Hi Nadav,
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 09:26:03AM +0200, Nadav Har'El wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011, Shachar Shemesh wrote about "make_ext3fs?":
> > Android uses a tool called "make_ext4fs". You give it a file system size
> > and a directory, and it creates a file of the specified size that
> > contain
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011, Shachar Shemesh wrote about "make_ext3fs?":
> Hi all,
>
> Android uses a tool called "make_ext4fs". You give it a file system size
> and a directory, and it creates a file of the specified size that
> contains the content of the directory as an EXT4 file system (for
> loopbac
On Nov 15, 2011, at 8:01 AM, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
Hi all,
Android uses a tool called "make_ext4fs". You give it a file system
size and a directory, and it creates a file of the specified size
that contains the content of the directory as an EXT4 file system
(for loopback mount or dd pu
Hi Shachar,
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 08:01:21AM +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> Android uses a tool called "make_ext4fs". You give it a file system size
> and a directory, and it creates a file of the specified size that
> contains the content of the directory as an EXT4 file system (for
> loopback
Hi all,
Android uses a tool called "make_ext4fs". You give it a file system size
and a directory, and it creates a file of the specified size that
contains the content of the directory as an EXT4 file system (for
loopback mount or dd purposes).
I have STFW, but have been unable to find such a too
On 11/14/2011 11:27 PM, Etzion Bar-Noy wrote:
> Can't do anything with the servers. The funny thing is that during
> that time, two or three weeks since, the system is just sitting there,
> when the server room is being "built" around it.
My worst "time wasted" story is from way back (you can calcu
On 15 November 2011 04:12, geoffrey mendelson
wrote:
>
> On Nov 14, 2011, at 6:48 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>
>>
>> Simply because "price per hour" is a quantitative metric. The fact
>> that it is meaningless is meaningless.
>>
>
>
> It's the bogo-mips of consulting. :-)
+1 :)
_
On 14 November 2011 22:14, Nadav Har'El wrote:
> So maybe the key to winning over your competitors isn't to charge less
> per hour, but rather to complete the job in less time. (you can of
> course hide this will all sorts of creative marketing)
>
There used to be a slogan on a shop on my commut
It doesn't matter. Because a customer needs a method of estimating a work,
does not make you his bitch(tm). You can estimate your work, but you seldom
work in a vacuum. You are working on his servers, on his setups, his
storage devices, around his network equipment. Under most cases, when I get
del
True. However, the best support can be given by a pro who has a cooperation
of the hosting company. Most of them will never cooperate, as they earn
better (despite their awful quality of work) with an external
person/company. So, your main channel - the hosting supplier, will probably
not like you
On Nov 14, 2011, at 6:48 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
Simply because "price per hour" is a quantitative metric. The fact
that it is meaningless is meaningless.
It's the bogo-mips of consulting. :-)
Geoff.
--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM
My high blood pressure medicine reduces my midichlo
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 16:06, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> On 11/14/2011 03:45 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>
> I can vouch for this. I am not a CS major and I consider myself a Linux
> amateur, but I have worked supporting various Linux servers for locals. Of
> course, I was making nowhere near the level
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 16:33, Nadav Har'El wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011, geoffrey mendelson wrote about "Re: [OFFTOPIC] Finding
> the next lucrative niche (was: Re: Goodbye, Lingnu)":
>> Long ago I got out of the PC repair/support business when the 50 NIS
>> an hour people took over.
>
> Am I t
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011, Shachar Shemesh wrote about "Re: [OFFTOPIC] Finding the
next lucrative niche":
> > So how is the "price per hour" a meaningful variable when comparing two
> > consultants?
> >
> Not every problem can be meaningfully defined into a fixed price solution.
Then maybe (and I'm ju
On 11/14/2011 04:33 PM, Nadav Har'El wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011, geoffrey mendelson wrote about "Re: [OFFTOPIC] Finding
> the next lucrative niche (was: Re: Goodbye, Lingnu)":
>> Long ago I got out of the PC repair/support business when the 50 NIS
>> an hour people took over.
> Am I the only on
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011, geoffrey mendelson wrote about "Re: [OFFTOPIC] Finding
the next lucrative niche (was: Re: Goodbye, Lingnu)":
> Long ago I got out of the PC repair/support business when the 50 NIS
> an hour people took over.
Am I the only one bothered by all this "per hour" talk?
What preve
On 11/14/2011 03:45 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> I can vouch for this. I am not a CS major and I consider myself a
> Linux amateur, but I have worked supporting various Linux servers for
> locals. Of course, I was making nowhere near the level of income that
> Shahar discusses on his blog, experience w
On Nov 14, 2011, at 3:45 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
I can vouch for this. I am not a CS major and I consider myself a
Linux amateur, but I have worked supporting various Linux servers for
locals. Of course, I was making nowhere near the level of income that
Shahar discusses on his blog, experience
2011/11/14 Hetz Ben Hamo :
> Hi,
> I'll give you one: Supporting hosting customers.
> Explanation: there are over 40 businesses here in Israel which provides VPS
> and dedicated server renting solutions.
> Most of those businesses (including mine) provide the machine to the
> customers as "unmanage
Hi,
I'll give you one: Supporting hosting customers.
Explanation: there are over 40 businesses here in Israel which provides VPS
and dedicated server renting solutions.
Most of those businesses (including mine) provide the machine to the
customers as "unmanaged",
which means: the support you'll g
On Monday, November 14, 2011 1:14 PM, "Nadav Har'El"
wrote:
> You can complete the job in less time if you stop thinking about selling
> time, and instead think about which jobs you can take which will allow you
> to *reuse* things you learned, and code you wrote, while working for previous
> cli
We need some process for identifying the next niche to pursue, taking
into account current skill set, customers/contacts, and effort&expense
incurred in acquiring the competencies relevant for the next niche.
Did anyone blog about such a process?
On Mon, 2011-11-14 at 14:51 +0200, E L wrote:
> W
Shachar - all the best and good luck.
I wrote a post about this issue and some related issues that IMHO some
freelancer need to do today, if they want to succseed.
http://benhamo.org/wp/?p=2970
Thanks,
Hetz
2011/11/14 Ely Levy
> What can you do? In our field you need to stay with your hand on
What can you do? In our field you need to stay with your hand on the pulse.
Yesterday it was clouds, now html5 and phone applications tomorrow
something else.
You either swim with the flow or drown.
Ely
2011/11/14 Shachar Shemesh
> On 11/14/2011 01:36 PM, Omer Zak wrote:
>
> The business does
On Mon, 2011-11-14 at 14:15 +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> On 11/14/2011 01:36 PM, Omer Zak wrote:
> > The business does not exist today because we were not successful
> > in locating another good niche once the original niche disappeared
> > (which was far from taking us by surprise).
> >
> But
On 11/14/2011 01:36 PM, Omer Zak wrote:
> The business does not exist today because we were not successful
> in locating another good niche once the original niche disappeared
> (which was far from taking us by surprise).
>
But this is precisely why this doesn't work. Every niche will disappear,
so
Nadav Har'El's thoughts below make a lot of sense.
Eliyahu Goldratt, in his books "It's not luck" and "Critical Chain"
discussed the difference in value to the provider (cost+) and to the
client (which has no relationship with the value to the provider); and
the value of finishing a project early.
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011, Shachar Shemesh wrote about "Goodbye, Lingnu":
> I'm sorry to announce that another Linux consulting company is biting
> the dust.
Hi Shachar, this is sad to hear :( Good luck in your new job at LiveU.
It occurs to me that if 250 shekels per hour sounds (as you explain in
yo
Hi, Shachar.
Sorry you have to close Lingnu.
Hope you'll find something interesting to play with.
Valery
>
>From: Shachar Shemesh
>To: linux-il
>Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 11:30 AM
>Subject: Goodbye, Lingnu
>
>
>
>I'm sorry to announce that another Lin
I experience the same problems.
I hope market situation get better soon and we'll get more inserting and
profitable projects.
2011/11/14 Shachar Shemesh
> I'm sorry to announce that another Linux consulting company is biting the
> dust.
>
> Full details at my blog:
> http://blog.shemesh.biz/201
Hi Shachar,
On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:30:56 +0200
Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> I'm sorry to announce that another Linux consulting company is biting
> the dust.
>
> Full details at my blog:
> http://blog.shemesh.biz/2011/11/%D7%94%D7%99%D7%99-%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9D-%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%A0%D7%
Hi Shachar,
Believe me, I feel your pain. The contract software market is not easy.
Good luck in your future endeavors.
- yba
On Mon, 14 Nov 2011, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:30:56 +0200
From: Shachar Shemesh
To: linux-il
Subject: Goodbye, Lingnu
I'm sorry to announce
On 11/14/2011 11:39 AM, Amichay P. K. wrote:
> Wow, sorry to hear about it...
> Hope the general market situation will get better soon.
I hope so too, for the sake of everyone, but I'm not hopeful. Most
companies are sitting tight, waiting to see whether the US will default,
whether we have another
Wow, sorry to hear about it...
Hope the general market situation will get better soon.
2011/11/14 Shachar Shemesh
> I'm sorry to announce that another Linux consulting company is biting the
> dust.
>
> Full details at my blog:
> http://blog.shemesh.biz/2011/11/%D7%94%D7%99%D7%99-%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7
I'm sorry to announce that another Linux consulting company is biting
the dust.
Full details at my blog:
http://blog.shemesh.biz/2011/11/%D7%94%D7%99%D7%99-%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9D-%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%A0%D7%95/
Shachar
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Shachar Shemesh
Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd.
http://www.lin
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