greenjello4 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Interesting (Score 1) 245

by greenjello4 on Wednesday January 24, 2007 @02:22AM (#17734470) Attached to: Microsoft Sells Linux To Wal-Mart

As a former and current Wal-Mart "Associate" I can say that they use HP-Unix to run the system that keeps track of all of the sales figures and inventory (read most important stuff). They also use Windows Server 2003 for Intranet based things and to connect thin clients to terminal servers as well as Web Outlook for email (read stuff that could go down for a couple hours and not be missed). They are slowly moving more and more data entry to web interfaces as it can be easier for home office to obtain and update that data. I wouldn't be surprised if they have moved everything to web stuff in the next ten years.

Hubble's Advanced Camera Suspends Operations 113

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Saturday June 24, 2006 @11:29PM from the burnout-revenge dept.

helio writes "The Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) went offline on June 19, 2006. The cause is yet undetermined, although engineers suspect that the culprit may be a bad transistor in the ACS's electronic control board or possibly a memory corruption event due to energetic particle bombardment. Since a backup electronic controller is available for service, this incident is not very likely to lead to the end of the Hubble's Advanced Camera in any event. But, before any attempt to reactivate the camera, engineers are cautiously evaluating and isolating the probable cause of this incident in order to avoid any further incident."

Rumormongering - Apple Could Buy Nintendo? 377

Posted by Zonk on Friday June 09, 2006 @11:27AM from the idle-friday-arguments dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNET wonders if 'Apple is about to frag the gaming community with a revelation that could shake Microsoft to its core: Apple will buy Nintendo. What could be more quintessentially left-field Apple behaviour than buying out the U.S.'s number three games console manufacturer?' The article goes on to compare the companies, saying 'both have followings whose brand dedication verges on the religiously devout' and design styles that are so similar that 'the Nintendo DS Lite practically looks like Jonathan Ive built it.' The writer says an Apple and Nintendo merger will 'penetrate the mainstream consumer market with Macintosh computers'. The possible outcome of a merger would be a console based around the Mac Mini. As for whether Apple have the cash to pull it off: 'Cisco was rumoured to be looking at a purchase of Nintendo earlier in the year, so the idea of Nintendo being bought is not outlandish in itself. Apple's market cap is $51.7bn (Nintendo's is $23.1bn)'"

Azureus Inc. Moves Toward Commercialization 290

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday April 29, 2006 @11:11AM from the buy-this dept.

SamBob writes "Future releases of the most popular BitTorrent client, Azureus, will come bundled with a 'platform' for media companies to promote their product to Azureus' multi-million users, reports Slyck.com. Azureus Inc., who are the newly formed company behind the Azureus software, plan to generate a profit from the platform in the future, but in the short-term are hoping to help independent film companies find their audience."

Google's DNA 171

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday April 11, 2006 @10:52AM from the bioengineered-for-the-win dept.

bart_scriv writes "Businessweek confronts Google naysayers with an analysis of the company's business structure, arguing that its unique structure lends it the flexibility to adapt to any and all markets: 'Google is actually the first company with a brand that is built entirely on stem cells: able to grow and develop into whatever form it sees fit.' The article predicts significant changes for the company in communications, hardware, entertainment and localization and goes on to argue that Google is on the verge of achieving the holy grail of branding--being all things to all markets."

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