Low End PC Archive. September 2001Links Low End PC- CPU Reminiscences,
Gregg Eshelman, Tales From the Trailing Edge, 9.27.
Remembrance of CPUs past, 8088 through 586.
- Personal computer
history, 1975-2001, Dan Knight. No, it didn't start
with IBM, although Microsoft and Intel got in very
early.
- Writing for the Web,
Stephen Van Esch. Advice on writing for publication.
- Writing for Low End
PC, Dan Knight. We're looking for a few good
writers.
- The Nimda Worm, The
Virus Page, 9.18. Nimda came out of nowhere on September
18, 2001....
Around the Web- Opinion. Pandering
to the masses. Does engineering still matter?, Joel
Hrusk, Van's Hardware, 9.27. "From a marketing
standpoint, the P4 is a brilliant product. It adeptly
exploits the ignorance of the masses...."
- Opinion. Cost
of Microsoft upgrades increase, Michell Kessler, USA
Today, 9.26. Businesses can choose no upgrades or
mandatory upgrades - no other options.
- Web. Going
proactive against viruses, ars technica, 9.23. "ISPs
are finally getting off their bum and cutting off service
to machines that may be infected with a worm or
virus."
- Virus. Attacks
computer virus identified, Fox News, 9.25. New virus
spreads by email, deletes files on Windows
computers.
- News. AMD
to close plant, lay of 2300, lose Gateway, Slashdot,
9.25. Gateway moving to Intel-only strategy.
- Virus. Virus
exploits fears over war on terror, John Leyden, The
Register, 9.25. Email virus can infect Windows PCs,
attack antivirus software.
- Analysis. Gartner
Group suggests dumping IIS for now, Slashdot, 9.24.
"Gartner remains concerned that viruses and worms will
continue to attack IIS until Microsoft has released a
completely rewritten, thoroughly and publicly tested, new
release of IIS."
- Oops. MS
shows toppling towers in ZDNet advert, The Register,
9.24. Bad taste, Microsoft. Appallingly bad taste.
- Virus. Microsoft
security. The dog that didn't bark, Geoff Lane,
osOpinion, 9.21. "Although there is a need for Microsoft
security software, as we have seen time and time again,
the vast numbers of Windows users adopt the
install-and-forget principle."
- Cross Platform. A
Windows user's guide to the Mac OS, Jeff Adkins, Mac
Lab Report, Low End Mac.
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