Wake up Microsoft! Novell is done licking their wounds. Introducing LAMM.

Wake up Microsoft! Novell is done licking their wounds. Introducing LAMM.. The title to this post just doesn't do it justice. But I didn't know how else to put it. For the last decade I have watched Microsoft erode Novell's marketshare in the networking world. If you have been around long enough, you might remember… Continue reading Wake up Microsoft! Novell is done licking their wounds. Introducing LAMM.

Queen honors iPod designer

Queen honors iPod designer. The chief designer of Apple's digital music player was named in the Queen's Honours List. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

Internet Sales Show Big Gains Over Holidays

Internet Sales Show Big Gains Over Holidays. Online retailers experienced a stellar holiday season, as stores like Wal-Mart and Target cemented their place on the Web. By MICHAEL BARBARO. [NYT > Technology]

Boutique Software

Boutique Software. Gus Mueller, author of VoodooPad, writes a report on three years of building a small Macintosh software business. One thing he misses — or at least doesn't mention — is that the software business is seasonal: sales decline in the summer. The effect can be swamped by other factors — good news, major… Continue reading Boutique Software

Bush's Lewinsky Moment

Bush's Lewinsky Moment. While the claim that “Bush lied” has been overused, here is one you can take to the bank: Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires — a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about… Continue reading Bush's Lewinsky Moment

How to deploy a Rails application on lighttpd

How to deploy a Rails application on lighttpd. James Duncan Davidson has started a great series of recipes on deploying Rails applications. In Real Lessons for Rails Deployment, he examined the different options you have and some of the pitfalls you should watch out for. In Deploying Rails with LightTPD, James goes specific and tells… Continue reading How to deploy a Rails application on lighttpd