Re: [NTSysADM] OT: Corporate Support of Open-Source projects

Re: Companies' incentives: That's not universally true. I refer you to companies that have as at least some of their core operating principles the ideas of customer service - Nordstrom, Les Schwab, and a few others, possibly Costco and UPS. I'm sure others can point out more examples, but I can spe

RE: [NTSysADM] OT: Corporate Support of Open-Source projects

I made a similar comparison on a MVP internal mailing list. There are at least a dozen "free" SSL implementations available. OpenSSL was perhaps the first to be usable. But there are many others. I (personally) would probably have chosen to use CyaSSL if I were not using Windows. -Original

RE: [NTSysADM] OT: Corporate Support of Open-Source projects

> Why some open-source project enjoy so much more corporate support than others > -- > http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/virtual-cio/linux-vs-openssl-support-a-matter-of-revenue-potential-60915 > > Please take a look at this article and let me know what you think... So, if we're gonna compare "Linux" t

Re: [NTSysADM] OT: Corporate Support of Open-Source projects

Companies are not *built* or incentivized for good will. They are only incentivized for profit and the mythical "shareholder value". And the freer the market, the greater the desire for ROI. *ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Providing Virtual CIO Services

[NTSysADM] Print Drivers - v3 vs v4 With Server 2012r2 Print Server and Windows 7 Clients

I am setting up a new Server 2012r2 print server. All of the clients on the network are currently Windows 7. Is anyone using the newer v4 print drivers, or are people still installing the legacy v3 drivers? For anyone using the newer v4 print drivers, has anyone experienced any problems with

Re: [NTSysADM] OT: Corporate Support of Open-Source projects

As always, it seems to boil down the the ROI on security/safety. Corporations are notorious for shedding the costs for security/safety whenever possible, even to their own detriment, because they don't understand the value of good will. Kurt On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Andrew S. Baker wr

[NTSysADM] OT: Corporate Support of Open-Source projects

Why some open-source project enjoy so much more corporate support than others -- http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/virtual-cio/linux-vs-openssl-support-a-matter-of-revenue-potential-60915 Please take a look at this article and let me know what you think... Regards, *ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBa

RE: [NTSysADM] VMware Guest- unable to start_THANKS

Thanks to all for your input, it did ultimatley wind up being an onsite fix, (and now I have enabled SSH to the box) I wound up recreating the descriptor (vmdx) from the flat file. Happy holidays to all, and thanks again Jean-Paul Natola Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] VMware

RE: [NTSysADM] VMware Guest- unable to start

Look at your other VM that started fine... You will probably see the .vmdk (the disk descriptor file) and a -flat.vmdk (the disk data file) It appears that the descriptor file for your "GUEST" machine is missing. While not good, that's better than the data segment gone... The disk descripto