Answering Gene Quinn, Patent Attorney - Updated
Groklaw: "Well. I got a very nice note from Gene Quinn. He's reading Groklaw. I'm reading what he is writing, because it's fascinating, and it's an opportunity to speak directly with a patent attorney who is a true believer. His most recent article is one I think we should answer, since his fundamental question is this: why should software *not* be patentable?"
A Geek Chick's Peek at Fedora 10 "Preview"
Tech Source From Bohol: "To give us a little sneak peek of what's to come, Aby Cruz of LinuxedStuff.com wrote for us her initial observations after she has installed and tested Fedora 10 "Preview" on her laptop."
Java's Spiral Into Extinction - Can Open Source Stop It?
steaming open cup: "The single feed from java.blogs that caught my attention today was this title: Sun Microsystems to Cut 6000 Jobs."
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Gartner's FUD
Open Enterprise: "But wait, trust Gartner to find a cloud in every silver lining for open source: "This could open up "huge potential liabilities for intellectual-property violations," it warned."
What's Next For Linux? Unifying The OS Amid Steady Change
InformationWeek: "What's next for linux? There's no simple answer because Linux isn't a single entity but a galaxy of implementations and possibilities. The Linux kernel--version 2.6.27.4, to be precise--is at the center of it all, with the operating system continuously morphing into new shapes."
Dell Continues Newspaper Ads Featuring Ubuntu Linux Laptops
The VAR Guy: "The VAR Guy hears Microsoft "has gone postal" over the Linux notebook ads. You might even say this is Microsoft's nightmare before Christmas."
Hero of Today: KMail 4.2 Screenshots
nowwhatthe: "It's way beyond cool. That piece of work is just so complete, polished - I love it. Yeah, it's so simple, it seems so small to the casual observer - but I think it's wicked ;-)"
Linux Makes the Grade
Techlearning: "In 2001, Indiana officials at the Department of Education were taking stock. The schools had an excellent network infrastructure and had installed significant numbers of computers for 1 million public school enrollees. Yet students were spending less than an hour a week on the computer. Why?"
Windows App Alternatives For Linux: MSPaint
Shantanu's Technophilic Musings: "Some of you might know that I was in the hunt for a decent mspaint alternative recently. Note that I didn't go for GIMP / Inkscape etc because they were overkill for what I wanted to do."
Sun: Dead Company Walking?
Cyber Cynic: "On the other hand, for ages the company kept going back and forth on such fundamental questions as: "Are we a hardware or software company?" And, "Are we a proprietary or open-source software company?""
Linux-Hater's Blog, Considered
Armed and Dangerous: "So I was actually pleased to learn of the existence of Linux-Hater's Blog. I rather looked forward to winnowing through it for nuggets with which I could shock the more fanboyish members of my community by agreeing."
16 videos from the Linux Kernel Summit
DeviceGuru: "The Linux Foundation has published a series of video interviews from the annual Linux Kernel Summit held Sept. 15-16 in Portland, Oregon. In the videos, 16 developers - including Linux creator Linus Torvalds (shown at left) - discuss their development activities."
WFTL Bytes! for Nov 14, 2008
WFTL Bytes!: "This is WFTL Bytes!, your occasiodaily FOSS and Linux news show for Friday, November 14, 2008, with your host, Marcel Gagne. In today's news, the economy just keeps on getting worse, proprietary software is really bad, making copyright into copywrong, Ubuntu gets ARMed, and the Sun goes down on a lot of jobs."
Fake Unix and Linux Advisory - The /dev/null Vulnerability
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "This is a humorous little fake CERT-like advisory concerning the implementation of /dev/null on all Unix and Linux operating systems and the disastrous effects of ignoring the problem."
NVIDIA VDPAU Benchmarks
Phoronix: "We have now had the time to benchmark the Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix and have seen the benefits of PureVideo features finally arriving on alternative platforms."
Apple Winning Over Businesses with iPhone
"Apple has shown terrific growth over the past decade after virtually collapsing in the early 90s. However, one segment that it has never really been able to win back is the business sector. Not since the days of Apple IIe's or further back has Apple really enjoyed strong business adoption. And the business sector, consisting of everything from business laptops, to servers and business phones, is a huge revenue source so this was a big loss for Apple. However, Apple's hottest gadget, the iPhone is finally starting to win Apple a following in the business community."
OpenSocial's First Year Marked
OpenSocial supporters, including Google and MySpace, have celebrated the first anniversary of the project to establish a common set of standard APIs and tools for developing social networking applications.
Official FreeBSD.org forums launched!
"The FreeBSD project is finally, after much work, pleased to announce the availability of an official FreeBSD web based discussion forum. It is our hope that this forum will serve as a public support channel for FreeBSD users around the world and as a complement to our fine mailing lists."
Spotlight on Moblin.org Linux
Linux Devices writes about Intel's Moblin effort. Moblin is a environment for netbooks. Originally based on Ubuntu, Moblin recently switched to Fedora citing RPM and a completely Free and open source base as among the benefits. As Linux based netbooks continue to grow rapidly, efforts like Moblin are interesting to watch.
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