Jan 09 2009
Today is one of those days that starts with a sweet taste.’ The FSF has declared another victory for its BadVista campaign: Vista is a clear failure for Microsoft and for FSF it’s time to devote energy to something else. (btw: did you donate to FSF?)
Upcoming Windows 7 won’t be any better because it’s on [...]
Dec 07 2008
Last month I had the luck to listen to Muhammad Yunnus speak about leadership and change. His speech was full of inspiration and hope, his work showed that radical changes can start by questioning what we take for granted.’ Mr. Yunnus reported a dialogue with the director of a bank where he went to ask [...]
Oct 04 2008
After two days bashing Apple, here is the good stuff as promised.
iWorks is good stuff. Keynote is simply amazing: everything is where it should be, the templates are gorgeous, animations are fluid, automatic aligning of pasted items is superb. Pages is beyond any wordprocessor out there. I haven’t used Numbers enough because I don’t have [...]
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Oct 03 2008
Yesterday I described the bad things I found with my year experience with a Mac. Today it’s the day of the ugly stuff.
The ALT-TAB (or CMD-TAB, in Mac world) has the stupidest behavior ever. It cycles through the open applications, not the open windows. For being an OS based on the documents, not the apps, [...]
Oct 02 2008
When I started working at Funambol, Hal asked me what kind of computer I wanted, PC or Mac? At that time I had suffered some frustration with my usual setup, using GNOME. I was especially frustrated by the mail program Evolution while using GnuPG encryption and its lack of support for ‘discussions’ like Gmail. Also, [...]
May 10 2008
It just needs a company that can market it as such. I was reading about the new version of Asus EeePC and this sentence hit me:
“the Linux version is suited to users who desire an icon-driven and easy point-and-click interface — well suited for children or users with limited computer experience”
If Asus says so, you [...]
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