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Using selfishness to put crowds to work for you

Using selfishness to put crowds to work for youGood griefHave we become this ignorant where the concept of Adam Smith's invisible hand is counter-intuitive and surprising?No wonder we've elected a freaking marxist as president.Code without good documentation has difficulty reaching critical massWhile some simple utilities can get by without documentation,...

Tags: Wiki, Investment, Self-Interest, good documentation, selfishness

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

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Why I'm letting someone else run my Exchange 2010 server

Why ironic?Given that exchange is the de facto standard in business email/cal having their products working as perfectly as possible with exchange is a must. Not only that, they advertise this functionality. Did you expect it to fail miserably? Your expectations must have been low. Heh.It took yearsNative Exchange support...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, E-mail servers, Groupware, Exchage, download page, Apple iTunes, IBM Corp., server

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Making a foundation a real solution to the mySQL mess

Sounds good. Too good?This sounds like a great solution to a problem that is probably costing Oracle, destroying what little credibility Sun has as a brand, while ensuring that every website on the planet virtually retains access to a free, secure and efficient database. If we don't do something, the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Dana, MySQL, Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Dear Microsoft: What's the deal with Windows 7 upgrades?

Location?38.921473?N 77.066946?WYep, same here ...... stonewalled at every turn. With you ...... I can see, because you've been pulling on Microsoft's scab lately. But in Ed's case, I don't know why they would treat him like that.^o^Message has been deleted..Believe it or not ...... it makes little difference. The...

Tags: upgrade media, reverse engineering, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Can open source software stop IT failure?

I'm not so sure #1 is valid#1 is a variation of "many eyes make all bugs shallow"Does it help? Yes. But it also makes the implicit assumption that everyone that can view the code is competent to do so. So it goes back to resource allocation being an issue, if...

Tags: Strategy, OPEN SOURCE, information technology, IT Failure, F/OSS, software, open-source software

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Less than 24-hours on and a potential Windows 7 Achilles' heel surfaces

3 Words for you...Windows Live Essentials...Saves on bloat?It was nothing to do with that. Microsoft have said that they unbundled a lot of things from the OS build as it allowed for easier and more frequent updates.Good point.I use Hotmail but also use Live Mail on my own machines as...

Tags: Microsoft Outlook, Operating systems, Groupware, E-mail providers, e-mail, Microsoft Windows, Windows Mail, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Looking beyond Windows 7 and Office; Pondering the alternatives

No reason to look beyond Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Office, its a complete solution out of the box for every business need. Pondering the alternatives will take all of 5 seconds before realizing the alternatives won't live up to what Microsoft has to offer.Preceding message brought to you...

Tags: OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Loverock Davidson

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Why Mac open source gets no respect

"Since Macs generally cost less than PCs"THEY ARE? Since when? And that doesn't jive at all with "Macs are upscale"... and cheaper. Mmmm no.No counterpart to XBMC?There are a ton of Media Center applications for windows, including Windows Media Center, which is fairly adept at just about...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Mac people, Apple Macintosh, XBMC, MCE, Unix

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Ellison rips IBM, shows off Sun-Oracle benchmarks, offers $10M prize

Ellison should have ripped M$ and Inhell tooIBM is less dangerous to the Oracle and the world than M$ and Inhell.RE: Ellison rips IBM, shows off Sun-Oracle benchmarks, offers $10M prizeFairly typical of desperation attempts, use wordsnot real proof through history."Unbreakable"And that one did not turn out too well...Your trolls...

Tags: Databases, Enterprise software, DB2 Databases, Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM DB2

Discussion threads 2009-10-12

ShareGhost 1.1 (Windows)

ShareGhost is one of the most technologically capable p2p file sharing application ever made. It was created with a focus on user-friendliness keeping at the same time all the range of useful features like multinetwork support, ghost ratings, and a queue area which users can entirely configure. ShareGhost offers exceptional...

Tags: P2P, Microsoft Windows, ShareGhost, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet

Software downloads 2009-10-12

Sony debuts Vaio X; 'world's lightest laptop': 11.1", 14-hour battery

Processor is a Z550 (2GHz)I went to the Sony ordering page and that is what it shows as the processor.RE: Sony debuts Vaio X; 'world's lightest laptop': 11.1If I were going to go to the PC route, I would definitely get a Vaio. They are the best PC laptops...

Tags: Desktops, Sony Vaio, Sony Corp., Vaio X, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, lightest laptop, laptop computer, battery, OEM, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Two Perspectives of the HR Technology show

Some positive surprises - strong attendance Last week, Dr. Katherine Jones and I attended the HR Technology show. Katherine is one the best known HR analysts out there and covered the space for Aberdeen Group for a number of years. Together, we sat down with 21...

Tags: Human Resources Inc., Katherine, Herewith, HR Tech, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Thin client questions? HP still quiet, but Wyse replies

WOW. Wyse has it together!They gave very detailed answers to some very good questions. I am not at all surprised that HP did not provide the same level of detail or any answers at all. This kind of stone walling is exactly what we have come to...

Tags: Thin clients, Wyse Technology Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., thin client

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

ATI debuts Radeon HD 5870 with 'most powerful processor ever created'

Mad Mike Magee 35th of 50 TOP Britons in IT & 5870 Diagram:Thomas Stewart Von Drashek Pat Moorhead: MUCH TO THE CHAGRIN of Nvidia, AMD/ATI today launched its RV870 architecture with the highly anticipated Radeon HD 5850 and HD 5870 graphics cards.We could spend a whole day writing about...

Tags: processor, ATI Technologies Inc., card, Radeon HD 5870, Radeon HD, NVidia Corp., Radeon

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Document your network now...save pain later

Do you really need to do this?I guess you have looked for the electrical blueprint of the building and couldn't find it but shouldn't there be an electrical blueprint of the building for the power company? Normally both power and telcom wires are included even in older blueprints (at least...

Tags: Internet connection, Internet, network

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

EU, US looking at MSFT-YHOO search deal: Is competition for GOOG anticompetitive?

M$ is anticompetitive by natureGoogle on the other hand is a good citizen for everyone.RE: EU, US looking at MSFT-YHOO search deal: Is competition for GOOG antico"Even if it does cause ?antitrust effects,? wouldn?t the end result be a stronger competitor for Google? Clearly. That would be good for consumers...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Digital media, Digital music, Investment, Businesses, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

Zune HD games, sponsored by the Kia Soul

ho humI must say im unimpressed. I was hoping they would have been more on. thats the problem with the OS setup also, no good preinstalled apps. They need to step it up if they want any consideration and I havent looked at pricing but I hope they dont think...

Tags: Games, game, Kia Motors Corp., Microsoft Zune, Zune HD

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

The4xjournal 1.14 (Windows)

I was taught and am convinced that as a Forex trader, good documentation helps you improve as a trader. I created this program, The4xjournal, specifically to help me with my Forex trading and I am offering it to you for a reasonable price. Note entry for each currency pair you...

Tags: Trader, Microsoft Windows, The4xJournal

Software downloads 2009-09-16

DOJ requests more info on Microsoft-Yahoo search deal

DOJ?Why does DOJ put its nose everywhere. this deal will create a company that will have half the market share as its competitor, let the market and shareholders take the decision.becuase.....why should one company which has 90% of the desk market have the same control over the Internet?It is good...

Tags: INTERNET, Yahoo Search, Exchange 14, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., U.S. Department of Justice

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

Moderated Knowledge Sharing Bases

There's so much going on in the cloud world you need air traffic control to figure out what solutions to your problems are safe to bring to earth and put to work. The instant gratification world of cloud - select solution> apply credit card to...

Tags: Collaboration, Knowledge, Knowledge Base, MindTouch Collaborative Knowledge Base, Wiki, Strategy, Networking, Online Communications, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-09-09