Today I did my job the opensource way. Last week I blogged about our neglected backup servers that weren’t doing anything. For about a month I haven’t been doing much more than trying to get them running again, today still no success.
So today I gave up. Screw the freaking DC Protect XA backup software! Screw [...]
A report on an Italian blog informs us about a new law that could pass in Italy that will require all bloggers to register their blogs or website, produce certificates, pay a tax and have a ‘responsible director’. Looks like the end of Free Speech in Italy…
The geek in me has taken over again, I just started using Twitter! I have to say that throwing random lines online that keep people notified of what I’m doing is quite a new experience. If you’re interested you can check my tweets here: http://twitter.com/masuran
I’ve been working the past two days on fixing two neglected servers at my job. The servers are part of our backup solution and are ‘maintained’ by an external company which we’ll call Company C. Read on for a rant about server maintenance and a company that thinks I’m an idiot they can mess with.
A while back I blogged about how Microsoft helped ‘recruit’ about 20 new members for the ISO SC34 committee in order to help approve it’s OOXML document format. Now it looks like that didn’t only affect the voting process for the OOXML ballot but also the entire working of the SC34 committee!
The new members that [...]
I’ve been doing some research on Linux vs Windows arguments for a paper I’m working on. Preparing a clear overview of the benefits Linux has over Windows is an excellent way to try and bring some change to the workplace.
One of things that stood out that when people review the security issues of GNU/Linux, they [...]
Looks like Steve Ballmer is at it again. This time he’s focusing on Red Hat, saying that it’s about time that people using Red Hat start paying for “Microsoft’s Intellectual Property”.
Seriously am I the only person that’s pissed of because people think they can patent information or methods of doing something?
According to Wikipedia, a patent [...]
I think we all know the answer to that question. No need to list the pro’s and cons here, we know it will just turn out in IBM’s favor. But trying to win over management and one of co workers is much harder. That’s why I’ve been spending the better part of the day finding [...]
Looks like Steve Ballmer is at it again. This time he’s focusing on Red Hat, saying that it’s about time that people using Red Hat start paying for “Microsoft’s Intellectual Property”.
Seriously am I the only person that’s pissed of because people think they can patent information or methods of doing something?
According to Wikipedia, a patent [...]
Skype released version 1.4 of it’s Linux client today. This version is to become the stable base for future releases of Skype’s Linux client. It contains new features like birthday reminders and call forwarding. No word on video calls though.