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Google Apps will go away, so... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-06-07 10:25 · Score: 0 · on Ask Slashdot: What Will IT Departments Look Like In 5 Years?

As the NSA has a direct line into Google and can read whatever they like, any sane corporation will be pulling all of their data back into their local IT departments where it will be much safer from the whims of government jack-booted thugs acting at the whim of whoever's in power at the moment (see IRS/Tea Party scandal).

Re:What's really needed... by icebike · 2013-05-17 13:10 · Score: 2 · on Password Strength Testers Work For Important Accounts

PayPal CIO wants to ditch all passwords.

He is suggesting as an alternative something from the FIDO Alliance.

It could be something as simple as the Google Authenticator that generates number that last for mere moments.

Re:It's a laptop... by Missing.Matter · 2013-02-06 11:17 · Score: 1 · on Microsoft Surface Pro Reviews Arrive

You might say that, but here’s the catch: the boxes are already there. I needn’t create a box because Microsoft is entering an established market. Sure, Surface brings something new into the game, but as far as pre-existing boxes go, it’s neither here nor there. And its own new box, should it create one, seems to be rather small.

The same was said of the iPad when it was released. The boxes were smartphone and laptop. They called it a terrible smartphone because it was too large, and a terrible laptop because it didn't run laptop apps. But the iPad came into its own.

And its own new box, should it create one, seems to be rather small.

I'm not so sure about that. In a survey of 10,000 IT professionals in 17 countries, 32% indicated they wanted a Windows tablet as their next work tablet. Combined, Apple and Android got 38%. Maybe they don't want specifically the Surface, but this is good news for Microsoft nonetheless, and it still points to the same niche of people who want a tablet but also want to run legacy Windows applications.

However Surface is not a very good tablet

Maybe for what you expect from a tablet. If you think a tablet is just a thin, light media consumption device, then yes by definition Surface is a bad tablet. I want more out of my tablets: namely raw computing power and handwriting support. In that sense iPad is a bad tablet for me.

why exactly do you consider Surface better than a full-blown laptop?

My use for Surface is three-fold: run matlab, interface with data acquisition systems, and take handwritten notes. The data acquisition system has linux and windows support, but it's all x86, and the drivers are proprietary. So I at least need an x86 tablet which takes iPad and Android (most?) out of the running. I need a tablet because they're more comfortable to use standing and one handed. 2 lbs isn't a dealbreaker here. The digitizer on Surface enables precise notes, which also takes iPad out of the running if it wasn't already. Above all once data is collected I need to analyze with Matlab, usually on the spot. There's a potential to port this functionality over to Python, but that would take a *lot* of work, when it's already in place and working as-is.

So if not for Surface, the ideal setup is either a convertible tablet, which I've tried, and which for the most part are larger and heavier; or a laptop and a tablet, which I've also tried, and which combined are heavier and more expensive.

China is not the only one by overmoderated · 2012-12-01 00:33 · Score: 1 · on How Some Chinese Users Bypass The Great Firewall

http://www.cio.com/article/722182/Stop_the_ITU_Taking_Over_the_Internet_Warns_the_European_Parliament http://www.dtic.mil/biosys/hscb-mp.html

65,000 is just the tip of the iceberg! by timjones · 2012-10-26 07:45 · Score: 4, Interesting · on Cringley: H-1B Visa Abuse Limits Wages and Steals US Jobs

65,000 is only one of the caps. There is a separate cap of 20,000 that applies to guest workers with advanced degrees, and these folks bring their wives, children and extended families on H4 visas. They are valid for 3 years, can be renewed up to six, and most of them expect a green card at the end of six years, because by this time, they have purchased homes and have borne new (American) children. Then there are L-1 visas which have NO cap at all, which are used to displace teachers and nurses and other occupations. InfoSys got caught sending people over on B-1 visas to do contract work, which isn't what that type of visa is for, but they were falsying applications and coaching their employees on how to lie about the reason for the trip.

Both political parties dutifully ignore the issue, as they have been paid to do.

They are "Guests" who never go home, essentially.

Look up the writing of Kim Berry, John Miano, and Norm Matloff for more.

Things that can go wrong by knorthern+knight · 2012-09-26 17:58 · Score: 1 · on Cybersecurity Laws Would Do More Harm Than Good

1) One of the links in the summary http://blogs.cio.com/security/17430/air-force-chief-ex-fbi-agent-cybersecurity-policy-cant-wait has a quote...
> He thinks companies that find proprietary data on an external server should be
> legally able to take actionâ"to delete or encrypt the data. A company could
> then report the crime to the authorities so the government could search for the hacker.
Remember how a NASA video was mis-identified as property of Scripps Local News http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/08/06/1613211/nasas-own-video-of-curiosity-landing-crashes-into-a-dmca-takedown
Remember how some birds tweeting were mis-identified as "Rumblefish's exclusive intellectual property" http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/02/26/2141246/youtube-identifies-birdsong-as-copyrighted-music
Now imagine if those same companies were authorized to DDOS your ISP or some other stupid stuff

2) Setting security standards... if a law was passed that only "secure systems" were allowed online, I could see Microsoft using bribes^H^H^H^H^H^H "campaign contributions" to ensure that only the latest patched version of Windows and Windows Office were allowed online.

These are just off the top of my head. I'm sure there's more.

Re:heh by quacking+duck · 2012-06-03 05:57 · Score: 1 · on DirecTV CEO Scoffs At Competition From Apple TV

The last major product line Apple introduced was the iPad in 2010, which stunned analysts because it cost half what they confidently priced the rumoured device at.

Yes, it was half of what a full-blown computer could do, but obviously consumers have decreed it the right half.

And while some claim the iPad isn't a "real" productivity environment so it shouldn't be considered in the same league as a desktop/laptop, a TV with PVR, game console, internet box, etc, is almost exclusively a content consumption or gaming device anyway, which iOS excels at. A full-blown Apple TV can't be dismissed as "just a toy" because it doesn't have a full office suite.

A small prediction: If Apple does release a full-blown TV, it will not have HDMI ports, but Thunderbolt ports instead, which at 2x 10 Gbps channels has almost twice the bitrate of HDMI (10.2 Gbps) and might support daisy-chaining better than HDMI. This is additional cost to the end user, but Apple's well known for leaving off ports to save space or costs, and requiring pricey adapters.

Re:Still late to the game by Anonymous Coward · 2012-03-09 03:01 · Score: 0 · on Microsoft To Shut Down App Store For Windows Mobile

In my experience, both iPhones and and Android phones are being used in corporate settings. Both have decent Exchange-support, and reasonable enough security policies to go along with it. I know one large company here still clinging to Windows Mobile 6, but rumor has it they are slowly moving to Android instead. So I don't think the "corporate niche" exists for MS to fill; at the very least it is not big enough to make WP7/8/whatever sustainable.

Not sure all corporations would agree that a phone/company that actively misrepresented what security it supported to the server to get connection is "reasonable enough security policies".

Re:Seems like FUD by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-25 01:51 · Score: 0 · on RIM Trying To Woo Customers With Porn, Gambling Apps?

I posted this elsewhere in the discussion but it might get buried and missed. While the article has an interesting graphic which describes an adult rating that clearly includes porn ( http://blogs.cio.com/sites/cio.com/files/u80/BB_AppWorldRatings.jpg ), the actual RIM dev blog ( http://devblog.blackberry.com/2011/11/blackberry-app-world-content-ratings/?CPID=TWDNPI&Date=113011 ) has an entirely different graphic ( http://rimdevblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/app-world-content-rating-1.jpg ) which _prohibits graphic sexual content._

I don't know about you but I think I'll take my information from the actual source and chalk this article up to nothing more than FUD...

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Seems like FUD by whisper_jeff · 2012-02-24 14:01 · Score: 5, Informative · on RIM Trying To Woo Customers With Porn, Gambling Apps?

I posted this elsewhere in the discussion but it might get buried and missed. While the article has an interesting graphic which describes an adult rating that clearly includes porn ( http://blogs.cio.com/sites/cio.com/files/u80/BB_AppWorldRatings.jpg ), the actual RIM dev blog ( http://devblog.blackberry.com/2011/11/blackberry-app-world-content-ratings/?CPID=TWDNPI&Date=113011 ) has an entirely different graphic ( http://rimdevblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/app-world-content-rating-1.jpg ) which _prohibits graphic sexual content._

I don't know about you but I think I'll take my information from the actual source and chalk this article up to nothing more than FUD...

Re:A new low by whisper_jeff · 2012-02-24 13:49 · Score: 0, Flamebait · on RIM Trying To Woo Customers With Porn, Gambling Apps?

Yeah. Porn. Did you even click on the link? Here, I'll make it easy for you - here's the graphic that spells it out - http://blogs.cio.com/sites/cio.com/files/u80/BB_AppWorldRatings.jpg

Heck, I'll even write it out for you in case you're not even willing to click on one link - "Graphic sexual content, graphic nudity, or content appropriate only for or legally restricted to persons at least 18 years of age."

If that doesn't describe porn than I don't know what does. Porn.

Re:Get a project manager. by Maxo-Texas · 2012-02-21 03:20 · Score: 1 · on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Deal With Priorities Inflation In IT Projects?

Sure. gives me a chance to apologize for the "Oh please" above.

--
Here's what we are implementing and 11 implementations...
Note the Army version was just to be installed for the first time in 2007. It was pushed back to 2010... and I think it was cancelled in 2011.

http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/public-sector/3290394/us-armys-huge-sap-project-at-high-risk-warn-auditors/
US Army's huge SAP project at high risk, warn auditors
The SAP project, which is called the General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS), will manage a $140 billion annual budget and serve nearly 80,000 users once it is complete. Some 15,500 users are now live on the system.

It has already seen delays and more than $53 million in cost overruns, according to the auditors' report. An initial "operational capability" milestone first set for August 2007 was pushed back to September 2010, it stated. A proposed December 2009 target date for "full operational capability" was moved to December of this year, it added.

Here are ten more failures.
http://www.cio.com/article/486284/10_Famous_ERP_Disasters_Dustups_and_Disappointments

You should NEVER trust SAP consultants. It was clear to the existing staff that what they were promising was impossible before we started the project. They say- "this project needs complete buy in. If you have any naysayers you need to remove them. everyone needs to beleive in this". So a few naysayers are fired to make the point and everyone else shuts up and the train wreck proceeds.

Re:uhh.. this is sponsored by a democrat by Attila+Dimedici · 2012-02-08 11:38 · Score: 1 · on Proposed Law Would Give DHS Power Over Privately Owned IT Infrastructure

I got my information from the article linked to in the summary and from the AP article which that article linked to. Just because some poster brings in a link to another bill after the fact does not mean that that link has anything to do with the bill mentioned in the summary. If the original poster I responded to had said that the Republicans backed a bill just as bad, I would not have responded, but the poster I initially responded to gave a list of Republican sponsors of a completely different bill from the one in the summary, or in the article the summary linked to (or even the article that that article linked to).

Re:Please tell me why.... by unitron · 2012-02-07 13:14 · Score: 1 · on Proposed Law Would Give DHS Power Over Privately Owned IT Infrastructure

Go here

http://homeland.house.gov/markup/subcommittee-markup-hr-3674

look at the seal in the upper left hand corner that says U.S. House of Representatives.

Go here

http://blogs.cio.com/security/16787/law-would-put-homeland-security-charge-business-it-security

look in the upper left hand part of the page at the picture of an idiot columnist who can't tell the House from the Senate.

If the bill says HR, that means House of Representatives.

Senate bills are S-insertnumberhere

Yet another Big Company / cheap labor disaster by WOOFYGOOFY · 2012-01-09 14:52 · Score: 1 · on FBI's Troubled Sentinel Project Delayed Again

At least the FBI seems to have wised up to Agile methods, which implies they're actually going to go ahead and hire real programmers as opposed to the cheap labor places like Lockheed Martin and IBM are stuffed to the gills with.

The rubber has to hit the road somewhere. Maybe you can contribute to your Senator's re-election campaign and get legislation that gives you visas for ten million programmers who will all work for 25 bucks an hour 12 hours a day 6 days a week, live 6 to an apartment and when their six year contract is up, all go home exchange rate adjusted millionaires.

But somewhere on some machine, ultimately, code has to run without errors.

Rubber, meet road. Road, meet rubber.

I love it when fast buck, coke snorting, prostitute screwing, sexual harassing, hard drinking, low IQ, high ambition, hand pumping, bribe giving, sales men dirtbags come face to face with something the rest of us know as non-negotiable reality.

It doesn't make up for the career swath of career destruction they've cut through the industry, but still.

"Hey ! Does anyone here know how to program? "

One thing is, companies learn their lessons. My spouse's company outsourced everything and after a years time brought it all back and now everyone's job is VERY secure. They'll never do THAT again.

Same thing here. Bet you anything the FBI is hiring programmers right now after having seen the advantages of developing and maintaining their own supply of stable, competent craftsman -programmers.

IBM Lockheed SAP Deloitte SAIC Technodyne and all the rest are in the business of billing bodies by the hour. Full stop. The more hours they bill, hey man, the better the business is. These are of course the same companies who lobby Congress to import as much programming labor as possible to undercut the domestic market.

I bless anyone anywhere who wants to be a programmer or make money for themselves and their families. That doesn't stop me from observing that Mega Corporations cynically exploit those same people and systematically undermine the quality of the work product of the entire industry by first staffing with masses of unqualified programmers, then paying substandard wages, then systematically overworking them all of which has the effect of causing people who wanted to make a real lifelong career of their craft to be forced out of their careers and also having the effect of making an IT career seem like a route to a short lived, overworked and underpaid job to people who are considering it as a major.

As far as these projects go, in the end, none of it works. Like making the WRONG choice for your prom date, you as a project manager only have to hook up with any of these sleazy companies and wait nine months to turn yourself into the sorriest motherfucker on your block.

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/12/20/indianas-gov-daniels-assailed-by-ibm

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/218515/county_alleges_sap_deloitte_engaged_in_racketeering.html

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/237939/epicor_sued_over_alleged_erp_project_failure.html

http://www.cio.com/article/678553/Auditors_ERP_Software_Woes_Could_Cost_Idaho_Millions

http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/it-business/3302164/lawson-embroiled-in-erp-lawsuit-with-customers/

Beware of ANDROID remote shell exploit then by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-04 14:08 · Score: 0 · on Twitter To Open Source Android Security Tech

"I use one on the tablet so I can control it while its connected to the HDTV using my phone." - by mSparks43 (757109) on Wednesday January 04, @08:30PM (#38591498) Homepage

See subject line above, & of course, this link also, lol -> http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0058235/gaining-a-remote-shell-on-android & broken sandboxes too, they happen... especially with the permissions problems http://blogs.cio.com/mobile-security/16704/android-app-permissions-may-spark-false-sense-security I posted too in the 90++ links of security issues on ANDROID!

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"I doubt there are many articles about it" - by mSparks43 (757109) on Wednesday January 04, @08:30PM (#38591498) Homepage

Beg to differ -> http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22Securing+ANDROID%22&go=&qs=ns&form=QBLH

(Now - Funny you wouldn't admit that there's TRUCKLOADS OF INFORMATION ON THAT... but then, I KNOW why -> That'd indicate that it doesn't ship all that secure then... now does it? Apparently not!)

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"there is only really one thing you need do, which is only install software on it you trust to use your phone." - by mSparks43 (757109) on Wednesday January 04, @08:30PM (#38591498) Homepage

Ahem: As simple as this on ANDROID Linux -> http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/11/14/0115255/Android-Holes-Allow-Secret-Installation-of-Apps So what was that you were saying about installing software on ANDROID above?

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"If only windows were that simple." - by mSparks43 (757109) on Wednesday January 04, @08:30PM (#38591498) Homepage

Ahem: As simple as this on ANDROID Linux -> http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/11/14/0115255/Android-Holes-Allow-Secret-Installation-of-Apps So what was that you were saying about installing software on ANDROID above?

As simple as Windows? Heh - THIS is Windows, & "better++" by far, if you do this to it -> http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000%2FXP%22&go=&qs=ns&form=QBLH

Faster, safer, stronger, smarter... you name it!

APK

P.S.=> Still, my MAIN POINT here, stands strong: That is that once ANY Linux gained a large portion of its platform market, as Windows has on PC's/Servers combined, then Linux would be exposed as hiding behind security by obscurity for years now (because a 1.19% marketshare @ BEST/MOST on PC desktops where the "easy meat users" are the exploit them, it had none - wasn't worth attacking)... Android IS A LINUX that it's being RAMPANTLY EXPLOITED on SmartPhones: The "YEARS OF 'FUD'" from /. of "Linux=Secure" is falling apart, fast, because of all that happening - especially in 2011!...

... apk

84 security issues on ANDROID now by Anonymous Coward · 2011-12-30 00:00 · Score: 0 · on Twitter To Open Source Android Security Tech

Anyone that's not a deluded zealot's free to look @ the links I posted, & decide for themselves in these posts of mine as to whether these are "good things" going on with ANDROID (a Linux variant on smartphones) or not:

http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2586024&cid=38463414

http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2586024&cid=38488282

http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2586024&cid=38495050

http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2586024&cid=38495800

http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2586024&cid=38507222

http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2586024&cid=38519768

APK

P.S.=> For "good measure"? Here's 12 more, sending the total up to 84 now:

http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/10/06/0118231/android-malware-using-blog-as-cc-server

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/06/trend_discovers_more_android_malware/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/14/android_anti_virus/

http://www.securityweek.com/new-android-trojan-masquerades-google-library-taps-device-administration-api

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/30/google_android_security_bug/

http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/12/02/1637249/researchers-find-big-leaks-in-pre-installed-android-apps

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/12/android_market_malware/

http://www.bgr.com/2011/12/14/more-than-1-million-stolen-from-android-users-in-2011-mobile-threats-to-increase-in-2012/

http://blogs.cio.com/mobile-security/16704/android-app-permissions-may-spark-false-sense-security

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0058235/gaining-a-remote-shell-on-android

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/22/android_trojan_maytyr/

http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/fake-antivirus-scams-targeting-android-users-122911

Ok then: Here goes (won't fit in 1 post!)... apk by Anonymous Coward · 2011-12-22 07:48 · Score: -1 · on Twitter To Open Source Android Security Tech

How many would ya like? I literally have 100's of posts catalogued on ANDROID security issues of ALL KINDS (hence, my point) year, after year, since I don't KNOW when (start of ANDROID really in 2005):

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/22/android_trojan_maytyr/

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0058235/gaining-a-remote-shell-on-android

http://blogs.cio.com/mobile-security/16704/android-app-permissions-may-spark-false-sense-security

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/16/2039237/sprint-orders-all-oems-to-strip-carrier-iq-from-their-phones

http://www.bgr.com/2011/12/14/more-than-1-million-stolen-from-android-users-in-2011-mobile-threats-to-increase-in-2012/

http://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2011/dec/12/fbi-carrier-iq-files-used-law-enforcement-purposes/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/12/android_market_malware/

http://blogs.computerworld.com/19391/mobile_security_at_takedowncon_hackers_handing_out_a_healthy_dose_of_paranoia

(Hey - I'll post even more current examples, as many as /.'s homegrown board engine will let me pack into another single post (I'll have room for more too, Too TOO MANY TIMES, lol!)).

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* PLEASE /. "CONTROLLERS": FIX THE FORUMS ENGINE: It only let me pack in 8 posts per post for examples that were requested of me... that's beat! What is this 8 links per post I just hit?? A hard-imposed limit by you, or just limits in your code??? String data parse problem??? Get rid of it.

(It leaves room for improvement of a post of mine here, as it would others, ones I could do right away, instead of having to multiply post data as evidences... & added backing)

Yes - where as you know? Hey - I always, deliver, perfectly, & accurately (pats self on back!!!), blowing the doors off of your best technically, in your trolls! Most are cowards & post AC - something they can never take credit for IF they somehow managed to "completely get the better of me" (impossible), technically in computing: Never has happened since I started posting here in late 2004, & never will! LOL...

* So that all "said & aside", by request no less? LMAO - "What's 4 Lunch @ APK's today?

Yes, kids - that's right, you guessed it: A truly, "SMOKED TROLL" named 'burning-toast' (lmao - rather aptly named, wouldn't you say? LOL!)

APK

P.S.=> "Next" (to whatever Pro-*NIX troll wants a shot @ the title of most technically excellent @ /., reigning champion APK on all levels)... lmao!

... apkb

We all know how this will end up... by anon+mouse-cow-aard · 2011-10-16 00:25 · Score: 1 · on Renaming the Very Large Array

It's and online poll, If they are honest, it'll be the Colbert Big Ensemble for Astronomy in the Radio Spectrum. http://www.cio.com/article/489397/Will_NASA_Name_Space_Station_After_Comedian_Colbert_ (Colbert has an issue with BEARS. I think his main motivation would be to detect any extraplanetary bears way ahead of time.) http://wikiality.wikia.com/Bears

Re:The Only Solution by kiwimate · 2011-08-15 05:48 · Score: 1 · on WPA/WPA2 Cracking With CPUs, GPUs, and the Cloud

No, actually, I'd say it's more that you have made the error of thinking that because it's dramatized it bears no resemblance to reality. Social engineering is a big deal, to the extent that in places where security is paramount it's a major component in vulnerability assessment and penetration testing.

Re:Not incriminating by Chrisq · 2011-08-01 23:24 · Score: 5, Informative · on Email In Oracle-Google Case Will Remain Public

... In fact, all this email was sent just 2 days before Oracle filed their lawsuit.

Or maybe not sent. from TFA:

Oracle also implied that Lindholm's e-mail had actually been sent, but in fact it was an incomplete draft, Google added.

. Probably someone thought "oh shit Oracle have brought Sun", started to suggest that they got a license when someone else pointed out to them that they didn't need to.

Not incriminating by wintercolby · 2011-08-01 23:19 · Score: 5, Informative · on Email In Oracle-Google Case Will Remain Public

August 2010 is much later than when Oracle bought Sun and long after Android was initially announced. In fact, all this email was sent just 2 days before Oracle filed their lawsuit.

Re:I don't get it by Penguinisto · 2011-06-24 01:28 · Score: 1 · on Who Killed the Netbook?

... which shows you who the market for tech media that runs on the brain-farts of other tech media is.

You know something? Slightly OT, but the very first thing I thought of when I read this was CIO Magazine.

It reads like a typical management rag, and even on the management side, is mostly fluff, or things which most of us would regard as common sense. Waaaay too light on actual, usable content. Take Datacenter capacity planning for example. It provides absolutely no information (even at a high level) as to power consumption, A/C, fire suppression, rackspace, etc. Instead, they wasted two ad-laden pages on something that can be easily condensed into: 'Make it cost-effective, don't break SOX/HIPAA, and use ITIL when you plan it'. No real in-depth details on even those three bits.

Sniff around a bit, and you'll find the vast majority of other media made for execs are just as crap.

==

*sigh*... I still miss my last boss - he actually knew what the acronym BOFH stood for, and I didn't have to dumb down anything.

Anyrate, thanks for the indulgence. :)

Re:They're a business by jbplou · 2011-05-16 13:01 · Score: 1 · on Microsoft To Support CentOS Linux In Hyper-V

If you google it you'll find that hyper-v makes up around 18 - 28% based on who doing the counting, the way they counted, and what quarter they based their statistics on.

http://www.cio.com/article/505444/Gartner_Server_Virtualization_Now_At_18_of_Server_Workload

http://www.dabcc.com/article.aspx?id=8959

Re:How does that work again? by doomicon · 2011-01-06 09:23 · Score: 1 · on Deferred IT Maintenance Is a Ticking Time Bomb

CIOs and organizations blissfully march towards disaster while quietly chanting to themselves, "The Cloud will save us all".

Of course it will, because the same publication that brought us this gem about deferred maintenance costs, also told their readers the It's Economics Stupid.

http://www.cio.com/article/591812/Cloud_Computing_It_s_the_Economics_Stupid

Re:Victory For Freedom by cyber-vandal · 2010-12-21 11:39 · Score: 1 · on Obama FCC Caves On Net Neutrality

This is an interesting article. Two phrases that jump out at me:

"while AT&T and Verizon are clearly the two biggest owners at the core (they dwarf Qwest, the other remaining baby bell), they don’t own anywhere near enough for us to be worried about a monopoly."

and

"it is pretty interesting to see the extent to which the telecommunications market has consolidated over the last decade."

What, in a completely free-market system, would stop AT&T and Verizon merging, buying Qwest and then running the rest of the companies out of business?

Moonshine by srussia · 2010-12-02 01:34 · Score: 5, Interesting · on Judge Berates Prosecutors In Xbox Modding Trial

The modded XBox will be used almost exclusively to run stolen software. I don't believe you can say the same thing about vehicle customization.

O RLY?

From A Brief History of Nascar From Moonshine Runners to Dale Earnhardt Jr.: "Its roots go back to Prohibition when runners—people who delivered moonshine, a home-brewed whiskey distilled from corn, potatoes or anything that would ferment—souped up their cars so they could give the slip to the federal tax agents determined to bust them.

Re:Perhaps there are reasons unrelated to monpolie by Quince+alPillan · 2010-11-13 12:58 · Score: 1 · on The Monopolies That Dominate the Internet

http://advice.cio.com/shane_oneill/bing_search_tainted_by_pro_microsoft_results

This has been around for a while, and was referenced on Slashdot.

Re:Thanks Apple! by MojoStan · 2010-10-29 18:33 · Score: 1 · on Microsoft's Silverlight Strategy 'Has Shifted'

UnknowingFool (672806) writes:

Apple said in February 2007 that they would offer DRM free music if allowed. EMI allowed them in May 2007.

Yahoo Music chief Dave Goldberg said in February 2006 (at the Music 2.0 conference) that the music companies should sell DRM-free music: "Rights management restrictions have created a barrier for consumers, he said, making it a hurdle to transfer music to portable devices, and creating incompatibility between music services and MP3 players."

Bill Gates also expressed his problems with the state of music DRM in December 2006 in an informal Q&A discussing the Mix Conference: "People should just buy a cd and rip it. You are legal then."

Actions speak louder than words I guess. Amazon didn't offer it until January 2008. So technically Apple was the first to offer DRM-free music.

"Technically," eMusic and Amie Street offered DRM-free music way before Apple, but I understand why we aren't counting them in this thread.

However, Yahoo Music acted ("experimented," actually) by offering Jessica Simpson's "A Public Affair" as a DRM-free MP3 file in July 2006, offred an entire Jesse McCartney album in September 2006, and a Norah Jones single in December 2006.

All this before Steve Jobs made his "bold" statement in Febraury 2007.

That dispels your theory that Amazon was the leader.

Interestigly, Amazon was rumored to be considering an MP3-only music download store in January 2007 (at the latest), before Steve Jobs made his statement.

Welcome to the IDG Family of products my friend. by mb12036 · 2010-09-21 04:53 · Score: 1 · on The A-Team of IT — and How To Assemble One

This article is also listed as "breaking news" by the IDG Family of Products. Thanks to IDG, we have a source for much-needed technical journalism. Recent hits:

How could anyone function without this kind of probing, thoughtful analysis!?!