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Archive for May 2nd, 2011

Canadian Election Results – 2011

Published by Robert Pogson May 2nd, 2011 in Uncategorized. 4 Comments

The results are mostly tallied this evening and the House of Commons will really change. The Progressive-Conservatives will have a majority government and will at last be able to trash that despicable firearms registry. Candace Hoepner, who sponsored a bill to do that last time, won with a huge majority in her riding and the Liberal party has shrunk to third place. For the first time in history, the New Democratic Party will be the loyal opposition. In my own riding, my vote barely counted as the PC candidate won handily. In my son’s riding, the PC candidate did not win.

You can see tallies of the official results here.

- Robert Pogson

GNU/Linux Marches On

Published by Robert Pogson May 2nd, 2011 in technology. 1 Comment

Netcraft reports that, of the top 40 hosting providers, one used F5-big_IP, 6 use FreeBSD, 24 use GNU/Linux, 2 use 2003 and 2 use 2008. I believe the market has spoken. GNU/Linux provides great performance/price. The same advantages seen running applications on the server present themselves running applications on the personal computer: low price, reliability, ease of administration, less malware, etc. Use Debian GNU/Linux. Continue reading ‘GNU/Linux Marches On’

- Robert Pogson

My Mission

My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. I do not care whether my solution is the same as yours. I like to think for myself.

My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. I have been blessed by working in schools where students and school systems have benefited by good, modular software easily installed in most systems.

I have shown GNU/Linux to thousands of students and hundreds of teachers over the years and will continue in some way doing that until I die in spite of the opposition.