All Things Gibbs

All Things Gibbs This newsletter is sponsored by Arsenal Digital Solutions Data Protection: Preferred Strategies used by Small and Mid-sized Businesses Data has become the most valuable resource that many companies own. Organizations of all sizes are actively searching for reliable, affordable solutions for data protection to help them with business continuity, disaster recovery, and compliance. The problem is especially acute for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), which typically lack the resources to add new technologies or manage the growing infrastructure required to deal with the problem. Click here to listen to this webcast which reveals the latest findings and trends! Network World's All Things Gibbs Newsletter, 06/12/07 All Things Gibbs By Mark Gibbs Gearhead: Virtual burn and rip OK, I'm back to my theme of CD and DVD creation and management tools that I delayed for a week while I discussed some cool new hardware. To read this week's Gearhead, click here. The IDC Enterprise Panel: Join IDCs panel of IT influencers and decision-makers. Your contributions will be compiled and distributed to technology and telecommunications vendors all over the world. As a thank you for joining, you will receive select free IDC research, and discounted IDC conference passes. Click here to learn more Backspin: Appalled by things legal A couple of weeks ago in this space I was Astounded by Things Legal. Well, the legal fun never seems to stop. To read this week's Backspin, click here. Gibbsblog: The past 7 days Kamloops school district gets an education in free software Posted on Linux.com Tuesday June 05, 2007 By: Bruce Byfield: The secondary schools used computers as part of their core curriculum, and some of the teaching staff saw the change as the IT department interfering in educational matters that its members didn't understand. Moreover, although secondary schools in British Columbia are supposed to teach skills rather than specific software, in practice, many teachers had developed courses that specified particular pieces of software. "You get a teacher who's been around 20-30 years, and they're not that keen on developing their course again," Ferrie says in wry hindsight. Also, many schools had already paid for textbooks that referred to specific proprietary software. Yep. Tell people how much easier to get things done in Linux, that the productivity suites are robust and free, point out that they will still have access to their legacy Windows files, and their final question will be: Will I still be able to run Windows? The Case of the 500-mile Email I got this story a few years ago, but it looks like it originated some years before that. I haven't traced it back, but it's still a pretty good story, and seems plausible. You be the judge, and let me know what you think in the "comments". Bad Wiring -- Actually, Really, Really Bad Wiring We've all seen bad wiring but this is from a different universe: India ... You Can't Fix Stupid The title of this post is a line from Ron "Tater Salad" White , but it seems to fit. Sometimes you just have to wonder how lusers dress themselves in the morning, let alone get to work. And once at work, how they keep their jobs.

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Contact the author: Mark Gibbs is a consultant, author, journalist, and columnist and now blogger: Check out Gibbsblog. Gibbs not only pens (well, keyboards) this newsletter he also writes the weekly Backspin and Gearhead columns in Network World. We’ll spare you the rest of the bio but if you want to know more, go here. Archives of the Network World Web Applications newsletter can be found here. This newsletter is sponsored by Arsenal Digital Solutions Data Protection: Preferred Strategies used by Small and Mid-sized Businesses Data has become the most valuable resource that many companies own. Organizations of all sizes are actively searching for reliable, affordable solutions for data protection to help them with business continuity, disaster recovery, and compliance. The problem is especially acute for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), which typically lack the resources to add new technologies or manage the growing infrastructure required to deal with the problem. Click here to listen to this webcast which reveals the latest findings and trends! BONUS FEATURE IT PRODUCT RESEARCH AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Get detailed information on thousands of products, conduct side-by-side comparisons and read product test and review results with Network World’s IT Buyer’s Guides. Find the best solution faster than ever with over 100 distinct categories across the security, storage, management, wireless, infrastructure and convergence markets. Click here for details. PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE You've got the technology snapshot of your choice delivered to your inbox each day. Extend your knowledge with a print subscription to the Network World newsweekly, Apply here today. International subscribers, click here. SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. This message was sent to: networking.world@gmail.com. Please use this address when modifying your subscription. Advertising information: Write to Associate Publisher Online Susan Cardoza Network World, Inc., 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2007