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
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
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.------------------------------------------------------------------
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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
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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
Monday, November 26, 2007
Linux Press Releases
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Friday, November 16, 2007
Linux & Open Source News Alert
LinuxWorld's Linux and Open Source News Alert, 11/16/07
LinuxWorld.com Feature Story
1,500 companies adopt Oracle Unbreakable Linux November 15, 2007Oracle Wednesday said that 1,500 companies have signed up for its Unbreakable Linux discount support program since it was announced one year ago.
The number of customers is impressively greater than the number Oracle announced six months ago -- 26. And that was with "virtually no selling at all" of Unbreakable Linux, bragged CEO Larry Ellison during his keynote speech at OpenWorld on Wednesday.
"We did all of this while just building up our Linux sales team," he said.
Unbreakable Linux includes enterprise support for applications running on either Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or Oracle's close clone, all at half the price of Red Hat's.
"It doesn't matter which Linux distro [Red Hat or Oracle] you're on, Oracle will support you," said Cole Crawford, IT strategist at Dell Inc., during a Tuesday panel at OpenWorld. (Read more)
More Linux news
Microsoft wins patent suit November 16, 2007Microsoft won a patent dispute with a noted patent troll firm, which has also filed suit against Red Hat and Novell. (Read more)
IBM unveils 'cloud computing' initiative November 15, 2007IBM is bundling several of its technologies to help corporate data centers run large-scale Web applications in a “cloud computing” model that's similar to the way major Internet players like Google operate. (Read more)
Eclipse gets seat on Java board November 15, 2007In a first for the open-source tooling organization, the Eclipse Foundation has won a seat on a Java Community Process (JCP) executive committee. (Read more)
Thin clients win big in Germany November 14, 2007Thin client specialist Chip PC has scored a big win for Microsoft in the German public sector - traditionally thought to be a hotbed of Linux - with what it claimed is Europe's largest single deal for thin clients. (Read more)
Kernel space: Memory management for graphics processors November 14, 2007The CPU and the GPU share access to some pages of memory. New Linux code helps the kernel keep track of memory holding data for the GPU. (Read more)
Open source ECM now served Alfresco November 13, 2007Local enterprises are taking advantage of a low barrier to entry into content management with the open source Alfresco ECM (enterprise content management) system for a range of new projects - from record keeping to image hosting. (Read more)
LinuxWorld Podcast
The Everex gPC: Paul Kim and Eugene Chang November 14, 2007The new Linux desktop from Everex is selling through Wal-Mart, and the walmart.com site is already sold out. But how many customers are returning the gPC to the store, compared to the number who return systems running Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic? (8:21) (Read more)
LinuxWorld.com Feature Story
1,500 companies adopt Oracle Unbreakable Linux November 15, 2007Oracle Wednesday said that 1,500 companies have signed up for its Unbreakable Linux discount support program since it was announced one year ago.
The number of customers is impressively greater than the number Oracle announced six months ago -- 26. And that was with "virtually no selling at all" of Unbreakable Linux, bragged CEO Larry Ellison during his keynote speech at OpenWorld on Wednesday.
"We did all of this while just building up our Linux sales team," he said.
Unbreakable Linux includes enterprise support for applications running on either Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or Oracle's close clone, all at half the price of Red Hat's.
"It doesn't matter which Linux distro [Red Hat or Oracle] you're on, Oracle will support you," said Cole Crawford, IT strategist at Dell Inc., during a Tuesday panel at OpenWorld. (Read more)
More Linux news
Microsoft wins patent suit November 16, 2007Microsoft won a patent dispute with a noted patent troll firm, which has also filed suit against Red Hat and Novell. (Read more)
IBM unveils 'cloud computing' initiative November 15, 2007IBM is bundling several of its technologies to help corporate data centers run large-scale Web applications in a “cloud computing” model that's similar to the way major Internet players like Google operate. (Read more)
Eclipse gets seat on Java board November 15, 2007In a first for the open-source tooling organization, the Eclipse Foundation has won a seat on a Java Community Process (JCP) executive committee. (Read more)
Thin clients win big in Germany November 14, 2007Thin client specialist Chip PC has scored a big win for Microsoft in the German public sector - traditionally thought to be a hotbed of Linux - with what it claimed is Europe's largest single deal for thin clients. (Read more)
Kernel space: Memory management for graphics processors November 14, 2007The CPU and the GPU share access to some pages of memory. New Linux code helps the kernel keep track of memory holding data for the GPU. (Read more)
Open source ECM now served Alfresco November 13, 2007Local enterprises are taking advantage of a low barrier to entry into content management with the open source Alfresco ECM (enterprise content management) system for a range of new projects - from record keeping to image hosting. (Read more)
LinuxWorld Podcast
The Everex gPC: Paul Kim and Eugene Chang November 14, 2007The new Linux desktop from Everex is selling through Wal-Mart, and the walmart.com site is already sold out. But how many customers are returning the gPC to the store, compared to the number who return systems running Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic? (8:21) (Read more)
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Linux News
Germans ramp up U.K. open source support November 13, 2007
British open source advocates will be boosted by the news that German support vendor Credativ is expanding its open source center (OSSC) to support all distributions of Linux in the U.K. (Read more)
Google offers $10 million for best Android mobile phone applications November 12, 2007
Google will give $10 million to the developers who build the best applications for Android, the open source platform Google designed for building mobile phones. (Read more)
Nigeria favors Mandriva over Microsoft once more November 9, 2007
LONDON - Microsoft may not have beaten French Linux vendor Mandriva in a large deal to supply Nigerian elementary schools with laptop computers and software after all. (Read more)
LinuxWorld Community
Ron Paul is the new Linux? November 8, 2007
Linux freaks have a reputation for posting a bunch of crazy comments every time someone in the Media reports a problem with Linux, or posts something positive about a lock-in media format, or, of course, certain IT vendors.
Are Ron Paul commenters taking up the slack from the Linux users? (Read more)
British open source advocates will be boosted by the news that German support vendor Credativ is expanding its open source center (OSSC) to support all distributions of Linux in the U.K. (Read more)
Google offers $10 million for best Android mobile phone applications November 12, 2007
Google will give $10 million to the developers who build the best applications for Android, the open source platform Google designed for building mobile phones. (Read more)
Nigeria favors Mandriva over Microsoft once more November 9, 2007
LONDON - Microsoft may not have beaten French Linux vendor Mandriva in a large deal to supply Nigerian elementary schools with laptop computers and software after all. (Read more)
LinuxWorld Community
Ron Paul is the new Linux? November 8, 2007
Linux freaks have a reputation for posting a bunch of crazy comments every time someone in the Media reports a problem with Linux, or posts something positive about a lock-in media format, or, of course, certain IT vendors.
Are Ron Paul commenters taking up the slack from the Linux users? (Read more)
Friday, November 9, 2007
Linux News
Kernel space: experimental container support for 2.6.24 November 6, 2007Faster than virtualization, but harder to implement, containers are a promising security technology for Linux. Watch the 2.6.24 kernel for experimental support for creating and managing containers. (Read more)
Q&A: Google demands nonfragmentation pledge for Android November 6, 2007After Google released on Monday an initial set of details about its plans to alter how mobile applications are created and distributed, industry watchers are compiling a long list of follow-up questions about the Android platform and the Open Handset Alliance. (Read more)
Android just another Linux platform, says Symbian CEO November 6, 2007Symbian CEO Nigel Clifford says he's already spoilt for choice with Linux-based cell phone platforms and that Google's Android software unveiled Monday appears to be another to add to the list. (Read more)
The gPhone: Google's software erector set November 6, 2007After a frenzied build-up, Google did not announce the gPhone. Instead, the company announced there might be a gPhone in your future. (Read more)
Red Hat to support Sun's OpenJDK Community November 5, 2007Red Hat has signed a licensing agreement with Sun to develop Java software applications compatible with Red Hat's RHEL operating system. As a member of the Sun OpenJDK Community, Red Hat will share code it develops with other Java developers. In return, Red Hat will have access to the test suite that determines whether Red Hat Java applications comply with Java SE 6 specification. (Read more)
Red Hat signs on to Sun's open-source Java project November 5, 2007Red Hat has signed on to participate in Sun Microsystems' open-source Java Standard Edition (SE) project, OpenJDK, and to coordinate its own Java development efforts for Linux with the project. (Read more)
Linux shops gain continuous data protection November 5, 2007SteelEye Technology Monday rolled out continuous data protection and multi-site replication capabilities for Linux shops. The company’s SteelEye Data Replication for Linux v6 software now includes the ability to rewind data recovery to any point in time and to support data replication to target devices across LANs or WANs. (Read more)
Google's Android adds to mobile complexity November 5, 2007While Google may be pitching its new mobile software platform as a way to unify the mobile market, even members of the new alliance think differently. (Read more)
FAQ: Google’s Android phone platform November 5, 2007Now that Google and its partners in the Open Handset Alliance have unveiled their open source Android platform for mobile devices, many may be wondering just how this will change the mobile phone industry. In this FAQ, we examine Android’s potential to deliver high-quality mobile Internet, as well as its potential to open up other mobile carriers' operating platforms. (Read more)
Tonight's top ten list... November 2, 2007
LinuxWorld.com catches the IT Media's top ten list fever: Top ten IT books never to admit you haven't read. (Read more)
Everex to launch Linux notebooks under $300 next year November 2, 2007After introducing a US$198 Linux desktop Wednesday, PC vendor Everex said it will bring Linux laptops under $300 to users next year. (Read more)
LinuxWorld Community
Fun with Ubuntu "Gutsy Gibbon" (and a bug) November 6, 2007We upgraded to the latest Ubuntu release. On the plus side, there's better handling of recording from a USB audio box. One minus: a bug in a mail indexing utility. And is the processor running a little cooler now? (Read more)
Q&A: Google demands nonfragmentation pledge for Android November 6, 2007After Google released on Monday an initial set of details about its plans to alter how mobile applications are created and distributed, industry watchers are compiling a long list of follow-up questions about the Android platform and the Open Handset Alliance. (Read more)
Android just another Linux platform, says Symbian CEO November 6, 2007Symbian CEO Nigel Clifford says he's already spoilt for choice with Linux-based cell phone platforms and that Google's Android software unveiled Monday appears to be another to add to the list. (Read more)
The gPhone: Google's software erector set November 6, 2007After a frenzied build-up, Google did not announce the gPhone. Instead, the company announced there might be a gPhone in your future. (Read more)
Red Hat to support Sun's OpenJDK Community November 5, 2007Red Hat has signed a licensing agreement with Sun to develop Java software applications compatible with Red Hat's RHEL operating system. As a member of the Sun OpenJDK Community, Red Hat will share code it develops with other Java developers. In return, Red Hat will have access to the test suite that determines whether Red Hat Java applications comply with Java SE 6 specification. (Read more)
Red Hat signs on to Sun's open-source Java project November 5, 2007Red Hat has signed on to participate in Sun Microsystems' open-source Java Standard Edition (SE) project, OpenJDK, and to coordinate its own Java development efforts for Linux with the project. (Read more)
Linux shops gain continuous data protection November 5, 2007SteelEye Technology Monday rolled out continuous data protection and multi-site replication capabilities for Linux shops. The company’s SteelEye Data Replication for Linux v6 software now includes the ability to rewind data recovery to any point in time and to support data replication to target devices across LANs or WANs. (Read more)
Google's Android adds to mobile complexity November 5, 2007While Google may be pitching its new mobile software platform as a way to unify the mobile market, even members of the new alliance think differently. (Read more)
FAQ: Google’s Android phone platform November 5, 2007Now that Google and its partners in the Open Handset Alliance have unveiled their open source Android platform for mobile devices, many may be wondering just how this will change the mobile phone industry. In this FAQ, we examine Android’s potential to deliver high-quality mobile Internet, as well as its potential to open up other mobile carriers' operating platforms. (Read more)
Tonight's top ten list... November 2, 2007
LinuxWorld.com catches the IT Media's top ten list fever: Top ten IT books never to admit you haven't read. (Read more)
Everex to launch Linux notebooks under $300 next year November 2, 2007After introducing a US$198 Linux desktop Wednesday, PC vendor Everex said it will bring Linux laptops under $300 to users next year. (Read more)
LinuxWorld Community
Fun with Ubuntu "Gutsy Gibbon" (and a bug) November 6, 2007We upgraded to the latest Ubuntu release. On the plus side, there's better handling of recording from a USB audio box. One minus: a bug in a mail indexing utility. And is the processor running a little cooler now? (Read more)
Monday, November 5, 2007
Linux & Open Source News
LinuxWorld.com Feature Story
A second life for 'Second Life' with open source? October 31, 2007Until recently, the business news media fawned over the Second Life online virtual world. Stories fixated on Second Life "residents" who got rich brokering virtual real estate, or on the numerous corporations and consumer brands rushing to claim their presence within it (by building virtual kiosk centers or "islands"). Virtual world hype trumps open source hype, so little virtual ink has gone into discussing the open source initiative that Linden Lab, the company behind the virtual world, established to further its development.
One of these projects is the Linux version of the Second Life client, the viewer application that runs on the resident's computer and lets the resident interact with the graphical environments of the virtual world. Ever since its release, the Linux client has remained in constant development by an informal team, usually three people. Their work could directly benefit the open source and Linux community beyond Second Life, in the aftermath of the hype.
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Linden Lab declined a request for current figures on the number of people using the Linux client. Nonetheless, Jason Giglio, a developer and Second Life resident who actively works on the client, says he heard through the proverbial grapevine that about 5% of registered Second Life residents, or about 10,000 people, visit Second Life with the Linux client. Giglio does client code on a volunteer basis, but it is work related: He says he earns a living managing virtual land and doing contract programming gigs in Second Life. (Read more)
More Linux news
Upgraded Vyatta software attempts to make users think twice about Cisco November 1, 2007Open source may have taken another step in becoming a considerable alternative to the old guard for enterprise routing. (Read more)
Mozilla, Microsoft drawing sabers over next JavaScript November 1, 2007Mozilla Chief Technology Officer Brendan Eich and Microsoft's Chris Wilson are trading heated rhetoric over the proposed next version of ECMAScript, better known as JavaScript. (Read more)
Machine learning fuels Sun music recommendation technology October 31, 2007Software that listens to and analyzes music is driving a Sun project, which has a goal of creating an open source music recommendation system that surpasses the capabilities used today by iTunes and Amazon. (Read more)
Open source ERP: Today's hottest emerging technology? October 31, 2007What's the most exciting emerging technology for enterprises in the next 3 to 5 years? Hint: It's not going to be designed by Apple. It just may be open source ERP, Gregor Bailar, former CIO of Capital One, told attendees of the CIOΙ08 The Year Ahead conference, being held this week in San Diego.
Surprised? (Read more)
LinuxWorld Podcast
Writing JavaScript in a Java IDE: Bruce Johnson November 1, 2007If you think that doing an AJAX app would be fun if you just didn't have to tweak around with browser compatibility problems, and you could use a regular IDE and debugger, Google has a development tool for you. Bruce Johnson, engineering manager at Google, explains the possibilities that Google Web Toolkit opens up for web developers. (13:37) (Read more)
LinuxWorld Community
gPC leaving money on the table? November 1, 2007The Everex gPC is for sale at Wal-Mart. The distribution, "gOS" is an Ubuntu derivative from a new company, headed by David Liu, and the desktop experience is based on Enlightment, tweaked to look kind of like Mac OS X, with Big Obvious Buttons for all the Google apps.
I talked with David about gOS before the launch, and asked the obvious question: is Google paying gOS for the ads that its customers see, Firefox-style? (Read more)
A second life for 'Second Life' with open source? October 31, 2007Until recently, the business news media fawned over the Second Life online virtual world. Stories fixated on Second Life "residents" who got rich brokering virtual real estate, or on the numerous corporations and consumer brands rushing to claim their presence within it (by building virtual kiosk centers or "islands"). Virtual world hype trumps open source hype, so little virtual ink has gone into discussing the open source initiative that Linden Lab, the company behind the virtual world, established to further its development.
One of these projects is the Linux version of the Second Life client, the viewer application that runs on the resident's computer and lets the resident interact with the graphical environments of the virtual world. Ever since its release, the Linux client has remained in constant development by an informal team, usually three people. Their work could directly benefit the open source and Linux community beyond Second Life, in the aftermath of the hype.
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Linden Lab declined a request for current figures on the number of people using the Linux client. Nonetheless, Jason Giglio, a developer and Second Life resident who actively works on the client, says he heard through the proverbial grapevine that about 5% of registered Second Life residents, or about 10,000 people, visit Second Life with the Linux client. Giglio does client code on a volunteer basis, but it is work related: He says he earns a living managing virtual land and doing contract programming gigs in Second Life. (Read more)
More Linux news
Upgraded Vyatta software attempts to make users think twice about Cisco November 1, 2007Open source may have taken another step in becoming a considerable alternative to the old guard for enterprise routing. (Read more)
Mozilla, Microsoft drawing sabers over next JavaScript November 1, 2007Mozilla Chief Technology Officer Brendan Eich and Microsoft's Chris Wilson are trading heated rhetoric over the proposed next version of ECMAScript, better known as JavaScript. (Read more)
Machine learning fuels Sun music recommendation technology October 31, 2007Software that listens to and analyzes music is driving a Sun project, which has a goal of creating an open source music recommendation system that surpasses the capabilities used today by iTunes and Amazon. (Read more)
Open source ERP: Today's hottest emerging technology? October 31, 2007What's the most exciting emerging technology for enterprises in the next 3 to 5 years? Hint: It's not going to be designed by Apple. It just may be open source ERP, Gregor Bailar, former CIO of Capital One, told attendees of the CIOΙ08 The Year Ahead conference, being held this week in San Diego.
Surprised? (Read more)
LinuxWorld Podcast
Writing JavaScript in a Java IDE: Bruce Johnson November 1, 2007If you think that doing an AJAX app would be fun if you just didn't have to tweak around with browser compatibility problems, and you could use a regular IDE and debugger, Google has a development tool for you. Bruce Johnson, engineering manager at Google, explains the possibilities that Google Web Toolkit opens up for web developers. (13:37) (Read more)
LinuxWorld Community
gPC leaving money on the table? November 1, 2007The Everex gPC is for sale at Wal-Mart. The distribution, "gOS" is an Ubuntu derivative from a new company, headed by David Liu, and the desktop experience is based on Enlightment, tweaked to look kind of like Mac OS X, with Big Obvious Buttons for all the Google apps.
I talked with David about gOS before the launch, and asked the obvious question: is Google paying gOS for the ads that its customers see, Firefox-style? (Read more)
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