http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/03/12/wave-your-bullshit-wand-with-me/ where we're going, we don't need roads... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:01:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1-alpha-10188 hourly 1 http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/03/12/wave-your-bullshit-wand-with-me/#comment-1526 Planet #LUGRadio Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/03/12/wave-your-bullshit-wand-with-me/#comment-1526 <!--%kramer-pre%-->Now The opensource community has got some quite good tools in most of these regards, however, none of them are ‘enterprise ready’ I never quite understood what that term meant, instead going for this quote However, ‘enterprise ready’ actually has a meaning, I think, diluted it might be because of marketing terms. Generally in a large organization you see the following scenario: “Only a few admins that might not always have the time and the capacity<!--%kramer-post%--> Now The opensource community has got some quite good tools in most of these regards, however, none of them are ‘enterprise ready’ I never quite understood what that term meant, instead going for this quote However, ‘enterprise ready’ actually has a meaning, I think, diluted it might be because of marketing terms. Generally in a large organization you see the following scenario: “Only a few admins that might not always have the time and the capacity

]]> http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/03/12/wave-your-bullshit-wand-with-me/#comment-1527 Trying to get things done Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/03/12/wave-your-bullshit-wand-with-me/#comment-1527 <!--%kramer-pre%-->Now The opensource community has got some quite good tools in most of these regards, however, none of them are ‘enterprise ready’ I never quite understood what that term meant, instead going for this quote However, ‘enterprise ready’ actually has a meaning, I think, diluted it might be because of marketing terms. Generally in a large organization you see the following scenario: “Only a few admins that might not always have the time and the capacity<!--%kramer-post%--> Now The opensource community has got some quite good tools in most of these regards, however, none of them are ‘enterprise ready’ I never quite understood what that term meant, instead going for this quote However, ‘enterprise ready’ actually has a meaning, I think, diluted it might be because of marketing terms. Generally in a large organization you see the following scenario: “Only a few admins that might not always have the time and the capacity

]]> http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/03/12/wave-your-bullshit-wand-with-me/#comment-1528 Planet GNOME Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/03/12/wave-your-bullshit-wand-with-me/#comment-1528 <!--%kramer-pre%--> After finding this gem through Matthias Clasen and Ryan Lortie, I realised that my Ready for the Enterprise series simply had to include negative reviews too: Things that are clearly not Ready for the Enterprise. Apparently, Arjan van de Ven has declared war on context switches and process wakeups in Red Hat<!--%kramer-post%--> After finding this gem through Matthias Clasen and Ryan Lortie, I realised that my Ready for the Enterprise series simply had to include negative reviews too: Things that are clearly not Ready for the Enterprise. Apparently, Arjan van de Ven has declared war on context switches and process wakeups in Red Hat

]]> http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/03/12/wave-your-bullshit-wand-with-me/#comment-1529 eighty-eight miles per hour » where we’re going, we don’t need roads… Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/03/12/wave-your-bullshit-wand-with-me/#comment-1529 <!--%kramer-pre%--> After finding this gem through Matthias Clasen and Ryan Lortie, I realised that my Ready for the Enterprise series simply had to include negative reviews too: Things that are clearly not Ready for the Enterprise. Apparently, Arjan van de Ven has declared war on context switches and process wakeups in Red Hat<!--%kramer-post%--> After finding this gem through Matthias Clasen and Ryan Lortie, I realised that my Ready for the Enterprise series simply had to include negative reviews too: Things that are clearly not Ready for the Enterprise. Apparently, Arjan van de Ven has declared war on context switches and process wakeups in Red Hat

]]> http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/03/12/wave-your-bullshit-wand-with-me/#comment-1530 Off the record Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/03/12/wave-your-bullshit-wand-with-me/#comment-1530 <!--%kramer-pre%-->Real are bringing WMV/WMA to Linux, legally. And Sun have announced more about Java's upcoming release to Open Source. Linux will "succeed" (not to say it isn't succeeding already, but be ready for "primetime" or "The Enterprise" when it is in a position where people can target their software to it, and want to do it. Each step helps. <!--%kramer-post%--> Real are bringing WMV/WMA to Linux, legally. And Sun have announced more about Java’s upcoming release to Open Source. Linux will “succeed” (not to say it isn’t succeeding already, but be ready for “primetime” or “The Enterprise” when it is in a position where people can target their software to it, and want to do it. Each step helps.

]]> http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/03/12/wave-your-bullshit-wand-with-me/#comment-1531 GNOME - SWiK Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/03/12/wave-your-bullshit-wand-with-me/#comment-1531 <!--%kramer-pre%--> [IMG alt] Couple other things trac needs: bug dependency handling (i.e., bug X blocks bug Y), more powerful querying, and dup handling that actually does dups. I was about to say ‘it isn’tenterprise ready‘, but I’ll hold off on that [IMG ;)]<!--%kramer-post%--> [IMG alt] Couple other things trac needs: bug dependency handling (i.e., bug X blocks bug Y), more powerful querying, and dup handling that actually does dups. I was about to say ‘it isn’tenterprise ready‘, but I’ll hold off on that [IMG ;)]

]]> http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/03/12/wave-your-bullshit-wand-with-me/#comment-1532 adamw's very own blog - syndicated Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/03/12/wave-your-bullshit-wand-with-me/#comment-1532 <!--%kramer-pre%-->I liked something Jeff Waugh had to say yesterday: When someone says “not ready for the enterprise” (or similar context- and content-free assertions), what they actually mean is: “They never had to deal with this shit in Star Trek!” Postedhere<!--%kramer-post%--> I liked something Jeff Waugh had to say yesterday: When someone says “not ready for the enterprise” (or similar context- and content-free assertions), what they actually mean is: “They never had to deal with this shit in Star Trek!” Postedhere

]]> http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/03/12/wave-your-bullshit-wand-with-me/#comment-1533 Tadas blog Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/03/12/wave-your-bullshit-wand-with-me/#comment-1533 <!--%kramer-pre%--> 1. Time sucks 2. Insufficient RAM sucks 3. Server which is offline for over two or smth months sucks 4. Commercial software sucks hard In other news:excellent definition for ‘enterprise ready’<!--%kramer-post%--> 1. Time sucks 2. Insufficient RAM sucks 3. Server which is offline for over two or smth months sucks 4. Commercial software sucks hard In other news:excellent definition for ‘enterprise ready’

]]> http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/03/12/wave-your-bullshit-wand-with-me/#comment-1534 Xfce Diary Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/03/12/wave-your-bullshit-wand-with-me/#comment-1534 <!--%kramer-pre%--> Most probably thebest definition of enterprise-readiness I've ever read.<!--%kramer-post%--> Most probably thebest definition of enterprise-readiness I’ve ever read.

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