You all know me – I’m not the kind of person to be swooned by hype and marketing bullshit. But I have to say, the Maritz / Herrod keynote at VMworld this morning was an absolute blinder. Never before have VMware delivered a keynote that was so clear in it’s message and so visionary on [...]
Just a quick one about this issue that has been plaguing me for ages. Like many people in corporate world, the browser on our corporate build is configured to point to an “automatic configuration script”. But perhaps unlike many corporates, the script at the place I work is f_huge_. And for some reason, this has [...]
Posted in Coding | Tagged PowerCLI, PowerShell |
That’s right folks, this time next week I’ll be en route to San Francisco! I hope to meet many of you in person, and will be at the following social events during the week – if you are at any of these and want to shake hands (or punch me in the face), please seek [...]
I’m pretty sure that most people have figured out by now that the Cloud really has fuck all do with technology. Or at the very least, the technical challenges are the least of your concerns – it’s really all about the operating model. The implications of this new operating model stretch to pretty much every [...]
First of all, yes that spelling is correct because it is a Vim keyword – not English I’m sure you’ve noticed things have been a bit quiet around here lately… no I didn’t get attacked by sharks on my holiday, but I did decide to take the plunge and turn my attention to learning Python [...]
Posted in Linux | Tagged Tweaks, Vim |
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any quieter around here, I go on holidays! I won’t be away for long, unless Great Whites are frequenting the Adriatic these days… in which case I may or may not return in one piece . See y’all when I’m back.
Today’s announcement of an expanded VMware / Novell partnership was interesting in many ways… the licensing aspect, the support aspect …but none moreso (for me at least) than the virtual appliance aspect. In case you missed that part, VMware will be adopting SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SLES, as the single platform for their virtual appliances. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cloud, VMware |
