In a developer forum today I came across a Netcraft statistic that shows how meaningless Mirosoft has become with its IIS server, .aspx and .NET webservices. The largest loss in sites for a major vendor this month comes from Microsoft, which is down 2,, sites (-9. Read more

This week, I found these treasures from the digital prehistoric times in a customer’s basement: The Nixdorf 8870 Quattro/451 with its real-time operating system and the “Workplace 80” as a terminal. Devices from Nixdorf were once in every bank and behind every ATM. Unfortunately, the fate of the company2 was sealed with the early death of the company founder Heinz Nixdorf3. Read more

Congratulations to Telekom with its millions of MagentaCloud1 users. Throughout the year2, they will switch to Nextcloud3 and the online office service Collabora4, based on the free LibreOffice5. This is a real success story for Nextcloud and its years of work in winning over ISPs6. Read more

The Linux Presentation Day (LPD)1 on 19.. is intended to promote the free operating system and its applications to anyone interested. All over Germany2 universities, user groups, computer and chaos clubs will open their doors simultaneously and invite people to: Discover the various free operating systems and applications Exchange experiences in a cosy atmosphere Installation session of PCs, notebooks or media centres On this day, I will be present at the Chaostreff Dortmund from 1 p. Read more