Linux And Unix Devices Popular On Amazon's 'Best of '07' List

"Computers and handheld devices running default GNU Linux or Unix OSes have swept Amazon's 'best of' list for 2007, according BusinessWire.com for 28 December 2007.

Find a Corrupt Task in Microsoft Project Server

The following SQL script may be run against your MSSQL database to find a Project Server task which has gone corrupt. Such corruption may lead to errors like "An unexpected error has occurred." Real helpful, Microsoft :-)

USE projectserver_published
SELECT MSP_PROJECTS.PROJ_NAME, 
     MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED.TASK_NAME, 
     MSP_RESOURCES.RES_NAME, 
     MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED.ASSN_UID, 
     MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED.PROJ_UID, 
     MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED.TASK_UID, 
     MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED.RES_UID
FROM MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED INNER JOIN
     MSP_PROJECTS ON MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED.PROJ_UID = 
MSP_PROJECTS.PROJ_UID INNER JOIN
     MSP_RESOURCES ON MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED.RES_UID =
MSP_RESOURCES.RES_UID
WHERE (NOT EXISTS
         (SELECT TASK_UID
             FROM MSP_TASKS_SAVED
             WHERE (TASK_UID = MSP_ASSIGNMENTS_SAVED.TASK_UID)))

Jooce sucking out of the box

I received an invite to Jooce last night. I registered, and all of the fields went red and said "Registration failed." It did not tell me why it failed. And when I go to register again, it says my username already exists. If I try to login with that username, it once again tells me registration failed. Still, no explanation of why it failed.

Comment with your personal Jooce experience. Is everyone having this much trouble just registering?

NYSE Chooses Linux

An article in the New York Times today exposed that the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has chosen Linux over Unix for its new Hybrid Market trading system where the x86 servers involved will be processing hundreds of thousands of transactions per second.

Rubinow said that Linux is mature enough to meet his needs. The open-source operating system may not have all the polish of Unix technologies with 20-plus years of history behind them, "but it's polished enough for us," he said.

This is a major victory for Linux and the Open Source community.

Why not hire an experienced Linux and Open Source consultant for your next big technology project?

Blockbuster breaking the law by signing on with Facebook

An excellent article at Mashable today revealed that Blockbuster is liable for billions of dollars under the Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 for releasing customer details to Facebook via the Beacon advertising program. I believe the Mashable author makes a mistake in labeling Facebook as being liable for these billions as well, but it is clear that Facebook was the enabler who encouraged Blockbuster to break the law. What kind of fine comes with that action is unclear. And whether or not Blockbuster has to pony up the billion dollar fines is likely up to whether or not a privacy group takes this issue under their wing and files a class action lawsuit on behalf of the unknown percentage of Blockbuster's customers who are also Facebook users. This should be an interesting issue to watch play out.

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