Archive for November 2005

SAP and Open Source: the debate continues

I wrote a blog entry on SDN almost two weeks ago entitled “SAP and Open Source: an analysis and letter to SAP and Shai“. It followed the flurry of comment that was made after Shai made some alarming statements regarding SAP and Open Source at the Churchill Club. My angle was that Shai was complaining [...]

Acorn Atom and my start in computing

atom Originally uploaded by qmacro. I wrote a little piece for the O’Reilly Radar on how I got into computers. It brought back lots of memories, a strong one of which was the hours, days, weeks I spent on my Acorn Atom. I have my original Atom in storage, so I turned to MESS for [...]

MoonOverFailsworth

MoonOverFailsworth Originally uploaded by qmacro. The moon was huge and very present as I drove up the M6 the other night. It was still hanging around in the morning, as you can see. In the distance you can see Salton Mill. There was another mill, when I was a lad, in the middle distance (where [...]