The 200000 number comes from assuming constant evolutionary clock-rate, the whole thrust of the article is pointing out that this is not necessarily supported from the author's analysis!
This is really rather funny - Oracle's support is typically dreadful, so now they will further stretch their already thin support resources a little more to bring you even *less* support per dollar!
Can't comment about Australia, but New Zealand is still pretty much a Microsoft and Oracle stronghold at the PHB level, so there is considerable interest from us techies in tracking discussions or articles concerning open source (whether they be informative or merely FUD, they at least generate discussion!).
As a fellow Oracle database sufferer, I feel your pain.
Oracle is all about the money - if they can get away without patching (security holes or bugs), then they will. Roll on Open Source where they fix it "because it is the right thing to do" !
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Best to cite TFM correctly:
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/279/5347/28
The 200000 number comes from assuming constant evolutionary clock-rate, the whole thrust of the article is pointing out that this is not necessarily supported from the author's analysis!
This is really rather funny - Oracle's support is typically dreadful, so now they will further stretch their already thin support resources a little more to bring you even *less* support per dollar!
Can't comment about Australia, but New Zealand is still pretty much a Microsoft and Oracle stronghold at the PHB level, so there is considerable interest from us techies in tracking discussions or articles concerning open source (whether they be informative or merely FUD, they at least generate discussion!).
Hmm....let me think:
- Steady decrease in the number of bots/botnets
- Steady increase in the number of documents that are readable to all
- Steady increase in open, interoperable systems
And one could go on , but overall, many positive changes. Microsoft would have you believe that they are indespensible, but they are merely present.Lol - amen to that brother!
As a fellow Oracle database sufferer, I feel your pain.
Oracle is all about the money - if they can get away without patching (security holes or bugs), then they will. Roll on Open Source where they fix it "because it is the right thing to do" !