[The Java Posse] Re: IT policies of large corporations - what is normal?

2010-02-28 Thread John Wright
This sort of thing is completely normal. Sure, some enlightened companies may have laxer policies such as allowing Macs. But of your list what would you remove? XP is now becoming a hardened OS for enterprises because of the effort that has gone into making it secure. Instant Messaging outside

[The Java Posse] Re: Is it OK to..

2010-02-13 Thread John Wright
Thanks. I've heard a lot about it on the SO Podcast and it seems like a very good idea. The main issue that they will have is convincing HR departments to sign up for it,they prefer to use the agency model. I'm on SO myself and have tried to do my bit answering questions. Its getting harder to

[The Java Posse] Re: Could something like Carbonite solve Joe's backup needs?

2010-02-13 Thread John Wright
Joe could use http://aws.amazon.com/importexport/ to get his data there in one shot. i.e. copy to physical media, ship to Amazon and they will load it up for him. Of course - he will still have to pay for storage though. Jungle Disk are missing a trick here, they could upload to S3 OR they

[The Java Posse] Re: Is it OK to..

2010-02-12 Thread John Wright
/12/10, John Wright fortyrun...@gmail.com wrote: Is it good form to post job listings here? I'm not an agent, I run a small team of Java and .NET developers working in London (City) and need two Java Developers. Jobs are interesting and the money is very good. Given the talent level

[The Java Posse] Re: Is it OK to..

2010-02-12 Thread John Wright
at the moment - they're all smart and really motivated. I tried to institute a cloning policy but it was blocked ;) John On Feb 12, 11:06 am, Jan Goyvaerts java.arti...@gmail.com wrote: Isn't there a group in linkedin for that ? On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 11:40, John Wright fortyrun...@gmail.com

[The Java Posse] Is it OK to..

2010-02-11 Thread John Wright
Is it good form to post job listings here? I'm not an agent, I run a small team of Java and .NET developers working in London (City) and need two Java Developers. Jobs are interesting and the money is very good. Given the talent level in this group - this would be a great place to ask! John --

[The Java Posse] Re: Java Posse #224 (On a lack of JDK 7)

2009-01-09 Thread John Wright
I second this - keeping up with the pace of change of C# and .NET 2.0, 3.0, 3..5 etc is a fulltime job! Most corporates are a version or two behind anyway. We have people in our organisation who are having to be dragged from Java 1.4 to 1.5 and 1.6. On Jan 8, 9:12 am, Adam G.