Re: Help with what equipment is needed
- From: Andy Jacobs <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:59:28 +0000 (UTC)
In article <CrNNEQGpC2FEFwg5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Tony Morgan <tonymorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In message <andy-D15EA4.23141614032006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andy Jacobs
<andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
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That's rubbish. I cut my teeth on PDP8s and upwards, working my way
through and across most enterprise platforms around - including SunOS
and Solaris. Open Source environments are not without dangers but
*any* migration should be done in a measured way, but it's still a
viable alternative. And let's face it, one of the best platforms for
editing video and images (to get the thread slighlty on topic - the
good old Mac - is based on BSD.
You're obviously one of those brilliant guys I used to work with at
Ignite earning £500 to £600 per day on contract. But there are
relatively few in your league. It took us nearly three months to get the
team together for the Barclay's B2B job when I was there. And I've
worked for a couple of multi-nationals on contract, Allen and Overy and
GlaxoSmithKline, where they've moved from a 'nix to an MS environment
because of the problems and cost of recruiting and retaining competent
staff.
Ha ha ha! I wish! No, I was just a sad act salaried man who got bored
easily and worked my way through different things until I ended up as
European Tech Support manager for a large(ish) company. I think the
'nix world has changed. Afterall, I'd bet a significant amount that
LAMP has a far bigger presence out there than anything else in the
hosting and web development world, which is where I reside now.
I might post back here with a little OT story about 'nix migrations.
It's a project I'm looking at currently which is all Centos clients
running Firefox.
OT (If it can go any more) Was that GSK at Maidenhead? I know I spent
many happy hours fixing antique production line control systems there.
Usually ended up with toothepaste all over the show!
Friends in the graphic agency business who've diversified into video
promotion would disagree with you about the Mac for video. I'm told that
there are few pro (or semi-pro) video editing programs for the Mac - and
they are disproportionately expensive compared with those available for
the PC. I was also told that there's nothing for the Mac that will allow
video editing with multiple workstations on a network - but perhaps you
know of a Mac editing suite that does?
Sorry, not completely my bag. I'd say that I'm not even an enthusiastic
amateur, just a big Mac user. It's more the processing power that I'm
talking about rather than the availability of specific applications.
Until there is a viable 64 bit solution for PC platforms then they'll
always play second fiddle in my book. My 700Mhz eMac at home out
performs the 2.8Ghz machine that we bought for my wife to run Sage on.
In context with the post, I've certainly found that what little editing
I've done has been done without fuss or delay on the Mac.
Andy
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