Google has a privacy policy and the lawyers tell us it meets the requirements. So if they do not hold up their end we have done our due diligence. That is good enough.
Besides, where are you going to get these super IT staff members. Our IT staff is 4 guys. 1 programmer, 1 Sever Admin/programmer, 1 DBA and 1 Network admin. This is all the budget can allow. How do we keep up the huge DBA systems, all the servers, custom design a PIM system, etc. How many guys with this know how and super work ethic do you think work for under 40k a year?
As it stands now I have to manage the backup systems, perform all the sever maintenance, install all new servers, meet with all the people who want new things, Design/Program all our of web interfaces, Design/program all of our custom reports, Manage our digital signage, Develop flash applications, etc. The list goes on and on. By moving PIM to google, we save large amounts of bandwith, time, and money.
Backups, archiving, and the sending policy are all easy with google. They provide you the means to have all mail on your domain sent to your local servers or to have all mail you send sent first though your own local server. Not to mention a nice api for creating/managing/accessing all users accounts.
You don't just have to pay, you have to pay a LOT. When we did our study we found that Exchange was cheaper then Zimbra when it came to those features.
Then when we told the salesmen that if we selected their product we would just use the open source version, he told us their free product sucked. At that point we just ruled them out and decided to go with google. It's hard to say no to free.
I work at a mid-sized community college. We are in the process of migrating our calendars, chat, and email to google (from iplanet/luminous). So far it is very promising and best of all basically free.
Not to mention our servers no longer get hit with incoming spam and we do not need to maintain a antivirus server to scan incoming email. Going exchange was way overboard cost wise, and going with zimbra proved to be MORE costly then exchange (go figure). Our requirements were to be able to use outlook for people who want to, have a great web UI, be usable from pda's, iphones, and other smart devices, and integrate well with our current web portal. Google met all those goals with easy.
What about a system that takes photos of everyday objects and dynamically layers them into a new picture. The user is then asked to name a random amount of the objects in the photo (for example, name the closest and furthest objects in the photo). This would be random each time like current methods.
What about a system that takes photos of everyday objects and dynamically layers them into a new picture. The user is then asked to name a random amount of the objects in the photo (for example, name the closest and furthest objects in the photo). This would be random each time like current methods.
My solution is simple. Start sending spam yourself. The only way to fix it is to make email so unusable that it is abandoned, then replaced with a more secure, if more annoying to use, system.
But what if I want a different version of gcc, or what if their version of php is not compiled with a feature I need (actually, that was the case with SAMP and why we compile our own php...)
I just put those apps out there as examples. If you would like, I can find a package only on pkg-get. We don't use opensolaris because it is not supported by the software we use. The only reason we use solaris is because we have to for a product that we require to do business. Their supported options are windows on cygwin or solaris 9/10. Even though the product runs fine on linux they do not support it there. And you do not run software that expensive and mission critical without support.
Opensolaris is a great initiative, but is not ready for production use.
My only problem with solaris is having to install all those gnu utilities so that I can work with tools I'm used to.
I just hate it when tools don't work like I expect them to (such as my normal bash profile cant' be moved as is to solaris because ls does not work the same.)
The same blastwave going though a huge identity crisis AND was down for a good deal of time while the 'founders' did a bunch of closed door arguing and backstabbing?
How can I trust my enterprise level environment to something like that? This is not a kick on solaris, we actually use solaris 10 (a few products we use only support solaris on sparc). But I just can't see a business case for blastwave. At least if we went ubuntu we get a guarantee of life cycle and the ability to get paid support. If I call sun support and tell them I'm having trouble with apache/php/mysql from blastwave or that the blastwave gcc is not working right, do you think they will give a shit?
I like iPhoto a lot. I've taken to storing all my photo's online lately so I no longer keep them on my box, but it was great when I used it.
I've never been impressed with mail. I gave it a shot and just didn't like it. No real technical reasons.
I am however very grateful apple includes these things, and garageband is the greatest thing ever imho for a stock app. I just wish you didn't have to pay to get quicktime pro.
I didn't buy it, and I won't buy it. The question was is the interface super usable because it was designed by apple. My argument is that it was not designed to be. If it was intuitive then I would not need to change what I already know to use it.
So the device is usable if I change all my habits to meet the device? That's like saying the korn shell is intuitive, just spend a few weeks learning how to use it.
I touch type on my computer. I touch type on my phone. Imagine if I replaced a touch typers keyboard with a glass sheet that had areas for buttons. Without those bumps I would have to stare at my keyboard to type.
That is what they have done to a phone. It is impossible to text, dial, etc without looking. This means no making a quick note to myself in a meeting, or dialing a number in a low light situation without calling undue attention to myself.
Just a quick thought. My tv remote has buttons on it. I know what station I want, I can type in the channel number. My radio has a big dial. I know what station I want, now I have to turn the dial to get to that station. This means trial and error as a blind person.
I am a huge all fan. I LOVE my macbook. I will never own a touch screen phone. It is just stupid. With a 'normal' phone I can dial by touch. I can't do that on a iPhone. With a normal phone, if I'm out running and my phone rings, I'm not going to get a mess of sweat and grease gunking up my display. It is simply a poor design decision.
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We were actually looking for calendar integration with outlook as well. Google calendar sync meets those goals.
Google has a privacy policy and the lawyers tell us it meets the requirements. So if they do not hold up their end we have done our due diligence. That is good enough.
Besides, where are you going to get these super IT staff members. Our IT staff is 4 guys. 1 programmer, 1 Sever Admin/programmer, 1 DBA and 1 Network admin. This is all the budget can allow. How do we keep up the huge DBA systems, all the servers, custom design a PIM system, etc. How many guys with this know how and super work ethic do you think work for under 40k a year?
As it stands now I have to manage the backup systems, perform all the sever maintenance, install all new servers, meet with all the people who want new things, Design/Program all our of web interfaces, Design/program all of our custom reports, Manage our digital signage, Develop flash applications, etc. The list goes on and on. By moving PIM to google, we save large amounts of bandwith, time, and money.
Backups, archiving, and the sending policy are all easy with google. They provide you the means to have all mail on your domain sent to your local servers or to have all mail you send sent first though your own local server. Not to mention a nice api for creating/managing/accessing all users accounts.
Still, these are good questions to be asking.
Having recently gone though this process I can say it is indeed free with google. We are using their mail, calendar, and applications.
I fully agree. Where I work we have both. I'm on the IT side. Sometimes the requests out of the CS side are simply laughable.
You don't just have to pay, you have to pay a LOT. When we did our study we found that Exchange was cheaper then Zimbra when it came to those features.
Then when we told the salesmen that if we selected their product we would just use the open source version, he told us their free product sucked. At that point we just ruled them out and decided to go with google. It's hard to say no to free.
I work at a mid-sized community college. We are in the process of migrating our calendars, chat, and email to google (from iplanet/luminous). So far it is very promising and best of all basically free.
Not to mention our servers no longer get hit with incoming spam and we do not need to maintain a antivirus server to scan incoming email. Going exchange was way overboard cost wise, and going with zimbra proved to be MORE costly then exchange (go figure). Our requirements were to be able to use outlook for people who want to, have a great web UI, be usable from pda's, iphones, and other smart devices, and integrate well with our current web portal. Google met all those goals with easy.
No they will not get the password, but they will see bits changing in 'Empty space' that will alert them to the presence of a hidden container.
Anything is vulnerable to the free porn attack. So your solution is to just abandon the idea of doing anything?
Obviously this is very complicated. If it was easy, it would be solved by now. I'm just thinking out loud.
I am thinking of working on something like this though. It would be a good challenge.
What about a system that takes photos of everyday objects and dynamically layers them into a new picture. The user is then asked to name a random amount of the objects in the photo (for example, name the closest and furthest objects in the photo). This would be random each time like current methods.
What about a system that takes photos of everyday objects and dynamically layers them into a new picture. The user is then asked to name a random amount of the objects in the photo (for example, name the closest and furthest objects in the photo). This would be random each time like current methods.
My solution is simple. Start sending spam yourself. The only way to fix it is to make email so unusable that it is abandoned, then replaced with a more secure, if more annoying to use, system.
Exactly. I don't care about the rest of the world. Being production ready for the rest of the world does me absolutely no good.
I see a lot of tools in there, but no ls ;)
Sun updates like a glacier travels anyways. At least in my experience.
But what if I want a different version of gcc, or what if their version of php is not compiled with a feature I need (actually, that was the case with SAMP and why we compile our own php...)
I just put those apps out there as examples. If you would like, I can find a package only on pkg-get. We don't use opensolaris because it is not supported by the software we use. The only reason we use solaris is because we have to for a product that we require to do business. Their supported options are windows on cygwin or solaris 9/10. Even though the product runs fine on linux they do not support it there. And you do not run software that expensive and mission critical without support.
Opensolaris is a great initiative, but is not ready for production use.
My only problem with solaris is having to install all those gnu utilities so that I can work with tools I'm used to.
I just hate it when tools don't work like I expect them to (such as my normal bash profile cant' be moved as is to solaris because ls does not work the same.)
The same blastwave going though a huge identity crisis AND was down for a good deal of time while the 'founders' did a bunch of closed door arguing and backstabbing?
How can I trust my enterprise level environment to something like that? This is not a kick on solaris, we actually use solaris 10 (a few products we use only support solaris on sparc). But I just can't see a business case for blastwave. At least if we went ubuntu we get a guarantee of life cycle and the ability to get paid support. If I call sun support and tell them I'm having trouble with apache/php/mysql from blastwave or that the blastwave gcc is not working right, do you think they will give a shit?
I like iPhoto a lot. I've taken to storing all my photo's online lately so I no longer keep them on my box, but it was great when I used it.
I've never been impressed with mail. I gave it a shot and just didn't like it. No real technical reasons.
I am however very grateful apple includes these things, and garageband is the greatest thing ever imho for a stock app. I just wish you didn't have to pay to get quicktime pro.
I'm all for putting an end to windows piracy. Mostly because if those people can't afford windows, maybe they can use a real free OS instead.
I didn't buy it, and I won't buy it. The question was is the interface super usable because it was designed by apple. My argument is that it was not designed to be. If it was intuitive then I would not need to change what I already know to use it.
Actually, I would be all for just saying who I want to call. Get the tech there or get me an operator. Fine either way.
Right now I have to remember the odd variations of my friends names that the phone understands.
For example, it thinks steven is 'shithead'.
So the device is usable if I change all my habits to meet the device? That's like saying the korn shell is intuitive, just spend a few weeks learning how to use it.
I touch type on my computer. I touch type on my phone. Imagine if I replaced a touch typers keyboard with a glass sheet that had areas for buttons. Without those bumps I would have to stare at my keyboard to type.
That is what they have done to a phone. It is impossible to text, dial, etc without looking. This means no making a quick note to myself in a meeting, or dialing a number in a low light situation without calling undue attention to myself.
Just a quick thought. My tv remote has buttons on it. I know what station I want, I can type in the channel number. My radio has a big dial. I know what station I want, now I have to turn the dial to get to that station. This means trial and error as a blind person.
I am a huge all fan. I LOVE my macbook. I will never own a touch screen phone. It is just stupid. With a 'normal' phone I can dial by touch. I can't do that on a iPhone. With a normal phone, if I'm out running and my phone rings, I'm not going to get a mess of sweat and grease gunking up my display. It is simply a poor design decision.