The next week will be quite busy. For one, I’m going to attempt an OpenSolaris operating system installation on my Asus eeePC. Last I heard, there were some compatibility issues - though this was my first attempt at running the Solaris operating system on a laptop, and it took quite …
more ...Well, it’s been a while since I posted. Things have been horribly busy in the school world, and I have some new projects I’m working on as well. Unfortunately, due to limited resources at the moment, I haven’t been able to give Zenoss a try. If I …
more ...Just a little comment. I’m usually not one to click on ads, but when I saw a banner ad for a NEC projector with 3000 ANSI lumens for under $1000 USD, I just had to take a look.
The NEC product page has a nice little sidebar to “Check …
more ...While I’ve often told mystified people that hosted services - the free ones - aren’t required to backup your data, and you should probably do it yourself, I usually didn’t worry about this very much - all of my web apps are on my own boxes, as well as my …
more ...Yeah, I almost forgot to link right to thearticle from Reuters about the EU fining Microsoft $1.35 BILLION USD (899 million euros).
Microsoft’s monopolistic business practices are costing it billions of dollars.
IDEA:
Actually be open. Open up all of your protocols, specifications, APIs.
Even start opening …
Here’s another Groklaw article on recent Microsoft tribulations. This really is starting to get disgusting. It’s not that I hate Microsoft, I don’t. What I hate is their attitude, and their business practices. Everyone else - I mean everyone - makes software that interoperates with other vendors. Microsoft, even …
more ...From A Groklaw article today:
In Atlantic v. Brennan, the courts have finally recognized RIAA’s “making available” argument for the sham it is. Groklaw has a link to the full ruling, which includes:
more ...At least one aspect of Plaintiffs’ distribution claim is problematic, however, namely the allegation of infringement …