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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. 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. Now that I'm retired I still use GNU/Linux on every computer in my home except the smartphones which run Android/Linux.Lately, I've been giving lots of thought to the world I inherited and which I will leave to my descendants. I'm planting grass, trees, flowers and vegetables in my large lot and I've ordered a Solo EV. I plan to charge my Solo by means of a tracking solar array. Life is good if you have a purpose. I do.
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Daily Archives: April 19, 2011
There’s a Crater Where IT at ORNL Used to be.
ORNL, Oak Ridge Nuclear Laboratory, is a famous institution. It was involved in the Manhatten project to produce separated isotopes for the first fission bombs. It did important work on all kinds of nuclear physics ever since. I remember using … Continue reading
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Malware Deniers
Ed Bott has been around a while. He did some useful work tracking down a report that 50% of PCs in the world were infected with malware but then attempted to debunk it with an equally biased report, M$’s analysis … Continue reading
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Cost of Licensing Software
FLOSS really annoys some people. They don’t get that the world can produce software and share it more cheaply than buying licences for non-free software. Business is finally catching on to the racket: Develop software for $1million. Sell 100K licences … Continue reading
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Android, Princeton U, and Google
It happens that Princeton U uses globally routable IP addresses and their DHCP server issues them with fairly short leases in order to recycle them quickly. They have discovered that many Android smart phones do not play well with their … Continue reading
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M$ Copies GNU/Linux
Remember the Live CD and the bootable USB drive? M$ has just got the idea that these kinds of things might be useful to the end-user. It takes a long time for innovation to work its way up to the … Continue reading
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ASUS eeePad Transformer Sells Out
Yes, retailers, you can sell Linux personal computing devices. There are other OS that you can sell and customers want them. This may be news for some but the world knows about Android/Linux and will buy it even though it … Continue reading
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And It Came To Pass Android/Linux Smart Phones Rock
Samsung has a 2gHz ARMed smart phone in the works. We have see how snappy 1 gHz is. This beast will compete with notebooks and desktops and do well. With ARM no fans are required and the thing can connect … Continue reading
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It Pays OEMs to Push Linux
Sony Ericsson has restructured and broken even thanks to the higher margins they achieve with Android/Linux. Other OEMs who are starving should take note. They too could have decent margins if they pushed GNU/Linux or Android/Linux instead of that other … Continue reading
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