Any studies on the number of successful outsourcing vs unsuccessful outsourcing? I'm having a hard time believing they are as successful as everyone wants to believe.
Still...what you have here is real-time DSP work being done on the data.
The point I would make here is: It is just as critical that a real-time controller of a vehcile respond to alerts and events as it is a financial institution. The parallels are very similar.
In real-time control of a system that could kill someone (nuclear reactor, auto-pilot, etc). These systems have to react to bad events in milliseconds or less (much tighter timeframe than 5 minutes).
I suppose the neat factor with this system would be the fact that it can intercept data on its way to a database. But this isn't all that new either. Many real-time applicaitons process data as it is coming in real-time on its way to a database as well.
The talk about being able to respond to events and such is nothing more than domain logic (i.e. what to do with the data).
I do realtime systems where I am processing 10,000 messages a second. I can understand the issues with multithreading and maybe streambase cleans some of that up, but I think this is real-time data processing in a new package with a lot of clever marketing.
Don't get me wrong, I think the clever marketing is just as important and good as any technical inovation. But I don't see any technical inovation here...
But the idea of a query engine in front of those messages is interesting.
Yet, then what is LabView? We've been processing live real-time data streams for years.
I still don't get the scope of it. It seems on one hand to be a lot of the same. This idea that they need this type of software to process data from remote sensors doesn't click. I process data from remote sense in real-time all the time (no pun intended). There is no need to store it in a DBMS and then query it in order for the data to be useful. For historical reasons, yes, but it's never necessary.
I wouldn't consider this to be new...rather it's the idea of this that is starting to propigate.
CISCO's new 92 terabit/sec router already has some of these features. The OS they used to build the system supports many of these features (high availability, self healing, etc).
It's a self healing system. It uses the services and functionality of the OS to accomplish it.
QNX's networking system is really neat because it allows processes to be independent of where they actually run on a network. And the network can be anything (i.e. a backplane, Ethernet, whatever). So it lends itself to solving such a problem.
Have you noticed that anyone who edundantly repeats the same old drool about how Linux is really better even though it is obivious that it isn't gets high scores with their postings?
And those that say "see we told you so" that Windows is better than Linux and Linux has a lllooonnggg way to go get flaimbait and low scores?
GET A GRIP! LINUX ISN'T READY FOR THE DESKTOP! And YES it CAN cost more than Linux...way more.
Those who write applications for Linux DO NOT understand how to write intuitive and user friendly applications.
Linux's only hope in the world right now is IBM. At least they have the resources to do real live user testing and feed back.
How many open source projects are barely limping along if at all? Sourceforge is a graveyard for unfinished open source projects. It's becoming software's Hall of Good Intentions
You guys forget the amount of money MS has put into human interface issues. This is real knowledge that doesn't just come by accident.
All you Linux die-hards are going to start getting a dose of reality because more and more of these attempts to switch to linux are going to end up in frustration and heads will roll because of the money spent.
The model just doesn't work. It is anti-capitalism and anti-business. When Red Hat and the others start making insane profits with their offerings, then you will know that Linux is being accepted by the mainstream.
Until then...it's only a pipe dream.
They take too long to configure. My ISP just blocks traffic comming from open relays and addresses that are Asian.
Shake, stir and add that to knowspam.net and you stop getting spam, period. Best served cold...
Your crazy if you think that open source is now being adopted as the solution to MS. This is a trial period. Open source better deliver or MS will come back strong.
These things take time, and Linux has a ways to go. You have a lot of CTO's that are looking at linux for sure, but if they can't get done what the need for their bottom line, they'll run from it.
Unionization will only hurt our industry, i see the results of unionization all over the place in the blue collar world...it's not good for advancement and squashes talent
Let them figure out that overseas is not helping their bottom line and we'll be ok...it'll just take some time.
What about Linux itself?
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I don't mean this to be flaimbait...so please hold off getting angry at me for just a moment.
But the article did describe (unwittingly) the OSS movement and Linux. There is a lot of hype out there(there is also a lot of substance too). There are a lot of people fueled by the desire to kill MS and others that happen to charge for their OS's. These will eventually burn out.
A business has a lot to consider when using Linux in their projects. Maintenance is one of them. I'm of the opinion that Linux is very Maintenance intensive when it comes to installing new things onto it. Once an installation has been stabilized...sure it works well for the long term. But it takes a fair amount of effort to get it there...at least now it does.
There is going to be competition. Vendors are going to work hard to improve their products to compete with Linux. Pricing structures will be affected. Linux isn't out of the woods yet.
It has blocked over 5000 emails over the last 3 weeks for me. My email only gets what I want it to get...no message 'filters' that never seemed to work. It's a great serivice!
The reason they are asking for such powers is because our wonderful lawyers have tied the hands of law enforcement.
This is to give law enforcement the tools they need to nail these terrorist cells and make it stick. Current laws on the books make it too easy for these guys.
I know what the press is reporting about the Patriot Act, but I haven't read it myself. I don't trust the newspapers....they've been trying to nail Bush for years now and we know how honest the NY Times is.
The design of the device isn't yours and you didn't make it.
You have no right to decide how it is or isn't benifical to customers. Customers decide with their wallets.
Just because you think some feature of a product isn't benificial doesn't give you the license to undermine the protections that were built into it.
There are many reasons this feature is desirable. Both for cosumers with children and the company itself. A few slashdoters have stumbled across it..some trying to be funny.
Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it isn't benificial and it doesn't mean that the feature is bad.
No I don't work Hasbro and this isn't intended to be flaimbait. And yes they are hurting Hasbro's ability to make money. They wouldn't have made the CD format difficult to udnerstand and use if it wasn't part of their marketing plan.
This is serious subject. Companies are spending billions to protect their property. Cracking someones propritary format in my view is stealing. Plain and simple.
I see no one was answered the real question....the real challenge isn't craking someones protection schemes...the real challenge is making something that is useful enough for someone to purchase and use.
I think (and I this is what I really think) people who do this are disgraceful.
Instead of spending time on this...volunteer for something like this for example:
Because the company wishes to make money on the content that is displayed on the device. There isn't anything wrong with this.
Why is this so hard to understand? Why can't people be allowed to make money on things *they* make. They took the risk. Do you understand what it takes to market something? It's a *huge* risk.
Why can't someone's hard work just be simply respected? It isn't that hard.
If you want something that will display content you want...make it yourself. You might get an idea on the kind effort, long hours and sometimes heartache that it takes...maybe this will help you understand.
So someone can make a disk and know that he/she will be able to SELL it w/o copies of it poping up everywhere.
How did this post get a score of insightful?
Why is it that when someone attempts to lock stuff they deem propritary so it won't get copied all over the place, so they can make a buck, someone has to come along to nullify it?
Instead of spending all your time trying to ruin someone's hard work, why don't you use your time and make something that *you* can sell? Hhhhmmmmm?
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QNX had these kinds of numbers on a 486...
and isn't it currenlty kinda dark (or just starting to get light) over the south pole?
Any studies on the number of successful
outsourcing vs unsuccessful outsourcing? I'm having a hard time believing they are as successful as everyone wants to believe.
Still...what you have here is real-time DSP work being done on the data.
The point I would make here is: It is just as critical that a real-time controller of a vehcile respond to alerts and events as it is a financial institution. The parallels are very similar.
In real-time control of a system that could kill someone (nuclear reactor, auto-pilot, etc). These systems have to react to bad events in milliseconds or less (much tighter timeframe than 5 minutes).
I suppose the neat factor with this system would be the fact that it can intercept data on its way to a database. But this isn't all that new either. Many real-time applicaitons process data as it is coming in real-time on its way to a database as well.
The talk about being able to respond to events and such is nothing more than domain logic (i.e. what to do with the data).
I do realtime systems where I am processing 10,000 messages a second. I can understand the issues with multithreading and maybe streambase cleans some of that up, but I think this is real-time data processing in a new package with a lot of clever marketing.
Don't get me wrong, I think the clever marketing is just as important and good as any technical inovation. But I don't see any technical inovation here...
But the idea of a query engine in front of those messages is interesting.
Yet, then what is LabView? We've been processing live real-time data streams for years.
I still don't get the scope of it. It seems on one hand to be a lot of the same. This idea that they need this type of software to process data from remote sensors doesn't click. I process data from remote sense in real-time all the time (no pun intended). There is no need to store it in a DBMS and then query it in order for the data to be useful. For historical reasons, yes, but it's never necessary.
I wouldn't consider this to be new...rather it's the idea of this that is starting to propigate.
CISCO's new 92 terabit/sec router already has some of these features. The OS they used to build the system supports many of these features (high availability, self healing, etc).
http://www.qnx.com/markets/networking_telecom/cisc o/
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5763/index.h tml
It's a self healing system. It uses the services and functionality of the OS to accomplish it.
QNX's networking system is really neat because it allows processes to be independent of where they actually run on a network. And the network can be anything (i.e. a backplane, Ethernet, whatever). So it lends itself to solving such a problem.
They've got great modems...60 miles line of sight. Uses frequency hopping.
It's hard-real time. Device drivers run in user space. The kernel will never be busy waiting for the floppy drive.
Ahhh..you've proved my point...thanks
A correction:
And YES it CAN cost more than Linux
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And YES it CAN cost more than Windows
Have you noticed that anyone who edundantly repeats the same old drool about how Linux is really better even though it is obivious that it isn't gets high scores with their postings? And those that say "see we told you so" that Windows is better than Linux and Linux has a lllooonnggg way to go get flaimbait and low scores? GET A GRIP! LINUX ISN'T READY FOR THE DESKTOP! And YES it CAN cost more than Linux...way more. Those who write applications for Linux DO NOT understand how to write intuitive and user friendly applications. Linux's only hope in the world right now is IBM. At least they have the resources to do real live user testing and feed back. How many open source projects are barely limping along if at all? Sourceforge is a graveyard for unfinished open source projects. It's becoming software's Hall of Good Intentions You guys forget the amount of money MS has put into human interface issues. This is real knowledge that doesn't just come by accident. All you Linux die-hards are going to start getting a dose of reality because more and more of these attempts to switch to linux are going to end up in frustration and heads will roll because of the money spent. The model just doesn't work. It is anti-capitalism and anti-business. When Red Hat and the others start making insane profits with their offerings, then you will know that Linux is being accepted by the mainstream. Until then...it's only a pipe dream.
yeah, well it's not like the desktop near you won't be identified rather quickly and fixed...
I still think it is the best 'filter' available, since filtering is a lookup into a database of 'good senders' http://www.knowspam.net
You could say the same about Windows servers...
Kevin
They take too long to configure. My ISP just blocks traffic comming from open relays and addresses that are Asian. Shake, stir and add that to knowspam.net and you stop getting spam, period. Best served cold...
Your crazy if you think that open source is now being adopted as the solution to MS. This is a trial period. Open source better deliver or MS will come back strong.
These things take time, and Linux has a ways to go. You have a lot of CTO's that are looking at linux for sure, but if they can't get done what the need for their bottom line, they'll run from it.
Kevin
Unionization will only hurt our industry, i see the results of unionization all over the place in the blue collar world...it's not good for advancement and squashes talent Let them figure out that overseas is not helping their bottom line and we'll be ok...it'll just take some time.
I don't mean this to be flaimbait...so please hold off getting angry at me for just a moment.
But the article did describe (unwittingly) the OSS movement and Linux. There is a lot of hype out there(there is also a lot of substance too). There are a lot of people fueled by the desire to kill MS and others that happen to charge for their OS's. These will eventually burn out.
A business has a lot to consider when using Linux in their projects. Maintenance is one of them. I'm of the opinion that Linux is very Maintenance intensive when it comes to installing new things onto it. Once an installation has been stabilized...sure it works well for the long term. But it takes a fair amount of effort to get it there...at least now it does.
There is going to be competition. Vendors are going to work hard to improve their products to compete with Linux. Pricing structures will be affected. Linux isn't out of the woods yet.
It has blocked over 5000 emails over the last 3 weeks for me. My email only gets what I want it to get...no message 'filters' that never seemed to work. It's a great serivice!
Kevin
The reason they are asking for such powers is because our wonderful lawyers have tied the hands of law enforcement.
This is to give law enforcement the tools they need to nail these terrorist cells and make it stick. Current laws on the books make it too easy for these guys.
I know what the press is reporting about the Patriot Act, but I haven't read it myself. I don't trust the newspapers....they've been trying to nail Bush for years now and we know how honest the NY Times is.
Guys you keep forgeting one thing.
The design of the device isn't yours and you didn't make it.
You have no right to decide how it is or isn't benifical to customers. Customers decide with their wallets.
Just because you think some feature of a product isn't benificial doesn't give you the license to undermine the protections that were built into it.
There are many reasons this feature is desirable. Both for cosumers with children and the company itself. A few slashdoters have stumbled across it..some trying to be funny.
Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it isn't benificial and it doesn't mean that the feature is bad.
No I don't work Hasbro and this isn't intended to be flaimbait. And yes they are hurting Hasbro's ability to make money. They wouldn't have made the CD format difficult to udnerstand and use if it wasn't part of their marketing plan.
:)
This is serious subject. Companies are spending billions to protect their property. Cracking someones propritary format in my view is stealing. Plain and simple.
I see no one was answered the real question....the real challenge isn't craking someones protection schemes...the real challenge is making something that is useful enough for someone to purchase and use.
I think (and I this is what I really think) people who do this are disgraceful.
Instead of spending time on this...volunteer for something like this for example:
Team Overbot
Notice that I'm not an Anonymous Coward
Because the company wishes to make money on the content that is displayed on the device. There isn't anything wrong with this.
Why is this so hard to understand? Why can't people be allowed to make money on things *they* make. They took the risk. Do you understand what it takes to market something? It's a *huge* risk.
Why can't someone's hard work just be simply respected? It isn't that hard.
If you want something that will display content you want...make it yourself. You might get an idea on the kind effort, long hours and sometimes heartache that it takes...maybe this will help you understand.
So someone can make a disk and know that he/she will be able to SELL it w/o copies of it poping up everywhere. How did this post get a score of insightful?
Why is it that when someone attempts to lock stuff they deem propritary so it won't get copied all over the place, so they can make a buck, someone has to come along to nullify it?
Instead of spending all your time trying to ruin someone's hard work, why don't you use your time and make something that *you* can sell? Hhhhmmmmm?
I hope you get sued and you go to jail.
Kevin