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- My new daughter is a lot like Linux
- Windoze is a boys smelly diaper, Linux is a girls one, that's the messageI guess some people will never be mature enough to get it.Handling the learning curve...is not very hard. Particularly when you let them use the simple Gnome user interface which the standard Ubuntu has.Maybe this website of...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- Sass? We're too busy making ERP work
- Sass? We're too busy making ERP workDevil's TrianglesAs you point out, there is no conflict between Eric's triad of issues that influence project success/failure and my own Devil's Triangle.I think the primary difference is that Eric's issues are project management related, where I try to examine the underlying relationship dynamics...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-02
- Reengineering HR Solutions
- Case #1 â€" MrTed’s SmartRecruiters The recent HR Technology show in Chicago reinforced within me the idea that many automated HR solutions have problems. Most HR products are first-generation attempts to automate the record-keeping, transaction processing and most tedious aspects of human resources. In fact,...
- Blog posts 2008-10-28
- News to know: Open source adventures; Jerry Yang; IBM; Digital TV
- Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adventures with open source apps on Linux - Part 2 Gallery right. Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Look Now: Digital TV Transition Already Here Jason Perlow: The reality TV series we all really want to watch Dana Blankenhorn: Closed...
- Blog posts 2008-06-16
- Etelos puts more 'sass' into SaaS with four additional hosted Web 2.0 offerings
- The new additions are designed to help enterprises, small businesses, bloggers, and individual users connect with customers and other online communities on an on-demand basis. Users can set up a blog or a wiki with nothing more than a browser and Internet access. Technical details are handled by Etelos. by...
- Blog posts 2008-06-14
- Is there anyone not targeting Microsoft Office?
- Is there anyone not targeting Microsoft Office?Yes, it sounds like a lot of people smell blood with the OOXML rejection,and the EC decision, and in general more people demanding open formats like ODF and using standards based web browsers. Microsoft's switch to a new office suite and file format, the...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-18
- Has Google become evil in the eyes of open source?
- Has Google become evil in the eyes of open source?Google is on the right sidebecause they sponsor the OSS community and make M$ bleed in the search field.Maybe they're both evil in their own ways?I don't think Google intentionally does "evil," at least as it relates to open source. ...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-21
- WI selling unclaimed goodies on eBay
- What to do when opening unclaimed safety deposit boxes reveals expensive property, such as a diamond bracelet? In Wisconsin, the current procedure is to auction off all unclaimed property at live auctions, or sell them on the states surplus property Web site, but all that is soon going to change....
- Blog posts 2007-04-09
- The old software model dies here
- The old software model dies hereSo how much INCOME are they seeing?Oh yeah, that nasty old thing called profits stops you short again.Fantasy WorldIt is all fine and dandy to give away the software and sell the functionality, but if you think users and businesses will load software what does...
- Discussion threads 2006-04-11
- Forget Exchange, the hosted email debate has moved on
- Forget Exchange, the hosted email debate has moved onEmail is not the center of the universe"add voice, video, chat, RSS feed subscriptions and more to their e-mail systems"WHY? The email system is broken. Why would you want to add more to it?The next generation of *communication* will not involve the...
- Discussion threads 2006-02-20
- How many times over should you pay for software?
- How many times over should you pay for software?The question is Who owns the software?You imply the difficulty when you write:Their products don't actually work until they've been tweaked and customized by customers or partners, and therefore the licence of itself has no out-of-the-box value to the end user. When...
- Discussion threads 2005-10-28
- New worm's got sass, but not much else
- New worm's got sass, but not much elseLaptops with Windows - the bane of the IT monkeys existence[i]Huger said he worries that the number of infections might jump on Monday if people take compromised laptops to work.[/i]I expect to have a few of these to deal with on Monday. Time...
- Discussion threads 2004-05-01
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