Monthly Archives: January 2003
Linux Looms for Microsoft
Microsoft Corp. must learn to cooperate with Linux and open-source developers to ensure better interoperability, rather than porting its products to Linux, enterprise users...
Road to Open Source
Whether its determining what constitutes a milk quality grade or finding out when you can dig for clams in Narragansett Bay, the citizens of...
SCO Linux 4 Is Rough Around the Edges but Shows Promise
As much as Linux is pitted against Windows in the popular imagination, Linux has enjoyed perhaps more success supplanting Unix in the enterprise. The...
Santa Spat Reveals Important Points
NASA and NORAD, the space folks and the air defense folks, respectively, pretended (I think) to have a bit of a turf war during...
Carriers Work to Plug Loopholes
Wireless carriers are backpedaling on unlimited service offerings as smart customers figure out how to patch their phones to their laptops to take undue...
Iomega Boosts NAS Capacity
Iomegas latest P415 series, released late last year, has the highest-capacity NAS devices Iomega offers.I tested the $6,000 Windows-powered P415m, which comes with 720GB...
4D, FMS Development Tools Aid Mac OS X, Access Shops
New tools from 4D Inc. and FMS Inc., respectively, will aid developers who use Apple Computer Inc.s Mac OS X and Microsoft Corp.s Access...
Sun Opens Grid Integration Code
Sun Microsystems Inc. is giving its grid portal technology to the open-source community.The Santa Clara, Calif., company has been beta testing its Grid Engine...
Fearless Predictions for the New Year
Its been years since Ive written a predictions column, and looking back at my efforts, I can see why I stopped. Unfortunately, this is...
.Net Products, From Server to Titanium, Due This Year
Microsoft Corp. plans an all-out product blitz this year, providing little respite to enterprises and consumers weary of relatively rapid software upgrade cycles and...