CloudPrint
HP launched CloudPrint, a way to print documents using your cell phone. The New York Times writes: The underlying idea is to unhook physical documents from a user’s computer and printer and make it...
View ArticleHP TechCon 2008
I just came back from HP TechCon 2008, Hewlett-Packard’s internal conference for technologists, which was held in Boston this year. HP TechCon is something serious. It works like a real conference:...
View ArticleWhere did the HP Way go?
Recently, I discussed with some HP colleagues about the old “HP Way”. This happens a lot, actually. I’d say that this is a topic of discussion during lunch at HP maybe once a week, in one form or...
View ArticleIBM’s comparison of virtual machines…
IBM just posted a comparison of virtual machines that I find annoyingly flawed. Fortunately, discussion on OSnews showed that technical people don’t buy this kind of “data”. Still, I thought that there...
View ArticleVirtual machines and scalability
I already pointed out many problems regarding the comparison of virtual machines recently posted by IBM. But there is one topic which I thought required a separate post, namely scalability. What is...
View ArticleWhy writing proprietary software is not fun
Eric Raymond explained why he hates proprietary software. And the reason is not with the software itself, but with how it is being written: In that world, the working programmer’s normal experience...
View ArticleHP Pay Cuts – an unfair act of economic opportunism and greed.
Damian Saunders writes: HP’s CEO, Mark Hurd announced, on the 20th February that he would be implementing a company wide cut in pay for all employees. Starting with a reduction in his own salary by...
View ArticleGoodbye HP, Hello Taodyne
After almost 16 years working for HP, almost half of which on HPVM, I have decided to do something else. Please welcome my new little company, Taodyne, into the fierce world of software development...
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