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- So what's an application, anyway?
- So what's an application, anyway?Unix Museum - Exhibit AConfiguration files that are only validated at run time - even for being syntactically correct, never mind type or any other kind of consistency checking.This applies both to Unix itself and to many Unix system applications or utilities (or whatever you want...
- Tags: essay, Bach, Unix Museum, Unix, compilation
- Discussion threads 2007-11-07
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- Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'
- Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'Where are these returned MachinesI keep looking online for refurbished Linux Netbooks and canīt find any. Are they being resold as new?'teething problems'well written but i would like the know the return rate for Linux not compared XP or vista, is it...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- Apple makes it official. Notebook announcement next week.
- Apple makes it official. Notebook announcement next week.Expect some people to care.Do not expect me to raise an eyebrow.Not that old!"The current MacBook Pro design was introduced almost 3 years ago..."Lets be realistic about this, doesn't he mean almost 8 years ago? (and actually I thought the TiBooks came out...
- Tags: Notebooks, Investment, notebook, Apple OSx, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Apple's $800 notebook - Winners and losers
- Apple's $800 notebook - Winners and losersYou left out Apple as a choiceI think this will appeal more to the people who where allready going to purchase an Apple laptop then a less expensive Dell or HP.It may hurt Apple a bit in that the margins I would imagine, will...
- Tags: Notebooks, Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Apple Inc., notebook, OEM, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- plagiarism, Gibberish, IEEE, and the textbook business
- plagiarism, Gibberish, IEEE, and the textbook businessi tend to agree with your wifeThis is very poor english, but does express a meaning that make sense. You may disagree with what it says, but it is coherent. I wouldn't call the extracts you chose as plagiarism. Author used one transformed sentence...
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, OOA/OOD/OOP, C/C++, Operating systems, plagiarism, textbook business, IEEE
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- C'mon, Vista really isn't that bad
- Picture the scene. A small country pub in Canterbury, a warm, autumn evening, surrounded by friends drinking and smoking in the beer garden; relaxing after a difficult, hard day at work. The birds are singing, the breeze is light and feathering our very souls. This is heaven....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Meeting Space, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Why bother with desktop virtualization?
- Why bother with desktop virtualization?PortabilityNo matter where you are, there you are.Sit down at a workstation and light up your working environment. No need to drag the hardware with you, which ranges from annoying to hazardous, what with laptops being popular targets for confiscation at airports. Especially since...
- Tags: desktop virtualization, desktop, English Language, virtualization
- Discussion threads 2008-10-06
- The top five reasons why Windows Vista failed
- The top five reasons why Windows Vista failedSimpleDo you really think that MS decided to do that on its own? Would that really make sense for them to make it alot more complicated? MS did not want to do that, their own emails to each other prove that...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Intel Corp., top-five, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-10-06
- Data Processing scores big success! Linux loses, again!
- Data Processing scores big success! Linux loses, again!Wrong title, MurphIt should be "IT N00bs at large in Canada" or something along those lines :)Also funny they switched to a windows server. "Oh, we understand windows, cause we use it at home! let's try that! Oh no use! Oh no, what...
- Tags: Operating systems, data-processing, Murph, Linux, big success, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-06
- Editorial independence and blogging about politics [off-topic]
- Editorial independence and blogging about politics [off-topic]Hey thanksAppreciate the support!.....Well you got that right! :D ]:)Well I, for one, am glad.......that CBS was able to act quickly enough and get you to post a retraction so as not to hurt anyone else's feelings. I'm kidding. ;-)...
- Tags: blog, blogging, blogger
- Discussion threads 2008-10-05
- MobaXVT (exe)
- MobaXVT is a set of Unix commands (GNU/Cygwin) included in a single portable exe file. MobaXVT comes with an X server, a tab-based terminal and some GNU Unix commands. MobaXVT is a free portable package for Windows that integrates an X server, a tab-based terminal mrxvt and a complete set...
- Tags: GNU, Mobatek, MobaXVT, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-10-03
- Businesses focus on Windows 7, XP over Vista
- Businesses focus on Windows 7, XP over VistaExploiting???Why used the term "exploiting" to refer to using a validly licenses older M$ OS version? All versions, including the current Vista versions should be exploited for the highest ROI possible. Vista as an upgrade path doesn't really offer ROI for...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 XP
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Thinking about Oracle Fusion applications
- Thinking about Oracle Fusion applicationsKilling Oracle DB in the enterprise......will probably be more difficult that killing off the mainframe...Postgres and/or MySQL may match, or even pass, it in terms of capabilities. But Oracle will still have history.And remember, Oracle pretty much works. This isn't like replacing Windows, where...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Oracle Corp., open source, Sun Microsystems Inc., sales
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- Astroturfing, sockpuppets, and SCO
- Astroturfing, sockpuppets, and SCOMisplaced sympathySeveral years ago, someone where I was working a Unix house was lemanting about how Microsoft had treated poor IBM. At the time IBM's profit was bigger than MSs turnover. As if IBM could not look after itself after 90 years!Many have willingly taken adopted Google...
- Tags: Sort-of, Sarah Palin, Astroturfing, SCO Group Inc., Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-09-25
- Support quality
- Support qualityPrepare for a first....I've had not one, but [b]TWO[/b] such calls to Microsoft, of all places. Neither call resulted in new purchase orders. Both calls were at a point where I was at my wits end. Search resulted in a number of results that bore NO resemblance to the...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Quicken, server
- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
- Oracle OpenWorld: a view from the cheap seats
- While Sam Diaz and Mike Krigsman are slaving away in the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco at this year's Oracle OpenWorld I get the pleasure of observing from the comfort of my office in downtown Hicksville, Spain some 5,500 miles away. Once more, Oracle dropped...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., BEA Beehive, Java Development Tools, Enterprise Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- Microsoft refers to its anti-Linux playbook to attack VMware
- Microsoft refers to its anti-Linux playbook to attack VMwareAs if...As if Apple, Apple fanboys, Linux fanboys and every other MS competitor don't refer to their anti-MS playbook every single day.What exactly is your point with this article, Mary Jo Foley?RE: Microsoft refers to its anti-Linux playbook to attack VMwareBeside the...
- Tags: Operating systems, Virtualization, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., VMware Inc., Linux, anti-Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- The New Adventures of Christine's Old PC
- The New Adventures of Christine's Old PCIts not that easyOn an ideal machine that is well organized, I would say your approach is valid. However, this machine was full of stuff in a hundred different directories and I couldn't be sure I was grabbing everything she needed with the System...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Operating systems, Vista PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, New Adventures, Old PC, Christine, PC, XPData, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- Are certifications worth the money?
- Are certifications worth the money?agreedI've been working in IT for over 10 years, professionally, which spawned from my early love of computers. I have to agree that in many cases you'll find hands on experience will trump a degree or cert. I've been hired over degree and cert holders a...
- Tags: Quality, training and certification, Project Management certification, certification
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- Microsoft, this is how you can deal with Google
- Microsoft, this is how you can deal with GoogleScotty! I need that Powerset engine onlinen now!I figure that is what Ballmer is saying to MS' Live Search group - Star Trek style. From what I've read, Bill Gates himself is playing close attention to the matter. Once Powerset is at...
- Tags: SEARCH, Microsoft Windows, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-20
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