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HP's Fink offers a challenge to IBM and Sun

HP's Fink offers a challenge to IBM and SunLinux on Non-Stop platform? Cool!I worked with the old Tandem non-stop machines a bit years ago when they were still produced by Tandem. They were really a quality product back then, designed exclusively for bullet proof reliability. We pulled out...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Linux, Sure Fink, BSD, hardware, GPL, operating system

Discussion threads 2005-08-09

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Why Mac open source gets no respect

"Since Macs generally cost less than PCs"THEY ARE? Since when? And that doesn't jive at all with "Macs are upscale"... and cheaper. Mmmm no.No counterpart to XBMC?There are a ton of Media Center applications for windows, including Windows Media Center, which is fairly adept at just about...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Mac people, Apple Macintosh, XBMC, MCE, Unix

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

10 things Linux does better than OS X

Guest post via TechRepublic's 10 things blog. OS X is heralded for its friendliness, but it falls short in many other respects. Find out why Linux is superior in everything from flexibility to portability to cost. It may sound strange, seeing as how OS X...

Tags: Operating System, Machine, Mandriva Spring 2008, Linux Keyboard, Apple Mac OS X, Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Apple Mac OS, Jack Wallen

Blog posts 2008-12-19

Don't expect a flood of Mac open source

Don't expect a flood of Mac open sourceYes, given that Mac is BSD based, it does not take much to get a whole lotof open source programs running on Mac. The biggest problem is that many of the GUI applications do not have the Mac look and feel. Does Apple...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Macintosh, open source, software, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-25

5 apps I can't live without in Leopard

5 apps I can't live without in LeopardI believe I can answer for most on this oneWhat are the first applications that you installed in Leopard? First and most importantly, Windows, of course. Second, Microsoft Office. That question was too easy. ;)Archive and InstallI also did an archive and...

Tags: Apple Safari, OSX, Quicksilver, Leopard

Discussion threads 2007-10-30

Everything old is new again...

Everything old is new again...WHAT !!!!!!!So how is this different from groove ? Groove has this feature for last 5 years. This Proclamation of everything new or bottled as new as web 2.0 or web 3.0 sic is getting old pretty quickly.CozyBug.comLocal Online Flea Market and Garage Sale!...

Tags: Groupware, Collanos, Groove Networks Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-04-27

Is Microsoft's Vista behind Apple's alleged 'Leopard' delay?

Is Microsoft's Vista behind Apple's alleged 'Leopard' delay?I'd like to see Leopard ASAPWhy wouldn't Apple provide Leopard with a Beta of Boot Camp that would work with XP and then when the new Boot Camp is ready, offer it as a software update?I want leopard nowI don't have vista, so...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), rumor mill, Microsoft Corp., development tool, Microsoft Windows Vista, Leopard, Apple Inc., software

Discussion threads 2007-03-23

Microsoft asks 'So who wants to be a programmer?'

Microsoft asks 'So who wants to be a programmer?'Poor way to teach...I was asked to review this content awhile back and at the time I said it had the same problem almost every "self taught" program/book/system to learn coding suffers from. The lack of teaching structure in programming.If you...

Tags: Development tools, Microsoft Corp., programmer

Discussion threads 2007-03-01

Apple tax, Microsoft tax - The virtualization tax

Apple tax, Microsoft tax - The virtualization taxOSX is the only crippled modern OSOSX is the [b]only[/b] modern consumer OS that can't be virtualized. Decades old Linux, Windows, and DOS OSs can all be virtualized today. In a sense, the DOS I ran in 1983 is more capable than OSX...

Tags: Operating systems, Storage management, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, OSX, virtualization, hardware, tax

Discussion threads 2007-02-14

My MacBook Pro Experience - Day 9

My MacBook Pro Experience - Day 9Fair enough!I found your response well reasoned and relevant. i believe that PC enthusiasts and Mac enthusiasts vary in one very significant regard. The PC enthusiast enjoys tweeking and trying things to improve the performance of their machines while Mac enthusiasts peffer...

Tags: Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, stasis, virtualization, PC, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., PC enthusiast, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple MacBook

Discussion threads 2007-01-19

My MacBook Pro Experience - Day 5

My MacBook Pro Experience - Day 5Reinforces what I've always saidIf you want to run Windows, [b]do not buy a Mac[/b].1. You pay extra for the privilege of restricting your choice of hardware.2. It doubles the number of OSs you must maintain.3. As if the extra hardware costs weren't enough,...

Tags: Operating systems, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Bootcamp, Apple MacBook, Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook Pro, hardware

Discussion threads 2007-01-15

SGI's Unix variant fading into history

SGI's Unix variant fading into historyOSX is not UNIXOSX is not UNIX. It is not "the most widely used Unix." It is not Unix. Period.It is, like Linux, a Unix-like system. To be Unix, it must be certified as Unix by the Open Group. ...

Tags: Operating systems, Apple Inc., SGI Unix, OSX, Darwin, BSD Unix, Unix, Silicon Graphics Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-09-08

Mac, not Linux, is desktop contender

Mac, not Linux, is desktop contenderThere's room for both..The main issue is that everyone competes fairly..Otherwise someone might obtain an unethical monopoly, followed by illegal behavior to maintain it.And then get CONVICTED for it!!Mac ON Linux...or Intel/FreeBSD or....Look, we could all have a GREAT GUI interface tomorrow if Apple would...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, OS 10, Linux, Apple Macintosh, desktop, Apple Mac OS X, computer, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-04-21

With wireless, CheckPoint adds to its security portfolio. Can it remain a pure play?

In 1993, the founders of a small, scrappy company known as Check Point Software Technologies were visionary enough to anticipate the explosion in demand for a way to secure the perimeters of corporate networks. By 1994, armed with a key patent, the company launched one of the industry's first--if not the...

Tags: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

Blog posts 2005-04-06

When will open source security grow up?

When will open source security grow up?Linux security products are mainly for babysitting Windows..They are out there..I found some....Ethereal, Snort, Nessus, Tripwire, YaST.. There are a bunch. What is it you want to do? Active directory style policies? If so get eDiretory from Novell.But for everything else try insecure.org.There are...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Linux security product, SpamAssassin, developer, open source, Linux, security, open source security, firewall, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2005-03-28

Martin Fink

Martin FinkDoctors, Lawyers and Developers1. "I'm sorry Mr. Jones. We can't use that cancer treatment even though it would be the best for you. You see, it's been patented and the licensing fee is not covered by your insurance."2. "Darn. That defense that was used in 1988 has a ridiculous...

Tags: body of knowledge, Martin Fink, developer

Discussion threads 2005-03-10

What can Brown do for you?

The remarks of new Free Software Foundation executive director Peter Brown on free vs. open source software last week certainly struck a nerve in TalkBack.I interviewed him late Friday, and hope some of his other remarks can stimulate more high-quality dialogue.I opened by asking about my recent piece on Martin...

Tags: GPL, software, Brown

Blog posts 2005-02-21

Bill Gates and other communists

Bill Gates and other communistsGates communist, Stallman capitalisthe, he, he!Richard Stallman is so right!Bill Gates is a convicted criminal who deserves LIFE without parole !There is no doubt that Dollar Bill and his MICROSUCKS cronies have been found to have violated any number of laws including anti-trust, yet this SOB...

Tags: Bill Gates, patent, communist

Discussion threads 2005-02-16

Sun's no-op announcement

Sun's no-op announcementHail, hail the gangs all here!Nice to hear from you Richard. Both you and Bruce Parens in the same day WOW!Your "free" software mantra still sounds to me like the "free" love mantra of the 60's - which was to give a euphemism to promiscuous sex with no...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, software, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-02-02

HP's Fink finks on Solaris 10

In his blog that, judging by its first entry, is unquestionably designed to neutralize, and even perhaps counter the mud that Sun COO Jonathan Schwartz has been slinging at Hewlett-Packard, HP's Linux vice-president Martin Fink has launched a frontal assault on Sun's Solaris 10.HP has been the victim of a series...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Sun Solaris, Martin Fink

Blog posts 2004-11-16