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 5, 2008
by sjvn01
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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 3, 2008
by sjvn01
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Being grumpy is almost part of the job description for developers. Recently though several KDE developers came right out and asked, “Does KDE even need (certain) users?” While, Troy Unrau, a KDE developer and perhaps best known as the author … Continue reading
July 1, 2008
by sjvn01
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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
June 28, 2008
by sjvn01
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OK, I’ve now tried KDE 4.1. I’d been assured that it would be better than KDE 4.0x. It is. That’s the good news. The bad news is that I still find KDE 4.1 to be inferior to KDE 3.5x. KDE’s … Continue reading
June 26, 2008
by sjvn01
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I’ve been getting told that my recent review of KDE 4 wasn’t fair because KDE 4 isn’t really ready for prime time. My response: “When is any program, especially an open-source program, ready?” I’m not making light of this criticism … Continue reading