The short answer is “Yes”.
Microsoft’s decision to collaborate with Novell on Linux seems to have caused confusion everywhere. On one hand, Microsoft looks to have been taking a mild swipe at Linux by indemnifying Novell’s SuSE Linux against any of Microsoft patents—implying perhaps that Microsoft might one day embark on some kind of anti-Linux patents [...]
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Productivity And The “Muscle Memory” Interface
- This year I will finally be able to put some effort into PDQMac.com, the site I’ve set up with the aim of improving people’s interface productivity. If there’s a key underlying point to what I’ll be doing with that site,...
One Million Users: Is Stanza Killing The Kindle?
- If you’re not one of its million users, then you’re probably asking “What is Stanza?” Stanza is an electronic book application for the iPod/iPhone available for free through the Apple App Store. It’s not the only free eBook application, but...
Why The Apple Rumor Factory Is Working Overtime
- Estimates suggest that if Steve Jobs died or was so ill as to have to retire from Apple, then Apple’s stock price could fall by as much as a 25%. The stock was cut in half by the stock market...
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- Until now, the Linux PC has been more of a theory than a fact. Now it’s a fact, and it may soon become a very inconvenient fact for Microsoft. For Linux PCs to establish themselves as viable home or small business products, several things needed to happen: 1. Linux PCs needed to equal the ease of...
Does Google’s DIY Server strategy Mess With Market Stats?
- The fact that Sun overtook Dell in the server market recently threw my mind into complete confusion given that I’d recently read that Google is the world’s 4th largest maker of computer servers. The story on Zoli’s Blog actually dates back to October 2004, so it could be that Google is now actually third (still...
Red Hat Eats JBoss
- Red Hat’s acquisition of JBoss made perfect sense to me. Red Hat has far more credibility if it is providing a whole software stack than if it is just offering various Linux packages. Also both Red Hat and JBoss have been targeting the corporate market and, as a single company, there should be significant economies...