Posts by reddiesel

Open-source world resurrects Oracle-free Solaris project OmniOS

That's great news. Using it now for some time as a NAS head, with replication to a remote site over wireless link.

Huge ransomware outbreak spreads in Ukraine and beyond

dailymail..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4643752/Europe-hit-new-WannaCry-virus.html

The Daily Mail reporting same... with some dubious error messages on screens, which don't look necessarily related.

Bitcoin breaks US$1,000

Re: Sudden crash coming again?

That didn't take long....

http://uk.businessinsider.com/bitcoin-price-falls-on-january-6-2017-1?r=US&IR=T

Europe to order Apple to cough up 'one beeellion Euros in back taxes'

up to €13Bn + interest

According to the European Commission press release:

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-2923_en.htm

EMC insiders say Salesforce has ordered $75m of its kit

new arrays?

could that be VMAX

Server vendors? Pah, they're mere resellers

HPE.

HPE have been selling Hyper-Converged systems for some time.

https://www.hpe.com/uk/en/integrated-systems/hyper-converged.html

VMware: Yep, ESXi bug plays 'finders keepers' with data backups

We were told about this already:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/27/esxi_is_telling_fibs_to_backup_software/

BT snatches crown: Soars to top of complaints list

FAIL

my landline number has been offline for almost 2 weeks now, whilst the BB works fine, both are with BT. constant calls to them to sort out, failed promises to return calls no-one understanding the problem, repeating the same issue to every call center staff member. I wish I could get out of the contract to be honest,