October 23, 2008
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If he wasn’t so utterly wrong and, it appears that he’s taken seriously, Andrew Keen’s delusion that the economy is about to “Give Open-Source a Good Thumping” would be funny. Keen, author of the book, Cult of the Amateur: How … Continue reading
October 22, 2008
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Maybe, just maybe, the best things in life really are free. Take Linux, for example. It’s a great, free operating system that you don’t have to spend a dime on. You can use it to run the New York Stock … Continue reading
October 21, 2008
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Let’s get this out of the way first. Adobe Flash is still a proprietary program and I, and a lot of other open-source people, wish that it wasn’t. That said, the latest Flash Player 10 on Linux is a lot … Continue reading
October 19, 2008
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I was looking for a mini-notebook the other day for my mom-in-law at a Best Buy when I happened to hear a senior sales guy telling a newbie the 411 on selling PCs. “You sell them either Vista, or, if … Continue reading
October 17, 2008
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When Michael Robertson sold Linspire to Xandros, I doubt many people saw a lawsuit coming his way from former Linspire CEO Kevin Carmony. Carmony had not seen eye-to-eye with Robertson about Linspire’s future since the summer of 2007 when he … Continue reading
October 17, 2008
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Boy, I wish I’d been at Gartner’s Symposium ITxpo in Orlando, Fla. this year. That way I could heard with my own ears, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tell an audience of high-level business people that if they want to wait … Continue reading