Re: Multiculture in a single company? (was: Re: Linux firewall failover)

2007-05-03 Thread Amos Shapira
On 04/05/07, Omer Zak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 07:51 +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Omer Zak wrote: > > Why are you unifying all the Linux servers in one distribution? > > Won't this expose your organization's computers to the dangers of > > monoculture? > > (I didn't

Multiculture in a single company? (was: Re: Linux firewall failover)

2007-05-03 Thread Omer Zak
On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 07:51 +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Omer Zak wrote: > > Why are you unifying all the Linux servers in one distribution? > > Won't this expose your organization's computers to the dangers of > > monoculture? > > > I cannot talk for Amos, but here is my experience. The dang

Re: Linux firewall failover

2007-05-03 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Omer Zak wrote: > Why are you unifying all the Linux servers in one distribution? > Won't this expose your organization's computers to the dangers of > monoculture? > I cannot talk for Amos, but here is my experience. The dangers of monoculture mostly apply when you have a group from which you w

Re: Linux firewall failover

2007-05-03 Thread Omer Zak
On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 09:48 +1000, Amos Shapira wrote: > On 02/05/07, Imri Zvik ( Smile ) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you do not limit yourself to Linux, you can easily use PF > (pf+pfsync+CARP) to do the job. > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/carp.html > > Thanks for the

Re: Linux firewall failover

2007-05-03 Thread Amos Shapira
On 02/05/07, Imri Zvik ( Smile ) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If you do not limit yourself to Linux, you can easily use PF (pf+pfsync+CARP) to do the job. http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/carp.html Thanks for the pointer. OpenBSD indeed is a formidable candidate for such stuff, but I'm trying hard

Re: flash or java

2007-05-03 Thread Andre Bar'yudin
Answers to your questions will depend on your actual needs. Flash has some built-in support for microphone/camera, but only starting at certain version (7? 8?) and obviously it is not as full as a locally running application. Java's support for this kind of things tends to be more limited. Also

Help wanted - content for August Penguin

2007-05-03 Thread Shachar Shemesh
AP is just around the corner, and we could use help in organizing quality material for it. Please, if you have any suggestions for interesting topics for august penguin, please let either me or the mailing list (august in projects dot hamakor nekuda org.il) know about it. Any interesting content,

Re: [Israel.pm] The End of IT Slavery

2007-05-03 Thread Shlomi Fish
On Thursday 03 May 2007, Marc A. Volovic wrote: > Quoth Jonathan Ben Avraham: > > On Wed, 2 May 2007, Levenglick Dov-RM07994 wrote: > > >You should title this essay "An ode to myself". > > Yes, Dov and YBA. It is indeed an "Ode To Shlomi". I realise I gave many examples from my own life and tried

Re: [Israel.pm] The End of IT Slavery

2007-05-03 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi Jonathan! On Thursday 03 May 2007, Jonathan Ben Avraham wrote: > On Wed, 2 May 2007, Levenglick Dov-RM07994 wrote: > > Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 09:47:43 +0300 > > From: Levenglick Dov-RM07994 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Perl in Israel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Linux-IL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > Hack

flash or java

2007-05-03 Thread Erez D
hi i was asked to write an app for a website. i need to access the camere and microphone, the network, and possibly to utilize some math algos. i was considering java and flash which is more adequate ? also, should i considure other technoligies ? and legal issues: if i write a java applet usi

Re: [Israel.pm] The End of IT Slavery

2007-05-03 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Jonathan Ben Avraham: > > On Wed, 2 May 2007, Levenglick Dov-RM07994 wrote: > > >You should title this essay "An ode to myself". Yes, Dov and YBA. It is indeed an "Ode To Shlomi". But - and I say this both as an employee and an employer, there are indeed points to take to heart. Mind you, no