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- Is open source hurt by piracy?
- Is open source hurt by piracy?Only hurts Open Source if proprietary is seen as "better"Sounds like what you are saying is for example, that the competition in the office suite space is Open Office Vs MS Office Vs pirated MS Office. Those willing to pirate see both Open Office...
- Tags: Operating systems, open source, piracy, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Linux, software
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."
- July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...
- Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Untrustworthy students: lighten your restrictions
- You know the drill. You spend thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars on higher education at your college or university of choice. But when you go to use your Internet connection or a public computer on campus, you login and it's locked down so tight, you can barely...
- Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, Network, IT Administrator, Operating System, Web Site, Computer, Productivity, Web Site Development, Networking, Internet, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Tough love: Linux needs more haters
- Tough love: Linux needs more hatersGood article, JeremyI'm currently setting up our company network on Linux and will likely be bumping into some of those Samba issues. Complicated by having a mixed OS environment on the client side. Yeah, that's going to be fun. Nice that Google...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice
- The more I use these, the more I really don't care for iWork. Sure, Keynote makes some darned pretty presentations, but NeoOffice and OpenOffice for the matter cuts the mustard quite handily. For real polish, you still can't beat Office 2007/2008, as much as I hate to admit...
- Tags: Suite, Apple iWork, Office 2008, NeoOffice, X11, OpenOffice, Open Source, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Tough love: Linux needs more haters
- [The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not those of Google, Inc. my current employer.] I've been spending far too much time reading a blog recently. Normally I dislike reading blogs, or as my friend from the IT News site "the Register" Andrew Orlowski calls them;...
- Tags: Blog, LinuxHaters, LinuxHater, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Blogging, Software, Internet, Jeremy Allison
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Can HP's new ULPC compete?
- I just might be buying a bunch of these...this is a repost while I'm on vacation, but I'd appreciated any new feedback now that these have been in the wild for a bit. Tell us what you think of them. HP announced today that it would...
- Tags: Misconception, Hewlett-Packard Co., Video Editing, Video, Laptop Computer, SuSE Linux, SuSE, Corporate Communications, Open Source, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Get Up To Speed: IBM Lotus Symphony
- If you use a PC it's almost impossible to avoid using an office suite of some sorts. And most of your PC-life has been spent using either OpenOffice or Microsoft Office. But did you know there are other, sometimes better, alternatives? One such alternative is Lotus Symphony....
- Tags: IBM Corp., OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Download resources 2008-07-15
- Best Buy to sell Ubuntu for $19.99
- Best Buy to sell Ubuntu for $19.99stop the madness"the learning curve is steeper for those wanting to do more with the any OS"Dre`, once you realize that you are a 'Windows power user' and NOT a computer expert, you would not fail so often.I tend to agreethat 60 days would...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, WINDOWS USERS, Ubuntu, Best Buy Co. Inc., Microsoft Windows, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
- Reasons to buy a Mac
- Reasons to buy a MacPerspective from iMac and Parallels owner1. If a business is supporting a Mac with Parallels environment, you're probably right. As long as the user doesn't have to support the updates and patches for the systems involved, you've increased the business support overhead without doing anything to...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, windows notebook, cheap windows notebook, Sun xVM, Mac Book, Apple Inc., Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- What could Open Office do with a business model?
- What could Open Office do with a business model?No need for built-in AV in OOoWhy in the world would an office tool need a "built-in" anti-virus??Security should be part of the original design and not just an after thought. Including an anti-virus program from the same company that created (and...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice, government start, antivirus, anti-virus package
- Discussion threads 2008-07-05
- And the Firefox Download Day totals are in ...
- And the Firefox Download Day totals are in ...so whats the big dealHow does so many downloads of a browser make the world a better place to live?Charley crossCharley cross won a copy of Firefox 3.0?? Worst prize ever :) You should at least throw in Ubuntu and OpenOffice.RE: I'm...
- Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox Download day total, Firefox Download Day, Firefox Download
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Go-OO (exe)
- Go-OO is an OpenOffice.org fork that features faster load and response times, and several features not included in the standard version of the program. Go-OO's user interface is more familiar, with lots of small pieces of polish. Go-OO has built in OpenXML import filters and it will import your Microsoft...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Go-OO.org, Go-OO, Office Suites, OpenOffice, Productivity, Word Processors, Microsoft Excel, Software, Microsoft Office
- Software downloads 2008-07-03
- Microsoft Equipt: student productivity rise likely?
- Microsoft Equipt: student productivity rise likely?NiceThanks for the nice concise write-up - good job.NAB :-)priceI think you miss the subscription element in this story. Is $70 still nice if I have to pay it every year to keep office going when you can purchase the same version outright for...
- Tags: OpenOffice, Microsoft Equipt, student productivity, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- New Microsoft Office subscription bundle to hit in mid-July
- New Microsoft Office subscription bundle to hit in mid-JulyVery nice comboI can't wait for computer manufacturers and builders to start bundling this with systems. Seems like a good idea - like software assurance for home users.RE: New Microsoft Office subscription bundle to hit in mid-JulyI think you can have...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, OPEN SOURCE, New Microsoft Office subscription, New Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- So about that Microsoft licensing
- So about that Microsoft licensingpenny wise and pound foolishIts not about giving $20K to Redmond. Its about users/teachers being productive and getting the work done so that they have more time to focus on the students.Saving $100 for a licence over the life of the software is nothing. Office is...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., software
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- How Linux app install leaves one PC expert befuddled
- Adrian, you dumb arse! At least that was my initial reaction when I read his "Linux's dirty little secret" column about his struggles with installing applications onto a Linux distro. It was either the Linux Geek rage originating from the knowing that he didn't Read the Fine...
- Tags: Ubuntu, PC, VMware Inc., Tool, Adrian, VMWare Tools, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Productivity, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- So about that Microsoft licensing
- Anyone else licensed Microsoft software lately? I've been trying to avoid it. We already have some "Open Academic" licenses in place for the high school computer lab software (Office 2007) and for some Vista testing. Since we added "Software Assurance" we've been able to install Office 2008...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Computer, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Productivity, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Windows Vista, meet my Mother-In-Law
- Windows Vista, meet my Mother-In-LawIt's not Vista Stupid It's YouI hate when people try to blame problems on Vista that don't belong to it. If you're having problems with AOL IM working with Vista, then the problem is AOL. They have had over 2 years to get their...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Mother-in-Law, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
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