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- Proof that the search for "great search" isn't over just yet
- Anybody who has ever used a search site like Google or Yahoo knows that theres room for improvement in search. But just how much? Is the room thats left only for incremental enhancements or might we still see some quantum leaps? Until last week when I got a demonstration of...
- Tags: SEARCH, Sun Microsystems Inc., information worker, quantum, worker, automation
- Blog posts 2006-12-13
- On the road: First at Sun in Burlington, MA, then at Xerox in Rochester, NY
- Ill be on the road for the next two days. Today, Im heading down to Suns campus in Burlington, MA to see what the folks in Suns Labs are working on Im already late for that. In addition to an overview of what the Labs are all about, Sun will...
- Tags: Suns, General
- Blog posts 2006-12-06
- In Search Of Sun's Java Economics
- "Freedom is scary; but on balance I think Java’s new path will be more interesting and more profitable and more fun." --Tim Bray Suns Director of Web on his Java Is Free blog. The big question is how much more profitable will free Java be? Perhaps a GPLed Java will...
- Tags: General, Open Source, IT Management, Hardware Infrastructure, Berlind
- Blog posts 2006-11-13
- In search Of Sun's Java economics
- "Freedom is scary; but on balance I think Java’s new path will be more interesting and more profitable and more fun." --Tim Bray Suns Director of Web on his Java Is Free blog. The big question is how much more profitable will free Java be? Perhaps a GPLed Java will...
- Tags: Java, Suns, Hardware Infrastructure, Open Source, IT Management, General
- Blog posts 2006-11-13
- Sun's data center in a box
- Sun announced its data center in a box today. Stephen Shankland (news.com) and John Markoff NYT were given the scoop by Sun. "Project Blackbox" stuff racks of servers, power and cooling equipment into a standard shipping container 8x8 wide and tall and 20 feet long pictured below. One Blackbox can...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Suns, BlackBox, data center
- Blog posts 2006-10-17
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- Will OpenSolaris survive Oracle?
- We can only hope so! It would make a much better back end than what linux has to offer. Solaris has always been a solid performer and is a real UNIX, not some hacked up clone like linux. The best option for Oracle would be to ditch linux...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Sun Solaris, Oracle Corp., OpenSolaris, Open Solaris
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- (Photos: Popular Mechanics' 2009 Breakthrough Award winners)
- .....as they circle distant suns?I rather doubt Keppler is travelling at the speed of light. The binary system of Alpha-Centauri is 4.2 light years. At the current speeds of our space craft it would take over 100,000 earth years to reach these closest neighbors to our sun. Popular Mechanics often...
- Tags: Popular Mechanics, photograph
- Discussion threads 2009-10-07
- Will Stallman C# warning fall flat?
- Will Stallman C# warning fall flat?Is this any different than Java?There are positive reasons to have someone hold the patent, mainly, that there is only one captain of the ship. I support open source, but the hitorical problem with it and UNIX has been forking. Some propeller head messes with...
- Tags: .NET, Programming languages, C#, Stallman C#, Stallman, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-30
- Group aims to keep MySQL healthy
- Group aims to keep MySQL healthyHmmmm....How much money was this guy paid for mySQL? And now he can just hijack the project? I wonder how many developers that did not see a piece of the Sun money will waste their time with this now?Open source is not a silver bullet.too...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., MariaDB
- Discussion threads 2009-05-15
- Terragen 2.0 (Mac)
- Terragen 2 is a powerful solution for rendering and animating realistic natural environments. Create entire worlds from your imagination, or import real world terrain datasets and use Terragen 2 to create the most realistic visualisations possible. You control the weather, landscape, rivers, lakes and oceans, suns, moons and stars. With...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Terrain, Planetside, Terragen 2, Engineering
- Software downloads 2009-04-25
- Are any open source projects too big to lose
- Are any open source projects too big to loseAn enemy of an enemy...It seems clear that these "crown jewels" are continuing sources of vexation to MS. So why would MS arch-enemy Oracle do anything to reduce this effect?On the other hand, might MS counter-move by buying some open source...
- Tags: OpenOffice, Databases, UNIX, Oracle Corp., open source, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source project, MySQL, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-22
- Using open source to reduce business risk
- Using open source to reduce business riskWhat the bottom line?The bottom line is that with Suns failure the open source argument is in trouble. As is two of the products you mention a business should consider switching to:OpenOffice is maintained by Sun. It has been maintained is such a way...
- Tags: OpenOffice, Databases, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, MySQL
- Discussion threads 2009-04-11
- McNealy thinks he is Manny Ramirez, has another think coming
- McNealy thinks he is Manny Ramirez, has another think comingIndeedOf course it is not entirely clear if McNealy is to blame, or if the owners an investment fund rejected the offer.Even so, Suns problems have been accelerated a lot by this. It may not be fair, but it's reality.Who will...
- Tags: Manny Ramirez, McPuke, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-05
- IBM's Sun deal setting: Talks reportedly near collapse
- IBM's Sun deal setting: Talks reportedly near collapseThe cat is out of the bagAcquisition negotiations mean that it is official that Sun is offered up for sale. Who will buy Sparc/Solaris now that the future seems uncertain.Potential Sun customers will hold back purchase decisions especially given the current economic climate...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Operational accounting, Corporate law, OPEN SOURCE, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-05
- Betting on the future: T2 vs. Nehalem
- Betting on the future: T2 vs. Nehalem"...but losing everything is like the sun going down on me...Ahhh what a great song...Ok Rudy.Sure IBM can't compete with Sun what with their stock about $100 more per share.My advise is DON'T WAIT! SGI and Sun took a beating from Linux because they...
- Tags: Network technology, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Nehalem, T2
- Discussion threads 2009-04-04
- Clearing the air on IBM Workplace-OpenOffice.org connection
- Clearing the air on IBM Workplace-OpenOffice.org connectionSun MicrosystemsI do believe that with IBM throwing its active support behind OpenOffice, that credibility can be greatly increased, assuming that deeds follow words. Presumably, others may be incentives to add their efforts to support OpenOffice, as well, through bundling, contributed developers, and coordinated...
- Tags: OpenOffice, Telecom & Utilities, Personal finance, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-03-23
- The IBM buys Sun Story
- The IBM buys Sun StoryTruthIf Sun get "owned" by IBM than they brought it onthemselves. They let SPARC performance lag for yearsand did not listen to their customers. If they hadembraced open source and x86 earlier (circa 2000/1)than they would have turned the tide but there was alot of residual...
- Tags: Corporate law, Investment, Servers, UNIX, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., antitrust, stock
- Discussion threads 2009-03-19
- IBM in talks to acquire Sun?
- A big blue cloud overshadowed Sun’s announcement today unveiling their Open Cloud Computing platform. Media was a buzz today at rumors of a possible acquisition of Sun Microsystems by IBM. Still a rumor at this point, the story brings up many questions about how feasible this acquisition really is and...
- Tags: Acquisition, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., IBM Global Services, IBM SWG, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Sun Solaris, Servers, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-03-18
- Sun's Schwartz: I'm not worried about the future (or Sun's relevance)
- Sun's Schwartz: I'm not worried about the future (or Sun's relevance)Oh myDon't tell Murphy. He will just get even more envious of "wintel".Sun is circling the drain. Java is stalling. JavaFX is fledging. Suns hardware business takes a beating from the US economy. Suns open source products fail to...
- Tags: Programming languages, .NET, Application servers, Middleware, Scripting languages, Sun Microsystems Inc., Java, Microsoft .NET, Schwartz
- Discussion threads 2009-03-03
- Some general considerations for small systems change
- Some general considerations for small systems changeIOW you need an architectNOT a CIO or management drone. NOT a vendor rep. NOT your average sysadmin. NOT the customer/user. Not from one group while ignoring another.Of course, this never happens. There usually IS an architect, but he is brought in AFTER the...
- Tags: Processors, Servers, Sun Sparc, SAP AG, V210, V20z, Intel x86
- Discussion threads 2009-03-03
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