Back in 1998 to 2000 I ran Slackware Linux as my primary operating system on my home computer. This was my access to the internet, web development and just plain programming for 2 years. I did have the system configured to dual boot with Windows 98 for the occasions when I wanted to play games (WINE and all that other stuff was just [and still is] crap). After 2000 I decided that I was don’t with the dual boot thing I and setup a full home network using Linux as my file and internet se... [More]

I hear people whine and complain every time a new version of Windows comes out. The number one complaint is always, “Microsoft sucks!!! My applications no longer work.” Being a software developer I have a little insight on how the world of computing works. And I have to admit… a long time ago I used to be one of those people that would complain. A few years ago I started to realize how difficult code maintenance can be on my relatively small applications. And it got me thinking... [More]

Is there any real use for the piece of trash known as MySQL. In my adventures working with MySQL lately, I have seen the bottom of crap. I can hardly believe that I (or anyone else for that matter) considered MySQL an "Enterprise" class database. No groups, no roles, horrible ADO and ODBC connectors. Honestly... If you want to save a few dollars go get SQL Express from Microsoft. As I have said before I have recently become a huge fan of Microsoft. While everyone complains that the... [More]

I love how the Linux and OpenSource communities enjoy bashing Microsoft about how they never listen to them. While at the same time when they are given a perfect opportunity to dig into the guts of a test platform operating system they stay away. What’s wrong with people are they too scared the Microsoft might have a good idea for once… or are they afraid of learning to like the other team. Come on everyone do you really hate that “Evil Micro$oft” so much that you canR... [More]

In the past 20 to 30 years nothing dramatic has changed to the base fundamentals of how an operating system works. Linux, Mac-OS, and Windows have all relied on what is called a monolithic kernel. Simply put these means you take all of your hardware and their drivers and stuff them in the same run space on your computer. If one driver goes nuts or a piece of hardware overheats… that all she wrote and the computer will crash. This has been seen as a “Blue Screen of Death” in the... [More]