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RSS techiesThe Electronic B@zaar: Part 3 - The Flight of the Roast Chicken
Comment The restaurant provided paper placemats that techies could draw diagrams or write code on. * The Flight of the Roast Chicken * When I first visited California in 1991, I was shown around by a friend who had lived in Palo... [29 Jun 2000]
Breaking Windows: Linux raises its game
Comment But despite all this progress, there are many in the business world still reluctant to trust an OS seen as the property of techies and nerds. IDC says Linux has a quarter of the server OS market sown up. [16 Jun 2000]
Breaking down the barriers: IT and disability
Comment Until recently, it wasn't even designed for anybody other than techies. Never before has the UK been so obsessed by its rich and successful. National papers and magazines rarely miss a chance to run a rich list or single... [12 May 2000]
From ritual to tradition: the semantics of IT
Comment Fiorina's rise to the top suggests women can break through that glass ceiling while the countless stories of techies creating billion dollar operations from their parent's garage show what can be done with a good idea... [24 Sep 1999]
Linux Special: Nice back end, shame about the interface
Comment While the techies love its strengths as a server platform, end users hardly jump for joy when they're confronted with a dog of an interface. One of the biggest criticisms of Linux focuses on the lack of an elegant front... [21 May 1999]
Linux Special: A penguin on every desktop?
Comment It seems to me that Linux is being promoted by a group of techies who like the idea that they have access to the source code - a change control and security nightmare - and want an excuse to learn a new skill that they... [19 May 1999]
Why techies haven't mastered the Web
Comment It's official - the Internet is the place to be for businesses. It would be a surprise to find any household name without some sort of Internet presence. Most sites are functional and well-designed. So it's a shock when you come across... [27 Aug 1998]
DIY supercomputer points 'the way forward'
News Techies at Los Alamos National Laboratories have built their own supercomputer for the knock-down price of $150,000. Analysts believe the hobbyists dream could become a commercial reality. The computer was made using... [06 Jul 1998]
