Category: Microsoft

Caution Implementing Open Source »

During this time of financial “belt tightening” we are all feeling the pinch and probably no one more than the IT organization budgets across the corporate map. IT is typically the first to get hit, and hit hard, by cut backs. It’s during this time that CIOs and VP’s who wouldn’t have given Open Source [...]

Killing IM with killall and taskkill »

I’ve stated before how I am fortunate to be in a position where I typically work on a Linux, OSX, and Windows desktops on regular basis. Depending on what I am doing and my location I might spend a good amount of time on any of these systems. For the most part, my life style [...]

Bill Gates and Open Source »

I think it goes without saying that I am a huge supporter of Open Source but believe it or not I am also a big fan of Bill Gates. You’ve got to respect what he did for the industry and what he does for the world through his charities. The guy is a geek’s version [...]

Browser Discrimination »

It’s amazing to me that I still stumble across sites like this. Especially “real” sites from “real” companies. This is a media company none the less. The funny thing is, running Internet Explore under Windows is one of the last combinations I actually use. Even under Windows, Firefox is my default browser. The show I [...]

Microsoft apologizes to Open Source Initiative for policy violation »

Interesting article over on ZDNet. I don’t know what surprised me more, “Microsoft apologizes to Open Source Initiative for policy violation” or to hear Microsoft actually has a “open-source and Linux team”.
Microsoft apologizes to Open Source Initiative for policy violation

The Website is Down, Check The X-Box »

Gaming consoles these days are down right powerful machines. I’ve read stories about people running Playstation3 Cluster Farms and other fun projects. This is a funny story I came across about a University using an X-Box for a web server.
The website is down because someone removed the X-Box

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