Author: Dr Wingnut
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Leadership
Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.Tom Landry
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Knowledge
When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it: this is knowledge.Confucius
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I have a dream
Because the outcry would have been too great, IBM decided to use Mohammed Ali as the new spokesperson for Linux, instead of Dr. Martin Luther King. Dr. King would have been a better choice; but unfortunately he is dead and can’t be a mouthpiece for Big Blue. I thought that the single airing of the…
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Blue Linux
Windows XP should sell for $29 not $299. This is why [IBM Blue] Linux has to be put on the fast track. Users cannot pay never-ending forced tributes to Microsoft as if it were the Roman Empire and we its slaves.IBM’s Blue Linux on the Desktop by John C. DvorakYea John!
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Sales talk
For those accustomed to traditional Notes/Domino development, Workplace, based on J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition), has a steep learning curve, said Manpreet Singh, chief operating officer of IT Factory A/S’s India business. IT Factory, a software and services company, develops applications around Lotus software.Singh said his office is trying to develop a Workplace strategy. It’s…
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Laptop of the Gods
Ironically, if Nat had tried this approach, perhaps he wouldn’t have written me the very same day this arrived in America complaining about an apparent bug in Micro$oft Outlook. Apparently something snapped in the software and prevents his journal items from being displayed. I’m still not sure if he has found the cure yet.All this…