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Rocks, Light, and SunOS 3.1

Last Wednesday I had one of those headaches that result in too much aspirin and an overwhelming need to sit the four year old in front of the automated babysitter pretty much no matter what's on. In this case an episode of Dora the Explora; followed, in his case...

Tags: SunOS 3.1, Sun Solaris, Mb/s

Blog posts 2006-09-06

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The real pros and cons of server virtualization

YepVMwear is starting to look like Windoze - adding unneeded functionality just because it can. Moving VMs around from server to server live - is COOL. But why do you need it? If you are on a consolidation binge and utilization is king, then there will be no "extra" capacity...

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, Servers, Virtualization, server virtualization, VMwear, server

Discussion threads 2009-11-07

Quick thoughts on the (possible) demise of OpenSolaris

Quick thoughts on the possible demise of OpenSolarisWhere's the news?All I see here is a blog post from someone who says that people working on OpenSolaris are worried about the future. What else is new?Above and beyond that, the post is pure speculation. He's afraid OpenSolaris is going to "die...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, OpenSolaris, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-13

What Sun can do now - and why you should help.

What Sun can do now - and why you should help.See where Open Source leads Sun to?The last decade marks the global failure to practice open source as a business model. The saddest part was that it happened despite people warned them not to go that route.Don't know what to...

Tags: Sun Solaris, Research & Development, OPEN SOURCE, Sun Hardware, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-18

Researchers demo BIOS attack that survives hard-disk wipe

Researchers demo BIOS attack that survives hard-disk wipeI wonder if EFI can be infected?This sounds like a pretty nasty problemlet's hope antivirus vendors find a way to defend bios.RE: Researchers demo BIOS attack that survives hard-disk wipeThe BIOS can be flasheddoes that fix it?Abut Linux is secureThey could not infect...

Tags: BIOS, BIOS attack, hard drive, attack

Discussion threads 2009-03-23

Taking notes on your Linux laptop

Taking notes on your Linux laptopNo, but certainly part of the MS enabled ecosystem.His post reads exactly as someone who is desperate to downplay Linux while espousing that the only "real" software is Windows based. Be a shame if any of those kids wanted to learn web technologies though,...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Taking Notes, Linux laptop, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-03-12

Near-final IE 8 test build ready for download

Near-final IE 8 test build ready for downloadToo earlyNothing on download pages, also please double-check your links...I quite like IE8There are a couple features in there that I like more than Firefox, like tab grouping. Accelerators are also quite good. I still think Firefox + GMarks + NoScript + AdBlock...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Near-final IE 8, IE8, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-26

“Security” issues

“Security” issuesPoor programming and poor programmers.Software producers have convinced everyone it is the nature of software to have security problems. Why has the world bought that scenario? I still say that software companies need to be held financially accountable for the damages their software causes its users. Microsoft should have...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, security, SunOS 5.10

Discussion threads 2009-01-26

MS Patch Tuesday whopper: 28 vulnerabilities in Windows, IE, Office

MS Patch Tuesday whopper: 28 vulnerabilities in Windows, IE, OfficeMS Patch Tuesday whopper: 28 vulnerabilities in Windows, IE, OfficeMicrosoft should be praised for catching this many flaws and fixing them in a timely manner. Think of all the time and research that went in to get 28 patches out. ...

Tags: Patches, SECURITY, Operating systems, Zune Software, vulnerability, whopper, MS Patch Tuesday whopper, MS Patch Tuesday, Microsoft Zune, Windows IE, MS patch, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., patch management, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2008-12-09

UNIX - Let's get together and feel all right

UNIX - Let's get together and feel all rightEric may be right, it ttmight just be too much legal work, but, Sun couldGPL important parts that could be mixed with Linux. Of course that would mean they would have to move to Linux at some point and give up the...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Sun Solaris, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, nothing, UN*X, Unix, AT&T Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-04-18

Linux, cheap PCs and the effect this will have on Microsoft

Over the weekend a few regulars sent me a link to an article on DesktopLinux.com which looked at the effect that cheap Linux-powered desktop PCs would have on Microsoft.  Should Microsoft fear the cheap PC revolution?  Personally, I don't think so. First, let's set a framework for...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, PC, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-12-10

IBM's Linux contributions

When Joe Barr got his first look inside IBM's Linux Technology Center LTC back in early 2001 he got pretty gung ho about the wonders this would bring to Linux. Some excerpts: I began to see the LTC not just as a cool thing happening in my...

Tags: Expansion, IBM Linux, IBM Corp., LTC, Frye, LTC Team, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2007-10-12

A call from a former colleague

A call from a former colleagueAh yes, the late 80'sIt was just me - and a ComputerVision "low boy" server in a cubicle. The heat it put out was overwhelming - but I took it in stride. I was basically told - there is the computer, make it work. In...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Operating systems, Desktops, information technology, emulator, Internet Service Provider, Unix, server, PC

Discussion threads 2007-09-18

Where does SCO go from here?

Where does SCO go from here?Whither ...Well, by 31 August they're going to have to file a statement with Judge Kimball on where this leaves the [i]IBM[/i] case. That should be interesting, since they're caught between their usual shenanigans and Hizzoner's less-than-jovial appreciation of same.Then, in just one month...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Sun Microsystems Inc., SCO Group Inc., Novell Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-08-15

The state of Unix

The state of UnixHistory strikes once againThe problem seems to me to be the fact that Solaris has primarily been a server OS running on dedicated hardware. Linux has, for some years now, been available as a desktop OS running on general hardware.That difference is enough to explain the difference...

Tags: Operating systems, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, Open Solaris, Torvalds, Stallman, Torvolds, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, operating system, Unix

Discussion threads 2007-06-18

Licensing and open source beliefs

Licensing and open source beliefsBut what do you mean by "power"?What piece of software could you write in C that couldn't be written in PL/1?Why "C"?The C language was written in conjunction with Unix. Both C and Unix were originally designed for sharing and team work, which is why they...

Tags: C/C++, Programming languages, open source, C, Unix

Discussion threads 2007-05-29

Failing to cross the great divide

Failing to cross the great divideThe computer ate my homework - honestIf you noticed the late filing.. zdnet did a wordpress upgrade yesterday, and the automatic midnight filing did not happen last night. I have no idea why, but I believe it's the first time that I've been able to...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Few People, prejudice, power management, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-05-15

Sun hopes for Linux-like Solaris

Sun hopes for Linux-like SolarisWhat I find interesting isthat the "experts" say that Solaris need to be more Linux like to gain market. Aren't these the same guys that have a fit if you say Linux needs to be more Windows like to gain market???Going with Sun IMO would...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Linux, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-05-09

That Linux thing - where's the vision?

I get asked, fairly often, why Im down on Linux. Im not - Im like a guy with three kids: love all of them, but find myself spending more time with one than the other two - hey, I even have the guilt that goes...

Tags: Linux, General

Blog posts 2007-04-26

From Sun 1 to T5240

Right about today, twenty-five years ago, a bunch of geeks at Stanford were firing up their companys first production walk - a half dozen "Sun 1" multibus boards designed to run Unisoft Unix on MC68000s. Not much later the design stabilised using Bill Joys first BSD...

Tags: Sun, General

Blog posts 2007-04-19