August 23rd, 2009
I try many software products over the course of a year. Some I install directly on my primary desktop, if I think they are more “mainstream” products and not likely to destroy my PC. Sorry, I cannot speak to MAC, as I do not operate one currently. Alternatively, I will install the product on a test PC that I have, where if it does not work well, I have not disrupted my primary working PC. I test out and run these products to get a sufficient level of comfort that I know some very general things [...]
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August 21st, 2009
I just finished reading the report on the development of the Linux kernel. The study reported on such items as; who is developing the source code, who pays those developers, how many lines of code are added, changed and deleted per release. The detailed report can be found at Linux Development Report . Give it a read not so much for the sheer number of numbers, but for the way companies can work together.
The new report is written by original authors and kernel developers Jonathan Corbet and Greg Kroah-Hartman, and the Linux Foundation’s Amanda McPherson. It is released by the [...]
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August 11th, 2009
I was reading some on-line journals the other day and noticed a question from a user “Who get more value from my CRM system, me or my consultant“. My first reaction was that this guy is a real jerk… what a stupid question to ask. Then I thought more about it and realized that like many CRM system implementers they haven’t taken the time to measure success or even set the criteria for success. So they can’t make a value judgment at all.
We all make value judgments all the time
In general people like to be [...]
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Please…. No more 8080
Those of you who run many of the linux/java applications know that number “8080″. Right. It is the port address that almost every program that runs wants to use, http://localhost:8080/SomeApp. Unfortunately, only one can use the port at the same time. I don’t want to waste my time anymore finding and changing, then remembering the new port address that I was forced to change so I can run these applications simultaneously.
Seems like there is no imagination out in software land. Can’t software developers find other numbers to use… It’s really not [...]
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