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I was reading an article the other day about a problem a customer was having with a company. One of the comments was interesting. The commenter wrote that it is rare to see words written about when someone is having no problems with a company, only when there are problems. Sadly, it is very true.

This was going to be a single post, but it is too big. History will be on this part, the positive stuff will be in the next post. (More)

So everyone can see what their donations will be going toward (as D|S accused the group of pocketing money), I have posted some pictures of what we hope will be the new bot server. You can see them in my gallery.

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I noticed a mention of an interesting service in a Slashdot comment. It offers free streaming radio but you can personalize it to play audio you like more instead of the usual random stuff you can find on most streaming radio feeds. The real interesting hook is how it uses the new fad of social networking. (More)

Just when you thought Microsoft couldn't top themselves on smug advertisments, another surprise gets published.

The new advertisment points out that Microsoft SQL Server 2000 is more secure than Oracle 10g. I have posted my views below.

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Since it has been a busy week for me at work, and a busy weekend (had to do some work on the rack today), I decided to do a fun project I had been putting off: creating a "got linux?" penguin.

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Perhaps you've seen the advertisment Microsoft has been running lately. It claims to show that their MS-SQL Server is faster than Oracle. I guess they are trying to prove their software is better than time-tested enterprise stuff. Perhaps they are worried Linux is taking up the market they are trying to get into, and they know once something becomes intrenched, it is almost impossible to remove. They have that kind of lock on the desktop.

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