Monthly Archives: April 2005

Tiger Day One

Posted on April 30, 2005 by Ted Roche

Laura and I were at our local Apple dealer – Bitznbytes in Concord – at 6 PM last night to pick up a copy of Tiger. Fortunately, there was no long line of loonies dressed as strange characters – no … Continue reading →

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Tiger Ship Day

Posted on April 29, 2005 by Ted Roche

Barring a successful injunction from Tiger Software — interesting that they waited until Ship Day Eve to sue! – Tiger, Mac OS X version 10.4 goes on sale officially today. The news sites are filled with interesting insights: Pitting Tiger … Continue reading →

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Shipping is a feature…

Posted on April 28, 2005 by Ted Roche

Slashdot notes Rave Reviews for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. druid_getafix writes “The first mass market reviews of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger are trickling in with a big thumbs up for the release. Walt Mossberg of the WSJ says … Continue reading →

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Eating Their Own Children

Posted on April 27, 2005 by Ted Roche

InfoWorld: Top News reports WINHEC – Microsoft slams XP in call for Longhorn support. “SEATTLE – Microsoftæon Tuesday badmouthed its own work on networking and hardware support in Windows XP in order to sell hardware makers on new technologies it … Continue reading →

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CentraLUG Meeting Monday, 2 May: Ed Lawson presents Scribus

Posted on April 26, 2005 by Ted Roche

The monthly meeting of CentraLUG, the Concord/Central New Hampshire chapter of the Greater New Hampshire Linux Users Group, recurs the first Monday of each month on the New Hampshire Technical Institute campus starting at 7 PM. Directions and maps are … Continue reading →

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Are Macs More Expensive? Another Myth Debunked.

Posted on April 25, 2005 by Ted Roche

OSNews points to Of Course Macs Are More Expensive… Aren’t They?. “So, I went out to at least partially test this theory, and to do appropriate comparisons between Dell computers and Apple computers. I’m hardly the first one to take … Continue reading →

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Microsoft returns to 64-bitness after a six-year hiatus

Posted on April 25, 2005 by Ted Roche

A strange article at InfoWorld: Top News titled Microsoft: Let the 64-bit era begin. Microsoft was one of the companies that started the Windows 64-bit era with Windows NT running on the PowerPC, MIPS, and Alpha chips in the early … Continue reading →

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Where hath the Gillmor Gang Gone?

Posted on April 24, 2005 by Ted Roche

Scripting News asks You think?. Steve Gillmor: “I’m really suffering from Post Gillmor Gang Disorder.” Dave Winer responds: “Tell me something I didn’t know. “;->”Note to universe. Please get Steve and his pals back on the air. I’m suffering.” Same … Continue reading →

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Do Real Programmers Use Source Control?

Posted on April 24, 2005 by Ted Roche

Andrew MacNeill asks Isn’t Source Control part of programming 101 yet? Source code control, change management, modeling, testing and project planning are skills that distinguish professional programmers from “coders.” When the PC revolution displaced the entrenched bureaucracy of the mainframe … Continue reading →

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MSNBC loses Dr. Weinberger

Posted on April 23, 2005 by Ted Roche

Scripting News points to David Weinberger’s post on doing 90-second blurbs on “the blogosphere” for MSNBC: David Weinberger: “I quit.” and “I’m in the blogosphere to escape from this degradation of values.” Excellent and insightful post. If the topics of … Continue reading →

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