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- Who's choosing XP over Vista?
- One of the most accepted bits of conventional wisdom among pundits as 2007 draws to a close is that the marketplace has rejected Windows Vista in favor of Windows XP. The biggest piece of evidence is Dell's decision in April 2007, based on a vocal response via its Dell IdeaStorm...
- Tags: Desktop, Implication, Notebook, Dell Computer Corp., Selection, Microsoft Windows Vista, Small Business, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2007-12-30
- Is Windows Surviving Because of Pirated Software?
- A recent column on Zdnet discussed the reasons why people won't change from a retail operating system to a free one. The implication is that Linux can't even give away their software. This paper is not to defend Linux and counter the points that the article made. Instead, the intention...
- Tags: Implication, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software
- White papers 2006-06-16
- The Risk of Uncertainty: Implications for the Future
- The behavior of individuals and groups can have far reaching implications. This webcast will introduce the concept of behavioral risk and provide a model to think through the connotations of future events.
- Tags: Risk, Implication, SAS Institute, Strategy, Management
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- plagiarism, Gibberish, IEEE, and the textbook business
- plagiarism, Gibberish, IEEE, and the textbook businessi tend to agree with your wifeThis is very poor english, but does express a meaning that make sense. You may disagree with what it says, but it is coherent. I wouldn't call the extracts you chose as plagiarism. Author used one transformed sentence...
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, OOA/OOD/OOP, C/C++, Operating systems, plagiarism, textbook business, IEEE
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Palin conducted state business from Yahoo email
- Palin conducted state business from Yahoo emailknuckleheads in the newsI totally agree with the "government by yahoo_ statement. I'm sorry, but what knucklehead of a public figure would have such an obvious email account as gov.palin@yahoo.com? You would have THOUGHT that someone on the McCain campaign would have...
- Tags: Public Figures, NOW IT, Palin, e-mail, state business, Yahoo Email, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-18
- Wall Street's meltdown and the potential technology hit
- Wall Street's meltdown and the potential technology hitPC vs MacHmmmm... I wonder how this might affect the feud between Apple and Microshaft. As the economy lurches towards a cliff, many people are going to balk at shelling out $3,000 for a new MacBook Pro. On the other hand, would it...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Investment, potential technology, meltdown, iKe, tax
- Discussion threads 2008-09-15
- Creation in science classes? Maybe...
- Professor Michael Reiss, Director of Education for the Royal Society, seriously irritated most of his fellow Royal Society members and a good chunk of the scientific community by posting a blog entry on September 11th suggesting that creationism and intelligent design should not automatically be excluded from science education. ...
- Tags: Professor, Science, Biology, Student, Teacher, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-09-14
- From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture
- From Chapter Two: The appliance computing cultureA correction(?)[i]and a new proprietory OS called VMS - that eventually became the basis for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0[/i]The first version of Windows NT was 3.5, not 4.0.Also, I think its not correct to say VMS formed the basis of NT. It is true...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Digital Equipment Corp., VMS, data-processing
- Discussion threads 2008-09-12
- Whatever happened to CMP?
- When this decade dawned, the big three technology news publishers were International Data Group, Ziff-Davis and CMP Media. Now, Ziff-Davis has been split into multiple pieces, including this site owned ultimately by CBS. And the initials "CMP" are nowhere to be found. The business that brings you...
- Tags: Acquisition, Information Week, CMP Media, United Business Media, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Thin Clients, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Hardware, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-09-09
- 2011, A News Odyssey: Digg-ing Meets Up With Digging
- The crossover is close. The Internet is poised to overtake the newspaper industry in total size as an advertising medium. And the question is whether it can also overtake it as a news medium. Says here, the year will be 2011. That is likely to be when...
- Tags: Revenue, Advertisement, Internet Advertising, News, Governor, Internet, Operational Accounting, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Wikipedia mystery: Who was improving Palin's entry?
- Wikipedia mystery: Who was improving Palin's entry?Unbias journalism.. would require that a more in depth explanation of the brother-in-law controversy be explained. Said individual was a state trooper who had been arrested for spousal abuse, a fire-able action in many jurisdictions. At any rate the person actually fired was guy...
- Tags: Wiki, Palin, Wikipedia
- Discussion threads 2008-08-30
- Dancing on E-voting's grave
- Dancing on E-voting's graveAgreed - but consider the slippery slopeBecause once you recognized the problem in kind, you ended up arguing (accurately, I think) about degree.Why client-server can't workBecause the expert has to say "yes" to the question in court - no matter how difficult or impractical it may actually...
- Tags: Fair Use, e-voting, client-server, Fairness Doctrine
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Facebook refuses to fix obvious security flaw
- Facebook refuses to fix obvious security flawFixed.Looks like Facebook has fixed the bug. I just clicked the link and saw this text: The bug is fixed :)RE: Facebook refuses to fix obvious security flawSuch as the fact that applications completely ignore any user privacy options and have the ability to...
- Tags: Viruses and worms, Facebook, obvious security flaw, security, security flaw
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Actors paid to line up for iPhone launch in Poland
- Actors paid to line up for iPhone launch in PolandNice spin on the headlineimplying that Apple is the one paying people to stand in line.RE: Actors paid to line up for iPhone launch in PolandThat is just pathetic that they have to pay people to pretend to want an iPhone....
- Tags: Apple iPhone, IPhone Launch, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- Nanospheres moving faster than light?
- Nanospheres moving faster than light?English?Seriously, zdnet is not a science journal. It all sounds interesting, but understand the article requires prior understanding of other concepts.From what i gather they are saying the "faster than light limit" does not apply to these objects because they are not light?I also have...
- Tags: laser, Nanospheres, beam
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for me
- Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for meI have to agree: The flat Earth thing is funny.Unlike Vista, no one changed the Earth in an attempt to prove the common belief wrong.Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for meTom Servo!Crow!The ads aren't that bad, it's just retro.RE: Microsoft'si mentioned all...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), AppŁe, Microsoft Windows Vista, advertisement, flat-Earth, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Apache's open source governance model
- Apache's open source governance modelI give Murph a 10 on this onentMike Cox couldn't beat this one...NTIIS dominates the market, of courseThough Apache has almost half the web servers in use, the more important number is the Fortune 1000 result. There Microsoft has 55% vs Apache's 25%, with Microsoft...
- Tags: open source, Microsoft IIS Server, Apache Software Foundation
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Citrix and Xen not versus Xen
- Simon Crosby, CTO of Citrix's Virtualization Management group, contacted me after reading the post, Citrix versus the Xen community, to clear up some misconceptions that he thought were the basis of my post. After reading his message, it's clear that what he had to say was very persuasive. Thanks Simon...
- Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- We don't want you to talk, Mr. Ballmer
- We don't want you to talk, Mr. BallmerThe ghost of Mr. Ballmerwill be forced to bear the clippy's that he has forged in this life.Oh, the eternal wailing.Well, hey, it IS fun to watch them squirm. But, it probably DOES help themshort term at least to create FUD around open...
- Tags: open source, MSFT, Steve Ballmer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-12
- Martha Stewart's parlor seeks open source writer-flies
- Martha Stewart's parlor seeks open source writer-fliesWhere did it say anything about Martha Stewart?I could not find any link between the two.And there are a lot of companies out there having "Omnimedia" ("one media") in their name, so is the implication they are all owned by Martha Stewart?.
- Tags: Martha Stewart, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
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