A Sad Farewell to Linux
Posted on February 24, 2008 by Ben Cecka
It is with much regret that I must part ways with my vision for integrating Linux into the desktop and non-web server environment at work. A man much wiser than me explained that there are 3 factors to consider when making technology investments (it actually works in a much broader sense as well). The Powers […]
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Norton Antivirus for Mac
Posted on December 10, 2007 by Ben Cecka
So Norton has released a version of their flagship product for the Mac? Please tell me this isn’t so!
All that I can say here is that I hope Mac users have paid attention to Windows users with Symantec’s products — specifically Norton Antivirus. I’ll admit that on my personal Linux machines I don’t run anything […]
PAWN Language
Posted on November 13, 2007 by Ben Cecka
After all these years of avoiding the gritty language of C, my last class forced me to get into just that. Honestly, other than being much more detailed in data-types, I found the logic control to be very comfortable given my experience with PHP.
So, now that I’ve been getting familiar with the syntax I realized […]
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 […]
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