Entries from Geeky Baldisms tagged with 'Microsoft'
Tax Breaks
Are you like me? Taxed to death? Yet, pay taxes we do, because it's the law. Ya know, if we all had billions of dollars to spend on lawyers and lobbyists, maybe we wouldn't be in that boat: Click here...
Taking a Sip of the MS Kool-Aid
I have just returned from a week of asp.net training, at the behest (and the kind compliments of) my employer. First impression: I've given dot net programmers WAY too much credit. With Visual Studio, asp.net is quite simple to pick...
Microsoft Taxpaying as Opposed to Mine
In 2008, I made a modest amount of money working for my employer. Well above the average mean income for my area, as befits my IT skills, but still quite modest when compared with other white-collar jobs. I make some...
Oh My Dear Lord, What's Happened to Windows Server?
At my workplace, I've managed to integrate Linux and Active Directory so that I can use AD groups to control access to intranet sites. That was quite a breakthrough, allowing me to move my MySQL/PHP-driven apps onto Linux, where they...
Running Windows Server? I Admire Your Patience!
I run a Windows XP virtual machine (VMWare) that was living on a three-year-old Dell 2950 server with dual Xeons, six gigs of RAM, and Windows Server 2003. I say WAS. That machine was a dog. It was as slow...
My Windows Virtual Machine is Off by an Hour
I just noticed that my Windows virtual machine is off by an hour. No problem. I'll just download the KB931836 patch and fix it. So, I begin by visiting the Windows Update site via IE. I get scanned, the site...
The Microsoft Ship Begins to List
McDonald's is #1 in the fast food industry. They dominate, but not overwhelmingly so. Burger King made inroads several years back to knock the golden arches off of their perch at #1. During this time, they attacked McDonald's by name...
The Silverlight Blight
Problem: Flash sucks. Microsoft solution: create a proprietary standard that doesn't suck quite as much. It will work great on XP and Vista. Oh, and Mac has made some serious inroads on our desktop, we'd better make it play nice...
Reason #2,187 to Try Linux
I recently made this post in reply to a Windows user (a reasonable one) at Computerworld: Here's the "profound" truth that I finally learned about Linux: You can fix stuff. One of the most maddening things about Windows (including XP)...
Five Steps for Those Who Would save Others from Vista
I just got off the phone with my best friend, for whom I installed Ubuntu 8.10 on his laptop. I installed it two weeks ago. His main concern with Vista was that it wouldn't play ball with his office network....
Sue Microsoft for Spam Bots?
While reading the latest spam crisis report, a thought occurred to me. This world is incredibly litigation-happy. If some yutz injures himself doing something foolish and dangerous, he's liable to hire a lawyer and go after someone, and sure enough,...
Crossover Pro for Linux
One of the simple, sad facts about switching from Windows to Ubuntu is that you must give up certain Windows apps, unless you want to jump through some hoops. One hoop is running a virtual machine under VMWare, or any...
OSALT.com
One of the things that makes people nervous about switching to Linux (and justifiably so) is the prospect of doing without one's favorite programs. That was certainly a major hurdle that I had to clear. I did so by going...
Computing in Tough Economic Times
Computerworld columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols recently posted this article on his blog. In it, he showed how a serious economic downturn may be good news for the open-source movement. He outlined five specific programs that can be replaced by FOSS...
AdBlock Plus vs. AdSense
I use Firefox exclusively.One of Firefox's most popular extensions is AdBlock plus. AdBlock plus, by default, blocks Google ads. That means that webmasters like myself, who allow text ads on their site (including Google AdSense) are now seeing their revenue...
ZDNet, What's up with Ed Bott and His Comment Section?
Some of my earliest, happiest memories of computing involve the fine folks over at ZDNet. From the mega-cool PCMag utilities to the excellent informative journalism that is found in their print publications, my overall impression of this publishing house is...
The Door Is Open?
This article by Computerworld's Cyber-Cynic, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, says that MS has fubarred their desktop scenario so badly by dropping XP (despite customer pleadings to the contrary) and pushing Vista that the door is wide open for Linux and Macs...
Vista to Firefox: Thou Shalt Not!
A non-computer-literate (that sounds less harsh than computer-illiterate ;-) friend asked me for some advice yesterday. He told me that his virus scanner was popping up and bugging him for money to stay current. I told him I'd come over...
A World Without Microsoft
I woke up feeling funny yesterday morning. The sun was shining brightly through the window, but it was the same window that the setting sun uses to illuminate my bedroom! Strange... I went to the sink to shave. Being slightly...
"Every Home Will Have a Computer"
I used to hear that a lot back in the 60's and 70's. Not only would every home have a computer, but it would be doing things like controlling our appliances, lights, and security systems. Well, some of us have...
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