I agree, don't burn bridges. They're not screwing you, just protecting their interests because they do not know your intentions.
Keep in mind that you WILL need professional references from them in the future, so don't sour any relationships.
It's not that I mean Ubuntu won't happen to be a better distrobution to some, it definitely will. I just don't think it's in a position to topple Red Hat at the moment.
I really don't see this happening. Red Hat has a good presence in the server market, where as Ubuntu doesn't have that yet. I know Ubuntu is the "in" thing right now, but I don't see it toppling other vendors with established business models.
The test beds will prompt other cities and universities to follow suit through the showcasing of Linux as the major operating system without any technical glitches and security issues.
Waaiiiit a minute. Be careful S. Korea. While some would say Linux is "better" than Windows, nobody said it was perfect. No techinical glitches and no security issues, IMPOSSIBLE.
I've worked in two companies so far that have SEI CMM/CMMI certifications, and I'll agree, it works well. I'll also expound on your statement of the resulting application is 100% rock solid, and delivered ahead of schedule. (a bit over bifdget however, 2of three is not bad)
There's only so much you can control. In building software, management is generally worried about three things: Budget, Schedule, and Quality.
Your 2 out of 3 is fantasic, and would be for any project. It's when management tries to control all three, and make them all fall in line to perfect expectations, that you have trouble. As soon as you dictate that all three must happen without exceptions, your project is doomed.
TFA only says that the Reboot Manager will try to stop and restart the affected part of the system, not that it absolutely can do it.
I don't think this actually helps at all. I can try to insert a newly compiled Linux kernel into my running system, but I won't be able to, I'll have to reboot. If a piece of software is not designed to be restarted without stopping the whole system, it won't, no matter how hard you try!
Viva la Slackware! Good job on a great distro. Pat. I started with Linux way back using Slackware 3.0, and have used Slackware 8.0, 8.1, and 9.0 on server-side projects for a while now.
I love Slackware's minimalist approach and text-file-editing, nuts-and-bolts configuration. No you can't get a Slackware package for every app out there, but that's the fun of Linux, build it yourself!
Oh yeah, and when you're done could you use makepkg to make the.tgz for the rest of us?
This is an easy one. They're annoying. They're large, or blinking, or scrolling, etc. They take my eye away from the content of the page, which is what I'm really interested in. Some take up so much real estate on the page, it's funny to see the page without ads. Some pages look so bare with ads blocked, with only a paragraph or two with the actual content of the page.
It's essentially that same reason why I mute TV commercials, or switch to another channel when ads come on for 4 minutes or so.
Yeah, this really is a nice wish list for the company you want to work for. It's interesting how little crap this guy takes before wanting to leave a job. We do have to take it with a grain of salt though, how much "real world experience" can a person who graduated in '04 have?
Guess what man, it's software engineering, it's not exactly an employee's market. We all have to put up with crap. Show me a manager who doesn't try to slim down the schedule from 8 days to 6, or who always takes their employee's advice, and I'll show you a one-of-a-kind advocate for the people. Sometimes just to have a job, you have to put up with a little crap. I'd certainly rather have a job in a...oh my God...CUBICLE...than not have a job at all.
Here's some advice from another software engineer who has been laid off before. When you see the writing on the wall that the company's going under, RUN, don't walk to the nearest want ads. Otherwise, stick around until you absolutely can't stand the job any more. Then, go find another job where you can put up with the crap for another 5 years or so.
Not to be pessamistic (sp?), but there's ALWAYS some crap to put up with at any job, at any level.
They said the HD DVD format would make it easier for consumers to copy high-definition movies to computer hard drives.
Two things:
1) Copying content from media to a file is purely software. Neither DVD format should be much harder than the other. This is not a valid point.
2) Since when is copying movies to hard disks OK with large corporations? Again, this is not a valid point.
Well, originally I thought he got into trouble. But you're right, the judge sided with him. Really, I don't see any issue with this either. The device doesn't stop a running car, it just disables the starter.
Unfortunately, it was a couple years back, and I just remember seeing a blurb about it on the news. I know there was a lawsuit involved, but unfortunately I can't go into more detail.
I'll look around, and if I see anything, I'll post.
This actually was happening (in a round about way) through a used-car dealer in the Detroit, MI area.
Seems that this one dealer was equipping all of the cars he sold with an electronic keypad, which controlled whether or not the engine would run. Every month, the owner had to come to the dealership to pay his car payment, and a tech would give his car one more month's worth of driving.
The dealer did this because he was having huge difficulties getting car payments in from owners who didn't (or couldn't) pay. This definitely solved his payment problems, but got him into some trouble down the line.
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I agree, don't burn bridges. They're not screwing you, just protecting their interests because they do not know your intentions. Keep in mind that you WILL need professional references from them in the future, so don't sour any relationships.
several of my students want to turn papers in that were written using OpenOffice, and I can't let them.
.doc format. Interoperability, that's one of the beauties of OOo.
Of course you can! Just have them save the document in
Holy Lord, this "pact" is seemingly minutes old, and people are already worried about the death of Open Source! SLOW DOWN.
Sheesh...
It's the end of the world as we know it!!!
Honestly. Is this advice really to be used?
High-Hat please!! (Duh dum, ching!)
Well it pretty much happened to me.
It's not that I mean Ubuntu won't happen to be a better distrobution to some, it definitely will. I just don't think it's in a position to topple Red Hat at the moment.
I really don't see this happening. Red Hat has a good presence in the server market, where as Ubuntu doesn't have that yet. I know Ubuntu is the "in" thing right now, but I don't see it toppling other vendors with established business models.
Nobody cares.
One of the best quotes I've ever heard was from a colleague of mine,
"Unix isn't."
The test beds will prompt other cities and universities to follow suit through the showcasing of Linux as the major operating system without any technical glitches and security issues.
Waaiiiit a minute. Be careful S. Korea. While some would say Linux is "better" than Windows, nobody said it was perfect. No techinical glitches and no security issues, IMPOSSIBLE.
I've worked in two companies so far that have SEI CMM/CMMI certifications, and I'll agree, it works well. I'll also expound on your statement of the resulting application is 100% rock solid, and delivered ahead of schedule. (a bit over bifdget however, 2of three is not bad)
There's only so much you can control. In building software, management is generally worried about three things: Budget, Schedule, and Quality.
Your 2 out of 3 is fantasic, and would be for any project. It's when management tries to control all three, and make them all fall in line to perfect expectations, that you have trouble. As soon as you dictate that all three must happen without exceptions, your project is doomed.
Sadly, the programming language cannot be changed
Did you not read this part?
Once you get into that kind of downward spiral, how do you find another job?
Honestly...quit. No job is worth that much stress.
Not really a showdown, more as just a description of the two most common bootloaders used by Linux.
TFA only says that the Reboot Manager will try to stop and restart the affected part of the system, not that it absolutely can do it.
I don't think this actually helps at all. I can try to insert a newly compiled Linux kernel into my running system, but I won't be able to, I'll have to reboot. If a piece of software is not designed to be restarted without stopping the whole system, it won't, no matter how hard you try!
And yet we're still way behind in adopting broadband compared to other countries.
Viva la Slackware! Good job on a great distro. Pat. I started with Linux way back using Slackware 3.0, and have used Slackware 8.0, 8.1, and 9.0 on server-side projects for a while now.
.tgz for the rest of us?
I love Slackware's minimalist approach and text-file-editing, nuts-and-bolts configuration. No you can't get a Slackware package for every app out there, but that's the fun of Linux, build it yourself!
Oh yeah, and when you're done could you use makepkg to make the
This is an easy one. They're annoying. They're large, or blinking, or scrolling, etc. They take my eye away from the content of the page, which is what I'm really interested in. Some take up so much real estate on the page, it's funny to see the page without ads. Some pages look so bare with ads blocked, with only a paragraph or two with the actual content of the page.
It's essentially that same reason why I mute TV commercials, or switch to another channel when ads come on for 4 minutes or so.
Yeah, this really is a nice wish list for the company you want to work for. It's interesting how little crap this guy takes before wanting to leave a job. We do have to take it with a grain of salt though, how much "real world experience" can a person who graduated in '04 have?
Guess what man, it's software engineering, it's not exactly an employee's market. We all have to put up with crap. Show me a manager who doesn't try to slim down the schedule from 8 days to 6, or who always takes their employee's advice, and I'll show you a one-of-a-kind advocate for the people. Sometimes just to have a job, you have to put up with a little crap. I'd certainly rather have a job in a...oh my God...CUBICLE...than not have a job at all.
Here's some advice from another software engineer who has been laid off before. When you see the writing on the wall that the company's going under, RUN, don't walk to the nearest want ads. Otherwise, stick around until you absolutely can't stand the job any more. Then, go find another job where you can put up with the crap for another 5 years or so.
Not to be pessamistic (sp?), but there's ALWAYS some crap to put up with at any job, at any level.
They said the HD DVD format would make it easier for consumers to copy high-definition movies to computer hard drives.
Two things:
1) Copying content from media to a file is purely software. Neither DVD format should be much harder than the other. This is not a valid point.
2) Since when is copying movies to hard disks OK with large corporations? Again, this is not a valid point.
Well, originally I thought he got into trouble. But you're right, the judge sided with him. Really, I don't see any issue with this either. The device doesn't stop a running car, it just disables the starter.
Full story here.
Unfortunately, it was a couple years back, and I just remember seeing a blurb about it on the news. I know there was a lawsuit involved, but unfortunately I can't go into more detail.
I'll look around, and if I see anything, I'll post.
This actually was happening (in a round about way) through a used-car dealer in the Detroit, MI area.
Seems that this one dealer was equipping all of the cars he sold with an electronic keypad, which controlled whether or not the engine would run. Every month, the owner had to come to the dealership to pay his car payment, and a tech would give his car one more month's worth of driving.
The dealer did this because he was having huge difficulties getting car payments in from owners who didn't (or couldn't) pay. This definitely solved his payment problems, but got him into some trouble down the line.