Yes, but that "13 year old software collector" who steals a copy of Photoshop learns the software. He then goes to college, and he's ahead of the curve in his new media major because he's been using photoshop for 5 years already. Then he graduates, gets a job, and guess what? The company that hires him also buys him a copy of this now defacto standard product.
No it doesn't. But I suppose it also doesn't really matter since Microsoft undoubtedly got *paid* for the copy of Windows that came on the server you bought. Right?
spreadsheets are not secure, provide no audit trail and won't pass HIPAA or Sarbanes-Oxley auditing
DocLink, a document management solution that I developed helps to solve this problem. All revisions to a document are stored in a secure vault and all activity (changes, views, assignments, etc) is audited. Rather than storing files on a network share, our customers store them in a DocLink vault. Suddenly they are compliant with the auditors.
Granted, there are a lot of process improvements that need to take place, but having the proper tools in place is the first step in the right direction.
The way I see it, every story that's on slashdot was / is also on digg. However the stories that are on both sites are really the only ones I'm interested in reading. digg gets flooded with an enormous amount of crap. Not to mention most of the good information comes from reading the comments and we all know how great* the comments are on digg.
Yeah, I agree with you. Notes is a machine gun and this place has a bunch of monkeys who have access to the designer. It's far too easy for someone to develop something without putting any thought into the business process, impact, design or maintainability. I've been replacing notes apps with web based apps that are maintainable and scaleable.
Even though you were modded funny, you're absolutely right. ODF/OOo could get a bad rap by association here. I don't know ANYBODY who doesn't despise notes (and I work for a company with 27,000 employees who lives and breaths notes)
Yes it has been done, but that was before Sony started looking so foolish. I want a post E3 poll to show the difference. I somehow doubt that it would come out Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo now that we've seen the keynotes.
My initial reaction was to try and regurgitate what Gruber wrote last week, but then I realized that he's a much better writer than I am, so what's the point.
You're exactly right. That's where document management comes in. Our software puts the file's URL in the email rather than attaching it to the email. One central location which stores the "master" of the file and all of it's revisions - all accessible via any browser.
Now if we could just convince everyone that it's better than attaching files to emails and throwing everything else on a network share, we'd have it made:-)
I develop "collaboration software". Actually it's document management software with collaboration tools built in.
My plan for making the software easier to implement was to make it work with email, not separate from it. Keep It Simple Stupid. Most user already check their email multiple times per day, so why create another "inbox" for them to check? It's more work, more effort and therefore simply it simply won't get done (not to mention all of the belly aching and complaining that would come with it).
It's much easier for a user to get an email that says "Joe Blow wants you to "take out the garbage". Do you wish to [accept] or [reject] this task? If you do not respond within the next [# hours / days] we will assume you reject the task. This task must be completed by [Sunday @ 5pm].
Why not at least switch to an Apple Computer (nasdaq: AAPL) Mac? Apple's new operating system is stable, reliable and easy to use. The applications are simple, gorgeous and work well together. And they're here. Today. Steve Jobs must be waking up a happy man this morning.
"Thanks, Dan, I was with you there until that last paragraph where your Apple sales pitch kicked in.
Well?? Why not?
I own AAPL as well, but I don't expect the stock price to rise by telling my friends and family to use macs. I expect the stock price to rise because Apple has something really good going here.
Apple announces that they are moving to intel. OSX is DRM'd and bound to Macs so that it cannot be run on commodity hardware. Senior execs at Apple also state that they will not do anything to prevent Windows from running on their hardware.
Intel Macs come out.
Hackers get OSX86 up and running on Dells with relative ease, despite Apple's best efforts to prevent them from doing so. However, they have such a hard time getting Windows to run on a Mac that a contest is started and 13,000 dollars worth of prize money is offered.
"Instead of inane, immature competitions such as this one, I'd rather have a nice manual (RTNM -- Read The Nice Manual) on how to improve/lock down an OS X machine."
You can start by not giving out shell accounts to users who are trying to root the box;)
The problem is that the media presents the original test as though Mac OSX is insecure out of the box. It's very misleading.
An acquaintance of mine runs a small web hosting company. His original service plan offered SSH accounts to every hosting account. Despite his best efforts to secure the box, it was still rooted by a script kiddie.
His customer's PC was compromised and the ssh password for his account on the linux server was found by the script kiddie. The shell account had access to GCC. The script kiddie logged in as the non privileged user and used gcc to compile a rootkit. The rest was a walk in the park.
The OS was Slackware linux. All of the accounts were jailed, and all of the "best practice" measures were taken to harden the box (I can't comment on every detail as I am not a linux system admin).
My point is that when a malicious user gains shell access to any *nix system, you're in deep trouble.
My friend has since stopped offering SSH access to his customers.
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Yes, but that "13 year old software collector" who steals a copy of Photoshop learns the software. He then goes to college, and he's ahead of the curve in his new media major because he's been using photoshop for 5 years already. Then he graduates, gets a job, and guess what? The company that hires him also buys him a copy of this now defacto standard product.
No it doesn't. But I suppose it also doesn't really matter since Microsoft undoubtedly got *paid* for the copy of Windows that came on the server you bought. Right?
Evil NSA Spying
spreadsheets are not secure, provide no audit trail and won't pass HIPAA or Sarbanes-Oxley auditing
DocLink, a document management solution that I developed helps to solve this problem. All revisions to a document are stored in a secure vault and all activity (changes, views, assignments, etc) is audited. Rather than storing files on a network share, our customers store them in a DocLink vault. Suddenly they are compliant with the auditors.
Granted, there are a lot of process improvements that need to take place, but having the proper tools in place is the first step in the right direction.
The way I see it, every story that's on slashdot was / is also on digg. However the stories that are on both sites are really the only ones I'm interested in reading. digg gets flooded with an enormous amount of crap. Not to mention most of the good information comes from reading the comments and we all know how great* the comments are on digg.
* sarcasm
Yeah, I agree with you. Notes is a machine gun and this place has a bunch of monkeys who have access to the designer. It's far too easy for someone to develop something without putting any thought into the business process, impact, design or maintainability. I've been replacing notes apps with web based apps that are maintainable and scaleable.
Even though you were modded funny, you're absolutely right. ODF/OOo could get a bad rap by association here. I don't know ANYBODY who doesn't despise notes (and I work for a company with 27,000 employees who lives and breaths notes)
While inflation has gone up, the cost of manufacturing electronics has gone down.
No sir, Microsoft didn't rip off Nintendo :)
PS Thwii was a jab at sony for putting gyros in their controllers at the last second.
Yes it has been done, but that was before Sony started looking so foolish. I want a post E3 poll to show the difference. I somehow doubt that it would come out Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo now that we've seen the keynotes.
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I propose a new slashdot poll:
Who will win the next generation console wars:
Wii
xBox 360
or PS Thwii
Redberry = Raspberry?
You know, the "I fart in your general direction" sound?
My initial reaction was to try and regurgitate what Gruber wrote last week, but then I realized that he's a much better writer than I am, so what's the point.
May I recommend Several Asinine and/or Risky Ideas Regarding Apple's Strategy That Boot Camp Does Not Portend or Windows, The New Classic.
You're exactly right. That's where document management comes in. Our software puts the file's URL in the email rather than attaching it to the email. One central location which stores the "master" of the file and all of it's revisions - all accessible via any browser.
Now if we could just convince everyone that it's better than attaching files to emails and throwing everything else on a network share, we'd have it made :-)
I develop "collaboration software". Actually it's document management software with collaboration tools built in.
My plan for making the software easier to implement was to make it work with email, not separate from it. Keep It Simple Stupid. Most user already check their email multiple times per day, so why create another "inbox" for them to check? It's more work, more effort and therefore simply it simply won't get done (not to mention all of the belly aching and complaining that would come with it).
It's much easier for a user to get an email that says "Joe Blow wants you to "take out the garbage". Do you wish to [accept] or [reject] this task? If you do not respond within the next [# hours / days] we will assume you reject the task. This task must be completed by [Sunday @ 5pm].
I've got your web 2.0 right here.
I didn't know it was a big secret.
Or you could just - you know - rip an album to MP3 and copy it to your iPod. Last I checked we still had that fair use right. :\
and the stock price will go up when Vista finally does ship. You wait and see. MSFT has this uncanny ability to defy all logic.
Well?? Why not?
I own AAPL as well, but I don't expect the stock price to rise by telling my friends and family to use macs. I expect the stock price to rise because Apple has something really good going here.
I find this kind of funny and ironic...
Apple announces that they are moving to intel. OSX is DRM'd and bound to Macs so that it cannot be run on commodity hardware. Senior execs at Apple also state that they will not do anything to prevent Windows from running on their hardware.
Intel Macs come out.
Hackers get OSX86 up and running on Dells with relative ease, despite Apple's best efforts to prevent them from doing so. However, they have such a hard time getting Windows to run on a Mac that a contest is started and 13,000 dollars worth of prize money is offered.
Oh the irony. :-)
"Instead of inane, immature competitions such as this one, I'd rather have a nice manual (RTNM -- Read The Nice Manual) on how to improve/lock down an OS X machine."
You can start by not giving out shell accounts to users who are trying to root the box ;)
The problem is that the media presents the original test as though Mac OSX is insecure out of the box. It's very misleading.
An acquaintance of mine runs a small web hosting company. His original service plan offered SSH accounts to every hosting account. Despite his best efforts to secure the box, it was still rooted by a script kiddie.
His customer's PC was compromised and the ssh password for his account on the linux server was found by the script kiddie. The shell account had access to GCC. The script kiddie logged in as the non privileged user and used gcc to compile a rootkit. The rest was a walk in the park.
The OS was Slackware linux. All of the accounts were jailed, and all of the "best practice" measures were taken to harden the box (I can't comment on every detail as I am not a linux system admin).
My point is that when a malicious user gains shell access to any *nix system, you're in deep trouble.
My friend has since stopped offering SSH access to his customers."piracy, a problem that has cost the music industry billions in revenues in recent years"
Please, lets not jump to conclusions like this, ok?