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Earlier this week a number of media sources reported on the aftermath of the MyDoom virus. What was quite shocking was the way they handled or, more accurately, mishandled it. Both RTE and BBC attributed the blame to linux / Open Source. If that were not bad enough, one of the commentators on Irish radio chose to add insult to injury ny threatening legal action against … [Read more...] about MyDoom vs M$ vs Linux

If I was asked to come up with a list of useful software I'd be hardpushed to give a simple answer. There are so many useful bits of software out there, but maybe they aren't all that important. I like a lot of the Macromedia products, I just wish they were a bit more affordable. … [Read more...] about Useful Software

Silly title I'll admit, but somebody brought my attention to the dichotomy expressed by an Irish site today. Although they claim to support linux etc., they host their main site on Windows. Now we can all accept that for various commercial reasons people will host and develop on a variety of platforms, but surely from a philosophical standpoint their position is quite … [Read more...] about Is linux good enough?

Techies like toys, but I'm never too sure whether I should be classified as a techie or not. I guess I'm not really when I compare myself to some of my peers.. In either case I DO like my techie toys. This year so far has been good to me in that area. Last year I was one of the first people to pilot a 3G network in Italy using H3G (tre) . The handset is a NEC e606. The jury is … [Read more...] about Techie Toys

Well we finally managed to get the bot to respond! I would love to say that I solved the problem, but that would be a blatant lie! I only managed to find part of the solution - Kenshin filled in the gaps … [Read more...] about IRC bot revisited