July 8, 2008
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I told you so. I told you back in late June VMware was about to get its block knocked-off by the one-two of open-source virtualization and virtualization being baked into operating systems. On July 8th, VMware’s rump hit the canvas. … Continue reading
July 8, 2008
by sjvn01
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Some of us thought, based on the lack of any real evidence in his trial, that Hans Reiser might be innocent of the supposed murder of his wife, Nina Reiser. We were wrong. On July 7th, Reiser led representatives of … Continue reading
July 7, 2008
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What part of “Yahoo doesn’t want a thing to do with you” did Ballmer not get? The new lord and master of Microsoft seems to be deaf, as well as dumb, in his latest attempt to try to buy Yahoo. … Continue reading
July 5, 2008
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Mozilla’s successful attempt to set a world record for downloads of a single program, Firefox 3 was dumb. It was also incredibly successful. Does anyone really care about how many copies of a program are downloaded in a day? In … Continue reading
July 1, 2008
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t’s safe to say that no one saw Xandros, the oldest of the desktop Linux companies thanks to its Corel Linux ancestry, buying Linspire, the desktop Linux perhaps best known for being the first Linux to openly embrace proprietary software. … Continue reading
July 1, 2008
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When faced with using open-source software in your company should your first reaction be: 1 )Run in terror. 2) Pick up and cuddle your stuffed Steve Ballmer doll while shouting “No!” 3) Refuse to even consider it 4) Deal with … Continue reading