@tiagom said in Rackspace Bought Out and Now Private:

Interesting, glad i asked.

It's why we were so excited about Dell going private, they can focus on quality products and long term thinking in a way that almost no one else can. It's why NTG is a private company, answering to shareholders publicly is not just crippling because of stock price manipulation, but it also is very costly. Big public companies spend a fortune placating stockholders, explaining things to them, holding stock holder events, etc. It's a massive cost center with no value (other than investment money) and often many of the executive staff, like the CEO, mainly spend their time working to make them happy rather than running the business!

@JaredBusch said in The Marriage of Microsoft and Linux:

Also, the macOS version of Office 2016 is near completely feature consistent with the Windows version.

And macOS is a `Nix derivative.

I "think" that they use native libraries there (Cocoa) so that it's a port that would have to be replicated to go to native on Linux. Maybe now that 2016 is out they will just get the JavaScript version on Mac OSX and be on parity right away and be ready for Linux, too. That's another big piece of this puzzle, going to web apps is going to allow MS to now just remove the cost of making and maintaining the Mac version, but get the Linux version for free, and stop the cost of making the secondary online version. All three current versions plus the future Linux version will collapse into one. That's a massive cost savings.

@scottalanmiller said in AMD, trying to mount a comeback.:

@hobbit666 said in AMD, trying to mount a comeback.:

wow 32cores that's going to be expensive for licensing when everyone starts doing it based on cores not cpu's 🙂 Like Microsoft SQL and Datacentre

Only a few places do that, most are not based around cores. Most enterprise OSes don't need licensing at all. Remember that even 32 cores is tiny for big iron where they are way past these numbers long ago.

Oh, I'm reliving memories from 1997-2002 here, and the licensing associated with IDEAS, CATIA, and Pro-E. Most of those didn't have per-core licensing, but I remember one did. Just thinking about all the licensing servers in use at that place can cause me to have convulsions.

@Tim_G said in PowerShell & Office 365 Remoting Broken - Fix:

wusa

Thanks.

Just to clarify: PowerShell is not required here because wusa(.exe) is a regular executable file, not a cmdlet. Any other way that let you execute a program with elevated rights will do (e.g. cmd.exe, shortcuts, ...)

I got the chance to update to version 10. Currently running as a VM in Hyper-V on Ubuntu 16.04. A couple things to note...

Don't forget to save a copy of any theme folder you may have created and paste it pack into the /nextcloud/themes folder

You'll have to go back into your config file and enter the theme folder name back in as this got removed during the upgrade process

I proceeded with the upgrade via the web page. Once the new v10 folder was created and config file and theme folder copied back, I simply launched the upgrade from the web page. It's a very small install so only took a few minutes to complete.

I had installed the "disclaimer" experimental app on the previous v9.0.53 install and not really surprised that the new install got rid of that. If there was one request I would make it would be to include some version of the "disclaimer" app as a supported app in a future release. This is a very easy way to make sure the terms & conditions are available right from the application.

Will report back if there are any issues but so far so good! Nice job!

That's one of the reasons that I like having a nice home office... I can stand, walk and keep myself "busy" while I am thinking. It makes me feel good about not wasting time while thinking, while helping me to think better, while getting some physical activity. It also helps to keep my house clean and organized 🙂

And happy birthday to Linux, as well.

Internet of the Figment of Security (because the NSA is demanding back doors to everything)

"Ifs" for short If we had access, this wouldn't have happened.... Yeah sure....

MaruOS

Linux for your phone.

Maru packs a complete desktop experience on your smartphone. Your phone runs independently of your desktop so you can take a call and work on your big screen at the same time. Personal computing couldn't be simpler.

http://maruos.com/images/monitor_maru_desktop.92009b39.png

http://maruos.com/images/maru_mobile_home.272cf877.png

http://maruos.com/images/feature_productivity.388ead8e.png

http://maruos.com/images/maru_webdev.f8a3a356.png

Nice, a few things to check out.

@travisdh1 said in Windows 7 and 8.1 updates switching to cumulative monthly rollups starting in October:

@scottalanmiller said in Windows 7 and 8.1 updates switching to cumulative monthly rollups starting in October:

I've seen a lot of people complaining that there have so many small patches break things that this will cause support problems for them.

I should pull the local repair shop owners in here, you'd never hear the end of it.

Ha! Yeah, why do patch updates only seem to affect consumers and SMBs?

Prepare for big updates to Asset Management. Wish this was around when I was building ITIS (IT Inventory System) I'd revisit the project, but with so many offerings out there now, it's a flooded market. The implications for ISO QC in calibration labs and the like are titillating.