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Serious nerds, doing serious things

Serious nerds, doing serious thingsPoor customer servicePoor customer service occurs whenever and wherever poorly trained people work. The Wintel reference is superfluous; poorly trained people who think they are gurus are just that.You may want to replace ‘Every' with ‘Ever'.every ever; done; thanksIt's not the poor...

Tags: Consumer electronics, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Wintel reference, recorder, DVD recorder, DVD-RW, DVD, computer, Poor Customer Service, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-08-22

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News to know: Microsoft; Apple; Green tech; Laptop deals

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. FT: Apple joins forces with record labels Robin Harris: The Wintel blue light special John Morris: Sunday...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Green Technology, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Laptop Computer, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Blu-Ray, Web Browsers, Notebooks, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Internet, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-27

Apple forecast: 12% Mac sales growth quarter to quarter

Apple forecast: 12% Mac sales growth quarter to quarterdeclinig"with commercial Mac shipments up 25% [month over month] in May versus market growth of just 1%" if the broad market is up 1% and apple's 25% growth is part of that 1% number, than that means that the windows-pc market is...

Tags: Sales strategy, Blu-ray, Desktops, Notebooks, Mac sales growth quarter, growth quarter, Apple Inc., Mac sale, PC, Apple Macintosh, sales

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

The deed is done: now are you better off?

Scenario 1: Congratulations! The virtual "you" has done the deed: the last HP RP8440 - always a relative piece of junk because designed for Itanium and sold with the incompatible PA-8900 - is gone, and a couple of nice shiny new Proliants have taken its place....

Tags: T2, Sun Sparc, HP Compaq ProLiant, Deed, Linux, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Processors, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-03-05

The deed is done: now are you better off?

Scenario 1: Congratulations! The virtual "you" has done the deed: the last HP RP8440 - always a relative piece of junk because designed for Itanium and sold with the incompatible PA-8900 - is gone, and a couple of nice shiny new Proliants have taken its place....

Tags: T2, Sun Sparc, HP Compaq ProLiant, Deed, Linux, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Processors, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-03-05

Why Apple and Google need to get into the Netbook business

This crappy photo-edit of a fairly standard netbook design illustrates the power of Apple branding. ZDNet Editor in Chief Larry Dignan recently picked up a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Ubuntu Netbook and pinged me for tech support questions regarding his new toy --...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Apple iPod, Operating System, Apple Inc., Wireless, Android, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-11-22

AMD: Does the resurrection start with 'Shanghai'?

AMD: Does the resurrection start with 'Shanghai'?How times have changed...I remember when AMD was considered the cutting-edge thoroughbred to Intel's mass-produced ponies, at least among the tech-savvy geeks I hung out with in college.I didn't know AMD needed a resurrection. Seems to me they were doing okay; not great,...

Tags: Semiconductors, Linux, Network technology, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., chip

Discussion threads 2008-11-13

Domino, cryptology, and response

Domino, cryptology, and responseCrypto futureIt's getting to the point where you might as well just encrypt the entire network. That way you can connect with any old technology, and your communication will always be encrypted. I thought it would be a great idea to do this with WiMAX - so...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Groupware, WIRELESS, Lol, Murph, WiMAX, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Lotus Domino

Discussion threads 2008-11-05

Economic crisis as a technology change agent

Sometimes, to make an omelette, you need to break a few eggs. However if this week's bloodbath on Wall Street is any indication, then I would say we've made ourselves a full-blown deep dish quiche the size of Yankee Stadium with tens of billions of cartons...

Tags: Agent, Infrastructure, Mainframes, Data Centers, Linux, Servers, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-09-16

From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture

From Chapter Two: The appliance computing cultureOverbroadYou wrote:[The appliance computing culture's interactive] applications model drives almost everything, from processor and OS evolution to appropriate management structure - and even the conflicts with traditional business systems experts whose internal model of "automatic data processing" is broadly unrelated to the needs and...

Tags: Mainframes, Operating systems, Processors, business systems expert, appliance computing culture, mainframe, best practice, Windows PC

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

When Lintel beats Wintel

When Lintel beats WintelI'm switching to Open Office...and have had no trouble accessing my documents created in MS Office. No cost of being different here.linux performance not always betteryou might have a point for servers, but for desktop usage Linux is not always more performant than Windows. so I don't...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Wintel

Discussion threads 2008-03-18

Costs: Wintel Vs. OpenSource

Costs: Wintel Vs. OpenSourceHmm, its that alternate reality again.I read through this, and your example is impecable, makes perfect, and I'm left wondered why none of my customers use Sun hardware.And of the course, the reason is that in my reality, the vast majority of enterprises are SME's, and they...

Tags: Wintel, OpenSource

Discussion threads 2008-03-05

The missing demonstration project (1)

Last week frequent contributor ross44 raised the issue of the missing Sun Ray demonstration project: So - it seems that once again, this time in the public admin sphere, we need a reference installation. Where is that US state or Canadian province...

Tags: Information Technology, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, Bottom Line, Professional Development, Strategy, Career, Management, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2007-12-04

More on Illinois

More on IllinoisWhat new?Isn't that what all money-grubbing politicians do?Lawyers? Opposition?If the scheme is anything like as excessively expensive and risky as you fear then surely it is a gift for the political opposition?And are there no tax-payer groups ready to sue?State agenciesGovernment is often resistant to change and not...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Vertical industries, Tools & Techniques, Word processors, government, IBM Corp., software, Microsoft Corp., desktop

Discussion threads 2007-11-27

Server to server: MacOS X vs. Linux

Server to server: MacOS X vs. LinuxRudy are you bitter??I love Apple products but OSX is nowhere near Linux as a server solution. With you it's always about how much better Solaris is than linux or in this case OSX. Linux has a proven track record from embedded devices to...

Tags: Servers, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, virtualization, Apple Mac OS X, server, Apple Inc., Linux, MacOS X, Apple Mac OS, LINUX IS, server market

Discussion threads 2007-11-15

Does listening signal commitment?

Does listening signal commitment?Today topic is ........ Does listening signal commitment?Ans: No.Next topic pleaseWhat was the Adobe product?Over a pretty long time, I've found Adobe to be quite nice about things, even monitoring their own discussion boards and offering help. The same held with Macromedia.I've also found their...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Corp., Adobe Systems Inc., signal commitment, IT decision company, software, information technology

Discussion threads 2007-10-02

Why many Wintel support people dislike Apple

Why many Wintel support people dislike AppleWhat is a "Mac"?[i]"In 1984 there is no Mac support industry"[/i]...but it's OK because the 12 people using Macs don't need any help at the moment.[i]"In 1994 there is no Mac support industry"[/i]...but it's OK because the 12 people previously using Macs have helped...

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, job, Mac support industry, Wintel

Discussion threads 2007-08-31

Mainframe Linux

Here's a bit from the introduction to a recent article by Ken Milberg under the title "Mainframe Linux vs. Unix". Today's new breed of smaller, cheaper mainframes, paired with the Linux operating system, look like an attractive alternative to Unix on RISC or SPARC...

Tags: Mainframes, Servers, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Paul Murphy, mainframe, Linux, CALCULO S.A., Unix

Blog posts 2007-08-14

Staffing for Linux, not distribution X

Staffing for Linux, not distribution XThe one valid point...... in this article is that all *nixes are variations on a theme and once you know where the differences are there is little to choose. Indeed, I fund that moving from KDE to Gnome present more challenges than going from SuSE...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Windows, staffing, Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista, Red Hat Inc., true difference, remote desktop, Vista Business

Discussion threads 2007-07-10

Reacting to real security threats

Reacting to real security threatsA typo on your part?[i]"There's a simple bottom line to client-server: if you want desktop security, the PC has to go."[/i]Murph - Knowing your outlook on these things should that have read [i]the [b]Windows[/b] PC has to go."[/i]Even as a Linux buff, I think you are...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., security, hacker

Discussion threads 2007-06-27