maybe not the best metric. Knowing MIL-spec coding standards and federal critical systems standards, having 0 Dfects/SLOC shows that the test plan was completed to 100% satisfaction and that the use cases were "validated" for correctness.
It still doesn't show anything about the quality of the code. I've been on teams that built great systems (like the ones that supply those great maps in google maps) under mil-spec/SEI standards, but the performance and extensibility of that system really was lacking (and those requirements were in the use cases).
Still, knowing some of those guys, they do some quality work.
Tada, that's the whole reason why we are still discussing this.
Since the people behind SCO are still under the Corporate Veil, they will just keep burning the money until some investor or company buys them out. They appear to have a good network of people to fund them the last 2 years. This a very popular startegy for dot-bomb companies [that still exist].
Since SCO is mainly a legal-centric company nowadays, there are plenty of lawyers and investors willing to take a risk since all they need is 1 [convincing] judge. Hence, the odds are likely better than craps in Vegas.
SCO is not Santa Cruz, this thing needs to go away.
that his colleagues' belief in hyperspace theories in spite of the lack of evidence will encourage the insidious notion that science "is merely another kind of religion."
I agree to that comment in the article such that we (the applied physics community) are somewhat wrapped with the theoretical clan of Einstein wannabes. Physics back in 1905 was not separated into 2 styles (theoretical & experimental/applied). You created a theory, then a gedanke experiment, then a physical experiment and finally provide an application--doesn't happen currently. In addition, quantum mechanics and following software OOD has completely turned our thought process on its head. From that and the computer, a lot of the other disciplines (Math, Biology, Chemistry and others) are using so many physics-derived concepts that the category "physics" has become blurred aside from pure theoretical studies. Then again, most cultures nowadays are so wrapped up into politics or $profiting$ that the real science is missed to be rediscovered years later--as Einstein found.
I think the next revolutionary discoveries that are "categorized under physics" will either be in Biophysics or non-linear science (aka Chaos Theory). Lots of interesting applications and major shifts in our 'thought processes' are evident in those studies. Cynically, the next Einstein will likely come after we all are convinced that Intelligent Design is fact and Math&Science are not requirements in High School anymore (J/K)--nah, really, there will be another "Einstein" from the TFA's context... in due time.
Being that linux is designed with security in mind and that most gentoo packages are designed in similar fashion, I see this effort as a "best of breed" distro.
But then again, isn't every other distro out a Best of Breed? And considering security architecture requires a lot of experience (i.e. a seasoned linux developer at minimum)...hence, I'm leaning towards the "why was this slashdotted?" thought.
The only reason why mobile products are successful is that you can still experience "the world" through your 5 senses and integrate some (not all) conveniences of "home" (i.e. not giving you the conveniences of home). iPods and cell phone offer just that--you have communication or content on-demand, but not demanding constant attention. Otherwise, it more efficient if you just stayed home and used a terminal (a la desktop) or boob-tube for a better experience--we're all not slashdotting 'on the move' BTW.
Hence, this product, being in your face [physically] all the time, will basically fail.
Yes, with DVD, LCDs, 5.1 surround, iPods, phones, captain's chairs, xboxes and now this... in a car? Charlie Brown, please swipe that blanket away from Linus...
I dabbed in CCTV on both ends of the spectrum. And IMO, as digital systems increase performance and get more accessible, it'll be a worthwhile technology--just wait until CCTV's are hooked into Google (it fits their mission statement!). The heart-ache with most people here I'm sure is that we just need to sort out the policies, which is not happening since as with every early phase technology, it gets exploited--not for the common good usually. Anyone that refers to 1984 is looking at people being cattle and allowing the story to play out in real life. I don't see democracies allowing it unless we're all FDH (fat, dumb, and happy). In the end: privacy != no cameras. If it did, that's privacy by anonymity/obscurity and we know in the F/OSS field that it doesn't work in the long haul. Basically make CCTV networks accessible by everyone like OSS--now that would be an interesting experiment and could work out pretty good [if policies are in place].
Destroying existing systems does nothing, as well as those systems mentioned provide zero value except deterrent people who don't understand how CCTV systems work. So the groups mentioned in the article really didn't do much to hurt the system or even explain their cause--both sides are spreading FUD for their cause. They did get some exposure, which is likely their main objective (and reminds me of the an important point made in the movie Munich).
Data warehousing and federated searching have been issues in government over the last 10years. Hmm.. could it be since DBs are usually involved with government data/apps?
This is not news, especially with the current environment since 2001.
Now the challenge has always been non-technical for the FBI:
hire really IT-savvy folks (i.e. with real experience, not DoD or college newbies) for gov't level salaries and ever-shrinking budgets--and considering the deployment environment is rather boring IMO. Of course, those engineers would be competing with [money hungry] companies like MicroStrategy that offer products they could buy vs. build.
And throw in the culture/environment, it's a tough pill to swallow for a tech-person to be serious and enjoy the job.
And really no one should be scared about these types of systems as long as their a policy/laws defined. I mean google already places a "surveillance" factor on the public domain and no one has a problem [yet].
If anyone had noticed, the agency just updated their website over the last year (with flash (gasp)).
They use COTS products (commerical off the shelf) and most likely contractors implemented the site. Just like every other gov't dept. in existence going through a modernization effort to make "everything a web site"--as some civilian tech savvy govvies put it (ha, a misunderstanding of the term as usual), cookies were likely left on from default settings on those commerical products. Let a [inexperienced] contractor go hog wilded on a cost plus contract and he'll put all the whiz-bang features in the site, considering half of those features will likely be useful.
Dell shows they know what their customer base wants. Their latest decisions reflect what happens to business partnerships: a mutual short-term agreement among companies such that from vendor to consumer a win-win situation is created. Unfortunately the market evolves and those partnerships do become obsolete over time, hence the current situation.
Dell, being the market leader in PCs is reflecting the change in consumer tastes. Where Microsoft diversified into different industries [to dominate and eventually get "caught up"], Dell has learned that lesson--when Dell diversified into consumer products a couple of years ago, they found they couldn't keep up growth (as Microsoft thought when they diversified), product quality went down (as well as service), so now it's back to the core business. Dell doesn't have the luxury forcing industries to comply with a safety net of billions or so dollars like MS. Also Dell competes on 2 fronts compared to MS, they need to keep up with Apple (XPS) and stay cheap with Lenevo (and blades servers). Industries from Gov't to Grandma want choices nowadays. Linux offers them the flexibility that Microsoft currently does not offer.
Consumers are all well versed in Microsoft technologies and the costs involved. Unfortunately (since I'm a s/w guy), the current trend is about the hardware price point, not the software--just look at the iPod--it's wasn't the software.
Also, "in Microsoft's view, next-generation consumer devices will no longer be simply connected to one-way broadcast or removable media"
But as one person told me, the only way you're going to get 50GB capacity for $0.99 is CD-media. Broadband will never match the capacity per cost (along with it's [free] mobility aspects) of physical media for a long time.
If kick-backs are a 'necessary evil' then all the bickering will not stop the practice.
I say let the mainstream PC vendors flock to Vista. I think someone needs to create a Blu-Ray framework/API for Linux (hmm, it's almost there?). Then people will need to decide:
Free, secure, better OS + Blu-Ray (higher capacity & quality)
or
Bloated, expensive OS + HD-DVD (lower capacity and quality).
(Then again getting HD-DVD working on Linux maybe a nil issue). So far HD-DVD only has the vendor production price going for it. Considering there's no guarantee the savings will be passed onto the customer. Also, look at the target enduser: PC users(laptops-mainly biz travelers) or home theater users (which will want a non-PC or media center). I say the PC folks will want IPTV, such that in the end, Blu-Ray wins in the console/media center environment.
And Yes, it's all a PS3 vs. Xbox360 issue--truly an example of stifling innovation.
Granted that RoR is a nice alternative from Java or scripting--can RoR generated code be a nightmare to maintain?
Yes, if poorly written and
Yes, when applications get very, very complex--which is a given. And they will get very complex, just wait 2 yrs.
Consider the great development tools of RoR such that you end up with a Microsoft environment/paradigm--great for RAD, not so great for critical systems that need to be up 24/7, 100%.
I'd still go with XML Schema-based code generation, much more stable as it forces you to thing about state and behavior before you write your first GUI title bar. And since the web is XML-centric, makes sense..
This should snuff out all the ideologues that google is a public business-out to make a profit of course.
They've successfully fool M$ with their do no evil marketing strategy. Ah yes, Typical Art of War: do not look threatening to your competitors, then when the time is right, wack'em unless your competitors fail from fear, over-protectiveness, and anxiety.
This deal is actually good for Google. AOL has such as wide reach--an internationally reach that only Microsoft can match. It's fits to mission #1 of Google.: to make information available to all users, you need a network/system that allows one to easily connect. That's compared to word-of-mouth strategies. And AOL fits nicely. Good business move I say.
Just as long as google supplies the results I want, at the price point (free to semi free) more power to them. So to the nay-sayers, really, only time will tell.
They should name the AOL version of Google, Aogoogle...
If bankers are starting at 120K, then there is something wrong with our profession, heck, we are writing the software that basically makes a banker obsolete...
Invent a cheaper bed for sleeping. Those tempurpedics certified by the Space Foundation are ridiculously expensive... I was about to get one until I saw the price.
Nice article, but it doesn't say much about the importance of the two companies co-existing and creating a market for OSS. In the end, it comes down to who has the better product--so far Red Hat has the market since it was the first on the scene as a legit business. It is attacking the right industries (Financials and Gov't-i.e. DoD), and has a strong university presence. SuSE had a lot of respect before Novell and the acquisition was looked upon as promising with all the international support, but they were slow in getting 10.0 out the door. SuSE has hardly any university presense and Novell hasn't focused on any industries aside from what IBM or Sun had before the acquisition. Though you can't beat Novell's networking knowledge base. That's the diff.
As a developer & user, Red Hat needs to tighten up on their edge releases (FC4 and it's migration to EL for instance). FC4 maybe used by more folks out there, but it's too klunky for the application developer market and less stable that OpenSuSE. And app-development is where the real cash is made.
Novell, aside from focusing on a couple of markets only needs to increase [kernel] performance as SuSE (and openSuSE) are much more polished for a enterprise environment that RH. I find that application development is much easier on SuSE where kernel dev is easier on FC4. I picked out the F/OSS projects only because companies are moving to the model of developing against the 'F/OSS' version and then deploying on the paid 'OSS' version, hence delaying the licensing/service purchase. It makes sense since if forces the developer and vendor share the risks and have mutual interests to succeed.
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It still doesn't show anything about the quality of the code. I've been on teams that built great systems (like the ones that supply those great maps in google maps) under mil-spec/SEI standards, but the performance and extensibility of that system really was lacking (and those requirements were in the use cases).
Still, knowing some of those guys, they do some quality work.
same here. having some exposure in those areas, I can say they do production software as cheaply as possible.
In the end, I think the thing being accelerated will burn up from the vibration of the intense field--there's so much energy something can absorb.
[sarcasim] Great strategy for keeping investors from dumping the stock...
Since the people behind SCO are still under the Corporate Veil, they will just keep burning the money until some investor or company buys them out. They appear to have a good network of people to fund them the last 2 years. This a very popular startegy for dot-bomb companies [that still exist].
Since SCO is mainly a legal-centric company nowadays, there are plenty of lawyers and investors willing to take a risk since all they need is 1 [convincing] judge. Hence, the odds are likely better than craps in Vegas.
SCO is not Santa Cruz, this thing needs to go away.
If it involves any chance of [making] money, 100%.
I agree to that comment in the article such that we (the applied physics community) are somewhat wrapped with the theoretical clan of Einstein wannabes. Physics back in 1905 was not separated into 2 styles (theoretical & experimental/applied). You created a theory, then a gedanke experiment, then a physical experiment and finally provide an application--doesn't happen currently. In addition, quantum mechanics and following software OOD has completely turned our thought process on its head. From that and the computer, a lot of the other disciplines (Math, Biology, Chemistry and others) are using so many physics-derived concepts that the category "physics" has become blurred aside from pure theoretical studies. Then again, most cultures nowadays are so wrapped up into politics or $profiting$ that the real science is missed to be rediscovered years later--as Einstein found.
I think the next revolutionary discoveries that are "categorized under physics" will either be in Biophysics or non-linear science (aka Chaos Theory). Lots of interesting applications and major shifts in our 'thought processes' are evident in those studies. Cynically, the next Einstein will likely come after we all are convinced that Intelligent Design is fact and Math&Science are not requirements in High School anymore (J/K)--nah, really, there will be another "Einstein" from the TFA's context... in due time.
But then again, isn't every other distro out a Best of Breed? And considering security architecture requires a lot of experience (i.e. a seasoned linux developer at minimum)...hence, I'm leaning towards the "why was this slashdotted?" thought.
Hence, this product, being in your face [physically] all the time, will basically fail.
Yes, with DVD, LCDs, 5.1 surround, iPods, phones, captain's chairs, xboxes and now this... in a car? Charlie Brown, please swipe that blanket away from Linus...
Destroying existing systems does nothing, as well as those systems mentioned provide zero value except deterrent people who don't understand how CCTV systems work. So the groups mentioned in the article really didn't do much to hurt the system or even explain their cause--both sides are spreading FUD for their cause. They did get some exposure, which is likely their main objective (and reminds me of the an important point made in the movie Munich).
Sounds like: "and the more countries that join the bandwagon, democracy will provide us a better/sleeker world".
or even...
"and the more countries that join the bandwagon, energy will be cheaper for all".
Same paradigm, obivously hasn't worked to date. Move along Nicholas...
Though last MITEF I attended, he was enteraining with his cynicism on the current politicians.
Caveat Emptor. Though I disagree and Sony should do something more, but the politics of the situation allowed them to stomped on the consumer.
This is not news, especially with the current environment since 2001. Now the challenge has always been non-technical for the FBI:
hire really IT-savvy folks (i.e. with real experience, not DoD or college newbies) for gov't level salaries and ever-shrinking budgets--and considering the deployment environment is rather boring IMO. Of course, those engineers would be competing with [money hungry] companies like MicroStrategy that offer products they could buy vs. build.
And throw in the culture/environment, it's a tough pill to swallow for a tech-person to be serious and enjoy the job.
And really no one should be scared about these types of systems as long as their a policy/laws defined. I mean google already places a "surveillance" factor on the public domain and no one has a problem [yet].
They use COTS products (commerical off the shelf) and most likely contractors implemented the site. Just like every other gov't dept. in existence going through a modernization effort to make "everything a web site"--as some civilian tech savvy govvies put it (ha, a misunderstanding of the term as usual), cookies were likely left on from default settings on those commerical products. Let a [inexperienced] contractor go hog wilded on a cost plus contract and he'll put all the whiz-bang features in the site, considering half of those features will likely be useful.
This story is being blown way out of proportion.
Dell, being the market leader in PCs is reflecting the change in consumer tastes. Where Microsoft diversified into different industries [to dominate and eventually get "caught up"], Dell has learned that lesson--when Dell diversified into consumer products a couple of years ago, they found they couldn't keep up growth (as Microsoft thought when they diversified), product quality went down (as well as service), so now it's back to the core business. Dell doesn't have the luxury forcing industries to comply with a safety net of billions or so dollars like MS. Also Dell competes on 2 fronts compared to MS, they need to keep up with Apple (XPS) and stay cheap with Lenevo (and blades servers). Industries from Gov't to Grandma want choices nowadays. Linux offers them the flexibility that Microsoft currently does not offer.
Consumers are all well versed in Microsoft technologies and the costs involved. Unfortunately (since I'm a s/w guy), the current trend is about the hardware price point, not the software--just look at the iPod--it's wasn't the software.
But as one person told me, the only way you're going to get 50GB capacity for $0.99 is CD-media. Broadband will never match the capacity per cost (along with it's [free] mobility aspects) of physical media for a long time.
I say let the mainstream PC vendors flock to Vista. I think someone needs to create a Blu-Ray framework/API for Linux (hmm, it's almost there?). Then people will need to decide:
Free, secure, better OS + Blu-Ray (higher capacity & quality)
or
Bloated, expensive OS + HD-DVD (lower capacity and quality).
(Then again getting HD-DVD working on Linux maybe a nil issue). So far HD-DVD only has the vendor production price going for it. Considering there's no guarantee the savings will be passed onto the customer. Also, look at the target enduser: PC users(laptops-mainly biz travelers) or home theater users (which will want a non-PC or media center). I say the PC folks will want IPTV, such that in the end, Blu-Ray wins in the console/media center environment.
And Yes, it's all a PS3 vs. Xbox360 issue--truly an example of stifling innovation.
Lack of softing lighting and makeup. Not everyone's (self included) is easy on the eye...
Sounds like what Java went though from jdk 1.0-1.3.
With all these rumors about '' buying Opera, could be just the "great marketing machine" really hinting to us that Opera secretly wants to sellout?
Yes, if poorly written and
Yes, when applications get very, very complex--which is a given. And they will get very complex, just wait 2 yrs.
Consider the great development tools of RoR such that you end up with a Microsoft environment/paradigm--great for RAD, not so great for critical systems that need to be up 24/7, 100%.
I'd still go with XML Schema-based code generation, much more stable as it forces you to thing about state and behavior before you write your first GUI title bar. And since the web is XML-centric, makes sense..
They've successfully fool M$ with their do no evil marketing strategy. Ah yes, Typical Art of War: do not look threatening to your competitors, then when the time is right, wack'em unless your competitors fail from fear, over-protectiveness, and anxiety.
This deal is actually good for Google. AOL has such as wide reach--an internationally reach that only Microsoft can match. It's fits to mission #1 of Google.: to make information available to all users, you need a network/system that allows one to easily connect. That's compared to word-of-mouth strategies. And AOL fits nicely. Good business move I say.
Just as long as google supplies the results I want, at the price point (free to semi free) more power to them. So to the nay-sayers, really, only time will tell.
They should name the AOL version of Google, Aogoogle...
( 'banking' legally of course, hmmm ;) )
Invent a cheaper bed for sleeping. Those tempurpedics certified by the Space Foundation are ridiculously expensive... I was about to get one until I saw the price.
As a developer & user, Red Hat needs to tighten up on their edge releases (FC4 and it's migration to EL for instance). FC4 maybe used by more folks out there, but it's too klunky for the application developer market and less stable that OpenSuSE. And app-development is where the real cash is made.
Novell, aside from focusing on a couple of markets only needs to increase [kernel] performance as SuSE (and openSuSE) are much more polished for a enterprise environment that RH. I find that application development is much easier on SuSE where kernel dev is easier on FC4. I picked out the F/OSS projects only because companies are moving to the model of developing against the 'F/OSS' version and then deploying on the paid 'OSS' version, hence delaying the licensing/service purchase. It makes sense since if forces the developer and vendor share the risks and have mutual interests to succeed.