by Manny J | Mar 22, 2013 | Google, Hardware, Interesting, Novell, Open Source, Technology
I am a user of Facebook, but not a real fan. By stating this some may feel it’s pointless to read on. Well let me confess, I have tried to understand our global fascination with Facebook. Why is it so popular? What makes it different than any other platform? Is...
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 | 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...