Posts by Tony Reeves 9 publicly visible posts • joined 14 Apr 2008
Scribblings? "RISC and x86 machines maintained their market share, while CISC machine revenues dropped 35.3 per cent."
X86 means CISC, so the above comment looks broken. However as market share and revenues are not the same thing the comment could be accurate, just a bit muddled...
Having attended the G2009 presentation by Microsoft to Govt entities today (without SSC involvement), not much has changed. Microsoft still has favorable terms to Govt agencies in NZ, to ensure perpetuation of lock-in. Pricing is not greatly changed, however that may well change in 2012 when the next roll-over happens.
Nothing has really changed that would give Linux fanboys reason for celebration.
"Anyway, customers can now get an HP-UX license in a few hours from HP's replicated servers instead of waiting a few days for it to arrive by mail."
Presumably confirmation of online delivery will still be sent via hardcopy in a series of very large boxes. Otherwise HP customers won't see value in the license fees (which proper OS vendors don't charge for).
For those who want more detailed research, and hopfully from a more definitive perspecive, have a look at Evans Data.. http://www.evansdata.com/research/strategic_development_research.php
While many results cost money, they do have some good free results and google is your friend.
"No matter what the geeks think, it's no use in a domestic environment until I can plug my USB webcam in and just have it work"
Bought a new Acer laptop recently, installed Solaris Nevada b96 (latest release then). Everything on the Acer just works, including the web cam. Better result than XP or Vista, that both require vendor supplied drivers.
Don't let the other side know what you know. If US Govt and related intelligence/military Depts had half a clue they would have said nothing and let the trading continue where they can see the action (or lack of it). Having now alerted any baddies to their oversight of ebay and Craigslist they will just go elsewhere (if they really went there in the first place).
But maybe they have no clues, or there is some other, more sinister plot, that I don't grep.
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