This kind of article appears once in a while and I can relate. I've been trying since '99 to get Linux integrated into a mostly Windows world and have had mixed results. I'm currently typing this on a WinXP system running Firefox. Next to me is my laptop running SUSE 10.2. Both machines are on the domain, which is predominately Windows NT-based with Windows 2000 workstations and Windows 2003 workstations.
I would like to even try using Evolution (even though it is GTK-based) because that would be at least some breakthrough. However, we are not running Active Directory (yet) and so Evolution is out of the question. The closest I can get on my laptop is using CX Office for Outlook and Visio - I actually have no issues with most other MS Office documents.
However, those of us on OSS-mode are making some inroads. I have one Linux server running Apache for an in-house project. Others will come.
My suggestion is to keep using Linux, keep pushing the boundries and use your time/resources to try and fix what does or does not work.
When did 140M records become big? Maybe if that is 1 table:p Actually it is big. I don't recall running into to many places where I would have such large numbers in a table.
Well, let's see....
One of the tables has 39,867,766 records...
...another one has 39,868,348 records (should be almost the same as the first)...
..the other join has 223 records (lookup table)...
I think - honestly - that a CS degree at your time in life is worthless for the most part. I am in a similar situation, in that I have a degree in International Politics. Yet, I've been programming since age 11 and working professionally as a programmer, project manager and systems development manger since 1993. Many of my staff have CS degrees. However, I find that a CS degree does little for ensuring a person is well-suited for the task of developing software and/or running systems.
I have hired staff members with CS degrees who would be better off as real-estate sales staff. Conversely, I have one programmer with a history degree who is excellent at his job.
I am thirtysomething as well, and have no plans to go back to school for a CS, MIS or even a MSIS degree. In my opinion, the degree just gets you "in the door" as it were. Once you've got some (hopefully good) experience behind you, the degree becomes less important.
Keep in mind, too, that even as a manager, I get to write queries against SQL databases with 140M records - that impresses some of the young'uns.:P
I seriously try to replace as many incandescent bulbs as possible with florescent. However, on more occasions than not, the florescent just doesn't shine bright. In addition, for those applications where I turn the light on and want it bright now, I cannot use florescent. For example, my outside lighting is all florescent. When I turn them on, the bulbs (7w) all shine a dull yellow. It takes a few minutes before they are bright white.
Uh-oh, you got a minus one score for that one. I guess the Microshaft weenies were trolling here. Personally, I'd rate that a 5-funny.
HAND
HTH
Seriously, though, the EFF, probably wouldn't be interested, simply because this dude(ett) hasn't actually "done" anything beyond saying something could be done.
I used to work for San Bernardino county. Google earth (as well as Microshaft Live) both got their images from us. If the source blurs it then google just relays the information.
for a counter source, check out San Onofre NP in California. It is crystal clear at full resolution. (Except you can't see the nipples.)
lol! Yeah, I hear ya. Actually I'm a KDE kind of guy, but I get the idea...
Close to, if not more than, 50% of Windows installs in this country have got to be business machines. The percentage of businesses that are actually pirating Windows is likely very small. Under 10% I'd imagine.
Yes and no. The company i previously worked at did an internal audit. They are/were a Microsoft house with only 12 SLES and three RHE servers out of several thousand. They found themselves to be non-licenced to to the tune of around $700,000. Now, Microsoft didn't ding us, but we did need to renegotiate our annual contract.
...back in my day, I had to walk f miles through the snow uphill to get to my library to read PDF files because neither my 300 baud modem couldn't download them and my TRS-80 would display them! You talk about being inconvenienced.......I didn't even know what the PDF files were about.
I actually remember the instance where I was showing off our "new" T1 connection to my CEO back in the late '90s. Not thinking, I inadvertently showed him whitehouse.com instead of whitehouse.gov.
I find this all very interesting. However, I'm wondering if there's a similar tale behind the owners of whitehouse.gov - the other hot pr0n site on the internet.
This is the tool Micros - um, I mean - SCO has been waiting for. They can now just scan all those millions of Linux Servers on the intraweb and see their copyrighted code right there in the open....
Why is it - knowing that the dolphin probably bailed out - I'm suddenly looking up in the sky wondering if a large fleet of construction ships will soon be overheard in preparation to create an interstellar bypass?
I hope this comes to pass. If it does, I was told a few years ago, that I was in the running for a job at Google's lunar base. http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar_job.html
I am not at all surprised that "Big Oil" gives so much money to such organizations. After all, they need scientists, don't they? Aren't scientists - or at least Chemical Engineers - the ones who design and test petroleum cracking processes?
Though I may not agree with some of his details, overall he's spot on in his argument. He ascertains that the FOSS community - when lacking Cathedral-like leadership - will suffer and potentially flounder. Using the example of x.11 / x.org, he correctly summarizes what is a partial issue with FOSS.
HOWEVER - I think it is very good that such a review exists. As the benevolent dictator of my staff, I encourage ideas and help move software projects forward. I can learn from the FOSS community and their mistakes.
I certainly hope that the kernel development and many other such projects (KDE) follow this type of path.
We have new machines (from Seqoia) which do this. They will kick back any "wrong" ballot that cannot be counted. For instance, if you vote for two presidents it will tell you, and ask if you want to recast your vote. You always have the option of saying that you wanted to vote for two and not get counted.
Here's a link about it in the LA Times...
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/cal/la- 110706glitches,0,2932115.story?coll=la-home-headli nes...interesting.
You realize - if Antigua or anyone else - claims we are violating Free Trade and goes ahead with ignoring IP, we will have no choice but to assign them to the axis of evil and then invade.
Actually the article was interesting. I wondered what kind of mess the recent online gambling act would create. Oh, and I read, too, that it doesn't anywhere prohibit US firms from creating gambling sites aimed at foreign markets.
Interesting world, we live in here with the interweb...
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This kind of article appears once in a while and I can relate. I've been trying since '99 to get Linux integrated into a mostly Windows world and have had mixed results. I'm currently typing this on a WinXP system running Firefox. Next to me is my laptop running SUSE 10.2. Both machines are on the domain, which is predominately Windows NT-based with Windows 2000 workstations and Windows 2003 workstations.
I would like to even try using Evolution (even though it is GTK-based) because that would be at least some breakthrough. However, we are not running Active Directory (yet) and so Evolution is out of the question. The closest I can get on my laptop is using CX Office for Outlook and Visio - I actually have no issues with most other MS Office documents.However, those of us on OSS-mode are making some inroads. I have one Linux server running Apache for an in-house project. Others will come.
My suggestion is to keep using Linux, keep pushing the boundries and use your time/resources to try and fix what does or does not work.
Well, let's see....
One of the tables has 39,867,766 records...
It kind of goes downhill from there. :P
I think - honestly - that a CS degree at your time in life is worthless for the most part. I am in a similar situation, in that I have a degree in International Politics. Yet, I've been programming since age 11 and working professionally as a programmer, project manager and systems development manger since 1993. Many of my staff have CS degrees. However, I find that a CS degree does little for ensuring a person is well-suited for the task of developing software and/or running systems.
:P
I have hired staff members with CS degrees who would be better off as real-estate sales staff. Conversely, I have one programmer with a history degree who is excellent at his job.
I am thirtysomething as well, and have no plans to go back to school for a CS, MIS or even a MSIS degree. In my opinion, the degree just gets you "in the door" as it were. Once you've got some (hopefully good) experience behind you, the degree becomes less important.
Keep in mind, too, that even as a manager, I get to write queries against SQL databases with 140M records - that impresses some of the young'uns.
I seriously try to replace as many incandescent bulbs as possible with florescent. However, on more occasions than not, the florescent just doesn't shine bright. In addition, for those applications where I turn the light on and want it bright now, I cannot use florescent. For example, my outside lighting is all florescent. When I turn them on, the bulbs (7w) all shine a dull yellow. It takes a few minutes before they are bright white.
Uh-oh, you got a minus one score for that one. I guess the Microshaft weenies were trolling here. Personally, I'd rate that a 5-funny.
HAND
HTH
Seriously, though, the EFF, probably wouldn't be interested, simply because this dude(ett) hasn't actually "done" anything beyond saying something could be done.
I used to work for San Bernardino county. Google earth (as well as Microshaft Live) both got their images from us. If the source blurs it then google just relays the information.
for a counter source, check out San Onofre NP in California. It is crystal clear at full resolution. (Except you can't see the nipples.)
lol! Yeah, I hear ya. Actually I'm a KDE kind of guy, but I get the idea...
Close to, if not more than, 50% of Windows installs in this country have got to be business machines. The percentage of businesses that are actually pirating Windows is likely very small. Under 10% I'd imagine.Yes and no. The company i previously worked at did an internal audit. They are/were a Microsoft house with only 12 SLES and three RHE servers out of several thousand. They found themselves to be non-licenced to to the tune of around $700,000. Now, Microsoft didn't ding us, but we did need to renegotiate our annual contract.
I thought that any OS (NT, XP, 2K, 95, 98) that ran the Windows codebase was "genuine" windows. Who cares if it is pirated.
Now, a counterfit windows, that would be interesting. I can see some company making a Windows-clone...
...back in my day, I had to walk f miles through the snow uphill to get to my library to read PDF files because neither my 300 baud modem couldn't download them and my TRS-80 would display them! You talk about being inconvenienced.... ...I didn't even know what the PDF files were about.
Bah!
Users make software development hard.
...ahhh, sleep - who needs it!
And Managers.
Users and Managers make software development hard.
And Vendors.
Users and Managers and Vendors make software development hard.
Other than that it is easy. I am actually able to read this article two weeks into a major implementation....
http://www.perfectreign.com/?q=node/42
lol!
I actually remember the instance where I was showing off our "new" T1 connection to my CEO back in the late '90s. Not thinking, I inadvertently showed him whitehouse.com instead of whitehouse.gov.
Oops!!
I find this all very interesting. However, I'm wondering if there's a similar tale behind the owners of whitehouse.gov - the other hot pr0n site on the internet.
This is the tool Micros - um, I mean - SCO has been waiting for. They can now just scan all those millions of Linux Servers on the intraweb and see their copyrighted code right there in the open....
...or maybe not.
I just wanted to be the first to ask that... ..mod me down... ..I don't mind.
Why is it - knowing that the dolphin probably bailed out - I'm suddenly looking up in the sky wondering if a large fleet of construction ships will soon be overheard in preparation to create an interstellar bypass?
Many thanks!
I have FF 2.0 on my Wintendo box and 1.5 on my Linux box - the one close option is sooo much easier.
If I can't even open my friends' documents then what am I - as a manager to do?
Oh, wait - I don't do anything anyway and my life revolves around Excel.
Nevermind.
I hope this comes to pass. If it does, I was told a few years ago, that I was in the running for a job at Google's lunar base. http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar_job.html
I can't wait to move!
I am not at all surprised that "Big Oil" gives so much money to such organizations. After all, they need scientists, don't they? Aren't scientists - or at least Chemical Engineers - the ones who design and test petroleum cracking processes?
Seems like a big conspiracy theory to me.
Though I may not agree with some of his details, overall he's spot on in his argument. He ascertains that the FOSS community - when lacking Cathedral-like leadership - will suffer and potentially flounder. Using the example of x.11 / x.org, he correctly summarizes what is a partial issue with FOSS.
HOWEVER - I think it is very good that such a review exists. As the benevolent dictator of my staff, I encourage ideas and help move software projects forward. I can learn from the FOSS community and their mistakes.
I certainly hope that the kernel development and many other such projects (KDE) follow this type of path.
...to see Ron just flapping in the wind... ...I wonder how many users he's lost already.
sigh.
We have new machines (from Seqoia) which do this. They will kick back any "wrong" ballot that cannot be counted. For instance, if you vote for two presidents it will tell you, and ask if you want to recast your vote. You always have the option of saying that you wanted to vote for two and not get counted. Here's a link about it in the LA Times... http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/cal/la- 110706glitches,0,2932115.story?coll=la-home-headli nes ...interesting.
LiVES...Lives is a Video Editing System...gotta love the reentrant anacronyms!
Thanks for the link.
Interesting. I wondered about that. Thanks!
You realize - if Antigua or anyone else - claims we are violating Free Trade and goes ahead with ignoring IP, we will have no choice but to assign them to the axis of evil and then invade.
Actually the article was interesting. I wondered what kind of mess the recent online gambling act would create. Oh, and I read, too, that it doesn't anywhere prohibit US firms from creating gambling sites aimed at foreign markets.
Interesting world, we live in here with the interweb...