won't have anything other than a web browser and Microsoft Office installed. And if they happen to fail I'll RMA it (under warranty, ocz offers 3 year warranty directly, plus OEM warranty of course) and have another one in place within 24 hours.
Gnome3 is fantastic and this is all you need to start loving it too. Oh and maybe this one too.
Seems like a huge opportunity for SSD vendors? We've got a number of projects coming up that require hundreds of new workstations and we're already struggling with getting equipment. I'd gladly pay more per machine to avoid delaying these projects, and end up with better performance as well.
That would require buying a tablet for everyone who plans to read the document
No it doesn't. It requires everyone who needs to read the document to have access to a device capable of displaying it. But, I don't know where you got the idea that single-digit-year-old children are incapable of using tablets.
Instead of trying to figure out how to print, how about, in 2011, we figure out how to NOT PRINT?????
HIPAA*. It's short for "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act". Sorry, pet peeve.
Every network is band-aids on band-aids. I'm literally shocked every morning when I wake up and it hasn't all collapsed.
Any shell extensions you can recommend so far? I haven't had much time to play with them.
I love the new virtual desktop system. Once I figured out a few tricks I've found Gnome3 to be fantastic.
1. Use CTRL+click to open a second copy of an already open application, instead of switching to the currently running instance
2. Press alt+~ to switch between different instances of an open application (eg - multiple terminals) without switching between different apps, like alt+tab
3. To shutdown, click on your username in the top right, then press alt. You'll see at the bottom of the list "Suspend" will change to "Power Off"
I really enjoy being able to launch applications so quickly by just pressing the "Windows" key and beginning to type the application name, then pressing enter. I really feel like Gnome 3 gets out of my way and let's me use my applications.
Unfortunately the people who are unhappy tend to be the loudest. I just wanted to chime in and say that I absolutely love Gnome 3 and wouldn't dream of going back to Gnome 2.
whats wrong with x86? just build a cheap x86 box and add whatever components you want. you could even throw untangle on something. i'm sure you've got an old pc sitting around somewhere, or someone has one you can have.
send me a message, I've got about fourty 2651XMs in the storage room I need to get rid of, I'll give you a good deal.
So basically you can't work for any financial institution, healthcare company or publicly traded company because I don't know anyone who can deal with PCI, HIPAA or SOX without an IT department.
Must be nice to not have to deal with HIPAA and having a 30:1 ratio of user:IT versus my 200:1.