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Bad hair day? Who cares...

Talk about an eye-opening customer meeting...This morning, friends from T-SystemsSchweiz retreived me fromZürich airport for a couple of customer meetings. Normally, I don'tmention customers I meet with by name, but this one seems quite up forthe fame. It was with a company called...

Tags: Bad Hair Day, Triumph

Blog posts 2006-03-30

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Flouridation, vaccination, TV, Internet?

Will the Internet be the final triumph of Ludd? Or is there a way for scientific truth to triumph here over calls to emotion? by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Vaccine, TV, Kids, Internet, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-08-22

Yahoo's Bostock says Board "called the shots" about Microsoft.

Yahoo's Bostock says Board "called the shots" about Microsoft.Sounds like he is attempting to instil some confidenceback into the investors. What else is he going to say? Yang screwed up and we let him?Of course he is going to paint himself, and the rest of the board as the "Heros...

Tags: Corporate governance, Financial accounting, Yang, Bostock, Microsoft Corp., board, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-01

ParentPower (exe)

The ParentPower Desktop Application was designed by ActiveAccess to identify top bloggers and highlight their stories of triumph, humor, practical approaches, personal enrichment and fun. We worked hand-in-hand with parents and bloggers to develop the content for the ParentPower Index and Desktop Application. Our goal was to help busy parents...

Tags: Blogger, BIA Information Network, Blogging, Internet

Software downloads 2008-07-28

Free the XBOX 360!!!

Free the XBOX 360!!!"Microsoft-approved"Why shouldn't Microsoft be concerned with the performance of software on XBox?Quoting:Microsoft makes both the hardware and software, and the environment is tightly controlled - only Microsoft-approved software need apply. [End quote]Vista shows that a product's reputation can be affected by the uninterest or mistakes of third...

Tags: Game players, Games, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Corp., game, console

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

WordPress 2.6 disables remote access, swats 194 bugs

WordPress 2.6 disables remote access, swats 194 bugsCondom photoAnd the condom photo signifies what exactly? Increased protection?Another OpenSource Triumph!Insecure architecture fixed in version 2.6! Well, better late than never, right? And of course in the OpenSource tradition, they fixed it ... fast? 196 bugs! A service pack and a half,...

Tags: WordPress 2.6, OpenSource, Wordpress, remote access

Discussion threads 2008-07-15

VMware: CEO Greene out; Revenue light

VMware: CEO Greene out; Revenue lightVMwhereVirtualization is a crock. It makes perfect sense to single-tasker people that just can't understand how more than one application can run on a server. But I digress - and I won't elaborate on this.VMwhere is great for Development environments. You can whip one up,...

Tags: Storage management, Operating systems, VMwhere, cloud computing, virtualization, server, Greene, VMware Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-08

What works, what doesn't

What works, what doesn'tYou forgot an important pointThat is, once any software base finally stabilizes, force an upgrade to a new super shiny alpha implementation down everybody's throats. This is called the bullsiht baffles brains scenario.Rough figures that I've come across are that 80% of people aren't really capable of...

Tags: Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, Asterisk PBX, cell phone, phone

Discussion threads 2008-06-24

From CFrom Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe

From CFrom Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframeDitch all this Cr@p!They need to simply go with Vista Server and MS Access 2008 Server! Problem solved!http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.comRE: From CFrom Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframePlease bear in mind that the 360 came out ten years before the ideas...

Tags: Mainframes, Programming languages, Servers, maintenance programming, COBOL, CFrom Chapter, data-processing, pianist, IBM mainframe, IBM Corp., mainframe

Discussion threads 2008-06-20

Yang's recovery runway: Months to days (and board should go too)

Yang's recovery runway: Months to days and board should go tooCould not agree more, but, that won't save Yang. He will be out soon.The MS offer and Icahn basically destroyed what was left of Yahoo.That is not what those leaving....are saying. They are making it very clear they are disappointed...

Tags: Corporate governance, board, Yahoo! Inc., Yang, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-19

P2P Rocket (exe)

P2P Rocket is a highly reliable file-sharing program, a truly technological triumph that you can employ to download anything you want from movies and music to games, applications and books. The installation is as quick and easy as it should be. This program supports Gnutella and eDonkey networks. P2P Rocket...

Tags: P2P, Mp3Torpedo, P2P Rocket, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet

Software downloads 2008-05-16

HP CSR Report: A Triumph for Transparency (but back slides on blogging)

HP CSR Report: A Triumph for Transparency but back slides on bloggingapparel industryIt is possible that said industry believes opacity to be a protection against bad publicity. They've had plenty of grief in the past on the subject of sweatshops.

Tags: CSR, blogging, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2008-05-09

HP CSR Report: A Triumph for Transparency (but back slides on blogging)

Ground breaking stuff in HPs latest CSR report released last week - HP becomes the first in its sector to publish details of the major players in its supply chain. Now it seems the tech sector will follow the apparel industry on supplier transparency. The apparel industry tried to resist this for...

Tags: Sustainability, Hewlett-Packard Co., Supplier, Blogging, Nothing, Channel Management, Marketing, James Farrar

Blog posts 2008-04-16

The Open Source Commandments

The Open Source CommandmentsFirst CommandmentShouldn't the first commandment be: "Microsoft is Evil"?;-)RE: The Open Source CommandmentsWhat about the other commandments:"Thou shalt insult anyone who criticizes open source""Thou shalt not use any other software except the ones we use"Religion and sciencewhat a great taste that tastes great together. Someone calls...

Tags: commandment, open source, Passover Family Experience, Open Source Commandments, OSS

Discussion threads 2008-04-09

More details on the Pwn2Own Flash flaw that won the Vista machine

More details on the Pwn2Own Flash flaw that won the Vista machineOr should we blame MicrosoftFor their inability to push DEP sooner and get more of a response out developers sooner and breaking applications that have been coded wrongly for years.That would be the ABMer's excuse anyway.NBMer would say that...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Programming languages, Operating systems, UNIX, SECURITY, Pwn2Own Flash, Pwn2Own Flash flaw, Microsoft Windows Vista, data execution prevention, Vista Machine, Java, flaw, Nate, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2008-03-31

Microsoft's OOXML gets ISO approval ... maybe

Microsoft's OOXML gets ISO approval ... maybeFraud and corruption is the new International standard.Congratulations Microsoft for absolutely nothing of value, and enjoy the backlash ;-)Interesting language"[i]Microsoft maintains that Office dominates on the desktop worldwide and that OOXML is a de facto standard anyway[/i]"In other words, MS thinks that whatever they...

Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, German Standard, OOXML, Microsoft Corp., ISO, Microsoft Office, irregularity, Microsoft OOXML

Discussion threads 2008-03-31

The iPhone impact on open source

The iPhone impact on open sourceDo you know why truth about iPhone is not welcomed?Do you know why truth about iPhone is not welcomed?"Apparently, 12 percent or so of iPhone users just can’t get the hang of the device, calling it “tricky”, and soon after returning it."http://www.iphoneworld.ca/news/2008/02/06/one-in-eight-iphone-users-befuddled-by-their-iphone/"And surprisingly Apple has...

Tags: open source, Apple iPhone, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-03-11

Danger to be Microsoft's entry into consumer-focused phones

How does Microsoft intend to take on Apple's iPhone? The Redmond software maker's plan to gain traction in the consumer-focused mobile-phone market hinges heavily on Danger Inc. -- the company that invented the Sidekick and is soon to become part of Microsoft, according to Robbie Bach, president...

Tags: Phone, Partnership, Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Business Structures, Microsoft Windows, Marketing, Finance, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-02-11

MacBook Air Diary–Day 3: migration assistance

MacBook Air Diary–Day 3: migration assistanceBut having that Inter-office envelope is a plus...An nice engineering design decision to have included the envelope. It fits in it perfectly.When you are ready to mail the MBA just slip it into the envelope and get a full refund.Now that TV commercial makes more...

Tags: Notebooks, Ethernet, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., MacBook Air, MacBook Air Diaryâ€, migration assistance, Day 3, USB, FireWire

Discussion threads 2008-02-02

IBM Returns to the Desktop Interface Bandwagon, and Coopetition with SAP Abounds

A little over a year ago, IBM tried one of its end runs around its partner SAP and announced a plan to provide Lotus Notes users with direct access to SAP's R/3. While clearly intended to capitalize on phenomena like Duet – the Microsoft/SAP offering that makes Office a front-end...

Tags: Desktop, IBM Lotus Notes, SAP AG, Coopetition, IBM Corp., Duet, Atlantic, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Business Structures, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-01-21