... Microsoft has an easier job at making things simple because there are fewer features to support. The problem with Microsoft is that everyone has learned...
I agree with Gregg. Whatever happened to "strength in diversity" which is what we have in Java? I don't want just one way to do things. The various tools...
I try and avoid criticising specific vendors in my Groups, but I must confess that the thought of Microsoft gaining hegemony in any more technological areas...
... Is that a reason for not using the Mac as your development machine? With my current Mac setup, iMac 20" intel duo, I'm running OS X, Windows XP, Ubuntu,...
"Microsoft has an easier job at making things simple because there are fewer features to support." Microsoft? Simple? I never would have thought to pair those...
"Linux might be wonderful, but where are the applications, particularly applications with a good user interface for non-techies?" Well, frankly, they are...
... particularly ... home ... systems. It ... listed ... that ... they ... Quaint, yes, Patrick, but some of us do not use an IDE for our correspondence:) The...
Has this now become YAMM (Yet Another Microsoft Moan)? It's likely that the problematic machine hasn't been set up well or even more likely has some device...
Eiren O'Keeffe
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Jun 2, 2006 9:50 am
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Thank you, Eiren. I am not a techy and if we were in the same vicinity I would ask you the favour of looking over my machine. Yes, in a way it is another YAMM...
... Every device I have ever bought for the Mac, since it's inception, has worked flawlessly. Oh, wait a minute, except for one... A wireless Microsoft mouse I...
... Well, Microsoft is not simple from your perspective, true. But, their job of managing change and multiple implementations and competing mechanisms is...
... When Scott McNealy was still stabing at Microsoft during JavaOne events, he did make the off the cuff comment... "At least I didn't have to send an email...
<<AJAX and its kin are empowering developers, but with great power comes great responsibility. Asynchronous or remote scripting has been lurking in the...
<<Companies in all industries are reaching out to every corner of the world creating wonderful opportunities coupled with massive challenges. Ultimately, the...
<<NASHVILLE, Tenn.--The One Laptop per Child project will make Linux as popular on the desktop as it is on the server today, according to Nicholas Negroponte,...
<<Diageo Chateau & Estates Wines (DC&E), a division of drinks giant Diageo, has launched a new e-learning tool to help its distributors sell wine. That is a...
<<Google's launch last week of a new Web-based spreadsheet application generated waves of headlines, though the app is unlikely to cause more than a ripple in...
<<Recently, my buzzword detector went off when I tried to attend the monthly New England Java Users Group meeting and found myself wait-listed: The room with a...
... Really? Have you ever used Web Start? It blows. You can't send links around to folks, it typically takes forever to load (if developed as one big Java...
<<Trend said one reason open-source software has fewer security issues is the variety of Linux distributions. Although they use the same kernel, if one...
<<One thing on which most people involved in business would agree is the need for some mechanism for collaboration with partners. What does this mean in...
<<Apple Computer made headlines back in April when it said it would offer its own software--Boot Camp--for loading Windows onto Macs. However, Boot Camp...
<<"THE Google brand has taken on a life of its own," concedes Jim Lanzone, the boss of Ask.com, the fourth-largest but fastest-growing search engine, and this...
Interesting. What I want to know is are there any decent search engines that honor punctuation? For example, say I want to search for the "-warn" flag to...
<<Google listens to screen routine Google worker wearing a Google t-shirt The technology could lead to more personal advertising A system that lets your...
Security seems to become an ever larger preoccupation when choosing applciation platforms/architectures and building the applciations themselves: <<Four years...
Is this goal here one laptop per child or Linux promotion? From: n-gaa@yahoogroups.com [mailto:n-gaa@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Gervas Douglas Sent: Monday,...
... This is a fair question, which I guess only Mr. Negroponte can answer. Presumably they went for Linux mainly on cost and customisability grounds....
<<Zoho has just released an online presentation/slideshow app (i.e. a web-based Powerpoint), which is an app I've been waiting for. In my Best of Breed Web...
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