If you are talking about the development and evangelization of Open Source, then I would say yes. People are going to volunteer regardless. However, when you are talking about companies that sell or service Open Source software, then I would say no...it is not recession-proof. Economics are economics, and money is the same everywhere. Where there is a crunch, money doesn't flow as freely, and both Open Source and proprietary models will suffer.
Now...had they have said "Is FREE software recession-proof" then I would say, "yes...it is."
That is an excellent point. I read an article somewhere, and I'll try to find it an post later, that talked about the idea of trade shows going entirely virtual, including keynotes delivered via the web, rather than in person. It is an interesting concept indeed.
I have seen overall trade show decline in the past four years from both a vendor and attendee perspective. Why? As a vendor, it wasn't a great use of our marketing dollars to drop anywhere from $90K to $150K for a large booth, sponsorship and otherwise, for a show that didn't deliver when it came to converted opportunities. In the late 90's, we'd drop nearly $250K for a show, but as things went on, we noticed that all vendors appeared to scale back...except for Novell...they make Linux World with all the floor space they take up and all the swag they give out.
What I did notice though, and this holds especially true for the Linux World Show in San Francisco (specifically) is an increase of C-level executives attending.
Frankly, I'm impressed by any code, and I think you should be proud of your code, regardless of whether or not it is perfect. It is all a part of a learning process. Even coders that I know who have been doing it for years tell me they are always looking for ways to make their stuff better. I can't code, although I'm learning.
If you can code, you've impressed me because you have done something that I would like to do. You can critique your own work, and that is fine, but I think it goes without saying that people are going to do their best to write quality code, and if you've done your best, then be proud of it.
The point is that as long as I have been in IT in the capacity that I have, every company seems to use Japan as their #1 for something. Veritas used to say that most of their revenue came from Japan. Several other companies I know of claimed something of theirs was #1 in Japan. My point is, when will something be #1 here?
Or...maybe they are claiming half of all Mac's in Japan are running it. Hell, spin it either way...nothing ever happens here. It ALWAYS happens somewhere else where it is darn near impossible to prove.
There is a VERY interesting book on this subject called "The United States of Europe and the End of American Supremacy" available in your local bookstore or online. It demonstrates real examples of how the EU can really screw up a deal for American companies doing business in the EU if they want to.
Being a long time professional Linux and Open Source guy, I am SO tired of Richard Stallman and his "take my football and go home" politics. The GPL wasn't broken in GPL 2 according to many, yet bring the MS / Novell deal along, and all of a sudden, we need to alter GPL 3 to make it unfriendly to the Linux community. I'd say that's a "cutting off your nose to spite your face" reaction.
I don't know if it will drive people to FreeBSD for the license, but I know I'm going to start downloading it right now.
My daughter got a new laptop with 1gb of memory and a sata drive. You'd think it had 256mb of memory with the time it takes to do darn near anything. The funny part is the the Linux partition on her laptop screams. Yup...that's enough to make me want to go out and buy Vista...
I think Sun should buy Apple and rename themselves as Apple. Then Mac OS X gets a much better kernel, and Sun gets all of Apple's nice unix userspace (Solaris 10's userspace is awful). Mac OS X server becomes Solaris 11 and all of apple's good ideas like OpenDirectory, their management GUIs for open source apps, etc become a part of solaris. Already technology transfer is happening. My local Apple rep said a lot of core technologies are being licensed from Sun including ZFS. If Apple's Mac OS X is such a superior kernel, why isn't it everywhere already? I regularly work with Fortune 50 customers or better, and I have yet to see a Mac server anywhere in the environment. Linux...lots of places. Mac...not so much.
That is interesting, but I would consider the source. There are a lot of sources that say all sorts of bad things about every country, including the US. However, that is their slanted opinion.
I'm not trying to discredit you or your posting. UAE is hardly perfect, but the US, UK and everyhwhere else has its issues as well. I just don't think I'd rely on Solidaritycenter.org for accurate information. Again, I think I would talk to those that do business there, and look at more than a source that is known for leaning toward the left when it comes to labor laws. Heck, they don't like our (the US) labor laws.
Last I checked, nobody made people apply for our visa programs, and nobody made the people who choose to go to the UAE apply for that program either. This whole thing reminds me of the Spanish speakers here in the US that tell me I need to learn Spanish. Last I checked, I live in America and English is still the national language.
People make their own choices, and I stand by my original statement...UAE is a decent place. If it were not, there would not be hoards of tourists flocking there and Expats everywhere you look. They must be doing something right.
Care to back that one up? Bahrain potentially has that situation, as might Saudi Arabia. However, the prince who runs UAE is exceedingly cautious of the way his country is viewed by the outside world, and I don't think your statement is accurate.
As as American who has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East, Dubai is perhaps one of my favorite cities anywhere. It is a world class city with all the "modern" things you'd want and a touch of class that makes it a true gem.
I know the issue isn't which city is better, but Dubai is like a New York. If you're in the financial business, go to Manhattan. If you're in the tech world, go to san Jose. If you're in the oil business with 90% of your work in the middle east, go to Dubai. I see nothing wrong with this, especially if they say they are going to pay US taxes and remain a US corp.
Red Hat sells Linux. Oh wait...so does Mandriva, Asianux, Turbo Linux, etc. etc. This isn't about selling Linux. It is about an organization (the FSF) crying foul because they are no longer relevant. That is ALL this is about, pure and simple. If they do this, it WILL permanently damage Linux in the data center, because nobody will want to work with a bunch of people that act like children. This is about Microsoft working with Linux...not about someone selling Linux.
This is a situation where the MS / Novell relationship works, because if they deliver on what they say they will do with SUSE Linux, then a lot of these issues will go away.
I bought a new laptop with it (Premium Edition) and it runs like a top. I don't know what you're talking about when you say "clunky" but it could be due to hardware. I'm not saying it is the end-all, but I'm impressed, and I'm a Mac / Linux guy.
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I've thought long and hard about this, and I think it has to be Eduardo on Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. (Sorry...I have kids)
Seti@Home may be a waste of time, but it is a killer screen saver for Windoze systems :-)
Can you imagine what porn will look like with that kind of resolution!
If you are talking about the development and evangelization of Open Source, then I would say yes. People are going to volunteer regardless. However, when you are talking about companies that sell or service Open Source software, then I would say no...it is not recession-proof. Economics are economics, and money is the same everywhere. Where there is a crunch, money doesn't flow as freely, and both Open Source and proprietary models will suffer.
Now...had they have said "Is FREE software recession-proof" then I would say, "yes...it is."
That is an excellent point. I read an article somewhere, and I'll try to find it an post later, that talked about the idea of trade shows going entirely virtual, including keynotes delivered via the web, rather than in person. It is an interesting concept indeed.
I have seen overall trade show decline in the past four years from both a vendor and attendee perspective. Why? As a vendor, it wasn't a great use of our marketing dollars to drop anywhere from $90K to $150K for a large booth, sponsorship and otherwise, for a show that didn't deliver when it came to converted opportunities. In the late 90's, we'd drop nearly $250K for a show, but as things went on, we noticed that all vendors appeared to scale back...except for Novell...they make Linux World with all the floor space they take up and all the swag they give out.
What I did notice though, and this holds especially true for the Linux World Show in San Francisco (specifically) is an increase of C-level executives attending.
Frankly, I'm impressed by any code, and I think you should be proud of your code, regardless of whether or not it is perfect. It is all a part of a learning process. Even coders that I know who have been doing it for years tell me they are always looking for ways to make their stuff better. I can't code, although I'm learning.
If you can code, you've impressed me because you have done something that I would like to do. You can critique your own work, and that is fine, but I think it goes without saying that people are going to do their best to write quality code, and if you've done your best, then be proud of it.
Just my non-coding two cents.
Government-regulated common sense and responsibility. I agree with it, but it seems unnecessary. I mean, this people are supposed to be professionals.
The point is that as long as I have been in IT in the capacity that I have, every company seems to use Japan as their #1 for something. Veritas used to say that most of their revenue came from Japan. Several other companies I know of claimed something of theirs was #1 in Japan. My point is, when will something be #1 here?
Or...maybe they are claiming half of all Mac's in Japan are running it. Hell, spin it either way...nothing ever happens here. It ALWAYS happens somewhere else where it is darn near impossible to prove.
There is a VERY interesting book on this subject called "The United States of Europe and the End of American Supremacy" available in your local bookstore or online. It demonstrates real examples of how the EU can really screw up a deal for American companies doing business in the EU if they want to.
In Redmond, that is treason!
Simply put, it's mind over matter. They don't mind, and you don't matter.
Being a long time professional Linux and Open Source guy, I am SO tired of Richard Stallman and his "take my football and go home" politics. The GPL wasn't broken in GPL 2 according to many, yet bring the MS / Novell deal along, and all of a sudden, we need to alter GPL 3 to make it unfriendly to the Linux community. I'd say that's a "cutting off your nose to spite your face" reaction.
I don't know if it will drive people to FreeBSD for the license, but I know I'm going to start downloading it right now.
I go to this blog with Firefox, and it looks like crap. Then I notice that it says it is best viewed in Opera. A little ironic isn't it?
My daughter got a new laptop with 1gb of memory and a sata drive. You'd think it had 256mb of memory with the time it takes to do darn near anything. The funny part is the the Linux partition on her laptop screams. Yup...that's enough to make me want to go out and buy Vista...
Nevermind...that was a stupid reply I just made. I re-read your posting and you are correct in your statement. I mis-read your post. My apology.
That is interesting, but I would consider the source. There are a lot of sources that say all sorts of bad things about every country, including the US. However, that is their slanted opinion.
I'm not trying to discredit you or your posting. UAE is hardly perfect, but the US, UK and everyhwhere else has its issues as well. I just don't think I'd rely on Solidaritycenter.org for accurate information. Again, I think I would talk to those that do business there, and look at more than a source that is known for leaning toward the left when it comes to labor laws. Heck, they don't like our (the US) labor laws.
Last I checked, nobody made people apply for our visa programs, and nobody made the people who choose to go to the UAE apply for that program either. This whole thing reminds me of the Spanish speakers here in the US that tell me I need to learn Spanish. Last I checked, I live in America and English is still the national language.
People make their own choices, and I stand by my original statement...UAE is a decent place. If it were not, there would not be hoards of tourists flocking there and Expats everywhere you look. They must be doing something right.
Care to back that one up? Bahrain potentially has that situation, as might Saudi Arabia. However, the prince who runs UAE is exceedingly cautious of the way his country is viewed by the outside world, and I don't think your statement is accurate.
As as American who has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East, Dubai is perhaps one of my favorite cities anywhere. It is a world class city with all the "modern" things you'd want and a touch of class that makes it a true gem.
I know the issue isn't which city is better, but Dubai is like a New York. If you're in the financial business, go to Manhattan. If you're in the tech world, go to san Jose. If you're in the oil business with 90% of your work in the middle east, go to Dubai. I see nothing wrong with this, especially if they say they are going to pay US taxes and remain a US corp.
Red Hat sells Linux. Oh wait...so does Mandriva, Asianux, Turbo Linux, etc. etc. This isn't about selling Linux. It is about an organization (the FSF) crying foul because they are no longer relevant. That is ALL this is about, pure and simple. If they do this, it WILL permanently damage Linux in the data center, because nobody will want to work with a bunch of people that act like children. This is about Microsoft working with Linux...not about someone selling Linux.
This is a situation where the MS / Novell relationship works, because if they deliver on what they say they will do with SUSE Linux, then a lot of these issues will go away.
Let the flames begin...
I bought a new laptop with it (Premium Edition) and it runs like a top. I don't know what you're talking about when you say "clunky" but it could be due to hardware. I'm not saying it is the end-all, but I'm impressed, and I'm a Mac / Linux guy.
This is nonsense...it was said about WindowsXP as well. I don't see any news here.