Valve is intending to develop for Linux, as an insurance policy against Windows 8. I think that will lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy. If more games are available for Linux, demand for Linux will increase, along with market share. There’s historical precedence for this.
All posts tagged IBM
I hope BYOD 2.0 goes better than BYOD 1.0 did
BYOD is “bring your own device.” It’s the hot new trend in IT, except it’s nothing new. But it was bound to happen, I guess. Companies are tired of buying computer equipment, so they want employees to provide it. And counterculture, nonconformist workers are (I guess) tired of using boring corporate computer equipment. (And here [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on June 26, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/06/i-hope-byod-2-0-goes-better-than-byod-1-0-did/
Microsoft just priced its Windows 8-based tablets out of the market
Microsoft just priced its Windows 8-based tablets out of the market. Extremetech reports that they expect Windows 8-based tablets to sell for $600-$900. I think Microsoft is forgetting its history.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on June 14, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/06/microsoft-just-priced-its-windows-8-based-tablets-out-of-the-market/
I’m not sure Google was the good guy, but I’m glad Oracle lost
I’m not sure that either Google or Oracle was the good guy in the Java patent/copyright case. But Google was less bad. And it’s hard for me to see how ruling in favor of Oracle could have done anything good for the industry.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on June 1, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/06/im-not-sure-google-was-the-good-guy-but-im-glad-oracle-lost/
Cleaning up a venerable and battle-worn IBM Model M keyboard
I’m notoriously picky about keyboards. My weapon of choice is an IBM Model M, also known as the battleship or by its model number 1391401, which went out of fashion sometime in the mid-1990s. You either love them or hate them, and I love them. People keep trying to tell me that I won’t be [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on May 27, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/05/cleaning-up-a-venerable-and-battle-worn-ibm-model-m-keyboard/
Dave, have you seen this classmate?
This is a companion piece to Ken Floro’s The Southside Cavaliers vs. Vanishing Tom. I’m trying my best to write in someone else’s style and not get my keyboard (among other things) handed to me. In Ken’s story, I’m Hacker Dave. I accidentally spent my 16th birthday with Vanishing Tom. We both attended a school-sponsored [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on May 10, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/05/dave-have-you-seen-this-classmate/
Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson needed to explain himself
I understand Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson’s predicament. I don’t agree with how he handled it. You see, both Scott Thompson and I work in the technical industry, and neither of us have a degree in computer science, computer engineering, some other kind of engineering, high mathematics, or another socially accepted relevant-to-the-industry field.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on May 5, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/05/yahoo-ceo-scott-thompson-needed-to-explain-himself/
Happy late birthday, OS/2
Twenty-five years ago this month, on April 2, IBM announced its new PS/2 computers and a new multitasking operating system to run on (most of) them–OS/2. They even lured a bunch of the actors from M*A*S*H to do an ad campaign for them. It didn’t seem like it at the time, but that was the [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on April 15, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/04/happy-late-birthday-os2/