Rants and Reviews

July 3, 1997: The Sun Also Sets, an analysis of Sun Microsystems' market position and probable demise.

September 30, 1999: Linux Versus Everything, an investigation of the likely effectiveness of a "free" Solaris versus Linux.

September 17, 2001: An Open Letter to my Government on effective response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

October 10, 2002: A Business Analysis of Java versus .NET.

August 28, 2003: A rebuttal of Maher's DVDs are for Losers article in Salon.

February 4, 2005: A rant on the idea that Windows sees so much malware because it is the most popular

November 26, 2005: Review of the Apple Quad Powermac

November 30, 2005: Review of Apple's Aperture professional photo workflow software. (This review will be updated frequently as I continue to work with the product.)

January 11, 2006: A quick review of Adobe's Lightroom.

February 7, 2006: A rant about the use of energy-efficient fluorescent lights.

April 13, 2006: A short comparison of Aperture 1.1 to its predecessor.

February 13, 2007: Installing "Hello Kitty Dream Carnival" on Microsoft Vista (or, a tale of stupid software authors and how to work around them).
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