The Steady Decline of Unix 570

Posted by samzenpus on Monday August 19, 2013 @02:55PM from the slow-slide dept.

stinkymountain writes "Unix, the core server operating system in enterprise networks for decades, now finds itself in a slow, inexorable decline, according to Network World. Jean Bozman, research vice president at IDC Enterprise Server Group, attributes the decline to platform migration issues; competition from Linux and Microsoft; more efficient hardware with more powerful processor cores; and the abundance of Unix-specific apps that can now also run on competitor's servers."

Linus Torvalds Celebrates 20 Years of Windows 3.11 With Linux 3.11-rc5 Launch 113

Posted by samzenpus on Monday August 12, 2013 @02:14PM from the check-it-out dept.

hypnosec writes "Linus Torvalds released Linux 3.11-rc5 yesterday wishing that it would have been a lovely coincidence if he were able to release final Linux 3.11 as on the exact same day 20 years ago Microsoft released Windows 3.11. 'Sadly, the numerology doesn't quite work out, and while releasing the final 3.11 today would be a lovely coincidence (Windows 3.11 was released twenty years ago today), it is not to be,' notes Torvalds in the release announcement."

Comment Re: Should be Windows GOLD (Score 1) 712

by dopeywan.kenobi on Wednesday November 28, 2012 @04:32PM (#42121803) Attached to: Windows Blue: Microsoft's Plan To Release a New Version of Windows Every Year

Pricing is much better and I think this direction is a good one for ms. However I do wonder how this lower price point is effecting windows 8 sales. I noticed the ars article yesterday claiming win8 was doing better than win7 at this time after release. But it is at a quarter the price right?! I guess that doesn't apply for oem copies but still

Former Microsoft Exec: Microsoft Has "Become the Thing They Despised" 488

Posted by samzenpus on Friday July 06, 2012 @08:08AM from the your-own-worst-enemy dept.

zacharye writes "Microsoft has a long and storied history of leadership in the tech industry, and the company has driven innovation for decades. In recent years, however, Microsoft has fallen behind the times in several key industries; the company's mobile position has deteriorated and left it with a low single-digit market share, and Microsoft won't launch Windows RT, its response to Apple's three-year-old iPad, until later this year. In a recent piece titled 'Microsoft’s Lost Decade,' Vanity Fair contributor Kurt Eichenwald analyzes the company’s 'astonishingly foolish management decisions' and picks apart moves made during the Steve Ballmer era."

Studies Suggest Massive Increase In Scientific Fraud 229

Posted by Soulskill on Friday April 20, 2012 @06:35PM from the can-we-blame-this-on-madoff dept.

Titus Andronicus writes "Scientific fraud has always been with us. But as stated or suggested by some scientists, journal editors, and a few studies, the amount of scientific 'cheating' has far outpaced the expansion of science itself. According to some, the financial incentives to 'cut corners' have never been greater, resulting in record numbers of retractions from prestigious journals. From the article: 'For example, the journal Nature reported that published retractions had increased tenfold over the past decade, while the number of published papers had increased by just 44 percent.'"

Submission + - Few Contribute To Aussie Classification Review (abc.net.au)

Submitted by dopeywan.kenobi on Monday July 11, 2011 @10:24PM

dopeywan.kenobi writes: The Australian Law Reform Commission are conducting a review of the Australian Classification laws, the outcome of which will influence Australian internet filtering and/or the long awaited R18+ Video Game classification. Public submissions on the matter have been accepted since 20th May 2011 and will close on the 15th July 2011.
From the article : "as yet only 80 public submissions have been made — 80 per cent of them from people who believe in government intervention for the sake of child protection. Considering, the furious debates within Australia's technology communities, does this reflect the national balance?"..."it's likely down to the media for failing to inform the public on the matter"

Having read the questionnaire I can't help but wonder if their convoluted phrasing is contributing to reports that people are only partially completing the form without submitting.