Been running Quickbooks for 10 yrs+ & have a client that has 2Gb file with 15+ workstations on Premier without any major issues
Suggest Mr Jack Wallon sticks with Linux and its accounting systems ? and take his foot out of his mouth !
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Being stuck with it doesn't mean it's the greatest piece of software ever. There's simply no where else to go.
Businesses need and rely on their accounting software; QB just happens to be "good enough". But, if there were another (viable) option, I assure you, many people would take it - gladly.
Any time a business has the market "sewn up", as Intuit does, that business becomes lazy. Lazy begets more lazy. Lazy then begets QB.
Litmus: What would Steve Jobs do with QB? If the answer to this question is not "nothing" then there is work left to do. SJ would never let QB roll out of his shop in its current state.
As I am happy that you are having success with it, you must understand that there are those who have had (or having) horror stories.
And 2GB to store 10+ years of (essentially) storing ASCII text - wow, that's a lotta text. Some odd (software design) decisions have been made to cause that file size. What else is being stored in there besides numbers? A few questions after a software design peer-review would probably render a great number of improvements.
Businesses need and rely on their accounting software; QB just happens to be "good enough". But, if there were another (viable) option, I assure you, many people would take it - gladly.
Any time a business has the market "sewn up", as Intuit does, that business becomes lazy. Lazy begets more lazy. Lazy then begets QB.
Litmus: What would Steve Jobs do with QB? If the answer to this question is not "nothing" then there is work left to do. SJ would never let QB roll out of his shop in its current state.
As I am happy that you are having success with it, you must understand that there are those who have had (or having) horror stories.
And 2GB to store 10+ years of (essentially) storing ASCII text - wow, that's a lotta text. Some odd (software design) decisions have been made to cause that file size. What else is being stored in there besides numbers? A few questions after a software design peer-review would probably render a great number of improvements.
I haven't used some of the programs and technologies mentioned, but will comment on those wth which I am familiar:
4. Flash -- can't wait for HTML5 to render in unnecessary; it's updated so frequently that NOBODY can keep up with what's the latest version.
6. Web Browsers -- it would really be nice if you could count on seeing a page IDENTICALLY on all browsers, but alas that's not to be, and some sites require the use of particular browsers (a pox on them!)
7. Outlook -- while not my favorite program, I use it daily and it does work fine 99.9% of the time- though it has quirks; one that was just fixed was the Print dialaog (it only took until Office 2010 to get that right!)
8. Predictive typing of ANY kind including MS's love of capitalizing the first letter in each line whether it should be or not is a true nuisance.
9. Consumer Anti-Virus programs -- a necessary evil and everyone has their own take on which ones are great and which to avoid.
10. Desktop multi-touch -- hell, I have problems with it on my phone,
on a desktop, NO WAY!
DRM -- never a good thing and often badly implemented (remember the Sony rootkit?) More reasonable licensing & pricing is needed instead.
JAVA -- dueling versions can indeed be a pain. We've had different versions for different apps and survived, but mainly because the one
had it's own copy that it automatically pointed to; got to be a better solution.
Voice Recognition -- Always going to be the next thing and always a bit quirky, though improving; but, it staill requires extensive training of the program. In a similar vein is Handwriting recognition -- almost as bad.
Touch Pads -- on laptops, not my favorite way, though I can manage; on my laptop, I have a mouse connected so that I don't have to deal with it. They're at least better than the little "eraser heads" in the middle of the keyboard that were prevalent on some PCs.
PDFs -- I don't have a huge problem with them overall; Adobe reader can be replaced by a slimmer free reader (e.g. Foxit or Sumatra). What I'm not fond of is PDFs of PowerPoint presentations -- a double level of complication (which some instructors are fond of using).
Anything MS -- While I'm not a huge MS fan and will use IE only when I must and use LibreOffice/OpenOffice instead of MS Office (it has
sufficient compatability that I've never had a problem and in fact OO/LO can read files that MS Office has declared "corrupt"!)
Well, that's my .02 worth anyway.
4. Flash -- can't wait for HTML5 to render in unnecessary; it's updated so frequently that NOBODY can keep up with what's the latest version.
6. Web Browsers -- it would really be nice if you could count on seeing a page IDENTICALLY on all browsers, but alas that's not to be, and some sites require the use of particular browsers (a pox on them!)
7. Outlook -- while not my favorite program, I use it daily and it does work fine 99.9% of the time- though it has quirks; one that was just fixed was the Print dialaog (it only took until Office 2010 to get that right!)
8. Predictive typing of ANY kind including MS's love of capitalizing the first letter in each line whether it should be or not is a true nuisance.
9. Consumer Anti-Virus programs -- a necessary evil and everyone has their own take on which ones are great and which to avoid.
10. Desktop multi-touch -- hell, I have problems with it on my phone,
on a desktop, NO WAY!
DRM -- never a good thing and often badly implemented (remember the Sony rootkit?) More reasonable licensing & pricing is needed instead.
JAVA -- dueling versions can indeed be a pain. We've had different versions for different apps and survived, but mainly because the one
had it's own copy that it automatically pointed to; got to be a better solution.
Voice Recognition -- Always going to be the next thing and always a bit quirky, though improving; but, it staill requires extensive training of the program. In a similar vein is Handwriting recognition -- almost as bad.
Touch Pads -- on laptops, not my favorite way, though I can manage; on my laptop, I have a mouse connected so that I don't have to deal with it. They're at least better than the little "eraser heads" in the middle of the keyboard that were prevalent on some PCs.
PDFs -- I don't have a huge problem with them overall; Adobe reader can be replaced by a slimmer free reader (e.g. Foxit or Sumatra). What I'm not fond of is PDFs of PowerPoint presentations -- a double level of complication (which some instructors are fond of using).
Anything MS -- While I'm not a huge MS fan and will use IE only when I must and use LibreOffice/OpenOffice instead of MS Office (it has
sufficient compatability that I've never had a problem and in fact OO/LO can read files that MS Office has declared "corrupt"!)
Well, that's my .02 worth anyway.
Is it just me or is XP becoming very user unfriendly and no longer plays nicely with programs that used to work just 6 or even three months ago?
Is Microsoft using the alleged Apple trick of crippling devices via "updates" and "patches" so you get absolutely p*****-off and go to Win7?
SIGH!
Is Microsoft using the alleged Apple trick of crippling devices via "updates" and "patches" so you get absolutely p*****-off and go to Win7?
SIGH!
How in this world did iTunes for windows not make this list?!?!? 100% CPU to copy files to an iphone or to download a file, that's a bit ridiculous. It takes 5 min to rip one song from a CD when it takes 30sec to a min in windows media player. and the way when you do add your own songs and you have to get album artwork and info for every individual song (and you can forget me rebuying 200$ worth of music from itunes). And i could go on but I won't
I use XP in VMware Fusion simply to run QuickBooks which I bought back in 2003 when accounting software wasn't written to self destruct after 12 months. I never upgraded it so I have no yearly maintenance fee, just the one off purchase - it worked back then and it works fine now. But the revelation for me was disabling the network connection in the VM. Performance is dramatically better because QuickBooks and XP never try to call home, there's no connection to the Internet so I never need to install any Windows updates either. I can still print to the Macintosh shared printer and I can drag PDF invoices to my Apple Mail. It works faultlessly and since I am never going to change anything, I can't see why it shouldn't continue to do so as long as VMware supports XP.
I would say close to 50% of the spam I get has either an international domain (.de, etc.) or has a gobledgook email address ( aj7GkL@MoreK8J7bnm6.com ) Im waiting for an email client that will filter out the international email. I'd like there to be an email registry that if enough people complain about a sender that it gets blocked at all levels.
I also hate getting my email address spoofed so that it looks like I am sending myself spam. It ends up in my spam folder (usually its a porn advert) so when I do send myself email I have to check my spam folder...
Email in general needs to be fixed.
I also hate getting my email address spoofed so that it looks like I am sending myself spam. It ends up in my spam folder (usually its a porn advert) so when I do send myself email I have to check my spam folder...
Email in general needs to be fixed.
Not the worst list, but I would like to add two more: USB ports and Adobe's PDF products. Remember that Intel commercial showing this nerdy looking guy being worshipped for being a co-inventor of USB? I always wanted to talk to that dude to find why it was never finished properly. Why do I have to install an obscure German program to keep drive letters from changing? And do I have to warn people with laptops to not plug their printer into any USB port besides the one the printer was set up for? And all these exploitative hacks, including the one that caused all that malware mischief throughout the US military a few years back.
As far as Adobe's PDF stuff goes, what the hell? First there was the bloatware, and then was the infections and exploits, and then you have bloatware and malware exploits. Adobe could have still owned the PDF market if they, like Microsoft, kept their products at the "just good enough" level, but their long time ongoing struggles have opened the doors to an ever increasing number of competitors, both in readers and in editors. Remember when even just alternative PDF readers formed a very small club? Boy, did that change over the past year or so.
As far as Adobe's PDF stuff goes, what the hell? First there was the bloatware, and then was the infections and exploits, and then you have bloatware and malware exploits. Adobe could have still owned the PDF market if they, like Microsoft, kept their products at the "just good enough" level, but their long time ongoing struggles have opened the doors to an ever increasing number of competitors, both in readers and in editors. Remember when even just alternative PDF readers formed a very small club? Boy, did that change over the past year or so.
You're pointing at the wrong target. USB seems actually quite well engineered. I don't know, I've never had to write drivers or build hardware, but I consider USB to be a complete success. Were you around back before USB was ubiquitous? It's truly amazing how convenient and compatible it is.
Regarding your (well-deserved) complaints over device address assignments and whatnot, that's actually Windows' fault. I feel your pain on that one. I have a USB serial adapter that I use to manage network hardware during installation or troubleshooting. In Windows, if I plug it in to the left side of my laptop, I get COM3. On the right, COM4. I have to have two PuTTY profiles set up to compensate. This is because Windows uses the full device path as a key for re-assigning resource allocations.
On Linux, the device is recognized as /dev/ttyUSB0 regardless of port, or hub, or whatever. Of course, a hard drive is assigned /dev/sdc (or sdd, sde, sdf...) based on the next available letter, which is maybe good, maybe bad. But you can customize your udev rules if you really want it to stick. To me, the default behavior is fine -- but I love that the option is available.
As for PDF..
PDF -- good. Adobe Reader -- egch.
Regarding your (well-deserved) complaints over device address assignments and whatnot, that's actually Windows' fault. I feel your pain on that one. I have a USB serial adapter that I use to manage network hardware during installation or troubleshooting. In Windows, if I plug it in to the left side of my laptop, I get COM3. On the right, COM4. I have to have two PuTTY profiles set up to compensate. This is because Windows uses the full device path as a key for re-assigning resource allocations.
On Linux, the device is recognized as /dev/ttyUSB0 regardless of port, or hub, or whatever. Of course, a hard drive is assigned /dev/sdc (or sdd, sde, sdf...) based on the next available letter, which is maybe good, maybe bad. But you can customize your udev rules if you really want it to stick. To me, the default behavior is fine -- but I love that the option is available.
As for PDF..
PDF -- good. Adobe Reader -- egch.
SBS is a flawed concept from the start since you can't run a backup domain controller and because you're not licensed to restore to different hardware, you can't legally test your backup system either. In a disaster recover situation it's near hopeless, it takes days to restore a large Exchange database and as the author says, in my experience Acronis is likely to let you down badly too.
lmao
Flawed article.......SEP is one of the worst products ever!
On Spiceworks there is a thread hundred of posts long coming ranting about it.
Thread started by me...
Flawed article.......SEP is one of the worst products ever!
On Spiceworks there is a thread hundred of posts long coming ranting about it.
Thread started by me...
So what do you really replace QuickBooks with? PeachTree? comeon... I would like ideas though.
The same with Outlook and the coordinating all that vital info in one spot.
And what about a real Acronis replacement?
I do suggest ESET for the consumer grade anti-virus.
The same with Outlook and the coordinating all that vital info in one spot.
And what about a real Acronis replacement?
I do suggest ESET for the consumer grade anti-virus.
QuickBooks -- easier for most people to use
Peachtree -- more powerful than QB, but notably more complex. Favored by old-school CPA's
Free alternatives -- you REALLY get what you pay for
The next step up -- Far better, but there's a reason why they cost exponentially more (expect $20K just to get it purchased and set up, plus maintenance and upgrades)
Peachtree -- more powerful than QB, but notably more complex. Favored by old-school CPA's
Free alternatives -- you REALLY get what you pay for
The next step up -- Far better, but there's a reason why they cost exponentially more (expect $20K just to get it purchased and set up, plus maintenance and upgrades)
Send me a list of the companies who can't operate Exchange, I'd be glad to charge them for my Exchange ninja skills. Any SysAdmin worth their weight with knowledge of Active Directory and mail protocols should have no problem running an Exchange server - without issue.
I have the same feeling. I have completed many installs of Exchange and have never experienced any serious issues with the install. Of course this was before I completed many hours of research. As long as you understand DNS, AD (yes, you have to prep it) and the way email works your install should go well. Maybe I can start a business repairing Exchange installs.
I have the feeling that Jack doesn't really know what he's talking about when he opens his mouth and says EXCHANGE.
I installed Exchange for the different companies I worked for since 5.5. The most recently I migrated the entire AD from SBS 2003 to Server 2008 R2 and Exchange 2010 without even breaking the SBS previously - since MS discontinued that tool.
Of course, all the new Exchange version were too new for having enough knowledge. So, I read everything I could find about the various steps involved and I didn't have any failure.
Now, I can tell that Exchange is quite easy and safe to install and configure, and not so easy to break if the one who is installing/configuring it follows common sense.
CDSMITH, thanks for the idea. I'll try to find the so many SysAdmins who broke their Exchange servers so that they are not even able to connect the clients, and make some extra moolah.
Anyway, the generalization "set up by their internal IT" - even more minimized in Jack's contempt by putting it between brackets - is injuring, as I am one of these internal IT. Regretably is that (1) it isn't the first time when Jack shows this contempt toward the "local IT", and (2) TechRepublic allows this.
I installed Exchange for the different companies I worked for since 5.5. The most recently I migrated the entire AD from SBS 2003 to Server 2008 R2 and Exchange 2010 without even breaking the SBS previously - since MS discontinued that tool.
Of course, all the new Exchange version were too new for having enough knowledge. So, I read everything I could find about the various steps involved and I didn't have any failure.
Now, I can tell that Exchange is quite easy and safe to install and configure, and not so easy to break if the one who is installing/configuring it follows common sense.
CDSMITH, thanks for the idea. I'll try to find the so many SysAdmins who broke their Exchange servers so that they are not even able to connect the clients, and make some extra moolah.
Anyway, the generalization "set up by their internal IT" - even more minimized in Jack's contempt by putting it between brackets - is injuring, as I am one of these internal IT. Regretably is that (1) it isn't the first time when Jack shows this contempt toward the "local IT", and (2) TechRepublic allows this.
Hey, don't cut down a program or platform simply because the IT personnel don't have the knowledge, skill, or concern to run it properly. I have worked with Exchange/Outlook ever since Exchange existed and it is actually not that hard to make it run correctly (ninja?). If the people setting up any complex system do it incorrectly the system will not funtion properly. That doesn't mean the system is broken. Driving a car seems simple, yet plenty of people wreck them every day...
Most the time they are great! Sometimes you run across one that can get you into trouble. I have large hands. I don't mean fat, I mean LARGE. If I am using my standard keyboard at home, I don't have a problem, but put me in the office on a non-ergonomic keyboard and a couple browsers I know will hit me with CTRL + R. I don't understand why this combination hasn't disappeared by now, it's not like we have lost our F5 key, but the heel of my left hand will invariably be resting on CTRL when I strike R and refresh the form/ticket I am filling.
You did raise a storm here Jack
Pulse Audio cripples linux .
I've tried 3 big distro's the sound was crippled in all three. I'm back to windows now.
I used to have trouble with wireless on Linux, that's ok now, and now this. It's a nightmare.
Don't agree on you 9th though. I'm using Comodo, and I think it's ok. You never can be sure, but you can't on business class tools too. there are enough stories about slipping through 'business class' tools.
Pulse Audio cripples linux .
I've tried 3 big distro's the sound was crippled in all three. I'm back to windows now.
I used to have trouble with wireless on Linux, that's ok now, and now this. It's a nightmare.
Don't agree on you 9th though. I'm using Comodo, and I think it's ok. You never can be sure, but you can't on business class tools too. there are enough stories about slipping through 'business class' tools.
Like Flash, easy to learn/program, but tasks can be completed via HTML or the command line faster.
What would you say about skype or icq? I remember being a fan of icq for a long time and I used to get a lot of errors like "connection failed", "file cannot be transfered" etc. Then everybody switched to Skype and it still doesn't work well, if you send a message in offline, your mate will not probably ever get it.
This is a product that COULD be great, but AT&T has screwed up. The powers that be assume everyone will love the Motorola NVG510 residential gateway as THE wireless router in their installation. It is a mediocre wireless router at best. There is no true way to make this device work ONLY as an interface between the U-verse version of DSL and end-user supplied networking equipment. If you are really technically savvy there is a kludge that sort of works at best.
The NVG510 DHCP cannot be turned off, period. The end user can only turn off some of the firewall, so in spite of any speed increase going from AT&T's tradtional DSL to U-verse, web pages are no faster and frequently fail to load at first.
When converting from DSL to U-verse, AT&T does not tell the local central office techs when the new modem will arrive or service be available, but they do send an order days ahead to cancel the existing DSL connection.
This 'last mile on copper' U-verse technology COULD compete with cable - but AT&T has botched it.
The NVG510 DHCP cannot be turned off, period. The end user can only turn off some of the firewall, so in spite of any speed increase going from AT&T's tradtional DSL to U-verse, web pages are no faster and frequently fail to load at first.
When converting from DSL to U-verse, AT&T does not tell the local central office techs when the new modem will arrive or service be available, but they do send an order days ahead to cancel the existing DSL connection.
This 'last mile on copper' U-verse technology COULD compete with cable - but AT&T has botched it.
I spent a few months on a contract job, supporting a medical plant and most of our problems were spent managing Acronis and not the real problems that occurred everywhere else. Something is wrong there when your system inventory and control utility is taking up all of your time controlling it.
Outlook - let us not forget the flavors of it, 2002 was radically different from 2003 and that drove me to drink when updating a museum a few years ago.
Active Directory - Microsoft's implementation of it is poor, yes it works because we all have to live with it but remember Novell did it first.
Outlook - let us not forget the flavors of it, 2002 was radically different from 2003 and that drove me to drink when updating a museum a few years ago.
Active Directory - Microsoft's implementation of it is poor, yes it works because we all have to live with it but remember Novell did it first.
It's been 11 years since it was predicted to die "now that ad is here" and 5 years since it was actually declared dead, and it is still better than AD.
Why don't people stand up and tell Microsoft that this semi-automated crap that hardly ever works properly on a computer that's more than a day old is totally useless!
Windows in general is fine if all you do is write Word documents and nothing much changes, but for those people that USE an OS as it's supposed to be (as a system that makes programs, tools and apps work together), then it's as full of holes as a colander...
And no, I don't use Linux because it isn't a viable option yet - or maybe never.
Windows in general is fine if all you do is write Word documents and nothing much changes, but for those people that USE an OS as it's supposed to be (as a system that makes programs, tools and apps work together), then it's as full of holes as a colander...
And no, I don't use Linux because it isn't a viable option yet - or maybe never.
Have a go on an Apple. You'll then think Windows is great!
Don't get me wrong - Apple stuff is great - as long as you don't switch it on.
Don't get me wrong - Apple stuff is great - as long as you don't switch it on.
They're absolutely useless. Out of tune etc. I can't make them do anything and I've been trying for 20 mins to make it play the four seasons!
Ah, patience my dear man - every violin is capable of playing the Four Seasons. By the time you've practiced it to perfection, iTunes may have finished downloading Nigel Kennedy's version.
I agree with all of your picks except for Outlook. I do think that it's bloated but compared to other enterprise clients I have used or been forced to use I always go back to Outlook/Exchange. Cheers.
You have compiled a good list.Outlook, flash and browsers top my list also. I'd like to add
1) video over the web (be it QT, avi or other proprietary format) and their need for plugins
2) authentication over the web (how to recognize someone enough to do a business transaction with them)
3) copyright protection of digital assets (if you happen to need it)
1) video over the web (be it QT, avi or other proprietary format) and their need for plugins
2) authentication over the web (how to recognize someone enough to do a business transaction with them)
3) copyright protection of digital assets (if you happen to need it)
Bending your neck to look down at a desktop display is FAR from ergonomic. For some, sure, it may have a "neato" factor, but a vertical display positioned around eye level (whether you're sitting or standing) remains the most natural, comfortable, and ergonomic of display solutions.
Don't let the "new" get in the way of the "true."
Don't let the "new" get in the way of the "true."
I've never been a huge MS fan, however I must take issue with you having Outlook on the Broken List. Outlook is and has always been a rock-solid application, with or without Exchange. You shouldn't let the results of the actions of incompetent Exchange support staff reflect badly on good old Outlook. We use an Outsourced Exchange hosting company (MailStreet) and we've literally never had any trouble whatsoever. Not to mention the fact that I personally "push" Outlook to its limits, with six email accounts, including one Exchange account, 3 IMAPs, and 2 POP accounts. Never any issues.
How is Flash a monopoly?
Silverlight exists... as does HTML5. Both have been hawked as being alternatives to Flash. (if the media and tech companies fudged facts, that's their problem.)
Flash players exist for all major platforms, and the player is open source so anyone can port it.
It is the fault of Adobe if low-end devices lack sufficient processing power? PCs in 2005 didn't have much in the way of problems...
Open 20 browser windows, each with a Flash animation or three, and - yeah - you'll get problems.
Even on my Macs, Flash 10 and higher have been VERY stable. Problems only occur if I overdo opening browser windows (to amounts that are incontrovertibly excessive), or if the ActionScript code was poorly created. Gee, poor programming in a ubiquitous package causing stability problems? Where have we heard that before? (Everywhere, for everything, at one time or another...)
And Flash, as with Silverlight, were created because of point #6 that you mentioned: Problems with content across multiple browsers, and with HTML5 also being fragmented... with each provider saying how their experience is the best... new boss = old boss, they all try to "embrace and extend" and show "open standards" as a form of song singing siren...
Silverlight exists... as does HTML5. Both have been hawked as being alternatives to Flash. (if the media and tech companies fudged facts, that's their problem.)
Flash players exist for all major platforms, and the player is open source so anyone can port it.
It is the fault of Adobe if low-end devices lack sufficient processing power? PCs in 2005 didn't have much in the way of problems...
Open 20 browser windows, each with a Flash animation or three, and - yeah - you'll get problems.
Even on my Macs, Flash 10 and higher have been VERY stable. Problems only occur if I overdo opening browser windows (to amounts that are incontrovertibly excessive), or if the ActionScript code was poorly created. Gee, poor programming in a ubiquitous package causing stability problems? Where have we heard that before? (Everywhere, for everything, at one time or another...)
And Flash, as with Silverlight, were created because of point #6 that you mentioned: Problems with content across multiple browsers, and with HTML5 also being fragmented... with each provider saying how their experience is the best... new boss = old boss, they all try to "embrace and extend" and show "open standards" as a form of song singing siren...
1. Citrix or any remote desktop technology.
2. Cookies or any stored passwords in an environment of remote desktops.
3. Payment gateways, especially their performance and compatibility with various browsers.
2. Cookies or any stored passwords in an environment of remote desktops.
3. Payment gateways, especially their performance and compatibility with various browsers.
For the most part, you can blame the broken web browser theory on Microsoft. Because Microsoft started this whole thing where anything developed with their stuff, for the most part, must only work on the latest version of IE.
That certainly used to be true, but most 'Power Surfers' don't use IE in favour of FireFox, Chrome, Opera or Dolphin (for Android).
IE9 is actually, dare I say it, pretty darn good. It's a bit heavy, but it works better than any previous IE version, and is generally better than Opera and Chrome (at the moment).
IE9 is actually, dare I say it, pretty darn good. It's a bit heavy, but it works better than any previous IE version, and is generally better than Opera and Chrome (at the moment).
For the most part "it used to be true". But, at least from my experience with SeaMonkey/Firefox, there's still a few websites around that work like that, and I've actually seen a few places that I can only get to work correctly inside of Windows 7.
So you prefer the US Postal Service, then? The fact that your comment reached this discussion is proof to the contrary.
It's bulky give you a lot of script errors among other things plus they need to make it compatible with Mozilla products.
I just wanted to add, as a small business owner, it is very frustrating that a big company like QuickBooks has such a crappy limited Mac version. It doesn't have the features that even a 2 employee company needs. SO we are stuck with the expensive online version, but it's not scalable.
Quite very strange to think outlook is broken, simply because some IT Guys do not know what they are doing. In my crowd, we make even Outlook 2003 talk to Exchange 2010.
But if an instutition can afford exchange 2010, I think its silly not to consider updating the clients if you're still using Outlook 2003. Follow the exchange messaging rules, and the world is your. And I will trust anything running on Exchange before other junk.
Long Live OUTLOOK..... AND MICROSOFT!!!
But if an instutition can afford exchange 2010, I think its silly not to consider updating the clients if you're still using Outlook 2003. Follow the exchange messaging rules, and the world is your. And I will trust anything running on Exchange before other junk.
Long Live OUTLOOK..... AND MICROSOFT!!!
I learnt to touch type 60 years ago using the qwerty keyboard and still find it a very fast system for traditional keyboard input.
Qwerty was designed for people sitting at desks working on typewriters now only found in museums.
It doesn't work as intended on small virtual keyboards.
I'm writing this lying flat on my back in bed using a Toshiba Satellite and the qwerty keyboard is working just fine so I think its an issue of size rather than the position of the user.
Give me qwerty as a virtual keyboard (on which I can't touch type)and it drives me mad.
I think qwerty is broken technology when transfered to tablets or smartphones and that a straight forward alphabetical keyboard would probably be better.
How many fingers do other people use when inputting into such a device?
Qwerty was designed for people sitting at desks working on typewriters now only found in museums.
It doesn't work as intended on small virtual keyboards.
I'm writing this lying flat on my back in bed using a Toshiba Satellite and the qwerty keyboard is working just fine so I think its an issue of size rather than the position of the user.
Give me qwerty as a virtual keyboard (on which I can't touch type)and it drives me mad.
I think qwerty is broken technology when transfered to tablets or smartphones and that a straight forward alphabetical keyboard would probably be better.
How many fingers do other people use when inputting into such a device?
Extract from Wikipedia:
"Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes from Greek (technologa); from (tchn), meaning "art, skill, craft", and - (-loga), meaning "study of-".[1] The term can either be applied generally or to specific areas: examples include construction technology, medical technology, and information technology."
Is Quickbooks or Acronis a technology? I doubt so. They are tools. The technology is behind them - OOP, OOD, the know-how about accounting/financial applications etc.
What about web browsers? Nah. Simple rendering applications for HTML and other stuff. Aaah, indeed, HTML is a technology but, the player isn't; same as the blu-ray being a technology but, not the player itself. It is like saying that the BD players are a broken technology while they are just products of that technology made in China by indolents without any care for QA.
Outlook? Same. Just a client. Another application. Not to mention that - as an application - it is far less broken than, let's say, Thunderbird.
Or, what about "consumer-grade antivirus". The name sounds pretty general to cover a technology but, no. It's rather too vague. Security-oriented architecture is a technology. An antivirus - any - is just a product; an application.
My point? The title of this blog is too pompous. The article itself is just another one in a long series of articles that are saying nothing. Nothing to learn, nothing to new to find, just a bunch of personal opinions at the level of street gossip.
Long time passed since Techrepublic really published tech info. One would have something to learn from that passed articles.
Now? Marketing gargle or personal opinions about stuff the author doesn't always prove some real knowledge. Are these guys paid by the number of words? I don't know but, the general level of this site decreased spectacular especially in the recent years.
Yeap. Nothing interesting to learn or find here.
As for the present article's author himself? Hm. He really looks like an armchair IT expert.
"Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes from Greek (technologa); from (tchn), meaning "art, skill, craft", and - (-loga), meaning "study of-".[1] The term can either be applied generally or to specific areas: examples include construction technology, medical technology, and information technology."
Is Quickbooks or Acronis a technology? I doubt so. They are tools. The technology is behind them - OOP, OOD, the know-how about accounting/financial applications etc.
What about web browsers? Nah. Simple rendering applications for HTML and other stuff. Aaah, indeed, HTML is a technology but, the player isn't; same as the blu-ray being a technology but, not the player itself. It is like saying that the BD players are a broken technology while they are just products of that technology made in China by indolents without any care for QA.
Outlook? Same. Just a client. Another application. Not to mention that - as an application - it is far less broken than, let's say, Thunderbird.
Or, what about "consumer-grade antivirus". The name sounds pretty general to cover a technology but, no. It's rather too vague. Security-oriented architecture is a technology. An antivirus - any - is just a product; an application.
My point? The title of this blog is too pompous. The article itself is just another one in a long series of articles that are saying nothing. Nothing to learn, nothing to new to find, just a bunch of personal opinions at the level of street gossip.
Long time passed since Techrepublic really published tech info. One would have something to learn from that passed articles.
Now? Marketing gargle or personal opinions about stuff the author doesn't always prove some real knowledge. Are these guys paid by the number of words? I don't know but, the general level of this site decreased spectacular especially in the recent years.
Yeap. Nothing interesting to learn or find here.
As for the present article's author himself? Hm. He really looks like an armchair IT expert.
My sentiments exactly. When I go to a site like this, or buy an industry magazine, I'm looking for factual information about new technologies and tools. Not someone's opinion about some companies management, about which they know nothing. Not some prognostication that is either so broad as to be meaningless, r is just wrong. And no acknowledgement when they are wrong.
It happened with Byte (showing my age), in the late 70's, you learned something about some new technology from each issue, by the late 80's, all you learned was what new products had been released and what company was buying what other company. Same thing with any number of other magazines.
Same with websites. They start out well, with lots of interesting information, then they get too big and the content starts to change to opinion pieces, fluff and top ten lists. Soon, you have to really dig to find anything with real technical content. Then the people that used to contribute the good content move on as they are no longer valued as the ones who make the site worthwhile. The subscribers then move on as there's nothing for them left, and the place dies.
Is any of this sounding familiar?
It happened with Byte (showing my age), in the late 70's, you learned something about some new technology from each issue, by the late 80's, all you learned was what new products had been released and what company was buying what other company. Same thing with any number of other magazines.
Same with websites. They start out well, with lots of interesting information, then they get too big and the content starts to change to opinion pieces, fluff and top ten lists. Soon, you have to really dig to find anything with real technical content. Then the people that used to contribute the good content move on as they are no longer valued as the ones who make the site worthwhile. The subscribers then move on as there's nothing for them left, and the place dies.
Is any of this sounding familiar?
I would like to humbly submit Microsoft Word to this list. I constantly find when I am writing documents that I must budget time for "Fighting with Word." During breakfast today I had a particularly aggrevating session fighing with numbered bullets. While searching for solutions I found a vitriolic diatribe describing my basic frustrations with Word. Only this diatribe was inspired by Word '98. Its been a long time since we had a decent word processor.
Given that Bullets and Numbering are different things, I'm not surprised you had trouble with numbered bullets.
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