Re:mail is great in the workplace
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Heh...I laugh at those people who think they need to work 70+ hours a week in this field.
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Re:Filtering is a technique too many people ignore
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... for example, if the client notices that it gets 100 messages/day and there are no filters it should start to pop up dialogs with suggestions. If the client notices that the user moves a lot of messages from one folder to another it could suggest that the filter rules be tweaked and be helpful in making that happen.
Then we would just get another/. article complaining about bloatware.
They talk about how 99% of computers are embedded systems and then go on about Open Source vs. Windows in the embedded market. However, most of that 99% comes from things like car ECMs, security systems, microwaves, etc. These things run on small customized code and the OSS/Windows guys are not trying to compete in this market. They're shooting for the cell phones, PVRs, etc. That's probably closer to 5% of the market....maybe.
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I guess I forgot to enclose that comment with a <joking around > tag....and I accept your apology.:)
I don't think you understand how these license agreements work. If, after 2 years, we don't renew the license, then we can no longer use the software. How is this different from leasing?
When this whole.NET/software leasing debate started, I thought who in their right mind would pay a perpetual yearly fee for softwate instead of purchasing out right?
After reading the article, I stopped for a second and looked around my office. And would you look at that!!! On my shelf, I have a dozen boxes from Novell...all software on a 2 year "lease." Then there's our McAfee license on another 2 year lease. Oh, and a 1 year lease on the Power Quest suit of software.
Here we've been "leasing" our software for years. This is nothing new. Sure, every year (or every other year) we shell out to release the software, but it always comes with free upgrades during the lease anyway and in the end we actually get more software (Novell, McAfee, Powerquest bundle their packages) for less. We also no longer have to worry about a huge cost every 3-4 years to upgrade software.
Software leasing is not new and it does work!
As an example, our McAfee license is $24/client/2 years. At 200 clients, that $2800 a year. This includes all products in the McAfee suite, from ViruScan to GroupShield. Now, let's say it would cost us $38(bulk probably a little cheaper) to purchase out right and McAfee upgrades their software every 2 years (which they do), it would then cost us $3800/yr for just VirusScan an not their other applications.
The main reason leases will work is becuase otherwise you will be purchasing upgrades. Gaurenteed upgrades in a lease with known yearly costs is a much better buisness prospect.
Get your head screwed on straight u moron....any mail client will have destination port 25 connections. Blocking out-bound connections on port 25 will not only stop SMTP servers, but clients also. Who mod'ed this fuckhead up?
Mr. Miller, is Microsoft working on extending Active Directory to other operating systems (Linux, Solaris, Tru64, etc) as Novell is heading with NDS? Or will MS continue down the path of AD only on Windows and extending it other operating systems via intermediate tools like Services for Unix and MSDSS? What is the reasoning for one method over the other?
Any half-ass decent browser or web server will be able to translate the spaces into properly encoded URLs with %20's. So that's not a good excuse and why this has been mod'ed as interesting I will never know.
First off, you will have no problems connecting to MySQL through Access with ODBC handling the translation (unless MySQL's ODBC driver's suck, but I haven't had problems with them). And I hope there is more to this question that how do I get ODBC to work? Because that's hardly worthy of Slashdot's front page...
Why not just use a client/server application written totally in Access if you are concerned with compatibility issues? This is quite simple to do and will provide you with the ability to use local temporary tables which can greatly increase speed when manipulating large amounts of data.
But the obvious question here is do you want a web front end or not? There is a huge difference in what you can do with PHP than Access....they are two totally different tools that both have great strenghts and weaknesses. I think you are confusing the front-end of the application with the back-end. The front-end could be Access, Filemaker, PHP, ASP, or custom programming. The back-end can be MS SQL, Access, MySQL, PostgreSQL, PervasiveSQL, Oracle, etc, etc. Any of these front-ends can be used with any of these back-end databases.
When starting an application like this, you don't fit the application to the tools, you fit the tools to the application. What does this DB app do? Who uses it? How do they use it? What kind of security is needed? What platforms does the front-end need to run on? Who will support the back-end? Figure out what the design specs are and then resubmit this to Ask Slashdot!!
go ahead and disable it....about the only thing you will notice is slower web access. Because, you know @Home is willing sift through their proxy cache to dig up the favorite pr0n sites of their 1 million users.
I bet you disable cookies on your browser...don't you?
BTW, if by "anything necessarily bad" you mean the @Home police breaking down your door and confiscating your Linux box for violating their TOS, then don't disable the proxy.
Read the story again....they raided to homes of 3 people who ran the website mp3blast.com. Four cases against Napster users are under review.
They way Salon phrases this story, they make it sound they are arresting Napster users....instead they are just enforcing copyright laws like they should be.
Ah, but what if there are several peers at one level? If you have 10 name servers for a domain, you can shut 9 off and everything still functions (assuming that 1 can handle the load). Let's say we put 500 servers at that level? What are the odds that all 500 will be shut down before being replaced?
The top level would be like the root servers in DNS.... However, unlike DNS, this system would need a way to update the "root hints" instead of a static set. I don't see why this couldn't be possible. However there could be a problem when a client is off for a loooong time and when it goes back online all of the root servers have changed and it wouldn't be able to contact the network.
I dunno....eh, screw it, this stuff is making my head hurt.
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Then we would just get another /. article complaining about bloatware.
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And this is different from today's IM networks how? Let's see, I've got ICQ for my friends, AIM for my sister, Netmeeting for my coworkers....
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Apparently there was a small problem with 1.0.0. Get 1.0.1 here.
I don't think you understand how these license agreements work. If, after 2 years, we don't renew the license, then we can no longer use the software. How is this different from leasing?
After reading the article, I stopped for a second and looked around my office. And would you look at that!!! On my shelf, I have a dozen boxes from Novell...all software on a 2 year "lease." Then there's our McAfee license on another 2 year lease. Oh, and a 1 year lease on the Power Quest suit of software.
Here we've been "leasing" our software for years. This is nothing new. Sure, every year (or every other year) we shell out to release the software, but it always comes with free upgrades during the lease anyway and in the end we actually get more software (Novell, McAfee, Powerquest bundle their packages) for less. We also no longer have to worry about a huge cost every 3-4 years to upgrade software.
Software leasing is not new and it does work!
As an example, our McAfee license is $24/client/2 years. At 200 clients, that $2800 a year. This includes all products in the McAfee suite, from ViruScan to GroupShield. Now, let's say it would cost us $38(bulk probably a little cheaper) to purchase out right and McAfee upgrades their software every 2 years (which they do), it would then cost us $3800/yr for just VirusScan an not their other applications.
The main reason leases will work is becuase otherwise you will be purchasing upgrades. Gaurenteed upgrades in a lease with known yearly costs is a much better buisness prospect.
It's on SourceForge, and is the first hit on Google, so I'm not sure how you missed it.
You could have also checked out the Help Desk category at DMOZ for which I am an editor. There are several open or free help desk packages listed.
http://www.sgi.com/cgi-bin/feedback/index.cgi?entr y=compinfo_community_rel&LEVEL=2&last_url=
I doubt it will help, but it sure as hell can't hurt.
Aaahh....Internet 2 connection direct from Michigan to USF. 1.4 MB/Sec (bytes not bits) ain't bad....
Get your head screwed on straight u moron....any mail client will have destination port 25 connections. Blocking out-bound connections on port 25 will not only stop SMTP servers, but clients also. Who mod'ed this fuckhead up?
I use AT&T@Home and they recommend using VPN if you need to use smb file sharing. Not sure what you're smoking....it probably depends on the ISP.
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Doug
Do you think you could get one more set of quotes in that URL??
Any half-ass decent browser or web server will be able to translate the spaces into properly encoded URLs with %20's. So that's not a good excuse and why this has been mod'ed as interesting I will never know.
Why not just use a client/server application written totally in Access if you are concerned with compatibility issues? This is quite simple to do and will provide you with the ability to use local temporary tables which can greatly increase speed when manipulating large amounts of data.
But the obvious question here is do you want a web front end or not? There is a huge difference in what you can do with PHP than Access....they are two totally different tools that both have great strenghts and weaknesses. I think you are confusing the front-end of the application with the back-end. The front-end could be Access, Filemaker, PHP, ASP, or custom programming. The back-end can be MS SQL, Access, MySQL, PostgreSQL, PervasiveSQL, Oracle, etc, etc. Any of these front-ends can be used with any of these back-end databases.
When starting an application like this, you don't fit the application to the tools, you fit the tools to the application. What does this DB app do? Who uses it? How do they use it? What kind of security is needed? What platforms does the front-end need to run on? Who will support the back-end? Figure out what the design specs are and then resubmit this to Ask Slashdot!!
I bet you disable cookies on your browser...don't you?
BTW, if by "anything necessarily bad" you mean the @Home police breaking down your door and confiscating your Linux box for violating their TOS, then don't disable the proxy.
HA!
There is a reason they the mouse came with a red LED to begin with....
Happy April Fools!
They way Salon phrases this story, they make it sound they are arresting Napster users....instead they are just enforcing copyright laws like they should be.
The top level would be like the root servers in DNS.... However, unlike DNS, this system would need a way to update the "root hints" instead of a static set. I don't see why this couldn't be possible. However there could be a problem when a client is off for a loooong time and when it goes back online all of the root servers have changed and it wouldn't be able to contact the network.
I dunno....eh, screw it, this stuff is making my head hurt.