WTF?! moment #347

This quote from an eWeek article on Windows Server 2008 really surprised me (from Microsoft’s Iain McDonald, the managing director for Windows Server): “We can tell which hypervisor they are running on and to be honest, I see zero on Linux. We see VMware rather than Xen because it’s not really out there in production [...]

The Mother of all Format Wars

This is a really good article on Gizmodo.  Check it out.

IE7 Sucks, So do Firefox 2 and Opera 9

This article on Wired (titled: “More Firefox Bloat? Say it ain’t so Mozilla“) is pretty good, and I can sympathize with most of it.  However, the statement at the very end attributed to Chris Pirillo: “For the record, Pirillo says he swears by the lightweight Maxthon browser.” is just fucking stupid.  I have to hope [...]

May 15th: The Death of Net Radio

Do what you can to save Net Radio in the western world. Left as-is, it will all end or shift overseas. If you think it’s worthless or a dumb cause, fine. But you should read up on what’s at stake and who’s greasing who’s palms to make this happen. The CRB and SoundExchange folks appear [...]

Paper Models for Profit