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Small Business Server
So, you own a small business with between 5 and 15 employees and need to buy a server. Which one should you get – Windows based or Mac OS X based? Let’s look at the costs involved, because lets face it, businesses need to make money, right?
Microsoft elbowing themselves onto the One Laptop Per Child project
Microsoft is working to adapt a basic version of XP so that it is compatible with the nonprofit One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Foundation’s small green-and-white XO laptop. The OLPC machine uses low-powered technology with limited processing power, no Hard Drive, and little memory but has a target price of $100 per laptop to enable […]
Which Mac should you get? An old switcher’s guide for new switchers
I first tried a Mac in, oh, about 1986. I hated it. Tiny little box with a screen in it, and the salesman sat me in front of it and tried to persuade me of its (expensive) merits by opening practically the only software they had for it – a Paint program. I wasn’t impressed. […]
When the Government becomes a Fanboy (but says they’re not)
There was an interesting debate in Parliament about computing last week. Does the UK Government favour Microsoft? Fanboys come in two flavours: the committed and devoted user with no financial stake to protect, just the defence of their decision to use one solution or another as an expression of their ego or intellectual snobbery; and […]
The little bit of Microsoft that I like
I’ll be honest, most of what Microsoft does I don’t like. But somewhere deep in the bowels of the giant monopoly abuser are some good people doing some good coding and producing some interesting and profitable programs despite the efforts of the upper echelons to cripple good ideas. First of all, forget the top two. […]
When it comes to Microsoft, is BBC news coverage biased?
First thing you have to understand is that most people believe the BBC to be the de rigeur news organisation in the world, compelled by its Charter to be unbiased politically, economically, and in fact in all areas. But when it comes to Microsoft, the BBC does seem to have quite a few MS fanboys […]
Bumbling BBC gives away millions to Microsoft with exclusive 2 year viewer lock-in! (Updated)
Yes, it’s true, the Executive of the BBC is giving Microsoft the equivalent of millions in revenue. For free. On an exclusive basis. They don’t seem to have even realised the commercial implications of what they are doing. But this blogger does. The BBC wants to begin offering a BBC on-demand TV over the internet […]
Open Standards
There’s a lot of hoohaa around at the moment that’s revolving around the standards to be used for future documents. For years the .doc proprietary format for Word files has ruled the roost, courtesy of the Windows monopoly and the fact that MS Office is a pretty capable program that would probably be able to […]
Fifth Decade 