For those of you like me and have never worked with this language, some sample code is here [monash.edu.au]
Scotty: Captain, we din' can reference it! Kirk: Analysis, Mr. Spock? Spock: Captain, it doesn't appear in the symbol table. Kirk: Then it's of external origin? Spock: Affirmative. Kirk: Mr. Sulu, go to pass two. Sulu: Aye aye, sir, going to pass two.
No more wordy than COBOL. Seems like a cool language
I wonder if IBM said the same thing about working with Nazi Germany.
I read that book too. I seem to remember IBM's line was something like "Our German company/branch was an independant entity, nothing to do with IBM in the US." Of course, only the US company was able to produce the punch cards used in the machines..
all of the software you just mentioned is such expensive, proprietary software for systems I'll never possibly manage that I have no real idea what's going on with this IT disaster.
I love open source software too, but isn't the budget blowout on this (triggered by scope creep etc. like most projects) going to be the cost of services (ie. people), rather than the software itself? If anything, it would be harder to find enough people skilled up OSS people in Australia and that would make the project cost even higher than with proprietry systems.
This Customs IT project is definately a disaster, but I haven't seen too many stories about open source projects on a similar scale that have been under budget and on time to balance it out. Anyone got stories/sites out there about OSS large-scale project success stories? I need ammo to convince my boss on some upcoming work:)
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Soon we'll all be getting vague Victorian maladies, and things like Consumption, and taking a trips to the warmer climes on doctor's orders..
I work from home too, and.. well let's just say, it redefines what is considered "office safe" for emails..
Yeah, just like a car... a car driven by Hitler!
You can go on correcting some people until the cows come home to roost - and they just never learn
Then it can get a lite beer.
Mental note to self: Develop a collaboration solution that looks and works exactly like an email browser
No more wordy than COBOL. Seems like a cool language
they'll do anything to avoid drinking soymilk
Windows Vista Tabbed
"News for Greeks"
Select "[Low Graphic Version]" at the top. Much better :)
[Unnessecarily long, misspelled defence of original statement] [Sarcasm] [witty, annoying sig]
[Political/religious/OS statement]
Yeah, because back at home all the stuff would fall off your fridge door..
Go FoxPro!
I wonder if IBM said the same thing about working with Nazi Germany.
I read that book too. I seem to remember IBM's line was something like "Our German company/branch was an independant entity, nothing to do with IBM in the US." Of course, only the US company was able to produce the punch cards used in the machines..
Al Qaeda have completed their weather-machine!
Maybe they were like dogs, and they just chewed on grass when they were sick.. Or is that cats? I can't remember now
I'm pretty sure closed-source != "Democracy"
I'm not sure how I'd feel about swimming in the ocean if it was fizzy..
And before that we had Pull-to-Talk..
http://www.photospin.com/search/?page=single&id=79 60
That island being Australia. Smart rat.
I love open source software too, but isn't the budget blowout on this (triggered by scope creep etc. like most projects) going to be the cost of services (ie. people), rather than the software itself? If anything, it would be harder to find enough people skilled up OSS people in Australia and that would make the project cost even higher than with proprietry systems.
This Customs IT project is definately a disaster, but I haven't seen too many stories about open source projects on a similar scale that have been under budget and on time to balance it out. Anyone got stories/sites out there about OSS large-scale project success stories? I need ammo to convince my boss on some upcoming work :)
It'll definately run Oracle
China is about the same width as the US and the whole country is one time-zone! I feel sorry for those people way out in the western provinces..