Microsoft has been lying for a long time and saying that Windows Server is cheaper to administer and use on servers than Linux. Any true geek knows better than this… but the “suits” (that is, business folks) have been eating up Microsoft’s FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt.) So, someone finally did a real world survey of actual businesses… and guess what?
Dr. Bill Podcast – 24 – (02/18/06)
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Now part the Techpodcasts Network, what’s happening on the Blog, removing evil Symantec Norton products with their removal tool, install AVG from Grisoft after you get Norton off your system!, it is snowing in Greensboro, join our Frappr Map! …PLEASE! Who has joined recently, come on… do it! Ethanol fuel from plant leftovers… very cool! More “Geek Culture” fun from Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie… “Behind the Scenes at Microsoft!” Promo for the One Minute Tip Podcast, Firefox market share grows to 10%!, Leo and Patrick get “the lowdown” on John C. Dvorak… who seems to have lost it!, Microsoft Frontpage is dead! Long live Nvu! Nvu is Open Source and FREE! What’s coming on the Podcast! Stay Tuned!
Microsoft is pulling Frontpage out of Premium Office, and they are even “retiring” the Frontpage name. Cool! Now folks can use the FREE Open Source Nvu!
I now use a combination of Nvu and Notepad for my web design these days. But, I started with Frontpage, lo, these many years ago. Can’t say that I am sorry to see it go, though!
OK, Geek Culture time, folks! Leo LaPorte, Patrick Norton, and John C. Dvorak… if you don’t know who they are… just move along… if you know that they are formerly with TechTV and are now on the Podcast TWiT (This Week in Tech) then you will get a kick out of this! This is a cute cartoon, as a doctor gives Leo and Patrick the lowdown on John’s condition…
PLEEEEEEASE!?!? Stick a pin with your location in my “Frappr Map” for the Dr. Bill Podcast listeners! I have heard from folks before this in Germany, Nevada… and other foreign countries… now you can show us where you are from! Come on! It will be cool! Just click on the “Frappr” logo on the right sidebar column! (What? You didn’t know Nevada was a foreign country?!?!) ;-)
The “little browser that could” is showing it’s muscle! Gaining market share to achieve 10% saturation in one year’s time against powerhouse Microsoft is impressive! Maybe folks are beginning to “get it!”
This is a bit old… but this flash cartoon takes us into Windows Vista (when it was called by it’s codename… “Whistler”) and explains how Microsoft develops it’s software and builds in those great, new features! Definitely a “Geek Culture” treasure! This is from our friends at “Three Dead Trolls” again! (Who brought us “Every OS Sucks!”)
Most of you that read this Blog, or listen to the Podcast, know that I don’t like Symantec Norton Anti-virus, and other Norton Software. Way back in “the day” they were OK, but these days, Norton is almost like a virus itself! Why do I say that? Well, have you ever tried to completely remove Norton Anti-Virus from a system? Dewd! It is a pain! And, if anything is left of it in place, other Anti-virus software gets hosed! I wonder why? Hummmmm… well, anyway… if you have ever tried to do an un-install of Norton, you KNOW it is not as simple as “Add-Remove Programs!”
Apparently, Symantec knows this is a problem as well! So, they have a SPECIAL program that they give to customers that have problems removing the programs! Uh huh, you are probably asking the same thing that I did… that is, “If they can create a program that can completely remove the offending software, why not just make the ‘Add-Remove Programs’ Wizard work right the first time?” An interesting question, eh wot?
So, here is a link to the secret Norton un-installer:
A nice tool to add to your arsenal! Now, you can get rid of an expensive pretender and use the FREE Grisoft AVG, which actually works! By the way, here’s the link to THAT:
Dr. Bill Podcast – 23 – (02/11/06)
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2006 and reminisces of 2001 – A Space Odyssey, the 21st Century with Walter Cronkite, “Off” week for blogging, until late in the week, “off” week in the tech world, Printing Bacon?, New Battery Technology with nanotube structures for ultra-capacitors, Freeware and Shareware daily web site link, send me freeware, shareware, and Open Source finds!, the Doctor’s take on “toolbars” and browser “freebies”, Warning on Google Desktop from the EFF, the Doctor doesn’t get viruses due to “safe computing”, Geek Software of the Week: Express Burn, burn ISOs to CDs for FREE!, Nero Burning ROM is too bloated!, other freebies come with “Express Burn,” like “Switch,” that “translates” audio files from one format to another, EVERYONE needs to try Linux!, reminiscing on Xwindows and Digital Computers… the VAXman, OpenVMS systems, and more! How Xwindows works, and the NEW NX protocol, NoMachine and FreeNX, the Podcast runs over by a few minutes!!!
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