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- Chartered to protect the henhouse, has the FTC turned into a fox?
- Chartered to protect the henhouse, has the FTC turned into a fox?You tell me and we'll both know."The question is, what will be that next evolutionary step that resets things so that we have the final word on such sensitive information."You tell me and we'll both know.It's the golden rule...Those...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, henhouse, Chartered, FTC, fox, telemarketing, ZIP code
- Discussion threads 2007-12-17
- Are Microsoft-funded studies worthless?
- Are Microsoft-funded studies worthless?Why won't the CDs run?Don't tell me you've stopped having Windows pc's around the house. Sometimes a return to the primitive can be excessive. I wouldn't want to have even one of Frank Lloyd Wright's prairie homes if the roof leaked. And not having...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, henhouse, software, fox, DOS, hardware, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-06-15
- The henhouse welcomes the fox?
- The henhouse welcomes the fox?too many linkstoo many links.. system over load.. must breathe..aaraarrgghh!!!jus' kidding. 'twas quite a nice and [i]long[/i] read. and the irony of it just [i]killed[/i] me.Reporting = He said, She saidI admit, reporting is a lot easier when you no longer bother to actually write and...
- Tags: henhouse
- Discussion threads 2006-05-20
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- Apple rolls back problem driver in new iTunes 8 update
- Apple rolls back problem driver in new iTunes 8 updateThey should have changed the version number.Even if it is the same driver. The use of the older version number might cause problems in future installs when the installer check the version number of the installed driver the problematic one, finds...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iTunes, Apple Inc., iTunes 8, iTunes 8 update, new iTunes 8, problem driver
- Discussion threads 2008-09-12
- Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Assessing winners and losers
- Updated below: Yahoo and billionaire investor Carl Icahn have settled their looming proxy war. According to a statement Monday, Yahoo's board of directors will be expanded to 11 members and one of those seats will go to Icahn. The two remaining seats will be filled based on...
- Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Why is Microsoft sponsoring the Open Source Census?
- Why is Microsoft sponsoring the Open Source Census?Microsoft sees RedHat and Novell making...money with open source. They are looking to see if it is a market they can tap into as well. Microsoft would rather make money from Open Source than try to kill it - something they have found...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., open source, Winux
- Discussion threads 2008-06-16
- Chartered to protect the henhouse, has the FTC turned into a fox?
- I rarely get e-mail from the USA Today's Byron Acohido who from time to time interviews me for my opinions on tech. But today, Acohido drew my attention to a story that he has co-authored with Jon Swartz under the headline FTC under fire as credit bureaus sell consumers'...
- Tags: ZIP Code, Bureau, Database Company, FTC, E-mail, Government, Databases, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-12-17
- Microsoft officially 'extends support' for Novell's Silverlight Linux port
- Microsoft officially 'extends support' for Novell's Silverlight Linux portOnce again, Novell is in first place with Linux!I guess the MS Novell deal HAS done some good for Linux.Shame on the nay-sayers!Not sure if this is good or bad. Do we have any guarantee that MS will notpull the rug...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Linux, Novell Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-05
- Treasury Department: Stop the IT Madness
- Treasury Department: Stop the IT MadnessOutside Contractors and Political AppointeesNice article and a topic that we have been pondering in Washington State for some time. An answer may involve a strategy from an old play book involving politics and power.US President Jackson became powerful by rewarding those loyal to him...
- Tags: Financial services, Recruitment & Selection, U.S. Department of Treasury, bank, information technology, job
- Discussion threads 2007-08-03
- Google: Stingy with click fraud refunds?
- Google: Stingy with click fraud refunds?Sole Discretion RefundsThe Google Click Refund Policy goes back to putting the Fox in charge of the henhouse. Another similar situation is eBay's insurance program when you have received bogus merchandise from a seller. A Coach bag bought by my friend was not an...
- Tags: Financial Planning, Google Inc., eBay Inc., advertisement, insurance, click fraud
- Discussion threads 2007-03-01
- VMware fires broadside at Microsoft
- VMware fires broadside at Microsoft"Virtualization isn't mature enough yet" oh but Vista is?Microsoft has such a long history of guarding their customers from the pain and suffering that can result from the premature release of software products !VMWare, try again when Windows Server has a monopolyWindows may have a monopoly...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating systems, Desktops, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Corp., VMware Inc., server, operating system
- Discussion threads 2007-02-27
- Microsoft, Novell paint target on Red Hat
- Microsoft, Novell paint target on Red HatAnd anyone with an iota of intelligence WILLhave an emotional agenda regarding ANY involvment of M$ with Linux!"Most professionals", as you so condescendingly put it, will understand that allowing M$ a foot into the Linux door is like giving the fox the key to...
- Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Novell Inc., Red Hat Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-11-03
- Time to short RedHat?
- Let's get the snark out of the way first, shall we? If Ray Noorda were still alive this would kill him.Microsoft and Novell in a wide-ranging partnership to make Linux and Windows work together? Sure, Oracle is pissed. Yes indeed, the fox is in the henhouse. You have the rooster, the...
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., IS IT
- Blog posts 2006-11-02
- Microsoft and Novell: Fox marries chicken, both move into henhouse
- Microsoft and Novell: Fox marries chicken, both move into henhouseKeeps SuSE alive.Perhaps both Oracle's move and Microsoft's responded to Red Hat's advance toward a monopoly in commercial Linux. The coupons for SuSE appear to be either direct subsidy or deputizing Microsoft to assist SuSE. So Microsoft supports Novell...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Directory services, Novell eDirectory, Now IT, Fox, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, SuSE
- Discussion threads 2006-11-02
- Microsoft and Novell: Fox marries chicken, both move into henhouse
- The stunning news that Microsoft will partner with Novell to support SuSe Linux as an alternative deployment platform to Windows -- and that they announce it on the cusp of the arrival of Windows Vista! -- is one of the most intriguing events in IT in some time.One has to...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp., Linux
- Blog posts 2006-11-02
- On heels of VA's giant data breach, White House & GAO review security practices
- According to ComputerWorld, the White House Office of Management and Budget OMB and the Government Accountability Office GAO are jointly looking into the data security practices of the Veterans Administration as well as several other agencies. Recently, a computer containing the personal data of over 26.5 million people was...
- Tags: OMB, FISMA, password
- Blog posts 2006-06-19
- The henhouse welcomes the fox?
- I was just perusing through Simon Phipps (Sun's Chief Open Source Officer) blog, by way of Bob Sutor's (IBM open source/standards grand pooh-bah) blog which alerted me to Danese Cooper's (Intel, formerly of Sun) blog which empties Sun's dirty laundry basket on the open sourcing of Java (Bridges? What bridges?...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-05-19
- Will Kumar refund? IBM eats own dog food. Interop 2006. EFF neutralized by DOJ secret weapon?
- It's been close to six months since I turned off all of my instant messengers. Yahoo? Off. Skype? Off. MSN? Off. AIM? Off. Sometimes, when I need to get in touch with someone, I turn them on. But I unload them as soon as I'm...
- Tags: Interop 2006
- Blog posts 2006-05-02
- Scandals swirl around eRate
- Scandals swirl around eRateDuh.....Thats what happens when you create a monster and then let the fox watch the henhouse. Who thought up this mess of basically an unvoted on tax collected by telecoms who we all know can't be trusted with pocket change and then allow them to dispense their...
- Tags: eRate
- Discussion threads 2006-04-28
- Ingres to play possum in mySQL hen house
- I know, it's correct to say Ingres chief architect Bill Maimone will be the fox in mySQL's henhouse, when he goes to their Santa Clara meeting tomorrow. But I have always had more trouble with opossums than foxes in raising my chickens, here in the urban jungle of Atlanta, and...
- Tags: Bill Maimone, MySQL, Ingres
- Blog posts 2006-04-25
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