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- Virtualization is hot because Windows is not.
- Virtualization is hot because Windows is not.Poor UNIX weenies[i]"...every new application required a new Windows box. That happens to be the way most IT departments work and it is a good thing for Microsoft because that is the way Windows works!"[/i]Not really. We stuff all kinds of crap on...
- Tags: Operating systems, Servers, virtualization, McAfee Inc., Microsoft Windows, server, incompetence, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-21
- Verizon: New fiber rollout isn't cheap
- Verizon: New fiber rollout isn't cheapBungled roll out ....FIOS is available on the street adjacent to our neighborhood, but not in our neighborhood. Despite Verizon sending us weekly mailings saying it IS available. Incompetence is my guess.If Verizon fails, it will be because of bungled opportunites like this.Cable...
- Tags: Network technology, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Old Tech, TV, broadband, INcompetence, God, Verizon Communications Inc., fiber, WiMAX, Fios
- Discussion threads 2007-01-29
- In IT, you can't tell incompetence from fraud
- In IT, you can't tell incompetence from fraudOr, just maybethe developer who put that particular page together overlooked something and it broke.I know its a one in a million long shot but it could just be a simple mistake coupled with a badly configured web.config file.Comedy ContinuesI too received an...
- Tags: Litigation, Linux, .NET, Operating systems, Development tools, author obviously, information technology, Microsoft IIS Server, PHP, error page, error message, fraud, incompetence, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft .NET, programming, operating system
- Discussion threads 2007-01-19
- In IT, you can't tell incompetence from fraud
- In IT, you often cant tell incompetence from fraud. For example, I was clicking through on google hits to see if anyone else had identified the CPU in Apples playphone as a PowerPC (out of Samsung, by IBM) and hit this on a major financial site: ...
- Tags: incompetence
- Blog posts 2007-01-19
- Are programmers underpaid, or executives overpaid?
- Are programmers underpaid, or executives overpaid?Start his own company of course"What's a programmer who's already at the top of his or her development track to do?"No one ever hired Bill Gates or Michael Dell as an executive. They hired themselves.we should outsource executives to India;)Haven't seen a 3% raise...
- Tags: likeness, Dilbert Principle, Dilbert, incompetence
- Discussion threads 2006-08-28
- Google exec challenges Berners-Lee
- Google exec challenges Berners-Leeand last on the list"They won't need Google" (or anyone else for that matter...)Tim, Google, and all thatOK guys, it's time to read Ted Nelson's Project Xanadu docs again. No reason to reinvent.too funny ...... it makes my belly hurt. Get this:"We deal with millions...
- Tags: SEARCH, Storage, Google Inc., incompetence
- Discussion threads 2006-07-19
- The competence of IT outsourcing
- Paul Murphy argued in a blog post today that outsourcing mission-critical IT functions is a sign of management-level incompetence. Quoting from that post: ...outsourcing is a solution to internal incompetence at either, or both, the business and IT levels. Thus it's quite true that very few CEOs or CFOs...
- Tags: General Motors Corp., information technology, outsourcing
- Blog posts 2006-03-01
- Who's blocking Vonage?
- Who's blocking Vonage?The company is Comcast...who just rolled out their own VoIP solution. I have relatives who are affected by this. They can't receive incoming calls intermittently.It's NOT a good thing. Broadband companies, unfortunately, have an incentive to do this because they also want to offer some...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Network technology, broadband, Vonage Holdings Corp., WiMAX, Comcast Corp., information technology, incompetence
- Discussion threads 2005-03-09
- Microsoft skips Itanium with new Windows
- Microsoft skips Itanium with new WindowsMS next hardware acquisition, AMD:) Just joshing.Shades of the Alphaanother one bites the dustA pity.Well, there's plenty of other Server OSs for Itanium2. Somehow I don't think this will really hurt Intel's sales of Itanium 2.MS incompetence?[Edited] "Years ago, Microsoft committed to produce Windows...
- Tags: Processors, Microsoft Windows, Intel Itanium, Microsoft Corp., incompetence, Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp., Alpha
- Discussion threads 2004-11-10
Additional Resources
- The top Sun Ray myths
- The top Sun Ray mythsInteresting, but ignores the fact that Sun Ray is proprietary protocolAn interesting summary and provides a good foundation for any discussion relating to thin client solutions or Server Based Computing as a whole.However, it was not pointed out that Sun Ray utilizes a proprietary protocol and...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Servers, Network technology, Sun Ray, SunRay, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-25
- Carriers delay Google Android launch
- Carriers delay Google Android launchGovernment would be even worseActually, we would still have all the above problems you mentioned plus the delays caused by these added layers:1. Political posturing by a bunch of lawmakers who know little about technology2. Lobbyist working for big business who are going to do anything...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Vertical industries, WIRELESS, Google Android launch, Google Inc., Google Android, Dana, government, IEEE 802.11, carrier
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- Leaked Pentagon doc slams Lockheed
- A leaked Pentagon report said Lockheed Martin, the world's largest defense contractor, failed to "provide the requisite definition and discipline to properly plan and control complex, multi-billion dollar weapon systems acquisition programs." This allegation casts doubt on Lockheed's ability to manage large programs, including major IT...
- Tags: Lockheed Martin Corp., Pentagon, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Performance Management, Productivity, Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Investment, Finance, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- Can open source help liberate the bureaucracy?
- Britain's national plan to bring order and interoperability to the patient records and operations of the national health service was going to cost about £1.2bn and be an enormous business and political success by early 1998. Ten years later it's widely expected to be a continuing £13bn pound...
- Tags: Agency, Health Care, Bureaucracy, StarOffice, Open Source, Advertising & Promotion, Office Suites, Software, Marketing, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- Put some IT pros in jail
- Put some IT pros in jailAgreed to the fullestWhen I described the WH email issue with a friend, I said flatly "I would have walked in and fired every person I laid eyes upon." There is NO excuse for that level of incompetence, none whatsoever!Too bad there aren't licenses we...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Development tools, software engineering, jail, information technology, software
- Discussion threads 2008-05-27
- Put some IT pros in jail
- Is IT a "profession?" Certifications and professional organizations are window dressing. IT won't be a profession until IT people start going to jail. People who shred paper can go to jail. Why not negligent people whose info system design and operation have the same effect? ...
- Tags: Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Moody's software bug screws investors
- Moody's software bug screws investorsGreedy investors deserve itI bet their eyes lit up at an investment listed as relatively safe but with a rate of return that was supposed to outshine it's closest peers."Too good to be true" comes to mind, especially if they didn't do their own research or...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Financial accounting, Investment, Moody's Corp., CPDO, software
- Discussion threads 2008-05-27
- XP on XO: Negroponte has lost his bearings
- XP on XO: Negroponte has lost his bearingsWe need to see the XP offering.MS is involved now, and let's hope that the XP version is locked down (ROM only?), comes with a suite of software for the kids, and is usable. I'd like to see this suceed with it's...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Negroponte, One Laptop Per Child project, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-05-16
- Putting the XP into the OLPC
- Putting the XP into the OLPC...This is a shining example of why we as a species will continue to be locked into war, hate and slavery. Because we can't do a damn thing to help anyone without making sure we get out 10 pence out of them first.Greed has corrupted...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, One Laptop Per Child project, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-05-16
- Frenemies
- Enterprises both large and small are psychologically complex places. Industrial and organizational psychologists are full of fascinating anecdotes about the ways the individual people that make up an enterprise organize themselves to hinder, help, block or share with one another. A common term in Hollywood is ‘Frenemies'...
- Tags: Collaboration, Environment, Rivalry, Silo, Groupware, Productivity, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Judge: Possible 'manifest error of law' in Thomas case
- Judge: Possible 'manifest error of law' in Thomas caseI don't buy the argument......that a copyright holder should have to prove an actual distribution took place. Given the circumstances it's obvious to anyone who isn't clouded by RIAA hatred the files were there to be copied by anyone. Does this mean...
- Tags: Copiers, RIAA, actual distribution
- Discussion threads 2008-05-15
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