Offcourse "people time" is expensive. That is exactly why i replace Windows software with OSS alternatives every chance i get. Most software for windows, "Enterprise" or not, can be installed with you having one hand under your chin and the other clicking next.The problem is that when you are done. All of your data is held hostage in closed formats, You haven't got a clue as to have the software works, And you have to blindly babysit those flaky windows apps around the clock.
Every time i have replaced Apps on Windows servers with OSS alternatives, the Implementation time has been higher, but afterwards there are a lot fewer problems and having send the time to manually set the applikation up you know how it works. Furthermore the OSS apps are generally of a better qualuty.
I think its "fools gold" to save time installing all that "easy" microsoft software. Because it is only in implemantation the time consumption is lower. maintaining it is biggest cost in the run of an apps lifecycle.
For an example look at the time needed to move SQL server + db's and Exchange server users + mail if has all been integrated in to AD... talk about people cost
A lot of our customers have been convinced to run vmware ESX for their servers, our (GIS) apps are very cpu/IO intensive and perform really lousy on vmware.
At our own network we run el-cheapo "vmware server" This also perform very badly, and i cant see it really doing anything other than light loads.
And why is vmware so paranoid about performance ratings? I mean they are REALLY ANAL about it see this for example:
http://r.vresp.com/?XenSource/374d47d120/874970/eb 5243d7c7/076d584
look at all the "[REDACTED]" things.... WTF?!
Furthermore wee have had a lot of problems getting the virtual (windows) machines to keep correct time, seems to be related to smp on the host.
1. join Vista ultimate to domain 2. Logon as ordinary user 3 Delete ANY file on the harddrive (tested the hosts file among others) 4 press OK a couple of times and.... puf it is gone!!
Can this be right?! If so, this is the security model of win9x... still a single user system!
I am really looking forward to the next release of kde.
Got one gripe though:
dynamically generated menus is a really STUPID idea.
I have never really understood the idea "now you see it, noe you don't" wtf is the point of that. I want to know where the menu points are.
imagine doing support on dynamically created program groups !!?? "eerhh... which applications do you use the most ??"
Microsoft pioneered this bullshit with office, and i can imagine a developer getting all worked up with dicking around with the algorithms to generate those menus.
Maybe if people only ever used the one desktop it would be great but people have to use: their own PC, their laptop, the pc at work and maybe others.
menus with the entrys at a fixed position mekes a lot more sense.
exsqeeze my english
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Offcourse "people time" is expensive. That is exactly why i replace Windows software with OSS alternatives every chance i get. Most software for windows, "Enterprise" or not, can be installed with you having one hand under your chin and the other clicking next.The problem is that when you are done. All of your data is held hostage in closed formats, You haven't got a clue as to have the software works, And you have to blindly babysit those flaky windows apps around the clock. Every time i have replaced Apps on Windows servers with OSS alternatives, the Implementation time has been higher, but afterwards there are a lot fewer problems and having send the time to manually set the applikation up you know how it works. Furthermore the OSS apps are generally of a better qualuty. I think its "fools gold" to save time installing all that "easy" microsoft software. Because it is only in implemantation the time consumption is lower. maintaining it is biggest cost in the run of an apps lifecycle. For an example look at the time needed to move SQL server + db's and Exchange server users + mail if has all been integrated in to AD... talk about people cost
A lot of our customers have been convinced to run vmware ESX for their servers, our (GIS) apps are very cpu/IO intensive and perform really lousy on vmware. At our own network we run el-cheapo "vmware server" This also perform very badly, and i cant see it really doing anything other than light loads. And why is vmware so paranoid about performance ratings? I mean they are REALLY ANAL about it see this for example: http://r.vresp.com/?XenSource/374d47d120/874970/eb 5243d7c7/076d584
look at all the "[REDACTED]" things.... WTF?!
Furthermore wee have had a lot of problems getting the virtual (windows) machines to keep correct time, seems to be related to smp on the host.
Another hole ???
Just tested UAC today:
1. join Vista ultimate to domain
2. Logon as ordinary user
3 Delete ANY file on the harddrive (tested the hosts file among others)
4 press OK a couple of times and.... puf it is gone!!
Can this be right?! If so, this is the security model of win9x... still a single user system!
I am really looking forward to the next release of kde. Got one gripe though: dynamically generated menus is a really STUPID idea. I have never really understood the idea "now you see it, noe you don't" wtf is the point of that. I want to know where the menu points are. imagine doing support on dynamically created program groups !!?? "eerhh... which applications do you use the most ??" Microsoft pioneered this bullshit with office, and i can imagine a developer getting all worked up with dicking around with the algorithms to generate those menus. Maybe if people only ever used the one desktop it would be great but people have to use: their own PC, their laptop, the pc at work and maybe others. menus with the entrys at a fixed position mekes a lot more sense. exsqeeze my english
whops you forgot the % ;-)
(havent actually cheked if it occurs more then once, just trying to be a smartass)
heer, heer never understood the "icons and menus magically appearing" idea