Hi All, If you follow my Blog and a few do, I support open source. There is so much to be had for free e.g. Linux operating systems, applications, replacements for everything that you have been programmed to follow and not explore. Basically, I didn’t follow the herd, but went on to explore something new. [...]

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Hi All, Given the present state of the global economy many municipalities are looking at something different. Well, I’ve been using free open source applications and standards for a long time now. Basically, I know how to save some bucks. Vancouver city council has endorsed the principles of making its data open and accessible to [...]

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Hi All, Say it ain’t so! And I thought it was only me. LOL! If you believe the results of the first annual Fiasco Awards then the answer would appear to be an unequivocal yes considering that Vista got a rather staggering 86 percent of the vote for the worst performing IT product of the [...]

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Hi All, I keep looking for convergence. What will happen in the future as the world gets smaller and we are all interconnected. Color me a computing freak that has been to over 80+ countries around the world. I’ve worked myself around the world. Consider the print media. I follow several US on-line newspapers. I [...]

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Hi All, I run a Linux system, and have not adopted the iPhone, and keep looking into the future. Where are we going here? For the last 20 years I’ve been portable with notebooks and laptops. Usually a new portable runs around US$1,200. I get it and then re-format the hard disk drive to wipe [...]

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Hi All , This is sort of reverse osmosis. Mom needs to save some money. I’ve been, and my son running Linux for the last 10 years. He is in Germany, and I here in the US. Mom is happy that both his son and grandchild have something in common. We all run Linux. Mom [...]

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Hi All, If you are a serious computer user – after about 10 years – you realize that Microsoft has been using us. I certainly do feel being used. Travel somewhere and your Microsoft system doesn’t work. I’ve been to over 80+ countries and I grew tired of being asked to insert original Disk / [...]

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Hi All, Linux is everywhere. Read on… From the ‘statistics are flexible‘ files: There has been a lot of noise this week about new numbers from NetApplications showing Linux at 1 percent. That’s 1 percent on the desktop as measured by one firm’s sampling of a very large market. The number of 1 percent on [...]

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Hi All, This from Slashdot (/.) “Law prof Eugene Volokh blogs about a US House of Representatives bill proposed by Rep. Linda T. Sanchez and 14 others that could make it a federal felony to use your blog, social media like MySpace and Facebook, or any other Web media ‘to cause substantial emotional distress through [...]

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Hi All, I run Linux and all that open source goodness. I run free, and am now running the latest Ubuntu. Big companies see something here. Hey, I run everything for free, and use open source. And the big guys think think that they are up to date. And the beginning…

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Hi All, What was with this hype about Twitter? And, I thought that I had the Swine Flu. LOL! Are both virii? It’s good to know I am not alone: Many other people use Twitter a few times and can’t think of a good reason to come back. With all the hype about Twitter’s 140-character [...]

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Hi All, I found this – Windows 7 free and legal until 2010. Yeah – right. I tried to hack my way into a response. You read here, and register. Some people like to get their free Microsoft products by adopting the eye patch and a parrot approach via sites such as The Pirate Bay. [...]

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