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MICROSOFT TIGHT-LIPPED ON UNIX OWNERSHIP QUESTION "For months, I've been trying to get Microsoft to answer a few questions about the Unix technologies in its intellectual property portfolio. Microsoft agreed to an interview, then backed out..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hg3e,k9sp,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
THAT WHICH WE CALL FREE "GNU Project and Free Software Foundation founder Richard Stallman posted a message on the OpenBSD -misc mailing list titled, 'real men don't attack straw men,' suggesting that some comments he had made were being misrepresented..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,gd5t,h35y,9l1g,j17r
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AUUG IS DEAD, LONG LIVE AUUG "With more than 30 years of history behind it, AUUG, the organization for Unix, Linux and open source professionals, faces its toughest challenge to stay in tact as members at the 2007 AGM decide its future this week..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,j55j,ippk,9l1g,j17r
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RED HAT DELAYS NEW SOFTWARE FOR PCS UNTIL JANUARY "Red Hat has postponed until January the launch of a new Linux software product for personal computers that would directly compete with Microsoft'S Windows operating system..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,k1py,mfgx,9l1g,j17r
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GIVE ME RICE, BUT GIVE ME A LAPTOP TOO "Now US journalist John Dvorak has weighed into the debate, dismissing the laptop as a 'little green computer' that changes nothing, and arguing that sending food aid to Africa is a better way to solve the continent's problems..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,igty,c4qm,9l1g,j17r
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GIFTS FOR THE GEEK YOU LOVE Both Linux.com and Linux Magazine have posted their 2007 holiday gift guides. Now you can get your favorite edit--uh, person--the geeky gift they've coveted.COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,4xlw,6pny,9l1g,j17r
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From the Internet.com eBook Library: Navigating Your IT CareerA career in information technology usually has its share of ups and downs. Download this Internet.com eBook to learn where the jobs are in IT, how to negotiate a salary, and helpful advice on job security and how to deal with a layoff.Join Internet.com now to download!http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,dvzl,4myr,9l1g,j17r--------------------------------------------------------------
THE FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION'S "HIGH PRIORITY" LIST: A KEYGUIDEPOST "Every couple of years, someone compiles a list of programs that GNU/Linux needs to compete on the desktop..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,28yu,hzxk,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
OPENID GETS UPDATE: IS IT SAFE? "But as I was talking with Drebes, a couple of things stuck me: is JanRain too ambitious, and will that ambition get them into trouble down the line...?"COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,auqf,6spo,9l1g,j17rMore Security stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,fzmy,6313,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
TECH SPENDING SET TO PLUNGE; OPEN SOURCE SET TO RISE "In what should be a boon to commercial open-source software vendors, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that tech spending is set for a big slowdown in 2008..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,2hes,kxv3,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
"I'D SUGGEST LINUX--BUT..."--I'D SUGGEST YOU GET A CLUE, BUT... "The most persistent complaint you hear about Linux from the wintel community is that it's for geeks..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,koac,d3x0,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
SHOULD ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD SYSTEM RUN LINUX OR WINDOWS? "Microsoft stirred up controversy last week when it suggested a Linux-based laptop for children in developing nations be redesigned to accommodate Windows. Would that be a good move...?"COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,g4p5,lum4,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
CLI MAGIC: A LITTLE SCRIPT TO CUSTOMIZE DIRECTORY LISTINGS "Sometimes when I run ls to get a directory listing, I am looking for a specific file, but I want to see the whole context where the file resides..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,l2l9,hc1h,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
USING A BLUETOOTH PHONE WITH LINUX "My old mobile phone, which was held together with duct tape for the last few months of its sad existence, has finally been replaced with something more modern..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,gvus,l191,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
PUPPY LINUX 3.01 REVIEW "I just finished taking the latest version of Puppy Linux for a spin and was planning on doing a review. However, considering this was on my notebook, that meant connecting to the Internet, preferably via wireless..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,lh65,g6y6,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
STUDENTS REHAB OLD COMPUTERS FOR FAMILIES IN NEED "Students in the technology club at Gov. Thomas Johnson Middle School opened their Christmas workshop a few weeks ago. Instead of toys and games, they stocked up on donated computers..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,ch19,4vgs,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
HOSPITAL SOFTWARE VENDOR MCKESSON USES LINUX TO HEAL IT BUDGETS "In 2004, health care software vendor McKesson Provider Technologies began focusing on ways to cut IT costs for customers, including hospitals and medical offices..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,bse1,ffw,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
KDE 4.0 RELEASE CANDIDATE 2 [RELEASED] "The KDE Community is happy to announce the immediate availability of the second release candidate for KDE 4.0. This release candidate marks the last mile on the road to KDE 4.0..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,83qj,4h7n,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
DENMARK PRETENDS MSOOXML ALREADY AN "OPEN STANDARD" & MANDATESA TRIAL OF ODF/MSOOXML "However, if you look closely, you will see that it is pretending that MSOOXML has already been approved as an open standard, equivalent to ODF..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,gbxc,kjyc,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
RESULTS FOR THE 2007 FALL BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION "Please note that these results are automatically calculated and are thus not the official results..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,1t35,55ij,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
INTEROPERABILITY: THE END USERS' BIGGEST FEAR ABOUT OPEN SOURCE "The Open Solutions Alliance, a non-profit group backed by a number of commercial open-source suppliers has found that found interoperability is a foremost concern among open-source-software customers..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,gg8i,95ye,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
POLL: SHOULD WE CLOSE ALL [KDE 3] BUGS IN BUGZILLA? "With KDE4 looming in about a month from now, it's a good moment to catch up..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,lcpn,hwri,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
MORE DETAILS ON SUN'S OPEN SOURCE GRANTS "'If the idea is truly innovative, would it not find its way to to the development tree without the promise of financial reward...?'"COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,g6zs,5z8d,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
KERNEL SPACE: THE ENTERPRISE REAL-TIME FEUD "At the end of November, LWN posted a pointer to Novell's announcement for its SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime offering. The resulting comments were surprisingly negative..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,co5d,9dc4,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
MOVABLE TYPE OPEN SOURCE "As of today, and forever forward, Movable Type is open source..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,34rf,i1hz,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
LINUX PHONE STACK VENDOR WINS BIG IN JAPAN "Access has announced a potentially enormous win in Japan for its Linux-based software stack for phones and other mobile devices..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,7wnl,doa5,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
WORKING FOR THE MAN: KEEPING THE OPEN SOURCE FAITH "More and more open-source developers these days are employees of companies, paid to work on open-source projects, rather than independent programmers doing it for fun..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,cl7s,bnal,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
OPEN SOURCE CLAIMS SEAT AT THE CORPORATE TABLE IN '08 "After years spent on the corporate proving ground, open source and Linux are looking at a 2008 that could likely show how hard labor pays off..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,7lyr,30tf,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r
Friday, December 14, 2007
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Linux News
RELATED NEWS: Bringing one SimCity per child to the OLPC December 11, 2007 Don Hopkins ported SimCity to Unix in 1991. Today, he is putting the finishing touches on a GPL version of this classic computer game for the One Laptop Per Child project's XO laptop.
Eee PC's sales success drawing a crowd December 11, 2007 Sales of Asustek Computer's Eee PC have soared in its first few months on the market, but success may be its undoing. Rivals are already developing products to compete with the low-cost laptop PC, market researcher Gartner says.
Open source claims seat at the corporate table in ‘08 December 11, 2007 After years spent on the corporate proving ground, open source and Linux are looking at a 2008 that could likely show how hard labor pays off.
Cognos rebrands Applix technology December 11, 2007 Cognos has rebranded the financial performance management software it gained through the acquisition of Applix earlier this year and provided a road map for the product line Tuesday.
LinkedIn opens site to developers, jazzes up design December 10, 2007 LinkedIn will let developers build applications for its professional networking site, an approach recently undertaken by social networking competitor Facebook, to make its site more interactive, the company said Monday.
Eee PC's sales success drawing a crowd December 11, 2007 Sales of Asustek Computer's Eee PC have soared in its first few months on the market, but success may be its undoing. Rivals are already developing products to compete with the low-cost laptop PC, market researcher Gartner says.
Open source claims seat at the corporate table in ‘08 December 11, 2007 After years spent on the corporate proving ground, open source and Linux are looking at a 2008 that could likely show how hard labor pays off.
Cognos rebrands Applix technology December 11, 2007 Cognos has rebranded the financial performance management software it gained through the acquisition of Applix earlier this year and provided a road map for the product line Tuesday.
LinkedIn opens site to developers, jazzes up design December 10, 2007 LinkedIn will let developers build applications for its professional networking site, an approach recently undertaken by social networking competitor Facebook, to make its site more interactive, the company said Monday.
Friday, December 7, 2007
SourceForge Opens up to Commerce
With over 100,000 hosted open source projects, SourceForge.net for years has been the biggest resource for those looking for open source code. Thanks to a new effort, the site's developers now can look to expand their financial resources, too.
The new SourceForge.net Marketplace made its debut today, enabling registered open source projects to offer paid services and support through the site.
At launch, the Marketplace houses 600 open source projects selling services or support. Sellers in the Marketplace are free to set their own prices for offered services, while SourceForge.net makes money from by taking a small fee from each sale.
SourceForge's paid services entry will likely compete against other open source services marketplaces, including Red Hat's Exchange effort and Novell's Market Start channel program. Red Hat's Exchange opened in May as a way for open source vendors to sell their wares directly through Red Hat.
Other vendors such as Spikesource have offered their own version of open source software support with validated and certified solutions and stack.
"These approaches are all different than what we're doing with SourceForge.net Marketplace," Mike Rudolph, vice president for SourceForge and SourceForge.net Marketplace, told InternetNews.com. "We've built an open, scalable platform that enables both established, commercial open source projects and new emerging projects to get access to a global market of technology professionals."
The SourceForge.net Marketplace has been in testing since May. The site's personnel selected the initial projects that were included in the phase.
"For the Open Beta period, we invited a small group of projects and collected and vetted names through an interest list we established," Rudolph said. "Now that we've launched, any SourceForge.net user in good standing can register to sell on the Marketplace."
The SourceForge.net Marketplace does not have a certified testing program in place for marketplace solutions, though Rudolph said a validation process occurs during seller registration.
According to Rudolph, the SourceForge.net Marketplace is a long-term strategic imperative for his company.
"Ultimately, our role is to ensure success for the open source community," Rudolph said. "We've done this previously by providing a development, hosting and distribution environment. The Marketplace is a logical extension that now allows the community to generate income; either to build a business or just to augment existing income from their full-time work."
In providing support and services for open source projects, the Marketplace and its members may also further penetration for open source in the broader IT marketplace, he said.
"Our hope is that the consistent and trusted supply of service offerings that are available will actually help break down the current barriers to adoption of open source software in the enterprise," Rudolph said.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Linux Press Releases
TODAY'S PRESS RELEASES:------------------------------------------------------------------LEARN TO BUILD A COMPLETE RUBY ON RAILS BUSINESS APPLICATIONRuby on Rails Enterprise Application Development is a new bookfrom Packt that helps readers to build a complete Ruby on RailsBusiness Application from start to finish.COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1t,1,hrft,kd1k,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------LEARN TO MASTER JOOMLA! 1.5 EXTENSION AND FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENTWITH NEW BOOKMastering Joomla! 1.5 Extension and Framework Development isa new book from Packt that is packed with expert advice on allaspects of programming with Joomla!COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1t,1,eogf,685s,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------CONCURRENT IMAGEN VISUAL SERVERS SELECTED BY SAAB AEROSYSTEMSFOR GRIPEN SIMULATOR PROGRAMSaab to Leverage Concurrent's High-fidelity COTS PC-IG Poweredby RedHawk Real-time Linux for Mission TrainersCOMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1t,1,inqe,9gsh,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------TECHNALIGN, INC. RELEASES THE DESKTOP VERSIONS OF PIONEER BASICFINAL AND PIONEER EXPLORER RC 2Pioneer Explorer released with KDE 4.0 and KDE 3.X; 3-yearlifecycle announced for Pioneer ExplorerCOMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1t,1,3d7s,3qwx,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------OPSEAST BLOG MOVES TO NEW DIGS!The popular OPSEast.wordpress.com site has grown from justthe Eastern US region to cover all of Canada, North and SouthAmerica in it's scope. The new site is located atCOMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1t,1,k56d,lnj3,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------/-------------------------------------------------------------------From the Internet.com eBook Library: Navigating Your IT CareerA career in information technology usually has its share of ups and downs. Download this Internet.com eBook to learn where the jobs are in IT, how to negotiate a salary, and helpful advice on job security and how to deal with a layoff.Join Internet.com now to download!http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1t,1,dvzl,4myr,9l1g,j17r--------------------------------------------------------------adv.-/------------------------------------------------------------------LEARN TO CREATE ACCESSIBLE WEBSITES WITH JOOMLA!This book is designed to help readers gain a deeper understandingof Joomla! and accessibility.COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1t,1,48bf,hdt1,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------START A CASH-GENERATING JOOMLA! WEBSITEThis book is a fast and easy read, taking the reader from theinception of an idea, to a fully working cash-generating websitebuilt on Joomla!COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1t,1,3w1t,l1te,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------EATON IS FIRST UPS VENDOR TO RECEIVE UBUNTU IHV CERTIFICATIONFOR ITS LINUX POWER MANAGEMENT SUITESold Under MGE Office Protection Systems BrandCOMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1t,1,1tvm,laiv,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------AXIGEN DOUBLED ITS PARTNER NETWORK IN 2007Gecad Technologies has closed more than 100 commercialpartnerships worldwide, thus doubling its network of partnersthis year.COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1t,1,an79,gdq6,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------TECH SUPPORT MEETS OPEN SOURCE New Open Source Software Relieves Technical Support Center Scalability PainsCOMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1t,1,m8iw,gb4w,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------CONCURRENT REDHAWK CLUSTER MANAGER OFFERS RICH SOFTWAREENVIRONMENT FOR SCALABLE, HIGHLY-INTEGRATED, HIGH-PERFORMANCECOMPUTINGSoftware features easy installation and configuration withoptional support for Global File System (GFS), High AvailabilityNFS and OpenFabrics Enterprise DistributionCOMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1t,1,2a4l,3i7m,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------COMODO LAUNCHES LATEST VERSION OF ITS FREE, AWARD-WINNINGFIREWALL PRO (V 3.0) AND TAKES DESKTOP SECURITY TO A NEW LEVELNew A-VSMART™ Technology Creates a Next Generation, ProactiveThreat Defense System to Prevent Viruses, Spyware,Malware,Rootkits and Trojans from Infiltrating ComputersCOMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1t,1,7jmm,47ti,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------LIFERAY POWERS NEW SPRINGSOURCE WEBSITEMakers of Spring Framework Leverage Portal FeaturesCOMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1t,1,dvty,dra2,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------CONCURRENT AND DIAMOND VISIONICS PROVIDE REAL-TIME VISUAL SYSTEMSTO LOCKHEED MARTIN SYSTEM INTEGRATION LABS AND DEMONSTRATIONCENTERSDiamond Visionics' Real-Time Worldwide Visualization Systemand Concurrent's ImaGen Visual Servers Enable Cost-EffectiveRapid Visualization Directly From Source DataCOMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1t,1,73p,ibxd,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------XTUPLE APPLICATIONS CERTIFIED FOR MAC OS X "LEOPARD"Open Source Accounting/ERP/CRM Solutions fully support latestApple operating systemCOMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1t,1,36a,kfxu,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------OSA ANNOUNCES BOSTON CUSTOMER FORUM, FOCUSES ON OPEN SOLUTIONADOPTION IN THE ENTERPRISEThe 451 Group research director Raven Zachary to present adoptiontrends at OSA eventCOMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1t,1,3j1e,dgdl,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------SUSE LINUX ENTERPRISE REAL TIME 10 FROM NOVELL NOW AVAILABLETHROUGH CONCURRENTProduct includes enhanced real-time features and is fullyinstrumented for Concurrent's NightStar advanced tracing anddebugging toolsCOMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1t,1,l06w,1fmj,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------NETCON BV AND ZABBIX SIA ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIPNetCon is pleased to announce its partnership with ZABBIX SIA.COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1t,1,am3r,4fic,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------NEW WEBSITE DEVOTED TO LINUX AUDIO ISSUES EMERGESPolish Linux Sound & Music Website is a new site covering Linuxaudio issues.COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1t,1,gjmb,k05t,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------ZENOSS LAUNCHES NETWORK MANAGEMENT PRODUCTS FOR EDUCATIONOpen Source Systems Management Vendor Brings Monitoring Platformto AcademiaCOMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1t,1,jutx,pe8,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------OPENGEOSOLUTIONS CHOOSES TOTALVIEW DEBUGGER TO STREAMLINE THEDEVELOPMENT OF SOFTWARE APPLICATIONSCOMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1t,1,8mu4,8h61,9l1g,j17r
Linux News
A NEW COPYRIGHT LAW IS COMING "And the buzz is that the new [Canadian] law will basically be a copy of the controversial U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,huxq,69e6,9l1g,j17rMore stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,ioqq,lhlt,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
RED HAT PLANS TO "OWN" 50% OF SERVER MARKET BY 2015 "But despite conventional wisdom about a battle between Linux and Windows, Windows gains over time are at the expense of 'other,' basically the mainframe..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,h4rn,h92x,9l1g,j17rMore stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,ioqq,lhlt,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
OPEN SOURCE DESKTOPS MEET MANAGED SERVICES "So, you're thinking about offering managed hardware as part of a monthly service contract..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,43ko,afmn,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
TWO KOREAS JOIN FORCES TO DEVELOP LINUX "South and North Korea team up to develop a version of 'Hana Linux (tentatively named)' and set standards..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,2ezd,372v,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
KDE 4: SOME REASONS FOR DESIGN DECISIONS "I already posted a short list of programs and services which will be replaced by something new. However, that list didn't say much about the reasons behind these decisions..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,o43,h82h,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------/-------------------------------------------------------------------
From the Internet.com eBook Library: Navigating Your IT CareerA career in information technology usually has its share of ups and downs. Download this Internet.com eBook to learn where the jobs are in IT, how to negotiate a salary, and helpful advice on job security and how to deal with a layoff.Join Internet.com now to download!http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,dvzl,4myr,9l1g,j17r--------------------------------------------------------------adv.-/------------------------------------------------------------------
OPENDOCUMENT FORMAT COMMUNITY STEADFAST DESPITE THEATRICS OFNOW IMPOTENT 'FOUNDATION' "Not only does it appear as though they were on a thin limb with their opinions that ODF should be buried and that CDF should take its place, they crawled out even further when they publicly disclosed that the W3C and IBM shared those opinions as well..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,cgxt,72jw,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
OPENSOLARIS FOLLOWS LINUX TO THE MAINFRAME "Free-wheeling Linux was an improbable enough operating system to be used on IBM's mainframe line, but now an even more unlikely operating system is making an appearance there: Sun Microsystems' Solaris..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,alll,kyzl,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
THE CONVENIENT FICTION OF DISTRIBUTIONS "This distro sux!" "No, that one does!" Interesting arguments, considering distributions are all built with nearly the same ingredients.COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,dk0p,3x2e,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE--GNOME, OOXML, AND ODF: A Q&A "It may not comes as a surprise, then, to hear that in the month that has revolved by since, I've done little but hope that the entire affair would blow over..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,1d54,let3,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
HOIST WITH THEIR OWN FUD: AN OLD MARKETING TACTIC IS BACKFIRING "Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt, or FUD, is an old sword with a new blade in today's competitive IT world. If you cannot beat 'em, create controversy. But the old tactic is starting to lose its effectiveness..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,5ed,7y6w,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
SATURATION POINT FOR ENTERPRISE OPEN SOURCE? "It feels a bit like the enterprise open-source market has slowed. Not the sales aspect of the market, but the number of new players entering the market. We're getting greater breadth but not greater depth..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,h6wz,hqe7,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
EATON ANNOUNCES UPS SUPPORT FOR UBUNTU "It enables Ubuntu systems to smoothly integrate with Easton UPS systems and assures communication, monitoring and graceful shutdown during prolonged power disturbances..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,6jua,lg95,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
HARDY ALPHA 1 RELEASED ""Welcome to Hardy Heron Alpha-1, which will in time become Ubuntu 8.04..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,6s7m,fd79,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
FIREFOX BREAKS WEB CANVAS "Millions of people rely on the Mozilla Firefox Web browser, but now some of them might not be able to access the content they want, thanks to the latest update..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,d89e,g1ar,9l1g,j17rMore Security stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,fzmy,6313,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
REVIEW: IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY DESKTOP PRODUCTIVITY "Microsoft's Office suite will, typically, account for a large chunk of the small business IT budget, but there aren’t that many alternatives..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,3q0q,fc6d,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
SUN BULLIED, USED THREATS TO GAIN CONTROL OF OPEN SOURCE PROJECT,FORMER OWNER SAYS "Sun used strong-arm tactics and made threats to the owners of an open-source directory project to wrestle away control, according to one of the former owners and creators of the project..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,e7cc,p81,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------OPENOFFICE.ORG
2.3 IMPRESSES "The release of OpenOffice.org 2.3 brings several significant improvements to the open-source office productivity suite..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,l3i1,eso7,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
CULT WATCH 2007: WHO'S DRINKING THE KOOL-AID? "As we wind down another year in technology, it's a good time to check in on the cults and see how they’re doing..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,e26d,68b6,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
WINDOWS IS !EASY, LINUX IS !HARD "I just recently installed MSDE and its associated web data admin on a freshly installed, fully updated windows XP. It was a pain..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,ipor,5wsb,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
GLIMPSING NIGERIA'S DIGITAL LIFELINE "Until recently there was nothing that marked out Galadima primary school as anything out of the ordinary..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,2lqz,tzs,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
OPEN SOURCE MAP SITE FACES SUCCESS AND GROWING PAIN "We sat with Pablo Cecconi from GIS unit at Buenos Aires government to learn more about the city's official map site, built with and running on open source software..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,d3ut,6evf,9l1g,j17r
More Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------SEALED PC RUNS LINUX "ICI Controls has announced a 'completely sealed' PC intended for embedded and industrial applications in wet and dirty environments..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,j871,7glt,9l1g,j17r
More Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------MOBILE LIKES LINUX "I've read an article today about a school in US that equipped its students with a new Asus eeePC 701 laptops. Aside the pedagogical issues, I find that very interesting from technological and social points of view...
"COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,96lo,ltts,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
SLACKWARE'S "MAGIC PACKAGE MAKER" "Slackware Linux today features a powerful and easy-to-use package management system, but making Slackware packages has not always been straightforward..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,ld9s,jc9x,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
SOLUTIONBASE: OVERCOME MULTIMEDIA HURDLES IN LINUX "For many, one of the biggest hurdles preventing them from adopting Linux is the difficulties that arise when it comes to dealing with multimedia..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,3v30,36y1,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
LINUX: CREATE YOUR OWN DOMAIN NAME SERVER (DNS) "One vital step to hosting your own domain is to set up a domain name server. One nice solution is to use Linux and the Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) software..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,ltz7,7i1l,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
LINUX VS. IPOD 1-0 "After two years of fightings and trial and errors today I was finally able to rip, encode and store entirely from Linux, and without using iTunes, and aac audio on my iPod nano..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,8veq,hj2d,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
COME FLOCK WITH ME "Just recently, the first stable version of Flock was released. But already, more and more people are downloading it to join the herd..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,baef,c5fl,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
GNU PDF TO FILL MISSING GAP IN FUNCTIONALITY "For many average users, GNU/Linux support for PDF files may seem reasonably advanced. They can create PDF files in programs like OpenOffice.org, read them with programs like Kpdf, and edit them in programs like pdftk or PDFedit..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,9zot,6ynx,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
KDE 4.0 TO BE RELEASED IN JANUARY "The KDE Release Team has decided to release KDE 4.0 this coming January. The release was originally planned for mid-December..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,jpqu,6hey,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
BROWSER SMACKDOWN counting in his entomological quests.COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,8q55,13ki,9l1g,j17rMore Security stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,fzmy,6313,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
FIREFOX HAS 'AT LEAST' 126M USERS "John Lilly, Mozilla's Chief Operating Officer, has estimated that Firefox, the company’s popular open source web browser, is used by at least 126 million people around the world..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,ch86,6llw,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
MYTHS STYMIE LINUX GROWTH "What makes that even more fascinating is that the backlash against Windows Vista is not reason enough to fuel the move to Linux..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,ejia,9ucc,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
UPDATE: OLPC PATENT THREAT ANALYZEDCOMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,5dp0,94n1,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
APACHE GAINS MARKET SHARE "After Apache's market share was shrinking month after month for more than a year it grew again a bit according to Netcraft..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,561n,gwg0,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
Q&A: OPEN-SOURCE BACKER EBEN MOGLEN SAYS SOFTWARE A 'RENEWABLE'RESOURCE "As a lawyer, law professor and software programmer, Eben Moglen is passionate about technology, software and user freedom..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,10yb,436g,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
THE SCARCEEE PC Looking for an Asus Eee PC for the holidays? Good luck. As these reports show, finding one is getting to be no easy task.COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,75yl,aplz,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
FIRST OLPC DEPLOYMENT: NOW IT'S REALIvan Krstic: "This week, Uruguay became the first-ever real,non-pilot deployment site of OLPC XO laptops. And I was thereto hand out the first one..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,33ka,lzdi,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
ODF VS. OOXML: WAR OF THE WORDS CHAPTER 2 "Microsoft acquired this enviable position in each case through a combination of luck, single-minded determination, obsessive attention to detail, and a willingness to play the game fast and hard..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,bkfd,5d5e,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
GOOGLE'S ANDROID VS. APPLE'S IPHONE: WHICH IS MORE SECURE? "I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict Google's Android mobile phone platform is going to prove itself to be more secure than Apple's iPhone in the long run..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,71uu,ka3,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
THINGS THAT BUG ME: ITEM #260199 "But I wonder sometimes if the need to review software can sometimes go too far..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,6qbx,blsr,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r
RED HAT PLANS TO "OWN" 50% OF SERVER MARKET BY 2015 "But despite conventional wisdom about a battle between Linux and Windows, Windows gains over time are at the expense of 'other,' basically the mainframe..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,h4rn,h92x,9l1g,j17rMore stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,ioqq,lhlt,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
OPEN SOURCE DESKTOPS MEET MANAGED SERVICES "So, you're thinking about offering managed hardware as part of a monthly service contract..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,43ko,afmn,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
TWO KOREAS JOIN FORCES TO DEVELOP LINUX "South and North Korea team up to develop a version of 'Hana Linux (tentatively named)' and set standards..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,2ezd,372v,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
KDE 4: SOME REASONS FOR DESIGN DECISIONS "I already posted a short list of programs and services which will be replaced by something new. However, that list didn't say much about the reasons behind these decisions..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,o43,h82h,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------/-------------------------------------------------------------------
From the Internet.com eBook Library: Navigating Your IT CareerA career in information technology usually has its share of ups and downs. Download this Internet.com eBook to learn where the jobs are in IT, how to negotiate a salary, and helpful advice on job security and how to deal with a layoff.Join Internet.com now to download!http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,dvzl,4myr,9l1g,j17r--------------------------------------------------------------adv.-/------------------------------------------------------------------
OPENDOCUMENT FORMAT COMMUNITY STEADFAST DESPITE THEATRICS OFNOW IMPOTENT 'FOUNDATION' "Not only does it appear as though they were on a thin limb with their opinions that ODF should be buried and that CDF should take its place, they crawled out even further when they publicly disclosed that the W3C and IBM shared those opinions as well..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,cgxt,72jw,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
OPENSOLARIS FOLLOWS LINUX TO THE MAINFRAME "Free-wheeling Linux was an improbable enough operating system to be used on IBM's mainframe line, but now an even more unlikely operating system is making an appearance there: Sun Microsystems' Solaris..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,alll,kyzl,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
THE CONVENIENT FICTION OF DISTRIBUTIONS "This distro sux!" "No, that one does!" Interesting arguments, considering distributions are all built with nearly the same ingredients.COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,dk0p,3x2e,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE--GNOME, OOXML, AND ODF: A Q&A "It may not comes as a surprise, then, to hear that in the month that has revolved by since, I've done little but hope that the entire affair would blow over..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,1d54,let3,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
HOIST WITH THEIR OWN FUD: AN OLD MARKETING TACTIC IS BACKFIRING "Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt, or FUD, is an old sword with a new blade in today's competitive IT world. If you cannot beat 'em, create controversy. But the old tactic is starting to lose its effectiveness..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,5ed,7y6w,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
SATURATION POINT FOR ENTERPRISE OPEN SOURCE? "It feels a bit like the enterprise open-source market has slowed. Not the sales aspect of the market, but the number of new players entering the market. We're getting greater breadth but not greater depth..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,h6wz,hqe7,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
EATON ANNOUNCES UPS SUPPORT FOR UBUNTU "It enables Ubuntu systems to smoothly integrate with Easton UPS systems and assures communication, monitoring and graceful shutdown during prolonged power disturbances..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,6jua,lg95,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
HARDY ALPHA 1 RELEASED ""Welcome to Hardy Heron Alpha-1, which will in time become Ubuntu 8.04..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,6s7m,fd79,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
FIREFOX BREAKS WEB CANVAS "Millions of people rely on the Mozilla Firefox Web browser, but now some of them might not be able to access the content they want, thanks to the latest update..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,d89e,g1ar,9l1g,j17rMore Security stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,fzmy,6313,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
REVIEW: IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY DESKTOP PRODUCTIVITY "Microsoft's Office suite will, typically, account for a large chunk of the small business IT budget, but there aren’t that many alternatives..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,3q0q,fc6d,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
SUN BULLIED, USED THREATS TO GAIN CONTROL OF OPEN SOURCE PROJECT,FORMER OWNER SAYS "Sun used strong-arm tactics and made threats to the owners of an open-source directory project to wrestle away control, according to one of the former owners and creators of the project..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,e7cc,p81,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------OPENOFFICE.ORG
2.3 IMPRESSES "The release of OpenOffice.org 2.3 brings several significant improvements to the open-source office productivity suite..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,l3i1,eso7,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
CULT WATCH 2007: WHO'S DRINKING THE KOOL-AID? "As we wind down another year in technology, it's a good time to check in on the cults and see how they’re doing..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,e26d,68b6,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
WINDOWS IS !EASY, LINUX IS !HARD "I just recently installed MSDE and its associated web data admin on a freshly installed, fully updated windows XP. It was a pain..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,ipor,5wsb,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
GLIMPSING NIGERIA'S DIGITAL LIFELINE "Until recently there was nothing that marked out Galadima primary school as anything out of the ordinary..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,2lqz,tzs,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
OPEN SOURCE MAP SITE FACES SUCCESS AND GROWING PAIN "We sat with Pablo Cecconi from GIS unit at Buenos Aires government to learn more about the city's official map site, built with and running on open source software..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,d3ut,6evf,9l1g,j17r
More Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------SEALED PC RUNS LINUX "ICI Controls has announced a 'completely sealed' PC intended for embedded and industrial applications in wet and dirty environments..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,j871,7glt,9l1g,j17r
More Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------MOBILE LIKES LINUX "I've read an article today about a school in US that equipped its students with a new Asus eeePC 701 laptops. Aside the pedagogical issues, I find that very interesting from technological and social points of view...
"COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,96lo,ltts,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
SLACKWARE'S "MAGIC PACKAGE MAKER" "Slackware Linux today features a powerful and easy-to-use package management system, but making Slackware packages has not always been straightforward..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,ld9s,jc9x,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
SOLUTIONBASE: OVERCOME MULTIMEDIA HURDLES IN LINUX "For many, one of the biggest hurdles preventing them from adopting Linux is the difficulties that arise when it comes to dealing with multimedia..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,3v30,36y1,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
LINUX: CREATE YOUR OWN DOMAIN NAME SERVER (DNS) "One vital step to hosting your own domain is to set up a domain name server. One nice solution is to use Linux and the Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) software..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,ltz7,7i1l,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
LINUX VS. IPOD 1-0 "After two years of fightings and trial and errors today I was finally able to rip, encode and store entirely from Linux, and without using iTunes, and aac audio on my iPod nano..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,8veq,hj2d,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
COME FLOCK WITH ME "Just recently, the first stable version of Flock was released. But already, more and more people are downloading it to join the herd..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,baef,c5fl,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
GNU PDF TO FILL MISSING GAP IN FUNCTIONALITY "For many average users, GNU/Linux support for PDF files may seem reasonably advanced. They can create PDF files in programs like OpenOffice.org, read them with programs like Kpdf, and edit them in programs like pdftk or PDFedit..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,9zot,6ynx,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
KDE 4.0 TO BE RELEASED IN JANUARY "The KDE Release Team has decided to release KDE 4.0 this coming January. The release was originally planned for mid-December..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,jpqu,6hey,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
BROWSER SMACKDOWN counting in his entomological quests.COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,8q55,13ki,9l1g,j17rMore Security stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,fzmy,6313,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
FIREFOX HAS 'AT LEAST' 126M USERS "John Lilly, Mozilla's Chief Operating Officer, has estimated that Firefox, the company’s popular open source web browser, is used by at least 126 million people around the world..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,ch86,6llw,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
MYTHS STYMIE LINUX GROWTH "What makes that even more fascinating is that the backlash against Windows Vista is not reason enough to fuel the move to Linux..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,ejia,9ucc,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
UPDATE: OLPC PATENT THREAT ANALYZEDCOMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,5dp0,94n1,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
APACHE GAINS MARKET SHARE "After Apache's market share was shrinking month after month for more than a year it grew again a bit according to Netcraft..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,561n,gwg0,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
Q&A: OPEN-SOURCE BACKER EBEN MOGLEN SAYS SOFTWARE A 'RENEWABLE'RESOURCE "As a lawyer, law professor and software programmer, Eben Moglen is passionate about technology, software and user freedom..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,10yb,436g,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
THE SCARCEEE PC Looking for an Asus Eee PC for the holidays? Good luck. As these reports show, finding one is getting to be no easy task.COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,75yl,aplz,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
FIRST OLPC DEPLOYMENT: NOW IT'S REALIvan Krstic: "This week, Uruguay became the first-ever real,non-pilot deployment site of OLPC XO laptops. And I was thereto hand out the first one..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,33ka,lzdi,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
ODF VS. OOXML: WAR OF THE WORDS CHAPTER 2 "Microsoft acquired this enviable position in each case through a combination of luck, single-minded determination, obsessive attention to detail, and a willingness to play the game fast and hard..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,bkfd,5d5e,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
GOOGLE'S ANDROID VS. APPLE'S IPHONE: WHICH IS MORE SECURE? "I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict Google's Android mobile phone platform is going to prove itself to be more secure than Apple's iPhone in the long run..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,71uu,ka3,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
THINGS THAT BUG ME: ITEM #260199 "But I wonder sometimes if the need to review software can sometimes go too far..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,6qbx,blsr,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3n1v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Linux News
A RESPONSE TO THE CACOPHONY "Of course, resolving these issues did not require such hatefulness, but that is a property of the dysfunctional relationship on display..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,gkga,e8zw,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
IN DEFENSE OF THE GPL "The ultimate impact of these actions could well serve to either spurn or spawn even greater open source adoption, industry observers say..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,f16j,huk3,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
THE PENGUIN COMES IN FROM THE COLD "Linux hardware and software makers have been trumpeting the virtues of the open-source operating system for quite a while, but businesses have been slow to take the bait..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,k9dp,fv3m,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
EXAMINING THE "FACTS" IN ILLINOIS "One such case study revolves on the decision by the State of Illinois to standardize on Microsoft's servers and related technologies..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,m2sd,19mv,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
PUBLIC BETA NOW OPEN FOR RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX ON AMAZONELASTIC COMPUTE CLOUD "Today, less than three weeks since the announcement of our collaboration with Amazon Web Services, Red Hat has opened the beta for Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Amazon EC2 to the general public..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,1sr8,gony,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
LINUX KERNEL MAINTAINERS: ACCOUNTABLE TO ALL, BEHOLDEN TO NONE? "Forget IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle. How much software do you think businesses have developed for internal use? Here's one expert's guesstimate..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,bivx,lxzh,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
POLITICS 'STIFLING $100 LAPTOP' "A lack of 'big thinking' by politicians has stifled a scheme to distribute laptops to children in the developing world, a spokesman has said..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,3nkk,1uh5,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
LINUX PCS: LOOK BEYOND WAL-MART "But a lot of bloggers, including The VAR Guy, need to remind readers that it might be wiser to look elsewhere for affordable, reliable Linux PCs. One prime stop should be ZaReason.com. Here's why..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,jb7,58b4,9l1g,j17rMore stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,ioqq,lhlt,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
T'IS THE SEASON "I have scoured the Internet for holiday gifts that are geeky with an open source, stick-it-to-the-man slant..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,9ydd,ag1,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
LAGOS ANALYSIS CORP. FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST NEGROPONTE AND OLPCASSOCIATION FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT "The patent infringement lawsuit was filed on November 22nd, 2007 as a result of OLPC's willful infringement of LANCOR's Nigeria Registered Design Patent # RD8489 and illegal reverse engineering of its keyboard driver source codes for use in the XO Laptops..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,ermq,a3qb,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
RICHARD STALLMAN AND THE CONNOTATIONS OF LANGUAGE "Anyone looking for a summary of the free software movement's concerns needs only to look at Richard M. Stallman's essay 'Some Confusing or Loaded Words and Phrases that are Worth Avoiding...'"COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,kbqc,h5eo,9l1g,j17rMore stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,ioqq,lhlt,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------/-------------------------------------------------------------------
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CAN LINUX FORGET DESKTOPS AND SERVERS? "While Linux might be able to gain share at the expense of the still-unpopular Vista, it's possible that tired old PCs aren't that important anyway..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,j90k,45v0,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
MOZILLA PLANS 2 MORE FIREFOX 3 BETAS, ~500,000 COPIES OF BETA1 DOWNLOADED TO DATE "The Mozilla Foundation reports that nearly 500,000 copies of Firefox 3 beta 1 have been downloaded since its release last week and two more beta test versions will follow before its final release next year..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,74aw,lsfo,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
WHY KDE4 (MIGHT) SUCK! "I've been a kde user for very long time, since from before version 3.0. I vaguely remember being excited with version 3.0 to the point I was using the beta releases on a daily basis..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,7k79,agvl,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
ASUS EEE PC GPL PROBLEM APPEARS SOLVED "Against the backdrop of cries from the GNU/Linux community, Asus has taken steps to correct the availability of the source code for its Eee PC..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,5djk,4rq9,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
CHEAP LAPTOPS BAD FOR VISTA, GOOD FOR LINUX "As laptops get cheaper, Linux and Windows XP are both making better business sense than Vista..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,e1j,55p7,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
EINSTEIN'S DEFINITION OF INSANITY... "For the computing world, ISO standards have a mixed record..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,kxgj,7q3y,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
WHAT IF WE NEVER HAVE THE YEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP? "Every year since 2004 has been touted as the year of the Linux desktop. That year where Linux of some flavor makes huge inroads into the home and work desktop scene..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,6d65,5y2m,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
IS FIREFOX BECOMING BLOATED? "Most of you reading this are likely doing so with the now popular Web browser lovingly known as Firefox..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,ack9,46ih,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
GOOGLE COMPILER "I have read a lot about the speculation of Google developing their own operating system. This, to date, has just been rumor..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,eyxh,c685,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
WHY I WON'T BE RECOMMENDING LINUX TO FAMILY THIS HOLIDAY SEASON "For the Linux community, 2007 has been a fantastically successful year..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,5y8l,kes7,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
A NEWBIE'S GUIDE TO RANDR 1.2 "Recently there has been much talk about RandR 1.2 support with RadeonHD and Nouveau (among other drivers), and as a result we have been asked many times now 'what is RandR, and why do I care...?'"COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,5nbv,goqz,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
MANAGE YOUR MOBILE PHONE WITH WAMMU VIA BLUETOOTH ON FEDORA 8 "This document describes how to manage your mobile phone with Wammu via bluetooth on Fedora 8..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hhyp,e4tk,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
LINUX MEDIA PLAYER ROUNDUP--PART 5 "Today we'll be going over several more media players for you to consider..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,d5jd,awc,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
INTEL CORE 2 "PENRYN" PERFORMANCE UNDER LINUX "Last week I presented the details of the new 'Penryn' Core 2 processor from Intel..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,iyep,e3yg,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
MODULAR IO SCHEDULERS "Adrian Bunk posted a patch to make Linux IO schedulers a non-modular option, which would require one IO scheduler to be selected at compile time..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,c7u,o4p,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
WHAT DOES "IP" REALLY MEAN? "As is so often the case when it comes to clear thinking about what is really going on, Richard Stallman has put together an extremely useful statement of what the problem is..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,amcr,72ek,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------URBIS.COM
FOUNDER RELIES ON PASSIONATE RUBY DEVELOPERS "Urbis.com, written completely in Ruby using the open source framework Ruby on Rails, is yet another social networking site, but with a twist..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,esmw,2gha,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------LINUX.CONF.AU:
TYING UP ALL THOSE LOOSE ENDS "Every year, there are numerous technical conferences held in Australia where attendees have to make do without internet access. That doesn't happen when the topic is Linux and the meeting is Australia's national Linux conference..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,113w,50oe,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
OPENSUSE GOES LIVE "The live versions are replicas of their install-only cousins in terms of software, and apart from a few quirks, they seem set to replace the older versions soon..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,mjx,1idv,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
A MOTHER LODE OF BUSINESS CODE "Forget IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle. How much software do you think businesses have developed for internal use? Here's one expert's guesstimate..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,2vzw,ko86,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
IT'S TIME FOR SCO TO FACE THE NOVELL MUSIC "On Nov. 27, however, the bankruptcy court lifted its stay on the Novell trial, and so the SCO/Novell court case is once again free to proceed..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,2ari,ht66,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
NOVELL SHIPS SUSE LINUX ENTERPRISE REAL TIME 10 "Novell today announced the availability of SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 10, the latest version of Novell's enterprise-class, open source real-time operating system for running high-performance, time-sensitive, mission-critical applications..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,e2pd,a60q,9l1g,j17rMore High Performance stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,2wjc,8pd8,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
KID-SIZED COMPUTERS "Fresno Unified's endeavor is the first of its kind in the nation because the laptop maker, ASUS, unveiled the 7-inch creation just last week..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,8ovp,cnl0,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
DEBATE SIMMERS ON WHY ODF SHUTTERED ITS DOORS "Foundation president Gary Edwards says changes to Oasis' membership rules forced the organization to shut down..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,4jtj,227k,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
OPEN SOURCE ERP GROWS UP "After eight years of development and over a million downloads, the open source Compiere ERP has proven that it fits the bill for many..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,kks3,f0bx,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
JAPAN MID-SIZED BUSINESSES NEED SUPPORT AND SERVICE FOR OPENSOURCE... "Medium businesses (100 to 999 employees) in Japan are showing latent potential to drive usage of open source software..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,4uc6,ddge,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
Q&A: BMC'S WILLIAM HURLEY TALKS UP OPEN SOURCE "Hurley has a unique MO that makes him as comfortable in the boardroom as he is on the legendary long green skateboard he often uses to commute to work--and to get around at open-source conferences..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,in3v,3pdf,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
COST DRIVES FIRMS FROM UNIX TO LINUX "Almost two thirds of Irish IT experts say the main motivation for migrating to the Linux operating system from UNIX for use in servers is cost, according to a recent survey from Novell's Open Enterprise Summit in Dublin..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,82jf,15x5,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
PAYPAL SAYS LINUX GRID CAN REPLACE MAINFRAMES "PayPal is currently processing $1,571 worth of transactions per second in 17 different currencies on about 4,000 servers running Red Hat Linux..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,2lo8,1e55,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
AND THE BEST COMMUNITY LINUX IS... "The three biggest community Linuxes are Fedora, OpenSUSE and Ubuntu. They're all popular. They're all good. But which is the best...?"COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,4ahs,2mva,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r
IN DEFENSE OF THE GPL "The ultimate impact of these actions could well serve to either spurn or spawn even greater open source adoption, industry observers say..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,f16j,huk3,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
THE PENGUIN COMES IN FROM THE COLD "Linux hardware and software makers have been trumpeting the virtues of the open-source operating system for quite a while, but businesses have been slow to take the bait..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,k9dp,fv3m,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
EXAMINING THE "FACTS" IN ILLINOIS "One such case study revolves on the decision by the State of Illinois to standardize on Microsoft's servers and related technologies..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,m2sd,19mv,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
PUBLIC BETA NOW OPEN FOR RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX ON AMAZONELASTIC COMPUTE CLOUD "Today, less than three weeks since the announcement of our collaboration with Amazon Web Services, Red Hat has opened the beta for Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Amazon EC2 to the general public..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,1sr8,gony,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
LINUX KERNEL MAINTAINERS: ACCOUNTABLE TO ALL, BEHOLDEN TO NONE? "Forget IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle. How much software do you think businesses have developed for internal use? Here's one expert's guesstimate..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,bivx,lxzh,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
POLITICS 'STIFLING $100 LAPTOP' "A lack of 'big thinking' by politicians has stifled a scheme to distribute laptops to children in the developing world, a spokesman has said..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,3nkk,1uh5,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
LINUX PCS: LOOK BEYOND WAL-MART "But a lot of bloggers, including The VAR Guy, need to remind readers that it might be wiser to look elsewhere for affordable, reliable Linux PCs. One prime stop should be ZaReason.com. Here's why..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,jb7,58b4,9l1g,j17rMore stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,ioqq,lhlt,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
T'IS THE SEASON "I have scoured the Internet for holiday gifts that are geeky with an open source, stick-it-to-the-man slant..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,9ydd,ag1,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
LAGOS ANALYSIS CORP. FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST NEGROPONTE AND OLPCASSOCIATION FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT "The patent infringement lawsuit was filed on November 22nd, 2007 as a result of OLPC's willful infringement of LANCOR's Nigeria Registered Design Patent # RD8489 and illegal reverse engineering of its keyboard driver source codes for use in the XO Laptops..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,ermq,a3qb,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
RICHARD STALLMAN AND THE CONNOTATIONS OF LANGUAGE "Anyone looking for a summary of the free software movement's concerns needs only to look at Richard M. Stallman's essay 'Some Confusing or Loaded Words and Phrases that are Worth Avoiding...'"COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,kbqc,h5eo,9l1g,j17rMore stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,ioqq,lhlt,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------/-------------------------------------------------------------------
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CAN LINUX FORGET DESKTOPS AND SERVERS? "While Linux might be able to gain share at the expense of the still-unpopular Vista, it's possible that tired old PCs aren't that important anyway..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,j90k,45v0,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
MOZILLA PLANS 2 MORE FIREFOX 3 BETAS, ~500,000 COPIES OF BETA1 DOWNLOADED TO DATE "The Mozilla Foundation reports that nearly 500,000 copies of Firefox 3 beta 1 have been downloaded since its release last week and two more beta test versions will follow before its final release next year..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,74aw,lsfo,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
WHY KDE4 (MIGHT) SUCK! "I've been a kde user for very long time, since from before version 3.0. I vaguely remember being excited with version 3.0 to the point I was using the beta releases on a daily basis..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,7k79,agvl,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
ASUS EEE PC GPL PROBLEM APPEARS SOLVED "Against the backdrop of cries from the GNU/Linux community, Asus has taken steps to correct the availability of the source code for its Eee PC..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,5djk,4rq9,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
CHEAP LAPTOPS BAD FOR VISTA, GOOD FOR LINUX "As laptops get cheaper, Linux and Windows XP are both making better business sense than Vista..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,e1j,55p7,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
EINSTEIN'S DEFINITION OF INSANITY... "For the computing world, ISO standards have a mixed record..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,kxgj,7q3y,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
WHAT IF WE NEVER HAVE THE YEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP? "Every year since 2004 has been touted as the year of the Linux desktop. That year where Linux of some flavor makes huge inroads into the home and work desktop scene..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,6d65,5y2m,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
IS FIREFOX BECOMING BLOATED? "Most of you reading this are likely doing so with the now popular Web browser lovingly known as Firefox..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,ack9,46ih,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
GOOGLE COMPILER "I have read a lot about the speculation of Google developing their own operating system. This, to date, has just been rumor..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,eyxh,c685,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
WHY I WON'T BE RECOMMENDING LINUX TO FAMILY THIS HOLIDAY SEASON "For the Linux community, 2007 has been a fantastically successful year..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,5y8l,kes7,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
A NEWBIE'S GUIDE TO RANDR 1.2 "Recently there has been much talk about RandR 1.2 support with RadeonHD and Nouveau (among other drivers), and as a result we have been asked many times now 'what is RandR, and why do I care...?'"COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,5nbv,goqz,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
MANAGE YOUR MOBILE PHONE WITH WAMMU VIA BLUETOOTH ON FEDORA 8 "This document describes how to manage your mobile phone with Wammu via bluetooth on Fedora 8..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hhyp,e4tk,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
LINUX MEDIA PLAYER ROUNDUP--PART 5 "Today we'll be going over several more media players for you to consider..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,d5jd,awc,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
INTEL CORE 2 "PENRYN" PERFORMANCE UNDER LINUX "Last week I presented the details of the new 'Penryn' Core 2 processor from Intel..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,iyep,e3yg,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
MODULAR IO SCHEDULERS "Adrian Bunk posted a patch to make Linux IO schedulers a non-modular option, which would require one IO scheduler to be selected at compile time..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,c7u,o4p,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
WHAT DOES "IP" REALLY MEAN? "As is so often the case when it comes to clear thinking about what is really going on, Richard Stallman has put together an extremely useful statement of what the problem is..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,amcr,72ek,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------URBIS.COM
FOUNDER RELIES ON PASSIONATE RUBY DEVELOPERS "Urbis.com, written completely in Ruby using the open source framework Ruby on Rails, is yet another social networking site, but with a twist..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,esmw,2gha,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------LINUX.CONF.AU:
TYING UP ALL THOSE LOOSE ENDS "Every year, there are numerous technical conferences held in Australia where attendees have to make do without internet access. That doesn't happen when the topic is Linux and the meeting is Australia's national Linux conference..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,113w,50oe,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
OPENSUSE GOES LIVE "The live versions are replicas of their install-only cousins in terms of software, and apart from a few quirks, they seem set to replace the older versions soon..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,mjx,1idv,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
A MOTHER LODE OF BUSINESS CODE "Forget IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle. How much software do you think businesses have developed for internal use? Here's one expert's guesstimate..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,2vzw,ko86,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
IT'S TIME FOR SCO TO FACE THE NOVELL MUSIC "On Nov. 27, however, the bankruptcy court lifted its stay on the Novell trial, and so the SCO/Novell court case is once again free to proceed..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,2ari,ht66,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
NOVELL SHIPS SUSE LINUX ENTERPRISE REAL TIME 10 "Novell today announced the availability of SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 10, the latest version of Novell's enterprise-class, open source real-time operating system for running high-performance, time-sensitive, mission-critical applications..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,e2pd,a60q,9l1g,j17rMore High Performance stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,2wjc,8pd8,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
KID-SIZED COMPUTERS "Fresno Unified's endeavor is the first of its kind in the nation because the laptop maker, ASUS, unveiled the 7-inch creation just last week..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,8ovp,cnl0,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
DEBATE SIMMERS ON WHY ODF SHUTTERED ITS DOORS "Foundation president Gary Edwards says changes to Oasis' membership rules forced the organization to shut down..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,4jtj,227k,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
OPEN SOURCE ERP GROWS UP "After eight years of development and over a million downloads, the open source Compiere ERP has proven that it fits the bill for many..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,kks3,f0bx,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
JAPAN MID-SIZED BUSINESSES NEED SUPPORT AND SERVICE FOR OPENSOURCE... "Medium businesses (100 to 999 employees) in Japan are showing latent potential to drive usage of open source software..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,4uc6,ddge,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
Q&A: BMC'S WILLIAM HURLEY TALKS UP OPEN SOURCE "Hurley has a unique MO that makes him as comfortable in the boardroom as he is on the legendary long green skateboard he often uses to commute to work--and to get around at open-source conferences..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,in3v,3pdf,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
COST DRIVES FIRMS FROM UNIX TO LINUX "Almost two thirds of Irish IT experts say the main motivation for migrating to the Linux operating system from UNIX for use in servers is cost, according to a recent survey from Novell's Open Enterprise Summit in Dublin..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,82jf,15x5,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
PAYPAL SAYS LINUX GRID CAN REPLACE MAINFRAMES "PayPal is currently processing $1,571 worth of transactions per second in 17 different currencies on about 4,000 servers running Red Hat Linux..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,2lo8,1e55,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
AND THE BEST COMMUNITY LINUX IS... "The three biggest community Linuxes are Fedora, OpenSUSE and Ubuntu. They're all popular. They're all good. But which is the best...?"COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,4ahs,2mva,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mr6,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Linux Today Newsletter
Linux Today Newsletter For NOVEMBER 27, 2007Latest News for the Linux and Open Source Community.___________________________ Sponsors ________________________________ Internet.com eBook Library_____________________________________________________________________All newsletters are sent from the domain "internet.com." Please use this domain name (not the entire "from" address,which varies) when configuring e-mail or spam filter rules, if you use them.------------------------------------------------------------------
TODAY'S NEWS:------------------------------------------------------------------
ODF VS. OOXML: WAR OF THE WORDS "I refer, of course, to the ongoing, ever expanding, still escalating conflict between ODF and OOXML, a battle that is playing out across five continents and in both the halls of government and the marketplace alike. And, needless to say, at countless blogs and news sites all the Web over as well..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,53x6,m1r1,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
OLPC: HOW DO WE GAUGE SUCCESS? WILL 490,000 UNITS DO? "The One Laptop per Child project's 'Give One, Get One' program has been extended through Dec. 31 as donations averaged about $2 million a day..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,k1g6,2mgt,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
GETTING THE (SHARE)POINT ABOUT DOCUMENT FORMATS "We at the OpenDocument Foundation have been displeased with the direction of ODF development this year. We find that ODF is not the open format with the open process we thought it was or originally intended it to be..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,cl1,bcz4,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
SAMBA ISN'T ENOUGH FOR SUN "What does it take to have seamless Microsoft Windows file sharing and transfer capabilities on a *nix system? According to Sun Microsystems, it takes more than just Samba..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,jdji,gl1k,9l1g,j17rMore Storage stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,9fbe,ttl,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
Q&A: PAMELA JONES OF GROKLAW "IT PRO spoke to the site's founder, Pamela Jones about the impact of the site, the SCO case and the role Groklaw has played in the ongoing legal case..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,gw2e,xen,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
STORMY SKIES OVER GNOME Jeff Waugh adds his two cents to the GNOME/OOXML/Novell reports, while his candidacy for the GNOME Foundation board endures some nasty community in-fighting.COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hn8m,m5hr,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------/-------------------------------------------------------------------
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RED HAT GETS ALL CHARGED UP IN ASIA "In a role created for him in February this year, Red Hat's president for the Asia-Pacific region is vocal about the power of 'talent attracting talent' which, he believes, is vital to growing the business..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,8oqa,kctf,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE NEW AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER, KEVIN RUDD "I would like to get a quick word in before you are deluged by work and a cacophony of voices representing the spectrum of Australian interests..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,sy6,3v6u,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
SOURCEFORGE EXEC ON THE OPEN SOURCE BREEDING GROUND "With more staff, improvements to its website, new infrastructure and an increased enterprise take-up of open source, it's full steam ahead..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,kmhc,jeyv,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
EUROPE'S OPEN SOURCE OPPORTUNITY "...[C]omments made [Thursday] by Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for information and society, indicate that perhaps Europe should be taking advantage of the fact the Americans are having a day off to focus on its use of open source and how it could be used to bolster the European economy..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,m40g,6pz4,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
OPEN SOURCE LICENSING: SHOULD SUGARCRM ADOPT THE AGPL? "Simon Phipps is surprised SugarCRM didn't wait for Affero, while Michael Tiemann would like to see the AGPL tested in the marketplace..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hyll,lhfe,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
DOES MYSQL'S PROPRIETARY WORKBENCH SIGNAL THAT THE FUTURE OFOPEN SOURCE IS... CLOSED? "Is this the future of open source? To get ubiquity through open source and then cash through proprietary source...?"COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,jicc,3vz3,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
FACETS OF OPEN SOURCE PART I "What is the point of differentiating Open Source as an entity versus something that has just always been there...?"COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,3hf9,cdmv,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
THE BROTHERHOOD IS DISPLEASED "Clearly, those that I feel I owe, I also feel I have already taken care of by way of the JBoss equity cap table..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,3jcb,4d6a,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
REAL ANSWERS TO THE QUESTION "CAN YOU RUN YOUR BUSINESS ONLINUX AND OPEN SOURCE?" "A friend said to me recently that 'Firefox is for the home, Internet Explorer is for the office...'"COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,djt8,3ybc,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
INSECURITY BLUES "It hasn't been a good month for my code. Samba, the project I'm responsible for, has had to announce several security flaws..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,df0r,fc4h,9l1g,j17rMore Security stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,fzmy,6313,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
LINUX ON BOARD: DEVELOPING FOR THE NOKIA N800 "Linux is enjoying a well-deserved surge in popularity for mobile and embedded applications, owing to its ability to scale down to the small footprint needed to run efficiently in compact devices..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,1if8,71h8,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
AMD CATALYST 7.11 LINUX DRIVER "For the past two months, the AMD release train has been running full speed ahead as they introduced their new driver code-base and last month had dropped in the AIGLX support..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,iffd,dr4o,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
INSTALLATION GUIDE: LINUX MINT 4.0 DARYNA (A.K.A. THE PERFECTDESKTOP) "This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 4.0 (Daryna) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,aknb,3aar,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
APT-BUILD--OPTIMIZE YOUR DEBIAN! "But here comes the rescue--an apt-build goody available under every distro armed with the big gun--APT package manager..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,5r5n,aghl,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
TEN FIREFOX EXTENSIONS TO KEEP YOUR BROWSING PRIVATE AND SECURE "Most people lock their doors and windows, use a paper shredder to protect themselves from identity theft, and install antivirus software on their computers..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,1yzv,c9lf,9l1g,j17rMore Security stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,fzmy,6313,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
NVIDIA 169.04 DRIVER BRINGS IMPROVEMENTS "Last week NVIDIA introduced the 169.04 Beta Linux driver for their GeForce and Quadro graphics cards..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,8rzk,g5e9,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
MOZILLA FIXES MEMORY AND CPU PROBLEMS IN FIREFOX 3 BETA 1 "Mozilla.org says it fixed a problem with Firefox 3 Beta 1 that caused it to spike CPU usage and eat hundreds of megabytes of RAM..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,6cm6,1oi6,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
SOUTH AFRICA, NETHERLANDS AND KOREA STRIDING TOWARD ODF "But France is still making the strongest move to ODF and its native office suite, OpenOffice..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,g6sq,d0xt,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
CALIFORNIA CITY REBUILDS NETWORK USING ALL OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE "Open source network tools such as Asterisk IP PBX give the city of Madera needed voice and data improvements for a cost it can handle..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,dial,20cm,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
NEWS FROM HUNGARY: A FOLLOWUP MEETING OF TC ON MSOOXML DEC. 5 "On December 5th, there will be another meeting of the Technical Committee in Hungary with what looks to be a fascinating agenda..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,6706,d5ba,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
A RESPONSE TO THE CACOPHONY "Of course, resolving these issues did not require such hatefulness, but that is a property of the dysfunctional relationship on display..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,gkga,e8zw,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
IN DEFENSE OF THE GPL "The ultimate impact of these actions could well serve to either spurn or spawn even greater open source adoption, industry observers say..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,f16j,huk3,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
THE PENGUIN COMES IN FROM THE COLD "Linux hardware and software makers have been trumpeting the virtues of the open-source operating system for quite a while, but businesses have been slow to take the bait..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,k9dp,fv3m,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
EXAMINING THE "FACTS" IN ILLINOIS "One such case study revolves on the decision by the State of Illinois to standardize on Microsoft's servers and related technologies..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,m2sd,19mv,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
PUBLIC BETA NOW OPEN FOR RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX ON AMAZONELASTIC COMPUTE CLOUD "Today, less than three weeks since the announcement of our collaboration with Amazon Web Services, Red Hat has opened the beta for Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Amazon EC2 to the general public..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,1sr8,gony,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
LINUX KERNEL MAINTAINERS: ACCOUNTABLE TO ALL, BEHOLDEN TO NONE? "Forget IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle. How much software do you think businesses have developed for internal use? Here's one expert's guesstimate..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,bivx,lxzh,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
POLITICS 'STIFLING $100 LAPTOP' "A lack of 'big thinking' by politicians has stifled a scheme to distribute laptops to children in the developing world, a spokesman has said..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,3nkk,1uh5,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
LINUX PCS: LOOK BEYOND WAL-MART "But a lot of bloggers, including The VAR Guy, need to remind readers that it might be wiser to look elsewhere for affordable, reliable Linux PCs. One prime stop should be ZaReason.com. Here's why..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,jb7,58b4,9l1g,j17rMore stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,ioqq,lhlt,9l1g,j17r
TODAY'S NEWS:------------------------------------------------------------------
ODF VS. OOXML: WAR OF THE WORDS "I refer, of course, to the ongoing, ever expanding, still escalating conflict between ODF and OOXML, a battle that is playing out across five continents and in both the halls of government and the marketplace alike. And, needless to say, at countless blogs and news sites all the Web over as well..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,53x6,m1r1,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
OLPC: HOW DO WE GAUGE SUCCESS? WILL 490,000 UNITS DO? "The One Laptop per Child project's 'Give One, Get One' program has been extended through Dec. 31 as donations averaged about $2 million a day..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,k1g6,2mgt,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
GETTING THE (SHARE)POINT ABOUT DOCUMENT FORMATS "We at the OpenDocument Foundation have been displeased with the direction of ODF development this year. We find that ODF is not the open format with the open process we thought it was or originally intended it to be..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,cl1,bcz4,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
SAMBA ISN'T ENOUGH FOR SUN "What does it take to have seamless Microsoft Windows file sharing and transfer capabilities on a *nix system? According to Sun Microsystems, it takes more than just Samba..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,jdji,gl1k,9l1g,j17rMore Storage stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,9fbe,ttl,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
Q&A: PAMELA JONES OF GROKLAW "IT PRO spoke to the site's founder, Pamela Jones about the impact of the site, the SCO case and the role Groklaw has played in the ongoing legal case..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,gw2e,xen,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
STORMY SKIES OVER GNOME Jeff Waugh adds his two cents to the GNOME/OOXML/Novell reports, while his candidacy for the GNOME Foundation board endures some nasty community in-fighting.COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hn8m,m5hr,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------/-------------------------------------------------------------------
From the Internet.com eBook Library: Navigating Your IT CareerA career in information technology usually has its share of ups and downs. Download this Internet.com eBook to learn where the jobs are in IT, how to negotiate a salary, and helpful advice on job security and how to deal with a layoff.Join Internet.com now to download!http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,dvzl,4myr,9l1g,j17r--------------------------------------------------------------adv.-/------------------------------------------------------------------
RED HAT GETS ALL CHARGED UP IN ASIA "In a role created for him in February this year, Red Hat's president for the Asia-Pacific region is vocal about the power of 'talent attracting talent' which, he believes, is vital to growing the business..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,8oqa,kctf,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE NEW AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER, KEVIN RUDD "I would like to get a quick word in before you are deluged by work and a cacophony of voices representing the spectrum of Australian interests..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,sy6,3v6u,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
SOURCEFORGE EXEC ON THE OPEN SOURCE BREEDING GROUND "With more staff, improvements to its website, new infrastructure and an increased enterprise take-up of open source, it's full steam ahead..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,kmhc,jeyv,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
EUROPE'S OPEN SOURCE OPPORTUNITY "...[C]omments made [Thursday] by Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for information and society, indicate that perhaps Europe should be taking advantage of the fact the Americans are having a day off to focus on its use of open source and how it could be used to bolster the European economy..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,m40g,6pz4,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
OPEN SOURCE LICENSING: SHOULD SUGARCRM ADOPT THE AGPL? "Simon Phipps is surprised SugarCRM didn't wait for Affero, while Michael Tiemann would like to see the AGPL tested in the marketplace..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hyll,lhfe,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
DOES MYSQL'S PROPRIETARY WORKBENCH SIGNAL THAT THE FUTURE OFOPEN SOURCE IS... CLOSED? "Is this the future of open source? To get ubiquity through open source and then cash through proprietary source...?"COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,jicc,3vz3,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
FACETS OF OPEN SOURCE PART I "What is the point of differentiating Open Source as an entity versus something that has just always been there...?"COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,3hf9,cdmv,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
THE BROTHERHOOD IS DISPLEASED "Clearly, those that I feel I owe, I also feel I have already taken care of by way of the JBoss equity cap table..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,3jcb,4d6a,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
REAL ANSWERS TO THE QUESTION "CAN YOU RUN YOUR BUSINESS ONLINUX AND OPEN SOURCE?" "A friend said to me recently that 'Firefox is for the home, Internet Explorer is for the office...'"COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,djt8,3ybc,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
INSECURITY BLUES "It hasn't been a good month for my code. Samba, the project I'm responsible for, has had to announce several security flaws..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,df0r,fc4h,9l1g,j17rMore Security stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,fzmy,6313,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
LINUX ON BOARD: DEVELOPING FOR THE NOKIA N800 "Linux is enjoying a well-deserved surge in popularity for mobile and embedded applications, owing to its ability to scale down to the small footprint needed to run efficiently in compact devices..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,1if8,71h8,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
AMD CATALYST 7.11 LINUX DRIVER "For the past two months, the AMD release train has been running full speed ahead as they introduced their new driver code-base and last month had dropped in the AIGLX support..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,iffd,dr4o,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
INSTALLATION GUIDE: LINUX MINT 4.0 DARYNA (A.K.A. THE PERFECTDESKTOP) "This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 4.0 (Daryna) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,aknb,3aar,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
APT-BUILD--OPTIMIZE YOUR DEBIAN! "But here comes the rescue--an apt-build goody available under every distro armed with the big gun--APT package manager..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,5r5n,aghl,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
TEN FIREFOX EXTENSIONS TO KEEP YOUR BROWSING PRIVATE AND SECURE "Most people lock their doors and windows, use a paper shredder to protect themselves from identity theft, and install antivirus software on their computers..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,1yzv,c9lf,9l1g,j17rMore Security stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,fzmy,6313,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
NVIDIA 169.04 DRIVER BRINGS IMPROVEMENTS "Last week NVIDIA introduced the 169.04 Beta Linux driver for their GeForce and Quadro graphics cards..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,8rzk,g5e9,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
MOZILLA FIXES MEMORY AND CPU PROBLEMS IN FIREFOX 3 BETA 1 "Mozilla.org says it fixed a problem with Firefox 3 Beta 1 that caused it to spike CPU usage and eat hundreds of megabytes of RAM..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,6cm6,1oi6,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
SOUTH AFRICA, NETHERLANDS AND KOREA STRIDING TOWARD ODF "But France is still making the strongest move to ODF and its native office suite, OpenOffice..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,g6sq,d0xt,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
CALIFORNIA CITY REBUILDS NETWORK USING ALL OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE "Open source network tools such as Asterisk IP PBX give the city of Madera needed voice and data improvements for a cost it can handle..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,dial,20cm,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
NEWS FROM HUNGARY: A FOLLOWUP MEETING OF TC ON MSOOXML DEC. 5 "On December 5th, there will be another meeting of the Technical Committee in Hungary with what looks to be a fascinating agenda..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,6706,d5ba,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
A RESPONSE TO THE CACOPHONY "Of course, resolving these issues did not require such hatefulness, but that is a property of the dysfunctional relationship on display..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,gkga,e8zw,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
IN DEFENSE OF THE GPL "The ultimate impact of these actions could well serve to either spurn or spawn even greater open source adoption, industry observers say..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,f16j,huk3,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
THE PENGUIN COMES IN FROM THE COLD "Linux hardware and software makers have been trumpeting the virtues of the open-source operating system for quite a while, but businesses have been slow to take the bait..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,k9dp,fv3m,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
EXAMINING THE "FACTS" IN ILLINOIS "One such case study revolves on the decision by the State of Illinois to standardize on Microsoft's servers and related technologies..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,m2sd,19mv,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
PUBLIC BETA NOW OPEN FOR RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX ON AMAZONELASTIC COMPUTE CLOUD "Today, less than three weeks since the announcement of our collaboration with Amazon Web Services, Red Hat has opened the beta for Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Amazon EC2 to the general public..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,1sr8,gony,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
LINUX KERNEL MAINTAINERS: ACCOUNTABLE TO ALL, BEHOLDEN TO NONE? "Forget IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle. How much software do you think businesses have developed for internal use? Here's one expert's guesstimate..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,bivx,lxzh,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
POLITICS 'STIFLING $100 LAPTOP' "A lack of 'big thinking' by politicians has stifled a scheme to distribute laptops to children in the developing world, a spokesman has said..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,3nkk,1uh5,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
LINUX PCS: LOOK BEYOND WAL-MART "But a lot of bloggers, including The VAR Guy, need to remind readers that it might be wiser to look elsewhere for affordable, reliable Linux PCs. One prime stop should be ZaReason.com. Here's why..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,jb7,58b4,9l1g,j17rMore stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3mmt,1,ioqq,lhlt,9l1g,j17r
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