Archive for April, 2007
An example of Microsoft’s strategy
If you want to understand what drives Microsoft’s strategic decisions, this is an excellent essay, wrote by a guy that was inside of their walls. And by understanding how Microsoft thinks, I believe we can realize how to behave to get rid of their damn monopoly as soon as possible.
Posted: April 25th, 2007 under technology, *Posts in English.
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Choice isn’t always good
Today I stumbled in a very interesting article which explains why Microsoft is winning the open source community in the development platforms war.
“We celebrate the diversity of choices available to solve a problem and call it freedom. IT managers and CIOs look at it and call it chaos, confusion and uncertainty”.
The article worth reading because […]
Posted: April 25th, 2007 under technology, *Posts in English.
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Free software applications around the world
BBC produced an excellent documentary about free open source software, called “The Codebreakers”, that shows several applications which benefits from the open source advantages. The documentary also presents some perspectives about open source from Microsoft, IBM and Sun.
Posted: April 18th, 2007 under technology, *Posts in English.
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Understanding the mind of a Windows® user
I would like to expose here the reasons that make me a Windows® user today. The purpose of this analysis is to explain why I believe that no open source operational system is better than Windows® in some aspects, and consequently to point out which aspects of currently available open source operational systems are subject […]
Posted: April 17th, 2007 under technology, *Posts in English.
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HOWTO - Viajar para o interior de São Paulo nos feriados
No feriado da Páscoa, eu e mais um milhão de infelizes decidimos (ou precisamos) viajar de São Paulo para o interior do estado. Tal qual um dia de trabalho corriqueiro, ir foi fácil (nem tanto); voltar é que foi embaçado…
A viagem que eu faço religiosamente todo final de semana é de São Paulo a Itapetininga. […]
Posted: April 10th, 2007 under vida selvagem, howtos, *Textos em Português.
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Wanna learn GWT?
Do you want to learn how to use Google Web Toolkit? So you may be interested in this article I wrote. It’s a tutorial that explains how to use GWT from scratch, and will take not more than 30 minutes to accomplish.
Posted: April 8th, 2007 under java, technology, *Posts in English.
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Bem-vindo & Nota do autor
Olá, amigos,
Bem-vindos ao meu humilde blog.
Eu pretendo publicar aqui algumas idéias minhas que serão escritas em Português e Inglês, dependendo do assunto. Por favor, escolha seu idioma no menu “Categories”.
Obrigado pelo tempo gasto aqui. Espero que você goste das visitas.
Douglas
Posted: April 8th, 2007 under *Textos em Português.
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Welcome & Disclaimer
Hello, friends,
Welcome to my humble blog.
I plan to publish here some of my ideas, and they will be written in Portuguese and English, depending on its subject. Please choose your language in the “Categories” menu.
Thanks for spending your time here. I hope you enjoy your visits.
Douglas
Posted: April 8th, 2007 under *Posts in English.
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