ongoing · I’ve Seen This Movie
Tim Bray is ticked and he’s not going to take it any more: in I’ve Seen This Movie, Tim blogs, One would assume that the world’s largest software company, when facing a technology choice, would take...
View ArticleResistance is not futile
Tim O’Reilly notes in Update: Firefox vs. IE in OReilly Network Logs, “as of last month, Firefox passed IE, with 46% of all access to OReilly sites, vs IEs 45%.” Now, one percent is not significant,...
View ArticleEd Fosters Gripelog || No Shame Over Bogus Eli/New Hill Subscriptions
Over at Ed Fosters Gripelog, No Shame Over Bogus Eli/New Hill Subscriptions takes on one of the worst operations I’ve ever had the misfortune to get tangled up with: I’m occasionally accused of...
View ArticleMicrosoft fixes 14 flaws in 9 patches; 6 are critical – Security – News –...
ZDNet Asia does a nice job of summarizing August’s MS patches: Microsoft fixes 14 flaws in 9 patches; 6 are critical. Lots of critical software to patch: XML processing, Office, OLE Automation, GDI and...
View ArticleJim Louderback: Passing the Torch
I’ve been disappointed for years that “PC” Magazine didn’t recognize that Windows was just one option of what to run on a “PC.” In his farewell column as Editor-in-Chief of PC Magazine, Jim Louderback...
View ArticleSeptember 2007 Microsoft patches on their way…
The SANS Internet Storm Center presents an overview of the September 2007 Microsoft patches and their status: several “remote code exploit” issues with Office, Messenger, the Crystal Reports bundled in...
View ArticleClippy on a rampage: exploit code appears for Microsoft Agent bug
September 13, 2007 Computerworld —Exploit code appears for Microsoft Agent bug “It took less than 24 hours for attackers to crank out proof-of-concept code targeting the one critical vulnerability...
View ArticleFoxPro Advisor, RIP
From the Advisor website: This information is for you, if you are a current subscriber to any of these Advisor magazines, journals or guides: Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visual...
View ArticleKen Levy leaving Microsoft
Ken blogs, “After working at Microsoft for over 7 years as an employee and almost 5 years before that as a contractor/vendor, I’ve decided it’s time for me to do become independent and start my own...
View ArticleLAMP – Linux, Apache, Microsoft?!?!!, PHP?
For a new client project, I’m configuring LAMP in a way I have not before. The “M” in LAMP, often referred to as Middleware or the trademark of a certain database, is Microsoft in this case, Microsoft...
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