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MS Claims Windows 7 More Stable Than Mac OS X?

Reader BertJ just left a comment on my post "Microsoft Copied Mac OS X?":

Wait. 7 has registry and it's more stable than FreeBSD with the mach kernel? What am I missing? I just rebooted my Mac Mini that had 21 days of uptime b/c I upgraded to 10.6.2.

I'm with you on this Bert.

Microsoft Copied Mac OS X?

At least that's what Microsoft is saying ...
Microsoft official admits Windows 7 design inspired by Mac OS X

When it looked to redesign its dominant operating system after the struggles of Windows Vista, Microsoft reportedly turned to Apple's Mac OS X for the 'look and feel' of Windows 7.

Simon Aldous, partner group manager with Microsoft, told PCR that the graphical style of Windows 7 -- which he calls 'Vista on steroids' -- was inspired by the look of Apple's Mac OS X. The new Windows operating system launched in October.

'One of the things that people say an awful lot about the Apple Mac is that the OS is fantastic, that it's very graphical and easy to use,' Aldous said. 'What we’ve tried to do with Windows 7 -- whether it's traditional format or in a touch format -- is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics. We've significantly improved the graphical user interface, but it's built on that very stable core Vista technology, which is far more stable than the current Mac platform, for instance.'

How Inductors Work

Great video explaining how inductors work.

How inductors work

Clay Shirky on The Social Media Revolution

Great interview with Clay Shirky!

The Social Media Revolution

Here is a great video interview with Clay Shirky (author of Here Comes Everybody) from GRIT TV on how Social Media is changing everything from news and media to business and communication as we know it (this is well worth the 24 minutes):

GRITtv: Clay Shirky: The Social Media Revolution
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Online Distance Learning

Here's a great episode of ATETV that discusses online learning. If you haven't looked at online courses recently, it may be time to reconsider teaching and learning online.

From ATETV Episode 8: Online Distance Learning Brings Education to Students Anywhere

Video of Lawrence Lessig at Educause

Earlier, I posted a quote from Lawrence Lessig's presentation at Educause 2009. Here's video from the presentation. As always, Lessig is impressive, not only in the content of the talk, but also in the presentation style and the visual quality of the slides.



via Cory Doctorow at boingboing