Archive for May, 2005

Linux in Devices

Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

Nokia:
The big buzz of the day was the announcment today from Nokia about their new “Nokia 770 Internet Tablet“. The beautiful thing about this new device is that it runs Linux! It utilizes Gtk+, GStreamer, D-Bus, and even an x-server! Check out the screenshots, this device looks like it […]

Open Source TCO

Thursday, May 19th, 2005

There has been a lot of debate over the last year about the “Total Cost of Ownership” (TCO) of Linux and Open Source Software. Microsoft’s latest marketing campaign against Linux called “Get the Facts” attempts to claim that Linux is more expensive by spinning statistics from Microsoft funded studies.
I have always been interested […]

Channel9

Thursday, May 5th, 2005

I have to admit that I have become a fan of Microsofts Channel9 project. In particular the video interviews they post. They cover a wide range of topics inside Microsoft development and most of them are fairly interesting. It’s kind of like a behind-the-scenes look into Microsoft.
Recently they have posted two […]