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Are sales pitches reality?

Are sales pitches reality?How one sells oneself......should matter to lots of people, prospective customers most of all. Credibility is a lot more important than people sometimes realize.I don't know......I have a lot of respect for Pamela and have been a Novell/SuSE advocate for a long time.I need to reevaluate...

Tags: linux, sales strategy, open source, sales, yagotta

Discussion threads 2007-10-01

Drive failure? Yagotta try Knoppix first

Drive failure? Yagotta try Knoppix firstYou're better off keeping that USB drive FAT32because as your story indicates, it's not as if NTFS is giving you any additional security anyway. Even if you plug it into another WinXP machine all you have to do is claim ownership of the files and...

Tags: open source, operating systems, unix, knoppix linux, ntfs, drive failure, security, yagotta, microsoft windows, linux, rsync

Discussion threads 2006-06-19

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Microsoft issues Safari-to-IE blended threat warning

Microsoft issues Safari-to-IE blended threat warningI don't get itWho in their right mind sets downloaded files as executable?666 may have theological problems but it's a great file permission setting for downloads.RE: Microsoft issues Safari-to-IE blended threat warningFirefox > all. God bless Firefox 3 - what a great gift!Same Situation, Different...

Tags: microsoft windows, web browsers, exe, safari-to-ie, threat warning, microsoft corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-30

Get the AOL Succubus Off My Back!

Get the AOL Succubus Off My Back!Can you preserve your existing email address?Can you dump the monthly fee and preserve your existing AOL email address from when you were dialup if you go with their free web access?RE: Get the AOL Succubus Off My Back!AOL email has been free/web based...

Tags: e-mail providers, e-mail, productivity, america online inc., aol succubus, back!, aol succubus off

Discussion threads 2008-05-14

What kind of company would "Micro-hoo" be?

What kind of company would "Micro-hoo" be?The Microsoft propaganda machine includes John Carroll.Not sure exactly what they are trying to communicate here. But, in general, they are trying to make the takeover seem less hostile, less aggressive, at the same time subtly bad-mouthing other MS competitors like Google.Really, a good...

Tags: tools & techniques, microsoft corp., google inc., software

Discussion threads 2008-04-10

What kind of company would "Micro-hoo" be?

After falling off the radar screens for several weeks, Microsoft's proposed merger with Yahoo is back in the news feeds. First, Ballmer sent a letter to the Yahoo board, drawing a three week line in the sand after which Microsoft would possibly lower its bid and/or start a proxy...

Tags: google inc., merger, network, yahoo! inc., microsoft corp., mergers & acquisitions, investment, finance, john carroll

Blog posts 2008-04-10

PenguinPolitik: Only Ballmer could go to Linux

PenguinPolitik: Only Ballmer could go to LinuxCall me a bit cynicalThe advantages of building a framework so that open source products could run in the Windows Platform are many, but the fact remains that like communism was to capitalism, the underlying business model is contradicting. Even today, we have many...

Tags: unix, open source, operating systems, ntfs-3g, linux, ntfs, penguinpolitik, steve ballmer, ntfs specification

Discussion threads 2008-04-02

Choke points in open source

Choke points in open sourceThis is definitely a strong point...for adoption of Open Source. It's also what is irking MS the most. I fear some of there recent collaboration with open source is nothing more than a ploy to try to control it. Use their code in any of your...

Tags: operating systems, red hat inc., microsoft corp., microsoft windows, open source

Discussion threads 2008-03-19

European Commission vs. Microsoft: Who is being unreasonable?

European Commission vs. Microsoft: Who is being unreasonable?Fine is for the pastThis fine is for the past and has nothing to do with their current 'openness'!I'm gladI'm so glad Microsoft have suddenly changed and decided to makes these moves purely out the goodness of their own hearts.Who knows if the...

Tags: servers, european commission, microsoft corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-27

What is it about Microsoft that Yahoo most hates?

What is it about Microsoft that Yahoo most hates?Not hard to understand[i]Whether or not the final word comes down today — and launches the antitrust-investigation phase of the proposed MicroHoo combination — my question remains: Why are Yahoo management and many Yahoo employees so dead-set against becoming part of Microsoft?[/i]Come...

Tags: cyberthreats, operating systems, internet, yahoo! inc., microsoft corp., unix, virus

Discussion threads 2008-02-08

Microsoft runs its datacenters on 'Autopilot'

Microsoft runs its datacenters on 'Autopilot'yes, MS should leave Yahoo infrasture as isA waste of time, money, stability to port to Windows. Will even further alienate the few Yahoo engineers who will remain after the acquisition.No way will they leave it LinuxAnd there simply is no reason to. Everyone...

Tags: data centers, operating systems, open source, linux, microsoft windows, 64-bit, microsoft corp., yahoo! inc., server 2008 64-bit, autopilot, microsoft-run, server 2008, unix, data center, virtualization, microsoft windows server

Discussion threads 2008-02-06

Intense interest in Microsoft Office standard

Intense interest in Microsoft Office standardHigher up the tree[i]The underlying question remains this. Is standards-setting a judicial or a political process? Even if it is a judicial process, should such a process ignore politics, or be informed by it?[/i]I beg to differ. The underlying question is, "what is the...

Tags: quality, opendocument format (odf), microsoft word, standards, microsoft corp., ooxml, microsoft office, standards bodies

Discussion threads 2007-12-14

Health care roils search engine rankings

Health care roils search engine rankingsHIPAA? Urp!HIPAA is about as effective as a screen door on a submarine.The first thing any health-care provider does is have you waive HIPAA confidentiality, so it's worthless to patients. The only exception I've encountered [1] is emergency medical services. For EMS,...

Tags: regulatory compliance, regulations, benefits, search engine, hipaa, health care

Discussion threads 2007-08-15

Time to get off Red Hat's case?

Time to get off Red Hat's case?Undeserved criticismPeople have been griping about Red Hat for at least ten years with everything from "they're out to become the next Microsoft" [1] to Anton's refusal to see any distinction between RH's business model and MS'.I agree, it's overdue for ending.I am by...

Tags: red hat inc., open source, open source house

Discussion threads 2007-06-29

Good email can take the ISP fast lane

Good email can take the ISP fast laneIt's the bulk, actuallyGoodMail's main "product" appears to be a sort of "Good Housekeeping Mark of Approval" for "good bulk mail."Individual senders aren't really relevant. If an individual sender could get GoodMailed by virtue of sending through his ISP's mail servers the...

Tags: internet service providers (isps), goodmail, e-mail

Discussion threads 2007-06-22

Your mom Kubuntus!

Your mom Kubuntus!Well done!Good article. I thoroughly agree. Although "your mom" will probably prefer the simplicity of Ubuntu over the tweakability of Kubuntu.... :-)There is one thing you can do, though, to improve readability: put the conclusion (the "home message" in the last paragraph) on top. Perhaps in bold type,...

Tags: unix, open source, operating systems, kde gui, linux, grandma, kubuntu

Discussion threads 2007-06-20

SPY Acts vs. CAN-SPAM: No difference

SPY Acts vs. CAN-SPAM: No differenceOn the contrary[i]Cyber criminals are not law-abiding Internet citizens, and the SPY Acts, like CAN-SPAM, will have little impact. [/i]Like the "You CAN spam" Act, these all preempt State laws that actually have some chance of working. That is, after all, their main purpose....

Tags: spyware, adware & malware, cyberthreats, viruses and worms, spam, security, spyware, can-spam act, state laws, anti-spyware, spy act, anti-spyware vendor

Discussion threads 2007-06-08

In just over a month Vista has picked up a bigger install base than both Mac and Linux

In just over a month Vista has picked up a bigger install base than both Mac and LinuxYou are one of Bills favorite customer types...He gets your money and doesnt have to provide support to you.So you are one less person downloading all the fixes and service packs.Do you have...

Tags: microsoft windows vista (longhorn), sales strategy, sales force management, desktops, microsoft windows xp, linux, microsoft windows vista, sales, microsoft corp., pc, apple macintosh

Discussion threads 2007-05-16

SCO vs. IBM: clarity as push approaches shove

SCO vs. IBM: clarity as push approaches shoveEstoppelMurph, you misunderstand the key point of the "statute of limitations" issue. If AT&T had, indeed, intended that the contract prohibited IBM from publicly disclosing its own inventions (e.g. RCU), then they had the opportunity fifteen years ago to tell IBM not...

Tags: open source, operating systems, unix, sco group inc., ibm corp., caldera systems inc., statute, murph, linux

Discussion threads 2007-03-12

The EC and expropriation of Microsoft property

I provided in yesterdays blog a series of examples intended to explain why it is weird for government to link an "innovation standard" to the right of property owners to charge for the property that they own. As that blog showed, if that rule was applied more generally, there is...

Tags: patents, microsoft, antitrust, pc forum, software infrastructure, it management, general

Blog posts 2007-03-02