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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
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