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Or you could listen to this guy who, in light of not really having any argument, thinks that derogatory language will somehow bolster his vacuous argument. I did'nt say education was worthless .... what I said is that it does not require that you pay someone half a million dollars in direct...

Oh yeah, I might add that I have been working with UNIX and C/C++ programming since 1978....... that would be about 27 years .... and Windows/$soft OS level programming from about 1991 - about 15 years.

Yes. I agree with all of this. In addition $soft did similar things. There is one thing that you cant erase ffrom peoples memory : past behaviour. All of the talk about "partnering" and "cooperation" can basically be disregarded and we can see them as they are: pricing vultures. .... but ...

I dont know .... I used to think this in 2000. In 2005 (actually about 2003) things have changed. .... The LAMP stack is pretty fast for development - as is java if you are so inclined. I would say its a wash unless you include license and admin costs and in that case the advantage is in the...

Most - but not all - finance problems can be run on parallel computing clusters at lower cost than on a cray - hence the reason crays are far less popular today than 20 years ago. Some problems still require its processor architecture and for those they are still invaluable.

This problem/issue is a typical example of all the baggage (and cost) that comes along with managing a windows infrastructure: there are many things coded / included in the software components realted to licensing. The cost of managing all these issues and the realted compliance is large...

I think the thread was a joke .... Very few things in the world of finance would require the old style crays as you correctly point out .....

C/C++ Fortran ... same as always ....

Now post the rest of the answers .... I'm sure that we can all learn valuable insights into how you value a company for aquisition versus how one would value it in a fiduciary capacity acceptable to regulators for a large investor or pool.

Spoken like a true student without a job. Good luck to you too ....

But since you did not answer your own questions then you dont know the answer either. I think you need to go to school .....

Nope. I decide who I take orders from and it is not you ..... Good luck in your future endeavors ....

If you would like to apply for a job with one of my firms send me your resume ..... I will be doing the quiz and lets see just how smart you think you are ... You post your analysis and answers to your own irrelevant questions. You sound like a bitter unemployed fast food employee that...

I think I have said it ...... Even with the small class at a place like Stanford, in my opinion, taking time off to do the MBA from a viable career is not worth it .... unless: (1) your career is going nowhere and you have no idea what to do to remedy the problem AND (2) You have time and...

No. PhD.... and I taught at Stanford - which incidentally is a great school ... but ... its only a school. If you really believe that the only way you can succeed in business is if you have a "top Ten" MBA then in my opinion you have already lost the race .......

You are putting a lot of faith in the school and its network. I've seen it first hand have you ? Your own initiative and connections can get you as far as the career office and alumni connections. If this network is worh 300-400K to you then by all means pay for it. In my opinion, it is not.

Who cares if they accept 8% of their applicants ? There is nothing magic at Stanford - the same information is availble elsewhere. Dont get hung up over stanford, harvard, etc. If this is your focus - how "competitive" the school is then become a football player. You dont need an MBA to...

Problem with business is ... it isn't school and it doesn't happen in a textbook. You learn by doing. Anyone can pick up a book and read about so called "best practices". Best practices are relative: they depend upon who calls them "best". A whole bunch of the professors at Stanford couldn't...

That would be great if VISTA were free ... but its not, and Linux is.

Well I dont qualify as geezer..... Still I think a lot of people trade after they cash out of their careers: I know a lot of people that have been canned in silicon valley and were given generous cash out offers, took the offer , and now trade fulltime - I'm not one of them however.