I know it would cost a lot up front to change their overall software model - not to mention the security implications it could cause, but I'm surprised Apple hasn't gone the route of plugin based software development. Download the core iTunes app, which could be very small and fast, then if you want additional features, just select them from a list and click install. Heck, it would be really cool if when I bought a new iDevice, I could plug it in, it then would pick up the model number and then automatically download the newest plugin from the all holy Apple repo. Just throw in a little reflection-oriented programming Apple! What are you waiting for?

If you let each person decide which distro they want, that could get ugly from a sys admin standpoint. But it really depends on the size of your company. If it were me in your shoes, I would lean towards stability. I would probably go with CentOS. I prefer KDE myself, but back when I made the jump from Windows to Linux, I started with Gnome because I thought it was cleaner and better organized. If they want a little more polish, I would consider Mint.

my spider-man suit will be complete!!!

6 computers are controlling my temp - darn hot servers

I have a lot of old routers, some even with a USB connection for external storage devices. I would like to find a way to use something like dd-wrt and make my old routers that I'm not using into a file/web/whatever server, using a USB external drive as storage. That would produce a low power alternative to running a computer. Any thoughts on this?

"A new analysis claims that over 90% of the Windows security vulnerabilities reported last year were made worse by users logged in with administrative privileges"

Um.... duh?!? How much money was spent on that study? I've been running an XP box as a restricted user for 3 years, and haven't gotten a virus yet. Goes to show you, all those Linux and Mac guys aren't too dumb.

What happens if I install Dynamics Retail Management after installing sp3???