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- rationale (exe)
- Rationale is a high-quality 'argument processing' software. Use Rationale to create "argument maps", diagrams of reasoning and argument. Rationale will help professionals (for example, lawyers, analysts, or policy makers) handle complex reasoning more effectively; and it will help students learn the fundamentals of good reasoning, critical thinking, and argumentative essay...
- Tags: Layout, Argument, Rationale, Performance Management, Tools & Techniques, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
- Software downloads 2007-11-08
- iPhone's recessed rationale
- iPhone's recessed rationaleRE: iPhone's recessed rationaleYep - headphone jacks, firewire connectors, power supply connectors, they are invariably the failure points on this sort of stuff. I've been using Apple laptops since the Powerbook 100, and the only things that have ever broken on them have been the power connectors. My...
- Tags: Engineering, Digital music, Digital media, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, headphone, rationale
- Discussion threads 2007-09-09
- First look: Mindjet MindManager 7
- First look: Mindjet MindManager 7Gyronix CompatibilityDid you try RM and Gyroq with version 7? Were there any problems? That is what is keeping me from using the MM 7 beta.FredRationale have had a ribbon interface for monthsMarc - Just to let you know www.rationale.com have had a ribbon...
- Tags: Gyronix Compatibility, MM7, Rationale, Mindjet
- Discussion threads 2007-05-02
- Why is there software licensing by the core?
- Why is there software licensing by the core?Why is per socket OK while per core not?They're essentially the same thing. Not sure why one is/was acceptable while the other is not.ImagineImagine if the price of cars would depend on the tires you mount or the gasoline we use.Hey, this BMW...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Mainframes, Processors, software, EULA, processor, rationale, MSFT
- Discussion threads 2007-03-02
- Larry Rosen takes the Internet Engineering Task Force to task over patent policy
- Larry Rosen takes the Internet Engineering Task Force to task over patent policyThere's NOTHING Wrong with the IETF IPR PolicyWe went through this discussion 2 years ago. Nothing has changed. These are GOOD policies. Rationale is here:http://stephesblog.blogs.com/my_weblog/2007/01/there_is_nothin.htmlIETF does not standardize EthernetIt's IEEE which is in chargeof Ethernet.
- Tags: Ethernet, Internet Engineering Task Force, Larry Rosen, patent policy, Rationale
- Discussion threads 2007-01-26
- Is handwriting dead?
- Is handwriting dead?I am dealing wiht this myself ...My son's teachers are suggesting that we seek a grant from the school to provide my son with a laptop for use in class. The rationale is that his poor handwriting skills are keeping him from expressing his vivid imagination. ...
- Tags: rationale, handwriting
- Discussion threads 2006-09-26
- Playboy offers free pics for your PSP
- Playboy offers free pics for your PSPIt's Ok For ZDNazis To Post Porn StoriesBut it's sooooooo bad to expose the Bush administration and the government for lying about 9/11 and OKC....Hypocrites...Yeah, go ahead and delete my posts, and my account. I will just come back under a different name...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, rationale, conspiracy theory, 9/11 commission, Web site, Playboy, Sony PlayStation Portable
- Discussion threads 2005-04-20
- The Convergence of Human Resource Needs and Brand/Marketing Techniques
- As companies seek to enhance their customer relationships, they recognize that employees who interact with customers are critical to the ongoing success of Customer Relationship Management CRM initiatives. The brand promise will be either fulfilled or compromised on the basis of an employee's desire and ability to promote it. The...
- Tags: Technique, Human Resources, Employee, Brand, Convergence, CRM, Rationale, Branding, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software
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- HP to take out EDS: does it make sense?
- We've heard these rumors before but this time it seems HP is in serious hunting mode with EDS as the target. Larry Dignan offers his take on the rationale behind the story. Fellow Irregular Vinnie Mirchandani adds to the debate suggesting both pluses and minuses: HP could use a...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Windows Vista just can't catch a break
- It's been a rough couple of weeks for the operating system everyone loves to hate. Whether Vista is, in fact, flopping or doing fine is a matter of debate. As Mary Jo Foley has pointed out in her blog, Vista may not be selling at twice the...
- Tags: PC, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- Microhoo: A frenetic week ahead; Yahoo could turn the tables on Microsoft
- Microhoo: A frenetic week ahead; Yahoo could turn the tables on MicrosoftAll very interesting. I do hope that Yahoo remains an independentcompetitor to both Google and MS. Consumers will be the losers if we have less competition here. But, Yang is playing this out the best he can. they will...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-21
- Thought leadership grows around advancing 'WOA plus SOA' as enterprise-cloud duo
- Respected developer, adviser and thought leader Dion Hinchcliffe has posted a watershed blog that develops a compelling rationale for Web Oriented Architecture's (WOA's) advancing role in enterprises. The logic is not to supplant or dismiss Service Oriented Architecture SOA, but rather to examine how WOA -- also...
- Tags: Leadership, SOA, WOA, Dion, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- Yahoo vs. Microsoft: Thanks for the letter Steve; Now give us more money or get lost
- Yahoo on Monday responded to Microsoft's weekend "negotiate or we're launching a proxy war or pulling our offer" love letter. The gist: Increase your offer or get lost. Give credit to Yahoo for sheer moxie (or maybe it's stupidity). But Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer can't be happy...
- Tags: Transaction, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Stockholder, Value, Proposal, Steve, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-07
- Is Java Windows for Unix?
- Java is an incredibly successful toolset - but what is it really and how did it get to be so popular? To understand what it is and how it got this way you have to start with the problem it was meant to solve: manufacturers working on...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Windows, Unix, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-04-07
- Green concerns about things in a nano-tech package
- The green profile of nanotech is being called into question by Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition SVTC, which is recommending the development of new policies that account for the relatively unexplored of the materials within. The group outlines the nature of its concerns in a report called "Regulating...
- Tags: Electronics, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-04-06
- Windows 7: The delivery-date speculation continues
- Windows 7: The delivery-date speculation continues80% VaporwareLike Windows Vista, and Windows XP on the beginning, Windows 7 will end up being 80% VAPORWARE.Most of the promised features will be MIA and if history repeats, it won't be remotely stable/usable until at least SP2 a few years later and the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-04-04
- Gartner report forecasts bad news, good news for open source
- The Gartner Group has released a preview of a forthcoming report, The State Of Open Source 2008, that contains both good news and bad news for open source. The report is expected to be released next month. First, the bad news: ...
- Tags: Software, Gartner Inc., Open Source, Tools & Techniques, Management, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
- Ballmer: It's all about Web developers
- Plain old developers are so passe. Now it's all about "Web developers, Web developers, Web developers!" Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, at the prodding of an audience member of Mix '08, updated his famous "developers, developers, developers" chant. (Istartedsomething's Long Zheng is hosting a clip...
- Tags: Web Developer, Web, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Guy Kawasaki, Plain Old Developer, Channel Management, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-03-06
- Nexaweb Advance takes RIA value to the enterprise application modernization imperative
- There are so many good reasons to modernize legacy and 3GL/4GL applications that enterprises are moving wholesale to modernization activities, changing entire classes of applications, and aligning them with SOA, SaaS, data center consolidation, ITIL, and energy-conservation/green initiatives. Oh, and modernization allows you to gracefully get out...
- Tags: Client-server, Data Center, Goal, Rich Internet Application, Enterprise Application, Datacenter Transformation, Data Centers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Model Driven Architecture, ITIL, Storage, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Data Management, Web Services, Software, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, It Services, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- ZDNet gets a facelift: The changes at a glance
- As you may have noticed, ZDNet got a facelift. Here's a look at the key changes and the rationale for them. We're going to beat you over the head with the big conversation of the day. Our new home page is designed to let you know at...
- Tags: Blog, Home Page, Blogging, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-02
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