Solaris' default install is geared more toward internal datacenter environments. A small amount of hardening effort (e.g., paring/etc/rc directories) can make Solaris extremely secure. BTW, Solaris 10 now has the same codebase between the Trusted and regular versions.
The worst aspect of UNIX is exemplified by SCO, but lawyers can be dealt with. Solaris 10 is light years ahead of Windows, now. Mac OS X combines the best of UNIX and Mac. Linux exceeds Windows on the server and is gaining elsewhere. This all probably stems from the fact that UNIX has always been the middle of the pack between Windows and Mainframes, and leads the pack in system transparency.
Skills tests are as unique as the interviews that contain them. What interests me, however, is that you say you are getting tons of interviews. Are companies hiring, again? I gave up on the IT industry last year after seeing the rotten low-hanging fruit that was available. It seemed the only open jobs were the ones that no one wanted.
What does this even mean? Sun is on the same overal road as IBM with OpenSolaris, OpenOffice.org, JDS, etc. Don't you just mean Microsoft? They're still holding out pretty fiercely as everyone else is moving forward.
It is arguable that Microsoft did so much damage that other important things are just specks in history. There's always people pining for Lisp or Amiga or whatever, but Microsoft took the world's understanding of security and reliability and sound engineering and buried it alive under marketing brochures.
How many people really need GIS support in MySQL? There's you, of course, and...?
Since, it appears someone already stepped up with something in PostgreSQL for GIS, is there something about PostgreSQL that is unsatisfactory that requires MySQL, instead? Or is GIS just a feature check-box that people can troll about?
In fact if it wasn't for accidents of history. Our computers would be so much more than they are now.
Well, I figure Microsoft has set us back twenty years. The UNIX old-is-new-again migration is beginning to repair that damage, especially with recent advancements that leave Windows feeling lonely. Only Microsoft isn't UNIX, anymore, except for fringe systems.
One good thing about Microsoft is it allowed people to learn a little about what they actually want in a computer, which helped drive refinements in Linux/UNIX. This is ultimately a good thing, and will better allow Microsoft's business model to become obselete as more people get what they want in open systems.
Now thousands of Linux geeks will install this on their $299 PC and think "Holy shit, I have a mainframe in my house! I need to put this on my resume!"
You probably need to learn the difference between software-based OpenGL and DRI for X Windows. Software rendering will suck on basically any computer but that is the most universal and is often the default.
Once I realized how CPU-bound MP3/Ogg encoding was, I pretty much abandoned ripping my CD collection. I just didn't want to be a CD-R jockey for that long. DVDs are several times the length of CD-Rs. Ugh.
The top vendors are more-or-less the same in the benchmarks, give or take a little. The differences are regarding the long-term stability of the platform, whether their support is any good, and whether there are enough non-morons available to get things running. And it is unlikely the non-morons would get anywhere close to the benchmark scores, anyway (who really can afford several racks of disk arrays with gigabytes of cache and multiple parallel data channels to the servers all configured with no redundancy?).
At the University of Florida, "PeopleSoft" has become the catch-all excuse for grad students and staff not getting paid, for payments coming from the wrong account, underpayment, etc.
A company's stock simply moves up or down based on the "knee jerk reactions" of the majority of people holding shares when anything changes in the company.
You mistyped "people". You meant "institutions". If multiple institutions decide to dump a stock, watch out!
On the news, Oracle shares rose 15 cents - 1.1% - on Nasdaq
1% is nothing. 1% is an institutional investor's sneeze. Now, 5% would be something. 1% tells me that people generally favored the merger but weren't going crazy over it.
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Solaris' default install is geared more toward internal datacenter environments. A small amount of hardening effort (e.g., paring
The worst aspect of UNIX is exemplified by SCO, but lawyers can be dealt with. Solaris 10 is light years ahead of Windows, now. Mac OS X combines the best of UNIX and Mac. Linux exceeds Windows on the server and is gaining elsewhere. This all probably stems from the fact that UNIX has always been the middle of the pack between Windows and Mainframes, and leads the pack in system transparency.
It works on all the popular platforms, giving it an real edge over Outlook.
Skills tests are as unique as the interviews that contain them. What interests me, however, is that you say you are getting tons of interviews. Are companies hiring, again? I gave up on the IT industry last year after seeing the rotten low-hanging fruit that was available. It seemed the only open jobs were the ones that no one wanted.
I smell trouble and it smells like Sun and MS ;)
What does this even mean? Sun is on the same overal road as IBM with OpenSolaris, OpenOffice.org, JDS, etc. Don't you just mean Microsoft? They're still holding out pretty fiercely as everyone else is moving forward.
We'll all be using HDMI/DVI dongles if they roll this out. Perhaps this whole new standard is simply to make money off of the dongles?
I'm not just talking about Microsoft.
It is arguable that Microsoft did so much damage that other important things are just specks in history. There's always people pining for Lisp or Amiga or whatever, but Microsoft took the world's understanding of security and reliability and sound engineering and buried it alive under marketing brochures.
How many people really need GIS support in MySQL? There's you, of course, and
Since, it appears someone already stepped up with something in PostgreSQL for GIS, is there something about PostgreSQL that is unsatisfactory that requires MySQL, instead? Or is GIS just a feature check-box that people can troll about?
Remember that DRM loophole in WMP, recently?
In fact if it wasn't for accidents of history. Our computers would be so much more than they are now.
Well, I figure Microsoft has set us back twenty years. The UNIX old-is-new-again migration is beginning to repair that damage, especially with recent advancements that leave Windows feeling lonely. Only Microsoft isn't UNIX, anymore, except for fringe systems.
One good thing about Microsoft is it allowed people to learn a little about what they actually want in a computer, which helped drive refinements in Linux/UNIX. This is ultimately a good thing, and will better allow Microsoft's business model to become obselete as more people get what they want in open systems.
People went to Windows because they hated UNIX. Now, they are going to UNIX, because they hate Windows. The software industry sucks, doesn't it?
what problems does RPM have?
One problem is that its man page is a thousand pages long with 950 pages of options that matter to practically no one.
lessen the world's reliance on sucky legacy platforms
This reeks of a teenager raving about Britney Spears vs. Lindsey Lohan. Either shut up or say something meaningful.
think partitioning on a mainframe.
Now thousands of Linux geeks will install this on their $299 PC and think "Holy shit, I have a mainframe in my house! I need to put this on my resume!"
You probably need to learn the difference between software-based OpenGL and DRI for X Windows. Software rendering will suck on basically any computer but that is the most universal and is often the default.
because dead gamers are even creepier.
Y'know, paying over $100 on a hard drive isn't a sin or anything. Go ahead. You might like it.
storing your DVD collection.
Once I realized how CPU-bound MP3/Ogg encoding was, I pretty much abandoned ripping my CD collection. I just didn't want to be a CD-R jockey for that long. DVDs are several times the length of CD-Rs. Ugh.
Hi, I am working for a company that in the next year is going to be purchasing at least 525 Terrabytes of hard drives.
Yeah, well, you're also in the market for things like FibreChannel and redundant hardware RAID. Most of us are not.
I can't think of a better word to describe something as highly functional as scalable...
The problem is that "scalable" could be visualized as a 15-foot bulls-eye only five feet away from the developers, and they still miss.
Give me benchmarks! Give me comparisons!
The top vendors are more-or-less the same in the benchmarks, give or take a little. The differences are regarding the long-term stability of the platform, whether their support is any good, and whether there are enough non-morons available to get things running. And it is unlikely the non-morons would get anywhere close to the benchmark scores, anyway (who really can afford several racks of disk arrays with gigabytes of cache and multiple parallel data channels to the servers all configured with no redundancy?).
At the University of Florida, "PeopleSoft" has become the catch-all excuse for grad students and staff not getting paid, for payments coming from the wrong account, underpayment, etc.
Ahh, I love technology!
A company's stock simply moves up or down based on the "knee jerk reactions" of the majority of people holding shares when anything changes in the company.
You mistyped "people". You meant "institutions". If multiple institutions decide to dump a stock, watch out!
On the news, Oracle shares rose 15 cents - 1.1% - on Nasdaq
1% is nothing. 1% is an institutional investor's sneeze. Now, 5% would be something. 1% tells me that people generally favored the merger but weren't going crazy over it.
We have to send our first born sons to Microsoft, so Bill Gates can feast on their entrails.