Microsoft Finanical results

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/all-hype-aside-microsofts-mainstays/story.aspx?guid=%7B3668AFD0-E002-41FC-B431-131DFFFF35A0%7D

looks like Microsoft may be around for awhile after all. there increased profits say so :)

-Nex6

Analog to Digital society

Here is a post, which Tho I think  is a good thing:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/25/149202

is just baby steps til we get to a point where most things are "online" or in some kind of digital form.
as we move from a analog to digital society and into an "information age" storing data is more and more important.
in the near future, having 500GB flash/solid state types of hard drives are not out of the possibility. even having normal drives
that are 5TB could also happen in the near future. I look forward to the day when we have light/crystal based storage and have huge storage capacity's.
where stuff like a small 'chip' gives 5TB of data storage at speed of like  25,000 rpm. all based on light/crystal and no moving parts, very stable.

where you could even carrey your storage with you and boot any PC with your device, and all your data.software ect will all be there.


future looks very bright indeed....


-Nex6

windows command line/shell

Here is a post I did on this thread:
http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=18796



on the NT side of things that is, NT/2k/XP/Vista;

cmd, and a host of tools have long been available for scripters. in corp land this stuff is used pretty often.

large cmd scripts, vbs scripts with all sorts of wsh, or just pure wsh. there are also tons of cmd/shell based tools available for scripters, things like ifmember for parsing nt and ad groups of cusrmgr the comand line user manager.

and on the vbs/Perl side of things there is tons of native calls you can do.


this is not rocket science, windows admins have been scripting since day one. (at least good admins do)

its not unlike good Unix admins, script everything. just becuase some people did not know, its possiable in windows does not mean you can do it. there is ven rysnc for windows, and most of the GNU tools have all been ported also. things like sed, etc are all there if you want them.

sheesh....




-Nex6

blog about a blog: 13 reasons Linux....

Here is the link:
http://www.digg.com/linux_unix/13_reasons_why_Linux_should_be_on_your_desktop

Now, its more or less a blog about a blog about a blog kind of thing. :)
that said, alot of people blog and write articles about these types of things.
and I am of the opinion that Linux/BSD/Mac will gain market share. but Microsoft
will not just fall down dead one day.  Microsoft will evolve just like the market is
evolving.  but, Microsoft's day of 90% and above market share across the board
are; more or less, almost over. you cant beat Microsoft will marketing or politics. you have to produce
a better product, period. thats what will win in the end, becuase geeks, and corps alike respect that
thats what will win the day. here are some general thought of my rambling mind can jot down that *I*
think would help OSS (Linux and BSDs).

For the desktops:
its all about the apps,

• Browser that works, and can play video streams and access all information users need like there banking sites etc.
• Email, stable email client that can handle loads of email with filtering and sorting.
  
• IM Clients, that work with all the major IM networks.
• Video players, be able to play all the different videos that ploat arround the web
• music, be able to play all the different codecs.
• 3rd party support for required items like the cisco VPN client (does not work well if you can get it installed )
• polished supported drivers and utilitys, things like the new network mgr( http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/networkmanager-07-feature-list/)
• maybe somekind of device mgr like windows has, to make it easy for users to manage and see all there drivers, etc
• power management, that works and is stable.

thats it, but as you read the list. many will notice that most of that list is already here. and for many most or all of the list. I think we are pretty close.


-Nex6

Broswer stats

here is a link to some interesting broswer stats:
http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

-Nex6

SilverLight on Linux!!!

here is a post on Microsoft's port 25 about silverlight on linux:

http://port25.technet.com/archive/2007/09/05/silverlight-on-linux.aspx

 

to sum it up, it will be fully supported down to the codecs which is a very good thing.

 

-Nex6

Why do we use the Operating Systems we use? [part 1]

As an IT geek, I get to use and develop with lots of different OS's.  and I think that gives me some perspective on some things.

some people get pretty defensive about the OS they use. and some just use what's in front of them. Most people want there Computer to just work,

and they want there devices to just work when they connect them to there computer.

 

what makes someone a "Mac user" or a "Windows user" or even a "Linux user"?

 

I think really it is a combination of things, that determine what a person is....

 

There are factors like the following:

• First computers use and trained on.
• Computer used at work.
• software used.
• hobbies.

I think there are more, and maybe even sub category's of those. but thats a good start.  People also want access to all there data and there software. so, people tend to gravitate toward the OS that seems to suit them, or that they 'like" and fits.

 

also, within IT companys use all sorts of OS's for many reasons. I like to say, "use the best tool for the job".  and in that companys are expaning into using

more OS's in there data centers. and intergrating them all.

 

 

thats all for now more later

 

 

-Nex6

 

 

 

 

Paul Thurrott post on Vista SP1

Here is a post by Paul Thurrott see here:

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_sp1_inside.asp

 

Overall not a bad post;

 

What I have to say is though, is that though Vista is getting allot of flak in all corners of the web. And, I tend to think most of the antiVista-ers either most likely have not used Vista or have not used it for long.  Though Vista is far form perfect, and there are some issues that need to be dealt with. Vista overall is much better then XP. though right *now* XP is far more mature. and drivers wise, that's a big deal. and as Vista's Driver model is different it will take time for all the different drivers to catch up and get stable on Vista.

 

 

 

But I have to say, I cant wait for Sp1 I use Vista on my laptop. and use Virtual machines for several vm images, like so:
 

 

Virtual machines

• windows 2000
• windows XP with VS 2003
• windows XP with VS 2005
• windows XP basic setup
• Ubuntu
• freeBSD
• Fedora 7

 

I tend to do most of my work in VMs,  :)

 

 

 

-Nex6

Threat modeling

Here is an excelent post by Bruce Schneier on Threat model:

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/10/threat_modeling.html

 

Threat Modeling is a very good thing to do with a systems.

 

 

-Nex6

obfuscated exploits

Here is a SANS ISC post about obfuscated exploit

http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=3439

 

 

In short it talks about vbscript and javascript that excapes detection from AV scanners. there is lot of malware research on avoiding detection, and even once detected not being able to be removed. thats why UAC and protected mode types of sandboxing are so important. read only broswing is a good thing.

 

 

 

-Nex6

Iran and Iraq

Here is an intresting Piece by Seymour M. Hersh of the new yorker:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/10/08/071008fa_fact_hersh?printable=true

 

It brings up an interesting point, which is. with the Iraq war going so badly, and with the world economy almost ready go into shambles. is it the resonsible thing to not only prevoke iran. but prevoke the islamic world and have even more people hate us? and with us having a buget defiect, owing some ungodly amount that will never be paid off.

 

wouldn't a strong econmic policy and heathly econmy be much better? wouldn't spending the 190 Billion on R&D for altertnive fuels have been better? now I am just asking questions here, just sort of thinking out loud.....

 

 

 

 

-Nex6