Blog- thoughts on the state of IT
- Best License? 01/09/2010
The software world seems to be divided into two camps, free open source software advocates, and proprietary closed software supporters, but maybe there should be another alternative. - Bad Internet Journalism 27/05/2009
Generally when I write opinion pieces, I write about technical issues, but today I simply have to comment on an absurd piece by a 'journalist' complaining about the internet. - Vista Sucks! 17/11/2008
After a year on the market, I finally get my own copy of Vista, and soon discover it's every bit as bad as all the nightmare tales out there. - Bad Journalism 30/09/2008
Today I opened my local community newspaper to read an idiotic diatribe by someone who claims to be an IT journalist. In theory the article was about Linux. In reality it didn't really say anything about Linux, and was full of stereotypes that might - GNU GPL 25/02/2008
The GNU General Public Licence and Lesser General public licence exist with the noble aim of keeping software ideas public and freely available to all, but sometimes this isn't a good thing. - The end of Windows 98 03/10/2007
Microsoft has withdrawn support for updates to Microsoft Windows 98 and ME. What does this mean if you're still running one of these versions? - Hasta la Vista 01/03/2007
Windows Vista, is Microsoft's latest Windows, but you may not want to rush out and buy it just yet. - Upgrades - worth it? 14/09/2005
Every year or two, companies like Microsoft want us to update our software (and often our hardware). Is it really worth it?
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