Microsoft says “see you!” to Yahoo!
Ades blogged about Microsoft and Yahoo! merger, now it turns out the deal is off. This is the second time the merger is said to be taken place but after some time they call it off.
This would be a challenge for Google, and at the same time a bigger challenge would be to Microsoft to manage two big IT giant companies together. After all, there are rumors going on that Microsoft has management problems internally. At the same time Yahoo! is not at its best shape these few years.
DataStreams - CSV Reader
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When developing applications for big companies who had some legacy systems/applications running, and you are required to do the Data Extraction from the legacy systems import to your application. This, sometimes, can be really hard, especially when there are missing data in some rows, or some data extractions are comma delimited, some tab and some with other format like XLS, XML etc. Here’s the definition from their website:
DataStreams is a component library for .Net developers to easily integrate data from various formats like CSV, Excel, and XML into their applications.
Csv Reader is an extremely fast and stable .Net class for stream based parsing of virtually any commonly found delimited data format, CSV files, tab delimited files, etc. It’s usable from C#, VB.Net, ASP.Net, or any other .Net language. It’s compatible with the 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0 .Net frameworks.
Microsoft’s $3 initiative vs Open Source
Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu Linux, in a recent IRC interview was asked about the MS $3 initiative. Here’s what he said:
clever move. http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business6_april24_2007. he gets it. free software is a far better platform for education than the $3 offer.
- far more applications, means you can teach many more things with technology, not just word processing and spreadsheets. for example, databases, programming languages, art apps, music, astronomy, statistics… you name it
- source code, means you can learn far more about how that technology works, important for super-star students who will rocket ahead of even their teachers
- localisations, means you can teach in your n indigenous languages
in short, education departments that really care about education have lots of reasons to choose free software rather than the cheap (and usage-limited) windows offer
I think this is very true, I would add that students will learn a lot more then just learning how to use softwares like Windows OS,MS Office and solitaire. Choosing Open Source they will have chance not only to learn how to use softwares that rock, but also they have the chance to see and may be some of them will learn how to make one! This is something like teaching how to fish instead of giving one for free!
Virtual Desktop Manager for Windows - ala Beryl
Due to the nature of my work, I have to use Windows. Being used to multiple virtual desktops in Linux, I searched for the same add-on software for Windows XP. After a few clicks, I came across Dexpot software.
Here are some screenshots from their website:
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This software helps you to have features that are not included in the original Windows OS. It consist of features which was previously available in Linux and Mac OS X with additional features and better quality.
Still, it is good for people who are just forced to use Windows for whatever reason. This software helps you to organise your work and divide your multi-tasking operations into groups.
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