According to the article, ( Hey,/. sorry I read the article, I am new here ) MS developed a MS compatiable version of Linux and then shelved it.
As posted above MS bought(announced)Connectix Feb 2003.
When was it developed?
When did they shelve it?
Could he have mentioned dates or a time line?
Could it have been around this time? June 22 2001
http://news.com.com/Microsoft+license+spurns+open+ source/2100-1001_3-268889.html
A timeline would beter help me to understand some of the quotes and rationalizations that goes on in Redmond.
I hope this works for you. Heres a list of Ideas...
In my previous job as a IT guy in a regional transit agency (So CAli) I recommended over $70,000 in 12 months, but it wasnt enough to save my job.
Phone lines
We had 101 phone lines. Switch from centrex bundled copper ($26 aline) to BRI over T-1 ($5 dollars a line plus T-1...big savings). Over $36K per year savings...
Printers
Depending on centralized nature of printers faxes you may consider moving toward networked copiers they can handle print, fax, and e-mail for about.01 cent a page (base on 15% page saturation). Laser jets about 4 to five cents a page....Injets will rob your blind. I did a cost per page analysis on all our printers, copiers ans fax machines....some inkjets will cost you about.15 cents per page (again based on 15% saturation) and cost only goes up from there. IF IT IS POSSIBLE move to digitial copiers networked and everyone will share a fax line via the copier. ( I checked our office supply costs and our paper useage over a six months period for cost and useage)
$15k per year savings (We were already paying a monthly service agreement that would have covered the new copiers)
Moved from ISDN to DSL lines saving the per minute fee and custting the per month fee in half.
I eliminated pagers, that were replaced by the cell phones, sitting in peoples desk drawers. $950 per month. I recommended slashing the number of cell phones in half, and then replaceing even more with Radios (7 mile radio for people that never left the property, via shack radio. Yes they paid for them selves in 6 months). $20K per year savings (Secretaries and desk jockies had private modem lines, cells, pagers, and faxes in one office....Sigh).
Recommending cuts in my "communication budget" that would have been half of the cost they were paying when I was hired. All the while improving the quality and number of services.
Getting rid of bundled ISDN lines that nobody used because our video conferencing died. 12k per year savings plus useage
Each year that I was their I made cost cutting recommendations. There was still room for cutting but becareful what you recomend. If managers arent going to take your remommendations for fear of upsetting the corparate culture and if all departments aren't "cost cutting" to make budgets strech then make sure you read the advice.
ADVICE!!!
If the board sacks your boss start looking for a new job! Why because their will be no one left to advocate for your position. If the Head of Human Resorces is told to pack her desk consider doing the same. If there is money to pay aduitors and outside conslutants but there isn't money for over time or training get ready for a shake up. If your GM and CFO are escorted off property RUN to find a new job. If they did it to them they will do it to you too. Trust me I know.
Personal note...My last job went from 350 enmployess to under 225 employees. In the forth round of layoffs the IT department was outsourced. Evendently it was cheaper to...all the whole time we were whispered reassuring platitudes by the people making the decissions. Their have been many rounds of layoffs since then and there are no indications they are done yet.
Bitter...Alittle, more saddend and dispirited. After Six months of unemployment I am thinking about starting a non IT job.
Make sure your cost savings are documented. Update your resume, get some certifications, and good luck.
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According to the article, ( Hey, /. sorry I read the article, I am new here ) MS developed a MS compatiable version of Linux and then shelved it.
As posted above MS bought(announced)Connectix Feb 2003.
When was it developed?
When did they shelve it?
Could he have mentioned dates or a time line?
Could it have been around this time? June 22 2001
http://news.com.com/Microsoft+license+spurns+open+ source/2100-1001_3-268889.html
A timeline would beter help me to understand some of the quotes and rationalizations that goes on in Redmond.
Dick ClarK
He missed this year due to a stroke. So much for being the world oldest teenager.
I hope this works for you. Heres a list of Ideas... .01 cent a page (base on 15% page saturation). Laser jets about 4 to five cents a page....Injets will rob your blind. I did a cost per page analysis on all our printers, copiers ans fax machines....some inkjets will cost you about .15 cents per page (again based on 15% saturation) and cost only goes up from there. IF IT IS POSSIBLE move to digitial copiers networked and everyone will share a fax line via the copier. ( I checked our office supply costs and our paper useage over a six months period for cost and useage)
$15k per year savings (We were already paying a monthly service agreement that would have covered the new copiers)
...all the whole time we were whispered reassuring platitudes by the people making the decissions. Their have been many rounds of layoffs since then and there are no indications they are done yet.
In my previous job as a IT guy in a regional transit agency (So CAli) I recommended over $70,000 in 12 months, but it wasnt enough to save my job.
Phone lines We had 101 phone lines. Switch from centrex bundled copper ($26 aline) to BRI over T-1 ($5 dollars a line plus T-1...big savings). Over $36K per year savings...
Printers Depending on centralized nature of printers faxes you may consider moving toward networked copiers they can handle print, fax, and e-mail for about
Moved from ISDN to DSL lines saving the per minute fee and custting the per month fee in half.
I eliminated pagers, that were replaced by the cell phones, sitting in peoples desk drawers. $950 per month. I recommended slashing the number of cell phones in half, and then replaceing even more with Radios (7 mile radio for people that never left the property, via shack radio. Yes they paid for them selves in 6 months). $20K per year savings (Secretaries and desk jockies had private modem lines, cells, pagers, and faxes in one office....Sigh).
Recommending cuts in my "communication budget" that would have been half of the cost they were paying when I was hired. All the while improving the quality and number of services.
Getting rid of bundled ISDN lines that nobody used because our video conferencing died. 12k per year savings plus useage
Each year that I was their I made cost cutting recommendations. There was still room for cutting but becareful what you recomend. If managers arent going to take your remommendations for fear of upsetting the corparate culture and if all departments aren't "cost cutting" to make budgets strech then make sure you read the advice.
ADVICE!!! If the board sacks your boss start looking for a new job! Why because their will be no one left to advocate for your position. If the Head of Human Resorces is told to pack her desk consider doing the same. If there is money to pay aduitors and outside conslutants but there isn't money for over time or training get ready for a shake up. If your GM and CFO are escorted off property RUN to find a new job. If they did it to them they will do it to you too. Trust me I know.
Personal note...My last job went from 350 enmployess to under 225 employees. In the forth round of layoffs the IT department was outsourced. Evendently it was cheaper to
Bitter...Alittle, more saddend and dispirited. After Six months of unemployment I am thinking about starting a non IT job. Make sure your cost savings are documented. Update your resume, get some certifications, and good luck.