Here is an insightful bit from this comment in this Slashdot discussion:
Someone I know went for a job interview with (I think) Vodafone. Their open-plan office was set out according to the OSI model — physical layer people at the end, application people at the other end, and everyone in order in between!
Talk about integration of technology and corporate culture…
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Quoting comment in Slashdot discussion:
The truth is both a blessing and a curse. It takes a lot of work to realize the truth and most people will not challenge themselves. Once you learn the truth, however, you are cursed with trying to explain it to others.
This clearly explains the high density of Open Source advocates, as well as many experiences of my own.
By the way - happy birthday, Open Source!
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Here is a funny quote from the comment on predictive text (think: T9) in the discussion about Android and mobile devices on Slashdot:
Predictive text helps a bit but sometimes it gets things so ducking wrong that I am sure the people who program it are a deliberately unhelpful bunch of ducking aunts.
Maybe I should adopt some sort of predictive text plugin for WordPress for those times when I feel like swearing…
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Here is a quote of an insightful comment from this Slashdot discussion:
IDC just released its predictions for 2008 with regards to data storage trends. Its research shows…
If you’ve ever been involved in an IDC, Gartner or whatever marketing discussion, you know that the “research” mainly consists of going from vendor to vendor (data storage vendors in this case) and asking what, in their wildest dreams, would the ideal demand curve look like. Then they charge for actually coming up with some supporting information to meet the vendors’ preferred conclusion, and release the whole thing to consumers in the hopes of stimulating some demand for the paying vendors. Very scientific.
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I came across this wonderful quote at Doc Searls blog:
I can tell you that there are two things nearly every congressperson does not understand. One is economics. The other is technology. Now proceed.
This explains so many flaming discussions at Slashdot …
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