Comments for Matthouse http://www.matthouse.com Matt's Babblings Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:54:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Comcast says bloggers keep them honest by iggi http://www.matthouse.com/?p=24&cpage=1#comment-15 iggi Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:54:51 +0000 http://www.matthouse.com/?p=24#comment-15 Further news on their federal hearing... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080227/ap_on_hi_te/internet_regulation_4 My favorite quote: "The only people cheering Comcast are those paid to do so." How could they not see that hiring "seat warmers" was another terrible PR move? They've just given the community at large another reason to distrust them. Further news on their federal hearing…
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080227/ap_on_hi_te/internet_regulation_4

My favorite quote:
“The only people cheering Comcast are those paid to do so.”

How could they not see that hiring “seat warmers” was another terrible PR move? They’ve just given the community at large another reason to distrust them.

]]> Comment on Analog cellular networks to shut down Monday by msturtz http://www.matthouse.com/?p=25&cpage=1#comment-13 msturtz Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:34:25 +0000 http://www.matthouse.com/?p=25#comment-13 This article was linked from Slashdot here: http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/15/2230246 ...And I posted a reply here: http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=456016&cid=22441400 This article was linked from Slashdot here: http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/15/2230246

…And I posted a reply here: http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=456016&cid=22441400

]]> Comment on Apple making inroads to (my) workplace by msturtz http://www.matthouse.com/?p=21&cpage=1#comment-12 msturtz Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:46:14 +0000 http://www.matthouse.com/?p=21#comment-12 Hah, the new Apple Macbook Air appearently is *so* clear, and *such* high grade plastic, that the USB ports aren't usable for anything other than the smallest of devices or cables... http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/adding-insult-to-injury-usb-3g-modems-wont-fit-in-the-macbo/ Hah, the new Apple Macbook Air appearently is *so* clear, and *such* high grade plastic, that the USB ports aren’t usable for anything other than the smallest of devices or cables… http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/adding-insult-to-injury-usb-3g-modems-wont-fit-in-the-macbo/

]]> Comment on Sun to buy out MySQL by msturtz http://www.matthouse.com/?p=19&cpage=1#comment-11 msturtz Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:58:20 +0000 http://www.matthouse.com/?p=19#comment-11 Owen writes me with the following: slashdot followup on the mysql thing... <a href="http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/23/1346247" rel="nofollow">http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/23/1346247</a> Jeff Gould presents an interesting analysis in Interop News: How can an open source software company with $70 million or so in revenue and no profits to speak of be worth $1 billion? That's the question Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz has been trying to answer since he bought MySQL last week. Owen writes me with the following:

slashdot followup on the mysql thing…
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/23/1346247 Jeff Gould presents an interesting analysis in Interop News: How can an open source software company with $70 million or so in revenue and no profits to speak of be worth $1 billion? That’s the question Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz has been trying to answer since he bought MySQL last week.

]]> Comment on Sun to buy out MySQL by joel http://www.matthouse.com/?p=19&cpage=1#comment-9 joel Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:05:50 +0000 http://www.matthouse.com/?p=19#comment-9 Oracle is one of the main applications used in Solaris. I think this is a move to sell support to their customers, like asking: "Do you need an Oracle Database?" - If the answer is "YES", then we will sell you our servers and OS support - If the answer is "NO", then we will sell you our servers and OS support AND MySQL support http://blogs.sun.com/jkshah/entry/cost_of_proprietary_database Oracle is one of the main applications used in Solaris.

I think this is a move to sell support to their customers, like asking: “Do you need an Oracle Database?”
- If the answer is “YES”, then we will sell you our servers and OS support
- If the answer is “NO”, then we will sell you our servers and OS support AND MySQL support

http://blogs.sun.com/jkshah/entry/cost_of_proprietary_database

]]> Comment on One Laptop by msturtz http://www.matthouse.com/?p=17&cpage=1#comment-8 msturtz Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:12:50 +0000 http://www.matthouse.com/?p=17#comment-8 Owen IM's me to say there's a VMware image you can get of the XO (the OLPC laptop). http://wiki.laptop.org/go/VMWare Owen IM’s me to say there’s a VMware image you can get of the XO (the OLPC laptop). http://wiki.laptop.org/go/VMWare

]]> Comment on Stupid Idea of the Week: Floating Datacenter by msturtz http://www.matthouse.com/?p=16&cpage=1#comment-7 msturtz Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:32:18 +0000 http://www.matthouse.com/?p=16#comment-7 For an interesting site about datacenters in strange places, look <a href="http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/Jan/09/data_centers_in_strange_places.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> (this site is liked from the bottom of the original article). For an interesting site about datacenters in strange places, look here (this site is liked from the bottom of the original article).

]]> Comment on Here Comes Another Bubble by msturtz http://www.matthouse.com/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-6 msturtz Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:35:41 +0000 http://www.matthouse.com/?p=14#comment-6 Update: The Richter Scales posted "Version 1.1" of their video. It features a credits post-roll, and has the photograph taken by the original whiner removed and replaced with one from whom they have blessings (specifically, watch the original (above) at exacty 1:25 (that is one minute twenty five seconds), which is immediately after the "GigaOM" logo and the guy using a blackberry, which is after the apple logo... According to the <a href="http://www.richterscales.com/blog" rel="nofollow">Richter Scales Blog</a>, Version 1.0 has a guy named Owen Thomas pictured, the photo was taken by Lane Hartwell (the original whiner). In version 1.1, that photo was replaced by a photo of Kara Swisher of All Things Digital. Way to go Kara, that's the right attitude. Version 1.1 is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6IQ_FOCE6I" rel="nofollow">Here on Youtube</a>, unless and until somebody else gets their panties in a bunch about it. Update: The Richter Scales posted “Version 1.1″ of their video. It features a credits post-roll, and has the photograph taken by the original whiner removed and replaced with one from whom they have blessings (specifically, watch the original (above) at exacty 1:25 (that is one minute twenty five seconds), which is immediately after the “GigaOM” logo and the guy using a blackberry, which is after the apple logo… According to the Richter Scales Blog, Version 1.0 has a guy named Owen Thomas pictured, the photo was taken by Lane Hartwell (the original whiner). In version 1.1, that photo was replaced by a photo of Kara Swisher of All Things Digital. Way to go Kara, that’s the right attitude.

Version 1.1 is Here on Youtube, unless and until somebody else gets their panties in a bunch about it.

]]> Comment on How to cement the future of iPod’s by *Larry http://www.matthouse.com/?p=9&cpage=1#comment-5 *Larry Sat, 18 Nov 2006 03:28:00 +0000 http://www.matthouse.com/?p=9#comment-5 I agree that Apple has nothing to worry about...I am certain the MS product is going to be great - but - apple has such a head-start on the mp3 market.<br/><br/>The term "i-pod" is now used instead of portible music player (very similiar to the word "Kleenex" being used instead of "facial tissue."<br/><br/>Ryan has the apple ipod nano. It is nice - very easy to use. I still have an older 20 Gig Archos mp3 player (with an actual hard drive.) <br/><br/>I am hoping to get an apple ipod this xmas. The battery on my older unit just doesn't cut it anymore. Maybe I will look into the ms zune. What do you think??? The new ipods can't be that bad! I agree that Apple has nothing to worry about…I am certain the MS product is going to be great – but – apple has such a head-start on the mp3 market.

The term “i-pod” is now used instead of portible music player (very similiar to the word “Kleenex” being used instead of “facial tissue.”

Ryan has the apple ipod nano. It is nice – very easy to use. I still have an older 20 Gig Archos mp3 player (with an actual hard drive.)

I am hoping to get an apple ipod this xmas. The battery on my older unit just doesn’t cut it anymore. Maybe I will look into the ms zune. What do you think??? The new ipods can’t be that bad!

]]> Comment on Welcome to my bloG by Jon http://www.matthouse.com/?p=4&cpage=1#comment-4 Jon Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:36:00 +0000 http://www.matthouse.com/?p=4#comment-4 Make sure your blog software stuffs rel=nofollow into any posted links, that'll stop the spammers from trying to googlebomb. Why's the "G" capitalized, for Gangsta? Make sure your blog software stuffs rel=nofollow into any posted links, that’ll stop the spammers from trying to googlebomb. Why’s the “G” capitalized, for Gangsta?

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