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Archive for March, 2008

Sigh — Windows Vista

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Dang.  Had to buy a copy of Windows Vista today so I can test on it (don’t worry, I won’t develop on it).  The whole purchase makes me feel like a criminal, and I did everything right, what with all the anti-piracy “protections” and the phone home effects.
And then there is the whole question of [...]

BSD/Apache as theft????

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Enter The JBoss Matrix
C’mon Mr. Fleury, really?  People are stealing BSD/Apache code?  How can one steal something that we are giving away?  That’s like saying I am stealing air every time I breathe.  If anything, more people steal (L)GPL code, if you assume the notion of theft applies at all, given that they use it [...]

Downside to working from home

Friday, March 7th, 2008

I love working from home, but I have been experiencing one downside when it comes to my job.  When I go out on site to do training, etc. I am finding that come 2 or 3 pm, my voice is usually getting pretty scratchy from talking way more than I usually do, since I don’t [...]