Dell is trying to move everything to india and I don't think there are enough Linux fans in india to staff their helpdesk. I just can't imagine the typical workflow steps are going to work with a linux box right now.
Actually, as a former Red Hat employee, I can tell you that India is very keen on Linux. India has one of the fastest uptakes of Linux in the world.
Now, you can get a face transplant and be whoever you want to be anyways
LONDON (Reuters) - Surgeons were given the final go-ahead on Wednesday to perform the world's first full transplant, a radical procedure that has raised concerns about its physical and psychological risks.
The UK Face Transplantation team at the Royal Free Hospital in London received permission for four transplants from the hospital's Research Ethics Committee.
So, with my 80GB iPod, I was actually wondering when the MacBook was going to get upgraded. With my 100GB disk, and around 30GB of various media; tunes, movies, podcasts, etc., my 100GB disk is looking kinda small. Hopefully, by the time I amass > 60-70GB of "stuff" for the iPod, there will be aftermarket 200GB disks in the wild!
Corporate customers don't pay between $750 and $1k for Office - our enterprise licensing for Microsoft products (which includes the OS, Office Professional and Server and Exchange CALs) runs about $200 per PC per year.
Uhhh... so, let's see.... $200/PC/Year * 5 Years = $1000, yes?
Ahh... that's what I love about/. the informative input. Yes, I missed a bunch of science class in JR High, I was out on the lower field bangin' your girlfriend ya putz.
I understand that the phone company provides quite a bit of current as well. If I were willing to switch all my houshold lighting, stereo equipment, etc to 12VDC systems, could I run such stuff off the phone company's power?
Obviously wouldn't work for my heat pump and water pump, but shoot - a nice car stereo in the livingroom, 12VDV lights all around - free (?)
You rise some good points, valid all. However, there is something to consider beyond the hardware with the Compaq option - Windows.
Even the "general public" that we have been speaking about here is aware of the security flaws of Windows and the better security model that a Unix underbelly represents. My GF has had Windows boxes all her life. I got her a G5 iMac a while back. She says she's never going back to a Windows machine. And not because the Mac is cute, trendy, or anything like that - she got sick and tired of viruses, the complexity of fixing things that went bad, and reinstalling every few months to fix problems in the bowels of the OS. She's telling all her friends.
So, even if there is a 5% - 15% price differential, I think folks that can, will opt for Macs based on the reputation of ease of use, one stop-shopping for support, and the reputation of virus imunity - real or not.
Of course, one could get the Compaq, and load up Ubuntu or Fedora - but that is a different thread, and really does not address people like my GF, my mom, and the folks that stop me in the health food store and say, "Hey you know computers, right?"
I wonder if Ellison understands the industry or just makes stuff up as he goes along. CIO Insight Magazine named Red Hat #1 for offering value to its customers two years in a row. Oracle doesn't even seem to appear in the top 10.
It'll be interesting to see how the market responds to such an offer.
Depends on your deffinition of large and small are, I guess. I imagine that if Wal-Mart is large, then most of the companies that I have had experience with this type of thing don't even exist. On the other hand, some big names in the 4X4 enthusiast world have been known to participate
Check out pirate4x4.com. They have a whole section of their forum boards dedicated to group buys. Most of the info I get on these comes from mail lists dedicated to my specific genre; Mid-Atlantic Early Broncos, BroncoFix.com, Early Bronco Mail List, etc.
One of my hobbies is 4X4 Trucks (old Ford Broncos specifically). It is not uncommon at all for us to put together a "group buy" on something. Some inspired indavidual will contact a vendor for some product; a winch, wiring harness, tires, wheels, shocks, etc. and propose a "group buy"
The vendor will give us a critical mass quantity (usually around 10 or so) and offer a substantial discount (10%-30%). There is usually an email storm that then insues as news of the deal is circulated. If the quantity and deadline are met, the vendor ships the product to the individuals that participated in the offering
Smaller scale than "hundreds" of people, but I have gotten some pretty sweet deals doing this.
Yea, you're right... still, I thought that an arrest included charges. I do believe you have the right to be in front of a judge within something like 24 hrours, yes? Without charges it all seems kinda silly. I'm surprised the police even bothered to arrest this guy.
My current girlfriend was harassed for years by her ex. He'd come by and pound on her door demanding to be let in, yell and scream, wake up the whole fricken neighborhood. All the cops ever did was send him home.
These days you could probably get a patent for a "process of expelling excess gas generated by metabolic processing of protein and accumulated in the large intestine and colon."
Well, maybe or maybe not. Work the phrase "with a computer" into that and you'd have something!
But Microsoft deploys IE7 and Microsoft makes money on MSN. That is a problem.
I am by no means a MSFT fan, but I'm afraid I cannot buy that argument. I drive Fords. I like Fords. Ford has a complete line of replacement parts, accessories, fluids, etc. that it sells under the Motorcraft brand, and they make money on Motorcraft. Their new cars come with Motorcraft parts installed in them.
Does that make Ford's model a problem?
I just bought a new 2006 Focus. On it's first oil change, the Motorcraft oil and filter came out and was replaced by the same from other vendors. I replaced the factory parts with parts that I found to be more desireable based on price/performance.
But... as companies buy new computers, Vista will be installed at the faactory, yes?
This means that most companies won't have a choice but to adopt it. Then, 5 years down the road when every desktop is "Vista-ized", there will be a new Windows shipping and the process repeats itself.
And since the Chinese are going to be installing "Licensed Operating Systems" on all the computers they manufacture, and since "Shipping naked PC's is bad for the computer industry"(tm) like we've been told - Vista creep is inevitable.
I am an internal technical trainer for a software company. Just about the only rule I have in my classrooms (when I do classroom training) is: While I am talking, laptops are closed, and monitors on the workstations are off.
I provide copies of the slides with supporting text for the learners, generally job aids for use after the class as well. The only writing they should need to do is jot a quick note now and then. I have had complaints from students for the policy, but then if I don't enforce it, I get complaints from those who are destracted by the "tap-tap-tap" and "click-click" from the surfers in the room too.
Granted, "education" and "training" are different. (Think Sex Ed. vs. Sex Training - which do you want your kids to get in Jr. High?) So, maybe my context is wrong here but I applaud this teacher's position. If her student's are failing without the computers, then the material design needs to be reevaluated, if not - let the little bastards think and process ideas for once in their freakn' lives - they certianly won't get to do so when they hit "the real world"
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Actually, as a former Red Hat employee, I can tell you that India is very keen on Linux. India has one of the fastest uptakes of Linux in the world.
This is all probbly moot at this point
Now, you can get a face transplant and be whoever you want to be anyways
LONDON (Reuters) - Surgeons were given the final go-ahead on Wednesday to perform the world's first full transplant, a radical procedure that has raised concerns about its physical and psychological risks. The UK Face Transplantation team at the Royal Free Hospital in London received permission for four transplants from the hospital's Research Ethics Committee.
So, with my 80GB iPod, I was actually wondering when the MacBook was going to get upgraded. With my 100GB disk, and around 30GB of various media; tunes, movies, podcasts, etc., my 100GB disk is looking kinda small. Hopefully, by the time I amass > 60-70GB of "stuff" for the iPod, there will be aftermarket 200GB disks in the wild!
the fact is that guns are guns and people are people and the two are totally disconnected from each other.
Well, of course! One is a weapon capable of unplumbed levels of death and destruction, and the other is a hunk of metal.
Love it! Reminds me of:
Q:What's the difference between a Lawyer and a Catfish?
A: One is a skum sucking bottom feeder, the other is a fish
[rimshot]Not Me!
I waste my time at work reading Slashdot
er... wait a minute....
Corporate customers don't pay between $750 and $1k for Office - our enterprise licensing for Microsoft products (which includes the OS, Office Professional and Server and Exchange CALs) runs about $200 per PC per year.
Uhhh... so, let's see .... $200/PC/Year * 5 Years = $1000, yes?
I'll see your "Badger Badger Badger Monkey", and raise you a "Llama Llama Duck"!
will it boot Linux?
Ahh... that's what I love about /. the informative input. Yes, I missed a bunch of science class in JR High, I was out on the lower field bangin' your girlfriend ya putz.
I have wondered about this...
I understand that the phone company provides quite a bit of current as well. If I were willing to switch all my houshold lighting, stereo equipment, etc to 12VDC systems, could I run such stuff off the phone company's power?
Obviously wouldn't work for my heat pump and water pump, but shoot - a nice car stereo in the livingroom, 12VDV lights all around - free (?)
Just asking....Offenders who were arrested for Drunk Driving also purchased:
Shall I add these to your cart?
(maybe even the alumninum iPhone Nano)
The would be iPod Nano Pro, yes?
Even the "general public" that we have been speaking about here is aware of the security flaws of Windows and the better security model that a Unix underbelly represents. My GF has had Windows boxes all her life. I got her a G5 iMac a while back. She says she's never going back to a Windows machine. And not because the Mac is cute, trendy, or anything like that - she got sick and tired of viruses, the complexity of fixing things that went bad, and reinstalling every few months to fix problems in the bowels of the OS. She's telling all her friends.
So, even if there is a 5% - 15% price differential, I think folks that can, will opt for Macs based on the reputation of ease of use, one stop-shopping for support, and the reputation of virus imunity - real or not.
Of course, one could get the Compaq, and load up Ubuntu or Fedora - but that is a different thread, and really does not address people like my GF, my mom, and the folks that stop me in the health food store and say, "Hey you know computers, right?"
I wonder if Ellison understands the industry or just makes stuff up as he goes along. CIO Insight Magazine named Red Hat #1 for offering value to its customers two years in a row. Oracle doesn't even seem to appear in the top 10.
It'll be interesting to see how the market responds to such an offer.
Depends on your deffinition of large and small are, I guess. I imagine that if Wal-Mart is large, then most of the companies that I have had experience with this type of thing don't even exist. On the other hand, some big names in the 4X4 enthusiast world have been known to participate
Check out pirate4x4.com. They have a whole section of their forum boards dedicated to group buys. Most of the info I get on these comes from mail lists dedicated to my specific genre; Mid-Atlantic Early Broncos, BroncoFix.com, Early Bronco Mail List, etc.
A little googling should net the desired results
Actually, I do this all the time.
One of my hobbies is 4X4 Trucks (old Ford Broncos specifically). It is not uncommon at all for us to put together a "group buy" on something. Some inspired indavidual will contact a vendor for some product; a winch, wiring harness, tires, wheels, shocks, etc. and propose a "group buy"
The vendor will give us a critical mass quantity (usually around 10 or so) and offer a substantial discount (10%-30%). There is usually an email storm that then insues as news of the deal is circulated. If the quantity and deadline are met, the vendor ships the product to the individuals that participated in the offering
Smaller scale than "hundreds" of people, but I have gotten some pretty sweet deals doing this.
Yes, it works in the U.S.
Yea, you're right... still, I thought that an arrest included charges. I do believe you have the right to be in front of a judge within something like 24 hrours, yes? Without charges it all seems kinda silly. I'm surprised the police even bothered to arrest this guy.
My current girlfriend was harassed for years by her ex. He'd come by and pound on her door demanding to be let in, yell and scream, wake up the whole fricken neighborhood. All the cops ever did was send him home.
I still don't understand what this guy did wrong!
That creates quite an interesting situation:
Job abblication: "Have you ever been arrested?"
In-duh-vidual: "Yes"
Job application: If so, list chargest and disposition:"
In-duh-vidual: "uh... nevermind"
Well, maybe or maybe not. Work the phrase "with a computer" into that and you'd have something!
I am by no means a MSFT fan, but I'm afraid I cannot buy that argument. I drive Fords. I like Fords. Ford has a complete line of replacement parts, accessories, fluids, etc. that it sells under the Motorcraft brand, and they make money on Motorcraft. Their new cars come with Motorcraft parts installed in them.
Does that make Ford's model a problem?
I just bought a new 2006 Focus. On it's first oil change, the Motorcraft oil and filter came out and was replaced by the same from other vendors. I replaced the factory parts with parts that I found to be more desireable based on price/performance.And so the problem is....??
Seems to me, that since these occour naturally in our environment, we should call them..... environment variables Sorry, I couldn't resist
Bingo! Exactly! Yes! You took the words right our of my ...er fingers.
THANK YOU!But... as companies buy new computers, Vista will be installed at the faactory, yes?
This means that most companies won't have a choice but to adopt it. Then, 5 years down the road when every desktop is "Vista-ized", there will be a new Windows shipping and the process repeats itself.
And since the Chinese are going to be installing "Licensed Operating Systems" on all the computers they manufacture, and since "Shipping naked PC's is bad for the computer industry"(tm) like we've been told - Vista creep is inevitable.
I am an internal technical trainer for a software company. Just about the only rule I have in my classrooms (when I do classroom training) is: While I am talking, laptops are closed, and monitors on the workstations are off.
I provide copies of the slides with supporting text for the learners, generally job aids for use after the class as well. The only writing they should need to do is jot a quick note now and then. I have had complaints from students for the policy, but then if I don't enforce it, I get complaints from those who are destracted by the "tap-tap-tap" and "click-click" from the surfers in the room too.
Granted, "education" and "training" are different. (Think Sex Ed. vs. Sex Training - which do you want your kids to get in Jr. High?) So, maybe my context is wrong here but I applaud this teacher's position. If her student's are failing without the computers, then the material design needs to be reevaluated, if not - let the little bastards think and process ideas for once in their freakn' lives - they certianly won't get to do so when they hit "the real world"
And I bet you, MSFT's insurance didn't go up either.