Simon Scullion

• BBC NEWS | Business | Share sale values VMware at $11bn
  The hotly-awaited flotation of software maker VMWare has valued the company at $11bn (£5.5bn).
  (tags: vmware)
• BBC NEWS | Technology | Nokia admits mobile battery issue
  Nokia is offering to replace 46 million batteries for its mobile phones after reports of overheating while charging.
  (tags: nokia battery recall)

The wait is over!

I just had to blog this, too big a date not to!

Official announcement here.

Its going to be an exciting autumn.

Can any of you admins out there tell me what I am missing!?

I have a RHEL server running Domino in VMware, so far so good. I can ping from the host both IP address and hostname, Domino is up and running and I can connect over http and run the Domino web admin.

Problem? I can’t connect from the Notes or Admin client!!

What am I missing? I have created location and connection documents, but get the “server not responding” error message.

Any ideas welcome!

Thanks in advance, from a dev geek!

• Vista Aiding Linux Desktop, Strategist Says

  “Linux is good enough today to run as a corporate desktop and, like any technology, does not have to be perfect, just good enough”

  (tags: linux microsoft desktop)

• Change your Hostname without Rebooting in RedHat Linux

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In terms of elegance and aesthetics, Microsoft and Apple are many years ahead of Linux.

451 Group analyst Raven Zachary

Ignoring Mac OSX for now, I’m not sure what this is being based upon. I’ve been using Ubuntu since 5.04, and in its current form I’d say it is every bit as elegant and aesthetic as Windows XP.

I’m not sure Mr Zachary is being fair calling the Linux OS “scrappy”. Is he talking about the OS, the UI, the applications, or all three? Comparing just the Linux OS with Windows, which one would likely justify the description given proper investigation? The UI, if comparing Gnome and KDE with Windows Vista, he has a point, but if we don’t need or want the effects, its a much closer call. And as for the applications, I think we’ve all had to use some pretty poorly designed UIs for applications running on Windows, right? (Mentioning no names! ;-))

RED HERRING | Lenovo or No, Linux Not There Yet

• Electrostock

  Theo’s recommendation for a wine cooler

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• The Afterguard: Run Your Own America’s Cup Campaign - Part 1

  (tags: AmericasCup Afterguard)

• The Afterguard: The America’s Cup - There’s Everything to Pay For

  (tags: americascup afterguard)

• Microsoft photo standard comes into focus | CNET News.com

  (tags: microsoft jpegXR standards)

• Deploying IBM Lotus Connections: Planning and architecture considerations

  (tags: IBM Lotus Connections Planning architecture)

• http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ltscnnct/v1r0/index.jsp

  (tags: IBM Lotus Connections information center)

Kevin made some very valid comments regarding my ideas for a logo for his SuperNTF application, so I finally got round to trying to incorporate them into a new design.

What do you think?

I still fancy having a go at creating a banner image, but actually quite like the concept Nathan hit on. Will need to give it some thought.

Comments welcome!