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Openoffice.org Partnership with Mozilla
This is a very exciting time. There has always been a cordial relationship between our two projects. And there are natural synergies between the two. For starters, Mozilla will begin shipping a Mozilla+OOo CD from their mozilla store.
Startup fits 12-node Linux cluster on desktop board
Startup Orion Multisystems Inc. hopes to revive the workstation market with a design that shrinks a 12-node Linux cluster to a single large motherboard. The company is targeting vertical markets with a desktop that sells for less than $10,000 and a 96-node desk-side system priced under $100,000.
Microsoft's Longhorn Failure Is Linux's Chance
With the promises of Longhorn revealed as market-freezing trickery, Linux has its best chance ever to seize control of the desktop.
How to play DVDs on any x86 GNU/Linux distro
My folks recently bought and sent me two DVDs, but the only DVD player I have is in my Linux-based computer. Using the free software application MPlayer, I was able to watch my videos. I'll walk you through the easy steps required.
How open is open enough for electronic voting?
Most of the attention and current criticism of America's e-voting infrastructure and technology is focused on the lack of a verifiable paper audit trail, but an equally prominent issue is the closed nature of election system certification, companies, and software.
Interview with the founder of LinuxBeta.com
A few weeks ago a new story submission for a new website found its way into my unposted queue of stories, and I knew LinuxBeta.com was destined for greatness. Here is my interview with Chris Haney, the founder of LinuxBeta.com.
Oklahoma non-profit finds open source OK
Non-profit organisations are always looking for ways to better serve the public. But, with ever-shrinking budgets, it can sometimes be hard for them to even stay alive, much less expand services. This article discusses how one agency, ROCMND Group Home in Miami, Oklahoma, met that challenge through the use of open technology.
Sender ID licence may hinder adoption
A scheme being proposed to cut the deluge of spam has the support of some big players but it is doubtful whether it will be acceptable to those from the free and open source communities.
Retailers Are Cool To Linux
With the promises of Longhorn revealed as market-freezing trickery, Linux has its best chance ever to seize control of the desktop. Market-research firm Venture Development Corp. says a survey of retail IT execs shows that just 2% of point-of-sale systems use Linux, far less than expected.
Delay Linux migration, advises experts
Businesses should delay switching to Linux until IT managers can give a better business case for adoption, says research.
Novell creates new management posts
Novell, a new entrant into the Linux market, has promoted two executives in a management change that consolidates four business units into two.
Is Open Source Imperative?
"Linux is not a boy. Linux is not a child. Linux is ready." With these words, Martin Fink, VP of Linux for Hewlett-Packard, rephrased a popular sentiment at LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in San Francisco this August (while simultaneously knocking competitor IBM's ad campaign). He, along with many others, took the message another step: Not only is open source enterprise ready, but the enterprise had better be ready for open source.
Programming Tools: eric3
The first article for this new monthly column looks at eric3, a GUI-based IDE for Python.
Review: Loving the Linspire Desktop
For small businesses that don't have the tech savvy or the time to tinker with configurations and want to keep their tech really basic, Linspire will pay for itself in the amount of time it saves you. Fast downloads and easy to find-and-install applications — what more could you ask for?
Switching to Linux picks up steam
About a third of businesses plan to migrate at least some Windows machines to Linux, according to a recent survey, but adoption will continue to slow and cautious, as companies evaluate a maze of economic factors.
Abiword releases 'stable' version of free word processor
The AbiWord project has announced a new "stable" version of its popular open source word processing suite. The project describes AbiWord as a "no-frills word processor without all the extras that make its competitors such space and memory hogs." Abiword is cross-platform, open source software, and is available under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Open source exchange software released under GPL
The open source community today received a contribution from Germany's Netline Internet Service. The software -- Open-xchange -- competes with Microsoft's Exchange email and collaboration server software. Today's release follows word at the recent LinuxWorld conference that the project would be released as open source software by month end.
A Fresh Cup of Java
The latest release of Java aims to make you a more productive programmer.
Metadata for Java
Currently, metadata is expressed in separate text, Java properties, and XML files, but that poses a serious problem: code is disconnected from configuration, making development, deployment, and maintenance that much more difficult. JDK 1.5 addresses this disparity, capturing critical information where it belongs: right in your code.
A "Killer App" for AOP
With JBoss AOP, provided in JBoss 4, developers can write plain old Java objects (POJOS) and request complex services like transactions, security, and caching with just a few simple annotations.
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