Sourcefire aquires ClamAV
Posted on September 22, 2007 by Ben Cecka
Having been a longtime supporter of the ClamAV project, I was interested to see the headline, Open Source Antivirus: ClamAV project sold to Sourcefire. ClamWin is actually the product that I’ve used extensively in the past. Our new self-service kiosk project at work is running this and doing beautifully through the test period.
The group was […]
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Why Linux? Windows Is Free!
Posted on August 16, 2007 by Ben Cecka
I read a very interesting article published by a member of the Tokyo Linux Users Group titled, Windows Is Free. Basically, the author is saying that because Microsoft Windows can be pirated, it can be compared to Linux at the same price level. Since most Linux distributions are free, as in free beer, and Windows […]
Windows and Linux Interoperability
Posted on August 4, 2007 by Ben Cecka
I’m encouraged by Red Hat’s move to not just assume direct and blind competition with Microsoft and their Windows Server line. Paul Cormier, executive vice president of engineering, told eWeek that he wants to work with them and, being a large purveyor of enterprise level server software, I think they’re a great player for Microsoft […]
Microsoft Surface Smackdown
Posted on June 21, 2007 by Ben Cecka
While I’m a huge fan of moving away from the standard keyboard/mouse user interface model, the humor in this video about Microsoft Surface is impeccable.
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What’s With the DRM Crowd?
Posted on June 1, 2007 by Ben Cecka
According to a BBC article titled Anger over DRM-free iTunes tracks, the music downloading crowd isn’t happy with their new DRM-free music. The problem is that the person who downloads the track has personal information embedded into it. Maybe I’m a little out of touch, but I don’t see the problem with this. You want […]
Linus Takes on Microsoft
Posted on May 18, 2007 by Ben Cecka
Personal Computer World tells us that Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel, “has asked Redmond to name the infringements so that their veracity can be challenged and workarounds found” in their article titled, Torvalds tells Microsoft to put up or shut up.
It’s almost becoming characteristic of Microsoft to call foul against Linux and then […]
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