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January 2010 Archives This story about yet another attempt to raise a tollgate on the Internet deserves having some extra attention called to it.
Continue reading Fencing and Tollgating the Internet
You just can't make this stuff up. This alleged news article at Technology Marketing Corporation (there is a clue in the site name) makes grandiose, breathless claims about Ubuntu:
The punch line comes at the end of this piece. Continue reading A no-cost Windows killer: On Sale Now, only $26!
You just can't make this stuff up. This alleged news article at Technology Marketing Corporation (there is a clue in the name) makes grandiose, breathless claims about Ubuntu:
The punch line comes at the end of this piece: Continue reading A no-cost Windows killer: On Sale Now!
FOSS HeroesBut then I tend towards cynicism anyway, and the cure for that is to turn my attention to the wonderful, generous movers and shakers in the FOSS world. Look at all the things you can do with Linux, the free BSDs, and other FOSS software that you can't do with closed proprietary software:
-- Continue reading linux heroes
Remember Apple's famous 1984 commercial? That is one of the most brilliant TV commercials of all time, which isn't surprising- Ridley Scott directed it, and legendary advertising agency Chiat/Day produced it. It is a superb piece of filmmaking that still gives me chills, even in the lo-fi YouTube version. And then the spell wears off, and I realize Orwell was a prophet, the commercial bears no relationship to the product, and the athlete's Apple shirt should have a penguin logo on it instead of the Macintosh logo. Continue reading Linux Will Save The World
In the olden days of personal computing, we were on a continual hardware upgrade path seeking better performance. Now our low-end PCs would have been supercomputers ten years ago, and they're still bogging down. Is there no end in sight? Continue reading I Just Want Something to Happen When I Click
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