That other OS has not bothered to fix a denial of service attack on IPv6 even though a fix is simple. This is yet another example of M$ caring about licensing fees and not service. Use GNU/Linux. The problem has already been fixed in Linux.

To its credit, M$ has “supported” IPv6 for a while but not well enough to bother keeping systems available. Still some here criticize me for criticizing M$… Should I want to use a faulty OS? An OS that I know is faulty?

I might not be able to afford the 512 node servers we have seen before but now there is 1U with 16 A9 cores. That might be affordable and would give a very responsive system.

see ZT Systems – R1801e

I doubt Oracle will be running on this soon but it should be a great solution for many servers.

That’s the recipe many are following in personal IT. They are buying small cheap computers to do most of their personal computing.
“The TabletTrack study also revealed that existing tablet sales were eating into the market for other devices. Around one in 12 tablet owners – eight per cent – bought a tablet instead of, or to replace, a desktop computer, laptop or other computer. According to the research, 11 per cent of Samsung Galaxy Tab owners and seven per cent of iPad owners had done so.”

ARM doing well in tablets means that IDC’s prediction that level of invasion of desktop space will take place by 2015 is a sure thing.

see Thinq – Most tablets doomed to fail says YouGov study

TFA is mostly about price. Tablets with ARM have some margin to allow the necessary reductions in price. This year has mostly been about early-adopters who will pay a premium for the latest thing. The bulk of tablets later this year and next will sell in the cheap-computer price-range.

“Currently, there are 132 claims from seven patents asserted in this action, and there are hundreds of prior art references in play for invalidity defenses. This is too much. The following schedule will ensure that only a triable number of these items — three claims and eight prior art references — are placed before the jury in October, all others to be forsaken. Oracle will surrender all of its present infringement claims against Google based on the 129 asserted claims that will not be tried. Oracle may not renew those infringement claims in a subsequent action except as to new products.”

It looks like Judge Alsup has pricked Oracle’s balloon. On the other hand, is he going for a “winner-takes-all” approach to the suit by eliminating so many claims and counter-claims? How can damages properly be assessed if claims are suppressed? It surely means this judge is unwilling to let tech giants snow him with useless data… Chuckle. I think that should be good for Google and FLOSS because FUD loves smoke and mirrors and openness loves clarity. I do.

see GROKLAW – Oracle Ordered to Reduce Claims Against Google From 132 to 3

I am sure some will claim the judge is taking sides but justice is not served by being delayed through a decade of sorting things out which can be seen to be irrelevant fluff at the start. That was a mistake made in SCOG v World, giving weight to fluff.

For years, IDC has ignored ARM as a player in personal computing. That has changed.
“For the first time, IDC is forecasting PC microprocessor units by processor architecture, including those based on x86 and those based on ARM. By 2015, IDC expects that over 13% of PC processors will be based on the ARM architecture.“

That sounds like they are still ignoring smart phones and other gadgets as PCs and 13% is the near-term invasion of x86-space. I am sure many believe that will never happen for dozens of reasons but it is reality. Accept it. If you count smart phones and tablets as PCs, 13% should happen real soon, like 2011. That’s why M$ is getting on-board.

My spies report that they have been sight-seeing so far and have not gone shopping. The only report of IT so far is
“The Internet is 1 Yuan/min. We’re at 9 and six seconds!”

Chuckle. China is a different kind of place. Most people are still accessing the Internet from cafes. The ARMed revolution and GNU/Linux will rapidly increase the number of people with personal computing devices. That’s why so many are investing in production and infrastructure in China so they don’t miss out on a wave of adoption. It is interesting to see a billion people skipping Lose ’9x and NT and going directly to GNU/Linux and Android/Linux.