Archive for April, 2009

Corporate laptops: Fix or Replace?

Friday, April 24th, 2009

My coworker Peter sent me this link to computerworld. It's about a study conducted about the cost of replacing laptops after 3 years (which is usually the amortization schedule for computer equipment), or stretching their use out to 4 or even 5 years.  It's an interesting article, and makes some ...

Oracle buys Sun

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

I'm sure by now most people know that Sun was waiting for some knight in shining armor.  Sun's major asset is the huge amount of technology (and patents on that technology) they own, and their engineering capabilities.  Back in the day, every internet company owned Sun equipment, leading Sun to ...