Author: Mike McBride

  • Add-ons

    Looks like Microsoft has some interesting things in the plans as far as add-on’s for Windows Server 2003. The most interesting thing I saw was the Virtual Server that would let businesses migrate to 2003 but still have a place to run legacy applications that aren’t compatible with 2003. That one, I think, will be…

  • What’s coming?

    Now that even hotmail is letting you choose to not display images in email is the banner ad in email a lost cause? And if so, will services like Yahoo! Groups, which inserts a banner in all the list emails sent throught their lists, have to start charging or switch to text ads only?

  • Others

    Looks like I wasn’t the only one trying out Knoppix yesterday. Library Planet had this to say: This goes way beyond DemoLinux. I stuck the CD in, re-booted, and had to hit enter one time to get it started. It identified all the hardware with no user intervention and booted right up. Thanks to a…

  • Knoppix

    Oh yeah the Knoppix CD has been burned and I did do a quick boot using it on my work machine, just to make sure I had a good CD. The setup didn’t find any soundcard. I’ve yet to have any Linux install configure the integrated audio on any of my PC’s that have that….