"Mission-critical" doesn't necessarily equate to something of life-or-death importance. For a television-delivery company, those components which directly affect the delivery are mission-critical.
It's probably because some basic Windows functions *must* be offered by third parties.
When MS introduced a browser into Windows, they ended up in court with Netscape. When MS introduced antivirus software into Windows, their new competitors tried to do it again.
I'm surprised that Xtree & others didn't sue when MS had the audacity to include a file manager with Windows.
And how do I install Word on my Blackberry? Oh, sorry, I forgot that Blackberries aren't good for business, either.
Seriously, since back when I was a Palm/Treo user, I haven't had the desire to install apps on my phone. That's what I have a computer for. I *might* be able to understand a thin client on the phone for quick VPN access to a Citrix server, but I would even think of the phone as an application platform for Office!
"Men have to put up with it. Why shouldn't women?"
They aren't because they are finding other options. Men could also, but there's almost a macho image (well, as macho as it gets in IT, anyway) around working long hours and being on call.
I think I can translate this article: "Women prefer being at home with their families to being poked with a sharp stick; Men aren't as smart. Video at 11."
That's probably true too often. There's another consideration, though. Managers might not actually dislike home workers; my former boss promoted it. Of course, he lived several states away, so virtually every interaction was via some type of telecommuting.
The problem is that managers can't see and hear you, nor see how you interact with others. Telecommuting may not hurt your current employment, but it might hinder promotions that are based on more than the number of routers configured, or the number of lines of code written. You miss out on the personal touch.
As more companies are embracing IM, videoconferencing and other tools, I hope that telecommuting can become more accepted. I'm currently spending 4 hrs daily commuting. When I telecommute, I *do* get more done and tend to work longer hours, since I don't have to rush out to beat the traffic.
An even greater invalid assumption: Every cost of doing business is a "tax". There is no "patent tax"! These legal fees are just expenses to Microsoft just like any other: payroll, accounting, utilities, shipping, and so forth.
Simply because someone or some company spends money on a service, that service is not a "tax".
If you keep any kind of records, you don't need your 1099 to file. You don't submit them (the payer does), you just enter the amount from them into your forms.
You're right, IRAs work this way. So do your house and stock investments. I don't see virtual money as being very much different. In all cases, you are not normally subject to taxation until you realize, or "cash-out", your gains.
To tax virtual money, there would probably be a few more rules. For instance, you should be able to deduct your game fees and other expenses up to the amount of your realized gains, similar to gambling losses.
Not at all. First, "While at the space station, Simonyi will be conducting a number of experiments, including measuring radiation levels and studying biological organisms inside the lab."
Second, I don't see anything indicating that the US directly paid for the launch. If the Russians want to collect some money to help pay for this thing, then fine. I don't see why the US doesn't do the same- that could have meant $25million fewer of your tax dollars going into the ISS.
Your local chamber of commerce is a lot different than a major US agency like DOT, DOE, etc. Most large organizations, including government, restrict what users can install in order to minimize support requirements.
"Indiscriminate"? How about 900 area codes, 976 prefixes and international exchanges. All pretty common, and very comparable to typical anti-porn/violence/drug/etc. filters.
"Novell was focused on identity, asset, file and print, software and configuration services and management."... which worked on Windows and, for most of Novell's history, only Windows or DOS. Client for NetWare servers- Windows. Managewise- Windows. BorderManager clients, asset management (Zen), groupware clients- all Windows. Other than a couple of brief forays into OS/2 and Mac, developing client software for anything other than Windows is very new to Novell.
I haven't looked at Youtube, so I don't know what the license is like or how it's presented. If it isn't hidden or misleading, then I have no problem with it.
If they truly "own the rights to everything posted", then I'd certainly not post anything. However, as long as their licence doesn't restrict me in any way, then it really doesn't matter. They're just taking what I gave them and doing what I said that they could do with it.
"Other than GETTING PAID REAL MONEY, there's really no reason.
Certainly just making proprietary apps offered for sale on linux-based machines, to remain proprietary yet be available for linux users to purchase isn't a compelling reason to do all that work (for free). "
Anybody suggesting that programmers/coders/anyone else shouldn't be paid for their efforts?
The better product wins, that's all there is to it. I don't care if it's open-source or not. All that matters is how well it works and how much it costs. At the momene, we use a lot of VMWare and I don't recommend Xen to anyone.
Incumbents have an advantage because the electorate is too lazy to consider alternatives. "The devil you know is better than the one you don't" seems to be the general consensus.
Well-oiled political machines only work as long as the voting population permits them to.
True, but I can attest that switching from a conventional mouse to a trackball at work has dramatically reduced the pain in my wrist. I just might pick up a vertical mouse for home use.
We have Office on every computer as well. It's a whole lot easier to have a single image for each computer model than to worry about who needs Word, Excell, Access, or any combination. A few hundred dollars is fairly small change compared to the hundreds of servers and thousands of desktops that we have. Having a standard workstation setup saves more than it costs. So what if $100 (or whatever) is wasted because someone doesn't need Access. It'd cost more to configure each workstation with exactly the needed software than it does to just put the whole suite on them.
And, "FWIW", I use OO more than I use MS Office. I don't recommend it to others any more than I recommend Firefox simply because I'm not on OOo's payroll and I'm not a zealot. I use what works for me, others can do the same.
There's a lot of "people" mentioned in these posts. You have to pay attention and try to follow.
1. "Two hundred innocent people are killed and people are worried that future events like these might cause an IT outage?"
I doubt that the poster meant that the the people killed are the same ones who are worried.
2. "Yes. Specifically, they are people who have the responsibility to prevent or otherwise deal with IT outages."
Clear to me, but not to you. Those who worry about an IT outage are those who a) are alive and b) have a responsibility to deal with it.
We aren't all police, military, or medical workers. We all have work to do and the best thing that we can do for anyone is to do our work as well as possible. Killings like this are tragic whether it's 200 or 3000, but letting economies fail add incalculable losses to them.
Good point. Regardless of the reason, an important communications method was unavailable. Something to consider, regardless of whether the outage is through damage, overload or proactive measures.
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"Mission-critical" doesn't necessarily equate to something of life-or-death importance. For a television-delivery company, those components which directly affect the delivery are mission-critical.
It's probably because some basic Windows functions *must* be offered by third parties.
When MS introduced a browser into Windows, they ended up in court with Netscape.
When MS introduced antivirus software into Windows, their new competitors tried to do it again.
I'm surprised that Xtree & others didn't sue when MS had the audacity to include a file manager with Windows.
We all know how cozy the relationship is between Venezuela and the US administration.
And how do I install Word on my Blackberry? Oh, sorry, I forgot that Blackberries aren't good for business, either.
Seriously, since back when I was a Palm/Treo user, I haven't had the desire to install apps on my phone. That's what I have a computer for. I *might* be able to understand a thin client on the phone for quick VPN access to a Citrix server, but I would even think of the phone as an application platform for Office!
"Men have to put up with it. Why shouldn't women?"
They aren't because they are finding other options. Men could also, but there's almost a macho image (well, as macho as it gets in IT, anyway) around working long hours and being on call.
I think I can translate this article: "Women prefer being at home with their families to being poked with a sharp stick; Men aren't as smart. Video at 11."
That's probably true too often. There's another consideration, though. Managers might not actually dislike home workers; my former boss promoted it. Of course, he lived several states away, so virtually every interaction was via some type of telecommuting.
The problem is that managers can't see and hear you, nor see how you interact with others. Telecommuting may not hurt your current employment, but it might hinder promotions that are based on more than the number of routers configured, or the number of lines of code written. You miss out on the personal touch.
As more companies are embracing IM, videoconferencing and other tools, I hope that telecommuting can become more accepted. I'm currently spending 4 hrs daily commuting. When I telecommute, I *do* get more done and tend to work longer hours, since I don't have to rush out to beat the traffic.
An even greater invalid assumption: Every cost of doing business is a "tax". There is no "patent tax"! These legal fees are just expenses to Microsoft just like any other: payroll, accounting, utilities, shipping, and so forth.
Simply because someone or some company spends money on a service, that service is not a "tax".
If you keep any kind of records, you don't need your 1099 to file. You don't submit them (the payer does), you just enter the amount from them into your forms.
You're right, IRAs work this way. So do your house and stock investments. I don't see virtual money as being very much different. In all cases, you are not normally subject to taxation until you realize, or "cash-out", your gains.
To tax virtual money, there would probably be a few more rules. For instance, you should be able to deduct your game fees and other expenses up to the amount of your realized gains, similar to gambling losses.
Not at all. First, "While at the space station, Simonyi will be conducting a number of experiments, including measuring radiation levels and studying biological organisms inside the lab."
Second, I don't see anything indicating that the US directly paid for the launch. If the Russians want to collect some money to help pay for this thing, then fine. I don't see why the US doesn't do the same- that could have meant $25million fewer of your tax dollars going into the ISS.
Your local chamber of commerce is a lot different than a major US agency like DOT, DOE, etc. Most large organizations, including government, restrict what users can install in order to minimize support requirements.
It's a device intended to reduce the credibility of those who employ it. It was once considered clever, but is now tired and overused.
Or if it was on blocks. I'm remembering a pretty cool ad (for a soft drink, I think).
I think $184.75 qualifies as "sub-$200", though the tax would put it over $200. Tax is part of what you pay, but not part of the price to the vendor.
"Indiscriminate"? How about 900 area codes, 976 prefixes and international exchanges. All pretty common, and very comparable to typical anti-porn/violence/drug/etc. filters.
"Novell was focused on identity, asset, file and print, software and configuration services and management."... which worked on Windows and, for most of Novell's history, only Windows or DOS. Client for NetWare servers- Windows. Managewise- Windows. BorderManager clients, asset management (Zen), groupware clients- all Windows. Other than a couple of brief forays into OS/2 and Mac, developing client software for anything other than Windows is very new to Novell.
I haven't looked at Youtube, so I don't know what the license is like or how it's presented. If it isn't hidden or misleading, then I have no problem with it.
If they truly "own the rights to everything posted", then I'd certainly not post anything. However, as long as their licence doesn't restrict me in any way, then it really doesn't matter. They're just taking what I gave them and doing what I said that they could do with it.
"Other than GETTING PAID REAL MONEY, there's really no reason.
Certainly just making proprietary apps offered for sale on linux-based machines, to remain proprietary yet be available for linux users to purchase isn't a compelling reason to do all that work (for free). "
Anybody suggesting that programmers/coders/anyone else shouldn't be paid for their efforts?
The better product wins, that's all there is to it. I don't care if it's open-source or not. All that matters is how well it works and how much it costs. At the momene, we use a lot of VMWare and I don't recommend Xen to anyone.
Show me, anywhere in copyright or any other law, the definition of "lots of money".
Incumbents have an advantage because the electorate is too lazy to consider alternatives. "The devil you know is better than the one you don't" seems to be the general consensus. Well-oiled political machines only work as long as the voting population permits them to.
True, but I can attest that switching from a conventional mouse to a trackball at work has dramatically reduced the pain in my wrist. I just might pick up a vertical mouse for home use.
We have Office on every computer as well. It's a whole lot easier to have a single image for each computer model than to worry about who needs Word, Excell, Access, or any combination. A few hundred dollars is fairly small change compared to the hundreds of servers and thousands of desktops that we have. Having a standard workstation setup saves more than it costs. So what if $100 (or whatever) is wasted because someone doesn't need Access. It'd cost more to configure each workstation with exactly the needed software than it does to just put the whole suite on them.
And, "FWIW", I use OO more than I use MS Office. I don't recommend it to others any more than I recommend Firefox simply because I'm not on OOo's payroll and I'm not a zealot. I use what works for me, others can do the same.
There's a lot of "people" mentioned in these posts. You have to pay attention and try to follow. 1. "Two hundred innocent people are killed and people are worried that future events like these might cause an IT outage?" I doubt that the poster meant that the the people killed are the same ones who are worried. 2. "Yes. Specifically, they are people who have the responsibility to prevent or otherwise deal with IT outages." Clear to me, but not to you. Those who worry about an IT outage are those who a) are alive and b) have a responsibility to deal with it. We aren't all police, military, or medical workers. We all have work to do and the best thing that we can do for anyone is to do our work as well as possible. Killings like this are tragic whether it's 200 or 3000, but letting economies fail add incalculable losses to them.
Good point. Regardless of the reason, an important communications method was unavailable. Something to consider, regardless of whether the outage is through damage, overload or proactive measures.