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Open source needs successful champions

Open Source powers the Internet period!Open_Source powers the ENTIRE Internet withrouters/switches/servers you name it like Microsoft sitting behind caching Linux distroname servers.Now you tell me what does it need now???It is the FUTURE of smart devices, appliancedriven infrastructure, just like VMware using a Linux derived kernel and it is #1...

Tags: Linux, software cost, Linux Distro, open source, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Does payback on email alone make Google Apps' $50/yr. worth it? (Docs, etc? That's icing)

Does payback on email alone make Google Apps' $50/yr. worth it? (Docs, etc? That's icing)As usual, great analysis!! And, considering you can have it for free if youonly need 2 Gig per user!! That is still a lot more than most corporate systems give you, and then you can forget...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Google Inc., Google Apps, small business, software cost, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, server, software, e-mail

Discussion threads 2007-10-15

10 vs. 10

10 vs. 10I am the very model of a modern major general scenarioI should have picked the 10 workstations (I wouldn't have gone with IBM). That PPC chip makes the box 3x+ more expensive than a nice Opteron workstation.Those Sun Ultra 20 workstations (start at $895!), make for some powerful...

Tags: Workstations, Software cost, workstation, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-04-10

Additional Resources

Silverthorne Shipping Saver for eBay 2.0 (Windows)

The Silverthorne Shipping Saver for eBay is multi-carrier shipping software that will dramatically reduce your shipping costs! The software saves you money by instantly comparing shipping rates between the major carriers and displays a sorted list of shipping services and rates. The software then prints the carrier compliant shipping label...

Tags: Software, Microsoft Windows, eBay Inc., Carrier, Silverthorne Software, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2009-12-02

MyPublisher BookMaker 4.0 (Windows)

MyPublisher BookMaker software is a free, fast, and easy way to organize and edit your photos and lay them out on handsome pages that you can publish in a coffee-table-quality hardcover book for only $29.95. Paperback PocketBooks start at only $9.95. BookMaker offers popular page styles and layouts as well...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Photograph, MyPublisher BookMaker Software, MyPublisher

Software downloads 2009-12-02

Report: Apple, Psystar reach partial settlement

Ah, gotta love Apple the underdogSuch a cute and cuddly multi-national, multi-billion $$$/year mega corporation! It just makes me feel like apologizing for everything they do. :)Or maybeThey're the big, bad wolf for a change. Why so threatened by Pystar's model? It's still Mac OSX, not Pystar OSX....

Tags: Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar, Apple-hardware, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, operating system, OSX, hardware

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

Pimp my iPhone: Apps for storing, editing and reading files

iPhone streamingHello: These are pretty impressive applications. I've seen a few before and after a very in depth research we worked on something more advanced then created an iPhone broadcaster. I don't know if you ever seen this working. We are now trying to integrate it with other iPhone applications...

Tags: Smart phones, Digital music, DropBox, Apple iPhone, Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

Impact Fax Broadcast 6.71 (Windows)

Impact Fax Broadcast is a specialized software application designed for reliable high volume fax broadcasting. Based on Black Ice Software's award winning open architecture, Impact Fax Broadcast is fully scalable from a single port/line up to 384 ports/lines; and is not tied to a specific fax hardware manufacturer and supports...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Broadcasting, Black Ice Software, Impact Fax Broadcast, Fax

Software downloads 2009-12-01

Cloudy issues around risk: the large enterprise user perspective

It is pretty clear.If a business turns into a sap equivalent software then the business can cut the cost of:a) expensive sap licenses.b) expensive sap support for install, admin and such.c) expensive sap consultants.and so on.RE: Cloudy issues around risk: the large enterprise user perspectiveSeems to me this is the...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Backups, Manufacturing, Microsoft Office, enterprise user perspective, large enterprise user perspective, software

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

Can Chrome OS save us from racket ware?

Open Source / Repositories vs. Windows Closed SourceThe idea of having GPG-protected repositories which contain open source apps is central to the notion that these apps' source code is viewed by 'many eyes' and as such, vetted.Get your app outside of your designated O/S approved repos and you 'tempt fate'.In...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, SECURITY, Chrome OS, Chrome, operating system, software, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

RationalPlan Single Project 3.15.7 (Mac)

RationalPlan Single Project by Stand By Soft is a powerful project management software designed to assist project managers in developing plans, allocating resources, tracking progress, managing budgets and analyzing workload. You can use RationalPlan in the area of construction, engineering, services&consulting, business, software development or even for a simple student...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management

Software downloads 2009-11-30

As others see us

Anti-American dribblehttp://www.climatechangefraud.com/Author please do without A/C, electricity, andyour standard of living.Then you get Al Gore to do without privatejets, mansions and it will never happenTech news pleasehttp://www.climatechangefraud.com/Can someone get a NEW editor that writes TECH articles and NOT Anti-American TRASH.Tech news pleaseSorry you're made uncomfortable by the complexity of the...

Tags: iPODS, IT Revolution, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-11-28

Does Chrome OS mean anything for schools?

Benefits of the ChromeOS approachOne of the features of HTML5, that commentors on other posts seem to forget, is that HTML5 web apps can be "installed" in app cache, for offline use (Google "HTML5 manifest").If web apps can be used offline AND made to perform like desktop apps, with web...

Tags: Operating systems, cloud computing, Desktops, NOW IT, HTML5, operating system, Chrome OS, Does Chrome OS, Chrome, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-28

sbFirstDay - Netbook 2.1 (Windows)

sbFirstDay-Netbook is appointment-based business software for the independent service professional Book appointments; create and send stunning, high impact marketing e-mails to your customers, track inventory, run reports (income statement, sales detail, sales tax reports, inventory reporting). Create standing appointments, e-mail appointment reminders. Complete video training fo r every window in...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Netbook, Rhino Heaven Software, sbFirstDay-Netbook, E-mail, Sales Strategy, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Sales Force Management, Online Communications, Sales, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-26

Death of the black box EULA

Nonsense. Just look at Psystar.They died by the EULA. The judge even brought that up.And open source software has an EULA of its own, telling you exactlly what you can and must do to be able to use the software.Any failure to follow the EULA/GPL allows the owner of the...

Tags: EULA, black box, software

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

Does Amazon know where it's going with the Kindle?

Amazon, please ignore AdrianNormally I'm right with Adrian, but he obviously doesn't have a Kindle, which is my favorite device. To Amazon: don't add battery sucking features (like wi-fi), we don't care about multi-purpose (it's a bookreader!), i don't want cr@apps on my Kindle (it's a bookreader!) and I don't...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

Does virtualization equal cloud computing?

I would say yesThere is no need to buy 'stand alone' servers any longer in functionality when you can put it in a Blade 'name your flavor' chassis.Virtualization with VMware/RHEL or some vendor is the best way to get it off bare-metal...Doing baremetal rebuilds is time consuming and it takes...

Tags: Data centers, Servers, Utility computing, server, cloud computing, virtualization, cluster

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

VID (Virtual Instrument Desktop) 1.142 (Windows)

The VID Virtual Instrument Desktop software allows low cost industry standard Modbus or NetCommander hardware to be used in distributed control and monitoring systems. The Software combines a customizable virtual instrument display with a "behind the scenes" event monitoring, logging, alerting and control systems, to provide a full and customizable...

Tags: Software, Desktop, Monitoring, Microsoft Windows, Codemachine, Events System, Tools & Techniques, Plotters, Management, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-11-25

Numbers of new Core i7 iMacs are turning up DOA

I guess it goes to show that......even the almighty apple is not immune to issues. We have some iMacs (about 100 - 120) in my organization compared to about 2500 Windows Desktops and out of the 90 we ordered a few years ago (17" iMacs) we had one come...

Tags: Desktops, DOA, Core i7 iMac, Core i7, Apple Inc., Apple iMac

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Google goes all-in with an open source cloud

RE: Google goes all-in with an open source cloudGoogle is redifing the marketplace each day with calculated innovation to set the table for their advancement and domination in the future. I can't for the fight that is coming with MS Office next year and Google docs.another nail in M$...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Chrome, Windows 7 market share, Google Inc., open source, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-11-23