Well, I just found out that Jim Baen (from the Baen.com publishing fame) decided that it was time to get the SF/F (Science Fiction/Fantasy) magazine thing off the ground, after seeing how most ‘zines are down in the dumps lately. The Baen’s Universe Magazine is his attempt at getting authors and fans interested in short/medium [...]
Jan
30
Jim Baen’s Universe
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Jan
19
Groklaw on some of the usual MS TCO FUD
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MS keeps insisting that the TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) of their…uhm…let’s call it Operating System, just because we want to be polite :) anyway, they say that their TCO is lower than Linux’ TCO…and…well, the European Union seems to disagree, from what Groklaw says.
So even if everything Microsoft and buddies said were true, it [...]
Jan
19
John Ringo’s “Ghost”
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Damn, did this book throw me for a curve? I’ve read many of John Ringo’s books, and I’ve always thought of him as one of the best military SF writers out there, together with David Weber, and he delivers as well as ever in “Ghost”, but not only does he show us another interesting character [...]
