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🕑Oct 25, 2005 🖋John Locke 💬0

VoIP Security

Voice Over IP (VoIP) is becoming a main part of the small business infrastructure. As phone networks converge with data networks, security becomes more of a concern.

🕑Sep 28, 2005 🖋John Locke 💬0

Computing and the American West

Computer history has some interesting parallels in the history of the American West. After the initial forays of Lewis and Clark and the first set of explorers, early settlers crossed the plains in covered wagons. But the West wasn't accessible to most Americans until the age of the railroads, when the Union Pacific Railroad put tracks across the continent and started running regular passenger service.

🕑Sep 22, 2005 🖋John Locke 💬0

Linux thin clients in schools

This school made 60 Pentium I and Pentium II computers useful for their students, using a Linux thin-client solution, on a tiny technology budget.

🕑Sep 08, 2005 🖋John Locke 💬0

Zimbra, Joomla, What's in a name?

Names of open source projects are suddenly getting ridiculous. Two new names were just unveiled in the Open Source world: Zimbra, and Joomla. While the names may be silly and potentially off-putting, the projects themselves are compelling.

🕑Aug 20, 2005 🖋John Locke 💬0

How Not to Define Linux

Brian Proffitt, editor of Linux World, has a nice editorial debunking "Total Cost of Ownership" (TCO) studies in general, because they only fit the particular business being studied.