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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: October 25, 2011
“7” Adoption Flattens
2011-10-20 “over 450 million licences sold since launch” 2011-7-21 “over 400 million licenses and business deployments continue to accelerate” 2011-4-28 “fastest selling operating system in history with 350 million licenses sold” 2011-1-27 “over 300 million Windows 7 licenses” 2010-10-28 “a … Continue reading
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Act to Amend the Criminal Code and Firearms Act Introduced in Canadian House of Commons
see C19 41st Parliament 1st Session Some highlights: “12.1 A registration certificate may only be issued for a prohibited firearm or a restricted firearm.” “23. A person may transfer a firearm that is neither a prohibited firearm nor a restricted … Continue reading
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Shopping in Romania
I found a link to a retail establishment in Romania. The score: PCs with that other OS: 136 PCs with GNU/Linux: 42 PCs with FreeDOS: 140 PCs with MacOS: 6 You can argue that with such a high proportion of … Continue reading
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Cuba
I know of a group who visited Cuba recently. They found immense poverty. I thought to check out the statistics about IT: CONCEPT UM 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Number of existing computers M 300.0 377.0 430.0 509.0 630.0 … Continue reading
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M$ – The Bad Citizen
From M$’s last SEC filing: “NOTE 11 INCOME TAXES Our effective tax rates were approximately 21% and 25% for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Our effective tax rate was lower than the U.S. federal statutory … Continue reading
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State of Debian GNU/Linux
Now that I have my server running again I fired up a virtual machine to play with Debian GNU/Linux: In a virtual machine of 512 MB RAM and 8gB storage, I did a standard desktop installation of Debian GNU/Linux Squeeze. … Continue reading
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