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Comment Partner Concerns... (Score 1) 1

by revcorrupt on Thursday September 08, 2016 @10:50AM (#52848007) Attached to: Dell buys EMC, How do you think this will affect you?

I work as an Implementation Engineer with a VAR (Value Added Reseller). This merger probably has the largest impact among partners and engineers. There are a few things I have concerns on.

1. Affecting customers. Dell/EMC has been very vocal on its commitment to reduce the impact to customers but I cannot see this merger not affect them in multiple ways. Especially reduction in choice. The fact is DELL/EMC will be playing much nicer with Dell servers, and maybe less-nice with IBM/HP/Oracle/etc.

2. Distribution channels must converge, as well as warehouse and wholesale sectors.

3. Convergence of support personnel will happen which will increase the burden on all of the installation technicians in the resulting company, as well as its partners.

4. Let’s face it, Dell/EMC will have to down-size to be economically stable in the future. Layoffs will happen just to make profit and pay-down the investors that have contributed to the buyout.

Comment Big Business or Web Tinkering? (Score 1) 405

by revcorrupt on Saturday November 28, 2009 @02:24PM (#30255734) Attached to: OpenSolaris Or FreeBSD?

This is going to be a difficult question that entirely depends on what you are planning to do.

If you plan to learn business based programs I would suggest OpenSolaris. It is more in line with big business than any *BSD will ever be. You will find that fortune 500 companies use Oracle, Symantec Veritas products (cluster service, Volume manager, NetBackup etc..), or require Solaris for other business applications. The only other major *nix flavors in big business is HP-UX, AIX, and Linux. For the most part HP-UX and AIX are going bye bye and being replaced by big Linux boxes.

On the other hand, if you like the Web and want to learn to program, Try out FreeBSD. It has a much more open structure and an open user base that is more than willing to help solve complex problems.

Hope this helps.

Forensic Analysis Reveals Al-Qaeda's Image Doctoring 285

Posted by Zonk on Friday August 03, 2007 @09:31AM from the they-really-like-their-macs-too dept.

WerewolfOfVulcan writes "Wired reports that researcher Neal Krawetz revealed some very interesting things about the Al-Qaeda images broadcast in the mass media. Analysis shows that they're heavily manipulated, a discussion meant to illustrate a new technique that can spot forgery in digital media. 'Krawetz was ... able to determine that the writing on the banner behind al-Zawahiri's head was added to the image afterward. In the second picture above showing the results of the error level analysis, the light clusters on the image indicate areas of the image that were added or changed. The subtitles and logos in the upper right and lower left corners ... were all added at the same time, while the banner writing was added at a different time, likely around the same time that al-Zawahiri was added, Krawetz says.'"

Journal Journal: Pentagon Agrees: al Qaeda Will Not Take Iraq If US Withdraws

Journal by cybermage on Friday August 03, 2007 @09:12AM

Pentagon war games confirm what was reported here two weeks ago: al Qaeda will not take over in Iraq if the U.S. leaves. This is in direct contradiction to Bush's claims to the contrary.

The Washington Post reports on the Pentagon's war gaming of such scenarios.

FCC to Develop 'Super V Chip' To Screen All Content 408

Posted by Zonk on Friday August 03, 2007 @08:49AM from the any-chance-we-could-stop-thinking-about-the-children-now dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Senate Commerce Committee has stepped in and approved a legislation asking the Federal Communications Commission to 'oversee the development of a super V-chip that could screen content on everything from cell phones to the Internet.' Since the content viewed by children is no longer restricted to TV or radio Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., the sponsor of the Child Safe Viewing Act, feels that the new law is necessary. 'The bill requires the FCC to review, within one year of enactment, technology that can help parents manage the vast volume of video and other content on television or the Internet. Under the 1996 Telecommunications Act, TV makers are required to embed the V-chip within televisions to allow parents to block content according to a rating system.'"

Comment Re:I'd much rather go to CanSecWest (Score 1) 27

by revcorrupt on Friday February 13, 2004 @06:23PM (#8274808) Attached to: Notacon: Because Your Brain Has A Right Side, Too

To plug a con is one thing, but to make rude comments against something you have not seen is another. It just shows your obvious lack of intelligence in the matter. Cansecwest is a good conference full of great speakers, however 1600$CAD (1,200 USA) is an extremely high price for most of us students of life. If you have a big corporation to sponsor your attendance to Cansecwest, go for it! However, I unfortunately do not have that luxury and neither do a lot of people currently working/struggling in the technology sector. As for the comment about art, well I enjoy the artistic side of technology. I find myself attracted to all forms of art from music to paintings. I believe that all good coders, hackers, radio enthusiasts, and the like are art oriented. I feel this way because technology is dependent on creativity. Without creativity and the "art" of life, you are stuck with something quite redundant and boring. Just my two cents.

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