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IBM accused of mainframe monopoly

IBM accused of mainframe monopolyLOL!And it's only taken 30 years for someone to recognize that?Besides, what possible point is there in arguing about this now? They're peripheral to mainstream computing now at best.Sauce for the gooseIf the allegations are substantiated then the law should be enforced on IBM as...

Tags: Mainframes, Servers, mainframe, mainframe monopoly, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-20

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Of snow, rocks, a book, and another partisan attack on IBM

Title shotFirst thought is RISING SUN which fits, though loosely, on many fronts ... down to the name of Larry Ellison's yacht I vaguely recall.Copyright waived.Rights to make more suggestions reserved.Donations gratefully received :-)Some thoughts1. Ethanol from corn is a very stupid idea - foisted onto the American public via...

Tags: Mainframes, Servers, SECURITY, Prom, IBM Corp., dress, mainframe

Discussion threads 2009-10-17

If open source were a monopoly

As always thoughtful, Dana. But there's a related problem..Open Source projects are notoriously bad a promoting the unpopular decisions. As such you can see open source as a form of populism.If someone wants to do a clean break - the sort of break which move technology forward - you will...

Tags: Open Source Project, open source, fork, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Oracle Office, MySQL, and other dreams

Oracle Office, MySQL, and other dreamsIt also allows Oracle to take baby steps towards the world where databases become a commodity. They will be already are moving up the chain to applications.In the transition, Oracle will have the number one commodity database with the best monetization strategy, and be able...

Tags: OpenOffice, Databases, OPEN SOURCE, Oracle Corp., Oracle Office, MySQL, database

Discussion threads 2009-05-02

IDC: Downturn to drive Linux adoption

IDC: Downturn to drive Linux adoptionMicrosoft will probably lower prices rather than cede market share, but, even a price break on the server end, and netbook end may not be enough to stop market share losses. MS does not have a suitable OS for Arm based netbooks, and for virtualized...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, netbook, Linux-adoption, virtualization, Microsoft Corp., International Data Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-03-17

Wood, Arrows, and motivation

A comment by frequent contributor Roger Ramjet from last week: Free Databases There are many free databases to choose from: Firebird, Ingres, Postgres, and MySQL to name most of them. Most of the "best" developers and the largest community are behind Postgres. MySQL...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Stagnation, Motivation, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-03-16

Microsoft on the other end of the EC antitrust stick?

Microsoft on the other end of the EC antitrust stick?I would not say that "But the timing is amusing"but rather more towards "not unexpected", and actually quite logical.It is about time. If every other competitor of Microsoft is going to run crying "Anti-Trust" to the EU every other week their...

Tags: Network technology, IBM Corp., EC antitrust, T3, Neelie Kroes, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-21

Microsoft on the other end of the EC antitrust stick?

Financial Times blogger Richard Waters makes a convincing case for Microsoft being one of the unnamed forces behind a complaint filed with the European Commission EC that claims IBM is abusing its mainframe monopoly. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: European Commission, Antitrust, T3, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Mainframes, Corporate Law, Network Technology, Servers, Hardware, Business Operations, Networking, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-01-21

News to know: iPhone 3G launch; Vista; Botnets; Dial-up diaries

Notable headlines: The iPhone 3G rollout: Assessing the wild cards Steve O'Hear: Gallery: 25+ social networking apps for iPhone and iPod touch. Gallery right. Analyst: Most iPhone 3G buyers will pay more than $199 GigaOm: I Can't...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Microsoft Windows Vista, 3G, Podcasts, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-11

Google bets future on improving Client, Connectivity, and Cloud

On Wednesday morning, Vick Gundotra, Engineering VP at Google opened the Google I/O developer's conference in San Francisco. I jotted down a few (ok, a lot of) notes for this and other sessions that I'd like to share with you. This is not quite a transcript, but rather a paraphrasing...

Tags: Developer, Google Inc., Web, Google Gears, Mobile, Google OpenSocial, Web Browser, Google Web Toolkit, Connectivity, Client, App Engine, AJAX, Web Browsers, Channel Management, Open Source, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Marketing, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-05-29

Technology and the costs of change

Technology and the costs of changeMissing linkOne link which might solidify your thinking is to consider not the cost or the size of the change ... but its impact on customers. It is surely this link which one tries to firm up in writing a business case. It is the...

Tags: Mainframes, Operating systems, Microsoft Office, Unix, mainframe

Discussion threads 2008-05-19

Can Apple stop Pystar from selling Mac clone?

Can Apple stop Pystar from selling Mac clone?Assumptions"Assuming they pay Apple for every copy they sell..."D'ya think this may be the little hitch in your argument? By what mechanism exactly do you see Apple accepting money from a company that is aggressively violating their license? This improbability can only occur...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Pystar, Apple Inc., Mac-clone

Discussion threads 2008-04-15

Psystar: Apple's terms violate U.S. monopoly laws

Psystar: Apple's terms violate U.S. monopoly lawsPar for the courseLet someone else do all the work and try to make a buck off it.... Isn't that textbook moderm American business?I agreeIt would be quite shameful if Apple tried to make a buck off of Psystar's hard work.Then is Psystar technically...

Tags: Operating systems, Digital media, Digital music, Psystar, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-04-15

The Open Source Commandments

Next Sunday, the Passover again falls upon us. For those of us Jews that celebrate the holiday, it is most associated with a ceremonial meal spent with family, where we recite the story passed down to us over hundreds of generations from Maxwell House haggadahs chronicling the exodus from Egypt...

Tags: Jason Perlow, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Operating Systems, Pharaoh Rameses, Software, UNIX

Blog posts 2008-04-09

Survey: Your IT leaders are an antsy bunch

Survey: Your IT leaders are an antsy bunchOutsourcingOne of our idiot directors (actually, I don't mean to imply we have multiple idiot directors...rephrase...one of our directors, an idiot...) recently told a bunch of us that "we have no choice but to move to an outsourcing or offshore model - the...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, outsource, information technology, outsourcing, survey

Discussion threads 2008-03-28

Torvalds+criticizes+patent+trollers%2C+Microsoft%2C+Sun%2C+virtualization+craze

Torvalds+criticizes+patent+trollers%2C+Microsoft%2C+Sun%2C+virtualization+crazeThat's exactly why I use GentooGentoo gives me that freedom to upgrade or not what I want, and since it is a "compile from source" distro it contains the necessary scripts to maintain a full fledged desktop system without having to worry about dependencies or even having to ./configure, make,...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linus, Linux, desktop, Gentoo, Apple Mac OS X

Discussion threads 2008-02-04

Microsoft to build an 'Emacs.Net' text editor

Microsoft to build an 'Emacs.Net' text editorIts a terminal-based multifunction text editorI think it is going to be advanced text editor which is extendable.What Microsoft really lack is a decent text editor that can be run inside the four wall of the terminal console/Command Prompt. As sysadmin do more and...

Tags: INTERNET, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, Notepad, Emacs.Net, EMACS, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-12-31

VMware sets IPO price range; lands Intel Capital as investor

VMware sets IPO price range; lands Intel Capital as investorVMware; Disrubtive TechnologyThis move by Intel in purchasing a VMware stake needs to be paid attention to just as the multi-processor multi-core move by Intel should have been paid attention to. Only Jobs and the Fins really got it right. Itel...

Tags: Game players, Thin clients, Processors, Programming languages, IPO, VMware Inc., multi-core, multiprocessor, web appliance, Microsoft Xbox, Intel Corp., network computer, Java

Discussion threads 2007-07-09

Java goes back to the PC

Java goes back to the PCExcellent ArticleJust enough information to inspire Java applet work without to much Microsoft bashing. The Microsoft bashing is nonetheless critical in explaining why Applets are currently believed inferior by many developers including those now doing Web 2.0 work. What could also be mentioned in the...

Tags: Programming languages, Microsoft Bashing, PC, Java, Microsoft Corp., applet, Java applet

Discussion threads 2007-05-11

Sun's JavaFX = Microsoft Silverlight (in theory, at least)

Sun's JavaFX = Microsoft Silverlight (in theory, at least)Java rules the known universeJava absolutely dominates the software development market. Java has been and continues to be a raging success. All of this prior to Java being open-sourced. Now that Java is OSS, we'll see it playing an...

Tags: Programming languages, Java 6, Java horse, theory, C#, Java, JavaFX, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-05-08