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Comment Re:That's funny (Score 1) 182

You get atrocious IO if you don't read the docs. Otherwise you would have read the HUGE WARNING that says using anything other than the `virtio` drivers will provide poor(their word not mine) IO performance.

It's almost like the docs of something you administer are worth reading, eh?

Comment Re: Doesn't make sense (Score 1) 182

If your production assets are directly tied to revenue, is there a sane reason you don't employ one or more administrators that exceed the level of expertise available from RHEL support? EG: Hire an RHCSA, RHCE, or ideally an RHCSS or RHCSA

Those individuals will dwarf the usefulness of support since (a) They encompass 100% of the knowledge any "support engineer" will possess, and (b) they are familiar with the production assets and workflows that need support.

Just my 2 cents.

Comment Re:nowadays (Score 1) 259

Due diligence would mean vetting the seller you intend to transmit money to.

There isn't any reversal for a moneygram or western union to a John Doe either.

Why don't you go code a bitcoin knockoff (feathercoin and litecoin come to mind) that embodies what you feel is important? Otherwise all you do is harm bitcoin with this type of sentiment.

Comment Re:Fine with me (Score 1) 274

You make a great point... but it just doesn't work that way. At least not where I work now, or the previous places.

Pointy haired bosses get comfortable when things "just work", even if they "just work" inefficiently and create additional maintenance/bugs/breaches. Even when it comes time to "true up" and pay the ludicrous MS taxes, they justify it and you end up supporting it. Each time I found out my superiors have picked "just one more product, we promise" that runs on windows, I die a little inside and fantasize about a new job.

It's sad, wasteful, and altogether ignorant - yet it continues. I think I'm burnt out.

Comment Glass is GREAT for business use (Score 1) 331

Didn't see a business comment yet, why isn't this being pointed out?

Warehouse workers look at pallets of material, glass scans the barcode and overlays exactly what product type, quantity, and the status(pulled, sold, received, other) is. I know a lot of people think of this as something to record video for fun and other non-commercial tasks...but - this will be fantastic for commercial applications.

Current vendors charge an arm and a leg for any type of HUD tech, and usually insist they do the application development for you for their closed systems. With Glass we get to use a web API to develop our own applications - this is very appealing to myself and people in my industry(inventory management, warehousing).

The downside...I predict many forklift races with POV videos =P

Comment Give a pro partner a interest in the profit (Score 3) 212

Give an experienced marketing partner and interest in the net profit. That way you aren't losing any more cash than you generate. If your product is viable, there should be no shortages of these types of people.

Look at your friends first, do you have anyone in marketing? Do you know anyone who has succesfully self-promoted a mobile app or web service? You might know the right person already, or at least know someone who can point you to that person.

Shop your idea around, and make sure you get an NDA to prevent someone stealing your concept.

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