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- Is open source communist?
- Is open source communist?Korea loves LinusThat's South Korea http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/29/0322248 The anti-Communist one.Can this get ANY more ridiculous?Only in a GW run administration could such BS even be considered.Let's analyse this a little furtherThe central tenet of Marxism is that capitalists accumulate capital by charging more for products than the actual...
- Tags: Marx, Central Control, open source, communist, communism, labour, GPL, capitalist
- Discussion threads 2005-03-29
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- 18-29-year-olds with no education least likely to use Internet at work
- 18-29-year-olds with no education least likely to use Internet at workSillyConsidering those with less educaton are likely to work at jobs where there isn't a computer - construction, warehouse, general labour, factory assembly - it really shouldn't come as a surprise they don't use the internet at work.I wonder how...
- Tags: Internet, education
- Discussion threads 2008-11-01
- Any chance our student data could be consistent?
- Any chance our student data could be consistent?Analyzing Data fromTestsChris,Download the openIntel data model from os4ed.com and out your data in there for analysis using any of the free reporting tools available. (BIRT, Pentaho, Jasper, etc.) The data model was designed by Maurice Frank, the creator of the...
- Tags: Business intelligence, Databases, Storage, data model, student data, data warehouse
- Discussion threads 2008-10-16
- Apple gadget lust for me, but anything for Ed Tech?
- Apple gadget lust for me, but anything for Ed Tech?Your Mac Lust borders on Creepy....Geez... that article is just a little bit scary. The kid on the eTrade commercials is in my head..."I seriously underestimated the creepiness factor"... he says this about a clown and I am applying it...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Desktops, DVD, Consumer electronics, Notebooks, Apple Inc., video
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- You cannot beat open source
- You cannot beat open sourceBig Money MattI call Matt Asay "Big Money Matt" because he works for an open source company and makes a good income from it. He's just here for giggles.Next course at the Harvard Music School...How to Stamp Out Amateur Music. Learn the threat that community...
- Tags: open source
- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
- Will the $12 computer pwn the $100 laptop?
- Will the $12 computer pwn the $100 laptop?Will it pwn the XO? No, and here's why...the XO and what MIT is cooking up here serve two totally different purposes and audiences. The XO is for teaching children how to collaborate, create content, and learn with a computer. MIT's proposal will...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, laptop computer, CherryPal C100, computer, $100 laptop
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Sub-$600 general purpose PC, complete with Blu-ray support
- Sub-$600 general purpose PC, complete with Blu-ray supportBlu-rayNero and others offer software that can play Blu-ray disks without a specialized drive for less than $30. Worth attention? And, if so, what would you spend the extra money on?Very similar to my rigI built a few months ago. I...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Blu-ray, Operating systems, Desktops, general purpose, Foxconn, disc, Linux, PC
- Discussion threads 2008-07-29
- European telcos squeal: should we care?
- One of the ongoing discussions among the Irregulars centers around telecommunications costs. Many of us travel internationally and bemoan the astronomical sic charges we're forced to pay by telecoms operators. Earlier today, I saw a statement from the GSMA, a global trade group for the industry arguing...
- Tags: Mobile, Industry, Telephony, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telecom & Utilities, Regulations, Telecommunications, Networking, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Government, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- $34m VC round for Spanish SaaS venture
- $34m VC round for Spanish SaaS ventureSaaS - not quiteMy feeling is that this company is not SaaS. Specificlly because it is a service company relying on human labour. To double revenues you need to double people utilisation rates assumed constant. Yes there is a web front-end but this alone...
- Tags: Spanish SaaS
- Discussion threads 2008-07-04
- Can your insurance force you out of the country?
- Can your insurance force you out of the country?Will they include airfare and a guarantee?Most people have found good doctors they have a rapport with. If computer systems can't be dealt with by words printed on a cue card, human medicine is going to be a thousandfold more complex...
- Tags: Government, Financial Planning, Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, insurance, Socialized Medicine
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- Sticking with XP / Upgrading to Vista / Waiting for Windows 7 / Switching to Mac or Linux - There's no single right answer
- Sticking with XP / Upgrading to Vista / Waiting for Windows 7 / Switching to Mac or Linux - There's no single right answerI respect your opinion, but...I also don't feel you've articulated why we should move to Vista, should we have the horsepower.If, after all the tweaking, it's only...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Vista, Adrian, Microsoft Windows 7, Upgrading, openSUSE, Microsoft Windows XP, Linux, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- IT work is 'boring,' students
- IT work is 'boring,' studentsThey're right. It can be boring.It's nothing like where I came from doing CAD drawings and design work.There's a [i]lot[/i] more boring paperwork in this position then I imagined.Why do you think I stop here from time to time?RE: IT work is 'boring,' studentsIts all in...
- Tags: Strategy, information technology, IT Work, job
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- Did Sun just make mySQL closed source?
- Did Sun just make mySQL closed source?Free users are getting stable codewhat kind of coment is that ?Supposed to imply that the open source edition is the best one, while the enterprise edition is bloated with un industrialized new features ? In what kind of world are you leaving were...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Sun/MySQL, MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., GPL
- Discussion threads 2008-04-17
- Australian senator demands open source against US "lock-in"
- Australian senator demands open source against US "lock-in"Australian Senator Kate Lundy is on target about softwareSenator Kate Lundy is very well placed to make the comments she made - and to be heard where it matters. She is a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory ACT which was created as...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-04-09
- Is open source a vote getter?
- Over in the United Kingdom polls show the Conservative Party would beat the incumbent Labour Party, if the election were held today. To keep its lead, Tory leader David Cameron (right, outside the White House) has a blog, wreathed in purplish pink, where a recent entry includes...
- Tags: Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-07
- Backed by Intel, Ubuntu, Google, mobile linux is poised for commercial takeoff in 2008
- Backed by Intel, Ubuntu, Google, mobile linux is poised for commercial takeoff in 2008Yup, iiiitttttt'sssss showtime !!!!Even Labour and the Conservatives in the UK are fighting for the moral high ground on who "gets" FOSS the most !!!!!Could it be the end of multi-billion failed backhander driven American Corp based...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Advertising & Promotion, Google Mobile, Ubuntu, Intel Corp., Linux, Google Inc., mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-04-04
- Invincible ignorance and the Pirate's Bay
- Invincible ignorance and the Pirate's BayAgree in fullI'll also make the audacious claim that if one really thinks that software/recordings/books should be free, the right thing to do is to follow Richard Stallman's example by producing one's own freely sharable items and encouraging others to do likewise. Pirating copyrighted...
- Tags: piracy, software
- Discussion threads 2008-04-04
- Labour Organisation Improves Member Services With Standardised Operating System
- AKNO, the Federal Chamber of Labour for Lower Austria, took advantage of a planned IT refresh in 2007 to migrate to the Windows Vista operating system and the 2007 Microsoft Office system. For the first time, the organisation has a standardised network with employees adopting a single system for records...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Records Management, Managerial Accounting, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Finance, Software
- Case studies 2008-03-28
- How green could make Europe a tech power
- How green could make Europe a tech powerEU IntegrationIt's funny that you think that a federal Europe is the same as a "single set of rules". American (and German, and Spanish) experience suggests the exact opposite - federal systems are designed to accommodate wide differences of culture and rules within...
- Tags: Kanellos, tech power
- Discussion threads 2008-03-25
- The Cassiterite Crisis - How Tech Boom Fuels Human Rights Risk in Africa
- A disturbing article this week in the FT reports how cassiterite sourced through the use of child and slave labour has made it into the supply chains of global electronic goods manufacturers. Cassiterite is a derivative of tin ore necessarily used in circuitry and its use has, ironically, enabled...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Industry, Microsoft Corp., Cassiterite, Safety Condition, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, James Farrar
- Blog posts 2008-03-07
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