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tomhenderson
Member since: December 2009
Bio: Tom Henderson is principal researcher for ExtremeLabs, Inc., of Bloomington Indiana. Thirteen years in research (investigations, investor technical due diligence, product reviews) after sixteen years in corporate America, lastly as VP of Engineering for one of the largest publicly traded interconnects.
Technical conference advisory board memberships in InterOp, Networld, COMDEX, SuperComm, and many others. Author/co-author of ten books on software and operating systems. Former vice chair of PBS affiliate WFYI of Indianapolis.
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Desktop-as-a-Service is an interesting way for IT execs to provide cloud-based Windows desktop sessions, as well as shared resources such as storage. DaaS can help companies roll out new desktops and support Bring Your Own Device policies.
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tomhenderson commented on You've been sued!If your organization is sued, many IT and data handling procedures can change, some radically, and perhaps forever.
1 year 18 weeks ago | Read Article
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tomhenderson commented on Are Platform Vendors Stealing Linux?In the past two weeks, two major vendors--one hardware and one cloud--have (re-)announced their own Linux distributions. Their target: revenue from the platform and OS support.
1 year 35 weeks ago | Read Article
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tomhenderson commented on The Different Universe of OfflineThink about no Facebook. No MySpace. No Linked-In. No iTunes. No online banking. Temporarily.
2 years 1 week ago | Read Article
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tomhenderson commented on Apple: Eat Dirt.The closed system, the capitulation to the Hollywood moguls, and the nyet-policy are driving your faithful blogger off the Mac.
2 years 3 weeks ago | Read Article
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tomhenderson commented on Apple: Eat Dirt.The closed system, the capitulation to the Hollywood moguls, and the nyet-policy are driving your faithful blogger off the Mac.
2 years 3 weeks ago | Read Article
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tomhenderson commented on Two Bricked HTC Touch Pros"In terms of screen technology, the DROID Incredible by HTC uses a 3.7 inch WVGA AMOLED capacitive display which reacts to the heat from your finger to control the device, " was the reply from the hapless PR representative of HTC at Waggener Edstrom. This has to be better than what I have now, e.g. the touch-sensitive HTC displays.
2 years 5 weeks ago | Read Article
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Argue what you will, but the Internet was designed to be an open highway, an autobahn for information exchange. You went faster (e.g. had less latency) from the size of the pipe you bought. The invention of the web was designed to be a freely accessible web of inter-linked information.
2 years 6 weeks ago | Read Article
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tomhenderson commented on Comcast: Your New OverlordToday, the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with Comcast: Net Neutrality is outside of the jurisdiction of the US Federal Communications Commission. There are, therefore, no current laws that mandate Comcast follow any kind of net neutrality at all. Their customers are doomed, as a result.
2 years 7 weeks ago | Read Article
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tomhenderson commented on Comcast: Your New OverlordToday, the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with Comcast: Net Neutrality is outside of the jurisdiction of the US Federal Communications Commission. There are, therefore, no current laws that mandate Comcast follow any kind of net neutrality at all. Their customers are doomed, as a result.
2 years 7 weeks ago | Read Article
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tomhenderson commented on Why I'm quitting Google ReaderRSS is the life blood of my work. I rely on it to keep me informed on the industry in a timely fashion. Long ago, I switched to Google Reader, because it did what I wanted it to do: It displayed my subscriptions in reverse-chronological order. At some point, Google added sharing. I ignored it. That is, until Buzz came out.
2 years 9 weeks ago | Read Article
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tomhenderson commented on Tablet PCs: The Top 10 Missing FeaturesIf you really want to make a tablet I'll buy, listen up.
2 years 15 weeks ago | Read Article
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tomhenderson commented on Tablet PCs: The Top 10 Missing FeaturesIf you really want to make a tablet I'll buy, listen up.
2 years 15 weeks ago | Read Article
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tomhenderson commented on Tablet PCs: The Top 10 Missing FeaturesIf you really want to make a tablet I'll buy, listen up.
2 years 15 weeks ago | Read Article
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tomhenderson commented on iPain: What the iPad Does to its CompetitionWhether you groaned or cheered (sounds like the upcoming Super Bowl, eh?), the iPad is causing lots of interesting ripples. We speculate as to what's happening, and why
2 years 16 weeks ago | Read Article
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tomhenderson commented on iSnore: iPadIt was a let down. Imagine: hang it on the wall! I'm thinking-> target practice. It's a netbook, ereader, and iPod all in one box. Let's see how it does.
2 years 17 weeks ago | Read Article
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tomhenderson commented on Top Ten General Operating Systems RantsWhat sucks about operating systems? For one, they're never finished, ever. The excuse is that hardware is never finished, so how could an operating system be finished? Note to self: biggest change in hardware was from 32- to 64-bit CPUs and address space. Fooey. Here are the basic problems that dog almost every operating system to this day:
2 years 17 weeks ago | Read Article
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Writing about the best and worst in operating system is like a crap magnet: I'm pressing the big red button. People develop a personal relationship with operating systems, whether on servers or their personal machine or phone.
2 years 22 weeks ago | Read Article
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Writing about the best and worst in operating system is like a crap magnet: I'm pressing the big red button. People develop a personal relationship with operating systems, whether on servers or their personal machine or phone.
2 years 22 weeks ago | Read Article
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Writing about the best and worst in operating system is like a crap magnet: I'm pressing the big red button. People develop a personal relationship with operating systems, whether on servers or their personal machine or phone.
2 years 22 weeks ago | Read Article
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Writing about the best and worst in operating system is like a crap magnet: I'm pressing the big red button. People develop a personal relationship with operating systems, whether on servers or their personal machine or phone.
2 years 22 weeks ago | Read Article
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Writing about the best and worst in operating system is like a crap magnet: I'm pressing the big red button. People develop a personal relationship with operating systems, whether on servers or their personal machine or phone.
2 years 22 weeks ago | Read Article
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Writing about the best and worst in operating system is like a crap magnet: I'm pressing the big red button. People develop a personal relationship with operating systems, whether on servers or their personal machine or phone.
2 years 22 weeks ago | Read Article
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Writing about the best and worst in operating system is like a crap magnet: I'm pressing the big red button. People develop a personal relationship with operating systems, whether on servers or their personal machine or phone.
2 years 22 weeks ago | Read Article
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