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- Open source advocates still called zealots
- Open source advocates still called zealotsHow about Microsoft zealots?I am certain any group includes a few wackies. Law of averages and all. If the shoe fits....... wear it!I find it funny...the a blogger calls what a journalist does worthless. Considering the difference in quality control and that...
- Tags: Blogging, word zealot, Moderators, Ashlee Vance, NYT, open source, zealot, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-24
- Open source advocates still called zealots
- The attitude of newspaper reporters like Vance dismissing people offering to save government money through new business models and development schemes as akin to a mob about to storm the castle has now gone beyond the pale. Frankly, I find his attitude intolerable. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Attitude, Strategy, Open Source, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-07-24
- PC makers are lying to you about battery life
- ...well not exactly, but they're certainly not giving you an accurate picture of how long it will take for your laptop battery to run down next time you're using it. A post on the Bits blog yesterday asks a great question: "Why can't we get an accurate...
- Tags: Battery, Battery Life, Engineering, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-06-18
- Logicomm CEO: Palm Pre coming April 30 for $299
- Logicomm CEO Jim Vance appears to have a Twitter account. But so does everyone these days. What everyone doesn't have, of course, are tipsters who tell them that the Palm Pre smartphone will arrive on April 30, 2009, for the low, low price of $299. But we...
- Tags: Palm Inc., Sprint Communications, Twitter, Smart Phones, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- So what is the cloud, exactly? Experts want to know
- So what is the cloud, exactly? Industry experts would like to know, according to a panel discussion today at Wharton Business School's 13th annual business technology conference, "Future Unleashed," in Philadelphia. The panel, which consisted of six industry leaders whose respective companies are...
- Tags: Service, Cloud, JA, BL, PK, KH, AA, VC, MC, Hosting Industry, Cloud Computing, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-02-27
- Thinner, lighter, cheaper: Will Dell's Adamo out-air the Macbook Air?
- New York Times Bits blogger Ashlee Vance noted today that a recent dig through Dell’s trademarks revealed the names "Adamo" and "Adamo by Dell," which cover computer hardware, including possibly desktops and laptops. Not to mention an ominous placeholder website for the product-to-be: ...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Apple MacBook, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-12-18
- Blackberry Storm set for Nov. 17 lift-off?
- Blackberry Storm set for Nov. 17 lift-off?Grown ups don't pre-announceIf a device is ready then it's fine to announce it. If the device isn't ready, management needs to keep their yaps shut. "Ready" includes not just performance of the device but sufficient quantity of the device and sufficient availability of...
- Tags: Decision-Makers, Verizon Communications Inc., BlackBerry Storm, RIM BlackBerry
- Discussion threads 2008-11-11
- You know a trend has gotten broad when..
- The New York Times, a well-known font of information in the area of information technology, published Revived Fervor for Smart Monitors Linked to a Server, an article by Ashlee Vance October 13th. If the NY Times gets around to saying something about technology, it's pretty well known by those in...
- Tags: New York Times Co., Virtualization, Strategy, Desktops, Hardware, Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Will one company control the cloud?
- At the Office 2.0 Conference in San Francisco, tech executives question whether a few global companies will control all of cloud computing with a single set of standards, or if trust and the desire for data portability will mean many small clouds. Speakers include Barry Lynn of 3tera and Vance...
- Tags: Cloud, Quality, Business Operations, Office 2.0, mozy, 3tera, monopoly, cloud computing
- Videos 2008-09-08
- Software as a service: the cultural influence
- At the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford University, technology executives discuss perceptions of risk and control with software as a service, and how those feelings are changing in countries that have different software legacies. Panelists include moderator Michael Barker of Revolution Partners, Vance Checketts of Mozy, Russ Daniels of Hewlett-Packard, Drew...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, saas, cloud computing, stanford, software as a service
- Videos 2008-07-29
- Failed Carbonite upgrade lets customers down
- Failed Carbonite upgrade lets customers downCarbonite Online Backup - OutageI do not believe that Carnonite's response on this matter has been genuine.It was claimed that an upgrade was the reason for these difficulties and that the problem only affected customers who had installed version 3.5.89. This appears to be untrue.I...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Carbonite
- Discussion threads 2008-03-11
- Fun with Sun in Forbes
- Every once in a while you run into a comment that just begs for wider application. Take a look, for example, at this bit from Glyn Holton's "Best of 2007 Book Awards": One embarrassing trend that has gained steam this year is that of...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Forbes, SAP AG, Open Source, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-01-22
- Has Google become evil in the eyes of open source?
- An exchange of e-mails between Bill Hilf of Microsoft and Chris DiBona of Google concerning Microsoft's OSI license application has drawn an interesting reaction in the press.They're taking Microsoft's side. (Harold Perrineau Jr. played Mercutio in a 1996 film production of Romeo & Juliet. Wha? Read on.)This is a major...
- Tags: Software, Google Inc., Open Source, Microsoft Corp., Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-08-21
- MugYourSelf?
- Ashley Vance had a story on theregister last week about Microsoft's use of an article in Fortune Magazine to communicate a patent threat. Here's his summary paragraph: It would seem that Microsoft now relies on the likes of Fortune to perform scoldings. The software maker, as you've no doubt...
- Tags: General
- Blog posts 2007-05-24
- Solaris on IBM Power7?
- Sometimes the dog to watch is the one that doesnt bark. In this case that could be the effort to get Solaris running on 64bit PPC hardware. Solaris 2.5.1 ran on 32bit PPC, and there are people working on bringing the software forward, but its one of the...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., PPC, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris
- Blog posts 2007-02-13
- Did Microsoft want to 'whack' Dell over its Linux dealings?
- Did Microsoft want to 'whack' Dell over its Linux dealings?Why the abuse was found to be continuing in the EC case[quote]"While this may sound provocative, what counts at the end of the day is what actually happened," he said. "Looking at subsequent portions of this e-mail thread, which the plaintiffs...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Dell Computer Corp., Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-01-26
- Vance County Schools Chooses Top Layer's IPS 5500 for Three Dimensional Network Protection
- As a result of the network assessment it was clear that the Vance County Schools VCS staff was technically very competent, but they needed a more efficient way to manage their systems and network. The identification and deployment of centralized tools to reduce technician travel and increase mean time-to-problem-resolution was...
- Tags: Network, Top Layer Networks, Networking, Security
- Case studies 2006-11-01
- Larry's "Ellisonix" on the way?
- According to Ashlee Vance, Oracles own distribution of Linux isnt too far off: Wall Street continues to drool over the idea of Oracle producing its own line of Linux software for reasons unclear to us....Last week, Jeffries & Co analyst Katherine Egbert fired off a research note,...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Linux
- Blog posts 2006-10-16
- A new war between Sun and HP?
- This time, the two computer companies are not fighting for market share, but about a wooden sculpture of Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard, the HP founders. As wrote 'The Register' in Sun buys Hewlett and Packard, HP refused to put a Hewlett and Packard sculpture in its lobby. So Sun...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-08-20
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