The City Council of Madrid will distribute 544M Eur in Sun Software for free
Aug 31, 2005 Uncategorized
Tweet Yesterday I saw in the news this headlines ‘ The City Council of Madrid will distribute software for citizens and enterprises for free’. The City Council has got an agreement with Sun Microsystems to distribute for free three million copies of StarOffice 7 and Java Desktop System. The market value of the agreement is [...]
Google Desktop 2 screwed up my MS Outlook 2003
Aug 22, 2005 Uncategorized
Tweet When I saw the new version of the Google Desktop 2 in the Google Desktop Download, I downloaded and installed it immediately.It really looks cool, with some interesting stuff in the new Sidebar. Well, not very interesting for a Spanish guy living in Spain and not in the US… But Google is global and [...]
Why I do prefer Java to .NET
Aug 19, 2005 Uncategorized
Tweet I have been managing (and developing…) projects in both technologies (Java since 1997 and .NET since 2003), and must recognize that time has only proven my fears about these technologies. So I will enumerate my thoughts about them, and why I do prefer Java: Company philosophy: Microsoft has a non-written rule of ‘deliver the [...]
Cisco and Nokia merge
Aug 8, 2005 Uncategorized
Tweet When I saw this morning the news about the possible merge ofNokia and Cisco I tought it was a summer rumour by an analyst with a fistfull of Nokia shares… but it seems it could be something behind the rumour.Some facts about both companies: Nokia revenues for 2004 were at 29.3 billion euros Cisco [...]
Linux drivers for Wifi cards?
Aug 2, 2005 Uncategorized
Tweet May be Linux is the most popular OS for server side applications in small environments, but still lacks of popularity in the desktop. As an example, buy a Wifi card and look for its Linux drivers. Surprise! The manufacturer includes drivers for all Windows species, but nothing about Linux.Thanks to the Open Source Community, [...]
