Asterisk 1.4 – the Professional’s Guide goes to print.

I was initally asked to write for this book some 18 months ago but was too busy, But then I was asked to do technical proof reading which I have done and then was asked to write a chapter for it as well. Its been intersting and a sharp learning curve, One that means Im not giving up the day job and becoming an author :-)

full details of the book are here

Well its finally winter and the leaves are falling, wind is blowing and new operating systems are launched.

In the last couple of weeks there has been two major launches, one from Microsoft and one from Canonical. I can hear you saying "Who are they ? I don't see their adverts on the tele being told by some smug gym type that he invented it" Well no you haven't and you wouldn't, But if you look at the BBC website or any of the Tech press you will know its the company behind Ubuntu and they have released 9.10 other wise known as Karmic Koala .

So what you may say, Well I'm not going to go on about which one is better etc, I know which I like and use every day in the running of my business and anyone who knows us will as well. What I am going to talk about is release names and time-lines. As this is interesting and goes someway into seeing the methodology of both companies.