Novell: Fighting the Microsoft FUD machine

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Novell: Fighting Microsoft's FUD machine

Novell: Fighting Microsoft's FUD machine 06/23/2004 03:50 PM
ZDNet Jun 23 2004 7:54PM GMT

Sun turns WSJ into Novell
buy spin machine

Sun turns WSJ into Novell
buy spin machine 08/02/2004 01:26 PM
Schwartz plays the press

Microsoft good at fighting viruses (?)

Microsoft good at fighting viruses (?) 06/29/2004 05:33 AM

Microsoft spam-fighting proposal
rejected

Microsoft spam-fighting proposal
rejected 09/19/2004 09:40 AM
CNEWS Sep 19 2004 2:14PM GMT

Microsoft develops cybercrime-fighting
tools

Microsoft develops cybercrime-fighting
tools 03/31/2005 03:28 AM
ZDNet Australia Mar 31 2005 7:05AM GMT

Microsoft Details Spam Fighting Plans

Microsoft Details Spam Fighting Plans 05/05/2004 03:35 PM

Microsoft vs. Novell, round two?

Microsoft vs. Novell, round two? 11/05/2003 10:51 AM
Some are suggesting that the planned acquisition of SuSE Linux AG by Novell Inc. could reignite an old battle between Novell and Microsoft. Novell owned a competing network operating system for file and print services, which lost market share to Windows in the mid-1990s. It's a blow Novell has struggled to recover from.

µWEBox Lite GSM/GPRS & GPS Intelligent
M2M (Machine to Machine) Rugged Box
Modem Family Launched by Comtech.

µWEBox Lite GSM/GPRS & GPS Intelligent
M2M (Machine to Machine) Rugged Box
Modem Family Launched by Comtech. 12/17/2004 06:31 PM
Intelligent wireless TCP/IP modems, which support application features including E-mail, FTP and automated I/O & GPS location reporting. - Part of a Box-to-Module-to-License design philosophy offering rapid time to market. - Eases integration of legacy equipment with Central Management applications. [PRWEB Nov 28, 2004]

Microsoft gives new life to Java Virtual
Machine

Microsoft gives new life to Java Virtual
Machine 04/15/2004 03:55 AM
ZDNet UK Apr 15 2004 8:46AM GMT

Microsoft Virtual Machine Has Very Real
Problem

Microsoft Virtual Machine Has Very Real
Problem 09/19/2002 03:51 PM

Removing Microsoft Java Virtual Machine

Removing Microsoft Java Virtual Machine 08/09/2004 08:31 PM

Microsoft extends Java Virtual Machine

Microsoft extends Java Virtual Machine 04/14/2004 03:55 PM
ZDNet Apr 14 2004 7:27PM GMT

Novell: Microsoft 'sucked $60 billion'
out of IT

Novell: Microsoft 'sucked $60 billion'
out of IT 09/13/2004 02:45 PM
CEO Jack Messman tells conference crowd that Microsoft's license fees have hobbled the IT industry.

Novell Sued Microsoft Through Caldera?

Novell Sued Microsoft Through Caldera? 05/15/2004 03:47 PM

Microsoft Scores Points Against
Competitors With Spam Fighting
Initiative

Microsoft Scores Points Against
Competitors With Spam Fighting
Initiative 04/27/2004 01:15 PM
ZDNet Apr 27 2004 5:20PM GMT

Microsoft wins nine-month reprieve for
Java machine

Microsoft wins nine-month reprieve for
Java machine 12/09/2003 09:46 AM
Microsoft will continue to support its Java virtual machine till September 2004, a nine-month extension that will make it easier for customers to find substitutes for the software.

The extension was largely implemented for the convenience of the software-buying world, according to representatives from Microsoft and Sun Microsystems. Microsoft has recently been encouraging customers to eliminate its Java virtual machine (JVM) from their desktops, notebooks and servers pursuant to an out-of-court settlement with Sun, but the transition is taking longer than anticipated.

Microsoft extends life of its Java
Virtual Machine

Microsoft extends life of its Java
Virtual Machine 04/14/2004 01:08 PM
In an early sign of teamwork between the software giant and Sun, Microsoft will extend support for its JVM to 2007. But distribution has been halted, along with all enhancements and bug fixes.

Extending Microsoft web reports by
Customizing Machine properties

Extending Microsoft web reports by
Customizing Machine properties 08/31/2004 03:20 PM

XP: Should I uninstall or upgrade
Microsoft Java Virtual Machine (JVM)?

XP: Should I uninstall or upgrade
Microsoft Java Virtual Machine (JVM)? 09/06/2004 06:07 PM
Tech-Recipes Sep 6 2004 9:30PM GMT

Novell: Linux turns up the heat on
Microsoft

Novell: Linux turns up the heat on
Microsoft 09/14/2004 09:04 AM
Novell chief executive Jack Messman sat down with ZDNet UK on Monday at BrainShare in Barcelona, and gave a typically combative take on the current state of the software industry. According to Messman, Microsoft is under immense pressure to ship Longhorn before Linux becomes an even more compelling alternative to Windows. "Microsoft's strategy is simple: to be able to sell something to keep their customers engaged," he said. Messman also claimed that Microsoft opted to release the WinFS file system as a separate product and ship Longhorn sooner rather than give Linux more time to mature.

Novell takes potshot at Microsoft kettle

Novell takes potshot at Microsoft kettle 09/15/2004 11:09 AM
ZDNet UK Sep 15 2004 3:15PM GMT

Microsoft 'sucked $60bn out of our
industry', says Novell CEO

Microsoft 'sucked $60bn out of our
industry', says Novell CEO 09/15/2004 12:25 AM
silicon.com Sep 15 2004 4:22AM GMT

Novell Linux announcements point to
possible future of Novell education

Novell Linux announcements point to
possible future of Novell education 06/05/2005 11:57 PM
A couple of weeks ago we were speculating about the possibilities of a Certified Novell Engineer educational track for Open Enterprise Server. I mentioned the possibility of somehow combining the NetWare 6 CNE with the Certified Linux Engineer certification Novell offers for SuSE Linux (NetWare and SuSE are the two components of OES).

Microsoft Java Virtual Machine
Cross-Site Communication Vulnerability

Microsoft Java Virtual Machine
Cross-Site Communication Vulnerability 07/13/2004 10:33 AM
“Marc Schoenefeld has reported a vulnerability in Microsoft Java Virtual Machine, allowing Java applets originating from different domains to communicate….Solution: Use another Java implementation.”

MSDN Subscriber Downloads Update:
Removal of Microsoft Virtual Machine
Software

MSDN Subscriber Downloads Update:
Removal of Microsoft Virtual Machine
Software 12/15/2003 11:40 PM
We are notifying you that at 12:01am Pacific Standard Time, December 23, 2003, we will begin to remove the following content from MSDN Subscriber Downloads. If you require any of this content now or anticipate needing it in the future, we encourage you to download it prior to December 23. Depending upon when you began your MSDN Subscription, you may already have some or all of this software on CD or DVD media provided with your MSDN Subscription. Note that the availability of this software to you on MSDN Subscriber Downloads is dependent upon your subscription level. The products that will no longer be available are:

A Turing Machine in Conway's Game of
Life, extendable to a Universal Turing
Machine

A Turing Machine in Conway's Game of
Life, extendable to a Universal Turing
Machine 08/04/2004 10:03 PM
A Turing Machine in Conway's Game of Life, extendable to a Universal Turing Machine

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NOVELL: Novell Announces Agreement to
Acquire Leading Enterprise Linux
Technology Company SUSE LINUX

NOVELL: Novell Announces Agreement to
Acquire Leading Enterprise Linux
Technology Company SUSE LINUX 11/05/2003 06:25 AM
Novell is buying SuSE .. esta nota de prensa .. announced .. Novell .. Huh!? .. SuSE

novell.com/news/press/archive/2003/11/pr03069.html
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Fighting pop-ups

Fighting pop-ups 01/18/2004 08:17 PM
Standard pop-ups: Many tools, some of which are free, block the pop-ups that are displayed by Web sites. One of the most popular is offered by Google. ...

SAP comes out fighting

SAP comes out fighting 03/06/2004 02:06 AM
NetWeaver 2004 will go head-to-head WebSphere and BizTalk, according to a CNET News.com story, SAP plan could spawn ...

What We're Fighting For

What We're Fighting For 05/22/2004 03:39 PM
A newly formed women's group mounts undercover missions near American military bases to improve troop morale: "If you are out there partying and engage in casual sex you might as well 'Take One for the Country.'"

Fighting the last war

Fighting the last war 04/09/2004 04:11 PM
From 60 Minutes, Clarke's Take On Terror (Clarke was the White House terrorism adviser). "There's a lot of blame to go around, and I probably deserve some blame, too. But on January 24th, 2001, I wrote a memo to Condoleezza Rice asking for, urgently -- underlined urgently -- a Cabinet-level meeting to deal with the impending al Qaeda attack. And that urgent memo-- wasn't acted on. "I blame the entire Bush leadership for continuing to work on Cold War issues...

But I'm fighting Hitler..!

But I'm fighting Hitler..! 11/10/2003 10:48 PM
Daredevil and Captain America Hang Out... at the Quickstop.
(Warning: Flash --and geekfare!-- follow.)

The ignorance you're fighting against

The ignorance you're fighting against 08/13/2004 03:47 AM
Folks, it appears that you haven't been doing your job, or perhaps you're just being ignored. I'm speaking to both vendors and IT personnel here. The security execs and "senior IT" people don't seem to get it when we talk about identity management.

"Fighting together for one America"

"Fighting together for one America" 07/06/2004 09:52 AM

Fighting back

Fighting back 01/06/2005 04:59 PM
USA Today Jan 6 2005 8:02PM GMT

Fighting ID theft

Fighting ID theft 06/08/2004 07:28 AM
USA Today Jun 8 2004 11:57AM GMT

Eriksson comes out fighting

Eriksson comes out fighting 08/14/2004 02:48 AM
England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson slams the media after the recent FA controversy.

Down but Not Out, Kucinich Keeps
Fighting

Down but Not Out, Kucinich Keeps
Fighting 05/17/2004 12:02 PM
Dennis J. Kucinich would like to remind American voters of something: He's still here.

Fighting Content Rot

Fighting Content Rot 07/11/2004 12:35 AM

If you manage a Web site for more than a few months, you run into problems of content rot. You'll be cruising through some old pages, and you'll find stuff that's...off, for one reason for another.

For instance, when this blog first started, I was anal-retentive about enclosing BLOCKQUOTEd text in quotes. It was a quote, after all. I would go through all the text I quoted, find double quotes, convert them to singles, then surround the entire thing in double-quotes before BLOCKQUOTEing the entire thing.

Now, this was very admirable of me, but when I started inviting others to blog with me, that whole concept broke down. Not everyone was doing it, and since it wasn't consistent, I didn't want to do it at all. However, there are still a thousand or so entries sitting out there with quotes around them.

Just recently, we started to standardize code fragments we post with by using the CODE tag and the Sim pleCode script. There remain, however, a hundred or so posts with code hacked up in BLOCKQUOTEs or DIVs or God knows what.

These aren't an isolated cases — there are styles that we've since abandoned, double-dashes that haven't been replaced with the — entity, etc. I try to nail these things as entries hit the site, but I miss some. On top of all this, throw in link rot — links that just 404 over time — and comments. Ugh, comments...

I try to stay on top of comment spam, but I'm sure some get through. Additionally, there are stupid comments that slip by (why do people insist on testing my comment form with 'fgfgfgfgfgf' all the time?), and comments that aren't relevant any longer — people complaining about bad links that I've fixed or mis-spellings that I've corrected.

Categorization is another thing. I added the Temple of Mac category at about entry #1,600. However, I didn't bother to go back through all the old entries and move all the Mac-related entries to the new category.

Mix all this together, and you have a site that doesn't really age well. I'm sure if I tooled through 100 old entries, I'd have something that needed to be fixed or corrected in at least 40 of them. How do you handle this? Gadgetopia is hurtling toward entry number 3,000, and that's a lot of volume.

I've often thought that I should create a script that just generated 10 random entries a day for me to review. Each morning, I'd get an email with 10 entries in it that I need to look over and touch up. But how do you make sure you get them all before you start getting duplicates? I suppose you could log them all in a table and then join the entries table against it to filter out entries that had already been covered. Like this:

SELECT e.entry_id FROM mt_entries e LEFT JOIN already_reviewed e ON e.entry_id = r.id WHERE r.id IS NULL ORDER BY RAND LIMIT 10

(I haven't tested this SQL, mind you.) Wrap some PHP around this, schedule it for the middle of the night, and you'd have 10 entries every morning that you can tune up. Perhaps I'd send 10 to myself, and three or so to each of the rest of the authors.

I think, however, I'm going to try something different. I'm on the verge of putting another sidebar on the front page called "One Year Ago Today" that lists the things were we talking about a year ago (see the OnThisDay plugin). I'll schedule an automatic rebuild of the front page every morning at 1:00 a.m., then check the year-old entries while I'm eating my Crunchy Corn Bran in the morning.

Maybe this will work, maybe it won't. If someone wants to take a stab at the mailer script (or if you already have), please post a link. If anyone else has any thoughts about content rot, let's hear them.

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