It has to do with how much the voice call will use on the loop combined with how much the phone company can combine and compress it in the C.O.(Central Office for the non Phreakers). They do this to help manange growth and costs. Just a question....why does it matter. Do you need that voice in stereo also.
They could change the Apache License if they had just remember to add the line: "We reserve the right to update this license whenever and however we feel like it." They they could port portions of the GPL over to it and then revoke SCO's right to use apache.
On another note just because you say the license is invalid doesnt mean you are not bound by it. I can say MS License of 2003 server is invalid all I want. That would not change the fact they would have my house raided over that very piece of software.
Sorry didnt have time to read all the posts when it was posted before. I remember that they said on Mandrake Beta Site that you could not use your own key but I didnt try it. Guess i will now.
Boots from CD no install necessary. I use it to demonstrate Linux to clients on there machines so they can see what they are missing. It doesnt mess with there partition so they can get a feel for it.
I know you dont get the Key but does that mean you can't use one??? Surely someone out there will write something to get around this. If anyone knows of a way around this please post it here.
From one american to our great scientist at NASA......We sincerely appreciate the effort to help us get off this rock and reach our true destination. On Mars you have reached and attained greatness and made the entire world move more toward togetherness. Now after all that one thing left to say: GOOD JOB. Oh and tell Rob Manning I really enjoyed his part of the briefing.
Two of the three articles you cited where written during the tech boom when companies hired support people they never needed. 1996 and 1998 can hardly be counted in today's business environment.
The 1:200-600 numbers depend on what type of site it is. The average dictated by our corporate bobbing heads is 1:250 PC's not users. For the market our group supports we have 8 techs and around 2700 users. To save time on calculations that works out to 1 tech to 337.5 users We have some sites that run three shifts with at least 950 users using 435 machines a day. That is an example of one site out of two that we have like this. Both are supported by one guy a piece. I believe I stated before that this was not just PC Support but network equipment, servers and the phone systems. This extra support role can add 35-40 percent more work load to the average tech. To use your words this not average. To my knowledge we try to match our support models to the competitors. There maybe some with less per tech but with outsourcing looming the majority of IT Departments are trying to trim staff for cost savings and to avoid being outsourced themselves.
Another factor you failed to consider is SLA's (Service Level Agreements). Every company uses them and I am unsure if schools do the same. In the school systems around here, I have a feeling they are less than average, if something gets broken or is damaged it can take as long as 2 months to get them fixed. In business the majority of problems must be repaired in 4-16 business hours even at the desktop level. It was not my intention to belittle school technicians. In my experience they are usually overworked, underpaid and not appreciated. They also usually have to wait for on the job training instead of the school dishing out what is required to get them up to speed on new technology they deploy.
1:50 Are you smoking the same crack as SCO? In my company we run comparable to that and we support a region that is five hours from one end to the other. Where did you get that number????? We run anywhere from 1:200 to 1:600 on our support model. That is supporting it all. Not just PC's but the supporting equipment, wiring and all the phone systems. I laugh at your 1:50 HAHAHAHA:-). Seriously... I help schools support there systems in my off time and I agree that they need labor not parts to help them.
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It has to do with how much the voice call will use on the loop combined with how much the phone company can combine and compress it in the C.O.(Central Office for the non Phreakers). They do this to help manange growth and costs. Just a question....why does it matter. Do you need that voice in stereo also.
The /. has arrived. I did recognize that as a boxing term.
Nice to see the history of this fine organization being documented. Takes a telephone man to appreciate how much goes into a phone call.
They could change the Apache License if they had just remember to add the line: "We reserve the right to update this license whenever and however we feel like it." They they could port portions of the GPL over to it and then revoke SCO's right to use apache. On another note just because you say the license is invalid doesnt mean you are not bound by it. I can say MS License of 2003 server is invalid all I want. That would not change the fact they would have my house raided over that very piece of software.
Can we get a dancing chicken with that?
Sorry didnt have time to read all the posts when it was posted before. I remember that they said on Mandrake Beta Site that you could not use your own key but I didnt try it. Guess i will now.
I like it but I am with you.....It is not like they are the first to come up with this idea.
Boots from CD no install necessary. I use it to demonstrate Linux to clients on there machines so they can see what they are missing. It doesnt mess with there partition so they can get a feel for it.
I know you dont get the Key but does that mean you can't use one??? Surely someone out there will write something to get around this. If anyone knows of a way around this please post it here.
I want some of that crack they are smoking because it has got to be good stuff.
Where you born a damn jerk or did you go to college for your MBA???
From one american to our great scientist at NASA......We sincerely appreciate the effort to help us get off this rock and reach our true destination. On Mars you have reached and attained greatness and made the entire world move more toward togetherness. Now after all that one thing left to say: GOOD JOB. Oh and tell Rob Manning I really enjoyed his part of the briefing.
Next we'll land a nuclear defense grid of our own.......
Two of the three articles you cited where written during the tech boom when companies hired support people they never needed. 1996 and 1998 can hardly be counted in today's business environment.
The 1:200-600 numbers depend on what type of site it is. The average dictated by our corporate bobbing heads is 1:250 PC's not users. For the market our group supports we have 8 techs and around 2700 users. To save time on calculations that works out to 1 tech to 337.5 users We have some sites that run three shifts with at least 950 users using 435 machines a day. That is an example of one site out of two that we have like this. Both are supported by one guy a piece. I believe I stated before that this was not just PC Support but network equipment, servers and the phone systems. This extra support role can add 35-40 percent more work load to the average tech. To use your words this not average. To my knowledge we try to match our support models to the competitors. There maybe some with less per tech but with outsourcing looming the majority of IT Departments are trying to trim staff for cost savings and to avoid being outsourced themselves.
Another factor you failed to consider is SLA's (Service Level Agreements). Every company uses them and I am unsure if schools do the same. In the school systems around here, I have a feeling they are less than average, if something gets broken or is damaged it can take as long as 2 months to get them fixed. In business the majority of problems must be repaired in 4-16 business hours even at the desktop level. It was not my intention to belittle school technicians. In my experience they are usually overworked, underpaid and not appreciated. They also usually have to wait for on the job training instead of the school dishing out what is required to get them up to speed on new technology they deploy.
1:50 Are you smoking the same crack as SCO? In my company we run comparable to that and we support a region that is five hours from one end to the other. Where did you get that number????? We run anywhere from 1:200 to 1:600 on our support model. That is supporting it all. Not just PC's but the supporting equipment, wiring and all the phone systems. I laugh at your 1:50 HAHAHAHA :-). Seriously... I help schools support there systems in my off time and I agree that they need labor not parts to help them.