I trust no company to hold my data on the internet, plain and simple. I hope I'm not alone in stating that quality and security on the Net took a back seat long ago to IP law, and profit margins. If you put it on the Interwebtube, expect that a bad guy has it. It's a sad reality, but still a reality.
And yes, shame on Steam for not notifying users the day they discovered the problem. Finding out 4 days later, from an external company is not excusable. I'm sure they will blame a 3rd party for the break in claiming it's not their code or design that's the problem too.
No no, your Main Frames will not start to blue screen, reboot twice daily for "Critical Security Patches", or need a Microsoft Certified *chuckle chuckle* Administrator. It's simply blade support which has been unavailable until now (for good reason IMO).
Big Blue is not in the Cloud game, but this does give a nice option for big iron selection from Cloud vendors. Since it's still the buzz word, IBM may as well cash in on it.
Lock you out of your OS? How about disable devices the vendor does not like, or modify device priority favoring who they like. I agree that BIOS security is lacking, but an OS and OS Vendor is not who we the consumers should be trusting to correct the lack of security.
Instead of raising fees for applications, they should be charging penalty fees for the barrage of bogus patent attempts they receive constantly. If companies had to pay a penalty for a rejection, they would be more careful what they apply for. Additionally, huge penalties should be imposed for obvious attempts at abuse (such as the Microsoft IF NOT attempt).
Additionally, process (idea) patents need to be made illegal. This in itself would be a huge benefit to small businesses and create an atmosphere where competition and real progress could be made.
Of course we know where the obvious answers will go.. especially since the lobbyists are ensuring that the big players stay on top..
The judge needs to have his name changed to "Stew Pididiot".
Mr. Pididiot does not care that the same mentality causes law suites against car companies when hail damages the hood, and electronics manufacturers when idiots bring a TV into a bath tub.
Blame the guy with some money, and who cares about the anonymous Joe. I believe the more common term for what he made Google is "Scape Goat". Shame on Stu!
What do the developers think is best? I have worked in an open collaborative space, and found it exceptional. After a recent management change, they moved us all to cubicles with our noses in the corner. I know that some people would have preferred more privacy (they love their pr0n), but most of us wanted the open space. Management made their decision without our input, and most of us are pretty resentful.
What you believe, or management believes, may not always be what is bet for the team. Let your team voice what is best for them.
This is a very hard argument for numerous companies, not just Oracle. If the answer was simple, then Linux on the desktop would be much more prevalent. Instead we see it hidden away in the Server rooms happily consuming Microsoft's market share.
Profit models are always based on software sales with a percentage cap. As an example, a CAD support company will sell you AutoCad. They pay $400 US to Autodesk, and charge the customer $600 US. Sure, many companies offer support, but in the application space it's not easy to make money. How hard is it for a Windows power user to install a Windows application on their own? In reality, it's not difficult so most companies have minimum installation support. They can count on each year receiving a check for the latest version of AutoCad. Even if the company pays for installation service one year, there is no assurance that the customer will pay again for the services.
Some companies have "Managed Service Models", where you don't have to pay the 600 bucks for AutoCad. Instead you lease the seat with support for a fixed rate. This is closer to where you want to go since it covers both guaranteed software sales, and guaranteed support staff payments. Even still, these are pretty limited since most companies can not see much benefit in paying a company a large monthly rate for something one of their power users can handle. You also run into numerous issues where power users convince the people they work for (and rightly so) that it's a waste of money to use the managed service model. This could increase their pay, and add stability to their job (pretty important in this economy).
Where companies like IBM and RedHat make their money from OSS is a much lower level of Managed Services. When you can package the app, package the OS, security, patching, infrastructure to support everything, and have a knowledge base able to reduce down time companies see much more benefit. They can also cater lower cost services to companies with lower budgets. It's cheaper to get a start up moving with RedHat Cluster, Apache and MySql than it is an equivalent Oracle package. IBM and RedHat can not only show you the benefit, but will help you implement it.
This is where Oracle needs a different mind set, which I doubt will happen. Oracle does Oracle. They don't want to support SunOne, MySQL, or Netscape Products. They want customers to pay for Oracle Directory Server, not get SunOne for free. They want customers to pay for Oracle DB, not use MySQL. They want customers to use Oracle Web server, not the SunOne products or other proven free software.
The big bucks revenue that Oracle receives each year from contracts like Oracle Apps, Oracle DB, Oracle Identity Manager, etc.. comes from huge players with tons of cash to spend. Small companies don't have the budgets to pay for Oracle, and Oracle has traditionally had an attitude where they don't want to deal with small budgets. I have seen Oracle Sales reps laugh at customers with small budgets, or just completely blow them off and ignore them.
As long as Oracle has the mind set that they should make a mint off of every deal, there is nothing anyone can do to show them OSS is profitable. Profit to them is a relative term.
This was done so that you would be able to process a kernel core dump. The only way to save core, as the kernel dumping itself into your swap region.
Sure, swap was also used for paging from real memory, but anyone who works in computing "should" know that disk is much slower than RAM. Applications should only hit disk when absolutely necessary. Hence, if you are in disk swap 100% of the time, then you have under-scaled your hardware for the tasks it's performing.
Now if you plan on trying to debug kernel core files, keep more swap than memory. Every bit of memory has to be dumped for a proper core.
For people who are not debugging core files (which is a very large percentage), only create as much swap as you need. AKA. Add file swap when you get "Out of memory" messages.
We test every applicant prior to hiring. Not a written test, we have a technical staff (3-4 senior level techies) ask questions from a pre-defined test.
People who spew 1-2 buzz words a sentence can usually fool HR and Head hunters into thinking they are smart IT people. Just because you can spew a few acronyms does not mean you can actually function in an IT department. (We have some great fun as a team with some of the turd wranglers who apply for jobs, and the way some are trained to insert acronyms too!)
People must pass our staff test in order to work here. If they refuse the test, they don't work here.. very simple.
With all the Comp. training dot com companies telling people they can make big bucks in IT with just 6 months training, we have to test. Do you realize how much damage a M$ Certified professional can do to a 800 server environment in just 5 minutes?
As to the comments regarding Lawyers not having to test.. Well them guys generally have 7-9 years of school, a degree, a license, etc.. which all kind of prove that they are an attorney. As for IT, I don't care how many certificates you have.. you will not touch a HA Cluster you prove that you are qualified.
First, is the visibility. Companies do not have any idea how many people want Linux (or do not want M$, depending on your view point). Purchasing pre-loaded fixes the books so that companies have no doubt.
Second is, as someone else mentioned, you know that all of your components work with Linux. Most of us have had issues, where M$ only devices reside on a purchased PC. In that case, generally the products have no vendor support for Linux, and driver/software products capable of using them rely on the time consuming task of reverse engineering.
Remember too that companies like Dell have to pay more for Linux support (Gigabazillions paid top dollar for that M$ cert.. as opposed to the handful that earned their RHCx)
Now that I have your attention, lets look at facts.
1. Blizzard is not fining end users for use of their software, they are suing a company which SELLS software that runs in Blizzards UI language.
There really is nothing else to say!
Do you think Microsoft would not be suing the pants off of someone who wrote some hacks based on their private goods and then SOLD the hacks?
Just so you don't think this is a big bad corporate policy.. think of the companies that SELL flash games. You think they do not pay licensing and royalties for flash? You think they would not be in court if they didnt?
"Boo hoo, I cant run my ezmode farmzor bot" Oh well, man up and play the game like most people do.
By the tone of the question, it appears that the requestor has a Linux/FLOSS type solution, and is wondering if he should go ".net" or something. (though I could be wrong).
If you pull in the M$ A+ certified class, of course they will tell you it's easier to maintain and works better than Linux and Open solutions.
Actions speak louder than words though.. In a group of 100 A+ graduates, you may have one that actually knows what a HTML TAG is, and the rest know what "Front Page" and "Office" are.
Here is a question for you: Were you really not able to find anyone with the skill set? or just did not want to pay what they were asking to support your legacy application?
The reason I ask that, is that FLOSS is a very large community, full of talent and skill. I find it hard to believe you could find "no one" to support your stuff.. unless you were looking for the lowest end pay scale to match.
It took about 1/2 hour to stop laughing at this one.. Seriously the guy who claimed this at Symantic understands what he said? (I wonder how much he got paid to say it).
I am sorry, but the security flaws for RedHat include "ALL" software packages. The majority of users do not have most of these packages installed unless they know how to "rpm -i" or "rpm -U" from media. Even those of us who do, would only have some of those packages installed. I for instance may have to watch for a MySQL bug, but I don't care about a Postgres bug because I don't have it installed.
Sure, RedHat notification covers all products too, because they do not know what the end user will descide to use.
It's really sad, but Redhat and other Linux distros may have to look at how they broadcast bugs, fixes, and notifications simply to shut up the M$ leg humping squads.
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HP: Mommy Court, Oracle hit me!
Oracle: Nuh uh, and they hit me first
Seriously though, I blame Microsoft.
Maybe they should have outsourced their space program to China
I trust no company to hold my data on the internet, plain and simple. I hope I'm not alone in stating that quality and security on the Net took a back seat long ago to IP law, and profit margins. If you put it on the Interwebtube, expect that a bad guy has it. It's a sad reality, but still a reality.
And yes, shame on Steam for not notifying users the day they discovered the problem. Finding out 4 days later, from an external company is not excusable. I'm sure they will blame a 3rd party for the break in claiming it's not their code or design that's the problem too.
No no, your Main Frames will not start to blue screen, reboot twice daily for "Critical Security Patches", or need a Microsoft Certified *chuckle chuckle* Administrator. It's simply blade support which has been unavailable until now (for good reason IMO).
Big Blue is not in the Cloud game, but this does give a nice option for big iron selection from Cloud vendors. Since it's still the buzz word, IBM may as well cash in on it.
Lock you out of your OS? How about disable devices the vendor does not like, or modify device priority favoring who they like. I agree that BIOS security is lacking, but an OS and OS Vendor is not who we the consumers should be trusting to correct the lack of security.
Instead of raising fees for applications, they should be charging penalty fees for the barrage of bogus patent attempts they receive constantly. If companies had to pay a penalty for a rejection, they would be more careful what they apply for. Additionally, huge penalties should be imposed for obvious attempts at abuse (such as the Microsoft IF NOT attempt).
Additionally, process (idea) patents need to be made illegal. This in itself would be a huge benefit to small businesses and create an atmosphere where competition and real progress could be made.
Of course we know where the obvious answers will go.. especially since the lobbyists are ensuring that the big players stay on top..
The judge needs to have his name changed to "Stew Pididiot".
Mr. Pididiot does not care that the same mentality causes law suites against car companies when hail damages the hood, and electronics manufacturers when idiots bring a TV into a bath tub.
Blame the guy with some money, and who cares about the anonymous Joe. I believe the more common term for what he made Google is "Scape Goat". Shame on Stu!
What do the developers think is best? I have worked in an open collaborative space, and found it exceptional. After a recent management change, they moved us all to cubicles with our noses in the corner. I know that some people would have preferred more privacy (they love their pr0n), but most of us wanted the open space. Management made their decision without our input, and most of us are pretty resentful.
What you believe, or management believes, may not always be what is bet for the team. Let your team voice what is best for them.
This is a very hard argument for numerous companies, not just Oracle. If the answer was simple, then Linux on the desktop would be much more prevalent. Instead we see it hidden away in the Server rooms happily consuming Microsoft's market share.
Profit models are always based on software sales with a percentage cap. As an example, a CAD support company will sell you AutoCad. They pay $400 US to Autodesk, and charge the customer $600 US. Sure, many companies offer support, but in the application space it's not easy to make money. How hard is it for a Windows power user to install a Windows application on their own? In reality, it's not difficult so most companies have minimum installation support. They can count on each year receiving a check for the latest version of AutoCad. Even if the company pays for installation service one year, there is no assurance that the customer will pay again for the services.
Some companies have "Managed Service Models", where you don't have to pay the 600 bucks for AutoCad. Instead you lease the seat with support for a fixed rate. This is closer to where you want to go since it covers both guaranteed software sales, and guaranteed support staff payments. Even still, these are pretty limited since most companies can not see much benefit in paying a company a large monthly rate for something one of their power users can handle. You also run into numerous issues where power users convince the people they work for (and rightly so) that it's a waste of money to use the managed service model. This could increase their pay, and add stability to their job (pretty important in this economy).
Where companies like IBM and RedHat make their money from OSS is a much lower level of Managed Services. When you can package the app, package the OS, security, patching, infrastructure to support everything, and have a knowledge base able to reduce down time companies see much more benefit. They can also cater lower cost services to companies with lower budgets. It's cheaper to get a start up moving with RedHat Cluster, Apache and MySql than it is an equivalent Oracle package. IBM and RedHat can not only show you the benefit, but will help you implement it.
This is where Oracle needs a different mind set, which I doubt will happen. Oracle does Oracle. They don't want to support SunOne, MySQL, or Netscape Products. They want customers to pay for Oracle Directory Server, not get SunOne for free. They want customers to pay for Oracle DB, not use MySQL. They want customers to use Oracle Web server, not the SunOne products or other proven free software.
The big bucks revenue that Oracle receives each year from contracts like Oracle Apps, Oracle DB, Oracle Identity Manager, etc.. comes from huge players with tons of cash to spend. Small companies don't have the budgets to pay for Oracle, and Oracle has traditionally had an attitude where they don't want to deal with small budgets. I have seen Oracle Sales reps laugh at customers with small budgets, or just completely blow them off and ignore them.
As long as Oracle has the mind set that they should make a mint off of every deal, there is nothing anyone can do to show them OSS is profitable. Profit to them is a relative term.
So you are saying that any time someone buys a kitchen knife they should get a bodyguard?
Lots of people buy that nice new kitchen knife, then cut their fingers. A body guard may be able to stop them from doing something stupid.
The person who write the article really has no clue what a virus or malware is.
If this genius called a user tricked them into giving personal information would they title the article "How to make a phone dump personal info"?
Hint: Tricking users into doing dumb things is not a vulnerability in an OS.
People who know and understand the Shell realize that there are potential problems, even before you get to a GUI. Ever here of the $HOME/.profile?
This was done so that you would be able to process a kernel core dump. The only way to save core, as the kernel dumping itself into your swap region.
Sure, swap was also used for paging from real memory, but anyone who works in computing "should" know that disk is much slower than RAM. Applications should only hit disk when absolutely necessary. Hence, if you are in disk swap 100% of the time, then you have under-scaled your hardware for the tasks it's performing.
Now if you plan on trying to debug kernel core files, keep more swap than memory. Every bit of memory has to be dumped for a proper core.
For people who are not debugging core files (which is a very large percentage), only create as much swap as you need. AKA. Add file swap when you get "Out of memory" messages.
We test every applicant prior to hiring. Not a written test, we have a technical staff (3-4 senior level techies) ask questions from a pre-defined test.
People who spew 1-2 buzz words a sentence can usually fool HR and Head hunters into thinking they are smart IT people. Just because you can spew a few acronyms does not mean you can actually function in an IT department. (We have some great fun as a team with some of the turd wranglers who apply for jobs, and the way some are trained to insert acronyms too!)
People must pass our staff test in order to work here. If they refuse the test, they don't work here.. very simple.
With all the Comp. training dot com companies telling people they can make big bucks in IT with just 6 months training, we have to test. Do you realize how much damage a M$ Certified professional can do to a 800 server environment in just 5 minutes?
As to the comments regarding Lawyers not having to test.. Well them guys generally have 7-9 years of school, a degree, a license, etc.. which all kind of prove that they are an attorney. As for IT, I don't care how many certificates you have.. you will not touch a HA Cluster you prove that you are qualified.
First, is the visibility. Companies do not have any idea how many people want Linux (or do not want M$, depending on your view point). Purchasing pre-loaded fixes the books so that companies have no doubt.
Second is, as someone else mentioned, you know that all of your components work with Linux. Most of us have had issues, where M$ only devices reside on a purchased PC. In that case, generally the products have no vendor support for Linux, and driver/software products capable of using them rely on the time consuming task of reverse engineering.
Remember too that companies like Dell have to pay more for Linux support (Gigabazillions paid top dollar for that M$ cert.. as opposed to the handful that earned their RHCx)
Now that I have your attention, lets look at facts. 1. Blizzard is not fining end users for use of their software, they are suing a company which SELLS software that runs in Blizzards UI language. There really is nothing else to say! Do you think Microsoft would not be suing the pants off of someone who wrote some hacks based on their private goods and then SOLD the hacks? Just so you don't think this is a big bad corporate policy.. think of the companies that SELL flash games. You think they do not pay licensing and royalties for flash? You think they would not be in court if they didnt? "Boo hoo, I cant run my ezmode farmzor bot" Oh well, man up and play the game like most people do.
By the tone of the question, it appears that the requestor has a Linux/FLOSS type solution, and is wondering if he should go ".net" or something. (though I could be wrong).
If you pull in the M$ A+ certified class, of course they will tell you it's easier to maintain and works better than Linux and Open solutions.
Actions speak louder than words though.. In a group of 100 A+ graduates, you may have one that actually knows what a HTML TAG is, and the rest know what "Front Page" and "Office" are.
Here is a question for you: Were you really not able to find anyone with the skill set? or just did not want to pay what they were asking to support your legacy application?
The reason I ask that, is that FLOSS is a very large community, full of talent and skill. I find it hard to believe you could find "no one" to support your stuff.. unless you were looking for the lowest end pay scale to match.
It took about 1/2 hour to stop laughing at this one.. Seriously the guy who claimed this at Symantic understands what he said? (I wonder how much he got paid to say it).
I am sorry, but the security flaws for RedHat include "ALL" software packages. The majority of users do not have most of these packages installed unless they know how to "rpm -i" or "rpm -U" from media. Even those of us who do, would only have some of those packages installed. I for instance may have to watch for a MySQL bug, but I don't care about a Postgres bug because I don't have it installed.
Sure, RedHat notification covers all products too, because they do not know what the end user will descide to use.
It's really sad, but Redhat and other Linux distros may have to look at how they broadcast bugs, fixes, and notifications simply to shut up the M$ leg humping squads.