And so the Vista malarky continues! More and more details of the behemoth that is Vista are coming to light which, quite frankly, freak me out even more.
First of all, Microsoft won’t let you run some Vista editions virtualised, which is a bit of a surprise. Why would they push for free Virtual PC software [...]
Oh look, MS are already starting to cull their software support list. Does anyone else get the feeling that this is just another step towards pushing people into an unwanted early-adoption of Microsoft Handcuffs ™ (a.k.a Vista)?
The Inquirer has posted up some info on the Microsoft Vista licence restrictions and boy does it sound awful. Not only will it cost you an arm and a leg to buy it, you’ll probably have to upgrade to get it to run, and after you’ve upgraded you’ll probably never be allowed to upgrade again [...]
Have the days of writing code in VIM ended? Is Emacs ready to be put to bed? Are we destined to spend the rest of our development lives heads-down in a bloated and expensive Integrated Development Environment (IDE)?
IMHO, this argument is very much a Linux vs Windows style argument.
To those long term VIM and [...]
Yesterday I had one of those wonderful days that every geek gets to enjoy once in a while - the day of rebuilding one’s machine. In this case it wasn’t my machine it was Amy’s, but the effect is much the same I went through the process of backing up, repartitioning, reinstalling WinXP [...]
