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- The original open source niche remains just that
- the niche is expandingWhile M$ if on the ropes firing its employees, FOSS companies are hiring and getting infusions of capital from forward looking investors.Nopethe money is not there, and never will be.Yeah, and they are hiring and expandingJust look at the stewards of some of the most "successful" open...
- Tags: open source, F/OSS, Sun Microsystems Inc., OH WAIT
- Discussion threads 2009-10-13
- Top 5 reasons healthcare in America is broken
- Top 5 reasons healthcare in America is brokenMy top 5whats wrong with the current health care reform bill:1. Illegal aliens are not excluded2. Congressmen are excluded (remember all the rhetoric about every American deserving the same health coverage that they get?) Do as I say not as I do.3. It...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Food & Beverage, Illegal Aliens, health care, diabetes, Top 5 reasons healthcare, food
- Discussion threads 2009-07-16
- Google ChromeOS: have people given leave of their senses?
- Google ChromeOS: have people given leave of their senses?Thankyou...This is the first well reasoned and thought out post I have read on ZDNet in a long time. I have just read Adrians post and he has decided it is a game changer already even after saying there is little...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Google Inc., Google ChromeOS, Linux, operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-07-08
- Starcraft II jettisons LAN support
- Starcraft II jettisons LAN supportThis will last all of two monthsbefore Blizzard caves and puts it back in.That's a novel ideaRemove a core feature and make it less popular. That would certainly be an disincentive to pirate it.Ruin it for the people that pay for it so they spoil it...
- Tags: LANs, Network technology, NETWORKING, Games, Blizz, LAN, LAN Support, Starcraft II
- Discussion threads 2009-07-07
- Tech execs lobby against foreign tax changes; ask for more foreign workers
- Executives from Intel, AMD and other tech companies were in Washington today, lobbying against policy changes related to taxes on overseas profits and calling for more visas to bring skilled workers to the U.S., according to a Reuters report. President Obama pledged last month to end tax breaks for companies...
- Tags: U.S., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Worker, Intel Corp., Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-03-11
- Open source wah a game both parties can play
- Open source wah a game both parties can playFollow the money.In this country, Democrat or Conservative, follow the lobbyists and the incredible slush fund of "incentives" to keep everyone on one proprietary OS and all things related.The DOJ was bought lobbied and MS has never been remotely in compliance.http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2007/09/battle-brewing-between-states-doj-over-microsoft-settlement-expiration.ars[B]The consent...
- Tags: compliance, Microsoft Corp., open source, game
- Discussion threads 2009-01-28
- Microsoft finally earns a passing grade (barely) for WGA
- Microsoft finally earns a passing grade barely for WGAReal LifeUnless you realy have a bootleg or keygened cd ke. pretty mush any XP sticker from any manufacturer can be "recycled" into any other PC. Just tell the right thing to the automated phone system: Did you change your motherboard: YES...And...
- Tags: deactivation option, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Comcast traffic management issue before FCC
- Today is the deadline for the FCC call for comments on the Comcast traffic management case brought about by a formal complaint from the Free Press and Public Knowledge. As a former network engineer who designed networks and servers and as someone who has written extensively on these matters, I...
- Tags: FCC, Bandwidth, Packet, Electronic Frontier Foundation, BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., P2P, Problem, Verizon Communications Inc., Broadband, DOCSIS, Network Management, BitTorrent Seeder, Networking, Cable, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-02-13
- Now this is leverage: scaling a phishing operation
- Now this is leverage: scaling a phishing operationGovernment innovationNow why can't the FBI, CIA, NSA, etc., think up things like that?It would save us taxpayers a fortune on setting up and maintaining all the clandestine surveillance that we all know doesn't actually exist.RE: Now this is leverage: scaling a phishing...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, Government, SECURITY, Big Money, Mr Brain, phishing, market-force, phishing operation, leverage
- Discussion threads 2008-01-23
- Dell adds Ubuntu 7.10 to its lineup
- Dell adds Ubuntu 7.10 to its lineupOne error in your statement...."- Turbo-Tax. Still stubbornly requiring IE and Windows for the online version."I used Turbo Tax last year - with FireFox on Windows XP. :)I don't have a problem?[B]"- Turbo-Tax. Still stubbornly requiring IE and Windows for the online version."[/B]...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Web browsers, DVD, Linux, Dell Computer Corp., Ubuntu, DVD Playback, Ubuntu 7.10, Turbo-Tax, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-12-19
- Windows XP outshines Vista in benchmarking test
- Windows XP outshines Vista in benchmarking testXP outshines Vista...what a surprise...NOT!In the last 3 decades, new larger OSes have meant slower, more resource hungry OSes. I know of only one exception to that trend and that is for a remote access machine, an apple and orange comparison.I'd be interested...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, benchmarking, benchmarking test
- Discussion threads 2007-11-27
- Is Ballmer signaling a Yahoo deal?
- Is Ballmer signaling a Yahoo deal?Microsoft would buy ANYTHINGTo establish their dominance, and then smash it to smithereens to promote their agenda.Usually, it's easier to just change the name, alter the icons, and claim it as their invention, after they have "acquired" it, though.The only thing that Ballmer is signaling...
- Tags: E-mail, Mergers & Acquisitions, SEARCH, Ad Revenue, Google OS, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-06
- Workflows rock
- Workflows are a fairly common idea in business. Someone initiates a task, components of the task get passed on to the correct staff, and, when the task components are complete, the initiator gets a nice notification. The idea is that it closes up communication loops nicely, automatically documents...
- Tags: Idea, Secretary, Workflow, Teacher, Action, Referral, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2007-09-23
- Open letter to e-mail vendors: Your spam fix doesn't work. Time for a complete redo?
- The makers of anti-spam solutions (be they stand-alone or ones that are built-in to existing e-mail solutions) would have you believe that their solutions are worthy of battling spam and merit your attention if ridding your inbox or inboxes of spam is important to you. They're full of it. The...
- Tags: Inbox, Solution, Sender, E-mail, JamSpam, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-09-17
- Using Vista (or plan to use it)? Then try your hardest to run it as a non-administrative user first
- In response to yesterdays blog about whether or not Vistas tightened security could mean additional friction in the Web experience that Vista users will encounter, my fellow blogger George Ou first responded that the average user doesnt default to a non-administrative user or "limited user account" LUA but also took...
- Tags: General, Vista, Software Infrastructure, Mobile, Security
- Blog posts 2007-02-23
- eBay vs. fraud: Share your suggestions
- eBay vs. fraud: Share your suggestionsebay protecting against fraud - lolRegarding ebay, I bought a 1995 4Runner that had major damage to the dash that would cost about $250 to fix but the dealer never mentioned it. It also had serious engine problems, ran on 4 of 6 cylinders and...
- Tags: Litigation, eBay Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-01-23
- A fist full of Linden dollars
- A new software program doing the rounds within Second Life, threatened to render the games virtual currency worthless. CopyBot allows objects to be cloned at no cost - objects that would otherwise be exchanged for Linden dollars. Naturally, Second Life retailers werent happy, and protested to the games makers, Linden...
- Tags: Second Life, DMCA, Linden Labs
- Blog posts 2006-11-15
- FUDGE: Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt about Governance in the Enterprise
- Should project teams be rewarded for using shared SOA-compliant services? Or is it more effective to punish those who dont? I had the opportunity to sit in on InfoWorlds SOA Executive Forum, taking place in New York this week. An interesting thread of discussion coming from the conference was concern...
- Tags: General, Business ROI
- Blog posts 2006-11-08
- Microsoft won't delay Vista in Europe
- Microsoft won't delay Vista in EuropeJack Abramoff influence-peddling scandalToday 5 charities will be named in the Jack Abramoff scandal. I know that the Gates Foundation gave money to at least one Jack Abramoff charity. I doubt the Gates Foundation will be named but I think it involved in slim-ball tactic...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Corp., Jack Abramoff, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2006-10-13
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