So … Microsoft would like you to believe that their latest re-draft of the Internet Explorer joke (which is getting very old indeed) now has a new, improved punchline … about the only thing that they can guarantee you, is that you’ll laugh twice as much as ever before. I mean come on – how can a company that has done so much for the personal computer (market?) get it so wrong so consistently? (more…)
I suppose that, by now, most of you have read or at least heard about this post on the WordPress Blog. If you haven’t; it deals with Matt Mullenweg‘s (Matt is that WordPress guy yes) appeal to the Software Freedom Law Center to clarify some issues/answer some questions around the GPL and WordPress themes conversation. (more…)
My previous post and, more specifically, the last comment that I made sparked an idea (read: epiphany) . Everyone claims that we are paying too much for Apple products in South Africa (I myself made that assumption), based ob what Apple products cost in the USA, multiplied by the exchange rate and then compared to the local selling price. Should we not be comparing apples with apples (sorry … lame pun) and be looking at comparative PC prices as well? (more…)