Monthly Archives: March 2009

Six percent of the time, it works every time

Matt | Published: March 31, 2009
The New York Times reports that Spam is back, probably for good this time. The average seven-day spam volume during the latter half of March is now at roughly the same levels as October of last year – around 94 percent of all e-mail – according to the antispam company Postini, a division of Google.
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A First For Everything

Matt | Published: March 24, 2009
For the first time in 23 years Microsoft saw quarterly sales fall. The company has had a difficult time combating slumping demand for its Windows operating system, as the economic slowdown has dragged PC sales down 7% to 9%, according to Microsoft’s estimates. * CNN Reports: Microsoft’s quarterly sales fall One of the factors listed in the CNN [...]
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IBM in talks to buy SUN Microsystems

Matt | Published: March 22, 2009
It broke last week that IBM is in talks to buy SUN. At first glance this is hard to understand, the two have competing operating systems and chip architectures. They operate in similar markets and SUN has considerable intellectual property and a consulting division which may be of interest to IBM. Reuters: Sun talks to continue [...]
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Oracle Buys Sun Microsystems

Matt | Published: March 20, 2009
In a surprise move Sun Microsystems has been purchased by Oracle. This means Oracle owns Java, MySQL, Solaris and all of Sun’s services and consulting business. Wither Oracle Unbreakable Linux? Oracle Corp. snapped up computer server and software maker Sun Microsystems Inc. for $7.4 billion Monday, pouncing on an opportunity that opened up after rival IBM [...]
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Alternatives

Matt | Published: March 19, 2009
When looking for software… Consider an alternative.
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