Google is hostile to open source, open standards and no longer cool

Update:On 7 July Google announced the Google Toolbar for the Firefox browser on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. This move should be applauded. Now for Google video. For some time I have been watching Google with growing concern. When they came on the scene, I was a very early user. I thought it was… Continue reading Google is hostile to open source, open standards and no longer cool

Too much spam

The levels of spam I receive have been growing in the last few months. Much of it comes from this blog. Last year my approach was to require commenters to be approved. An email would come to me and I would approve them, or not, if they were spam. Lately the spam level has gotten… Continue reading Too much spam

Jpam 0.5 released – Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X supported

Jpam 0.5 released with source and binaries for Linux x86, Linux x86_64, Mac OS X and, new in this release, Solaris. Jpam is the first general purpose, multi platform Java-PAM bridge. PAM, or Pluggable Authentication Modules, is a standard security architecture used on Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X and other Unix systems. JPAM permits the… Continue reading Jpam 0.5 released – Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X supported

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