Simple solutions to increase the signal/noise here on./
1. Do not allow Anonymous Cowards to post more than 3 comments. After 3 comments, you must create a user account. If your browser has trouble with cookies then too bad!
2. Do a browser sniff and ban Windows-based browsers from posting comments.
OK, #2 is extreme, but I think #1 is a reasonable suggestion.
Open Source is "an obstacle"? Please explain.
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Interesting the article quotes this talking head David as calling the open source nature of Linux as a "legal obstacle" which he implies that the open source license is a disadvantage that Linux must overcome -- he obviously doesn't get it.
NT vs. Linux:
Microsoft will never understand that bloat is bad. Microsoft will always make software that is at least 25% too bloated for the typical hardware platform of the day.
Microsoft also painted itself into a corner by building the GUI into the kernel -- bad idea. Yes UNIX has XWindows but X is not left running on most UNIX web servers -- being able to turn off the GUI and leave other services running is a valuable feature indeed. It's division of labor rather than trying to do everything from a single unstable execuatble.
1. Write an obviously flawaed and ignorant editorial about Linux.
2. Send a link to editorial to the Slashdot submissions page.
3. Sit back and wait for the angry to come through and watch your site traffic go through the roof.
4. Tell your advertisers that your site is frequently visited by thousands of Linux users and other IT professionsals.
That's right folks, keep click on those ZDNet links so they can laugh their way to the bank.
salary = experience + proven value
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Naturally a manager with 6 years experience is worth more than a dumb ass kid fresh out of college with the ink on his BSEE certicate not even dry yet. I used to be that dumb ass college grad, but I never had the gaul to walk into an entry level job interview and ask for more than management level salary -- that's just plain stupid and not even worth entertaining, not even in this market.
My beef with consultants is, from what I've experienced, they're better at talking then they are about doing. They're fast at the keyboard but you often have to fix or undo everything you paid them to do -- if they ever finish the project at all.
That's just my personal perception -- not my employer or collegeus.
...then there's the other extreme
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We've interviewed job candidates with zero experience and asking for money than our managers make! Keep dreaming kids! But like the laws of evolution its usually the overpriced ones who can't hold a job for more than 3 months. Eventually they call themselves "consultants".
This is more than nostalgia. Files like "UNIX for intermediate users", "Bash shell programming" and "How to use DEBUG.COM" are still just as useful today as ever. Excellent archive!
I was big into 3D Windows software a couple of years ago and from I remember Hash never offered a demo version and their price was steep -- but yes, the quality and effects were amazing.
I seriously doubt there will ever be a free version of Hash (not even a demo) and defintately not open source. Nonetheless, more apps is what we need so come on down!
Of course system vendors will still put PIII systems high on their price sheets and push them whenever possible. Home users may not but PIII's but you can bet businesses will -- it is unheard of not to by the latest/greatest hardware in a corporate environment.
Finally an article which mentions the outrageous cost of deploying Windows NT due to its unreasonable $500/CPU license. Congrats to the IT people at Burlington Coat Factory for pointing out the obvious monopolistic price gauging which Microsoft claims doesn't exist.
So Linux is shareware?! Damn, I'd better register this copy before it expires! (In case you can't tell I'm being sarcastic.)
...which gives me an idea for this coming April Fools:
What's say we sprea start a rumor that all "unregistered copies of Linux will expire on April 2nd, 1999" -- that should confuse the pseudo-techie journalists out there to some degree and be very amusing.
I think it was RMS who suggested (or rather demanded) that what the press commonly refers to as "Linux" is really "a common collection of GNU utilities and the Linux kernel" thus "GNU/Linux", so comparing the Linux kernel to the entire UNIX OS is apples and oranges and also discredits all the thousands who have ported GNU utilities to Linux while the press assumes that Linus commands the kernel and the common utilities. In fact we should really annoy the press and insist what they think is Linus is really "XFree + GNU + Linux"
Also I am highly skeptical of any claim that IIS outperforms Apache. Can I see some benchmarks to that effect anyone? Perhaps on a Windows box Apache is not so great compared to IIS but I am confident that Apache + UNIX kicks the crap out of IIS + NT.
"But they {Red Hat/Linux] are expected to hold their own in the small-server market as a viable OS alternative that performs tasks better on older hardware."
...and I suppose NT, on the other hand, is better suited for large-servers on newer hardware. Ha Ha! The bottom line is Linux beats NT silly at its own game on any hardware!
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Simple solutions to increase the signal/noise ./
here on
1. Do not allow Anonymous Cowards to post more
than 3 comments. After 3 comments, you must create
a user account. If your browser has trouble with
cookies then too bad!
2. Do a browser sniff and ban Windows-based
browsers from posting comments.
OK, #2 is extreme, but I think #1 is a reasonable
suggestion.
Interesting the article quotes this talking
head David as calling the open source nature of
Linux as a "legal obstacle" which he implies
that the open source license is a disadvantage
that Linux must overcome -- he obviously
doesn't get it.
NT vs. Linux:
Microsoft will never understand that bloat is
bad. Microsoft will always make software that
is at least 25% too bloated for the typical
hardware platform of the day.
Microsoft also painted itself into a corner
by building the GUI into the kernel -- bad idea.
Yes UNIX has XWindows but X is not left
running on most UNIX web servers -- being
able to turn off the GUI and leave other services
running is a valuable feature indeed. It's
division of labor rather than trying to do
everything from a single unstable execuatble.
1. Write an obviously flawaed and ignorant
editorial about Linux.
2. Send a link to editorial to the Slashdot
submissions page.
3. Sit back and wait for the angry to come
through and watch your site traffic go through
the roof.
4. Tell your advertisers that your site is
frequently visited by thousands of Linux
users and other IT professionsals.
That's right folks, keep click on those ZDNet
links so they can laugh their way to the
bank.
Naturally a manager with 6 years experience
is worth more than a dumb ass kid fresh out
of college with the ink on his BSEE certicate
not even dry yet. I used to be that dumb ass
college grad, but I never had the gaul to walk
into an entry level job interview and ask for
more than management level salary -- that's
just plain stupid and not even worth entertaining,
not even in this market.
My beef with consultants is, from what I've
experienced, they're better at talking then
they are about doing. They're fast at the
keyboard but you often have to fix or undo
everything you paid them to do -- if they
ever finish the project at all.
That's just my personal perception -- not
my employer or collegeus.
We've interviewed job candidates with zero
experience and asking for money than our
managers make! Keep dreaming kids! But like
the laws of evolution its usually the overpriced
ones who can't hold a job for more than 3 months.
Eventually they call themselves "consultants".
This is more than nostalgia. Files like "UNIX
for intermediate users", "Bash shell programming"
and "How to use DEBUG.COM" are still just as
useful today as ever. Excellent archive!
I was big into 3D Windows software a couple of
years ago and from I remember Hash never offered
a demo version and their price was steep -- but
yes, the quality and effects were amazing.
I seriously doubt there will ever be a free
version of Hash (not even a demo) and defintately
not open source. Nonetheless, more apps is what
we need so come on down!
Of course system vendors will still put PIII
systems high on their price sheets and push
them whenever possible. Home users may not
but PIII's but you can bet businesses will
-- it is unheard of not to by the latest/greatest
hardware in a corporate environment.
Just a joke kids. I'm a Linux zealot, but not
much of an advocacy and marketing zealot.
Finally an article which mentions the outrageous
cost of deploying Windows NT due to its
unreasonable $500/CPU license. Congrats to the
IT people at Burlington Coat Factory for pointing
out the obvious monopolistic price gauging which
Microsoft claims doesn't exist.
So Linux is shareware?! Damn, I'd better register
this copy before it expires! (In case you can't
tell I'm being sarcastic.)
...which gives me an idea for this coming April
Fools:
What's say we sprea start a rumor
that all "unregistered copies of Linux will
expire on April 2nd, 1999" -- that should confuse
the pseudo-techie journalists out there to some
degree and be very amusing.
I think it was RMS who suggested (or rather
demanded) that what the press commonly refers
to as "Linux" is really "a common collection
of GNU utilities and the Linux kernel" thus
"GNU/Linux", so comparing the Linux kernel
to the entire UNIX OS is apples and oranges
and also discredits all the thousands who have
ported GNU utilities to Linux while the press
assumes that Linus commands the kernel and
the common utilities. In fact we should really
annoy the press and insist what they think is
Linus is really "XFree + GNU + Linux"
Also I am highly skeptical of any claim that
IIS outperforms Apache. Can I see some benchmarks
to that effect anyone? Perhaps on a Windows
box Apache is not so great compared to IIS but
I am confident that Apache + UNIX kicks the crap
out of IIS + NT.