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When SCO is dead and buried

There was a time when SCO was a great company. No. Seriously. SCO Unix was a great Unix for x86 systems, and, for a brief shining moment it looked like SCO would bring together the best things of both Unix and Linux. Then, SCO’s ownership got it into their heads that trying to take IBM, [...]

Linux gets reseller friendly

I spent many years covering the reseller and integrator side of technology. These are the businesses that you, as a private person, have probably never heard of, but they’re essential partners for companies that use software and hardware. In short, all companies.

So I was happy to see that SYNNEX, a leading software and hardware distributor, [...]

XP just won’t die

Microsoft will never admit that Vista was a major mistake, but it was. People who tried it, hated it. Businesses have stuck with XP, or are moving to Macs or desktop Linux. Microsoft knows it too. That’s why Microsoft is, out of the public limelight, enabling white-box computer manufacturers to keep selling XP well into [...]

Apple retail fiasco

No, I’m not talking about the iPhone. My problem was when my wife and I decided it was time to retire her slowly dying IBM ThinkPad X40 and bring in a fresh new MacBook Pro in its place.

Well, that was the plan anyway.

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Ubuntu Linux goes retail

The cheapest way to get Ubuntu Linux is to download it, burn it to a CD, and then install it on your PC of choice. The easiest way to get Ubuntu is to buy it pre-loaded on a Dell PC. The U.S. consumer way to get Ubuntu may turn out to be buy it yourself [...]