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Well, nothing momentuous here, I think. Just common sense. A UN inspector has recommended the use of open source software for developing countries, which is of course already happening. Brazil, Peru …
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The hard drive started showing symptoms already two weeks ago - while I was on a business trip in Hungary! There were more and more unreadable sectors, and the SMART daemon kept complaining about them …
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This server's old hard drive failed last week. "Did you have backups?" Yes, I did. "Had you tested your backups?" No, I hadn't. Seems my backup routine did not have enough access to all the files that …
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Thoughts based on Clayton M. Christensen, and his book "Innovator's Solution". The basic tenent is that product (or service) quality increases faster than the consumers' ability to utilize it. This is …
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We're now two months into CALIBRATE, a huge software development project funded by the European Schoolnet. It has close to 20 partners in different EU countries, and our team is coordinating one of …
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I had an extra wireless bridge (Buffalo WLA2-G54L) lying around and our current firewalling wireless AP (D-Link) was as crappy as can be. It's probably ok for just surfing and stuff, but for keeping …
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