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Comment You get what you pay for! (Score 1) 313

Microsoft's sticker says "VISTA CAPABLE" which is exactly what a computer with 512MB of RAM and a graphics card without a wddm driver, pixel shader 2.0, and 128mb of ram itself is...YOU CAN INSTALL VISTA...you simply can't run Aero, which was definately explained in the fine print...that's why they have the sticker that says Premium Ready for the computers which can run home premium or ultimate...I'm not saying that the above 512MB computer will run vista well but it is CAPABLE of running it which is all the sticker said. I enjoy a great Microsoft bashing as much as the next guy, but I hate frivolous lawsuits more than most, and the people suing Microsoft over this need to quit whining and realize that they bought the cheapest thing they could possibly run vista on, and not expect to get all the bells and whistles. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR FROM THE ODD JOB MAN
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The Effects of the Cloud On Business, Education 68

g8orade points out two recent articles in The Economist about the rise of cloud computing. The first discusses how software-as-a-service has come to pervade online interactions. "Irving Wladawsky-Berger, a technology visionary at IBM, compares cloud computing to the Cambrian explosion some 500m years ago when the rate of evolution sped up, in part because the cell had been perfected and standardised, allowing evolution to build more complex organisms." The next article examines how the cloud will force a "trade-off between sovereignty and efficiency." Reader pjones contributes news that the Virtual Computer Lab will be supplementing more traditional computer labs at North Carolina State University, and adds, "NCSU's Virtual Computing Lab and IBM are offering the VCL code as a software 'appliance' for use in schools to link to the program. Downloads are available at ibiblio at UNC-Chapel Hill. The VCL also is partnering with Apache.org to make the software available and to allow further community participation in future development."

Comment slashdot party in RI... (Score 1) 4

hi everybody (all two of you) saw this today, and just wanted to check in...was gonna throw one, but attending one so close is cool too...what's the story? Have a few friends that have actually been kicking around here for a while longer than me, and if they catch wind they'll want to come too, but I didn't want to be seen as a party crasher...will check this post, and try to touch base...later.

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