Stories about: Superior Software

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Tech's all-time top 25 flops 22 January, 2008 11:20

Imagine how different the tech industry might have been had Gary Kildall accepted IBM's offer, back in 1980, to license his computer operating system for a top-secret project. CP/M would have been the OS that shipped with the original IBM PC, and the world might never have heard the name of Kildall's competitor, who eventually accepted the contract: a Mr. Bill Gates.
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The rewards of open source 27 August, 2004 16:10

Several weeks ago, at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, Michael Tiemann -- formerly Red Hat's CTO and now vice president of open source affairs -- spoke about the role of Fedora, Red Hat's free Linux distribution. To refute the claim that Fedora represents a fork of its core product, Tiemann appealed to a notion that is best summed up in a phrase popularized by Tim O'Reilly: "the architecture of participation."
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User group says ageing OSes a threat 23 January, 2004 08:12

While the Microsoft Sydney .Net Users Group blames a "few big, noisy corporates" for Microsoft's decision to maintain support for the Windows 98 operating system, the OS has to go, it says.
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.NET helps wheels go round at bus company 23 July, 2003 11:47

Replacing a manual procedure for recording customer information with Web-based software is a major overhaul for any business used to doing things ‘the old fashioned way’. According to Western Sydney bus company Westbus, introducing a Microsoft .NET solution for its day-to-day operations has given staff a user-friendly way of easing into online business management.
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Government department fishes out .NET solution 17 February, 2003 11:05

The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) in Canberra is managing research grant applications for industry development with a .NET system that lets applicants develop submissions in real time.
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Government department fishes out .NET solution 17 February, 2003 11:02

The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) in Canberra is managing research grant applications for industry development with a .NET system that lets applicants develop submissions in real time.
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Slammer worm impact short lived as victims wear egg 29 January, 2003 08:02

The impact of last Saturday's "Slammer" DDoS worm, which temporarily crippled server bandwidth in the US, Korea and Europe appears to have died a relatively quick death upon arrival in Australia, with few visible victims despite a substantial spike in scanning, according to AusCERT.