Keep in mind: It's a perfectly legitimate (and common) for non-webmail users to have their outgoing server be their local ISP. So if google did what you're suggesting, all those people that use an IMAP client to receive their gmail, and send via their ISP wouldn't be able to send to other gmail users
Also keep in mind, Google is actively marketing their email services to ISPs... many ISPs are using GMail for their email services.
Mine switched from an internal co-located email service to completely outsourced Gmail based, ISP branded email solution in less than a month. They lost a lot of control - but saved a metric shit-ton of cash in the process.
Many people are wondering wtf would anyone use this for... and interestingly enough I was just watching a news report that was describing why ranchers out in the middle of nowhere were against the US government's upcoming law that may require them to tag and track every beef cattle during its travel from the birth canal to the slaughter house. Most ranchers said they have no way of uploading tagging and tracking data when out in the middle of their 1000 acre land, and would cause most small beef producers to go out of business because they couldn't be compliant with the law.
Problem solved with this solution. Hand held scanners, satellite based data relays - done.
Given that the handsets will be small and powered by something less than an unlicensed proton accelerator pack, anytime you walk away from LOS of the sky - you'll be reliant on ground based relay stations.
Then again, if this type of technology is deployed along with standard cellular based modes of communication - it could offer seamless transitions from local cellular, voip over wifi, and satellite based communication - ensuring no dead zones, except for a few brain cells.
PeopleSoft is the devil's anus boil... every conversion I've seen to PS has been a loss in money, efficiency, and control.
But their sales force is top notch in convincing upper management (you know, those folks who will never actually have to use it) that they're going to go out of business with out it.
I've worked with folks involved with this decade long money pit - the problem can be directly blamed on management. Or, more specifically, the ever changing management.
From what I understand, the project is worked on for a few years and when there isn't a magical new system online, management is re-org'ed or replaced. This is essentially pigeon management - they fly in, crap on everything, and fly out.
Typically they scrap the old system during this change because the new management comes in with new ideas, programming methods, and vendors... the cycle of re-work, re-engineering, and re-lying on the old system continues while raking in big bucks for consultants and contractors... many I would expect are heavy gifting to the UW Alum and/or Wisconsin government lobby.
While everyone is talking up the cloud and how resilient it is... this is just yet another example to never put all your eggs in one basket. If your service is so damn important that it can't go down - have it hosted in two places.
I agree - establish a process. It may seem counter productive - but if the grunts can come and pull you off a project, then something is broken.
Establish a ticketing system - Request Tracker comes to mind. If someone is having a problem, send it to the "help desk" instead of interrupting you from completing your tasks. This gives you the opportunity to do a few things:
1. Prioritize your workload. - The spam message the receptionist got last week and decided to mention today isn't worth interrupting your server build to review.
2. Display your queue at any given time to everyone so expectations can be honestly set. - Three servers are behind on patches, email storage is critical, and your database server has some issue with backups causing the transaction logs to fill. Yes, I know your DVD drive is broken - it's on my list, see?
3. Document a history of problem systems, processes, or people. - The web server is in serious need of retirement. Every time sales sends out their monthly newsletter, the traffic spikes cause a huge queue in storage and runs out of memory. And, yes, the CEO calls me directly every Monday when his Blackberry radio is automatically disabled because he let his battery die - and can't remember how to turn it on.
Document, track, and justify getting some help keeping the office humming.
With a multimillion dollar ad campaign in full swing, of course people are going to visit Bing. I haven't seen a yahoo ad in months (print, web, or broadcast media)... but I'm going to bet Yahoo has more return visitors.
HP used to provide hardware for Cisco's appliances and servers that they resold as Cisco branded gear... Call Managers and the like.
Well, HP's been really pissing off Cisco by selling ProCurve switches with lifetime warranties and converting Cisco Catalyst switch users over to HP ProCurve customers. Cisco's been losing all this SmartNet gravy that they wallow in year after year. So this is their answer... sell servers to piss in HP's very large bowl of Cheerios.
Good luck Cisco, you're entering a cut throat market with well established hardware vendors in a global recession... You've either got a large pair of brass balls or you're just really really stupid.
I have a Quadra 700 with a PowerPC upgrade NuBus card installed. It has 12MB of memory and an external 9GB full hight (12 pound) hard drive. I have it connected to my network with a 10Mb/sec AAUI dongle and host a website from it.
No, I won't let you slashdot it - because my crappy DSL would be out before the web server would go down.:)
1. Close failing business 2. Sell off all stock, buildings, fire employees 3. Find sucker to buy the domain name of your failed business. 4. *** 5. Profit!!!
Have you submitted the article outlining the importance/significance of the day?
And though it's Memorial Day in one part of the world, this site is a part of the WORLD WIDE web.
I don't think that your post is a Troll, but please recognize that there is more than one thing going on around the universe today.
I honestly am embarrassed by my countrymen and women who ignorantly assume since today is a holiday in the United States, that the entire world stops. It simply shows how internationally stupid most Americans are. We barely learned American history in our public schools much less global history. Yay, federally funded public schools. </rant>
Sigh... it's an American holiday. Welcome to globalization.
It's always good to see more hardware developers opening their drivers to Linux development. I think more and more companies are realizing that linux desktops are not going to be the defacto standard, but that Linux will be in a lot of gear that could use their devices. Getting their drivers and devices cozy with linux only works in everybody's favor.
Letting the tax payers keep their money in the first place.
The best use of tax payers money is not collect it, nor spend it.
Nah, they'll just piss it away on Escalades and PS3s... sometimes you need to fix roads, educate children, and help people who have lost their jobs due to people wanting more Escalades and PS3s.
I run Windows XP in a VMWare Workstation virtual machine. My laptop requires 64bit and runs (believe it or not) better with Vista 64bit than any other Windows OS.
However, there are some apps that refuse to run correctly in Vista. So it's a cake walk with VMWare to run XP.
For support - I don't see an issue. XP actually runs pretty damn good in a controlled virtual environment. You get away from all the wacky hardware drivers and shit that normally trips up XP. The problem I see is if/when Microsoft ends XP support for security updates.
Bullshit - you just hired stupid electricians. Probably lowest bid on the job, right?
We let our contracted electricians run our coax, cat5e, 110v, 208v, and 480v - and they did a great job. Even labeled all the ports on the patch panels, each end of the cables, and even used the cable management we installed.
Data wiring companies are just over priced electricians.
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Keep in mind:
It's a perfectly legitimate (and common) for non-webmail users to have their outgoing server be their local ISP. So if google did what you're suggesting, all those people that use an IMAP client to receive their gmail, and send via their ISP wouldn't be able to send to other gmail users
Also keep in mind, Google is actively marketing their email services to ISPs... many ISPs are using GMail for their email services.
Mine switched from an internal co-located email service to completely outsourced Gmail based, ISP branded email solution in less than a month. They lost a lot of control - but saved a metric shit-ton of cash in the process.
Realistically though - you would never ever want all of the world's electricity production in one location or from one method.
Obvious political reasons - see Middle East OPEC Cartel for more information on this.
Power distribution nightmares - although super conducting main lines like they're using in New York are very promising.
Night / Day transitions - At night, the desert won't be generating anything.
SimCity Microwave Power is the only answer... and a great weapon to use if someone pisses you off.
If Hawking is saying our evolution is now dependent on our (for most people) public education system... we're fucked.
Pack your bags, it's Idiocracy time.
That movie was missing the Morlocks. All we ever saw were the Eloi.
But it did have "Buttfuckers" restaurant... worlds best burgers.
Many people are wondering wtf would anyone use this for... and interestingly enough I was just watching a news report that was describing why ranchers out in the middle of nowhere were against the US government's upcoming law that may require them to tag and track every beef cattle during its travel from the birth canal to the slaughter house. Most ranchers said they have no way of uploading tagging and tracking data when out in the middle of their 1000 acre land, and would cause most small beef producers to go out of business because they couldn't be compliant with the law.
Problem solved with this solution. Hand held scanners, satellite based data relays - done.
Given that the handsets will be small and powered by something less than an unlicensed proton accelerator pack, anytime you walk away from LOS of the sky - you'll be reliant on ground based relay stations.
Then again, if this type of technology is deployed along with standard cellular based modes of communication - it could offer seamless transitions from local cellular, voip over wifi, and satellite based communication - ensuring no dead zones, except for a few brain cells.
If Hawking is saying our evolution is now dependent on our (for most people) public education system... we're fucked.
Pack your bags, it's Idiocracy time.
PeopleSoft is the devil's anus boil... every conversion I've seen to PS has been a loss in money, efficiency, and control.
But their sales force is top notch in convincing upper management (you know, those folks who will never actually have to use it) that they're going to go out of business with out it.
I've worked with folks involved with this decade long money pit - the problem can be directly blamed on management. Or, more specifically, the ever changing management.
From what I understand, the project is worked on for a few years and when there isn't a magical new system online, management is re-org'ed or replaced. This is essentially pigeon management - they fly in, crap on everything, and fly out.
Typically they scrap the old system during this change because the new management comes in with new ideas, programming methods, and vendors... the cycle of re-work, re-engineering, and re-lying on the old system continues while raking in big bucks for consultants and contractors... many I would expect are heavy gifting to the UW Alum and/or Wisconsin government lobby.
Fuck em all.
While everyone is talking up the cloud and how resilient it is... this is just yet another example to never put all your eggs in one basket. If your service is so damn important that it can't go down - have it hosted in two places.
Notice, Amazon.com didn't go down... :)
"Am I ranting?"
No, you're licking balls for a living. Grow a pair of your own and say "no" next time.
I second that. No is a word you are allowed to use. Middle management needs perspective.
Ask middle management lackey for that report from that guy with the horse written about that thing.
Then when they ask for more information - tell them that information is unnecessary.
I agree - establish a process. It may seem counter productive - but if the grunts can come and pull you off a project, then something is broken.
Establish a ticketing system - Request Tracker comes to mind. If someone is having a problem, send it to the "help desk" instead of interrupting you from completing your tasks. This gives you the opportunity to do a few things:
1. Prioritize your workload. - The spam message the receptionist got last week and decided to mention today isn't worth interrupting your server build to review.
2. Display your queue at any given time to everyone so expectations can be honestly set. - Three servers are behind on patches, email storage is critical, and your database server has some issue with backups causing the transaction logs to fill. Yes, I know your DVD drive is broken - it's on my list, see?
3. Document a history of problem systems, processes, or people. - The web server is in serious need of retirement. Every time sales sends out their monthly newsletter, the traffic spikes cause a huge queue in storage and runs out of memory. And, yes, the CEO calls me directly every Monday when his Blackberry radio is automatically disabled because he let his battery die - and can't remember how to turn it on.
Document, track, and justify getting some help keeping the office humming.
With a multimillion dollar ad campaign in full swing, of course people are going to visit Bing. I haven't seen a yahoo ad in months (print, web, or broadcast media)... but I'm going to bet Yahoo has more return visitors.
HP used to provide hardware for Cisco's appliances and servers that they resold as Cisco branded gear... Call Managers and the like.
Well, HP's been really pissing off Cisco by selling ProCurve switches with lifetime warranties and converting Cisco Catalyst switch users over to HP ProCurve customers. Cisco's been losing all this SmartNet gravy that they wallow in year after year. So this is their answer... sell servers to piss in HP's very large bowl of Cheerios.
Good luck Cisco, you're entering a cut throat market with well established hardware vendors in a global recession... You've either got a large pair of brass balls or you're just really really stupid.
I have a Quadra 700 with a PowerPC upgrade NuBus card installed. It has 12MB of memory and an external 9GB full hight (12 pound) hard drive. I have it connected to my network with a 10Mb/sec AAUI dongle and host a website from it.
No, I won't let you slashdot it - because my crappy DSL would be out before the web server would go down. :)
1. Close failing business
2. Sell off all stock, buildings, fire employees
3. Find sucker to buy the domain name of your failed business.
4. ***
5. Profit!!!
There is no "Ignorant" mod, so "Troll" had to do.
IMHO - they're synonymous. Ignorance is no excuse for breaking the law.
Peanuts? More like a infinitesimal bit shaved off an atomic particle of molecule that makes up a crumb of a peanut.
Have you submitted the article outlining the importance/significance of the day?
And though it's Memorial Day in one part of the world, this site is a part of the WORLD WIDE web.
I don't think that your post is a Troll, but please recognize that there is more than one thing going on around the universe today.
I honestly am embarrassed by my countrymen and women who ignorantly assume since today is a holiday in the United States, that the entire world stops. It simply shows how internationally stupid most Americans are. We barely learned American history in our public schools much less global history. Yay, federally funded public schools.
</rant>
Sigh... it's an American holiday. Welcome to globalization.
Imagine for a moment that airports suddenly removed all of the bathrooms. Where do you think Wifi would rank on the next survey?
Right below garbage cans and NASA diapers.
It's always good to see more hardware developers opening their drivers to Linux development. I think more and more companies are realizing that linux desktops are not going to be the defacto standard, but that Linux will be in a lot of gear that could use their devices. Getting their drivers and devices cozy with linux only works in everybody's favor.
Letting the tax payers keep their money in the first place.
The best use of tax payers money is not collect it, nor spend it.
Nah, they'll just piss it away on Escalades and PS3s... sometimes you need to fix roads, educate children, and help people who have lost their jobs due to people wanting more Escalades and PS3s.
Maybe he won't ask for the money.
Split it to 1,000 homeless shelters... and don't give the password until the money is spent.
Food pantries, job centers, etc... 10 mill would make a lot of people's lives just a bit better.
What better way of using tax payers' dollars than taking care of those folks?
They finally fixed the fucking calendaring bugs that have been haunting me for the last few months since upgrading to Exchange 2007.
Exporting from Access to Excel is another big one I can see some of our users enjoying.
The built in PDF printing is just icing on the cake. Saves me from having to deploy CutePDF with standard images now.
I run Windows XP in a VMWare Workstation virtual machine. My laptop requires 64bit and runs (believe it or not) better with Vista 64bit than any other Windows OS.
However, there are some apps that refuse to run correctly in Vista. So it's a cake walk with VMWare to run XP.
For support - I don't see an issue. XP actually runs pretty damn good in a controlled virtual environment. You get away from all the wacky hardware drivers and shit that normally trips up XP. The problem I see is if/when Microsoft ends XP support for security updates.
Bullshit - you just hired stupid electricians. Probably lowest bid on the job, right?
We let our contracted electricians run our coax, cat5e, 110v, 208v, and 480v - and they did a great job. Even labeled all the ports on the patch panels, each end of the cables, and even used the cable management we installed.
Data wiring companies are just over priced electricians.