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Does Drew decision criminalize TOS violations?

Does Drew decision criminalize TOS violations?I am sorry, but that verdict was bull and it will and MUST be overturned.Yet another instance of prosecutors grasping at straws. yes, people wanted to see this chick do some time for bullying this girl verbally... but doesnt what they are doing amount...

Tags: Free Speech, Does Drew, Does Drew decision, TOS

Discussion threads 2008-12-02

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Two Views of the Software Market

A Bridge Too Far? In a blogger briefing this week at SAP’s TechEd, SAP CTO, Vishal Sikka, drew a chart of the application software market and what new areas of technology are of interest to the firm. I’ve tried to reproduce his freehand drawing into the following...

Tags: ERP, Vishal Sikka, S-curve, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-10-16

Your next software buying decision: zero cost?

My piece about SugarCRM contains a line from Vinnie Mirchandani that's been ringing in my ears: "They're tiny." What's tiny about: Free edition 400,000 users 50,000 systems Commercial customers 100,000 users 5,000...

Tags: Software, Open Source, Margin, OSS, Jeff Nolan, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-05-01

Once more on SCO

From this blog for January 8 2008: What's worst about [the hate mail I get when ever I comment on SCO] , however, is that the "groklaw effect" has become a significant component in the overall Linux "gestalt" - and just about everything most of that mob has been...

Tags: Novell Inc., SCO Group Inc., Unix, IBM Corp., Open Source, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-03-21

News to know: Mac malware, Windows 7, Netbooks, Google

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Adam O'Donnell: Despite what blogs and Apple say, Macs will eventually have malware Ed Bott: Windows 7 Beta 1 to arrive January 13? Andrew...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Data Center, Microsoft Windows 7, Malware, Data Centers, Storage, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Does Drew decision criminalize TOS violations?

I suggested that prosecutors and the Meiers think about a deal with Drew in which she waives her right to appeal. Many people wrote in to say no, along these lines: Drew bullied and by the end of the day a 13 year old girl...

Tags: Law, Statute, Government, Internet, Productivity, Vertical Industries, Hacking, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Measuring TCO: Wintel vs Lintel

The most basic, and traditional, Wintel vs Lintel TCO comparison argued that since the hardware is the same, everything comes down to the cost of the OS and applications licenses -all of which are free for Lintel and expensive for Wintel. This drew many different responses, but...

Tags: Wintel, Benefit, TCO, Linux, Roi/Tco, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-03-12

huh? SCO and knowing what I don't know

huh? SCO and knowing what I don't knowPot - kettle - kettle - potMurph - you are doing exactly what you are accusing other reporters of doing, [i]i.e.[/i] running with a story on the basis of your prejudices.[i]"... it's hard to believe that all of the agreements got rewritten...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SCO Group Inc., IBM Corp., Novell Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-08-20

Ubuntu servers hacked to attack others

Ubuntu servers hacked to attack othersYeah.Anyone thinking of running a net facing server, get an Expert. I would assume that these people were college students doing it for free but after some of the things I've seen (who in the hell uses a while(1) loop in production software?) I'm not...

Tags: Linux, Servers, Operating systems, UNIX, Anton, Stupidity, server, Canonical, security, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-08-15

The search antitrust ball is back in DOJ, states' court

The search antitrust ball is back in DOJ, states' courtBy now?[i]By now I think any judge would be tired of it.[/i]IMHO she's been tired of it since she drew the short straw.And there is the problem"U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said Tuesday she expected the plaintiffs the DOJ and states...

Tags: SEARCH, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., U.S. Department of Justice, antitrust, operating system

Discussion threads 2007-06-26

The great divide

A few weeks ago, Serdar Yegulalp wrote a long article for Information week under the title Ubuntu Linux Vs. Windows Vista: The Battle For Your Desktop. Heres the teaser: Is Linux finally ready to...

Tags: Unanswered questions, General

Blog posts 2007-05-08

Digital culturus interruptus: Right here, right now, the almighty copyright finally comes home to roost

Sooner or later, it was bound to happen. Like teenagers biologically programmed to step across every boundary put in place by their parents, the digerati, equipped with the constantly evolving tools of their trade (everything from YouTube-like video sharing sites to widely available hacks of anti-piracy systems), have been been...

Tags: Apple, Entertainment, General, Government, Hollywood On Demand, Legal, Personal Technology, Web technology

Blog posts 2007-03-13

Unix in education

Unix dominates in both research and educational computing in the sciences, engineering, and mathematics. In business education, however, it isnt very visible at all. For example, I once reviewed 8 introductory IT textbooks intended for use in MBA and CA programs to find 3 mentions of Solaris in a...

Tags: General, Enterprise Policy, IT Retardants, Unix

Blog posts 2006-11-07

From Microsoft to Opensoft? Novell just another hole in the garden wall

There's a bit of irony in the fact that Novell is the company that Microsoft made its legal pact with yesterday. Novell as a company is a shell of its former self. But there's a bit of Novell history that might make sense for Microsoft to take note of. Back...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Novell Inc., General, IT Management, Software Infrastructure, Web Technology, Legal, Office 2.0

Blog posts 2006-11-03

Teen posts on MySpace, gets a visit from Secret Service

Teen posts on MySpace, gets a visit from Secret ServiceSorry, I agree with the Secret ServiceI am not a lawyer, but I suspect that any lawyer would agree that her display could be construed as a threat. On the other hand, the agents should have visited the parents first and...

Tags: Real estate, MySpace, U.S. Secret Service

Discussion threads 2006-10-18

In marriage of 'CPUs and GPUs,' ATI snapped-up by AMD. Is NVidia next?

In another one of the worst kept secrets in the technology industry, AMD has shelled out $5.4B for Canada-based video and graphics solution provider ATI Technologies. According to the aforelinked Reuters news story:Talk of a tie-up between the two companies first emerged in May. Over the weekend, the rumors...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., ATI Technologies Inc.

Blog posts 2006-07-24

PodShow attaches business podcasts to new AIM Pro -- but at what cost to the businesses?

There's nothing like hitching a ride on a partner's voluminous installed base to get a new product or service into the market fast. Looks like that's what PodShow has done by hooking up with AOL and its new AIM Pro offering announced today. PodShowPRO is providing, or so the...

Tags: PodShow

Blog posts 2006-07-19

The Solaris security record

Last week's blog about Solaris and openBSD drew this response from "cloder" Factual errors Paul, you need a fact checker. You *drastically* overstate the security record of Solaris. You wrote: Like any Unix, Solaris has had hundreds of vulnerabilities exposed and fixed, but there have been...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, security, Sun Solaris

Blog posts 2006-03-22

Recertifying CERT

When CERT published its 2005 Vulnerabilities summary earlier year it drew hundreds of reality reversing headlines along the lines of Tom Espiner's zdnet report: "Linux and Unix 'had more vulnerabilities than Windows.'" On January 10th I looked at the list of 2,328 claimed Unix vulnerabilities only to discover them greatly...

Tags: CERT, vulnerability

Blog posts 2006-01-24

Dell opens controversial plant

Dell opens controversial plantDell opens controversial plantVery controversial. The state gave them one heck of a bonus incentive if they built here. They called me for an interview but I had to turn them down.SubsidyEarly in the article is this little misuse of English. "The...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Dell Computer Corp., tax

Discussion threads 2005-10-05