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- MS: "OpenDoc too slow!" IBM: "MS Open XML too heavy!"
- MS: "OpenDoc too slow!" IBM: "MS Open XML too heavy!"ComplianceThe real "rubber hits the road" issue is compliance testing. With both camps positioning themselves to become Governmental purchasing requirements, they're going to eventually run into the issue of validation suites.A good example is [url=http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/]the W3C's CSS Validator.[/url]One problem...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), IBM Corp., OpenDoc, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source
- Discussion threads 2006-05-25
- OpenDocument could 'turn everything inside out'
- OpenDocument could 'turn everything inside out'Self-important bunkAn office file format will NOT change the world, whether it's ODF or Metro or PDF. The format in which the data is saved does not alter how people do thier work. It may facilitate collaboration, and may even show some productivity...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenDoc, OpenDocument Format, Sun Microsystems Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-10-05
- More chatter on Massachusetts' OpenDoc plan
- David Coursey at eWeek wrote a Microsoft-friendly response to Massachusetts' decision to standardize on the OpenDoc format. And the response to his response has been both sympathetic and bewildered. The gist of Coursey's argument is this: "I am not sure what the...
- Tags: Simon Phipps, David Coursey, Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2005-09-12
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- The Importance of Dissent
- Word is going around that Monty Widenius, founder of MySQL, is parting ways with Sun. Matt Asay blogs about it and says it's a good thing Widenius is taking his dissent on the road: At this point, however, Monty has done the right thing with his dissent. He has...
- Tags: MySQL, Arjen, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Red Hat draws its line in the virtual sand with Qumranet
- The caves of Qumran, located in in the highly disputed region of the West Bank that sits between Israel and Jordan and is populated by both Palestinians and Jews, is where the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. The scrolls are said by many Judaic scholars...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Virtual Desktop, Qumranet, Open Source KVM, Virtualization, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Google Apps adoption rates up
- At the Office 2.0 Conference in San Francisco, Matthew Glotzbach, product management director of Google Enterprise, discusses the user acceleration of its Google Apps software. Glotzbach also shows a chart on how the company's Google Docs word processing product has surpassed Sun’s OpenOffice in the last year and is slowly...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Cloud Computing, OpenOffice, Office Suites, Software, Microsoft Office
- Videos 2008-09-04
- Red Hat acquires Qumranet
- I just received a press release telling me that one of my clients, Qumranet, has been acquired by Red Hat.This was not entirely unexpected. Here's what the release said Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced...
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., Qumranet Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- 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
- 10 ways to get maximum value from a professional development class
- If your company or you invests in training aimed at helping you become more capable and well-rounded, it only makes sense to get everything you can out of the class. Calvin Sun offers some practical tips to help maximize the benefits.This download is also available as an entry in our...
- Tags: Professional Development, Calvin Sun, Training And Certification
- Download resources 2008-09-04
- Parts of a system: beyond the e-voting case
- Parts of a system: beyond the e-voting caseGreater than what...."Server virtualization (in the PC/IBM sense of hosting multiple equivalent OS instances on one machine), for example, is extraordinarily popular right now and can definitely reduce data center cost - but almost always does so at greater cost to the business...
- Tags: Data centers, Virtualization, Murph, Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc., IT IS, e-voting
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Xen engine 3.3 released
- On August 27th, the Xen engine version 3.3 was released on Xen.org, the site that houses the open source Xen project. In the words of the organization, "Xen 3.3 includes enhancements that further advance its position as a fast, scalable, secure virtualization engine for the industry's broadest range of server...
- Tags: Xen, Virtual Machine, Xen Client Initiative, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Beautiful Earth Desktop Wallpaper Screen Saver (exe)
- See the earth from the space on your desktop wallpaper and screen saver. You can see which parts of the earth are enjoying the sun light. And in night areas you can see the city lights. With real time clouds and time zones. Version 6.3.3 has changes in cloud urls.
- Tags: Earth, GimmeGoody Software
- Software downloads 2008-09-03
- Google's Tim Armstrong on YouTube; IE 8 and Microsoft Cashback
- Google's Tim Armstrong on YouTube; IE 8 and Microsoft CashbackDouble who?Hurt Doubleclick? Oh no! What will we ever do? We must put aside our needs as humans, people, and customers and give up our features so that another company may profit.Is this really what Doubleclick is saying? Screw the user...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., DoubleClick Inc., Microsoft Cashback, Tim Armstrong, IE 8, YouTube Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Google Chrome is insanely fast ... faster than Firefox 3.0
- Google Chrome is insanely fast ... faster than Firefox 3.0how about with Safari 3.x /4.x & OperaI would like to see comparison chart with with Safari 3/4 & operaRE: Google Chrome is insanely fast ... faster than Firefox 3.0Fast, yes, but without adblock or equivalent, too painful to use.Well,...
- Tags: Web browsers, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Google Chrome bats 1-for-3 for me
- Google Chrome bats 1-for-3 for meNo AdBlock Plus...no Chrome. Simple as that.what do you expect it's a beta!'Ordinary' users would never be trying to surf with a beta release of a niche browser minutes after it's release.Don't be such an arse - you know damn well that most browsers...
- Tags: Web browsers, WebKit, Google Chrome, plug-in, Google Inc., Web browser
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Google Chrome: Steal this browser
- Google Chrome: Steal this browserMemory Usage not commendableFirefox 3 uses lesser memory than Google Chrome. The base browser itself uses about 75MB and with 5 tabs opened, the total memory usage is around 200MB. Firefox with the same number of tabs is less than 100MB. Makes me wonder how efficient...
- Tags: Web browsers, Google Chrome, Web browser, Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Data center energy use
- Data center energy useHmmmm....1. It's still a positive contribution, even if it is a small one. 2. And I think real enterprises are seriously eying desktops a real money sinks when it comes to power.3. The same argument could be applied to oil. We shouldn't...
- Tags: Data centers, Operating systems, Servers, hardware, Data Center Energy, Sun Microsystems Inc., data center, Process Protection
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- IBM claims 'Quicksilver' flash sets data-speed record
- IBM claims 'Quicksilver' flash sets data-speed record'Quicksilver' flashI rather expect that when and if we do see "Quicksilver" on the market, it will be used in laptops and very small package electronics. It will, no doubt, begin as a high dollar product. Thus, will be used in products...
- Tags: Quicksilver, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-01
- Partnoy's Complaint
- Partnoy's ComplaintI don't think Wall Street will take that bet....Wall Street bets on financial performance, not processor performance. A bet on pure processor performance, assuming we can agree on a measure for that, would ignore all kinds of financial issues with the companies involved.Why is performance significant?Are sales determined by...
- Tags: Performance management, Financial accounting, financial, performance, Sun Microsystems Inc., Partnoy
- Discussion threads 2008-08-30
- 2009 Mercedes-Benz SL550
- Photo gallery:2009 Mercedes-Benz SL550Maybe we've been driving too many very nice cars lately, but the 2009 Mercedes-Benz SL550 didn't excite us much when it arrived in the garage. It's hard to follow acts like the Maserati GranTurismo and the BMW M6, and we tend to like shorter, more nimble sports...
- Tags: Mercedes-Benz SL550, Mercedes-Benz, Nuvi 880
- Product reviews 2008-08-29
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