Once upon a time, my VP bought into a firm that had discovered a guaranteed-perfect compression algorithm: it would reduce the size of any data file, no exceptions.
A cow-orker asked if it could be used on its own ouput.
Answer: Sure! But decompressing the data is still under development.
Often times, you need other information about a log error to be able to correctly troubleshoot. Simply "MYSQL could not establish a socket connection... etc" is not enough to troubleshoot. You need to know the *context* of how it happened, system specs, history, or even the OS. Granted their logs could include SOME of this, but a log parser can't find context. How can users expect to find answers to some of the more complex questions this software is promising to answer if the best it does is allow users to post generic *comments* on log entries?
There's a certain wall this software will hit that a usenet or forum post easily surpasses. Context is a huge part of troubleshooting.
Well, I will admit I didn't install it, but I did browse around and take a tour.
This is nothing like wikipedia. It is a log file aggregator. It's a program that transmits and indexes log files on your UNIX/LINUX machine(s). How is that like wikipedia in the slightest? Granted, users can comment on log entries and create a knowledge base, but that doesn't make it wikipedia at all.
I think they've made a cool tool here. I can see it being useful. But the fact that they are targeting businesses and yet it trasmits all log data to a remote location will make most businesses uneasy. If the application could be setup to keep all data internal, this could be a neat tool for system administrators. But in its current form, it's only really good for hobbyists and other people who don't mind having the guts of their servers on the web ready to be searched by strangers.
Exactly what type of programming do you do and how many years have you been doing it? I would imagine your responsibilities would be a lot more than just a code monkey. Am I wrong? Do you mange coders too?
If someone wanted to subpena your emails, it'll be the difference between your company defending itself or Google doing it for you. Either way, if a court says hand 'em over, your emails are out of your control. Google doesn't want to hand over its clients emails because it hurts its image and lowers consumer trust. So I will go out on a limb here and say Google is probably going to defend the privacy of your emails as rigorously as your company would.
1. If I do something for a client that later breaks, they will attribute it to the quality of my work, even if I explain it's Microsoft's fault. If they were web savvy enough to understand the distinction, they would not need someone like me to do their website. So that means this fiasco makes me look bad, not MS.
2. Some clients will not notice this issue. It will be an embarassing or otherwise annoying problem that one of THEIR clients will eventually point out. My client will look bad. Subsequently, I will look bad. This means I have to actively go out and seek my old clients to update my work before their clients/users see the problem. I can't walk up to a client, tell them something broke overnight, that it's not my fault, and I need to charge them to fix it. This brings up (1) in that it makes them question the quality of my work.
3. I can't charge very much for what will literally be 1 minute of work. But I don't want to work for free. But, as I pointed out in (2), I may be the one that approaches them and points out the "new" problem (new is in quotes because that's how they will see it). This puts me in an extremely tough position.
This is going to be a headache for anybody who has a client with a site that will be breaking in the near future. Good luck explaining it to somebody who doesn't understand web technologies (aka all your clients).
Good thing I got out of the site building business a long time ago.
Sounds like a PR stunt trying to make MS look bad for going around their patent instead of paying royalties. He already got 500 million; he's upset he's not getting even more.
At least this will keep the other browsers safer from further litigation down the road. If MS had bent over backwards and paid, every other browser that ever gained any market share would have been next in line to pay retroactive royalties. Now that MS just changed the rules of the HTML world (as usual), it's not crazy to think other browser vendors won't be ready to follow just to avoid having to pay the costly lesson that MS had to pay.
"Well-well look. I already told you: I deal with the god damn customers so the engineers don't have to. I have people skills; I am good at dealing with people. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?"
Ask's attempt to copy Google is obvious. Of course, merely copying won't get you far. People aren't going to switch away from something they've grown accustomed to using if the competitor's product is only "just as good" or "barely better." It might even be better at first glance, but Google has been there for you for much longer and you know its reliability. Google's index is much larger, probably by an order of magnitude and Google offers services that Ask hasn't even touched, such as chat and email. They have no where near the same bandwidth, which is obvious in how the site lags. One thing I can say about Google that neither Yahoo or MSN have been able to compete on is how consistently blazing fast their site is every moment of every day of the year. If it's ever been slow, I really can't recall it. Whereas I can think of specific moments where MSN or Yahoo lagged like no other for extended periods of time. Ask seems to be no different. Ask might have Google beat on some minor points, but it's got a lonnnng way to go before it is noticeably better than MSN, Yahoo, or Google. That said, here are things I noticed that make it inferior to Google.
Ads appear at the top before normal search results
Narrowing down the results appears on the right side -- a very unintuitive place to look for such options
It seems to be a Google clone -- Google in 2002, that is
When I mispelled a search term, it placed the corrected spelling BELOW the ads
To sum most of my points above, see this search for "Microsoft" on Google (2,540,000,000 results) vs. Ask (96,550,00 results). Ask's results page is ad ridden and clumy. Click on the links to see it for yourself. Below is what I see above the page crease:
Ask (no search time shown): Latest News: Microsoft Dueling Fools: Microsoft Bull Motley Fool 25 minutes ago Microsoft Defends Itself at EU Hearing COX.net for San Diego 36 minutes ago
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His $40 billion dollars personal savings and his $300 billion dollar company says otherwise. =)
Once upon a time, my VP bought into a firm that had discovered a guaranteed-perfect compression algorithm: it would reduce the size of any data file, no exceptions.
A cow-orker asked if it could be used on its own ouput.
Answer: Sure! But decompressing the data is still under development.
"Son... I want you to have my porn when I'm gone."
Hell, blockbuster should just patent late fees too and them and Netflix will have an oligopoly.
Often times, you need other information about a log error to be able to correctly troubleshoot. Simply "MYSQL could not establish a socket connection... etc" is not enough to troubleshoot. You need to know the *context* of how it happened, system specs, history, or even the OS. Granted their logs could include SOME of this, but a log parser can't find context. How can users expect to find answers to some of the more complex questions this software is promising to answer if the best it does is allow users to post generic *comments* on log entries?
There's a certain wall this software will hit that a usenet or forum post easily surpasses. Context is a huge part of troubleshooting.
Well, I will admit I didn't install it, but I did browse around and take a tour.
This is nothing like wikipedia. It is a log file aggregator. It's a program that transmits and indexes log files on your UNIX/LINUX machine(s). How is that like wikipedia in the slightest? Granted, users can comment on log entries and create a knowledge base, but that doesn't make it wikipedia at all.
I think they've made a cool tool here. I can see it being useful. But the fact that they are targeting businesses and yet it trasmits all log data to a remote location will make most businesses uneasy. If the application could be setup to keep all data internal, this could be a neat tool for system administrators. But in its current form, it's only really good for hobbyists and other people who don't mind having the guts of their servers on the web ready to be searched by strangers.
It's just CSS mixed with javascript... is it not?
And five million in VC funds!!11!11eleventeen!!
I really don't think the "general public" reads Cringely's blog.
Tags sure become a big joke when people start spamming "ponies" "gay" and "straight" on every god damn post.
Exactly what type of programming do you do and how many years have you been doing it? I would imagine your responsibilities would be a lot more than just a code monkey. Am I wrong? Do you mange coders too?
Damn. I tried to use the search and it gave me an error. =(
I guess I'll try again tomorrow.
I haven't seen anybody modded as a troll in any of these joke threads... until you. Congratulations troll boy. The joke's on you. =)
Wait, what? You were talking to your girlfriend??
That's a good one. No wonder you are modded up as Funny.
Oh man, I can't believe that worked. =D
"Happy birthday dude!!! We're gonna /. your inbox!!"
So many commments, and yet not a single one is modded as insightful or interesting. You know it's April Fools Day.
If someone wanted to subpena your emails, it'll be the difference between your company defending itself or Google doing it for you. Either way, if a court says hand 'em over, your emails are out of your control. Google doesn't want to hand over its clients emails because it hurts its image and lowers consumer trust. So I will go out on a limb here and say Google is probably going to defend the privacy of your emails as rigorously as your company would.
Well, it teaches you how to spray and pray pretty well...
Steve: Today, I've got some amazing news! The new Intel Macs will support dual booting with Windows!
*clapping and cheering*
Steve: April fools!! Haha, I'm so funny.
Payday? Free? I don't think so.
Let's say I was a consultant doing web work:
1. If I do something for a client that later breaks, they will attribute it to the quality of my work, even if I explain it's Microsoft's fault. If they were web savvy enough to understand the distinction, they would not need someone like me to do their website. So that means this fiasco makes me look bad, not MS.
2. Some clients will not notice this issue. It will be an embarassing or otherwise annoying problem that one of THEIR clients will eventually point out. My client will look bad. Subsequently, I will look bad. This means I have to actively go out and seek my old clients to update my work before their clients/users see the problem. I can't walk up to a client, tell them something broke overnight, that it's not my fault, and I need to charge them to fix it. This brings up (1) in that it makes them question the quality of my work.
3. I can't charge very much for what will literally be 1 minute of work. But I don't want to work for free. But, as I pointed out in (2), I may be the one that approaches them and points out the "new" problem (new is in quotes because that's how they will see it). This puts me in an extremely tough position.
This is going to be a headache for anybody who has a client with a site that will be breaking in the near future. Good luck explaining it to somebody who doesn't understand web technologies (aka all your clients).
Good thing I got out of the site building business a long time ago.
Sounds like a PR stunt trying to make MS look bad for going around their patent instead of paying royalties. He already got 500 million; he's upset he's not getting even more.
At least this will keep the other browsers safer from further litigation down the road. If MS had bent over backwards and paid, every other browser that ever gained any market share would have been next in line to pay retroactive royalties. Now that MS just changed the rules of the HTML world (as usual), it's not crazy to think other browser vendors won't be ready to follow just to avoid having to pay the costly lesson that MS had to pay.
"Well-well look. I already told you: I deal with the god damn customers so the engineers don't have to. I have people skills; I am good at dealing with people. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?"
Fucked.
To sum most of my points above, see this search for "Microsoft" on Google (2,540,000,000 results) vs. Ask (96,550,00 results). Ask's results page is ad ridden and clumy. Click on the links to see it for yourself. Below is what I see above the page crease:
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Ask (no search time shown):
Latest News: Microsoft
Dueling Fools: Microsoft Bull Motley Fool 25 minutes ago
Microsoft Defends Itself at EU Hearing COX.net for San Diego 36 minutes ago
Sponsored Results Microsoft Help & Updates
Fix Microsoft Errors, Free Download Free Microsoft Support Today!
dllfix.net
Microsoft Help & Updates
Free Download, Fix Microsoft Errors Microsoft Support & Repair Service
www.PCMightyMax.net/Repair
MS Software up to 60% off
Microsoft Software - 60% Off 100% Authentic Microsoft Software
www.eDirectSoftware.com
[[Regular results]]
Microsoft Corporation
Official homepage of Microsoft Corporation...
www.microsoft.com/ Cached Save
Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (Beta) Home
Find out how to use the new Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (Beta) to detect and remove spyware and other unwanted software that can track every move...
www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software
More Results from www.microsoft.com
Google (0.16 seconds):
[[Regular results]]
Microsoft Corporation
The entry page to Microsoft's Web site. Find software, solutions, answers, support, and Microsoft news.
www.microsoft.com/ - 26k - Cached - Similar pages - Remove result
Microsoft Update - More Popular Downloads
Office Update - Office
More results from www.microsoft.com
Microsoft Windows Update
Latest bug fixes for Microsoft Windows, including fixes for some possible DoS attacks.
windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ - Similar pages - Remove result
MSN.com
Microsoft's newly renamed portal entry. Features personalization, channels of content sites like Carpoint, and integration with Hotmail e-mail.
www.msn.com/ - 31k - Cached - Similar pages - Remove result
Microsoft Help and Support
Technical support for Microsoft Office products including Access.
support.microsoft.com/ - Similar pages - Remove result
Microsoft Game Studios
Xbox.com is your ultimate source for all things Xbox and Xbox 360. Get news updates; game trailers, scree
I hear heroine is a good substitute for addictions.