It is open source, just not free. It is definitely intended for software projects, but we have adapted it here for general use, and it has been extremely well-received. It is also fairly inexpensive, and easily customizable. And no, I am not on the Atlassian payroll (the makers of JIRA), but rather a very satisfied customer.
We have a commercial license, and it costs about $2500/year.
Their Wiki product (Confluence) is also excellent.
In the midst of our third (of three) major system replacement in 4 years, and it seems to me to boil down to just a few things:
Get the right people on board. Make hard decisions early about who should be there and who shouldn't. You'll save yourself much pain and anguish down the line.
Do a good, thorough job in the requirements process. If you don't do this, take the million dollars you have budgeted and blow it on a Hunter Thompson style weekend in Vegas. At least you'll get some good memories out of the deal.
Make the business people stick to the requirements they set. I hate the phrase "scope creep," but it is a real, living beast that will devour all before it.
Straight from Agile, but get some early wins. There is no replacement for a group feeling of success.
I live in New Mexico. Our legislature just spent weeks debating the realtive merits of cockfighting; this Pluto thing is actually an improvement in the level of legislative discourse.
New Mexico Magazine has a regular feature called "One of Our Fifty is Missing". You would be amazed at how often it happens. The most frequent response from the clueless customer service rep is: "Wow, you speak the language very well!"
Because it was a mistake. I did not do it on purpose, and the ballot was returned as soon as the mistake was found.
But thanks for assuming that I committed fraud in regards to something I care very deeply about. Thanks further for assuming that I would be fucking stupid enough to announce it if I had.
This is the only place I have ever lived where you can buy booze everywhere. They give liquor licenses to drug stores, convenience stores, grocery stores, I know other places only allow hard liquor to be sold in certain places.
This is an idiotic solution to a serious problem. Why not interlock devices on each bottle of beer?
I am the IT Director at a much smaller (100+ employees), so this advice may not wash in just a vastly different culture. I have found that it is much easier just to do it, and then point to it when it is up and working at a reduced cost. I have found great success in this approach.
"Here are last year's costs...here are this year's costs. Wow, is that a lot less or what?!"
I was (last Tuesday) a site manager for the Democratic caucus in New Mexico. I ran a site located on a reservation. Anyway, each ballot had what looked like a signature line at the bottom, but was, in fact, a place for a write-in. I cannot tell how many people asked if they should sign their ballot. No one said it, but it seemed to me that they were used to having someone "confirm" that they voted the way they were supossed to. Amazing.
A lot of people are saying that this is only a small part, that we should not get excited about the ruling. It seems to me that this is one of the first ones to face the scrutiny of a federal appeals court and, if so, that this is a good sign that other sections of the act will be similarly stricken down.
Even with the Supreme Court we have now, one would expect most of the act to end up in the dumpster once it has to face any kind of scrutiny in a court of law.
That probably covers the cost of having one of the admins move it to the loading dock. Nevertheless, it IS tempting...
I also need to check my exchange rates; am I doing better taking 50 American or 50 Canadian. Ah, the intricacies of international finance...
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I'd echo what others have said here and tell you that this can fluctuate pretty dramatically depending on the business you're in.
It is open source, just not free. It is definitely intended for software projects, but we have adapted it here for general use, and it has been extremely well-received. It is also fairly inexpensive, and easily customizable. And no, I am not on the Atlassian payroll (the makers of JIRA), but rather a very satisfied customer. We have a commercial license, and it costs about $2500/year. Their Wiki product (Confluence) is also excellent.
- Get the right people on board. Make hard decisions early about who should be there and who shouldn't. You'll save yourself much pain and anguish down the line.
- Do a good, thorough job in the requirements process. If you don't do this, take the million dollars you have budgeted and blow it on a Hunter Thompson style weekend in Vegas. At least you'll get some good memories out of the deal.
- Make the business people stick to the requirements they set. I hate the phrase "scope creep," but it is a real, living beast that will devour all before it.
- Straight from Agile, but get some early wins. There is no replacement for a group feeling of success.
Just the benefit of my recent experienceOnly once, actually. But who's counting?
I live in New Mexico. Our legislature just spent weeks debating the realtive merits of cockfighting; this Pluto thing is actually an improvement in the level of legislative discourse.
Amen to that. Although it must be much more fun to get up on your high horse and deride something of which you have no comprehension.
Of course, if we all go gray goo, there won't be anyone left to pay a claim to. :-)
Actually, we are more concerned that there would be no one left from which to collect premium
Only New Mexico. Plus you would only get value out of it if you read Spanish.
New Mexico Magazine has a regular feature called "One of Our Fifty is Missing". You would be amazed at how often it happens. The most frequent response from the clueless customer service rep is: "Wow, you speak the language very well!"
I think that would have been:
.... Don't .... Buy .... It ....
Just
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
Like it should be coupled with IORAL?
Because it was a mistake. I did not do it on purpose, and the ballot was returned as soon as the mistake was found.
But thanks for assuming that I committed fraud in regards to something I care very deeply about. Thanks further for assuming that I would be fucking stupid enough to announce it if I had.
Kucinich got one vote all day. That ballot somehow failed to get into the sealed envelope I returned to the party that night. All in all, 3 points:
This is the only place I have ever lived where you can buy booze everywhere. They give liquor licenses to drug stores, convenience stores, grocery stores, I know other places only allow hard liquor to be sold in certain places.
This is an idiotic solution to a serious problem. Why not interlock devices on each bottle of beer?
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of an array of hashes;
makes me so happy!
I am the IT Director at a much smaller (100+ employees), so this advice may not wash in just a vastly different culture. I have found that it is much easier just to do it, and then point to it when it is up and working at a reduced cost. I have found great success in this approach.
"Here are last year's costs...here are this year's costs. Wow, is that a lot less or what?!"
YMMV, of course...
I'd like a nuclear arsenal, period. The hell with the OS behind it.
Dear God. I just got a mental picture of what a Gates-controlled Disney would look like...
[shudder]
I was (last Tuesday) a site manager for the Democratic caucus in New Mexico. I ran a site located on a reservation. Anyway, each ballot had what looked like a signature line at the bottom, but was, in fact, a place for a write-in. I cannot tell how many people asked if they should sign their ballot. No one said it, but it seemed to me that they were used to having someone "confirm" that they voted the way they were supossed to. Amazing.
It's worse than stock; it's futures options on the outcome of the lawsuit(s).
A lot of people are saying that this is only a small part, that we should not get excited about the ruling. It seems to me that this is one of the first ones to face the scrutiny of a federal appeals court and, if so, that this is a good sign that other sections of the act will be similarly stricken down.
Even with the Supreme Court we have now, one would expect most of the act to end up in the dumpster once it has to face any kind of scrutiny in a court of law.
You don't need the $_:
open(FILE, "/etc/passwd) or die $!, "\n";
while() {
print;
}
close(FILE);
exit;
Or is that bad form?
Syntax delights me, two hundred ways to format text, what is not to love?
What is the proper etiquette for responding to an extortion attempt?
Where is Emily Post when you really need her?
That probably covers the cost of having one of the admins move it to the loading dock. Nevertheless, it IS tempting... I also need to check my exchange rates; am I doing better taking 50 American or 50 Canadian. Ah, the intricacies of international finance...