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More chatter on Massachusetts' OpenDoc plan

David Coursey at eWeek wrote a Microsoft-friendly response to Massachusetts' decision to standardize on the OpenDoc format. And the response to his response has been both sympathetic and bewildered. The gist of Coursey's argument is this: "I am not sure what the...

Tags: Simon Phipps, David Coursey, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2005-09-12

Is Word 'open enough for Government work'?

In David Coursey's latest entry on the Massachusetts Open Document format fight, Coursey points out the futility in Massachusetts' position. Although Coursey agrees in principal with Massachusetts State Government CIO Peter Quinn, he sees this as a no-win situation for Massachusetts but feels that Microsoft should officially open up...

Tags: David Coursey, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2005-09-07

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The echo chamber misreads another Windows 7 survey

The echo chamber misreads another Windows 7 surveyVista after one year.....was about the same as XP after one year.http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=352Excellent article, Ed!Thanks for the great article! Just shows how biased many news sources there are on the 'net!unfreakingbelieveablethese writers are either terribly ignorant of how this stuff works or else...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 survey, Microsoft Windows Vista, adoption rate, Microsoft Windows, survey

Discussion threads 2009-07-13

Why CERT should be decertified (2)

Why CERT should be decertified (2)Investigative reportingis NOT dead nor an oxymoron! Thanks murph!Any counter-examples?Thanks for the list, murph. How easy to find were these examples?Did you find any counter-examples?stop advertising your incompetenceAlmost every security vendor has reported that *nix have more vulnerabilities. However the only thing you seem...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Development tools, Microsoft Corp., CERT, vulnerability, operating system

Discussion threads 2006-01-18

Mass. names acting CIO, sticks with OpenDocument

Mass. names acting CIO, sticks with OpenDocumentI agreeThank God for Massachusetts, once again it's symbolically throwing the tea into the harbor. No single company should control public documents, much less the officials which maintain them. If I must purchase a certain overpriced product from a specific vendor to communicate...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Quality, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, OpenDocument Format, open standard

Discussion threads 2006-01-06

The academy vs. open source

The academy vs. open sourceIn a world......of specialists, the vast majority are uninformed. And Tyranny by the majority is still tyranny. I think the wikipedia issue is most thorny because of a lack of humility. On everyone's side. Wikifanatics and evangalists (a term that SHOULD BE...

Tags: Wiki, Quality, Openness, open source, quality control, Wikipedia

Discussion threads 2005-12-14

The academy vs. open source

I suspect many open source advocates may be surprised at the intense push-back against Wikipedia. (That there is John Seigenthaler, the victim in the original scandal, to the right.)Well, it is December, and this is traditionally a slow news month. Anyone working hard right now probably has a January ...

Tags: open source, Authority

Blog posts 2005-12-14

The Dan & David Show: Massachusetts vs. Microsoft

The Dan & David Show: Massachusetts vs. MicrosoftWho lost what?Last time I checked, MS Office was still the standard in office productivity software. Think this will change because some soon to be unemployed bureaucrats in MA had a hissy fit over "open" standards? Let's check back in 5 years and...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format

Discussion threads 2005-10-14

Bug spotted in Symantec antivirus

Bug spotted in Symantec antivirusCheeseForget about your kids inserting a grilled cheese sandwich into the VCR; this is the digital age! Make sure they haven't picked up any nasty buffer overruns at school.Lemme guess...This bug that was spotted, we've probably all spotted it before.It's the label on the box and/or...

Tags: SECURITY, security software, Symantec Corp., Symantec AntiVirus, software, antivirus

Discussion threads 2005-10-05

The Death of Podcasting

Podcasting, the underground movement begun by VH1 DJ Adam Curry and the irascible Dave Winer, is no more. The fledgling technology, actually nothing more than a bootstrap of the failed XML ASCII text scripting language, was dealt a fatal blow when Apple Computer, the Beatles' record company, released a version...

Tags: Frank Barnako, podcasting

Blog posts 2005-07-18

Opinions cross the spectrum over Microsoft's RSS support

Updated 9:40 AM 6/30/05.Updated with video clip 10:50 AM 6/29/05: In the days after Microsoft announced upcoming support for RSS at Gnomedex, bloggers/journalists/analysts spared no angle in dissecting and opining on what the new Microsoft format means to the world. For reference, here's a video clip from Gnomedex 2005...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., RSS

Blog posts 2005-06-28

RSS: another poor tech name going mainstream

"RSS is a terrible name for a great technology; it can stand for either Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication, and neither really tells you that it means subscribing to a Web site so you don't have to check it for updates." -David Pogue, NY TimesNY Times columnist David...

Tags: RSS

Blog posts 2005-06-27

Who broke the Apple news? Better yet, who predicted it.

Who broke the Apple news? Better yet, who predicted it.The 'rumor' probably originated from Apple's marketing department.Make a little buzz before their developer's conference, that's probably why no ones been sued. That or the WSJ would probably put up a bigger fight than a few fan sites.A little off...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Processors, job, Wall Street Journal, Apple Inc., Intel x86

Discussion threads 2005-06-08

Who broke the Apple news? Better yet, who predicted it.

Dan Gillmor has rightly picked apart a scoop conspiracy on the Apple-Intel story. He notes how, in the process of undeservedly patting itself on the back, the Wall Street Journal quoted Steve Jobs as saying "Most of you are hearing about this for the first time, unless you read...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Computer Inc., Wall Street Journal

Blog posts 2005-06-07

Pundit: Stop your VoIP installation now!! To which I reply ...

I respect David Coursey. He's an IT consultant, author and commentator of long standing.Still, my eyes popped a bit when I read his latest piece, which he posted late yesterday.Let's Put VoIP on Hold is a plea for IT administrators everywhere in the known universe to not plan any new...

Tags: VoIP, VoIP security

Blog posts 2005-05-18

Macworld keynote roundup

In his blog post, technology journalist Sandy McMurray does the best job I've seen today summarizing Steve Jobs' keynote presentation at Macworld and laying out the parade of announcements in its entirety in easy-to-read point-form format. A pair of ZDNet videos provides a close look at the new Mac...

Tags: Apple Macintosh

Blog posts 2005-01-11

Jobs draws $1 paycheck again

Jobs draws $1 paycheck againYummyApples are yummy...The pay sucks...But those fringe benefits are well worth the low salary and long hours :)If he would stop overcharging – he might take a real salary. NTNTNow for a $1 iPod andI definitely would buy one then, . . heck, I'd buy that...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Benefits, job, Vily, Microsoft Windows NT, Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2004-03-11

Broadband powerline service gains backers

Broadband powerline service gains backersI think THIS is the future...If they can get this worked out, THIS is the way to do it.Everyone has Power. Well, 99.99 percent do :)Everyone see above has lines running to their homes.There are obvious concerns. Safety, reliability, speed, and probably the biggest,...

Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, broadband over power line, radio, broadband, powerline

Discussion threads 2004-03-02

Apple: New G5 outperforms Windows PC

Apple: New G5 outperforms Windows PCAt the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, AnchorDesk's David Coursey looks at Apple's new G5-based Power Mac and finds out why the company calls it the "world's fastest personal computer."

Tags: Desktops, Apple Inc., Windows PC, PC

Videos 2003-06-24

Apple's new iChat enables video conferencing

Apple's new iChat enables video conferencingAt the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, AnchorDesk's David Coursey checks out Apple's new iChat AV, which enables Mac users to hold high-quality video conferences over broadband. The software is a major feature of "Panther," the next version of Mac OS X.

Tags: Apple iChat, Apple Inc.

Videos 2003-06-23