MS Office is nice but expensive.
Alternatives (multiplatform):
+ OpenOffice (3.1.X stable; 3.2 crashes with DOCX files (no fix yet); 3.3 in RC phase) download
+ LibreOffice (OO fork in Beta stage; nobody is certain about Oracle intentions) download
Only for Linux:
KOffice
GnomeOffice
For Mac:
NeoOffice
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
Iterate can save your hand
This is the answer for those who suffer with school punishments like "you must write 500 times {the educational sentence}".
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Tablets price will fall
Question: which is the cheapest tablet available/comming?
Mmmmm. Let's see.
iLet mini HAL Android 1.6 $199 USD
Gpad Android $185 USD
Archos Android $178 USD
zenPad Android 1.6 $155 USD
Augen Genbook Android $150 USD
HiVision Android $100 USD
Hott MC500 Android $100 USD (or less)
Eken M001 Android $99 USD
FirstView PC607V Android/WinCE $95 USD
OLPC XO-3(MIT/Mattel) Android $75 USD
Indian tablet Android $35 USD (????)
It's a price war!!!!! Black friday & Chrismas season will show us the winner.
Mmmmm. Let's see.
iLet mini HAL Android 1.6 $199 USD
Gpad Android $185 USD
Archos Android $178 USD
zenPad Android 1.6 $155 USD
Augen Genbook Android $150 USD
HiVision Android $100 USD
Hott MC500 Android $100 USD (or less)
Eken M001 Android $99 USD
FirstView PC607V Android/WinCE $95 USD
OLPC XO-3(MIT/Mattel) Android $75 USD
Indian tablet Android $35 USD (????)
It's a price war!!!!! Black friday & Chrismas season will show us the winner.
Mobile dev: times & OS changes
For those who develop mobile solutions, times are changing and platforms too.
iPhone provokes a gold rush for Apple developers; its a shame that those policies that limit Flash, Java & other apps that needs a VM or a runtime are kept left.
Microsoft is burning its ships and betting to their new OS Win phone 7; in the VS 2010 no mobile develoment is provided and they are promising a bundle to support development for the new platform.
And the new kid in town, Android, is the one that shakes the market. With smartphones, tablets and other devices targeted, and an open source support this may be the way.
Time will tell.
Image from wired.
iPhone provokes a gold rush for Apple developers; its a shame that those policies that limit Flash, Java & other apps that needs a VM or a runtime are kept left.
Microsoft is burning its ships and betting to their new OS Win phone 7; in the VS 2010 no mobile develoment is provided and they are promising a bundle to support development for the new platform.
And the new kid in town, Android, is the one that shakes the market. With smartphones, tablets and other devices targeted, and an open source support this may be the way.
Time will tell.
Image from wired.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Some refreshing ideas & resources
1. The complex manifesto - Jurgen Appello
2. 6.005 Elements of Software Construction - MIT
And a divertimento for the code crackers and Cryptonomicon readers. Win a tshirt, just brake the code of U.S. military’s new Cyber Command logo:
9ec4c12949a4f31474f299058ce2b22a
2. 6.005 Elements of Software Construction - MIT
And a divertimento for the code crackers and Cryptonomicon readers. Win a tshirt, just brake the code of U.S. military’s new Cyber Command logo:
9ec4c12949a4f31474f299058ce2b22a
Thursday, February 11, 2010
iPad and Chromium: the cat sandbox
Hurray!!! The new Apple´s table is here and the tablets war has begun.
Hurray!!! Google is launching this year their new OS for netbooks: Chrome OS or Chromium. Fast as lighting. Boots in 10 seconds. Fear it MS.
However, behind these new box office hits , some bad news arise:
1. iPad is not multitasking, no USB ports, no camera, no Flash, and will not allow to install anything but Apple blessed products. Even the battery is sealed. The business are the services.
2. Chromium (Chrominux), will turn the netbooks in a web browser with steroids and will NOT work if you are offline; no wifi, no OS, no netbook. The business are the Google services.
This restrictive policies are not taking us to the next level. Is like when you educate your cat to do its needs in its sandbox. Outside of it, punishment will prevail.
Any new gadget must allow to install what ever you want or what ever you code. Closed systems are condemned to be instant legacy.
Besides, open source products are everywhere, so whats the point of having a text editor or other tools online??
Services are a great idea, but the cloud must evolve to turn this more democratic. I don´t have a datacenter yet.
Want to try Chromium???
VBox VM
USB install
Hurray!!! Google is launching this year their new OS for netbooks: Chrome OS or Chromium. Fast as lighting. Boots in 10 seconds. Fear it MS.
However, behind these new box office hits , some bad news arise:
1. iPad is not multitasking, no USB ports, no camera, no Flash, and will not allow to install anything but Apple blessed products. Even the battery is sealed. The business are the services.
2. Chromium (Chrominux), will turn the netbooks in a web browser with steroids and will NOT work if you are offline; no wifi, no OS, no netbook. The business are the Google services.
This restrictive policies are not taking us to the next level. Is like when you educate your cat to do its needs in its sandbox. Outside of it, punishment will prevail.
Any new gadget must allow to install what ever you want or what ever you code. Closed systems are condemned to be instant legacy.
Besides, open source products are everywhere, so whats the point of having a text editor or other tools online??
Services are a great idea, but the cloud must evolve to turn this more democratic. I don´t have a datacenter yet.
Want to try Chromium???
VBox VM
USB install
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Learn & dare
December 2009 & first week of january 2010 involved me in a mobile development for the Intermec CN50. A new platform to me and a reunion with and old friend: C++.
The objective was to stablish a WiFi connection with and access point by code.
So I have to study lots of things about Win Mobile 6.1 and wireless communications. I came with a solution using NDISUIO in a CN3 but this code ain't work in a CN50. So after some tests, Windows Zero Configuration API came to scene (undocummented).
At first glance the code seems intimidating, but slowly I understand the details (and struggle with C++ data types). The most exiting thing was to test several combinations of code. These tests make me understand the meaning of WiFi structures and process.
It took several days and tries, but al last the code was ready.
Some times is very frustraiting to code in blind mode. What is going to happend? Why it doesn't work? How can you verify the communication?
Check the Intermec forum to see the posts that I sent during these days.
To dare is very important in the process of understanding how things work.
The objective was to stablish a WiFi connection with and access point by code.
So I have to study lots of things about Win Mobile 6.1 and wireless communications. I came with a solution using NDISUIO in a CN3 but this code ain't work in a CN50. So after some tests, Windows Zero Configuration API came to scene (undocummented).
At first glance the code seems intimidating, but slowly I understand the details (and struggle with C++ data types). The most exiting thing was to test several combinations of code. These tests make me understand the meaning of WiFi structures and process.
It took several days and tries, but al last the code was ready.
Some times is very frustraiting to code in blind mode. What is going to happend? Why it doesn't work? How can you verify the communication?
Check the Intermec forum to see the posts that I sent during these days.
To dare is very important in the process of understanding how things work.
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