It'll be hard to compete against Oracle, who is already a player in the linux market. I attended one of the Oracle-Compaq (well, now HP) conferences last year, where they were pushing linux clustering and Oracle using RAC. Oracle is tried and true, and it would take a lot of persuasion and golfing junkets to get enterprises to go down another path, methinks.
I have a loathing for IDEs written in Java itself, for an obvious reason - they're big, clunky and slow, compared to their natively-compiled counterparts.
For me, something lightweight like Gel does it for me because it's blazingly fast for a download under 4 megs.
Sounds interesting, a new angle on the popular CSI stories that are in fashion at the moment. I can't quite pick up whether this is more textbook reading or has entertainment value. The last book I read on cybercrime bored me to tears so much that I almost hacked into the author's bank accounts and donated his wealth to starving children in Africa.
"In other news, local man dressed as an iPod was found inebriated and trying to hump a boombox speaker, after a wild night at a halloween party. The man has been referred for counselling."
I think in all circumstances, the exception being Microsoft, you get what you pay for. There is a reason why big enterprise corporations pay millions of dollars each year for Mission Critial support from HP, Sun and the big vendors.
One of the reasons large corporations and enterprises are reluctant to go down the open source route is defintely vendor support... most are willing to fork out the cash to have the peace of mind that they can sue your ass if something goes wrong.
NASA and computers? Someone please double check to see if they're using metric measurements instead of imperial, otherwise it could suddenly disappear without a trace.:)
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For digital photography, that's another matter. I find the colours very muted and less vibrant/realistic than CRTs.
It'll be hard to compete against Oracle, who is already a player in the linux market. I attended one of the Oracle-Compaq (well, now HP) conferences last year, where they were pushing linux clustering and Oracle using RAC. Oracle is tried and true, and it would take a lot of persuasion and golfing junkets to get enterprises to go down another path, methinks.
I have a loathing for IDEs written in Java itself, for an obvious reason - they're big, clunky and slow, compared to their natively-compiled counterparts. For me, something lightweight like Gel does it for me because it's blazingly fast for a download under 4 megs.
Sounds interesting, a new angle on the popular CSI stories that are in fashion at the moment. I can't quite pick up whether this is more textbook reading or has entertainment value. The last book I read on cybercrime bored me to tears so much that I almost hacked into the author's bank accounts and donated his wealth to starving children in Africa.
Where do you draw your inspiration from? Do you find that people compare your game to all time greats like Everquest etc?
"No Neo, try again"
"What is grid computing?"
"Bingo."
There's certainly alot of info to devour there, but I guess if companies like Google and Dreamworks are using it, then it has to be a Good Thing.
All good and well, but I have to ask the age old question... does it play pong? :)
"In other news, local man dressed as an iPod was found inebriated and trying to hump a boombox speaker, after a wild night at a halloween party. The man has been referred for counselling."
I think in all circumstances, the exception being Microsoft, you get what you pay for. There is a reason why big enterprise corporations pay millions of dollars each year for Mission Critial support from HP, Sun and the big vendors.
Well you have a choice whether to vote for a particular party or not, so I guess you too have a choice whether to buy the game or not! :)
So, do you have to get it serviced every 10,000 KMs?
By the time this gets downloaded, it will be time for the next lunar eclipse...
I'm loving the Windows, version, so yeah, bring on the Mac version too :)
... get off the computer, walk to the next cubicle and talk to your co-worker face to face, will ya? :)
Aren't we forgetting the ultimate precursor to doom, quake etc... PACMAN! :)
...ok, if I have a pirated version, I'll do it to get FREE STUFF. Yes! I will get my ass thrown in jail for FREE STUFF. Yes! Please!
I wonder if they derived something out of their search results...
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Maybe it was "lost" for a particular reason...
Don't forget... history repeats itself. Ok, everyone, take a plan and let's do it all again! :)
Customer Focus? I didn't know those two words existed in their vocabulary?!?!
I wonder where you store the player while swimming? Is that a mp3 player down your swimming trunks or are you just happy to see me? :)
One of the reasons large corporations and enterprises are reluctant to go down the open source route is defintely vendor support... most are willing to fork out the cash to have the peace of mind that they can sue your ass if something goes wrong.
I wonder how many members they "lost" over the incident... :)
NASA and computers? Someone please double check to see if they're using metric measurements instead of imperial, otherwise it could suddenly disappear without a trace. :)