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Can OpenSolaris become an alternative to enterprise Linux?

Sun's "open source road map" is to make OpenSolaris a viable alternative to enterprise Linux through a simpler install package and alliances in the enterprise open source space. The featured speaker for yesterday's open source summit at the Santa Clara headquarters was Debian founder Ian Murdock, who joined...

Tags: OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Idea, PostgreSQL, Murdock, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-16

Linux Foundation's Murdock: No secret deal with Microsoft

Linux Foundation's Murdock: No secret deal with MicrosoftRespectful..."A respectful exchange of ideas." Imagine that. Maybe the posters to this talkback could try that, just for a change.RespectfulThey must have bolted down all the chairs or did they send balmer out of town?Never happen"A respectful exchange of ideas" only...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Linux, EULA, Murdock, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Linux Foundation

Discussion threads 2007-02-21

Additional Resources

Cheat sheet: SEO

Cheat sheet: SEOSEO...good article. As someone who does this for a business it's nice to see someone write about this.SEO is not rocketscience, but it is not just something that anyone can do, especially if you're trying to make a business website.This business is sticky and it's always changing. What...

Tags: SEARCH, Marketing research, search engine optimization, Cheat-Sheet

Discussion threads 2008-09-17

Top 5 apps from iPhone Dev Camp 2

Top 5 apps from iPhone Dev Camp 2MMS anyone?It's interesting that one itch in everyone's craw is the missing MMS feature from the iPhone that's available with every account, but no software around to do it. Unless of course you jailbreak back to 1.1.4 and use Swirly which I discovered...

Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, iPhone Dev Camp, iPhone Dev Camp 2, iPhone Dev, Top 5, Apple iPhone, MMS

Discussion threads 2008-08-04

What's wrong at OpenSolaris

The OpenSolaris community just released the first complete "Project Indiana" edition of the OS - and in that process demonstrated why community enthusiasm for the product seems to have weakened recently. It's a great product -everything from ZFS to a new package management system...

Tags: OpenSolaris, Intel X86, Developer Argument, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-05-15

OpenSolaris: What Ubuntu wants to be when it grows up

What would Ubuntu be like if it were an OS for grown-ups? This week at its CommunityOne event in San Francisco, Sun will release its May 2008 build of OpenSolaris (2008.05) the Open Source operating system based on the source code of the...

Tags: Ubuntu, OpenSolaris, Sun Solaris 10, Operating System, Sun Microsystems Inc., BSD, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-05-05

Will OpenSolaris bring a chill to Sun-Ubuntu romance?

You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours. That seems to be the mantra of Ubuntu and Sun, both open source underdogs whose relationship and mutual platform support has been growing for three years.  On the eve of the release of OpenSolaris, both companies are banging the drum that the...

Tags: Ubuntu, OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, Open Source, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-05-02

Does Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer need an intervention?

Does Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer need an intervention?That's what a Board of Directors is forLet them do their job. If they don't think the purchase is worth it, it will be shot down.RE: Does Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer need an intervention?No.Microsoft needs Gates to return ntntGo big or go home!Initiating...

Tags: Portals, Web technology, SEARCH, lobotomy, Initiating Change, Steve Ballmer, Does Microsoft, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-04-24

What Microsoft can teach Apple about software updates

Last summer, I looked at Apple's announced plans for its Safari web browser and wondered out loud, Is Steve Jobs planning a hostile takeover of the Windows desktop? Apple's decision last week to begin aggressively pushing Safari to any Windows user running iTunes (in other words, anyone with an iPod or an...

Tags: Security, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple iTunes, Updates, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Digital Music, Software, Management, Personal Technology, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-03-24

Billion-dollar IT failure at Census Bureau

  The US Census Bureau faces cost overruns up to $2 billion on an IT initiative replacing paper-based data collection methods with specialized handheld devices for the upcoming 2010 census. The Bureau has not implemented longstanding Government Accountability Office GAO recommendations and may therefore be forced to...

Tags: Harris Corp., Government Accountability Office, Census Bureau, Bureau, Handhelds, Hardware, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-03-20

Google wins 700mhz FCC auction

Google wins 700mhz FCC auctionHuh? When did the FCC agree to this?When did the FCC bend over and allow Google to dictate anything?RE: Google wins 700mhz FCC auctionThe FCC didn't bend over, Rupert. Of course, you'll fire all the meaningless insults you can at them, considering that you...

Tags: Federal government, Google Inc., FCC, auction

Discussion threads 2008-01-31

The missing demonstration project (1)

The missing demonstration project (1)Where is everybody? you guys wanna talk weather, or what?Very strange here in Lethbridge: -19 Celsius here yesterday afternoon, went to plus 5.6 by about 9PM, back to minus 14.7 right now.A blowby chinook?Yes, I have seen it over and over. Do you want to oversee...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Unix, Debian, Sun Ray

Discussion threads 2007-12-04

Linux vs. Unix (Cost)

Linux vs. Unix CostUnix/Linux distinction a mistake?Linux is cheaper than Unix. Whether an observation or a perception, buyers believe that in making choices. That's the reason Linux server sales have been primarily Unix replacements. Calling that a change within the same family is reasonable. There's a...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Unix, hobbyist

Discussion threads 2007-11-30

Apple's most valuable vendors; New campus on tap; Jobs raise possible

Apple's most valuable vendors; New campus on tap; Jobs raise possibleDouble or even TripleI think they can afford to double, or even triple Jobs' salary! Who could complain about that?Does ANYONE proof read these articles?Apparently not, because the "Jobs may get a raise Techmeme. From the filing:" section is all...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, job, salary, Apple Inc., valuable vendor

Discussion threads 2007-11-16

Transforming a Tiger into a Leopard! (Leopard - Installed!)

Transforming a Tiger into a Leopard! (Leopard - Installed!)Nice upgrade...When I upgraded XPHome to Vista Premium...3 hours on a 3.2ghz machine. So an hour or less on a Mac...Nice. Can't wait to do it.The info screens you're complaining about...they've been there since OSX first shipped. Apple always wants to know...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Microsoft Windows XP, Leopard

Discussion threads 2007-10-29

Some waiting on iPhone improvements before buying

Some waiting on iPhone improvements before buyingeBaywaiting on the resell and price mark up, no matter what the default claims of not allowing this to happen. The initial costs may be cheap in comparison to the aftermarket. It'll be PS3 gauging again, . . maybe without the gun...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Apple Inc., phone, Apple iPhone, iPhone improvement, 3G

Discussion threads 2007-06-26

Facebook and MySpace are like chalk 'n' cheese

With talk of Rupert Murdock attempting to 'offload' MySpace to Yahoo in return for a 25% stake in the company, there's inevitably been another round of discussion in the tech media comparing Facebook to MySpace.  Not only is Facebook growing at a faster rate than MySpace -- though as TechCrunch...

Tags: Social Networks, MySpace, Facebook

Blog posts 2007-06-21

Torvalds doesn't live in Indiana

The trouble with the worker's paradise idea is that it takes a dictator to make it happen - meaning that the happier the workers and useful idiots proclaim themselves, the worse off they are likely to actually be.Conversely a functioning democracy often shows the opposite effect: the more whining and...

Tags: Sun, Linux, General

Blog posts 2007-06-19

iPhone - Out June 29th

iPhone - Out June 29thGood observationsI work in the industry and I agree that a new device can introduce problems of its own. Extensive testing and education of the support staff will be necessary.This device will be nothing without the network to back it up. For me, lack...

Tags: GPS, Digital cameras, Digital photography, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., camera, GPS receiver, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-06-04

DirecTV ponders broadband over power lines

DirecTV ponders broadband over power linesI guarantee the cable companieswill fight this tooth and nail under some obscure FCC regulation or something.Please Change Target Market!I know it's probably a dream but I wish they would change their target market to those of us who live out in the rural US...

Tags: DVR, TVs, Network technology, TV & Home Theater, Tech Support, broadband over power line, Direct TV, Verizon Communications Inc., broadband, cable, DirecTV, digital video recorder

Discussion threads 2007-05-15