I have a small AD in which I am deploying software to domain computers through GPO (using msi installers).
What is the best method to deploy software that
has no .msi installer,
but has switches for silent installs
All I can think is to use startup scripts (that will do detect-install/uninstall/upgrade), but I was wondering if there are…
Companies
have been making business decisions for decades based on
transactional data stored in relational databases. Beyond that
critical data, is a potential treasure trove of less structured data:
weblogs, social media, email, sensors, and photographs that can be
mined for useful information.
Oracle
offers a broad integrated portfolio…
The past decade has seen a burgeoning interest in functional programming languages such as Haskell or, in the Microsoft world, F#. Though still on the periphery of mainstream programming, functional programming concepts are gradually seeping into the imperative C# language (for example, Lambda expressions have their root in functional…
The past decade has seen a burgeoning interest in functional programming languages such as Haskell or, in the Microsoft world, F#. Though still on the periphery of mainstream programming, functional programming concepts are gradually seeping into the imperative C# language (for example, Lambda expressions have their root in functional…
In Solaris 11, the internals of zone installation are quite different than they were in Solaris 10. This difference allows the administrator far greater control of what software is installed in a zone. The rules in Solaris 10 are simple and inflexible: if it is installed in the global zone and is not specifically excluded…
I am trying to write this question in a non-argumentative way, but it is quite emotionally charged for some, so please bear with me. In the U.S., we hear constantly from CEOs that they cannot find enough qualified software engineers. In fact, it is the position of the U.S. government that demand for software engineering talent…
With the release of the new Sun Ray product last week comes the advent of a different software licensing model. Where Sun had initially taken the approach of '1 desktop device = one license', we later changed things to be '1 concurrent connection to the server software = one license', and while there were ways to tell how many…
i have upgrade to ubuntu 12.10 from ubuntu 12.04 after that it is not updating software updater gives the following error :
W:Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/Release.gpg Unable to connect to 10.4.42.15:8080:
W:Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/Release.gpg Unable…
I've been taking some software design courses in the past few semesters, and while I see the benefit in a lot of the formalism, I still feel like it doesn't tell me anything about the program itself. You can't tell how the program is going to operate from the Use Case spec, even though it discusses what the program can do,…
TL;DR: Quick and dirty code, or "correct" (insert your definition of this term) code?
There is often a tension between "efficient" and "effective" in software development.
"Efficient" often means code that is "correct" from the point of view of adhering to standards, using widely-accepted patterns/approaches for…
I have a contract to upgrade some in-house software for a large company. The company has requested multiple feature additions and a few bug fixes. This is my first freelance style job.
First, I needed to become familiar with how the application worked - I learnt it as if I was a user.
Next, I had to learn how…
There are, broadly, two types of FOSS licenses when it relates to commercial usage of the code - let's say the GPL-type and the BSD-type. The first is, broadly, restrictive about commercial usage (by usage I also mean modification and redistribution, as well as creating derived works, etc.) of the code under the…
I have unistalled and reinstalled the Ubuntu Software Center as per info I found in a similar thread and I got the same response about line 91 or something like that.
I just tried to upload a screen shot but since I'm new it won't allow me to. I also can not figure out how to cut and paste anything so I have…
I've been writing software in Java for many years now, but it was always for internal applications that would be deployed to a server. I'd like to get into writing desktop applications now but I don't know where to start. I've written a few Java/Swing applications but again they were for internal use.
My…
I have a bachelors in computer science and worked the last 12 years as a software engineer. I'm bored with doing general development work, so I want to specialize. I'm thinking about getting a master's degree in math so I can build math models and write algorithms to implement them. I'm unsure what type of…
12.04 LTS, on a dell mini 10. Install stable until about a week ago. Updated about 1x a week, sometimes more often. Several days ago, I booted up and the system was no longer working correctly. All these symptoms occurred simultaneously: Cannot run (exit on opening, every time): Update manager, software…
Hi,
I have a client who is looking for a solution to integrate cctv with a (any) ANPR solution that can,I assume recognize the number plate of cars and store in a database and has the ability to post this data to other backoffice applications, crm, marketing app. etc.
Is there any ready software to…
Software engineering shares many of the same traits with other engineering disciplines (attention to detail, complexity to mastery). What do you think differentiates it? Please be specific and substantiate your answer.
Hello! cud anyone help me with a software which installs favourite softwares all at once but giving the option of specific location to be installed.I would like to make sure that my application is installed in the correct location on the hard drive or allow the user to determine the install location.…
One of my friend says, 'Software is never finished. It is only abandoned!'.
But I don't get it right. Why is it not finished, but abandoned?
Can anyone justify this?
I don't mean scripts or tools for your work project.
I mean actual software for your personal use, such as party organizer, CD administrator, whatever.