My ISP had problems getting my DSL working until this morning. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Microsoft’s Browser Slipping Market Share
IE has been losing market share for a long time but in the last three months it’s dropped nearly a percentage point a month. IE has dropped from %69.77 in November to %67.55 in January. Firefox grew from %20.78 to %21.53 in the same time. Safari and Chrome have also enjoyed good growth in the past few months. It looks like consumers are finally get wise to Microsoft and realizing their is an alternative either in browser or OS all together.
Minor Technical Issue
Sometime during the night the power went out and the server didn’t come back up till I started it this morning. Even then there was a problem with my caching plugin, after I updated that I was finally able to get everything back up and working.
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Want Firefox Installed on Your New OEM PC?
Well if the EU (European Union) has their way then you could have Firefox, Chrome, Opera, and Safari installed by default on a newly purchased PC. The EU claims Microsoft is hurting the browser competitors by bundling Internet Explorer with Windows; you think? The other option is to force a hearing on the matter. Which way do you think Microsoft will go?
Source: PC Pro
Samba 4: An Active Directory Replacement
Samba 4 which is still in development is the file sharing/logon service program used in Linux that looks to replace Microsoft AD (Active Directory) completely. Although some of the features of AD are available in Samba 3 it takes a lot of work to get these working. At work we’ve recently switched our servers over to Linux and use Samba as a simple logon/file server. It took nearly a month of work to get everything right. The biggest feature missing from Samba 3 is group policies, to work around this we have very long logon scripts. With Samba 4 group policy will be implemented that will make everyone who uses Samba with Windows clients lives easier. No release date has been set but the developers are contemplating releasing a version for those who just want to use Samba as an AD replacement.
Source: Computerworld
