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First, wow, I never ever dreamed pushing that publish button on something I wrote in about 20 minutes would get so much play! Thanks for all who shared their opinions, I enjoyed them all. Please feel free to share more, I think this is such a good discussion
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I read Dilbert every day, it adds levity to my technical life. Besides I cannot watch Office Space every day can I? Today's Dilbert was funny, but makes a very important point about why software development is so much different than just about any other
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In the past 24 hours both Mashable and TechCrunch have reported that a lawsuit has been filed against both ICANN and Network Solutions for Front-Running. I reported the unethical practice back in January, where any available domain a whois lookup was
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A long while back I wrote an article on Domain Registration . I have been registering domains for about a decade at this point. I manage domain registration for many of my clients and I use OPENSRS as my registrar. I have never really like Network Solutions
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A recent InfoWorld article, by Bill Snyder, points out that Java is quickly becoming outdated , so much so that it calls Java the new Cobol. It goes on to point out several times that .NET is quickly replacing Java as the platform of choice. I am not
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In a crazy move the state of Maryland has decided to slap an additional sales tax on custom software development and other technical service work . Since I am not a resident of the overpriced and already over taxed state of Maryland I cannot say with
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I put together a presentation on Identity solutions for the Richmond for the Code Camp last Saturday. The main reason I wanted to give this presentation so I could learn more about the two authentication methods that are being developed to make our online
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First, I said this would happen in my 2006 Year in Review , but it looks like Microsoft will be purchasing Yahoo for between $50-60 billion dollars. This is a good move for both involved. I have really been noticing Yahoo being more and more open to .NET
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I thought about adding this one to my links of the week, but this is a little more important than just a breif mention. If you are not familiar with Archive.org , it is a web site that retains and makes public snapshots of every website at various points
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Last night at the monthly TRINUG meeting I heard a nasty rumor that Microsoft is going to port the .NET framework to the MAC. As ghastly as this sounds, it could be a wise move for two reasons. First, Microsoft is currently trying extremely hard to court
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OK, I do scan SlashDot from time to time. I think it is good to see what the uninformed about your way of life have to say about you, OK. Anyway, I saw headline about Dell not providing Linux on their PC's and through I would read it. The SlashDot
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