Funnily enough, the rest of the world are NOT out of jobs.
I've traveled extensively through europe, asia AND the US. I live in Australia. For all the "tipping" that happens in the US, it does not have better customer service than anywhere else in the world.
the artificial restrictions on root (hey - it's MY computer, not yours)
What the hell are you talking about. This isn't windows, you don't have to and shouldn't be using the root account for day to day activities, but when you need it "sudo -s" gets you a nice little root shell and off you go. And if you really really want to login as root, it takes seconds to turn that on. Not having root enabled by default encourages people to use standard accounts and that's a good thing. If you don't like it, stop whining and change it to work the way you want to.
Unlike you, I'm totally at ease working with root privileges. I'm not worried about accidentally removing a partition, etc. Sometimes, it's just darned convenient to have a root session going in a terminal, so I can tail the last few entries in a log file, ifconfig to see my external ip, and chown a few files from my own account to www|nobody (all of which I've done in the last 24 hours).
Congratulations, you've just discovered a piece of software that isn't designed for you. Yet you seem to have given a very emotional response for a piece of software that you don't even use. Why is that?
Let's see. AutoCad isn't designed for me. But you'd think I was an idiot if I went on about its stupid name choice (you know what a Cad is, don't you?), and its fugly (engineering) colour scheme.
People should both be aware of the existence of root, and be able to use it when needed on their machines. Knowledge is not a bad thing.
Umm... you've just described the use of sudo.
I did argue against your main point. You were saying that off shoring saves costs and that is obvious.
You say main point as if I made more than one. So... you're saying that my point (that of the cost savings) is obvious, yet you argued against it? Your paragraph is nonsensical at best, and obstinate at worst.
What is not obvious is that it actually increased performance.
Uhhh.. I think both the Slashdot summary and the linked-to article made the performance increase rather obvious. So much so, that all the posts prior to mine were discussing the performance aspect of the switch to Linux/Solaris.
That was the news. That may not be just due to off shoring and at least in this case seems to be due to architectural differences and the ability to modify Linux kernel and user space (and lack of a
No, the news was primarily about the cost savings. I know this because it was mentioned first in the summary. Eg:
"The switch is a pretty savage indictment of the costs of a complex
I never commented on the performance increase because that was already well covered by numerous other posts. However the cost savings, and indeed the fact that it was offshored, seemed to be ignored, hence my post.
I suggest, rather than criticizing my spelling (in my earlier post), you might be better served spending your time focusing on your logical argument.
Huh? How is this a troll? Can somebody please explain it to me?
I love the fact that they moved to a Linux/Solaris platform. But the fact is, however, that for less money than employing expensive consultants, they can employ 300-400 developers in Sri Lanka to make a better product.
Linux (and open source in general) has nothing to do with this (one) aspect of the cost savings.
Oh, I agree completely. I never mentioned any of the other advantages, because they're being well covered by other posts (performance, etc). I *like* the fact that they moved to a Linux/Solaris solution. It tickles me pink.
It's just that the Slashdot community seems to be giving themselves collective pats on the back and high-fives aplenty, and having open source take credit for *everything* in this story.
The fact is, however, that for less money than employing expensive consultants, they can employ 300-400 developers in Sri Lanka to make a better product.
Linux (and open source in general) has nothing to do with this aspect of the cost savings.
Ah you got me. That's what I get for juggling family and trying to get out the door for work in the morning.
Interesting that you didn't actually argue against my point, though
Newsflash! Ditching a custom Accenture solution for an offshore offering from Sri Lanka cuts costs! News at 11.
Look guys, I'm a Microsoft basher along with the best of them (I'm a Solaris administrator), but it seems to me like most of this cost savings is delivered by offshoring and ditching a major systems integrator.
(Discloser: I also used to work for Accenture).
That means Apple owns all logos that are apple shaped?
No, just the ones in the consumer electronics and music categories. And also just the ones with a reasonable likeness to theirs.
If they have to sue Woolworths then they also have to sue Taco Bell
But Taco Bell haven't submitted a their trademark in the consumer electronic products and services category. Woolworths HAVE, positioning themselves as a competitor to Apple which is why Apple raised an objection to the trademark.
The latter is a drug addled fantasy as a purchase price of two billion plus dollars is generally reserved for high performing or very high potential companies, not for startups with a paper profit, a few million in cash flow, and heavy obligations.
Tell that to myspace, youtube, et al.
As for Tesla, a potentially disruptive company to a 100 year old industry, with a nice patent portfolio in an area that will clearly be around for the next 50 years; now that's a "high potential" company.
Honestly, this country is so big...there is plenty going on here to keep me occupied just trying to keep up with it. Unlike the EU, where you're countries are small and close togetherm we are not used to interacting or driving easily to another country. If you don't get that kind of exposure growing up, you really do kind of live in an isolated world. I rarely hear much going on outside the US, and I've never really had much need to do so.
This has nothing to do with geography. Australia is even more isolated that the US and also has no exposure to "driving easily to another country" yet Aussies are one of the more well-traveled people in the world. At least US citizens *can* drive to Mexico or Canada.
I suspect it has more to do with a culture of fear and oppression. You are not encouraged to explore the world... you are taught to fear it and you had better stay at home and be a good little consumer.
Do you really think the medical industry wants to work without reaping the rewards for their hard labor? We're not talking about a non-profit religion. We are talking about JOBS. When you remove the incentive to work hard, people often cut back on the quality of their services or jump ship to another career all together.
Unless you plan on holding a gun to a doctors head and enslaving them to indentured servitude, it's not going to be better than a privatized system either. Even then, I still wouldn't trust the system.
And yet, the life expectancy in a socialized healthcare system (say, Australia's at 81.4 years) can exceed that of your treasured privatized system (say, the US' at 78.1 years).
It was a nice theory, though.
Living on Earth may be expensive, but it includes an annual free trip around the Sun.
