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The OS Wars - Part I - "You call that a 'debate'?'" |
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Written by Site Admin
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Thursday, 17 April 2008 |
The other day I just about lost my lunch as I caught up on my reading over at Computerworld.com. In the span of just three days they unveiled two pieces, one an alleged “smackdown” between the top four desktop operating systems , (Linux, OS/X, Windows XP, and Windows Vista), and then a more-or-less bloggish entry from their resident Windows wonk, Preston Gralla . Now ordinarily I wouldn’t respond to web postings like these; the bottom line is I just have better things to do in life than get into a tit-for-tat exchange with media-pundits. The reality is that most of them have never once lived the CIO or CTO life. They live in a relatively secluded world where they get to opine on events they often experience at arms length.
What drew me into the debate, and what caused me to nearly spit-take my half-n-half Coke/Diet Coke concoction I was guzzling at precisely the wrong moment, was the shoddy, half-baked way both pieces were constructed. Rather than give us credible, factual evidence to support the various positions, the editors at Computerworld fell asleep at the switch and let columnists just shout at each other. It was like watching schoolyard taunts of, “My dad’s tougher than your dad!” No, actually it was more like watching a couple of political hacks yelling at each other over on the Fox News channel. You knew nobody was going to win because everyone was working off emotion, not intellect.
Then, on the heals of the alleged “smackdown,” Preston Gralla, a prolific writer with a stable of something like 2476 books to his name (yes, that would be sarcasm), chimed in with his own “Five Reasons Why Vista is Better than OS/X” fish-wrap. When the columnist’s reasons include such deep thoughts as “it plays my games better” to “Steve Jobs sends his lawyers after anyone he doesn’t like” you know you’re dealing with someone out of touch with the kind of reality you and I live with every day. |
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"Dear Mr. Jobs, It's Time Embrace the Hackintosh." |
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Written by Site Admin
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Saturday, 12 April 2008 |
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If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes I wouldn’t have believed it. The Apple boot-up symbol was sitting there, beautifully embossed against the gray start-up screen on my laptop. But the fact that the characteristic Apple logo was popping up on my screen as my laptop booted-up Apple’s OS/X Leopard wasn’t the astonishing part. The astonishing part was that Apple’s OS/X Leopard operating system was booting up on my Toshiba laptop, NOT my Mac laptop. We are talking about my 13” Toshiba laptop that shipped to me with a factory fresh copy of Windows Vista. We are talking about my 13”, Intel Dual Core, 2Gigs of RAM, 160Gig hard drive Toshiba laptop that had previously performed as if it had been dipped in molasses, drizzled with tar, and spoon-fed lard throughout its infancy. And when I say that OS/X made my previously sludge-bound computer feel FAST... Let's just say it was like upgrading from a Ford Focus to a BMW 3 Series. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 12 April 2008 )
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Tech-4-Execs: De-Mystifying Virtual Systems |
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Written by Site Admin
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Saturday, 12 April 2008 |
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Welcome to another installment of “Tech-4-Execs”! This series of focused white papers demystifies geek speak, helping executives get a better handle on the technologies that impact their company and transform their efficiency. Everywhere you turn these days you hear pro geeks throw around the word “virtual.” It means different things to different people, but to most it means something like “somewhere out there.” If it’s “virtual” you can’t put your hands on it. You can’t see it. You certainly can’t pick it up and move it. When something is “virtual” it’s nothing more than an amorphous blob of bits and bytes. So what in the world is a “virtual” machine? For that matter, when your top geeks talk in terms of “virtual servers,” what are they talking about? Can you get your hands on them? Can you pick them up and move them around? Can they fail? Can they be expanded? How do you replace them? What exactly do they do for you? More than all of that, how can virtual computing save you big money when you look at your IT support costs every year? Read on for the answer to this and other questions about "virtual servers" and "virtual computing... |
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