Yes, OpenSource has helped my company.
We are a global Tier 1 automotive parts supplier.
We have about 32 designers that use Sun workstations to do CAD.
They all run OpenOffice, Adobe, Mozilla, Java and Flash.
I wrote a database web application to manage all of our engineering documents and accounting documents. A similar system from UGS would have cost over $100K + licensing costs. Our documents are scanned and saved as a PDF format once signed.
The entire world wide corporation is using the system without a hitch.
Our poor MS admins are running around chasing down stupid problems while I am able to advance my career with real programing and learning more Unix.
I used Sun hardware along with Apache, MySQL and PHP and a little CSS to make it happen.
All of my colleages say it's the best database system they ever used.
In addition,
I really wish that Dassault or UGS release a linux flavor or their CAD software.
We are in the process of getting a new twin dual core Opteron workstation with 16GB RAM in order to run ANSYS on Linux. It will be similar to Sun's Ultra 40.
This is a very exciting and critical time to be in the IT department and manufacturing.
One wrong move and you are not competitive any more. Alot of work is starting to be sourced out to China. I can feel the pressure from all sides. Free OpenSource software has helped our company without a doubt.
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The chicken is smoking a cigarette.
My favorite Java feature is that it works well when you export the DISPLAY.
Some excellent examples of this are
Java in Mozilla, OpenOffice, Veritas NetBackup and UGS TeamCenter products.
I too think that it's important that Java does not get forked.
Oh well, that my 2 cents.
I like YouTube because you can upload files and view them with Linux.
I hope Google video supports Linux soon!
Yes, OpenSource has helped my company. We are a global Tier 1 automotive parts supplier. We have about 32 designers that use Sun workstations to do CAD. They all run OpenOffice, Adobe, Mozilla, Java and Flash. I wrote a database web application to manage all of our engineering documents and accounting documents. A similar system from UGS would have cost over $100K + licensing costs. Our documents are scanned and saved as a PDF format once signed. The entire world wide corporation is using the system without a hitch. Our poor MS admins are running around chasing down stupid problems while I am able to advance my career with real programing and learning more Unix. I used Sun hardware along with Apache, MySQL and PHP and a little CSS to make it happen. All of my colleages say it's the best database system they ever used. In addition, I really wish that Dassault or UGS release a linux flavor or their CAD software. We are in the process of getting a new twin dual core Opteron workstation with 16GB RAM in order to run ANSYS on Linux. It will be similar to Sun's Ultra 40. This is a very exciting and critical time to be in the IT department and manufacturing. One wrong move and you are not competitive any more. Alot of work is starting to be sourced out to China. I can feel the pressure from all sides. Free OpenSource software has helped our company without a doubt.
The only thing keeping the planet cool right now are chemtrails.
You just gotta luv the "Weather Modification Act".
Cool, another reason to switch to Sun or AMD.
Anyone who is in the "know", knows what NASA's primary object is.
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If not, view this video.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-90803696
Oh yeah - that reminds me ...
I need to buy some new black leather Birkenstocks right away !!
(I can't believe they first started making them in 1774)
Because if you are going to wear sandals, wear Birkenstocks.
Fashion Tip:
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Wear black socks with them.
(any other color looks funny)
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http://www.lessemf.com/personal.html But what about the GWEN towers?