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- Anatomy of an attack: The New York Times on Solaris
- Paul Krill's recent New York Times hit piece against Solaris demonstrates, I think, a new low in manipulative agenda journalism as it affects IT. Brilliantly done, really, but pointlessly destructive -much more, I think, like vandalism than reporting. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., New York Times Co., Attack, Sesame, Noah, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-10-11
- Up on the rooftop: Brightening prospects for solar technology
- It's midnight, do you know where your solar panel is? I read somewhere yesterday where thefts of solar panels are on the rise, no doubt due to the rather dear price that they still command. Hopefully, that's on a pace for change, given that many of us...
- Tags: Installation, Solar Energy, Photovoltaics, Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Forget the damn Linux netbooks. Can Windows replace Windows?
- My esteemed ZDNet colleague Ed Bott, God bless him, wrote a very insightful piece in which he discusses Taiwanese PC mainboard and component manufacturer MSI's challenges of selling Linux-based versions of their netbook, the Wind U90. Apparently, according to MSI, Linux-based versions of their netbook are...
- Tags: MSI, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- A question about web server volume failures
- A question about web server volume failuresWrite heavy loadI don't think you can compare a write-heavy do-not-call registry to a mostly static wordpress site.It wouldn't hard to mock-up a simple registry site and test it.The question you seem to be askig is.. how do i make my site scalable.Lets start...
- Tags: Web servers, Firewalls, Storage, Web server, server, database, router, firewall, Web
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- Data Processing scores big success! Linux loses, again!
- Data Processing scores big success! Linux loses, again!Wrong title, MurphIt should be "IT N00bs at large in Canada" or something along those lines :)Also funny they switched to a windows server. "Oh, we understand windows, cause we use it at home! let's try that! Oh no use! Oh no, what...
- Tags: Operating systems, data-processing, Murph, Linux, big success, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-06
- Blood in the water and open source on the tracks
- Blood in the water and open source on the tracksConsolidationYou've noticed, then, that the number of banks has been decreasing. And that the survivors are able to make substantial profits.True of the software industry as well, as you imply. Smaller companies of value are likely to be bought...
- Tags: open source, Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Oracle's Beehive: integrated large scale, secure collaboration
- Although Oracle's Beehive (the successor to 'Oracle Collaboration Suite' launched on May the 8th of this year it officially launched at Oracle OpenWorld today. At a price of $120 per user seat this is not a system for most small or medium sized businesses but rather a secure solution...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., BEA Beehive, Obviously Integration, E-mail, Java Development Tools, Collaboration, Regulatory Compliance, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Software, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- How long will Microsoft support XP and Vista?
- How long will Microsoft support XP and Vista?Long Live Windows SupportNot only is the lifecycle well-documented, but nobody supports their products for as long a lifecycle as Microsoft. Microsoft is still supporting Windows 2000, released 8.5 years ago, and Internet Explorer 5.5 on it.Apple supports only the last two OS...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, PDAs, Operating systems, Games, Handhelds, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-21
- Microsoft's "Phase 2" ad campaign - No mention of Vista anywhere
- Microsoft's "Phase 2" ad campaign - No mention of Vista anywhereMy guess is......they're touting the Microsoft and Windows brands, not a particular product.Carl RapsonRE: Microsoft'sOh boy, I'm sure these ads will be just as over analyzed and picked apart in every minute detail like the first two. The point...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), advertisement, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Adrian, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-09-19
- Apple security not ready for enterprise prime-time
- Apple security not ready for enterprise prime-timeNo win for anyone.So nobody can win no matter what track they take. Apple gets nailed by IT departments whining about how security updates are random, not on a specified schedule, and they're unable to plan.Microsoft gets nailed by IT departments whining about how...
- Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, fanboy, Apple Inc., Apple security, security, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-19
- The "As close to $150 as you can get it" PC
- The "As close to $150 as you can get it" PCThe cost of the OS is the issueWhen I bought my current system, 5 years ago, it was cheaper to buy a prebuilt system then build it myself if I wanted Windows.If I had wanted Linux, then it would have...
- Tags: Desktops, Memory, Operating systems, PC, RAM, Microsoft Windows XP, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- BusinessWeek site hacked, serving drive-by exploits
- BusinessWeek site hacked, serving drive-by exploitsSo tell us...what software stack is businessweek.com using?A cheap solution that doesn't work is neitherSay What?Nice work with the Google SafeBrowsing APII should have included that information in the blog post I made about this earlier today on the Sophos website: http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2008/09/15/hackers-infect-businessweek-websiteI have, however,...
- Tags: UNIX, Corporate communications, Web site development, Operating systems, BusinessWeek, Sun Solaris
- Discussion threads 2008-09-15
- In remembrance of scoundrels past
- In remembrance of scoundrels pastSame mess - different scum.I agree. I did some consultancy work for a large brand name in sportswear and was horrified by their IT systems. It had been held in thrall by one man who started his IT career in the 70s and was still going...
- Tags: Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, information technology, IT System
- Discussion threads 2008-09-15
- Microsoft Hyper-V to VMware: We have you surrounded
- Microsoft Hyper-V to VMware: We have you surroundedWhat's the difference minus the hype?"Red Hat intros VMware hypervisor alternative based on KVM""Raleigh, N.C.-based Red Hat Inc. has set itself up as the alternative to VMware Inc., ..."A Linux-based hypervisor"The new hypervisor is a lightweight embeddable hypervisor for hosting Red Hat Enterprise...
- Tags: Virtualization, Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, VMware Inc., Hyper-V, hypervisor, Microsoft Hyper-V, Microsoft Corp., Red Hat Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-11
- Which Sun story is more important
- Which Sun story is more importantSun is done...I really wish people would just forget this company. My rep said Microsoft only works with them so as to pretend that Microsoft cares about inter-operability. After the working sessions, Microsoft goes out and blasts Sun to all customers. My rep has the...
- Tags: Sales strategy, OPEN SOURCE, Sun Microsystems Inc., OSS, xVM VirtualBox 2.0, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-10
- Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0
- Last week Sun launched the newest version of xVM VirtualBox, its open source virtual machine software offering. Here's a quick review of the announcement. Snippet of Sun's press release: Here are a few lightly edited segments of the Sun release: Sun Microsystems,...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., xVM VirtualBox Software, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Operating Systems, Management, Software, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-09-10
- Don't give me your Windows Lite
- Don't give me your Windows LiteMicrosoft's business practices...I think this is again a case of activists trying to protect a small business sector that really doesn't need protection. They are only really profitable when they are abusing their client base, and that simply isn't good business. This won't result in...
- Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, Windows Lite, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-09-09
- Commercial development strategies
- Commercial development strategiesMy own two centsYour presentation, while quite interessting, miss, I think two points.first solaris, as I already stated on your previous post, is not anymore generic than any other operating system, be it windows, linux or AmigaOS. It is one specific operating system among other. I can...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, operating system, GUI Front-end
- Discussion threads 2008-09-08
- Chrome, IE8, and longer term thinking
- Chrome, IE8, and longer term thinkingI wonder -- would others please weigh inOk, your stats here are out to lunch but I wonder about your basic point.I think it's wrong - that almost any non OS specific programming language can be used to produce a standard code base from...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Programming languages, operating system, Linux, Google Inc., IE8, Chrome, longer-term, COBOL, window
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
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