I mentioned something similar in an earlier comment.
I face that "fictional" depection daily. Why did this thought ever spawn? Well there are many reasons. One large problem is the marketing of certain large software companies. Also the creation of monolithic programs causes major problems. MS Outlook is among the offenders, but there are applications in the OSS world that also follow the trend.
In many law offices users use Wordperfect for everything. When you tell them to open something through normal Windows or Explorer they almost faint in confusion. Try showing them tex/latex. I did that once, it was very entertaining.
I feel the same as you. Email was not created to transfer gigantic files but, thanks to marketing, it has become the universal way to transfer files on the net. My boss gets ticked off every time he gets an SMTP error after trying to send a 10mb attachment. It is even worse when he realizes that he did not get an email b/c someone tried to send him an 80mb PowerPoint over email (NOT JOKING). He expects it to "just to work". That is fairly standard among the common computer users. That is like expecting a car to go left when you steer right. THERE ARE RULES.
An SMTP server that auto magically routes large files to an http or ftp server, creating a unique login and all. That would be a dream for administrators that must deal with the ignorant users of the world.
But that brings up a greater problem. Do we just follow the common user and make everything work wonderfully. OR do we teach them RULES and STANDARDS. I say we teach them. The major problem exists in companies that build their software to be 'user friendly' and try not to offend users by saying "that is the wrong way to do it".
I doubt we will see a change in our lifetime. Certain corporations will continue to dumb things down and not require people to THINK.
I am no developer. I am a SysAdmin with a basic knowledge of several languages, which allows me to do my SysAdmin job with a little respect for myself.
BUT I respect software developers more than anyone in the industry. At heart I want to be a genious programmer, but I don't have the mindset for it, or the patience.
I know admins that are killing our industry. They have no passion for technology. They got into administration for the money. They got their paper MCSE and would be out of a job if we took their rodent away. They don't RTFM.
These messed up administrators buy huge GUI based programs while I hit a few keys in my console and accomplish the same task.
WindowsUpdate is NOT made for servers. No offense, maybe you have been lucky. BUT the last time I used WindowsUpdate on a server it was not a fun experience. I ended up needing to do a repair install. Then rebuild Exchange and other components.
hfnetchk / MS BaseLine Security Analyzer + individual updates + manual download (and file verification) + qchains is the only way I update now. There may be a better way, but WindowsUpdate is death.
Not to be cynical, but are you sure your not a pawn working for Microsoft? If you are truthful in your claims, then I wish I was you. You are very blessed. As for the Exchange servers I have seen, and had to go repair... corruption HAPPENS, and they do not magically come back up after a server crash.
If SCO 'owned' Linux then it would lose most of its users. I think that is what SCO is missing. If they take control of it, then they kill it. No more 'OPEN' appeal to it. If they did end up winning the case for certain parts of the code, developers could just work that code out (no matter how deeply entwined it is) and build something better in those core parts. In my opinion we should all just switch to a BSD and be done with it. And if all the linux developers/users were behind the BSDs then we would already have a much easier desktop platform (sort of) to recruit people from... MacOSX.
No matter the case, linux developers who have put their heart and soul into making a great OS, will never let it be owned by some old pathetic company. SCO has made good stuff (once upon a time) but now they are just a pain. -- me
I also read lawyers, but I work for Plaintiff & ClassAction attorney's so I see that word in my nightmares.
On another note, lawyers are extremely tight when it comes to spending money on security. They also don't understand what passwords are for. One of my firms has 50 users, and they HAD a standard password across the firm, "password". That and their firewall's telnet being open to the internet w/ no password, nearly gave me a heartattack when I did a first time inspection of their network.
Packaged IDE RAID Experience
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IDE RAID Examined
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· Score: 2, Informative
I can vouch for the stability and speed of one pre-built IDE-RAID Product.
RaidZone OpenNAS
They use a special raid controller that allows increased IDE Raid speed, and IDE Hot-Swap capability. This one had a total of 1.2TB (plus hot spare).
The project involved a unique (to this project) Application that required a proprietary Database System that could only run on an MS Win2k Server, therefore we didnt fully utilize the sytems capabilities.
It served as a file server for images (ranging in size from 60kB to well over 100MB per image) (and as I recall the Image Store is now around 500GB), MS SQL Server, confidential proprietary DB system (indexed images, among other things), and several small services (and the chunky MS GUI). It even has a 900GB native backup system attached.
The load ranges. Since we put it into action early 2002 it hasn't missed a beat.
I would recommend it highly for most applications, though there does come a time when higher speed drives are needed.
On an exchange-must-die note: I inherited a law firm's Exchange/Win2k Domain (w/ Win9x Clients) one-year from this month. I hate it for reasons you already know. I am looking at something similar to LTSP mixed with VNC. But of my stumbling blocks Exchange is the biggest. (Followed closley by a sound case management and accounting package).
On a future-of-opensource note: Money is a big issue to my employer (A Law Firm). Law firms need technology but are the last to get it (b/c they don't like to spend money). If we can get Open Source into the law office, time will do the rest of the work. You see every attorney is a politician at heart. Also, things attorney's like they talk about and push/share them with the other attorney's they know around the world. Lastly look in the yellow pages of your phonebook, attorneys/lawyers take up a large part of it.
Slashdot Mirror
All console aplications are wrapped inside GNU Screen
- shell: bash
- editor: vim
- email: mutt
- audio playback: cplay front-end
- mixer: aumix
- irc & im: irssi
- im/irc gateway: bitlbee
- web browser: w3m
- p2p:
- client:giFTcurs
- daemon:giFT
- news aggregator: raggle
Why did I ever begin? The list could go on forever. grep, ssh, scp, ncftp, perl, sed, wget,I use my brain.
Currently at v21.775 with an average uptime of 19.25 hours. Have seen random uptimes of 50+ hours.
I often lose things do to brain crashes. Normally a long shutdown will make things all better.
The brain causes everything under its control to get extremely hostile when food is not supplied.
http://www.epicurious.com/
Epicurious is another source. Not my favorite but they have some good information and recipes.
http://www.recipezaar.com/
and rec.food.recipes
I mentioned something similar in an earlier comment.
I face that "fictional" depection daily. Why did this thought ever spawn? Well there are many reasons. One large problem is the marketing of certain large software companies. Also the creation of monolithic programs causes major problems. MS Outlook is among the offenders, but there are applications in the OSS world that also follow the trend.
In many law offices users use Wordperfect for everything. When you tell them to open something through normal Windows or Explorer they almost faint in confusion. Try showing them tex/latex. I did that once, it was very entertaining.
What if they need the file?
I feel the same as you. Email was not created to transfer gigantic files but, thanks to marketing, it has become the universal way to transfer files on the net. My boss gets ticked off every time he gets an SMTP error after trying to send a 10mb attachment. It is even worse when he realizes that he did not get an email b/c someone tried to send him an 80mb PowerPoint over email (NOT JOKING). He expects it to "just to work". That is fairly standard among the common computer users. That is like expecting a car to go left when you steer right. THERE ARE RULES.
An SMTP server that auto magically routes large files to an http or ftp server, creating a unique login and all. That would be a dream for administrators that must deal with the ignorant users of the world.
But that brings up a greater problem. Do we just follow the common user and make everything work wonderfully. OR do we teach them RULES and STANDARDS. I say we teach them. The major problem exists in companies that build their software to be 'user friendly' and try not to offend users by saying "that is the wrong way to do it".
I doubt we will see a change in our lifetime. Certain corporations will continue to dumb things down and not require people to THINK.
I am no developer. I am a SysAdmin with a basic knowledge of several languages, which allows me to do my SysAdmin job with a little respect for myself.
BUT I respect software developers more than anyone in the industry. At heart I want to be a genious programmer, but I don't have the mindset for it, or the patience.
I know admins that are killing our industry. They have no passion for technology. They got into administration for the money. They got their paper MCSE and would be out of a job if we took their rodent away. They don't RTFM.
These messed up administrators buy huge GUI based programs while I hit a few keys in my console and accomplish the same task.
WindowsUpdate is NOT made for servers. No offense, maybe you have been lucky. BUT the last time I used WindowsUpdate on a server it was not a fun experience. I ended up needing to do a repair install. Then rebuild Exchange and other components.
hfnetchk / MS BaseLine Security Analyzer + individual updates + manual download (and file verification) + qchains is the only way I update now. There may be a better way, but WindowsUpdate is death.
Not to be cynical, but are you sure your not a pawn working for Microsoft? If you are truthful in your claims, then I wish I was you. You are very blessed. As for the Exchange servers I have seen, and had to go repair... corruption HAPPENS, and they do not magically come back up after a server crash.
If SCO 'owned' Linux then it would lose most of its users. I think that is what SCO is missing. If they take control of it, then they kill it. No more 'OPEN' appeal to it. If they did end up winning the case for certain parts of the code, developers could just work that code out (no matter how deeply entwined it is) and build something better in those core parts. In my opinion we should all just switch to a BSD and be done with it. And if all the linux developers/users were behind the BSDs then we would already have a much easier desktop platform (sort of) to recruit people from... MacOSX.
No matter the case, linux developers who have put their heart and soul into making a great OS, will never let it be owned by some old pathetic company. SCO has made good stuff (once upon a time) but now they are just a pain.
--
me
Interesting explanation. Next time someone asks you about the SCO / Linux debate link them here =)
http://www.arie.org/doh/
--
me
I also read lawyers, but I work for Plaintiff & ClassAction attorney's so I see that word in my nightmares.
On another note, lawyers are extremely tight when it comes to spending money on security. They also don't understand what passwords are for. One of my firms has 50 users, and they HAD a standard password across the firm, "password".
That and their firewall's telnet being open to the internet w/ no password, nearly gave me a heartattack when I did a first time inspection of their network.
I can vouch for the stability and speed of one pre-built IDE-RAID Product. RaidZone OpenNAS They use a special raid controller that allows increased IDE Raid speed, and IDE Hot-Swap capability. This one had a total of 1.2TB (plus hot spare). The project involved a unique (to this project) Application that required a proprietary Database System that could only run on an MS Win2k Server, therefore we didnt fully utilize the sytems capabilities. It served as a file server for images (ranging in size from 60kB to well over 100MB per image) (and as I recall the Image Store is now around 500GB), MS SQL Server, confidential proprietary DB system (indexed images, among other things), and several small services (and the chunky MS GUI). It even has a 900GB native backup system attached. The load ranges. Since we put it into action early 2002 it hasn't missed a beat. I would recommend it highly for most applications, though there does come a time when higher speed drives are needed.
Why not just take her, and all of her associates email addresses and add them to other opt-in lists/"services".
Though she might have her own spam filter.
A pathetic person is one that would block mail they sent or supported.
If illegal I am not bound to anyone elses actions.
On an exchange-must-die note:
I inherited a law firm's Exchange/Win2k Domain (w/ Win9x Clients) one-year from this month. I hate it for reasons you already know.
I am looking at something similar to LTSP mixed with VNC. But of my stumbling blocks Exchange is the biggest.
(Followed closley by a sound case management and accounting package).
On a future-of-opensource note:
Money is a big issue to my employer (A Law Firm).
Law firms need technology but are the last to get it (b/c they don't like to spend money).
If we can get Open Source into the law office, time will do the rest of the work.
You see every attorney is a politician at heart. Also, things attorney's like they talk about and push/share them with the other attorney's they know around the world. Lastly look in the yellow pages of your phonebook, attorneys/lawyers take up a large part of it.