I really hate WebEx. Maybe it’s becuase I’m a Linux user and there is no client for Linux. But generally speaking I don’t like thick client apps that only install in Windows. So I’ve been on the lookout for sometime for something to replace WebEx that worked on the major OS’s and didn’t need a [...]
This was a article I wrote in 2004 to explain why I liked the idea of using Open Source programs for a Utah Voting System.
Keith Pettit on Open Source software
“The basic idea behind open source is very simple: When programmers can read, redistribute, and modify the source code for software, the software evolves. People improve [...]
VirtualBox is a free GPL virtual machine system that is comparable to VMWare. The interface and usage will be familar to VMWare. Initial look at performance seems comparable.
According to their website “VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer
for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is
now the only professional-quality virtualization solution [...]
