Posts by coderguy 25 publicly visible posts • joined 21 Sep 2011
Dear $deity, In what universe does something like this cost £20m?
On the assumption, it'll be using an even slightly modern stack, it's maybe a months work for a single developer.
Add in testing and operational costs, and you're in the region of tens of thousands at most!
FFS, I've seen technical interview questions that would be harder to implement. This smells very much like a way to shift government funds into donor pockets and needs investigating. Maybe there's more to it? I am not in a place to comment.
Free in this context refers to the fact you are free to use and modify the code. Even to redistribute it. Just because you don't need a license, that doesn't absolve you of the responsibility to ensure it's fir for purpose. Just because the code is available, doesn't mean it should be used without support.
Stop thinking these projects are vendors, they're not, at best they are the caretakers of the codebase.
Treat any FOSS library as though it were commit from an unkown developer in Elbonia ™, that is trust. but verify.
"Is it the year of the Linux Desktop? No, totally not, and I say that as a Linux fan. It's not ready for your average end user at home, with no support other than google; It's so damned close though."
I'm curious, what support does a Windows end-user have that's so different to those using a Linux Desktop?
Other than Google, the Microsoft Community Forums where every second response is "It's probably a bad driver or Virus, you need to reinstall.
Then there are paid support options obviously, but these are not unique to Windows.
Bull.
If people are willing to pay, fill your boots.
The enforced deathmarch to desktop as a service, that MS seems to be so keen on, needs to die. In the end the computer is just a tool that I use to get stuff done (tm).
Almost everything just works, sadly the bits that don't seem to be the most notable. In my case, thats video conferencing with Webex. It simply does not play nice. For everything else, I can do my job just fine, but then I actually produce solutions instead of just talking about what 'could' be done.
The fact that Outhouse, Powerpoint and Excel don't play nice should be viewed as an advantage.
Sadly for Linux to be viable, those using the software need to realise there's no such thing as a free lunch and pony up for the feature they need. Use something like bountysource, kickstarter etc... or do it in-house I don't care. Waiting for the 'community' to build something that exactly matches their requirements is never going to happen. /rant.
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For a a long time Motorola made some great devices. The only problem was that they could only be bought in Asia. For example the A series of feature phones based on Linux. My particular favorite being the A780...
Anyway, these days, there devices have been ... what's the word? meh!. From my point of view, if the layoffs are affecting say managers instead of engineers, then it's a good start. Motorola have always made solid phones, just like the their walkie thumpies (communications devices that also function as a cosh ), long may this tradition continue. Samsung are better, thanks to Andriod, it'd be a shame to see the creator of the OS playing second fiddle to a reseller.
If an employer allows BYOD, how exactly does the employer handle data privacy and security. The way I see it, if personal data is transferred away from the company (in this case, a personally owned device that can potentially be seen by someone outside of the company), shouldn't data protection come into force. Including the large fines that were threatened after the CSA, and HMRC data losses?
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