Good thought. I wish that Seamonkey would incorporate the auto-update feature of firefox & thunderbird thought. Manually un/reinstalling is a bit of a pain to do at mom's house. (Requires a visit.)
Raid 5, in most applications means that if one drive fails you have no problems. If a second drive fails before the dead drive is replaced & rebuilt, you are screwed.
Raid 5 with spare(might be called 6 in some vendors terminology), is almost unseen outside the enterprise (read real raid controller, not home nas-box, or home-pc) means if one drive fails that drive will be rebuilt on the spare drive. If a second drive fails before that happens: HEHEHEHEHE (can you say $$$ to ontrack?)
In either case, a power-surge eating your controller will still shaft you. (You did purchase a second controller to sit on the shelf didn't you? Oh, you were using the controller on your motherboard. pffft. and no, it's not raid 6 unless you are a geek running Linux to handle the raid bits.)
There is a reason specialized backup devices exist. Recommended is still off site storage (tape recommended, HD sometimes used.) so if a fire eats your server (farm if you have one) - you still have your data. If you fall down, and want to get back up - you need backup.
Note: (I'm poor and only have a single drive NAS-box with duplicate data. I'm hoping that if it goes down, I can replace it before the machines with the data die. Or vice-versa)
Note2: It's 90 outside & my DSL bridge just melted. I'm cranky and need to get it out of my system before I go to client meeting this afternoon.)
I remember way back when DVD players were new: A lot of people bought them for Blade Runner. If it were HDVD-Ray (Ray-o-Blue-dvd?) it might make people buy PS3's. Sony must not have the rights to it.
For me, this would work well with a Thunderbird plugin: Say an option to send the opt-out as a right-click.
I have a catchall account for non-valid email addresses in my domain. Everything that goes there is junk. I could have t-bird's junk filter grab it (mostly it does correctly at this point.), and then when I manually delete stuff, perhaps there could be a right-click to mark as frog-food? (about two thousand a day. fun fun.)
Good idea, but flawed from a security perspective:
If the idea of not having Admin rights is to keep virusX off the network, running Admin in a virtual machine just means virusX runs in the virutal machine & infects the virutal machines on the network: Stuff is still borked bacause all those developers have viruses on the virtual machines...
Note: Personally, I don't see developers wanting to develop in User-Mode. I also don't see why at least the non-developer staff is not running in User-Mode. (OK, realistically I do, but thereotically I don't.)
These are all some pretty impressive numbers, but bear in mind that we tested the AM2 platform with the FX-62 - other AM2 processors won't show any big improvements over their Socket 939 counterparts. It's a real shame that AMD didn't manage to squeeze some more performance out of the new CPUs, but this will hopefully come with time. For now, the AM2 processors aren't worth the investment if you have a Socket 939 system, unless you want the fastest CPU out there, the FX-62. However, this might not be the case for long if the Core 2 Duo lives up to Intel's hype.
Because they switch the help desk outsourcer every time the outsourcer figures out how to correctly shortcut the script.
EG: Dell sets up Latitude markX support in ???? with outsourcer. Outsourcer knows shit about the product & uses script extensively. Customers start complaining that support sucks (which it does). After six months of this two things happen: 1) Outsourcer has memorized the script & can shortcut it (this means better TS). 2) Dell (likely not liking the repair rate going up) states: "Due to an insufficient level of TS, we will be changing companies that support MarkX": Shortly followed by new script monkeys who suck...
PS: The company I used to work for got about %10 discount on Dell Stuff. I personally think that most of the time the customer still gets the shaft, but some stuff is good... and you avoid the whole (which unit has the best price/preformance RIGHT NOW) And Level I techs suck on the business stuff just as badly as on consumer stuff. You only get Level II techs if you buy more than most small companies.
Dell has the "Direct Marketing" - and may not sell in stores... but they do have resellers: System Integrators, or Consulting firms that sign up with Dell receive something like 10-15% discound on product purchases.
Company: I want a Dell XYZ for $1500 Integrator: ($1500 x.13 = $$$ - $30 to actually order it = Happy Smile;) Integrator: No Problem, we should order it by tomorrow.
Plus, the Integrator/consultant that actually signs up with dell usually gets to avoid the script-monkey level of Tech Support.
"Don't you hate it when 'The Solution', 'THE SOLUUUTSHION', has nothing to do with the problem."
The problem with kids today is not advertisements, pornography, drinking, or smoking pot. The problem with kids today is that they act out irresponsibly. The reason for this is that the PARENTS are irresponsible. That's right, the parents. If the parents are doing their job, the the kids will behave reasonably. They will at least PRETEND to study in school, and stay out of trouble. If THE PARENTS don't have the wherewithal to keep THEIR KIDS from doing "bad" stuff, well - you figure that one out.
If you want to make the job harder for THE PARENTS, make the thing that contributes to bad behavior "ILLEGAL." Because, we all know that something that is illegal for a stupid reason is, um what's that word - oh yeah, GLAMOROUS.
Let's take drinking for an example: In Europe, teenagers drinking is not a problem. Let me repeat: TEENAGERS DRINKING IS NOT A PROBLEM. Yes, teenagers in Europe (At least in: Great Britan, Germany, France; Italy) drink. It's true: BUT THEY DO IT IN MODERATION, mostly. IN EUROPE, it's not illegal for teenagers to drink IN MODERATION. What happens is that when teenagers start bugging their parents about drinking, they are allowed to drink (wine, beer, or other soft stuff) at the DINNER TABLE. That's right, IN EUROPE, kids learn about drinking booze from their PARENTS. AT HOME!
In America, IN AMERICA, for the most part kids learn binge drinking from their buddies. What is the difference here? Come on, say it with me... IT'S THE PARENTS STUPID. What do we learn from this? If you want your kids to drink in moderation, YOU need to teach them to drink responsibly. If you want your kids to go on giant benders, let em learn from their friends.
Now, if you want to see more games with whore bashing, general crime, and cop killing: Rely on some law making it illegal for kids to play to do the PARENTS job. You are too much of an irresponsible lazy f*ck to know that they have a copy stashed with the porn anyhow.
Disclaimer: I am a parent, and old enough to know better than to argue with some brainless idiot anyhow. Don't even get me started on the financial arguements about making pot illegal.
Datastates hijacked my DNS a while ago. They only charge me peanuts, but will not relase the DNS that I requested they not re-register for me. (Was going to change to Go-Daddy.)
Sorry about the bad website & lack of resume. Not worth the $$ to sue, can't claim enough damages. Oh well.:
BTW: if you want to point out crap about peoples sights, you can email, or change the subject line to not get called a troll. (On the other hand, most of my comments get caled troll anyhow. Perhaps not.)
Your anaylsis is false. I do not have the numbers to back me up, but (perhaps someone will fill them in)Microsoft seems to make all of their money from the office division. Period.
Microsoft Office makes money, the OS division makes money. Everything else seems to loose cash hand over fist. (Think X-Box, MSN, MSNBC..) In fact, you could argue that the reason that the OS division makes $$ is because you (Effectively & via the EULA) need the OS to run Office. (Perhaps I should restate this as Outlook makes MS money?) So while Microsoft is huge, it is a leviithan financially propped up by a small number of legs...
As far as Sony goes: Do you really want a company that distributes rootkits becoming the 900 lb. gorilla in the room?
I admit both that I refer to all computer/technological related equipment as "crap." (As in Dell is crap, Apple is crap, everyone else buys their parts from the same 5 manufacturers and is therefore crap) It's unfair, but since I usually get to deal with stuff when it's broken - I have an admittedly biased view.
Further, I will admit that I wish I felt financially secure enough to pay for the wireless service that would make my $400 Palm the equilivant of a blackberry.
My point, responding to the first post (which I will unfairly will summarize as "good if you have ADD") was that if you have self control as to when you use a Blackberry/Goodlink device... they can be good. The response, with which I object, was that my arguement was bad for technical reasons that did not refer to my comment. Not correct IMHO, but a valid comment in regard to Blackberries. However, while it is valid to say "xyz technical problems exist with BlackBerries..." It is not valid to say: The devices are not useful if you use them with jurisprudence.. because they are a pain to setup.
I cannot justify the use of Blackberries for many users. I do have knowledge of several high level types who NEED to have similar devices. I feel that it is the lower level types whom abuse Blackberries. (Often to show off how important they are.) While the people who have arrived at a level where they need a Blackberry have allready learned to priortize.
I did not say it was worthwhile to run a good/crack server. I said if you have restraint it's not a time waster.
The Technical issues are not that hard, albiet not cheap either. s far as filtering: At least on good, if your exchange account is setup with filter rules and subfolders, so will your goodlink device.
Restraint is the ability to decide not to look at something when there is nothing to do about it. If you have it, having a crack device is not a time waster: This means NOT LOOKING AT EMAIL DURING DINNER, or at other times when you either 1) cannot reasonably respond - or 2) have no one to respond to.
Most people who use their crack devices reasonably do not look at email, or stocks in the office: THEY USE THEIR COMPUTERS AND ORGANIZE THEIR TIME. Then they look at the email and mark it all read. When away from the office they iGNORE EMAIL UNLESS THEY WANT TO CHECK it: their general assumption is if it is important - someone will call.
My theory is based on several clients who use these devices and how they function with them. Some are sh*ts, and some are good. The complainant to my note of how blackberries actually get used whined about the technical side of the issue. A completely different question - leading me to suspect that they are questionably technical capible. (As an idiot, I have set up several Goodlink servers, and several Crackberries that do not interoperate with corporate email - except for redirection to the crackmail server. With few problems.)
Blackberry (and Good) Devices are good for productivity - assuming you can prioritize.
1. Some things need to be answered in real time. For Example: Say you oversee Hazardous waste disposal & need to be notified about stuff. (Is it important to move a cleanup team, or is it a soda spill); Say you run a network with automated email for things going wrong. (server down & you need to call the right person)
2. Some things you just want to keep track of while you are out. You can check them in the taxi on the way back to work. (Client has problem X, if it gets big enough you may have to call - otherwise wait untill you are at the office.)
Not to say that the same dorks who IM everyone at work all day won't waste time on a crackberry, but there are whole classes of people (managers & consultants) who need to keep tabs on stuff when they are away from the office.
Personally, I get a lot of business from email referrals. If I wasn't too cheap to pay for the data line on the phone - it would probably help my business expand faster.
Any company that uses a Thin Client solution should also invest in properly locking down the server. E.G: Manditory profiles, no administrative accounts, Line of Business software only. Period. Most likely behind a Unified Threat Gateway.
If you are going to put 5-500 people on one machine, it damn well better be propely set up so that one (l)user does not bork the machine for everyone else. You also tend to want things like a tape drive with the "Automatic Restore" module so you can get backup quickly. (You know, the one where you put in the CD, and the "Clean Build" tape - and it formats the drive & copies the OS, and applications.... Then after updating the software, you put in the User Account & other data...)
My $.02
Too bad my clients will pinch $.01 untill it bleeds: Making them have to pay more for cleanup;)
Big Wifi Manufacturer/Distributor. AT&T made the articles they put in the list. However, wifi stuff was spun out to Lucent with the Bell Breakup.
Specifically, I never saw wifi stuff untill '98 when I started seeing a bunch of Proxim stuff. (I think Intel bought them.) Never saw much of the Lucent stuff, but be aware, the Orinoco WiFi cards are VERY popular for war-driving. (Not many laptop cards had external antenna connectors.)
One could argue that Cisco (also on the list) is the big wifi manufacturer/distributor. The Cisco stuff is common in the Enterprise, and the Linksys stuff is in many homes and SMB's.
There were a few times when I was thinking about something else, and was not sure if I actually clicked on the arrows. Should be an indicator and undo: unless they think that people are going to do the test seriously and take their time. (This is only relivant to the double twits).
Lets see, I called Dell about a laptop sent in for depot repair a week ago: 2 hrs on the phone in two calls that got dropped twice. (Boring detail: The first accented voice dropped the call after 1/2 hr (on hold). The second stated I needed to speak to Customer Support (xfer, 1/2 hr #2). The Next person said: No record of that machine showing up: Lets see if we can find the waybill number from Delayed or Hellishly Late (DHL), call droped after another 45 minutes.)
Now we can get our calls outsourced to Aliens. But Dell allready does that: How about Aliens on Mars? (Yes, mmm, mY NaMe is Marvin. How may I help you?)
On the other hand, Since Dell moves support workers as soon as they get a clue - it can't get any worse.
How many migrations from: Windows 95? Windows 98? Windows NT 3.5? Windows NT 3.51? Windows NT 4.0? Windows 2000? Citrix Winframe? Citrix Metaframe? Citrix Metaframe XP? (really, what kind of bs name extension is this?) Citrix NetScaler?
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Good thought. I wish that Seamonkey would incorporate the auto-update feature of firefox & thunderbird thought. Manually un/reinstalling is a bit of a pain to do at mom's house. (Requires a visit.)
$.02
Raid 5, in most applications means that if one drive fails you have no problems. If a second drive fails before the dead drive is replaced & rebuilt, you are screwed.
Raid 5 with spare(might be called 6 in some vendors terminology), is almost unseen outside the enterprise (read real raid controller, not home nas-box, or home-pc) means if one drive fails that drive will be rebuilt on the spare drive. If a second drive fails before that happens: HEHEHEHEHE (can you say $$$ to ontrack?)
In either case, a power-surge eating your controller will still shaft you. (You did purchase a second controller to sit on the shelf didn't you? Oh, you were using the controller on your motherboard. pffft. and no, it's not raid 6 unless you are a geek running Linux to handle the raid bits.)
There is a reason specialized backup devices exist. Recommended is still off site storage (tape recommended, HD sometimes used.) so if a fire eats your server (farm if you have one) - you still have your data. If you fall down, and want to get back up - you need backup.
Note: (I'm poor and only have a single drive NAS-box with duplicate data. I'm hoping that if it goes down, I can replace it before the machines with the data die. Or vice-versa)
Note2: It's 90 outside & my DSL bridge just melted. I'm cranky and need to get it out of my system before I go to client meeting this afternoon.)
I remember way back when DVD players were new: A lot of people bought them for Blade Runner. If it were HDVD-Ray (Ray-o-Blue-dvd?) it might make people buy PS3's. Sony must not have the rights to it.
For me, this would work well with a Thunderbird plugin: Say an option to send the opt-out as a right-click.
I have a catchall account for non-valid email addresses in my domain. Everything that goes there is junk. I could have t-bird's junk filter grab it (mostly it does correctly at this point.), and then when I manually delete stuff, perhaps there could be a right-click to mark as frog-food? (about two thousand a day. fun fun.)
My $.02
Good idea, but flawed from a security perspective:
If the idea of not having Admin rights is to keep virusX off the network, running Admin in a virtual machine just means virusX runs in the virutal machine & infects the virutal machines on the network: Stuff is still borked bacause all those developers have viruses on the virtual machines...
Note: Personally, I don't see developers wanting to develop in User-Mode. I also don't see why at least the non-developer staff is not running in User-Mode. (OK, realistically I do, but thereotically I don't.)
Conclusion page at the register. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/05/23/review_amd _am2_athlon_64_fx-62/page7.html
Verdict
These are all some pretty impressive numbers, but bear in mind that we tested the AM2 platform with the FX-62 - other AM2 processors won't show any big improvements over their Socket 939 counterparts. It's a real shame that AMD didn't manage to squeeze some more performance out of the new CPUs, but this will hopefully come with time. For now, the AM2 processors aren't worth the investment if you have a Socket 939 system, unless you want the fastest CPU out there, the FX-62. However, this might not be the case for long if the Core 2 Duo lives up to Intel's hype.
-- Look out: attributed block cut/paste;)
Hmmm. Half the Time when I use a Diebold ATM, an extra $2 dissapears from my account as well.
Because they switch the help desk outsourcer every time the outsourcer figures out how to correctly shortcut the script.
EG: Dell sets up Latitude markX support in ???? with outsourcer. Outsourcer knows shit about the product & uses script extensively. Customers start complaining that support sucks (which it does). After six months of this two things happen: 1) Outsourcer has memorized the script & can shortcut it (this means better TS). 2) Dell (likely not liking the repair rate going up) states:
"Due to an insufficient level of TS, we will be changing companies that support MarkX": Shortly followed by new script monkeys who suck...
PS: The company I used to work for got about %10 discount on Dell Stuff. I personally think that most of the time the customer still gets the shaft, but some stuff is good... and you avoid the whole (which unit has the best price/preformance RIGHT NOW) And Level I techs suck on the business stuff just as badly as on consumer stuff. You only get Level II techs if you buy more than most small companies.
Dell has the "Direct Marketing" - and may not sell in stores... but they do have resellers: System Integrators, or Consulting firms that sign up with Dell receive something like 10-15% discound on product purchases.
.13 = $$$ - $30 to actually order it = Happy Smile ;)
Company: I want a Dell XYZ for $1500
Integrator: ($1500 x
Integrator: No Problem, we should order it by tomorrow.
Plus, the Integrator/consultant that actually signs up with dell usually gets to avoid the script-monkey level of Tech Support.
As soon as he funds some studies stating:
"Studies have shown that playing with your Wii leads to blindness"?
Or perhaps:
He will have issues with children playing with their Wii's in public?
Or even:
Pee-Wee Herman was arrested today for indecent exposure after being found playing with his Wii near an elementary school?
Fair enough, I've only personally dealt with the US, Germany, and Italy. And in Germany, I was prob. hanging out with the wrong crowd.
"Don't you hate it when 'The Solution', 'THE SOLUUUTSHION', has nothing to do with the problem."
The problem with kids today is not advertisements, pornography, drinking, or smoking pot. The problem with kids today is that they act out irresponsibly. The reason for this is that the PARENTS are irresponsible. That's right, the parents. If the parents are doing their job, the the kids will behave reasonably. They will at least PRETEND to study in school, and stay out of trouble. If THE PARENTS don't have the wherewithal to keep THEIR KIDS from doing "bad" stuff, well - you figure that one out.
If you want to make the job harder for THE PARENTS, make the thing that contributes to bad behavior "ILLEGAL." Because, we all know that something that is illegal for a stupid reason is, um what's that word - oh yeah, GLAMOROUS.
Let's take drinking for an example: In Europe, teenagers drinking is not a problem. Let me repeat: TEENAGERS DRINKING IS NOT A PROBLEM. Yes, teenagers in Europe (At least in: Great Britan, Germany, France; Italy) drink. It's true: BUT THEY DO IT IN MODERATION, mostly. IN EUROPE, it's not illegal for teenagers to drink IN MODERATION. What happens is that when teenagers start bugging their parents about drinking, they are allowed to drink (wine, beer, or other soft stuff) at the DINNER TABLE. That's right, IN EUROPE, kids learn about drinking booze from their PARENTS. AT HOME!
In America, IN AMERICA, for the most part kids learn binge drinking from their buddies. What is the difference here? Come on, say it with me... IT'S THE PARENTS STUPID. What do we learn from this? If you want your kids to drink in moderation, YOU need to teach them to drink responsibly. If you want your kids to go on giant benders, let em learn from their friends.
Now, if you want to see more games with whore bashing, general crime, and cop killing: Rely on some law making it illegal for kids to play to do the PARENTS job. You are too much of an irresponsible lazy f*ck to know that they have a copy stashed with the porn anyhow.
Disclaimer: I am a parent, and old enough to know better than to argue with some brainless idiot anyhow. Don't even get me started on the financial arguements about making pot illegal.
Datastates hijacked my DNS a while ago. They only charge me peanuts, but will not relase the DNS that I requested they not re-register for me. (Was going to change to Go-Daddy.)
Sorry about the bad website & lack of resume. Not worth the $$ to sue, can't claim enough damages. Oh well.:
BTW: if you want to point out crap about peoples sights, you can email, or change the subject line to not get called a troll. (On the other hand, most of my comments get caled troll anyhow. Perhaps not.)
OK, fair enough: There is no sub 6 lb. Intel Mac. Happy?
For those who say geeks are wimpy: If you carry the *&** thing for over an hour a day, or more, weight matters.
(At one point, I rollerbladed 5 miles to work with my laptop. Kinda got sensitive to weight that way.)
At 6.8 lbs, this is a porky laptop. Perhaps it's not bad for 17", but right now there is no sub 6 lb. Apple Laptop.
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Too bad...
Not like it's impossible, just look here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N8
$.02
Your anaylsis is false. I do not have the numbers to back me up, but (perhaps someone will fill them in)Microsoft seems to make all of their money from the office division. Period.
Microsoft Office makes money, the OS division makes money. Everything else seems to loose cash hand over fist. (Think X-Box, MSN, MSNBC..) In fact, you could argue that the reason that the OS division makes $$ is because you (Effectively & via the EULA) need the OS to run Office. (Perhaps I should restate this as Outlook makes MS money?) So while Microsoft is huge, it is a leviithan financially propped up by a small number of legs...
As far as Sony goes: Do you really want a company that distributes rootkits becoming the 900 lb. gorilla in the room?
my $.02
I admit both that I refer to all computer/technological related equipment as "crap." (As in Dell is crap, Apple is crap, everyone else buys their parts from the same 5 manufacturers and is therefore crap) It's unfair, but since I usually get to deal with stuff when it's broken - I have an admittedly biased view.
.. because they are a pain to setup.
Further, I will admit that I wish I felt financially secure enough to pay for the wireless service that would make my $400 Palm the equilivant of a blackberry.
My point, responding to the first post (which I will unfairly will summarize as "good if you have ADD") was that if you have self control as to when you use a Blackberry/Goodlink device... they can be good. The response, with which I object, was that my arguement was bad for technical reasons that did not refer to my comment. Not correct IMHO, but a valid comment in regard to Blackberries. However, while it is valid to say "xyz technical problems exist with BlackBerries..." It is not valid to say: The devices are not useful if you use them with jurisprudence
I cannot justify the use of Blackberries for many users. I do have knowledge of several high level types who NEED to have similar devices. I feel that it is the lower level types whom abuse Blackberries. (Often to show off how important they are.) While the people who have arrived at a level where they need a Blackberry have allready learned to priortize.
ah well, call me cranky
I did not say it was worthwhile to run a good/crack server. I said if you have restraint it's not a time waster.
The Technical issues are not that hard, albiet not cheap either. s far as filtering: At least on good, if your exchange account is setup with filter rules and subfolders, so will your goodlink device.
Restraint is the ability to decide not to look at something when there is nothing to do about it. If you have it, having a crack device is not a time waster: This means NOT LOOKING AT EMAIL DURING DINNER, or at other times when you either 1) cannot reasonably respond - or 2) have no one to respond to.
Most people who use their crack devices reasonably do not look at email, or stocks in the office: THEY USE THEIR COMPUTERS AND ORGANIZE THEIR TIME. Then they look at the email and mark it all read. When away from the office they iGNORE EMAIL UNLESS THEY WANT TO CHECK it: their general assumption is if it is important - someone will call.
My theory is based on several clients who use these devices and how they function with them. Some are sh*ts, and some are good. The complainant to my note of how blackberries actually get used whined about the technical side of the issue. A completely different question - leading me to suspect that they are questionably technical capible. (As an idiot, I have set up several Goodlink servers, and several Crackberries that do not interoperate with corporate email - except for redirection to the crackmail server. With few problems.)
Blackberry (and Good) Devices are good for productivity - assuming you can prioritize.
1. Some things need to be answered in real time. For Example: Say you oversee Hazardous waste disposal & need to be notified about stuff. (Is it important to move a cleanup team, or is it a soda spill); Say you run a network with automated email for things going wrong. (server down & you need to call the right person)
2. Some things you just want to keep track of while you are out. You can check them in the taxi on the way back to work. (Client has problem X, if it gets big enough you may have to call - otherwise wait untill you are at the office.)
Not to say that the same dorks who IM everyone at work all day won't waste time on a crackberry, but there are whole classes of people (managers & consultants) who need to keep tabs on stuff when they are away from the office.
Personally, I get a lot of business from email referrals. If I wasn't too cheap to pay for the data line on the phone - it would probably help my business expand faster.
$.02 It's mine and I want it back.
Any company that uses a Thin Client solution should also invest in properly locking down the server. E.G: Manditory profiles, no administrative accounts, Line of Business software only. Period. Most likely behind a Unified Threat Gateway.
If you are going to put 5-500 people on one machine, it damn well better be propely set up so that one (l)user does not bork the machine for everyone else. You also tend to want things like a tape drive with the "Automatic Restore" module so you can get backup quickly. (You know, the one where you put in the CD, and the "Clean Build" tape - and it formats the drive & copies the OS, and applications.... Then after updating the software, you put in the User Account & other data...)
My $.02
Too bad my clients will pinch $.01 untill it bleeds: Making them have to pay more for cleanup;)
Big Wifi Manufacturer/Distributor. AT&T made the articles they put in the list. However, wifi stuff was spun out to Lucent with the Bell Breakup.
Specifically, I never saw wifi stuff untill '98 when I started seeing a bunch of Proxim stuff. (I think Intel bought them.) Never saw much of the Lucent stuff, but be aware, the Orinoco WiFi cards are VERY popular for war-driving. (Not many laptop cards had external antenna connectors.)
One could argue that Cisco (also on the list) is the big wifi manufacturer/distributor. The Cisco stuff is common in the Enterprise, and the Linksys stuff is in many homes and SMB's.
There were a few times when I was thinking about something else, and was not sure if I actually clicked on the arrows. Should be an indicator and undo: unless they think that people are going to do the test seriously and take their time. (This is only relivant to the double twits).
Lets see, I called Dell about a laptop sent in for depot repair a week ago: 2 hrs on the phone in two calls that got dropped twice. (Boring detail: The first accented voice dropped the call after 1/2 hr (on hold). The second stated I needed to speak to Customer Support (xfer, 1/2 hr #2). The Next person said: No record of that machine showing up: Lets see if we can find the waybill number from Delayed or Hellishly Late (DHL), call droped after another 45 minutes.)
Now we can get our calls outsourced to Aliens. But Dell allready does that: How about Aliens on Mars? (Yes, mmm, mY NaMe is Marvin. How may I help you?)
On the other hand, Since Dell moves support workers as soon as they get a clue - it can't get any worse.
How many migrations from:
Windows 95?
Windows 98?
Windows NT 3.5?
Windows NT 3.51?
Windows NT 4.0?
Windows 2000?
Citrix Winframe?
Citrix Metaframe?
Citrix Metaframe XP? (really, what kind of bs name extension is this?)
Citrix NetScaler?
Inquiring minds want to know
Then find bugs, that get fixed in later revisions of product - that later purchasers buy. So Use product first, find first bugs... what a suprise.