Comparing drive to drive, I agree with you; 15k wins.
However, the price point on 15k drives is such a comparison for a single drive vs multiple drives is reasonable. The basis is $$/GB, not drive A vs drive B.
Ask Google how they get their throughput on their terrabyte datasets. Hint: it's not due to 15k drives.
Retailer has new product and it's not priced dirt bottom. That's news?
It would be silly to introduce a new version of a product and sell it for less than an existing product.
If it were me, I'd start with the price up a little bit for two reasons. 1, less complaining when the price goes down versus up (yes, someone will complain on a price drop!). 2, with a higher price I have a cushion in case these things start selling like hotcakes and the volume murders my margin as I burn resources to keep up.
Not only that, the average home user (read, non-IT) equates "Computer" with "Windows".
Many times I've gotten the blank stare when I mentioned there are other operating systems than MS-Windows and the followup question is often "What's an operating system?".
The Information Technology industry's problem is Microsoft is too big.
Go back and look at the rate of innovation in the 90's. Now look at the last eight years or so. Thinks were changing so fast in OS space and then *BAM*, stagnation.
Microsoft bullying their way to monopoly status has hurt IT advances more than anything else. Think where the industry would be if Microsoft had suceeded in ignoring/supressing the Internet as well.
"I think they're going for PHB appeal here. The idea is that you have one machine, one support contract, to one company, and that's the end of that. (In theory.)"
Yes, I agree. One place to point the finger, one vendor to blame is what the PHB sees.
In practice (yes, I work for a PHB that's high on IBM kool aid), IBM itself is split into various divisions and they like to point the finger at each other.
"Sounds like a hardware problem." "No, that's a software problem."
I think IBM has some great talent working on these systems, unfortunately it takes the "I'm a big customer" card to get that talent applied to YOUR problem.
I like the pSeries stuff when I don't have to think about how much it costs.
Yeah, you can buy that one rack. It'll cost you a mil or so, but never mind that, you're worried about saving some kW.
Those racks need one BIG ASS plug for power, as in some serious AMPs. The one I saw was 4 inches in diameter and had "pins" that looked like pencils. When powered on, the rack was blowing air at 35 MPH, never mind the noise.
Pseries is great for large verticle apps, but for virtualization? No.
You're speaking of Virtual I/O Server (VIOS). The point the marketing/sales folks like to forget is that those VIOS suck up CPU and add one (or two if redundancy is important [gee!]) more system to maintain.
Oh, and VIOS is really just a customized AIX with a severely bastardized command set, meaning admins have to have a VIO hat to put on.
VIOS offers some good features, but silver bullet it ain't.
Micropartitioning is too new for most folks to get their head around.
Nobody likes to talk about how much a Pseries solution COSTS.
I can buy a lot of commodity hardware and power it for $100,000. Let's just say a decent Pseries will be an order of magnitude more expensive for the initial purchase, never mind the annual support agreements.
"There are nefarious groups in the world that would like to see SCO win and put Linux back into obscurity. Ironically, this case has had exactly the opposite effect that they intended."
To people who have a clue and pay attention, I agree.
However, I have run into people, and I mean IT managers, directors, sysadmins, who honestly thought there was "legal problems" with that "Linux stuff". There was damage done with this FUD and it has not gone completely away.
My guess would be even though Paypal never sends email to their customers, they would still end up paying out fraud for folks falling for the phish.
This would be the motivation for Paypal to seek a real fix, the phishing is hitting their bottom line and there's nothing they can directly change; they have to take a global direction.
I'm sure it will have great security; the issue will be who is benefited by that security? Recall the javascript support included in PDF, now exactly who was that for?
My mind says wait and see, my heart says Adobe is Evil.
WRONG. I maintain that by selling in this manner (a Windows license for EVERY box, various "deals" subsidizing the cost of the PC) the industry status quo is enforced.
Dell and company don't want to rock the boat, their business depends on cheap Windows licenses, Microsoft will beat them down.
Symantec and company don't want to rock the boat, their shit depends on Windows, Microsoft will beat them down.
This is the key. The hardware vendors are getting paid to pre-install a bunch of software. How much do they get for that AOL icon on that first boot?
I put forth that Dell and company actually make more money from the pre-install junk then they do from the actual sale of the machine. This fits with the perception that the hardware vendors aren't really interested in meeting obvious consumer demands, such as OS-less machines.
Note, I specifically said CONSUMER. We ain't been customers for some time.;]
Wow, torn I am. As a poker player who no longer plays due to the legal situation, how do I feel about a lobbyist?
The same why I feel about the rest of them: Bad.
As much as I would like to restart playing online legally (yeah, I know I could do the offshore bank thing but not on my bankroll), a lobbyist is not the way I'd like to get it back.
Special interests are what got our government where it is today; unfortunately, I don't see a way out. Does anyone else? Argue with me, I need some hope!:)
Another affirm, I've seen this behavior for YEARS. Spammers will try ALL the MX's for a domain and not just because the primary "failed".
This used to work well for the spammers, as typically the secondary didn't the filtering functions of the primary (blacklist, spamassassin, etc.). Even worse, the secondary was usually whitelisted on the primary!
All in all, the "nolisted" is a luke warm idea that might work for a week or two and then the spammers catch up (if they notice at all).
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"A new administration will be in place in 18 months, and we'll see how much more change that brings."
That's what was said right before the last election. You do recall that "election", right?
Look for more shenanigans this time around. The current power mongers aren't going to go away quietly.
I have a Samsung as well, YP-1F if I recall correctly. The player had an issue with the ehci_hcd kernel module.
/proc/bus/usb/devices" would hang until the player was removed.
One symptom of my problem: with the player plugged in, a simple "cat
Try rmmod ehci_hcd as root and then see if the player is detected correctly.
Good Luck!
Heh.
I'm not saying oil should be regulated (Big Oil is very aware of what it needs to do).
However, the argument that "it's my pipe, I should be able to do what I want" is way too simplistic.
'When you control the pipe you should be able to get profit from your investment.'
When you control the phone lines, you should...er no. Regulated industry and for good historical reasons (antitrust).
When you control the electrical lines...er, no again. Hmmm
When you control the oil...NOW WE'RE TALKING!
*sigh*
Once again, BIND is associated with DNS and I'm not even past the third paragraph.
Zone transfers are not DNS-related, they are BIND-related! For that matter, the term ZONE is mainly a BIND thing!
Gah!
Comparing drive to drive, I agree with you; 15k wins.
However, the price point on 15k drives is such a comparison for a single drive vs multiple drives is reasonable. The basis is $$/GB, not drive A vs drive B.
Ask Google how they get their throughput on their terrabyte datasets. Hint: it's not due to 15k drives.
I have yet to find a system with Ubuntu as the base OS when starting from dell.com.
Until this is possible, Dell is just giving lip service.
I'll reserve judgment until I actually see the thing in the Dell online store. A blog an order point ain't.
Retailer has new product and it's not priced dirt bottom. That's news?
It would be silly to introduce a new version of a product and sell it for less than an existing product.
If it were me, I'd start with the price up a little bit for two reasons. 1, less complaining when the price goes down versus up (yes, someone will complain on a price drop!). 2, with a higher price I have a cushion in case these things start selling like hotcakes and the volume murders my margin as I burn resources to keep up.
SOP, nothing to see here.
Not only that, the average home user (read, non-IT) equates "Computer" with "Windows".
Many times I've gotten the blank stare when I mentioned there are other operating systems than MS-Windows and the followup question is often "What's an operating system?".
You have this backwards.
The Information Technology industry's problem is Microsoft is too big.
Go back and look at the rate of innovation in the 90's. Now look at the last eight years or so. Thinks were changing so fast in OS space and then *BAM*, stagnation.
Microsoft bullying their way to monopoly status has hurt IT advances more than anything else. Think where the industry would be if Microsoft had suceeded in ignoring/supressing the Internet as well.
"I think they're going for PHB appeal here. The idea is that you have one machine, one support contract, to one company, and that's the end of that. (In theory.)"
Yes, I agree. One place to point the finger, one vendor to blame is what the PHB sees.
In practice (yes, I work for a PHB that's high on IBM kool aid), IBM itself is split into various divisions and they like to point the finger at each other.
"Sounds like a hardware problem."
"No, that's a software problem."
I think IBM has some great talent working on these systems, unfortunately it takes the "I'm a big customer" card to get that talent applied to YOUR problem.
I like the pSeries stuff when I don't have to think about how much it costs.
Yeah, you can buy that one rack. It'll cost you a mil or so, but never mind that, you're worried about saving some kW.
Those racks need one BIG ASS plug for power, as in some serious AMPs. The one I saw was 4 inches in diameter and had "pins" that looked like pencils. When powered on, the rack was blowing air at 35 MPH, never mind the noise.
Pseries is great for large verticle apps, but for virtualization? No.
BUZZ.
You're speaking of Virtual I/O Server (VIOS). The point the marketing/sales folks like to forget is that those VIOS suck up CPU and add one (or two if redundancy is important [gee!]) more system to maintain.
Oh, and VIOS is really just a customized AIX with a severely bastardized command set, meaning admins have to have a VIO hat to put on.
VIOS offers some good features, but silver bullet it ain't.
Micropartitioning is too new for most folks to get their head around.
Nobody likes to talk about how much a Pseries solution COSTS.
I can buy a lot of commodity hardware and power it for $100,000. Let's just say a decent Pseries will be an order of magnitude more expensive for the initial purchase, never mind the annual support agreements.
"So what we as a society are saying is that it's okay for kids to see people..."
Incorrect. The body of law may seem to imply that, but certainly I as a parent don't. And I'm sure most of my fellow parents feel the same way.
Parents should be responsible for their children, not the government.
Or how about a CDROM in a USB IDE enclosure?
That's how I've been doing installs for years, why do I need a CDROM sitting idle in a server box?
"There are nefarious groups in the world that would like to see SCO win and put Linux back into obscurity. Ironically, this case has had exactly the opposite effect that they intended."
To people who have a clue and pay attention, I agree.
However, I have run into people, and I mean IT managers, directors, sysadmins, who honestly thought there was "legal problems" with that "Linux stuff".
There was damage done with this FUD and it has not gone completely away.
My guess would be even though Paypal never sends email to their customers, they would still end up paying out fraud for folks falling for the phish.
This would be the motivation for Paypal to seek a real fix, the phishing is hitting their bottom line and there's nothing they can directly change; they have to take a global direction.
I'm sure it will have great security; the issue will be who is benefited by that security? Recall the javascript support included in PDF, now exactly who was that for?
My mind says wait and see, my heart says Adobe is Evil.
WRONG. I maintain that by selling in this manner (a Windows license for EVERY box, various "deals" subsidizing the cost of the PC) the industry status quo is enforced.
Dell and company don't want to rock the boat, their business depends on cheap Windows licenses, Microsoft will beat them down.
Symantec and company don't want to rock the boat, their shit depends on Windows, Microsoft will beat them down.
Monoplies suck and this would be why.
This is the key. The hardware vendors are getting paid to pre-install a bunch of software. How much do they get for that AOL icon on that first boot?
;]
I put forth that Dell and company actually make more money from the pre-install junk then they do from the actual sale of the machine. This fits with the perception that the hardware vendors aren't really interested in meeting obvious consumer demands, such as OS-less machines.
Note, I specifically said CONSUMER. We ain't been customers for some time.
Good info, as this would be what *I* want.
Even boxes I've purchased from Linux vendors I reinstall from scratch.
I don't need an OS installed AT ALL and I don't want to pay a Windows tax. And yes, I'd expect a Windowless box to be a whee bit cheaper.
Wow, torn I am. As a poker player who no longer plays due to the legal situation, how do I feel about a lobbyist?
:)
The same why I feel about the rest of them: Bad.
As much as I would like to restart playing online legally (yeah, I know I could do the offshore bank thing but not on my bankroll), a lobbyist is not the way I'd like to get it back.
Special interests are what got our government where it is today; unfortunately, I don't see a way out. Does anyone else? Argue with me, I need some hope!
Another affirm, I've seen this behavior for YEARS. Spammers will try ALL the MX's for a domain and not just because the primary "failed".
This used to work well for the spammers, as typically the secondary didn't the filtering functions of the primary (blacklist, spamassassin, etc.). Even worse, the secondary was usually whitelisted on the primary!
All in all, the "nolisted" is a luke warm idea that might work for a week or two and then the spammers catch up (if they notice at all).