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Why I don’t support Windows anymore
This is a Windows horror story from almost 8 years ago. My friend was running Windows 98 at the time, and she’s using outlook express to handle her emails. Then one night she called me out of panic, she couldn’t seem to see any of her emails, I tried to troubleshoot remotely to no avail, [...]
Apr 4th, 2010 | Filed under Business and Open Source -
Why people keep using Windows
I started using Linux around 1997-98, it was RedhHat 5.x at the time. Until I had the chance to try out Linux I was running Windows NT on our servers to provide database and web service, Windows 98 was on the desktop, and to be honest, I was quite happy with what I could do [...]
Mar 22nd, 2010 | Filed under Business and Open Source -
Ratchet Straps and Cargo Bars
When you move heavy, bulk stuff, don’t forget to tie them down!
Mar 21st, 2010 | Filed under Business and Open Source -
Fighting spam with greylisting and thunderbird
The principle of greylisting is simple and elegant, because most spams are fire and forget, meaning that spammers send a batch of spams once and never look back, and this behavior is necessary for spammers, if the spams behave like legitimate emails it will be easy to identify the source and block the spams.
Mar 10th, 2010 | Filed under Business and Open Source -
Paypal police at work
I’ve heard paypal horror stories before, but I haven’t had one yet, but this one got my attention: “Pocketing Police“. It’s pretty scary when paypal can do that kind things at their will. We’re doing a portion of our business through paypal payment, simply because there are no better choices at the moment, and people [...]
Mar 8th, 2010 | Filed under Business and Open SourceTags: paypal