That's funny. I seem to remember numerous articles discussing just that, nevermind the fact that there were several opinion pieces relating how Microsoft used Apple to help leverage the DOJ to get off their backs.
Funny you mention that. I've been trying to get two solutions going. (Remember, I have zero actual power over server budgets other than recommendations.)
I have setup all servers under my responsiblity in VM's (using VirtualBox) and am ready to deploy on a minimum of servers with only databases available. (I have roughly 3 TB of data and about 22 TB of images.)
I've been patiently standing by, waiting for a data center agreement to be formalized, whereby we'll have a hot-site setup in a center about twenty miles away. (There are multiple DS3 and OC3 lines between my office and the remote data center.)
Microsoft did the same thing with Apple in the '90s. They bought a huge stake in Apple, right when they were sinking down the toilet and then proclaimed that they were not a monopoly. Having competition - even propped up competition - is better for business.
If Microsoft were the only kid on the block then you know the government is going to be looking closer at them.
No suprise, either, that Novell is going down the tubes. I've been hearing about them for several years in the data center. However, I can see how tech managers don't have a compelling reason to switch from Microsoft to SLES. I personally would run SLES over Win 2008 but can see how many are afraid. (Disclaimer: I ran openSUSE for several years on my laptop and since switched to Ubuntu for all desktops since I didn't feel Novell had the mindshare needed.)
i don't run a data center, but manage systems that rely on the data center 18 hrs/day 6 days/week. we pass upwards of $300m through my systems. I've yet to get a satisfactory answer as to exactly what would happen if - say - a water line breaks and floods all the electrical (including the dual redundant UPS systems) in the data center.
AFAIK, Unix <> Linux. At least that's what the lawyers say. (http://sco.tuxrocks.com/Docs/Novell/Novell-377.pdf) Also here: http://www.pcworld.com/article/135959/novell_wont_pursue_unix_copyrights.html
I've been using Linux now (SUSE > openSUSE > Ubuntu) for several years now in both a desktop and server environments. My office still has a few HP 3000 (MPE) servers lying around running applications.
In speaking to other analysts and whatnot, while advocating Linux, the question comes up - why not UNIX?
I honestly can't answer. Can someone tell me why one would choose UNIX over Linux or the other way around? Is there an advantage to one over the other?
Let's start from the story (which I *did* read) - 'Barth acknowledged that XPnet's data couldn't determine whether the memory usage was by the operating system itself, or an increased number of applications,"'
Right there I'd be suspect whether this is even an issue or not. Given Windows (which I generally regard as inferior) as an OS having lots of functionality, I wouldn't be suprised if it takes up all available RAM prior to utilizing swap. I'm on my 2GB Ubuntu system right now and am running at 18% of 2GB with just Mozilla (with two tabs) and Thunderbird. But there's also my network layer (Network Monitor), KTorrent, and my bluetooth daemon running in the background. All told, System Monitor says i have 31 processes running.
Let's do a like comparison - run the exact number of apps and processes before declaring a memory leak.
Though there are still a few people my age and older doing programming, most move on to either management or line-operation positions. That is how it seems to have always been. Yeah, I can still code and even review my staff's work on occasion, I find it more worthwhile to direct the team.
Could I get a new job in programming? Probably not. When I hire, I tend to look for recent college grads who can be molded (warped?) in my methods and processes. My manager (who's 67) thinks the same way.
I remember all the PC World/PC Magazine/Computer Shopper articles on the Pentium, P-II, P-III and the numbers they threw out. The numbers made sense, given a baseline of a 100 MHz Pentium or even a 66 MHz DX/2.
I would like to see the exact same tests run with these chips. The software may be old - Word 2.0/Photoshop 4.0 - but it should still work.
Unless you're writing some insanely complex application like a launcher for thermonuclear missiles, you pretty much will have user error as a major instigator of bugs.
Until you get your code into the hands of users who - for example - will repeatedly hit the ENTER key wile waiting for a response, you don't have a clue what might happen.
Though I'm not surprised that this exists, I wonder how one prices a zero-day exploit. Do you get a return on investment? Number of PC's infected? Number of bank accounts stolen?
IIRC, his original usenet quote was, "hello everybody out there using minix - I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones."
I wonder if they expanded the fMRI to review what happens when other questions are posed. My brother-in-law has been in a "vegetative state" for 20+ years, since he smashed his car into a tree. I'd be curious to know what he thinks about things.
OTOH, is a vegetative state someone with consciousness or simply brain injured enough not to be able to respond?
I wouldn't be suprised if - included with the dollar figure - they are adding in Windows 2008, SQL 2008 and other back office products they sell. Keep in mind, that Microsoft even has Novell at their launch and TechNet events showing off SLES on a server with Win2008 instances (each of which require a license) running in XEN virtual machines.
I am in my home office writign this and can look up at my bookshelf towards the five "Calvin and Hobbes" anthologies I have. Great comic. However, I think of it every time I read the sunday funnies with my kids. Watterson, along with Gary Larson (The Far Side) left when the time was right. I see comics like "Drabble" and "For Better or Worse" lingering on. They aren't even funny or relevant. C&H will always be relevant.
In fact, my nine-year-old recently took out one of the books and remarked that I looked a lot like the "dad" character.
I mentioned to him how I'd once convinced him for a few weeks that the reason grandma's pictures were all in black and white was because the whole world was in black and white.
Though it seems like a cool idea, I cannot see how getting a power source in an unregulated (no laws) area like space would be beneficial.
Who's gonna be the first bean counter to get fired because he/she signed up for this new service then was unable to perform normal duties when the system was accidentally hit by a rock and there's no backup.
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That's funny. I seem to remember numerous articles discussing just that, nevermind the fact that there were several opinion pieces relating how Microsoft used Apple to help leverage the DOJ to get off their backs.
Funny you mention that. I've been trying to get two solutions going. (Remember, I have zero actual power over server budgets other than recommendations.)
I have setup all servers under my responsiblity in VM's (using VirtualBox) and am ready to deploy on a minimum of servers with only databases available. (I have roughly 3 TB of data and about 22 TB of images.)
I've been patiently standing by, waiting for a data center agreement to be formalized, whereby we'll have a hot-site setup in a center about twenty miles away. (There are multiple DS3 and OC3 lines between my office and the remote data center.)
Microsoft did the same thing with Apple in the '90s. They bought a huge stake in Apple, right when they were sinking down the toilet and then proclaimed that they were not a monopoly. Having competition - even propped up competition - is better for business.
If Microsoft were the only kid on the block then you know the government is going to be looking closer at them.
No suprise, either, that Novell is going down the tubes. I've been hearing about them for several years in the data center. However, I can see how tech managers don't have a compelling reason to switch from Microsoft to SLES. I personally would run SLES over Win 2008 but can see how many are afraid. (Disclaimer: I ran openSUSE for several years on my laptop and since switched to Ubuntu for all desktops since I didn't feel Novell had the mindshare needed.)
i don't run a data center, but manage systems that rely on the data center 18 hrs/day 6 days/week. we pass upwards of $300m through my systems. I've yet to get a satisfactory answer as to exactly what would happen if - say - a water line breaks and floods all the electrical (including the dual redundant UPS systems) in the data center.
Thank you! That makes sense.
AFAIK, Unix <> Linux. At least that's what the lawyers say. (http://sco.tuxrocks.com/Docs/Novell/Novell-377.pdf) Also here: http://www.pcworld.com/article/135959/novell_wont_pursue_unix_copyrights.html
I dunno - just always wondering...
ROTFL!
Question - and I'm hoping for an honest answer.
I've been using Linux now (SUSE > openSUSE > Ubuntu) for several years now in both a desktop and server environments. My office still has a few HP 3000 (MPE) servers lying around running applications.
In speaking to other analysts and whatnot, while advocating Linux, the question comes up - why not UNIX?
I honestly can't answer. Can someone tell me why one would choose UNIX over Linux or the other way around? Is there an advantage to one over the other?
Let's start from the story (which I *did* read) - 'Barth acknowledged that XPnet's data couldn't determine whether the memory usage was by the operating system itself, or an increased number of applications,"'
Right there I'd be suspect whether this is even an issue or not. Given Windows (which I generally regard as inferior) as an OS having lots of functionality, I wouldn't be suprised if it takes up all available RAM prior to utilizing swap. I'm on my 2GB Ubuntu system right now and am running at 18% of 2GB with just Mozilla (with two tabs) and Thunderbird. But there's also my network layer (Network Monitor), KTorrent, and my bluetooth daemon running in the background. All told, System Monitor says i have 31 processes running.
Let's do a like comparison - run the exact number of apps and processes before declaring a memory leak.
Sheesh!
I am 40 years old.
I was a programmer.
I'm now a manager of programmers and analysts.
Though there are still a few people my age and older doing programming, most move on to either management or line-operation positions. That is how it seems to have always been. Yeah, I can still code and even review my staff's work on occasion, I find it more worthwhile to direct the team.
Could I get a new job in programming? Probably not. When I hire, I tend to look for recent college grads who can be molded (warped?) in my methods and processes. My manager (who's 67) thinks the same way.
I remember all the PC World/PC Magazine/Computer Shopper articles on the Pentium, P-II, P-III and the numbers they threw out. The numbers made sense, given a baseline of a 100 MHz Pentium or even a 66 MHz DX/2.
I would like to see the exact same tests run with these chips. The software may be old - Word 2.0/Photoshop 4.0 - but it should still work.
ROTFL! You have a valid point, which is somewhat a real-life test scenario that I have seen.
Unless you're writing some insanely complex application like a launcher for thermonuclear missiles, you pretty much will have user error as a major instigator of bugs.
Until you get your code into the hands of users who - for example - will repeatedly hit the ENTER key wile waiting for a response, you don't have a clue what might happen.
I'd love them to zap bugs in our code.
Just as an FYI, I've been hearing the phrase, "why am I such a misfit, i am not just a nit wit, just because my nose glows, why don't I fit in?"
Grrrrr!
(Cool picture by the way!)
Results 1 to 10 of 5,000,000,000 for "google wannabe hackers".
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1. Some Script Kiddie
2. Wannabe h4xx0r
Though I'm not surprised that this exists, I wonder how one prices a zero-day exploit. Do you get a return on investment? Number of PC's infected? Number of bank accounts stolen?
IIRC, his original usenet quote was, "hello everybody out there using minix - I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones."
LOL!
You'd think that a guy like Linus would at least have an in-dash GPS unit so he's not distracted while behind the wheel futzing with the phone.
Hopefully, he's not also eating a cheeseburger while inputting addressess...
I wonder if they expanded the fMRI to review what happens when other questions are posed. My brother-in-law has been in a "vegetative state" for 20+ years, since he smashed his car into a tree. I'd be curious to know what he thinks about things.
OTOH, is a vegetative state someone with consciousness or simply brain injured enough not to be able to respond?
I wouldn't be suprised if - included with the dollar figure - they are adding in Windows 2008, SQL 2008 and other back office products they sell. Keep in mind, that Microsoft even has Novell at their launch and TechNet events showing off SLES on a server with Win2008 instances (each of which require a license) running in XEN virtual machines.
I am in my home office writign this and can look up at my bookshelf towards the five "Calvin and Hobbes" anthologies I have. Great comic. However, I think of it every time I read the sunday funnies with my kids. Watterson, along with Gary Larson (The Far Side) left when the time was right. I see comics like "Drabble" and "For Better or Worse" lingering on. They aren't even funny or relevant. C&H will always be relevant.
In fact, my nine-year-old recently took out one of the books and remarked that I looked a lot like the "dad" character.
I mentioned to him how I'd once convinced him for a few weeks that the reason grandma's pictures were all in black and white was because the whole world was in black and white.
Though it seems like a cool idea, I cannot see how getting a power source in an unregulated (no laws) area like space would be beneficial.
Who's gonna be the first bean counter to get fired because he/she signed up for this new service then was unable to perform normal duties when the system was accidentally hit by a rock and there's no backup.
Ah, good point.
I fired up a 16-bit application I still have lying around (I worked on it back in '93-95.) and occasionally run in DOSBox for the fun of it.
I do see NTVDM running but not WOW. (I remember WOW being an NT thing.)
I just checked my Windows 7 installation. I don't see wowexec.exe in the process tree when running a cmd session.