We've been using SysAid now for almost a year. Wonderful system. The asset management and service request systems are fully integrated and seamless. Support from SysAid is outstanding; better than any closed source company have ever worked with. They provide support via instant messenger, online chat, and phone. And of course they use their own product as a ticket support system on which you can submit support requests - all included in the purchase.
The price is very, very reasonable. For our 150 user network we paid about $550 (USD). I priced similar systems and they were in the thousands.
We could not be more pleased with the product. It's open source, Linux version available, and excellent support. What's not to like?
Now get down on your knees and show proper gratitude. Sore knees? You got it good. Windows users also got to bend over, but it ain't just their knees that are sore.
You could not have said it better. I whole heartedly agree.
So mod points are basically your armor class. The lower the number, the less vulnerable you are to attacks.
Can it also serve as a gauge for how much time I waste on/.?
As far as the article... I disagree with the premise. The real purpose and draw of D&D is to provide an escape, create a social environment (for those of us who have none), and to offer an alternative to the mindless entertainment on prime-time television.
Side benefits are the consumption of large amounts of chemically enhanced food and beverages, endless supply of movie quotes, and large monetary investments in the RP Gaming industry, which, I might add, is still going strong after over 30 years.
Really, other than the obvious stereotypical techno geek pulling an all-nighter to get his wizard to level 29, I don't see how the game relates to information technology, specifically. My personal experience with D&D, as an IT Professional, is endless nights playing with socially inept people who have nothing better to do with their time.
It is less a matter of vulnerability, and more a matter of exposure. The major players (Hotmail, Yahoo!, Gmail) are accessed by millions, whereas your company email is not likely to get the same exposure on the web. Just statistically, webmail is far more at risk from malicious users than your company email, so the likelyhood that an employee will recieve viruses, spyware, porn, etc. is pretty high. Most companies are not willing to take that risk.
... and I am not. Nor am I the Senior Network Administrator at the company where I work. I am an Assistant Network Administrator. I don't have the final say.
But if I were king, I would certainly allow web-based email as well as messenger services.
Yes, we have a proxy server and a firewall. We currently do not allow access to any web-based email to users (that is, users who have been granted Internet access at all). The rationale: "Company assets and technologies are the property of [company name]. Employees may only use these assets for business purposes. The use of company assets for personal use is strictly prohibited." --employee handbook
Understand that this was not solely an IT decision. The CEO and other company officers in conjuction with recommendations from the IT department are behind these decisions. We, the IT department, put the technology in place which makes the policy reality.
So you might want to consider being nice to the Network Admin. Remember, he has to work for the same people you do.
This is Microsoft's standard MO: Develop (steal) a product, release (infect) it to the consumer before it's ready, then systematically put out service packs to improve (fix) the thing. In 10-15 years you have a well-patched product they will sell to you with new packaging.
Amen to that!
That's what I have come to terms with. As long as I can live with the fact that I am willing to connect to other Windows boxes, be that via Terminal Services, Samba, whatever, I can deal with living in a Linux/Windows world.
At least we have the choice with Linux. That's more than Windows offers.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft
Since the 1980s, Microsoft has been the focus of much controversy in the computer industry. Most criticism has been for its business tactics, which some perceive as unfair and anticompetitive. Often, these tactics have been described with the motto "embrace, extend and extinguish". Microsoft initially embraces and extends a competing standard or product, only to later extinguish it through such actions as writing their own incompatible version of the software or standard. These and other tactics have led to various companies and governments filing lawsuits against Microsoft. Microsoft has been called a "velvet sweatshop" in reference to allegations of the company working its employees to the point where it might be bad for their health. The first instance of "velvet sweatshop" in reference to Microsoft originated from a Seattle Times article in 1989, and later became used to describe the company by some of Microsoft's own employees. I find it astonishing to see terms as "Microsoft" and "Bill Gates" in the same article as "philanthropy" and "high marks for leadership". Clearly, Microsoft is not in business to be appealing, only inasmuch as it reflects their bottom line in a positive direction.
Don't be as naive as this article suggests, featuring Mr. Gates as a humanitarian, with no personal agenda other than the improvement of mankind. His public displays of charity directly affect Microsoft's stock prices as well as perceptions of the company in the global community. Rather, it is a business tactic meant to position Microsoft well in the corporate world amid scandals and CEO indictments suffered by other companies.
Why can't Mr. Alsop paint the real picture here.
I don't think Novel is ready for a relationship with M$. I mean how corrupt can they be [Novel]? Personally, I think Novel better get ready to be chewed up and spit out, like so many other M$ victims.
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...at online chat rooms. Everyone seems to think I need to verify my gender. It's getting to be where a guy can't pose as a female anywhere anymore.
Sheesh!
Suicide is a bit strong, as I would never be able to have high speed internet once I killed myself anyway.
Go without food? Yeah, I'd go without food rather than give up my cable internet... And I have!
We're spying on them... They must only come out when we're not looking. Has anyone seen them outside the caves??
Good plan.
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!
My God, when will people understand...
We've been using SysAid now for almost a year. Wonderful system. The asset management and service request systems are fully integrated and seamless. Support from SysAid is outstanding; better than any closed source company have ever worked with. They provide support via instant messenger, online chat, and phone. And of course they use their own product as a ticket support system on which you can submit support requests - all included in the purchase.
The price is very, very reasonable. For our 150 user network we paid about $550 (USD). I priced similar systems and they were in the thousands.
We could not be more pleased with the product. It's open source, Linux version available, and excellent support. What's not to like?
I must completely agree with you.
Sorry, not alot of thought put into my post... why repeat what has been brilliantly stated already.
Dell's finally gone to hell...
You could not have said it better. I whole heartedly agree.
FINALLY I understand...
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So mod points are basically your armor class. The lower the number, the less vulnerable you are to attacks.
Can it also serve as a gauge for how much time I waste on
As far as the article... I disagree with the premise. The real purpose and draw of D&D is to provide an escape, create a social environment (for those of us who have none), and to offer an alternative to the mindless entertainment on prime-time television.
Side benefits are the consumption of large amounts of chemically enhanced food and beverages, endless supply of movie quotes, and large monetary investments in the RP Gaming industry, which, I might add, is still going strong after over 30 years.
Really, other than the obvious stereotypical techno geek pulling an all-nighter to get his wizard to level 29, I don't see how the game relates to information technology, specifically. My personal experience with D&D, as an IT Professional, is endless nights playing with socially inept people who have nothing better to do with their time.
The game lost its appeal with me many years ago.
just stop using the mouse?
No more clicks.
It is less a matter of vulnerability, and more a matter of exposure. The major players (Hotmail, Yahoo!, Gmail) are accessed by millions, whereas your company email is not likely to get the same exposure on the web. Just statistically, webmail is far more at risk from malicious users than your company email, so the likelyhood that an employee will recieve viruses, spyware, porn, etc. is pretty high. Most companies are not willing to take that risk.
Agreed.
Yes, we purchase servers w/o operating systems. Yes, we install whatever we want on them. Yes, it's cheaper (and better) this way.
End of story
Just checked...
They're UP. Have you contacted your Network Administrator? Wait.. don't do that.
By the time you read this message the servers would have already been bounced.
Hotmail - If you don't like the performance, wait another 5 minutes.
... and I am not. Nor am I the Senior Network Administrator at the company where I work. I am an Assistant Network Administrator. I don't have the final say.
But if I were king, I would certainly allow web-based email as well as messenger services.
Yes, we have a proxy server and a firewall. We currently do not allow access to any web-based email to users (that is, users who have been granted Internet access at all). The rationale: "Company assets and technologies are the property of [company name]. Employees may only use these assets for business purposes. The use of company assets for personal use is strictly prohibited." --employee handbook
Understand that this was not solely an IT decision. The CEO and other company officers in conjuction with recommendations from the IT department are behind these decisions. We, the IT department, put the technology in place which makes the policy reality.
So you might want to consider being nice to the Network Admin. Remember, he has to work for the same people you do.
This is Microsoft's standard MO: Develop (steal) a product, release (infect) it to the consumer before it's ready, then systematically put out service packs to improve (fix) the thing. In 10-15 years you have a well-patched product they will sell to you with new packaging.
I don't see the problem here.
And how did this wonderful peice make it on ./ anyway?
Waste of bandwidth...
... Now you're going to tell me that all Microsoft is in business for is to make money. You're ruining a perfectly good fantasy. Thanks a lot!
ROFL!!!!!
Amen to that! That's what I have come to terms with. As long as I can live with the fact that I am willing to connect to other Windows boxes, be that via Terminal Services, Samba, whatever, I can deal with living in a Linux/Windows world. At least we have the choice with Linux. That's more than Windows offers.
I don't think Novel is ready for a relationship with M$. I mean how corrupt can they be [Novel]? Personally, I think Novel better get ready to be chewed up and spit out, like so many other M$ victims.