business
Why does a Landscape-managed deployment of Ubuntu cost US$250 per seat per year? For my 7-seat deployment in our new China-based subsidiary, that would cost us US$1,750/year. Compare to the Microsoft Partner Program's Actionpack Subscription at HK$2,792 (~US$350) per year. The
politics
Ohio voters passed the SmokeFreeOhio late last year. Ten months after the voters spoke, the first fines were issued against offending businesses. The penalty for businesses that have ignored the will of voters for almost a year? A measly US$100. There are bars that make more than that on
business
I am a huge fan of OpenID. My initial interest was piqued by the promise of no longer having to remember login credentials for dozens if not hundreds of websites. The security benefits of only having to protect one set of login credentials instead of many became quickly obvious thanks