http://mrpogson.com One man. Closing, all the windows. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:36:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/04/ziff-davis-enterprise-sold/ http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/04/ziff-davis-enterprise-sold/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:36:49 +0000 Robert Pogson http://mrpogson.com/?p=10043 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } Ziff Davis Enterprise runs a bunch of relevant websites: eweek.com, desktoplinux.com, linuxdevices.com, and more. Heads have rolled, apparently, and future directions are not public. ZD had problems adjusting from print to publishing on the web. This sale follows a reorganization from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection back in 2008. Time will tell us what’s next. It [...]]]> http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/04/ziff-davis-enterprise-sold/feed/ 0 http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/03/more-fud-gone/ http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/03/more-fud-gone/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:25:08 +0000 Robert Pogson http://mrpogson.com/?p=10039 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } One of the key elements spread by FUDsters is the doubt about being able to do real stuff using */Linux. The naysayers trot out some pet application that they may never have used as an example of an application not available on FLOSS systems. The reality is that FLOSS on a general-purpose computer can do [...]]]> http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/03/more-fud-gone/feed/ 12 http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/03/bill-to-end-long-firearm-registry-up-for-final-reading-in-canadian-house-of-commons/ http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/03/bill-to-end-long-firearm-registry-up-for-final-reading-in-canadian-house-of-commons/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:39:30 +0000 Robert Pogson http://mrpogson.com/?p=10036 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } It’s been a long time coming but C-19 is proposed to be amended and debated next week. The Opposition intends to delete most of the clauses. The great day will be Monday, 2011-2-6. Then the thing should go on to the Senate and Royal Assent. Justice has been a long time coming back to Canada [...]]]> http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/03/bill-to-end-long-firearm-registry-up-for-final-reading-in-canadian-house-of-commons/feed/ 0 http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/03/linux-3-33-4-will-be-androidian/ http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/03/linux-3-33-4-will-be-androidian/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:29:41 +0000 Robert Pogson http://mrpogson.com/?p=10030 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } “The 3.3 kernel release will let you boot an Android userspace with no modifications, but not very good power management. The 3.4 kernel release will hopefully have the power management hooks that Android needs in it, along with a few other minor missing infrastructure pieces that didn’t make it into the 3.3 kernel release.” Linux [...]]]> http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/03/linux-3-33-4-will-be-androidian/feed/ 27 http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/03/british-telecom-recognizes-the-value-of-linux/ http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/03/british-telecom-recognizes-the-value-of-linux/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:11:00 +0000 Robert Pogson http://mrpogson.com/?p=10025 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } “BT plans an ambitious over-the-internet upgrade to over half a million customers, with Windows CE being replaced by a Linux variant, and a browser and middleware stack being provided by UK software house Oregan Networks – plus and a new cataloguing system and user-interface from Australian TV software biz, Massive Interactive, who provided much the [...]]]> http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/03/british-telecom-recognizes-the-value-of-linux/feed/ 0 http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/02/the-rise-of-gnulinux-on-the-desktop/ http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/02/the-rise-of-gnulinux-on-the-desktop/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:52:53 +0000 Robert Pogson http://mrpogson.com/?p=10020 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } According to NetApplications, GNU/Linux continues its rise on the desktop. The trendline shows 8% per month increase in share, 150% per annum. I don’t know what has changed in NetApplications’ world but in the real world, a rate of growth like that would make GNU/Linux the dominant desktop OS in 3.5 years. Android/Linux is on [...]]]> http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/02/the-rise-of-gnulinux-on-the-desktop/feed/ 2 http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/02/uk-looking-at-gnulinux-for-web-portal/ http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/02/uk-looking-at-gnulinux-for-web-portal/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:30:21 +0000 Robert Pogson http://mrpogson.com/?p=10013 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } Glyn Moody has more details on the new web portal being tested by gov.uk. It runs on GNU/Linux on Amazon EC2. They should save a ton of money by running that way combined with centralizing web services. Like many organizations, UK has grown sites/servers like dust bunnies and rationalizing them should provide a lot of [...]]]> http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/02/uk-looking-at-gnulinux-for-web-portal/feed/ 1 http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/02/the-chinese-are-back/ http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/02/the-chinese-are-back/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:11:15 +0000 Robert Pogson http://mrpogson.com/?p=10004 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } Now that New Year celebrations are over, we have some interesting new facts coming to light. The latest is that 531 million Chinese use the Internet. There are a lot that still do not but Of the Internet surfers, 391.77 million used broadband fixed-line access modes (xDSL, cable modem, fiber-optic and dedicated line) at home [...]]]> http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/02/the-chinese-are-back/feed/ 13 http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/02/internet-enabled-mobile-devices-steal-share/ http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/02/internet-enabled-mobile-devices-steal-share/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:04:19 +0000 Robert Pogson http://mrpogson.com/?p=10000 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } Further evidence of the impact of IEMDs on IT. IDC reports that the printing market has flattened and may remain flat with little growth for years to come because people are using smartphones and tablets to read documents rather than shuffling hard copies. Oh boy! Printing is one of the top uses of PCs in [...]]]> http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/02/internet-enabled-mobile-devices-steal-share/feed/ 6 http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/02/xpie6-in-the-enterprise/ http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/02/xpie6-in-the-enterprise/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:42:00 +0000 Robert Pogson http://mrpogson.com/?p=9997 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } According to The Register web stats showing IE6 down in USA:, “gathered by Net Applications, counts browsers running on Joe Netizen’s PC. It doesn’t count enterprise users. IE6 is dug in like a First World War sniper with 80 per cent of that market, according to Browsium” Wow! If that’s true then XP may also [...]]]> http://mrpogson.com/2012/02/02/xpie6-in-the-enterprise/feed/ 5