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Google Apps Gets a 99.9% Guarantee

Nov 2nd, 2008 · David Gerard passes along a posting on Google's official blog announcing that they have extended the three-nines SLA for the Premier Edition of Google Apps from Gmail alone to also cover the Calendar, Docs, Sites, and Google Talk services. 99.9% uptime …
see also: solution · Google · service · blog · reliability · research · Docs

Passport Required To Buy Mobile Phones In the UK

Oct 19th, 2008 · David Gerard points out a Times Online story that says: "Everyone [in the UK] who buys a mobile telephone will be forced to register their identity on a national database under government plans to extend massively the powers of state surveillance. Phone …
see also: nation · UK · mobile · IDs · register · telephone · Companies

Microsoft Bids To Take Over Open Document Format

Oct 5th, 2008 · what about sends in a Groklaw alert warning that, by PJ's reading, Microsoft may be trying to take over ODF via a stacked SC 34 committee. The article lists the attendees at an SC 34 meeting in July and gives their affiliations, which the official meeting …
see also: ca · Groklaw · proposal · competing · Microsoft · employees · submissions

Microsoft Bids To Take Over Open Document Format

Oct 4th, 2008 · what about sends in a Groklaw alert warning that, by PJ's reading, Microsoft may be trying to take over ODF via a stacked SC 34 committee. The article lists the attendees at an SC 34 meeting in July and gives their affiliations, which the official meeting …
see also: ca · Groklaw · proposal · competing · Microsoft · employees · submissions

What's So Precious About Bad Software?

Sep 29th, 2007 · David Gerard invites to read Carla Schroeder from Enterprise Networking Planet, who gets down to the real reason why companies want to keep their code proprietary, with examples. Quoting: "We are drowned in tides of twaddle about precious IP, Trade Sekkrits, …
see also: IP · software · proprietary · Companies · manner · mortals · David Gerard