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Transitive virtual processing magic: Transitive virtual processing magicMissed a coupleRight after the launch of Windows NT, Digital Equipment also came out with a program that would not only translate, but would also optimize and store that translated code on-the-fly, for 32-bit x86 apps to run on the Alpha platform. The award-winning program...; Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Processors, Alpha, virtual processing magic, processing magic, FX!32, Digital Equipment Corp., Transitive; Discussion threads 2008-03-15
Transitive QuickTransit - Hardware Virtualization that Takes the Pain Out of Migrations: Bob Weiderhold, CEO of Transitive, and I fought off intermittent telephone problems to discuss a technology that is often overlooked when analysts put together their taxonomy of virtual processing software. Transitive calls this "Hardware Virtualization" and offers a product family, "QuickTransit" that implements this concept in a number of ways....; Tags: virtual processing software; Blog posts 2007-07-18

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Transitive's magic - Solaris/SPARC Apps and Hyper-V: In the past, I posted about one of the important requirements of the next generation datacenter NGDC, the ability to consolidate diverse applications on a unified hardware platform. Both IBM (see What would a next generation datacenter look like?) and HP see HP and the next generation data center and...; Tags: Application, Sun Sparc, Transitive QuickTransit, Sun Solaris, Data Centers, UNIX, Operating Systems, Processors, Servers, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Semiconductors, Components, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-16
Canucks freaking over Rogers iPhone rates: Canucks freaking over Rogers iPhone ratesYou should see how much Rogers charges for cableThey do like their high prices. With the Canadian market being only 10% of the size of the US market, the level of competition between sellers is not the same as the US.For that matter, you should...; Tags: Cellular phones, Rogers, Rogers iPhone, Canucks, Apple iPhone; Discussion threads 2008-06-28
Samba 3.2 reflects open source project's ambivalence toward Microsoft: Samba's forthcoming version 3.2 release capitalizes on Microsoft's interoperability commitments while also guarding against patent covenants that threaten the GPL. Samba 3.2, which is expected to be released in roughly one month's time, offers improved integration with the Active Directory in Windows Server 2003 and recently released...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Jeremy Allison, Samba, Microsoft Corp., Samba 3.2, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Open Source, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-05-08

Shock! Dog bites postman! Mainframer attacks Linux to push AIX: Once upon a time I did a few articles for searchenterpriselinux at techtarget.com, but we parted ways very quickly over their commitment to Red Hat's anti-Sun marketing strategy. Ken Milberg, a guy I think I first ran into in the context of my original 2002...; Tags: Operating System, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM AIX, Duck, IBM Corp., Attack, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-04-22
Transitive virtual processing magic: What would it be like if it was possible to take an executable image that was built for one operating system and processor family, wave a software wand over that software and then simply run it on another platform? Wouldn't that make life for an organization's IT staff quite a...; Tags: Computer, Generation Datacenter, Productivity, Data Centers, Processors, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Semiconductors, Components, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-03-14
Bush wants FISA controls relaxed, updated for new technology: Bush wants FISA controls relaxed, updated for new technologyIn other words...King D'uh'bya wants FISA rewritten to make the NSA's illegal and unconstitutional activities legal. Like his "presidency."What do you mean by that?I don't think they flaunted it since they were eager to keep it secret. How about flouted?Websters:transitive verb...; Tags: Bush wants FISA; Discussion threads 2007-07-17
Novell to detail Microsoft patent pact: Novell to detail Microsoft patent pactReason is obvious...Novell did this to stay alive. They, and the rest of the Open Source world, are well aware that Microsoft owns patents to everything in the computing world. Microsoft all but invented the GUI so by transitive thinking, anyone who develops a GUI...; Tags: Free Software Foundation, Microsoft Corp., Novell Inc., patent; Discussion threads 2007-05-23
The TJX data breach: Why loss estimates are overblown: The TJX data breach: Why loss estimates are overblownA gibe at your jiveThe word is jibe, unless you mean the data aren't dancing together 1940s style.Who carries the real costs?The issue is that TJX won't recompense people who have to clean their credit reports, check the statements for illegal charges...; Tags: Sales channel, Financial services, Who/what, TJX, credit card, bank, Sears Roebuck & Co.; Discussion threads 2007-05-08
Red Hat lawyer is right about indemnification not mattering. But for the wrong reasons: Red Hat lawyer is right about indemnification not mattering. But for the wrong reasonsI agree with the risks for RedHat, but, killing RedHat does NOT help MS, itwould hurt them. A new RedHat with a different name would form out of the ashes of RedHat, with all infringing code removed...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Marbux, Microsoft Corp., Red Hat Inc., Novell Inc.; Discussion threads 2006-11-06
Practical Integrity Measurement and Remote Verification for Linux Platform: There are various problems in Trusted Computing adaptation in Common Off The Shelf COTS operating environment, like Linux. Although a TPM security chip is beginning to spread widely, retrofitting a COTS component with Transitive Trust and a remote platform integrity verification still does not work well, especially the verification performed...; Tags: IBM Corp., Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software; White papers 2006-11-05
Was HP's traceable "PattyMail" spyware? You decide: Was HP's traceable "PattyMail" spyware? You decidenot a really big fan of regulation myself. is it the government'sresponsibility to protect every individual from the immoral and unscrupulous acts of their neighbor?or does the individual need to take responsibility for his own protection when trapsing around the public spaces?we don't put...; Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, information technology, spyware, PattyMail, Hewlett-Packard Co., e-mail, verb; Discussion threads 2006-09-29
Google joins Xerox as a verb: Google joins Xerox as a verbBut the company s part of the point...When people talk about "googling" something or someone, they're [i]not[/i] talking about using Ask or Yahoo or Excite. They're specifically talking about using Google. Have you ever heard of someone googling something and [i]not[/i] using Google?The...; Tags: SEARCH, Xerox Corp., Google Inc., search engine; Discussion threads 2006-07-06
TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Does Threat Modeling (Level 300): The process of threat modeling is built on a simple principle: To build a feasibly secure system, one must understand all the threats in that system. The challenge, however, is in making threat modeling more accessible to non-specialists. Microsoft has developed a process through which minimal input can produce a...; Tags: Webcast, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Modeling, Microsoft TechNet, Threat Modeling, Research & Development, Business Operations; Webcasts 2006-04-11
Gosling and general purpose languages: Gosling and general purpose languagesYes, the old debateIt is proprietary according to the Richard Stallman and the free software vigilantes, hence the desire to make a completely unencumbered version of Java through it's CLASSPATH initiative. So, I'm playing my get out of jail free card, and telling you to...; Tags: Programming languages, .NET, Development tools, OPEN SOURCE, Stallman, specification, Java, Free Software Movement, software, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2006-01-10
A better way to count clicks?: A better way to count clicks?Clarification needed.This article does a good job naming the players and discussing how they feel about standardizing how counts are maintained. But why is there a difficulty?Seems that two key numbers are views of fully loaded pages and clicks on a given ad. ...; Tags: advertisement; Discussion threads 2005-12-19
The brains behind Apple's Rosetta: Transitive: The brains behind Apple's Rosetta: TransitiveThat being said...I will be sure to buy the last generation of a a top of the PPC (G5) Power Mac. By the time I need another one (read 3-5 years) I think most applications will be recompiled with a "Universal Binary".My circa 2001...; Tags: Processors, Desktops, CPU Test, Apple Inc., Memory Test, Think Secret, Apple Intel Macintosh, Intel Corp., ROSETTA; Discussion threads 2005-06-08
Anti-spam standard still moving in slow motion: Anti-spam standard still moving in slow motionRANDZ should be enoughAs long as M$ will not charge anyone a fee to use their technology, why not use it? Sun keeps the Java patents close in hand, while allowing everyone to use the tech.Negative attentionMicrosoft's attitude has always been, "call me...; Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Sun Microsystems Inc., SenderID, e-mail, Microsoft Corp., SPF, spam, anti-spam; Discussion threads 2005-03-14
Report: Big boost for blogs in 2004: Report: Big boost for blogs in 2004Report: Big boost for blogs in 2004One has to wonder if these "Internet veterans" have not heard of Usenet. I find the increasing use of HTML for textual information a sad waste of bandwidth. It adds nothing to information content. Of...; Tags: Blogging, blog, Usenet, kind-of; Discussion threads 2005-01-03