Sean Michael Kerner http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/ en-us 2008-05-09T09:53:07-05:00 GPL 1 : Skype 0 http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/gpl-1-skype-0.html Sean Kerner 2008-05-09T09:53:07-05:00 Israel @60 : Tech Innovations that Changed the Industry http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/israel-60-tech-innovations-tha.html The state of Israel turns 60 today and I've seen all kinds of coverage on TV/newspapers/web. From a technology point of view there are a bunch of things that have come from that tiny country, but for this short blog... Sean Kerner 2008-05-08T10:20:31-05:00 Don't Run Mozilla Firefox in Hanoi ! http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/dont-run-mozilla-firefox-in-ha.html From the 'many eyes don't necessarily mean better security' files:Open Source thrives on the idea that contributions help to grow development. Open Source thrives on the idea that many eyes looking at open code can provide better security than proprietary... Sean Kerner 2008-05-08T09:51:35-05:00 OpenOffice.org 3 Hits Beta Testing http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/openofficeorg-3-hits-beta-test.html From the 'newer, better, faster' files:After what seemed like an eternity (to me at least) OpenOffice.org 3.0 (OOo) is now finally in full Beta testing. Hurray!There are a lot of things to like about OOo 3, but on the... Sean Kerner 2008-05-07T16:25:28-05:00 Does OpenSolaris Matter? http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/does-opensolaris-matter.html I'm not sure.Sun first announced OpenSolaris in 2005 but they keep finding ways to announce 'first releases'. Yesterday was one such release. I've written about a number of OpenSolaris releases over the years, often though under the guise of... Sean Kerner 2008-05-06T15:47:06-05:00 SCO Novell Trial - The Verdict is... http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/sco-novell-trial-the-verdict-i.html I wish I knew! But as of this posting, Judge Kimball has not made his decision in the SCO versus Novell trial that occurred last week. The ever vigilant Groklaw site has posted pdf/html transcripts of each day of... Sean Kerner 2008-05-05T11:26:26-05:00 Interop Las Vegas 2008 Roundup http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/interop-las-vegas-2008-roundup.html Sean Kerner 2008-05-02T17:39:21-05:00 PHP 5.2.6 Updates for Security http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/php-526-updates-for-security.html Sean Kerner 2008-05-02T13:12:12-05:00 Interop : What Users Want http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/05/interop-what-users-want.html LAS VEGAS. At a show as big as Interop there are always a lot of different technologies on display, some of them being more interesting than others.But what are users/attendees actually interested in?Network Instruments and NetQoS did an on-site... Sean Kerner 2008-05-01T11:39:39-05:00 Interop : Are We All Sick? http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/04/interop-are-we-all-sick.html From the 'security is not all doom and gloom' files:At Interop last year I heard David DeWalt President and CEO of McAfee deliver a keynote -- he was new on the job and he spent the bulk of his... Sean Kerner 2008-04-30T18:04:52-05:00 Interop : Open Source Panel Heckled and Walked Out On http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/04/interop-open-source-panel-heck.html From the 'when sessions go bad and people shout and walk out' files:It's very rare that I've every been in a session at any conference session where an attendee heckles the panel and storms out. In a session at... Sean Kerner 2008-04-30T14:54:59-05:00 Interop: When Keynotes Go Bad http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/04/interop-when-keynotes-go-bad.html LAS VEGAS. Some conference keynotes are noteworthy, some are just boring, then there are the ones that just go ... well, bad.I'm sitting in the final afternoon keynote now where Cisco's Jayshree V. Ullal Senior Vice President, Data Center,... Sean Kerner 2008-04-29T18:23:06-05:00 Interop : Using Microsoft to Monitor Unix and Linux http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/04/interop-using-microsoft-to-mon.html Sean Kerner 2008-04-29T17:29:27-05:00 Interop: Video is the Key To Network Staff Morale http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/04/interop-video-is-the-key-to-ne.html From the 'daaahling you look maaarvelous' files:I'm sitting in a Cisco sponsored media roundtable session at Interop about the Video Ready Campus and I just heard something that I was startled by. Robert Whiteley Principal Analyst and Research Director... Sean Kerner 2008-04-29T15:47:08-05:00 Interop: How Green Is Your Data Center? http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/04/interop-how-green-is-your-data.html From the 'if you can't measure it, it's not true' files:Green IT and power saving has been a hot topic ever since the inconvenient truth of our planet's global warming crisis hit the mass media. Sure there are a lot... Sean Kerner 2008-04-29T14:15:33-05:00