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In pursuit of code quality: Beware the tight couple!

Learn how to recognize a tightly coupled system and then disentangle it using the Dependency Inversion Principle.

GPL author: Google must share code

  • PC World Australia; By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service (Posted by dcparris on May 24, 2007 7:08 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: GNU
Companies like Google that build their business on software such as Linux have a moral imperative to contribute back to the free software community, a prominent open-source advocate said Tuesday.

[The title is horribly off-base - makes it seem like the GPLv3 will require Google, et. al., to distribute their in-house modified libre software. The article makes it clear this is untrue, but the title is very misleading. - dcparris]

Lina Previews Groundbreaking Technology at OSBC 2007

LINA Allows Open Source Applications, Compiled Once, to Run on Windows, Mac, and Linux Platforms with Native Look and Feel

Novell to detail Microsoft patent pact

Novell plans to reveal the details in conjunction with filing its upcoming annual report with the Securities and Exchange Commission, spokesman Bruce Lowry said Wednesday at the Open Source Business Conference here. The report had been held up by Novell's investigation into its stock option compensation practices.

Novell and the Electronic Frontier Foundation Team Up to Reform Software Patents

- Organizations will jointly lobby governments, international organizations - Novell to support EFF 'Patent Busting' initiative

Dell starts selling Ubuntu Laptops Today

Later today, Dell will offer U.S customers three different systems with Ubuntu 7.04 installed: the XPS 410n and Dimension E520n desktops and the Inspiron E1505n notebook. These systems will be available by 4pm CST today. Starting price for the E520n desktop and the E1505n notebook is $599; the XPS 410n starts at $899.

Sun pledges patents to defend Linux

Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz says he is ready to use the company's extensive patent portfolio to help defend Red Hat and Ubuntu Linux against Microsoft's patent offensive.

Sun's Chief Open Source Officer Talks Patents

Q&A: Simon Phipps talks on patent reform and Microsoft's claims that free and open-source software is infringing its patents.

Pre-Installed Linux | Ubuntu | Fedora | OpenSUSE | Multi-Boot

They're here! Today we're unveiling our three consumer systems -- the XPS 410n and Dimension E520n desktops and the Inspiron E1505n notebook -- with the Ubuntu 7.04 Linux distribution factory installed.

Dell Offers Three Consumer Systems With Ubuntu 7.04

It’s finally here. Later today, Dell will offer U.S customers three different systems with Ubuntu 7.04 installed: the XPS 410n and Dimension E520n desktops and the Inspiron E1505n notebook. These systems will be available at http://www.dell.com/open by 4pm CST today. Starting price for the E520n desktop and the E1505n notebook is $599; the XPS 410n starts at $899.

Five Tired Old Myths About GNU/Linux

LXer Feature: 24-May-2007

Would you believe that, in 2007, there are people who still blame Linux for the lack of hardware vendors who advertise Linux support and who believe that the Bash project's evangelists are hurting Linux uptake? Look, if you're going to claim the GNU/Linux community is not grasping the average computer user, at least use some up-to-date arguments - not the tired old arguments from 1999.

Simulators for IP Multimedia Subsystem

  • IBM/developerWorks; By Sami Salkosuo (Posted by IdaAshley on May 24, 2007 1:42 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
This article shows you how to get started installing and configuring WebSphere MQ on Linux and developing Java applications for the MQ environment, using sample applications for sending messages to and receiving messages from a queue.

Novell to detail Microsoft patent pact

Delayed annual report will offer details of Novell's patent, interoperability and sales partnership with Redmond.

Telkom cuts international bandwidth costs

Fixed-line operator Telkom has cut its retail price of international bandwidth to all destinations by 30 percent retrospectively from May 1.

New Ruby on Rails power for DB2 Express-C Web apps

  • IBM/developerWorks (Posted by solrac on May 24, 2007 12:01 AM EDT)
  • Groups: HP, IBM; Story Type: News Story
With the introduction of the IBM_DB adapter and driver, Rails applications can now interact seamlessly with IBM data servers.

Tone-mapping HDR photos with Qtpfsgui

A lot of photos tagged with "HDR" turn up on Flickr and similar photo sharing sites these days. They're unnatural, surreal, sometimes crazy-looking images with the bright areas darkened, the dark areas brightened, and lots of saturation. You can get in on the craze under Linux using Qtpfsgui.

Dell Moves Quickly to Deliver the GNU Goods

LXer Feature: 23-May-2007

Dell started "listening" to its customers in February. They spoke loudly and clearly. It's not even June yet - 24 May, to be exact - and Dell is set to launch it's lineup of desktop and laptop computers with Ubuntu Linux 7.04 pre-installed.

Remembering Stormix

Reminiscing aboutmy days at Progeny has me thinking back even further to Stormix Technologies. As a commercial venture, Stormix was a disaster, with an especially virulent strain of dot-com fever infecting everyone. Still, I'll always remember it as my first professional introduction both to free software and general management practices, as well as a snapshot of a surreal time in technology history.

Performance Tuning Subversion

Subversion is one of the few version control systems that can store binary files using a delta algorithm.

Drivers, patents and other threats, yawn.

Let's see how long have I used Linux as a desktop? Hmmm. Over 10 years? That's right. And the first issue I had at that time was finding an easy way to get to my ISP. The second issue at the time was the lack of a graphical web browser. Then Netscape produced an unsupported one that worked fine.

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