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Le_Forgeron wrote:
> It might be building a cross reference/multi dimensional access: great
> for quick read access later... terrible in write mode, especially if the
> algorithm used is silly (like O(x^N) or O(exp(N))...)
The only way an index algorithm could be exponential-time is if it's
trying to "sort" the list of entries by exhaustively trying every
possible transposition until it finds the correct one. Even the very
worst sorting algorithms are only N^2 time.
> Basic tests with a small number of entries displayed no issue.... it
> just does not scale to production the size of your company!
6,000 entries is hardly "large". Indeed, if you have much less than
6,000 entries to manage, you barely need special-purpose software to
manage it.
Then again, given that this software appears to just store names and
addresses, you'd think somebody could knock up something in MS Access in
about 20 seconds flat which would do the same job. (Which begs the
question... WHY HAVEN'T THEY?!?!)
> (indexing by name, firstname, addresses, any silly idea... using a
> bubble sort on files)
>
> It might also be a very sophisticated paging system, with some entries
> per page: when a page get filled, you move all the other pages and
> redistribute the entries (using some patricia tree with extended key
> length..) of the current page between the old and a new one.... one
> entry at a time, with initial packet unsorted... or worse: in
> pathological order.
It's entirely possible that sorted order might be the worse possible
case. ;-)
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Invisible wrote:
> question... WHY HAVEN'T THEY?!?!)
They have. It's called Exchange. It's the killer office app that keeps
everyone from switching over to desktop Linux even in shops where there are
millions of Linux servers.
Why aren't *you* using this?
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Linux: Now bringing the quality and usability of
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>> question... WHY HAVEN'T THEY?!?!)
>
> They have. It's called Exchange. It's the killer office app that keeps
> everyone from switching over to desktop Linux even in shops where there
> are millions of Linux servers.
>
> Why aren't *you* using this?
We are.
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> They have. It's called Exchange. It's the killer office app that keeps
> everyone from switching over to desktop Linux even in shops where there
> are millions of Linux servers.
>
> Why aren't *you* using this?
For some reason my company thinks it is better to use a web-based address
book with all sorts of restrictions (seriously, you cannot copy&paste or
print-screen while it is showing!) rather than the purpose-built
Exchange-based address book.
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scott wrote:
> purpose-built Exchange-based address book.
... that also has a web interface. :-)
I've seen it done better, but usually not. Qualcomm, for example, has the
"ph" program that shows you the person's photo, how to get to their office
from yours, etc.
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Invisible wrote:
>>> question... WHY HAVEN'T THEY?!?!)
>>
>> They have. It's called Exchange. It's the killer office app that keeps
>> everyone from switching over to desktop Linux even in shops where
>> there are millions of Linux servers.
>>
>> Why aren't *you* using this?
>
> We are.
All of which still begs the question... If we have Exchange, why am I
still getting asked to use this other piece of crap?
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Invisible wrote:
> All of which still begs the question...
No it doesn't. :-)
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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>> All of which still begs the question...
>
> No it doesn't. :-)
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> All of which still begs the question...
>>
>> No it doesn't. :-)
>
> ...
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begs_the_question
Here's a hint. If you follow the expression "Begs the question" with a
question rather than an answer, you're doing it wrong. "Begs the question"
means you're providing an answer that doesn't answer the question.
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Linux: Now bringing the quality and usability of
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Am 21.04.2010 21:14, schrieb Darren New:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begs_the_question
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begs_the_question#Modern_usage
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