Monthly Archives: March 2007
The Year of OpenSolaris
At the end of 2006, ZDnet blogger Paul Murphy made what I thought at the time to be a poor prediction: That 2007 will...
E-Commerce Sites Cant Replicate Catalog Experience
Im weak. Weak, weak, weak. Im a sucker whos been played like a fiddle by savvy advertising types.
Sure, I like to think that Im...
Say It Ain’t So, SAP
What I particularly like about Oracle's lawsuit against SAP, wherein Oracle charges its rival with "corporate theft on a grand scale," is that it...
Microsoft Xbox Phone Staffers Giving Away Private Information
Hijackers are getting access to Xbox Live gaming accounts, credit cards and PayPal accounts with repeated calls to support staff, who are easy prey...
Red Hat Needs to Lighten Up
When I learned that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, which is a big release for Red Hat to which I've been looking forward for...
IT Crunch Factor Has Bite
A lot of technology stories use the word "crunch." Usually the crunch is a "coming crunch," as in an expected shortage of IT workers,...
Microsoft Plays to All Developers
Microsofts developer division wants you.Long known for its aggressive courting of professional developers, the software company is now viewing all its systems as development...
Oracle Suit Could Bring a World of Woe to SAP
It will be fascinating to learn what possible answers and defenses SAP has to offer to Oracles astounding charges that its enterprise applications archrival...
Kass: Microsoft Sharpens Vision
Andrew Kass is a general manager in the Microsoft Developer Division who has been in charge of developing the companys Visual Studio Team System...
HP to Acquire Online Photo Company
In an effort to keep pace with the growing online photo-sharing and photo printing markets, Hewlett-Packard has announced its plans to acquire Tabblo, a...