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Linux on the iPhone?

Linux on the iPhone?Open source parasitesNothing like preaching Open Source after someone spends tens of millions to develop a first-class piece of hardware.If it wasn't for google (a for-profit perhaps even more evil than MS), there wouldn't be an android either.These open source guys really have to see the forest...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, UNIX, facination, hardware, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, evil, open source

Discussion threads 2008-11-17

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Cisco's flip kick into video authoring: It's the bits, folks

It wasn't a surprise to see networking expansionist Cisco buying Flip, the popular video camcorder (though the price tag was steep especially given Cisco's recent stock decline). The logic is simple: Cisco sells networking gear. It needs customers to want to buy more gear. Video...

Tags: Video Authoring, Video, Cisco Systems Inc., Flip, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Ted Schadler

Blog posts 2009-03-20

ERP implementations and outsourcing: The white board rarely reflects reality

ERP implementations and outsourcing: The white board rarely reflects realityMyriad of errors, but...the IT failure itself can only be blamed on IBM. And it is possible for your IT to break you. Whether it did or not will probably be decided by 12 people in a jury box......

Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), outsourcing, IBM Corp., white board, ERP Implementation, Yahoo! Inc., ERP, ALF, board

Discussion threads 2008-02-11

How did software end up bloated with so many unused features? Here's how

How did software end up bloated with so many unused features? Here's howDon't think that's whyI don't believe that feature bloat resulted from the "review wars." There have been a lot of studies that show that, yes, most users utilize perhaps 15% of the functionality of a typical suite, for...

Tags: Word processors, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, software, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-04-23

Story about Apple's crackdown on 'pod' usage getting lots of pickup

Story about Apple's crackdown on 'pod' usage getting lots of pickupYour post is oddYou seem to be lending defence to Apples position under the guise of the ‘right of defence'. While under the law they certainly have a right to assert such an attack under the ‘guise' of defending...

Tags: Apple Inc., common term, patent

Discussion threads 2006-08-15

Uh oh. Has the zero-day exploit tipping point finally arrived?

Uh oh. Has the zero-day exploit tipping point finally arrived?You do remember the Vista P2P was open...... by default in the beta version. It will not be open by default in the final version. That's in the article linked.The fault was not letting people know about the...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Operating systems, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Anton, Unix, virus, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, zero-day bug

Discussion threads 2005-08-19