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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