Why even keep looking at closed proprietary as a solution and why not look into a more open alternative.
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Western Digital SATA drives have the regular Molex connection and that is why I will only use them. Those SATA connections are so sloppy that the data and power cable falls off. WD drives also have a kind of propriety extension on the data connection retention mechanism called SureConnect.
Either you think IBM hasn't thought about releasing OS/2 or that IBM is missing a business opportunity.
The cold hard fact is that IBM can't release the source code. So many non-disclosure agreements have sealed the fate of OS/2. The only good thing that can come from OS/2s demise is that people will think very carefully before going into software that has a shelf life with no possibility of saving.
Highest percentage of the problem is the military, not Social Security
Doesn't really change anything I said. If the military is the highest percentage than that is the target that will have the highest effect on the debt. Also note that NASA isn't really the smallest government program either.
Targeting smallest percentage problems will not solve the bigger problem. The goal is to recognize what the highest percentage and start there.
Don't worry too much about changing code to accommodate the changes as we have already showed that y2k was handled well enough. Plus it gives developers a chance to code things a little better to handle changes and no matter what it cost it isn't being paid in oil but in IT dollars that is good for my line of work.
The more daylight we have, the less electricity we use
Now if you really want to target Oil than look at the biggest percentage of usage. Change the wording to "The more companies adopt telecommuting the less gasoline we use". It's like looking at the national debt and cutting the smallest percentage item (IE NASA) and acting like that is going to help. If you want to make an impact on the something then target the highest percentage of the problem (like it or not Social Security).
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Why even keep looking at closed proprietary as a solution and why not look into a more open alternative.
Western Digital SATA drives have the regular Molex connection and that is why I will only use them. Those SATA connections are so sloppy that the data and power cable falls off. WD drives also have a kind of propriety extension on the data connection retention mechanism called SureConnect.
Either you think IBM hasn't thought about releasing OS/2 or that IBM is missing a business opportunity.
The cold hard fact is that IBM can't release the source code. So many non-disclosure agreements have sealed the fate of OS/2. The only good thing that can come from OS/2s demise is that people will think very carefully before going into software that has a shelf life with no possibility of saving.
Highest percentage of the problem is the military, not Social Security
Doesn't really change anything I said. If the military is the highest percentage than that is the target that will have the highest effect on the debt. Also note that NASA isn't really the smallest government program either.
Targeting smallest percentage problems will not solve the bigger problem. The goal is to recognize what the highest percentage and start there.
Don't worry too much about changing code to accommodate the changes as we have already showed that y2k was handled well enough. Plus it gives developers a chance to code things a little better to handle changes and no matter what it cost it isn't being paid in oil but in IT dollars that is good for my line of work.
The more daylight we have, the less electricity we use
Now if you really want to target Oil than look at the biggest percentage of usage. Change the wording to "The more companies adopt telecommuting the less gasoline we use". It's like looking at the national debt and cutting the smallest percentage item (IE NASA) and acting like that is going to help. If you want to make an impact on the something then target the highest percentage of the problem (like it or not Social Security).