Two interesting tidbits this morning regarding Linus Torvalds and Microsoft allowing Vista downloads.
The first one I like the most because it is so blatantly obvious, Windows Vista “over-hyped”: Torvalds (Linux World):
With the imminent release of Windows Vista to consumers this month, Linus Torvalds, the father of Linux, has claimed Microsoft’s latest desktop effort is over-hyped [...]
Originally Written 10 Jun 2003
When I got the idea to write this article I decided to do some searching and see what other people were saying about ease of use in Linux. I found the results of my searches to be less than fruitful, see for your self:
http://www.alltheweb.com/search?q=linux+ease+of+use
http://www.google.com/search?q=linux+ease+of+use
What came up were a few useful writings [...]
Originally Written 08 Oct 2003
Microsoft and its products and services are slowly destroying the Internet or at the very least changing the dynamics of the Internet. There are three main reasons for this rift in the Internet. The first reason is Microsoft’s standards. The second reason is the popularity of Microsoft software. The final reason [...]
Originally Written 05 Mar 2003
For the past year or so Microsoft has repeatedly said no to Open Source and more recently after numerous attempts to say no has opened up some of its source code to various businesses and governments. Imagine a world where Microsoft Windows and Office were totally open. That’s not likely; so [...]
This isn’t a complete history of the series of Microsoft Windows. These are my views and opinions of events that took place as I experienced them. My account of events might not even hold true, but it’s my account of things that happened, how I experienced them. It starts when I started in the [...]
As I’ve mentioned to many people I’m at Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Mississippi attending Air Force Tech Control 7 Level School. Today, we had a lab on ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode). The lab was fairly simple in nature and contained four ATM switches and four routers. The problem with the lab? [...]
As I’ve reported over on Our Life I’m in Biloxi, MS attending Air Force Tech Control 7-level school. I’ve been here for two weeks now and find a few things quite interesting about the access or lack thereof to technology that the people of Biloxi, Mississippi have.
First off, there are few places to buy [...]
I was watching morning cartoons with Aubree this morning and for whatever reason a cartoon character was sad because his grandfather left to “go back to the farm”. To cheer the sad little cartoon character up a mail carrier suggested that he write a letter to his grandfather.
This made me think about when the [...]
Featured in Lockergnome
I woke up this morning and noticed a trackback from Lockergnome. A few weeks ago Chris Pirillo of Lockergnome sent an e-mail off to his group of orkut friends looking for more writers. I volunteered my services by offering chrisshort.net for syndication in Lockergnome. Last week Chris, Bob, and I sent [...]
There is a problem with how NBC is handling Olympic coverage. Maybe it’s not a problem, maybe it’s just marketing. Call me a fortune teller, call me psychic but I know what Paul Hamm is going to do tonight, I know who the fastest man in the world is, and I knew that Carly Patterson [...]
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