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Netbeans, GlassFish, OpenSolaris are dead!
As you know IBM is apparently about to buy SUN Microsystems. It is interesting to see that a IBM covers almost entirely the portfolio of SUN. Why are they buying the company? Is it because SUN is cheap? Is it because IBM wants to improve OpenOffice and make it a better competitor of Microsoft Office? [...]
Microsoft, the biggest distributor of Open Source Software ever?
First, Microsoft and Novell agreement gave to Microsoft the opportunity to be one of the biggest seller of Linux Operating System A few months ago, Microsoft released the Microsoft Web Application Installer[0] that allowed limited amount of Windows users[1] to easily install widely used Open Source software. But strangely, the Readme file [2] contradicts the [...]
Salaires et Avantages fiscaux en Belgique
Voici un “mind map” décrivant la notion du salaire en Belgique. vous trouverez toutes les informations sur ce que vous pouvez espérer de votre employeur comme faisant partie de votre salaire: Le paiement de la location de votre logement, une participation dans l’achat de votre PC privé, un prêt à taux d’intérêt réduit… Bookmark to:
EU procurement rules possibly exclude Microsoft, Visa, Danone, Interbrew, BASF, Dresdner Bank AG, Siemens AG and others?
Plenty of bidders to public procurement have been guilty of serious misconduct and have been convicted to pay very high fines. Banks, telecommunications providers, retail electronic payments network, Oil and gas, Electricity gears, software vendors are the types of companies that should be excluded of procurement procedures if we follow strictly the European directive related [...]
Who wants to buy Unisys?
I’m following the stock market every day for some years now. It is interesting to see that after the Internet bubble, Unisys could not gain any more visibility on the market which should imply an increase of the stocks price. After watching/reading the news regarding their latest quarter I wanted to know the “estimated” real [...]
