Software this and that
I’ve been tasked with making a case against WebSphere (or Websphincter as I like to call it) which I have no problems with. The issue I’m having, there seems to be a lack of WebSphere criticism that can be used with senior management types (hopefully it’s a matter of not finding it yet.)
If you have any erudite comments on the (un)fitness of WebSphere in the Enterprise please leave a comment.
rTunes for iTunes 8.1.x (I’ve tested it with 8.1.0.52) for Windows only at this time.
My Mac Mini is being shipped so hopefully I’ll have a mac update sooner than later.
You can get the latest release here: http://www.agwego.com/rtunes/
I’ve finally have a release of rTunes for iTunes 8.0.x (I’ve tested it with 8.0.1.11 and 8.0.2.20) Windows only at this time. I’m trying to update an old Mac G4 to do the Mac port. You can get the latest release here: http://www.agwego.com/rtunes/
I have an update of rTunes ready that will work with iTunes 8, unfortunately a tree fell out behind the house and took out my neighbourhood’s telephone service (remarkably cable was unscathed.) So once Bell gets off their duff I’ll post the update.
Well, I gave core 9 another chance, and it seems to work a little better than the first time I installed it, the secret seems to be disabling the NetworkManager.
The big issue I’ve found when installing VMWare server on Fedora is that after there is a kernel update it is no longer straight forward to install VMWare since it is unlikely the default config will work with the new kernel. This means installing kernel sources, which of course are no longer installed with fedora any more.
So on a good day all you need is the version of the kernel you are currently using and then issue the command: yum install kernel-devel, with the current version of Core 9 (updated Oct. 31, 2008) the include path you would use is: /lib/modules/2.6.26.6-79.fc9.i686/build/include
See: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f9/en_US/sn-Kernel.html for more detailed information.
As always you mileage may vary.
Honestly, could IBM make a product any more complicated? To download websphincter for linux and windows requires 9GB of disk space, thats Gigabyte with a capital G. Core blind me, I’m 17% through the down load and just 139 hours left to go. I’m not joking, I wish I were, and IBM chooses such clever and meaningful names for the downloads like C18BRML.zip, WTF, I’m sorry I left my rosetta stone up your asshole. Needless to say, I’m sure more fun will ensue.
I like Fedora/Red Hat it’s the only linux distro I’ve used in the last 5 years, but Core 9 is DOA. Any OS that doesn’t properly start its networking (and I’m not the only one to experience this) doesn’t make the grade. I’ve now down graded to Core 8 which seems much more stable (is Fedora turning into the Star Trek franchise?) Core 9 looks nice, but I’m going to wait for 10 after this experience, namely “no networking”, start the network via /etc/init.d/network and then login, guess what the UI doesn’t recognize the active network, and I say piss of.
This poor guy is complaining about how hosting sites that offer Microsoft based hosting are more expensive than LAMP, no really, and herein lies that real proof that MS claims about Windows TCO being lower than Linux are exposted for the marketing lies that they are.
The killing rates of ” Windows Web Hosting ” and additional charges for ” SQL Server ” with many unexplained cache in calculations, were the main reasons to add frustration in proceeding further with the Microsoft Career.
Via: http://ironruby.blogspot.com/2008/03/windows-hosting-rates-are-killing.html
This isn’t the first study I’ve seen on this topic of productivity is proportional to your screen real estate, but it dows put a price on this productivity.
Can you see your way to wasting less time? One new study says yes: Organizations that upgrade their employees’ standard-format monitors to widescreen displays can realize productivity gains equivalent to 76 extra work days a year per worker, as well as annual cost savings of more than $8,600 per staff member, according to a recent survey. (That math assumes a staffer who makes $32,500 annually.)
The headline: Pythons Will Colonize U.S.
Its global warming Al Gore’s fault!