Every now and again, I come back to looking at device drivers and driver-writing, and I wonder why there is not some common interface for device drivers. What would the world be like if we could write a device driver for Linux, and be able to use it on FreeBSD without modification? There was a [...]

So back on this topic again today.  I am going to take a look at a few different statements here in this post, and then I’m going to go over them and explain why these statements are or are not correct.  Should you wish to verify any of my information, you’re more than welcome to [...]

Frequently enough, I see people forwarding messages to mailing lists that were intended to get to the ML in the first place, but didn’t happen due to some configuration issue or whatever.  There are people that think this is fine, this is workable, and it is correct.  I happen to disagree, but discussing this in the context of [...]

Richard Stallman. That’s right.  Now, there are many things that the man has done that have been effective, and the man has worked hard to ensure that we have freedom in the vast world of software.  But recently, he has stated that Miguel de Icaza “is basically a traitor to the free software community,” and [...]

Windows 7 Sins.  It is the name of a campaign and Web site launched by the Free Software Foundation in a misguided (IMHO) attempt to publicize some of the issues in software choice.  Right from the start and without reading a word on the Web site, it says two things very strongly: Windows 7 commits [...]

Yeah, alright.  Those are words I would never have thought I’d see in a title in a blog post, “thanks to Microsoft.”  But, it is true.  Microsoft is adding C# and the CLI to the list of technologies that it promises it will not sue for.  This is Microsoft’s “Community Promise”, which means that to [...]

Since 1996, when I was introduced to the concept of free software and the GNU/Linux operating system (in the form of Slackware), I started to take a look around and found myself amazed at what was the free software community then. Watching it build massively amazing pieces of software that are second to none in [...]

If you can’t see the flash, then head to YouTube to watch it. Reminds me why I missing watching the Simpsons on a regular basis. On a serious note: When you cast your vote on Election Day, make damn sure the machine is working right and calibrated, if you’re voting on a machine. Make sure [...]

So, as has already been reported elsewhere on the Internets, Comcast (of which I am a current customer) is going to assess a 250 GB limitation on transfer for its residential customers. This is more than a little disturbing, being that I signed up for unlimited use Internet. Disclaimer: The math in this post is [...]

Roy Schestowitz often posts two kinds of links: highly underrated, and highly overrated. However, he posted an article a few hours ago that has me wondering if he actually reads some of the things that he posts. The article, Another Reason to avoid Mono: Security, is entirely misleading. The problem is actually within Windows Vista. [...]