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Is Java Becoming Irrelevant?

Update #1: To clear up any confusion, this article is focused on the business value of Java – it’s ability to control and generate revenue – not it’s value as a language or a technology. So the word “irrelevant” is applied to it’s business value, not if it’s a good technology or not.

Sun Microsystems announced [...]

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Sun, IBM and Microsoft Host Workshop to Combine VM Efforts

Sun recently held a 3-day workshop where technical leads and directors from IBM and Microsoft were invited to join together at the Sun campus to try and work on consolidating Virtual Machine efforts going forward; more specifically focused on developing solutions that would yield Java-like performance for Ruby, Python, PHP, and Scala on the JVM.
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Patrick Norton Holding IBM Clicky Keyboard Model M

Old School "Clicky" Keyboards

For anyone that sits and types all day long at their keyboard, you know how important a keyboard can be.
For a while I’ve been typing on the Microsoft B2M Black “Ergonomic” 4000 keyboard… notice how I put ergonomic in quotes? Yea that’s because that keyboard is a pile of shit and should be renamed the [...]

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IBM, Intel, HP + Community Form 'Linux Foundation'

Interesting… it looks like the big commercial Linux folks are getting together and forming the Linux Foundation, not unlike what happened with IBM and the Eclipse Foundation. It will be nice to see more competition on this front for everyone.

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IBM / Lenovo ThinkPad Support is Unbelievably Bad

This is my 4th time calling IBM / Lenovo support and it’s not getting easier or faster. Let’s take a quick look at what Apple Support was like:

Call Apple Support
Press a menu option
Press another menu option
Wait for 1-3mins, talk to a person, fix problem/get replacement/whatever

Let’s have a look at my ThinkPad Support so far:

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IBM/Lenovo Recall Batteries

Well now that I’m a ThinkPad T60 owner this effects me, and maybe some of you. IBM/Lenovo have joined the recall fray recalling all their Sony batteries… just like everyone else.
Use this link to check your battery.

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