2 Jun
2001
2 Jun
'01
10:13 p.m.
[ Firstly, the on-topic bit... ]
I've got an HP 712/80 here with HPUX 10.20 (I think - I do have HPUX 11
media here, but I've not yet plugged in a CD-ROM to install it).
What sort of RAM does this thing take? I'm pretty sure it's nothing as
standard as normal SIMMS.
[ Secondly, the off-topic bit... ]
Most definitely! :-) Many employers don't like
people to think, it
seems; they just want 'droids.
Yup.
Do NOT accept a position where nepotism exists
Amen - I've been fighting this for the last 5 years. We were sold 2+
years ago and bought by a company with the same problem (although nowhere
near as bad).
and where you know what changes need to be made in
order to make
things work right (Just keep yout mouth shut and don't try to to make
helpful suggestions, and don't grab the bull by the horns like I did
and go ahead and start to implement some of them...).
I can relate to that also. Good ideas are really bad ideas until 6 months
later when management suddenly have this great idea that sounds just like
the one you mentioned 6 months prior.
For example, suggesting the ditching of SCO OpenServer
and installing
a real database (e.g. Oracle or PostgreSQL) to replace
In our case, trying to convince management that using a real database for
their critical accounting system would be better than a transactionless
MySQL server.