No Predictions for 2006??? 1

[infinitelo]

Ok I waited as long as I could. Kind of a tradition in
this forum to put on the tin foil hat and throw out your
pridictions for the up comming year. Here it is 01/22/2006 and not a peep. Is this a sign that we are all so caught up in the present that we can't see five years ahead?

A few years ago I made the pridiction that Neck ties were comming back. Ive seen it around the office (for the accountants, ceo, and marketing people) but not in the tech sector. repair personel, IT director, even me.
I even saw a recent article that IT personel are the worst dressed of any profession.

Last year outsourcing was the big long term issue, and it had a lot of folks in this forum feeling very insecure.

In vb.net's 2005 release i see that they have included a new namespace for hardware my.computer I think this will give vb a real leg up in retail as they are always looking for ways to hook point of sale to real time data apps.

I think the real inovation in the next five years will be in connected devices, the foundation has been laid, its time for me to have an application on my desktop that uses wireless to my car to report milage, maintanence (service engine soon light triggers desktop notify what needs to be done, ect...)

Ive seen a lot less flame wars between microsoft and lynux. Seems they have found a peaceful co-exsistance for the short term.

Okay folks, dust off the tin foil hats and lets see some new year's stuff.



if it is to be it's up to me

 

[jmd0252]

I always skip lunch,, we are going from an AS400, to SQL, using Vmware,, I could be a bit stressed,,, hee hee hee,, sorry if I came on a "tad", strong

 

[dkediger]

Sooo...Linux supplants MS in the server arena at the same time that .NET trashes Java??

I suppose if you're talking strictly client facing apps on the desktop, and while MS has the desktop that *could* happen,

BUT,

Linux will need to gain a whole bunch in domain management to integrate all those Windows desktops if its going to grow beyond an app server role.

 

[jsteph]

we are going from an AS400, to SQL,

Another one bites the dust...
--Jim

 

[jmd0252]

While the move is "exciting", it is also personally terrifying, as my skill set takes a 180 degree turn.

 

[monkeylizard]

And so does stability...

Monkeylizard
Sometimes just a few hours of trial and error debugging can save minutes of reading manuals.

 

[adrstan1]

jmd0252, I use debian linux as desktop at home, and Windows XP at work (the second is not a choice). But even so, I use cygwin on windows, since the Command Prompt is far to be as powerful as the bash shell

 

[jmd0252]

I understand the concept of open software, and the advantages. I have been in the It world of too many years,, since 78. I understand low level formating,, when 5 MB drive was considered large. I had an old laptop,, I think CTX, was the brand,, I installed Linux,, this was about 2 years ago. I struggled,, to figure out "how to" install the product. I understand,, installation has gotten easier. It was a real pain, period. Once installed,, finding drivers for different hardware, was awful. My question is,, how can you take that.. to the mass of people now using computers in their everyday lives? They do not want a command line promopt, where they type some command. I have users, where it is difficult to walk them thru a "ping", to verify that they are connected. With Oracle,, wanting to buy MySql,, so it can rule the open source database market.. How do we, as IT professionals,, balance the user,, and make the user productive. Where does open source,, fit into the corporate desktop world?? Sorry about the rambling nature of the post..