Daily Archives: April 18, 2011

Allastair Otter is of the opinion that “No matter what store you put in these various statistics the truth is that Linux is just a bit player in the desktop operating system market.” That’s crap, pure and simple. The stats … Continue reading →

One place on the web where my comments on things IT are published is Katherine Noyes, “Linux Blog Safari“. One of the contributors is a troll named “hairyfeet”. I suspect that’s just a cover for his scaly body. Only reptiles … Continue reading →

SJVN writes that Google is making a blunder by withholding source code for Android Honeycomb. He has a point. Google is not making best use of the FLOSS idea by keeping the source closed. It is a trap that creative … Continue reading →

There is a recent report that in the USA alone $12billion is spent annualy by business for software licences not used. “The vendor 1E polled IT managers in an attempt to answer this question, and the number produced is a … Continue reading →

Well, my modest effort has been on the air for ten days now and 108 views have happened. With less effort my blog receives hundreds of views every day. If efficiency mattered, I would chuck the videos.

M$, strangely, is arguing in favour of making invalidation of patents easier. Go M$! I am all in favour of disallowing all software-patents so a finding in favour of M$ is good for me here. The particular case is a … Continue reading →

Again, researchers have found a way to bypass all M$’s efforts to close the holes in that other OS. A sequence of FTP commands opens a door large enough to drive a truck through and run it around the IIS-encrusted … Continue reading →