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Giving up on Microsoft software for work - 18 mont...


Sunday November 29, 2009

Blog: Nick Hortovanyi | Category: General | By: Nick Hortovanyi

Its been 18 months or so, since I started on " Giving up on Microsoft software for work ". It has been an interesting adventure, one fraught with skepticism from some, but with joy from myself. The big question I faced then was, "Was it possible...

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The worth of content


Sunday October 11, 2009

Blog: Nick Hortovanyi | Category: Portal | By: Nick Hortovanyi

'The aggregators and plagiarists will soon have to pay a price for the co-opting of our content,' Murdoch says. These are some interesting words, which I found from a Slashdot article, titled " Rupert Murdoch Says Google is Stealing His Content...

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Google Wave - could be the end of the email inbox


Sunday May 31, 2009

Blog: Nick Hortovanyi | Category: General | By: Nick Hortovanyi

I started watching the Google I/O Keynote yesterday, and thought this is going to eat up nearly an hour and an half of my time, so I put it on the back burner. Off I went reading my blogs and others sites. Eventually I came across an article written by...

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Google apps for your domain - practicing what I te...


Friday May 29, 2009

Blog: Nick Hortovanyi | Category: General | By: Nick Hortovanyi

For a while we have been running our own email server with a postfix setup using google apps for your domain (GAFYD) for calendar services. I'd setup GAFYD under a different domain from toasttechnology.com (yes, it was a little untidy) and also wanted to...

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Google apps for your domain - practicing what I te...


Friday May 29, 2009

Blog: Nick Hortovanyi | Category: General | By: Nick Hortovanyi

For a while we have been running our own email server with a postfix setup using google apps for your domain (GAFYD) for calendar services. I'd setup GAFYD under a different domain from toasttechnology.com (yes, it was a little untidy) and also wanted to...

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Why did IBM pass up JAVA to let Oracle grab it?


Tuesday April 21, 2009

Blog: Nick Hortovanyi | Category: General | By: Nick Hortovanyi

I woke up this morning to the news that Oracle, which on April 20 said it will purchase Sun for $7.4 Billion USD. This news came, just after IBM withdrew its offer earlier in the month. One of the key assets of Sun, is the Java programming language. Larry...

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Google container data center tour


Friday April 10, 2009

Blog: Nick Hortovanyi | Category: General | By: Nick Hortovanyi

Ever wonder how Google is able to achieve efficiencies in its data centers? Then have a look at this video. Its style reminded me a little of the documentaries from the 50s and 60s. Just thinking about it, I'm not sure how I'd go about doing a...

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