BluRay is valid but so new that we don't know if it'll will the media wars.
it's not fully backward compatibile. it's 100% for those games that are compliant. as many of the games that push the system (the good ones) aren't fully compliant.
two-screens isn't that important unless you plan on having 2 HDTV's in your living room.
7 controllers is also overkill. this is more of what's possible than any games will support.
I thought SONY would use SONY memory sticks just like the psp does. those are usually more expensive than SD-cards.
just like my 20 meg harddrive or 16mhz 386 cpu or 1 meg of ram was enough for the time doesn't mean you wouldn't take advantage of better hardware.
The tech industry has always found ways to use more power and capacity. in the 93 i didn't think i'd be able to use up 200 gig's for space and be burning dvd's. but as our systems grew so did our applications that use them.
and the blogger also completely ignores the multimedia aspect of websurfing now. how many of us have seem streaming media? the quality is usually pretty poor compared to the downloaded versions. This is were bandwidth helps.
all your points are based on bad administration or 3rd party software not the OS.
1. No user should have admin rights to install any software they want. if you let linux users install anything, your just hoping they are too stupid to install things you don't want.
2. this is mostly because of popularity. if linux is more popular it'll happen more. also if your network has centralized virus management, a network firewall, and proper user rights you're pretty safe. (and all networks should)
3. Instability in XP usually occurs because of 3rd party drivers and software. I've used linux on my laptop and i've suffered from buggy 3rd party software/drivers as well.
4. Don't let the "experts" fix anything. I don't let anyone user know the admin password. just remove the temptation.
I gave my dad who's 60 a windows 2000 pc a few years ago. I installed it with everything he needed and put him on user rights. He's had no infections and no spyware. and he can do everything he wants. If it was today i'd give him an ubuntu system since it's free and user friendly.
I'm okay with ID in science class only if it is used as an example of the difference between a theory in science and the laymens term. both evolution and ID might be theories but only evolution is a scientific one.
"Perhaps it's due to the fact that the more clients your system is serving, the more likely you'll need to make a call to their support staff. In a way, support is very much like insurance"
for MS you have to pay to get good server tech support per incedent so that's not and excuse.
The one that wants his name removed from the paper said that some of the photos of "cloned cells" were really photos of real cells. and of course they can just make up stats and results of their tests and observations.
Vendors Lie - they will tell you thier solution will do just about anything. They will add features that they never tested or used themselves just to put it on the web. They will say a feature is coming in a month. They will claim to cure cancer and save you a ton of money.
Always test the software yourself before buying solution. If they can't give you a demo copy or setup a test server in your shop for you to test real scenarios, look for another vendor.
another problem is the unknown issues that will come up. with that many users there will be a LOT. just take excel for instance. while openoffice can do much of what excel does there might be some functions that aren't in it. if that happens to be the case and 10 users NEED it you're screwed. also there will probably be a million questions on how to do things they used to do in office. you'll need a lot of training. (this is all time and time=money).
My major on concern would but what you have in place on AD that is being used. if you have a lot of policies than going to linux might be a bad choice. (this goes beyond just loging in)
also patch roll outs would be a concern.
are there any other programs that your workstation needs that is windows only?
Is it just me or are others sick of hearing about so called admins having really stable linux systems but thier windows systems always crash.
There are PLENTY of windows server environments that don't crash, have AD configured right so that clients can't do stupid things, have automated features for antivirus/update/install roll outs. you just have to know what programs you need and how to use them, just like with linux. if your server is always crashing then you are a horrible admin or you installed bad 3rd party software. If your clients are always crashing then you didn't setup AD correctly or installed bad 3rd party software.
I don't doubt that linux works well for many things. (though the thought of running servers with kde or gnome on is shocking) it love testing new linux distros too but you have to say that sometimes it's a pain to do things in linux that are easy to do in windows. support for hardware has gotten better but it's no where are good as windows.
sure linux is better for somethings too but we all know this article isn't going to focus on that. let it rest at that instead of just showing us how badly you suck at being a windows admin.
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I got that too. certainly not something i'd trust my work to.
that's not surprising. i did a few articles and they come up in the 20ish percent range. this detector isn't very good.
they could have done this a year ago. the parts in the ps2 are really old. if the gamecube can go for 99 so can the ps3.
BluRay is valid but so new that we don't know if it'll will the media wars. it's not fully backward compatibile. it's 100% for those games that are compliant. as many of the games that push the system (the good ones) aren't fully compliant. two-screens isn't that important unless you plan on having 2 HDTV's in your living room. 7 controllers is also overkill. this is more of what's possible than any games will support. I thought SONY would use SONY memory sticks just like the psp does. those are usually more expensive than SD-cards.
just like my 20 meg harddrive or 16mhz 386 cpu or 1 meg of ram was enough for the time doesn't mean you wouldn't take advantage of better hardware. The tech industry has always found ways to use more power and capacity. in the 93 i didn't think i'd be able to use up 200 gig's for space and be burning dvd's. but as our systems grew so did our applications that use them. and the blogger also completely ignores the multimedia aspect of websurfing now. how many of us have seem streaming media? the quality is usually pretty poor compared to the downloaded versions. This is were bandwidth helps.
all your points are based on bad administration or 3rd party software not the OS. 1. No user should have admin rights to install any software they want. if you let linux users install anything, your just hoping they are too stupid to install things you don't want. 2. this is mostly because of popularity. if linux is more popular it'll happen more. also if your network has centralized virus management, a network firewall, and proper user rights you're pretty safe. (and all networks should) 3. Instability in XP usually occurs because of 3rd party drivers and software. I've used linux on my laptop and i've suffered from buggy 3rd party software/drivers as well. 4. Don't let the "experts" fix anything. I don't let anyone user know the admin password. just remove the temptation. I gave my dad who's 60 a windows 2000 pc a few years ago. I installed it with everything he needed and put him on user rights. He's had no infections and no spyware. and he can do everything he wants. If it was today i'd give him an ubuntu system since it's free and user friendly.
I'm okay with ID in science class only if it is used as an example of the difference between a theory in science and the laymens term.
both evolution and ID might be theories but only evolution is a scientific one.
"Perhaps it's due to the fact that the more clients your system is serving, the more likely you'll need to make a call to their support staff. In a way, support is very much like insurance"
for MS you have to pay to get good server tech support per incedent so that's not and excuse.
if you think 300 is too much, you aren't going to be better off when the PS3 is released for 500-600
The one that wants his name removed from the paper said that some of the photos of "cloned cells" were really photos of real cells. and of course they can just make up stats and results of their tests and observations.
Vendors Lie - they will tell you thier solution will do just about anything. They will add features that they never tested or used themselves just to put it on the web. They will say a feature is coming in a month. They will claim to cure cancer and save you a ton of money. Always test the software yourself before buying solution. If they can't give you a demo copy or setup a test server in your shop for you to test real scenarios, look for another vendor.
another problem is the unknown issues that will come up. with that many users there will be a LOT. just take excel for instance. while openoffice can do much of what excel does there might be some functions that aren't in it. if that happens to be the case and 10 users NEED it you're screwed. also there will probably be a million questions on how to do things they used to do in office. you'll need a lot of training. (this is all time and time=money).
My major on concern would but what you have in place on AD that is being used. if you have a lot of policies than going to linux might be a bad choice. (this goes beyond just loging in) also patch roll outs would be a concern. are there any other programs that your workstation needs that is windows only?
This is great. now i can search for the most violent sexual and profane games :)
Is it just me or are others sick of hearing about so called admins having really stable linux systems but thier windows systems always crash. There are PLENTY of windows server environments that don't crash, have AD configured right so that clients can't do stupid things, have automated features for antivirus/update/install roll outs. you just have to know what programs you need and how to use them, just like with linux. if your server is always crashing then you are a horrible admin or you installed bad 3rd party software. If your clients are always crashing then you didn't setup AD correctly or installed bad 3rd party software. I don't doubt that linux works well for many things. (though the thought of running servers with kde or gnome on is shocking) it love testing new linux distros too but you have to say that sometimes it's a pain to do things in linux that are easy to do in windows. support for hardware has gotten better but it's no where are good as windows. sure linux is better for somethings too but we all know this article isn't going to focus on that. let it rest at that instead of just showing us how badly you suck at being a windows admin.