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Specs are a business plan

Specs are a business planwhy does OSS behave like fanatics"But for people like Linus Torvalds, and hundreds of thousands of others, these are opportunities. They're opportunities to follow your own muse, to try things, to take detours, to "smell the flowers" of code as it were.I'm sorry if many companies,...

Tags: OSS, fanatic

Discussion threads 2005-10-21

An open source value central to the Internet

An open source value central to the Internettry talking to a fanaticgood luck if you come to a concensus.Don't Misunderstand ConsensusThere is a consensus among scientists about evolution. Doesn't mean there aren't fanatics who disagree. Those fanatics are simply outside the consensus.are you telling thatPaul Murphy's views are outside OSS...

Tags: fanatic, open source value, open source, Internet

Discussion threads 2005-10-20

Aid agencies seeking help for Asia

Aid agencies seeking help for AsiaoverblownBig deal. America has already killed at least 100,000 Iraqis. And this wasn't some natural disaster, it was young kids shooting and bombing an innocent people. Well, at least America is "freeing" them..even if there'll be no one left alive to enjoy the new "democracy"..Why?Why...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, agency, fanatic, Saddam, Kurds, Human Rights, civilian death

Discussion threads 2004-12-28

Additional Resources

Macs and iPhones: Reporting for duty

Macs and iPhones: Reporting for dutyi agreeI mean Macs are more secure. If I was in the army I would expect only Apple or Linux.OsX is Apple's Killer AdvantageI've written in comments before that the iPhone's great advantage is OsX a modified version which runs the iPhone.A few months ago...

Tags: SECURITY, Apple Macintosh, OSx, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-06-12

Puncturing the myth of the invulnerable OS

I keep trying to come up with explanations for why rational technical publications continue to amplify the nonsensical research coming out of Australian security vendor PC Tools in the past few weeks. Jedi mind tricks? Post-hypnotic suggestions embedded in web pages served from the Southern Hemisphere? Sunspots? There's certainly...

Tags: Operating System, PC Tools, Microsoft Windows Vista, Malware, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-05-20

Ballmer egged in Hungary

Ballmer egged in HungaryM$ thugs got exposed in HungaryHere we see a concern citizen that fights against M$ plundering his country using a non violent protest.Of course Ballmer had nothing to say about acusations because they are real and he can't accept any meaningfull debabe about M$ dirty deeds.RE: Ballmer...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Steve Ballmer, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-19

Sugar-free Windows, as predicted

Sugar-free Windows, as predictedreminds me of an Esperanto fanaticYou know Esperanto? The logically designed spoken and written language that, if everyone would adopt it, would vastly improve literacy rates, worldwide communication, and understanding?Unfortunately, the billions of people who populate this world already have languages which, while not as perfect as...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Esperanto

Discussion threads 2008-05-15

Online thieves worse than 1960s Mafia

Online thieves worse than 1960s MafiaCompletely different situationThe current situation is completely different. In the '60's the Mafia was basically a U.S. thing. Also, one reason why it had grown was J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI. Hoover was a fanatic about keeping the FBI "pristine",...

Tags: Phishing, Cyberthreats, Federal government, Spam, Viruses and worms, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Mafia, Edgar Hoover

Discussion threads 2008-04-25

12.1ò0of iPhone usage is Web browsing

12.1ò0of iPhone usage is Web browsingNo surpriseThe zooming browser is such an obvious enhancement that I'm surprised no one else thought of it sooner.If only the opera guys can get their act together and release the new 9.5 browser for handhelds so that we can all enjoy zoomed browsing.Oh wait......

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Web, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-04-13

Vista fiasco continues with retreat to XP

Vista fiasco continues with retreat to XPVista is what squeezed me outof the MS flock. I was an avid supporter and advocate for MS right up to XP. I reluctantly went to XP Pro. Then along came WGA and false positives and Redmond telling me I needed to replace an...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Linux, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Vista fiasco, ULCPC, fiasco, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Discussion threads 2008-04-04

Your turn: Readers choose their 10 favorite Windows programs

Two weeks ago, I published a list of my 10 favorite Windows programs of all time. The response was overwhelming and refreshingly enthusiastic. As the title made clear, that list reflected my personal preferences; I certainly don't expect all my choices to be essential for every Windows...

Tags: Program, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, List, Requirement, System, Screen Shot, Quick Macros, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-03-20

Ballmer: It's all about Web developers

Ballmer: It's all about Web developersSecond most popular OSThey're only deluding themselves, and the longer it carries on the worse they'll end up.Keep up the good bull*hit Ballmer ;-)RE: Ballmer: It's all about Web developersI watched the video. This nutcase is in charge?The whole Vista email debacle now makes sense.........and...

Tags: Channel management, Steve Ballmer, Web, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-03-06

Pakistan blocks YouTube over cartoons

Pakistan blocks YouTube over cartoonsPeople will stop using the internet?Yeah. Sure. That's what'll happen.Probably best if he's right, though - the internet could do with a few less homicidal maniacs.They're not even particularly good cartoons, and neither are they all that clever...Self-control, people! Murdering random innocent people because someone drew...

Tags: INTERNET, YouTube Inc., cartoon

Discussion threads 2008-02-24

Pakistan+removed+from+the+Internet

Pakistan+removed+from+the+InternetThis has nothing to do with DNSThis has nothing to do with DNS. This is happening at a MUCH lower layer. DNS is name resolution for applications like web browsers and mail servers. Routing tables determine where the IPs are routed.The routes are being hijacked by poisoned...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Routers & switches, BGP, SSH, BGP Route, Internet, shell account, government, router, DNS

Discussion threads 2008-02-24

Of+DVDs+and+documents

Of+DVDs+and+documentsOf course open source folks hate choice.The fact users have a choice in their OS and software is what has kept open source from going anywhere on the desktop.Face it, this entire thing was nothing more than open source advocates believing they had found a way to do an end...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), DVD, Consumer electronics, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., moderator

Discussion threads 2008-02-22

Top Yahoo shareholders could support Microsoft

Top Yahoo shareholders could support MicrosoftWell, no matter how they do it, Yahoo will lose a lot of good people.But, this deal will keep us entertained for some time to come. First, there will be the long process of the takeover, with important employees leaving at various times, then when...

Tags: Data centers, Recruitment & Selection, shareholder, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-15

Microsoft-Yahoo: The end game nears; Was there an Amazon-Yahoo deal in the works?

Microsoft-Yahoo: The end game nears; Was there an Amazon-Yahoo deal in the works?I guess you theory makes more sense than anything else. By itself,the MS/Yahoo tie-up makes little sense given all of the integration problems, completely different cultures, product overlap, and very big, the difference in OSes.So, I suppose blocking...

Tags: Operating systems, Games, OPEN SOURCE, game, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-08

iPodPink appears just in time to save the economy

iPodPink appears just in time to save the economyIt might just be fluff...Different colors might just be "fluff"...but fluff sells. Every female I know who has a Moto Razr, has the pink one. Go Apple!enough is enoughI enjoy my nano but the Apple hype machine is getting to...

Tags: Quality, Digital music, Object Management Group, iPodPink, JIT, Chuck Norris, Pink

Discussion threads 2008-01-22

Please no "yapping away" on Skype in the air

Please no "yapping away" on Skype in the airNo phones on planes ....I'm 100% in favor of on-air internet. I'm also 1,000,000% in favor of airlines blocking access to Skype and any other web based phone systems.The last thing I need is to spent an entire flight forced to listen...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, Skype Technologies S.A.

Discussion threads 2007-12-25

Ten things about tech I really hate-and maybe you do as well

I have been howling over TechAndNews.Net's list of the 50 worst technologies, phenomenon, products, etc. If you ever were in a grouchy mood about tech, you should read this list. I have done so, multiple times. Here are the ten that speak to me, along with my opinion of...

Tags: MySpace, Macy, Internet, Outsourcing, Cyberthreats, Investment, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Security, Finance, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-12-18