by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Apr 21, 2012 | Google, Linux, Microsoft
So far Google Chrome has not seen much traction. With a new version of Windows coming out soon, Google will need to somehow pull itself from obscurity. I have always thought that the problem is the price point and applications. With so much focus on Android, how does...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Mar 29, 2010 | Amiga, BeOS, BSD, Google, Hardware, Linux, Microsoft, Novell, Solaris, Technology, UNIX
I heard today that Sony plans on removing the “other OS” option from their systems. What was more shocking was their supposed reason for removing this feature. Now I have a PS3 and I personally think it is one of the best systems available today. However,...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Aug 19, 2008 | BeOS, BSD, Canada, Dell, Google, Linux, Microsoft, Netbooks, Novell, Open Source, Red Hat, Solaris, Technology, Ubuntu, UNIX
The operating system may be losing its luster. In fact, you could argue that the operating system–Linux, OS X and Windows–will become an application that just happens to boot first. And hardware vendors are on to the OS’s diminishing importance. Let’s connect a few...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Aug 15, 2008 | Linux
One thing many of us would like to know, I am sure, is how many people out there use Linux? The usual numbers, those from Net Applications, would indicate that less than 1% of people use Linux. More recently, though, there have been some more optimistic numbers....
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 12, 2008 | Linux, Microsoft, Novell, Open Source, Solaris, Sun, UNIX
Microsoft no longer sees itself as simply a Windows company. One recent indication of this is their determination to buy the LAMP-centric (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP) Yahoo! Instead of migrating all the tried and tested Yahoo! services over to a Windows server...