(Berkeley Software Distribution Unix) The name of the BSD operating system releases when it contained the original AT&T Unix code. In the mid-1990s, the AT&T code was removed, and the OS was officially known as BSD. See BSD.
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- Exploits, vulnerabilities, and questions
- Exploits, vulnerabilities, and questionsIt is cooking with love.The person works for MS, and even a "stock" install without all the optional packages still contains hundreds and hundreds of applications. More to the point, however, I think a carefully crafted criteria was enforced that skewed things in a positive...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-16
- Curing what ails Microsoft
- Curing what ails MicrosoftYou are the firstNTDid anyone ever tell you that you look a littlelike Tucker Carlson on MSNBC fromerly CNN?Pagan jimWhat you describe......is inherent in any large organization look at the US Government, but your suggestions are good ones, nonetheless. Any plans to fight unnecessary code duplication...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe
- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframeWhen everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody.W.S. Gilbert, Gondoliers.So many managers. An employee without a management title will feel overlooked.Murph, you outline the functional groups for your organization based on the leader. That means the effectiveness of each one...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- Countering an Apple-favoring .NET critic
- Countering an Apple-favoring .NET criticFantastic post JohnI'd give you two thumbs up if I could. :)[i]This is what one might consider a thesis statement, to be followed by details as to why .NET is "bad" and / or "simplistic and inflexible." At least, that is what one would expect if...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Countering an Apple-favoring .NET critic
- I've been investigating Apple Cocoa API as I plan to complement my Windows and UNIX development skills with skills in Mac development. That doesn't mean I am willing to accept weak attacks what I consider to be a superior development platform: .NET. by John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- Development environments: Microsoft vs. Open Source
- Development environments: Microsoft vs. Open SourcePerhaps if you read what you wroteYou say regarding Wintel:"you’ll find 2o FTEs an extremely conservative minimum just to keep the lights on."and then regarding Solaris:"you’re going to be paying about ten people, four of whom you don’t actually need every day"Your statement about doubling...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Neb (exe)
- Neb creates the map that shows which routers and switches operate in the network and which physical interfaces they use to communicate. Neb allows you to automatically create a network map on the physical interface level. Collect and view additional network information in a well-readable form (IP MAC address, VLANs,...
- Software downloads 2008-08-14
- SAP BusinessOne v Microsoft: SAP wins for VARs
- On day two of SAP's influencer summit, we had an opportunity to take a deep dive into what SAP defines as its small and medium sized enterprise products and services. The line consists of BusinessOne, Business ByDesign and Business All-In-One. Each is designed to address different market segments but with...
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- Virtual Machine Software Announcements - Why Now?
- There is a great deal of activity in the virtual machine software market part of the virtual processing layer of the Kusnetzky Group model of virtualization technology. My colleague, Paula Rooney, published Next XenServer — code named Orlando — now in beta* testing. A while back...
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- News to know: SAP; Microsoft patches; Nvidia; iPhone
- Notable headlines: Dennis Howlett: SAP: Oracle price-gouges customers even more than we do Michael Krigsman: Business Objects Influencer Summit: Strategy to execution Larry Dignan: Microsoft plugs IE, Office in big patch haul Roland Piquepaille: No more need for...
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- The Unix sysadmin salary premium
- The Unix sysadmin salary premiumThe non-obviously conclusions I draw...The non-obviously conclusions I draw from this is that organisations looking fron Windows admins could do well by bring in guys with Unix experience.(I can hear someone say "No self respecting unix guy would take the job", to which the answer is...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- The Unix sysadmin salary premium
- A review of job openings at major American employers shows that there is no "Unix salary premium" but there is a 15% or so skills premium reflecting the typical Unix sysadmin's ability to fill other roles - like those of the DBA or Windows administrator - without, as it were,...
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- Linux, user interfaces and copying Apple
- Linux, user interfaces and copying AppleIt makes sense[i]He also stated that they have to clone less the look and feel of desktop Windows, even going so far as to state they would do better to clone the look and feel of Mac applications if they are writing applications for the...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-12
- When equivalence is the wrong question
- When equivalence is the wrong questionSo, replace one tool with many?Since Microsoft Word can be used for a varity of tasks, and Writer can not, therefore one must use writer and a varity of other tools to do the work of one program.And here you claim that open source is...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-12
- Second guessing at 3AM
- Second guessing at 3AMIt's 3 AM...A crisis is happening somewhere in the world. It's 3 AM, and a phone is ringing at the White House. Who do you want answering that phone?...Couldn't resist. :)hey murph here a conceptDeep down inside what your guts telling you.This morning when you...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- Windows broken ... I'm surprised it took this long
- Windows broken ... I'm surprised it took this longBest security is to take computers off the NetFor my computers at home, there is now only one that has firewalled access to the Internet. My kids' computers DO NOT. My media server DOES NOT. The PC with my finance stuff and...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-09
- Pravda, Sutor, and IBM Linux
- Pravda, Sutor, and IBM LinuxWrong!At it again are we?Paul get your facts straight before you try to be the same failure as that fraud.Yes the U2 crashed because it used a jet engine who was held together by good intentions and bailing wire.But regarding Linux, you are still wrong. Linux...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-09
- The Microsoft middle ground
- The Microsoft middle groundYes, but the current perceived credit crunchshould get rid of a lot of the "me-too" fat from the system.Only the genuine knowledgeable IT lovers will be left ....Price vs TCOYour piece fails to mention the well-documented costs of owning MS-based desktops and servers. The delta in...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-07
- VMware has 82% share of market of virtualized servers, Microsoft has 13%
- VMware is the clear market leader in providing virtualization technology with 82% of the sample using VMware. Despite high levels of Linux use, only 3% of the sample were using Xen as their virtualization platform. Microsoft was used by 13% of the sample base with various Unix technologies and mainframe...
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Development environments: Microsoft vs. Open Source
- Development environments: Microsoft vs. Open SourceA little simple reasoning... is enough to reveal what's going on. Let's try.Quote: "Anything you can do with Microsoft servers, clients, Office, and dot.net technologies I can do better [i.e. at some combination of greater functionality, lower risk, and lower cost] using the standard LAMP/SAMP...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-07
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