Stories by Nicholas Petreley

Article | 30/10/2001 Scriptless spells disaster
I had been under the impression that most IDE drives automatically remap data as bad sectors develop. Unfortunately, SMART is only smart about monitor...
Article | 11/09/2001 Convince and conquer
Wake up, open source community. The battle is not for the desktop; it is not for the server; it is not for the operating system; it is not for the dev...
Article | 25/07/2001 Cleaning up the code
I find it amusing that Windows is often called the server platform with the most applications, simply because it has traditionally been the platform w...
Article | 9/07/2001 Modifying PHP Nuke
PHP is irresistible because you can use PHP to crank out MySQL data and turn it into a page of information more easily than just about any other Web p...
Article | 1/05/2001 Gimme xtra technology
Gimme xtra technology
Article | 1/04/2001 Linux distributors are dropping like flies
Linux distributors are dropping like flies
Article | 1/03/2001 An open source war
One of my favourite authors of the pop psychology genre was Dr Eric Berne, who wrote an interesting book called Games People Play. I mention all this ...
Article | 1/02/2001 Making money on open source
Making money on open source
Article | 1/01/2001 Straight to the source
Straight to the source
Article | 1/12/2000 The battle for control of your DVD
The battle for control of your DVD
Article | 15/11/2000 Napster: just free stuff
Napster: just free stuff
Article | 1/10/2000 How long until invisible Linux?
How long until invisible Linux?
Article | 15/09/2000 Will StarOffice on Linux kill Microsoft Office?
Will StarOffice on Linux kill Microsoft Office?
Article | 1/09/2000 Is little Billy the life of the party?
The highlight of Billy's birthday party was the breaking of the pinata, after which Billy and his friends competed for candy, gathering up what fell f...
Article | 1/07/2000 The love network
The love network

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