Posts by RICHTO

No increase in droughts since 1950, say boffins

Re: So IPCC model *simplistic* rather than simple.

I got 4-7 degrees C from this weeks New Scientist magazine. Who I would consider a very credible and balanced / peer reviewed source.

Re: Can someone help me here?

Erm - how about more evaporation from the land means that soil dries out quicker?

Re: So IPCC model *simplistic* rather than simple.

Rather misleading to not also mention that the key effects such as Ice sheet melting, sea water rise and temperature rise have been under estimated. For instance we are now on target for a 4-7 degree rise by 2100 rather than the 2 degrees that was previously declared as 'must be avoided at all costs'.

The northern part of the Greenland ice sheet may be “very vulnerable to a warming climate,” and this could produce up to seven metres of sea level rise:

http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674greenlands_ice_sheet_headed_towards_extreme_melt-down_scientists/

Bye Bye Florida and East Anglia is one small consolation I guess.

Survey: Win8 only HALF as popular as Win7 among IT bosses

Re: The iPad isn't popular with business either

Are you sure it is Corporate IT that is out of touch? My vote says it is the beardy wierdys here who actually think Linux is a realistic replacement for Windows who are out of touch...

Re: Tad worrying for Microsoft, methinks.

a) The vast majority of businesses that are not tiny pay for software assurance so there would be no additional licensing costs, b) Windows 8 will run the vast majority of software that Windows 7 does, c) Windows 8 also has no additional hardware requirements in general over Windows 7, and d) Windows 8 is the easiest to use and learn version of Windows ever.

Re: Credibility?

Dont forget this is a survey of businesses. Android is a joke for business use - insecure, fragmented and vulnerable to malware.

Re: Be happy with Office 2010...

Its a lot more useable and enterprise ready than Google Docs is!

Re: and win7 and assoc apps are ??

The newer versions of Office have customisable menus - and in most cases it is now faster to get to commonly used options. If it isnt for you, then tweak the menus to suit your needs. It isnt hard...

Nice to hear that you refuse to buy any Apple products...

At least as a paperwork generator, you are probably already used to getting RSI in your job if you were a previously a UNIX admin...

Ubuntu? I think even MeGo has more users than that does....Microsoft have actually made a very astute play that touch and gesture will be the future of computing - and I think they might well be right!

Bring back the 20th Century you mean?

Re: childish tiles on Windows Server 2012

Just to mention - Windows Server has been able to run without a GUI since Server 2008....

Re: I for one

An obvious reason to migrate to Windows 8 would be that they havnt started migrating to Windows 7 yet. Windows 8 has lots of new enterprise functionality, is simpler to learn and use and will have a lower TCO.

Seeing as it was only recently released and business are naturally cautious - it's hardly surprising that the plans to migrate are lower for Windows 8....

Greenpeace, unions attack 'secret UN plans to seize the INTERNETS'

Re: ITU is a real threat

The safe way to do it is give it the the UN. Nothing happens at the UN without pretty much everyone agreeing to it. This does have the disadvantage that sometimes things don't happen - for instance terrorist states like Israel don't have the action taken against them that they should have - but then in the case of the internet no change is likely for the best unless everyone agrees to it. The first thing needed is to get the role of ICANN out of US hands...

Re: Whats the problem???

"First, the internet has existed and got along just fine without any additional regulations or infringments or censorship. If it's not broke, then it doesn't need fixed".

It is broken, it is being censored, and it does need fixing: http://www.2600.com/news/view/article/1553

http://www.itproportal.com/2011/02/02/row-looms-us-seizes-spanish-superbowl-site/

The USA imposes its views globally regardless of local laws where websites might be located. This needs fixing ASAP.

Paying for Windows Server 2012: Worse than using it?

Yes I am allowing for CALs at about $30 each.

SUSE dual core server is $6000 over 5 years including enterprise support.

Windows Standard Server 2012 is $880 @ list and support is 20% per year - so over 5 years the total license and support cost is about $1,760

So taking the case of an SME financial organisation i recently worked for - they had about 300 users and ~ 100 servers.

So $9000 more in CALs, but $424,000 more in licensing and support to move to SUSE...

What do they need to 'Sort Out'? - it works fine here.

If you can use Open Office then good luck to you, but it's not a credible option for most people working in the real world...

Re: Microsoft...

(It will activate again on the same hardware with no issues. Plus you get 60 days before you have to activate it)

Re: Microsoft...

Not true. If you need to reactivate on new hardware you can phone them. And this is only relevant for the smallest of companies that buy individual shrink wrapped licences. Comanies with an ELA would have an activation key that can be used more than once - and are required to 'true up' to actual use once a year.

Re: 2012 licensing - not as easy as Linux

That is at least true - with Linux you just have to sign one really big cheque each year...A larger one than for the equivalent Windows server + support in most cases:

https://www.redhat.com/apps/store/server/

Re: SQL Server

Oracle RAC starts at $100K per CPU without extra options!

If you dont want per CPU SQL server licensing then you can buy CALs instead...CPU licensing is for unlimited users which is why it is expensive

You might want to start learning. Many companies are starting to have real concerns about putting OSs with very high vulnerability counts like Enteprise Linux distributions in potentially exposed roles.

Re: Microsoft...

It's still an order of magnitue cheaper than Oracle.

If you want to go free like MySQL, etc, you get an order of magnitude more pain and many times more security vulnerabilities instead. It all depends on need versus budget....

Re: Microsoft...

Microsoft server licensing + support is still significantly cheaper than licensing an enterprise Linux distribution like Suse or Redhat for an equivalent server OS...

Re: Microsoft...

Per processor SQL licensing is expensive - and is only normally used if you have loads of clients. Usually CAL based licensing is cheaper.

Re: Microsoft...

The equivalent of 'SBS Essentials' is 'Server 2012 Essentials'. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-server-essentials/default.aspx - Exchange is no longer included in the base product license so that those that move to the cloud will not pay for something that they don't require.

If you have Software Assurance on Windows SBS 2011 Standard, you will receive one Windows Server 2012 Standard license and one Exchange Server 2010 Standard license as your free ungrade entitlement.

Sony surges past 70 million PlayStation 3 sales

Shame you can no longer use a PS3 as a media player thanks to Cinavia....

Re: But hang on..

Xboxes replaced under the 3 year warranty replacement program were not counted as sales....

Re: But hang on..

PS3 has a much higher piracy rate and the Xbox has a much higher attach rate than the PS3 (games sold per console)

The PS3 piracy problem is because the Xbox requires tricky hardware mods whereas the PS3 can be completely hacked via software only. And the Xbox OS itself is unhacked, so you cant use hacked boxes on Xbox Live, etc. whereas you can use hacked PS3s on PSN and can cheat - which is a large reason why PSN sucks in comparison.

Plus Microsoft make loads more off Xbox Live (40 million active subscribers) than Sony do from PSN. Plus it costs Sony more to sell each console.

Re: I want a

Reaching the same total 2 months afterwards is not having "caught up" though is it. Sony are still third.

English Defence League website 'defaced, pwned' by hacktivists

Linux = Insecure.

It runs Apache on Linux? Might as well have put out a welcome mat....

Even a CHILD can make a Trojan to pillage Windows Phone 8

Re: Common problem of App-Stores

Select packages for you - so that would be selecting like Google, Apple and Microsoft then (with various levels of control)

Use multiple Respositories - like unlocking an Android handset you mean?

So basically they do it exactly the same, except they seem to be better at blocking crapware than Google...

Quite - unless he has bypassed application signing and the App Store completely then it's a non event.

VMware wants to play 'Server Tetris' in your data centre

The twitches of a slowly dying animal. Hyper-V is going to take a large chunk of the market away from them...

Hacker sentenced to six years – WITH NO INTERNET

I don't think so - that would involve consideration of human rights. The yanks don't go a bunch on that sort of stuff. Shoot first, ask questions later is the general approach...

The GPL self-destruct mechanism that is killing Linux

Re: Thanks, this makes me wonder...

Post controversial crap that generates lots of clicks. The jobs yours...

Re: @Pete : Divide and conquer

How about playing back a Blu Ray movie under Linux then? Good luck with that one without lots of screwing around.

The easiest way is to run up a Windows VM.....

I think you are a bit deluded there. Microsoft own over 90% of the desktop market and circa 50% of the server market by hardware revenue. Versus about 1% and 20% respectively for Linux.

And Microsoft's server market share is still growing (at the expense of UNIX).

Microsoft Surface Touch keyboards self-destruct – and more

And they need twice the CPU power to perform like the eqivalent Windows device....

Re: In the US

Microsoft UK Store is a website. And it seems to be completely non compliant with the DSR requirements. So I guess under UK law you get 6 months and a day to return anything you dont like under the DSR rather than the standard 7 days....As they seem to be based out of Ireland make sure you use a credit card if you shop there and want to be able to require them to comply with UK laws....

Re: On fire?

Well you are mistaken if you think that setting fire to your Nexus will kill off all the Malware on Android....

Will Santa be working overtime to shift Win 8 kit? No. Yes! Maybe

Re: Oh dear

Firstly Linux is not free compared to Windows unless your time is of no value.

Secondly anyone that uses standard Enteprrise distributions of Linux such as SUSE, Redhat, etc, will be paying licensing fees for support that cost far more than the equivalent Windows server version + support. Plus these reports discuss hardware revenue by OS - not just OS revenue.

Thirdly - what has Linux to do with it anyway? - I stated that Windows Server was growing market share at the expense of UNIX. Which is demonstrably correct for at least the last decade.

I would expect with the major web server fixes in Server 2012 (for instance how it handles high numbers of SSL certs) that will start to take chunks out of the Linux web server market too, by all those hosters fed up with being constantly hacked and defaced on Linux...

Re: Oh dear

Nice selective quote. Shame for you it doesnt represent the long term or reality:

http://blogs.computerworld.com/16263/windows_widens_lead_over_linux_in_the_server_market

http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS22998411

http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS23665812

http://www.serverwatch.com/server-news/idc-worldwide-server-revenues-sluggish-but-still-up.html

http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS23347812

Re: Have you heard the rumours yet?

Well you can bet that it was a superior choice to a 'Gnome' based desktop or he wouldnt have accepted it. Father Christmas is after all in a good position to know.....

Re: Oh dear

Well all those old timers with outdated skills have to do something now that the UNIX boxes they managed for years are being replaced in most places by Windows Servers.

There will always be a cheapskate market section that would rather go through lots of pain and have a higher run admin cost, have ten times the security vulnerabilities to evaluate / patch, etc. than pay for a Windows licencing fee...so the single digit Linux market share will likely see them into retirement...

You know who else hates Windows 8? Hackers

Re: Optional

Just install native Hyper-V to run it all on. No need for Windows as the underlying OS.

Re: Secure Boot

Correct - Secure Boot will completely stop the machine booting a compromised OS. At which point you can boot into System Recovery and replace the compromised files.

What the problem? Seems like a great solution to me.

Egypt takes hard line on internet pr0n, calls for total ban

Re: Suppress natural instincts

Sounds like Muslims in general, not specific to Egypt. They do after all believe in the teachings of a pedophile who invented his own religeon by copying bits of Christianity while shacking up with a 9 year old girl....

Nokia Lumia 920 Windows Phone 8 handset review

Re: Nokia is not Serious about Apps Development, Dooming Windows Phone 8

Yes but everyone knows Nokias own platforms are dead. I am surprised they still have a developer marketing budget for them.

The Windows 8 platofrm will be massive and will have something like 500 milion target devices in a year or two. No developer with any sense will miss that - you will within reason just be able to change a few Visual Studio settings to target multiple Windows 8 platofrm formats - that's a major selling point for application vendors.

Then lets not forget that Microsoft's mobile OSs have a couple of orders of magnitude lower vulnerability counts than IOS and Android - so it is likely that Microsofts walled garden will remain relatively secure - and piracy losses will be lower.

That will come - exclusivity is only until Christmas.

I called Orange about an upgrade to the 920 (works out cheaper than via EE), and they said they are swamped with people asking about these handsets and that the first batch received will likely sell out immediately...

Storage upstart Huawei snatches NFS filer crown

Wonder how much faster it will be once they add SMB V3 support?