Posts by rboote

The Palm Palm: The Derringer of smartphones

Re: re. "a phone for your phone"

I have a mini smart watch on my wrist so I can keep my main smart watch on my ankle!

Dell EMC courts HPE sales people with putrid Monty Python parody

Newsted hasn't been in Metallica in almost 15 years...

... Robert Trujillo wants his credit as the second-most forgotten about bass player in that group. Ron McGovney still reigns supreme at number one.

Italian MP threatens parents forcing veggie diets on kids with jail

Re: Criminal offence to impose a diet lacking in essential elements ?

". Did you know, they will not collect blood from anybody who spent more than one year in the United Kingdom between 1980 and 1996. Time to drag out and air your favourite pet conspiracy theory, but I suspect it has a lot to do with the horribly shitty way "food" becomes."

The U,S, Red Cross won't take blood donations from anyone who spent time in the U.K. in the 80s. It's to do with Mad Cow. I enjoy telling people I don't donate blood because I have it.

Flashy startup Apeiron wipes Splunk floor with XtremIO... says Apeiron

Re: Ape Iron?

I read this comment in Derek Zoolander's voice. I also think their corporate logo needs to be a Monkey getting wrinkles out of clothes, or wearing a suit of armour.

Comcast stabs set-top boxes in the back, pipes directly into smart TVs

Data Caps?

What about data caps? I'm assuming they'd have to exclude this usage from normal data caps in the markets they have them. I wonder how that jives with net neutrality.

Salesforce acquires AI startup MetaMind

Time Frame

A smart acquisition by Salesforce, no doubt, but the time frame for discontinuation seems really short. Paid users have less than 2 months to implement a transition plan? I understand the need to redirect attention to integration into the main Salesforce platform but it's a shame that existing users are put under such a short time frame.

IBM has to give Indiana some pocket change after $1.3bn web fiasco

Re: Yikes

The problem is, Winkypop, that in the good old days when you had a big problem that was destined for failure, IBM was who you went to to ensure it didn't. Big money, but big expertise all across the board meant pretty much guaranteed success.