Monthly Archives: November 2010

MacBook upgrade

Posted on November 28, 2010 by spgennard

My home laptop is my beloved black macbook which has a reasonable Core Duo 2.2 ghz but unfortunately the hard drive is getting a bit full due using as my digital photo album… After a bit of research I decided … Continue reading →

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Attachmate acquires Novell for $2.2 billion

Posted on November 23, 2010 by spgennard

Over the last decade I have gained quite a lot of respect for Novell mainly due to their SUSE Linux platform and Mono. Strangely one of the companies involved in the acquisition is “Golden Gate” from San Fran, looks like … Continue reading →

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Programming languages on the rise: Cobol

Posted on November 13, 2010 by spgennard

Although the article/quote below is so true…. Programming languages on the rise: Cobol It may not be fair to call Cobol a niche language as it was once the dominant language in the enterprise. Grace Murray Hopper, famous for finding … Continue reading →

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