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Low End PC Archive. January 2002

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• Saying good-bye to the Reseda Computer Fair, Michelle Klein-Häss, Geek Speak, 01.11. A fond farewell to a favorite computer fair - and where to find more.
• Why not use DOS?, Eric McCann, Thinking From the Box, 01.10. The pros and cons of setting up an inexpensive DOS computer - and what they can do.
• What can you do with a low-end PC?, Eric McCann, Thinking From the Box, 01.04. Some ideas for using really inexpensive, very low-end systems as file servers, firewalls, and even basic productivity.
• more in the Dec. 2001 archive

Around the Web

• Web. Salon makes a go of premium service, Lisa Schneider, Media Life Magazine, 01.28. Salon claims 35,000 paying subscribers, about 1% of total visitors. "Hurley claims people are more than happy to pay . . . to avoid advertisements."
• OS. Migrating from Linux to BSD, OS News, 01.31. Linux isn't the only free *nix out there. Here's why you might want to use it. (BSD is at the core of OS X.)
• News. FTC to crack down on deceptive junk email, Yahoo/Reuters, 01.31. It's a start. FTC to go after spammers sending "deceptive" email.
• Opinion. AOL's monster, David Lawrence, The Screen Savers, TechTV, 01.30. It's ironic that AOL is suing Microsoft over Netscape since AOL helped Microsoft become the dominant browser.
• Dark side. Microsoft piracy police target honest consumers, Russell H. Peterson, osOpinion, 01.30. "After my auction had been listed for about a day and a half, I got a message from EBay saying that it had been asked by Microsoft to end my auction...."
• Humor. Star Trek. A lost episode, author unknown, The Lite Side, Low End Mac, 01.31. Which will defeat the Borg. Windows software or Microsoft's lawyers?
• Dark side. BBC bans use of non-MS PDAs, John Lettice, The Register, 01.30. No Palms - only PocketPC 2002 machines deemed secure.
• Advice. How I managed to can the spam, Kelly McNeill, osOpinion, 01.25. "...I noticed that the spammer had included his fax number in the body of his message."
• Humor. Microsoft policies shaped by weather, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side, Low End Mac, 01.28. Microsoft's business plans affected by weather, says researcher.
• Analysis. "Resume spamming" brings an online backlash, Carrie Johnson, Washington Post, 01.25 [/.]. "In a sign that job spam has hit the mainstream, a full-blown backlash is in the works."
• Web. Global Internet Statistics, Global Reach. English no longer majority language on the Web at 43%, but next highest languages (Japanese, Chinese, German, and Spanish) are each under the 9% mark.
• Opinion. Why Microsoft's .NET is .not for me, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report, Low End Mac, 01.24. Microsoft is an illegal monopoly and I don't trust them with my data.
• News. Netscape sues Microsoft, citing "anti-competitive conduct," Peter Cohen, MacCentral, 01.22. Netscape seeks triple damages.
• Dark Side. How Microsoft drove me to Linux, Thomas C. Greene, The Register, 01.22. "Under my definition, Windows had clearly become an extremely malicious virus."
• Web. Comics artists try to draw on new revenue sources, Chicago Tribune, 01.21. Also see Web comics as business model on Slashdot.
• Humor. Microsoft's "Tsunami" Memo. The Real Text, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side, Low End Mac, 01.21. The Lite Site has obtained the full text of the Microsoft "Tsunami" memo, in which the Software Architect describes the new strategy his company must follow in the future.
• News. State drops distributed-computing dispute, c|net, 01.17. "Computer administrator David McOwen will pay just $2,100 and serve 80 hours of community service after reaching an agreement with Georgia state prosecutors."
• Dark Side. Intel sabotaged Solaris on Itanic, Andrew Orlowski, The Register, 01.17. Sun contends Intel withheld key info on Itanium - sounds like Microsoft's behavior with Windows.
• Opinion. If I go Mac, will I ever go back?, David Coursey, ZDNet, 01.16. Can anyone willing to put up with Microsoft FrontPage really find happiness on a Mac?
• Humor. Microsoft loses, pigs fly, hell cools, Broderick Sagacious, The Lite Side, 01.14. Judge Motz calls proposed settlement lame, Apple rolls out new hardware and software.
• Benchmarks. Duron 1300 vs. Celeron 1300, Tom's Hardware Guide, 01.21. Duron wins almost every single benchmark.
• Tech. TDK unveils 2 GB CD-RW drive, discs, Hardware Central, 01.11. New 36/24/40x mechanism works with old fashioned CD-R, CD-RW; can write 2 GB in 6 minutes.
• Dark side. Settlement terms nixed by judge, Andrew Orlowski, The Register, 01.11. Judge rules Microsoft's proposed settlement would amount to "court-approved predatory pricing."
• Advice. Build your own mini-PC for the office, Tom's Hardware Guide, 01.11. "...a new trend is slowly captivating the PC market - ultra compact PC cases...."
• Opinion. Why BeOS was so different, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, Low End Mac, 01.02. Why BeOS was such an impressive operating system compared with Unix, Windows, NeXTstep, and the Mac OS.
• more in the Dec. 2001 archive

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