Open desktop mechaniccat /dev/random | strings | grep "For being ignorant to whom it goes I writ at random, very doubtfully"Strato:Carbon neutral webhosting by 2008- September 25, 2007 I love this quote from Strato's CEO Damian Schmidt, "Bad code is a climate killer." It might not be easily visible to individual laptop or Sun Ray users, but when the power load of a runaway applet, inefficient webserver or poorly designed database engine is multiplied across the world, eventually you do see an impact on profitability, oil prices and ecology. Strato is doing the right thing by planning to be the first company to power its data centers with 100% renewable energy by 2008. ...http://blogs.sun.com/bnitz/entry/strato_carbon_neutral_webhosting_by Soffice is compatible with actual math instead of Microsoft- September 25, 2007 Thanks to Slashdot for revealing a serious bug in Microsoft Excel 2007. It seems that in Microsoft's popular spreadsheet application, multiplying values which would result in a product of 65535 (e.g. 10.26425), produce wildly inaccurate results.http://blogs.sun.com/bnitz/entry/soffice_is_compatible_with_actual Irish standards authority disapproves (with comments) OOXML ISO fast track- September 3, 2007 The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) has voted Disapproval-with Technical Comments in response to Microsoft's OOXML submission to ISOIEC JTC 1 as a candidate ISOIEC standard. While Ireland's conditional disapproval might not carry the clout of China's and India's no votes, it is reassuring that such a small country with a big Microsoft presence has the courage to say no.http://blogs.sun.com/bnitz/entry/irish_standards_authority_disapproves_with |