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MS online spree shows it's scared silly by Firefox
MS IS REALLY REALLY SCARED of the whole OpenOffice Google Axis of Not So Evil.
How scared? Scared enough that Firefox Mozilla is now public enemy #2, and it is dipping its toes in the water to embrace it in the fight against the big G.
Microsoft launched the new Windows Live office-as-a-service service, or at least a preview of it yesterday.
How scared? Scared enough that Firefox Mozilla is now public enemy #2, and it is dipping its toes in the water to embrace it in the fight against the big G.
Microsoft launched the new Windows Live office-as-a-service service, or at least a preview of it yesterday.
Open source start-ups make their pitch - in public
The Network World staff wrote below a large Microsoft Ad: "Three open source start-up executives Tuesday showed their daring by making pitches to potential customers. What made them daring is that they did it in front of dozens of attendees at the Open Source Business Conference in Newton, Mass."
"Not surprisingly, the customer panelists who agreed to participate are from organizations that use open source software, though some to much larger extents than others. Their responses to the new companies ranged from practically inviting them in to show off their software to telling them to get back in a couple of years."
[Ed: This doesn't surprise us in the least. Take a look at an article we published today about VC's, Linux and Open Source companies:]
Related Article today The Venture Capital Reluctance Toward Linux
"Not surprisingly, the customer panelists who agreed to participate are from organizations that use open source software, though some to much larger extents than others. Their responses to the new companies ranged from practically inviting them in to show off their software to telling them to get back in a couple of years."
[Ed: This doesn't surprise us in the least. Take a look at an article we published today about VC's, Linux and Open Source companies:]
Related Article today The Venture Capital Reluctance Toward Linux
Comment of the Day - November 2, 2005 Why People Switch to LXer
AndyCooll writes about his experience trying Firefox and OpenOffice.org. He writes: "I saw that the quality of these products were excellent. And I was hooked. It was only a small step then to trying Linux."
From the article: Why People Switch to Linux
From the article: Why People Switch to Linux
Applicure Releases TotalShield 2.0 - Providing Multi-Tier Web Security
Innovative Approach Secures the Organization's Web-linked Applications and Data Assets
Stealing From Google
I have a confession to make: I've been stealing from Google. With $1.578 billion in revenue last quarter, the company is unlikely to miss the pennies I've denied it. Still, I feel I owe an explanation: I'm "adnorant," which is to say I ignore online ads.
I've been using a Firefox plugin called CustomizeGoogle to block Google ads and generally improve the search experience.
I've been using a Firefox plugin called CustomizeGoogle to block Google ads and generally improve the search experience.
Red Hat makes clear its virtual plans
Red Hat has announced expansion plans it claims will take it forward to 2007.
Taking as its cue new figures from IDC that show the Linux server market expanding by 26 per cent annually to a value of $12 billion by 2008, and the Linux client market growing by 30 per cent to $10 billion, Red Hat will expand in four directions: regionally; into mission-critical applications; in terms of product breadth; and with a more vertical focus.
Taking as its cue new figures from IDC that show the Linux server market expanding by 26 per cent annually to a value of $12 billion by 2008, and the Linux client market growing by 30 per cent to $10 billion, Red Hat will expand in four directions: regionally; into mission-critical applications; in terms of product breadth; and with a more vertical focus.
SGI and Novell Attain Elevated Security Certification for SUSE Linux on SGI Altix Systems
Level 3 Certification Ensures High-Performance 64-Bit Linux OS on SGI Servers Meets Global Government and Military Security Standards
Using the GIMP for Simple Desktop Backgrounds
Not a graphics guru but you would like to know a little bit about creating a nice background? Using the gimp in a few steps, a variety of nice backgrounds can be yours for your X desktop.
Review: Mandriva Linux 2006 PowerPack Edition
It's not often that you see a desktop operating system aimed at power users. Usually an experienced user is expected to build the operating system from the command line ala FreeBSD, Gentoo, Debian, Slackware, or Linux From Scratch; or to spend hours customizing one of the totally
Red Hat to Focus on Reducing Infrastructure Costs For Customers
Red Hat announced that its primary technology plan for 2006 through 2007 would be to continue to reduce IT infrastructure costs for customers. The company sees virtualization, stateless Linux and developer enablement as the key levers to reduce costs by increasing organizational efficiency and agility.
Linux in Action: Understanding Federated Identity Management Business Drivers
Aside from some obvious business benefits, some government regulations require Federal Identity Management
Trying out the new OpenBSD 3.8
Yesterday OpenBSD, the proactively secure Unix-like operating system, released version 3.8, featuring several improvements to networking, RAID management tools, and increased security. At openbsd.org you can download installation files or order the official three-disc CD set, which supports 16 processor architectures out of the box. I took this new release as an opportunity to perform my first ever OpenBSD install.
African developers build pharmacy management tool
Free software developers from around Africa have developed a hospital pharmacy management system to replace existing proprietary systems. The system was developed after a request by a pharmacist who needed to replace his outdated Access-based system.
[And it's almost complete! - Ed]
[And it's almost complete! - Ed]
Red Hat grows up
Red Hat has ridden the Linux wave quite successfuly for a decade now. It's by far the leading Linux distributor and growing at 40% to 50% per year. This is mostly based on a simple formula: For many applications, corporations can cut their computer hardware costs by 30% or more by shifting from proprietary Unix software and RISC-chip hardware to Linux running on Intel- and AMD-based servers.
Now comes Red Hat's next act. In its next major release, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, due out before the end of the year, the company is introducing a handful of technologies and services aimed at making computing substantially cheaper for corporations. It's attacking the total-cost-of-ownership issues that Microsoft has raised in an effort to hold back the Linux tide. If Red Hat brings down the cost of open-source computing by another big step, it, and Linux, could prove mighty hard to stop.
Now comes Red Hat's next act. In its next major release, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, due out before the end of the year, the company is introducing a handful of technologies and services aimed at making computing substantially cheaper for corporations. It's attacking the total-cost-of-ownership issues that Microsoft has raised in an effort to hold back the Linux tide. If Red Hat brings down the cost of open-source computing by another big step, it, and Linux, could prove mighty hard to stop.
SCO Starts to Show Its Cards
But, the Unix company still doesn't show any public smoking gun of proof of Linux copyright violations or IBM wrong doings.
Massachusetts' CIO defends move to OpenDocument
Jack Loftis writes: Open standards and open source software (OSS) got political on Monday when Linda Hamel, the general counsel for the Massachusetts Information Technology Department (ITD), suggested that groups that oppose the OpenDocument file format standard might be influenced by Microsoft.
[The comment about going from open source to OpenDocument is either intentionally misleading or ignorant. It would be good to know which. - Ed]
[The comment about going from open source to OpenDocument is either intentionally misleading or ignorant. It would be good to know which. - Ed]
Moglen to Focus on the Meaning of Free Software
The co-author of the upcoming GPL Version 3 says his conference speech will target big-picture issues such as why user rights are so important to business users.
No Respect for Windows Open Source
It's hard being an open source project on the Microsoft platform. Because no matter how hard you try to exemplify true open source ideals, you will not get any respect from the non-Microsoft community.
[Ed.- Is it "free as in freedom" or "my way or the highway?"]
December 2005, From the Publisher: The Desktops Are Coming
AlthoughLJ readers have been using Linux desktops for years, putting desktops in front of ordinary users is now a reality. To help, we createdTUX .
I know we are all going to miss Don Marti. Many of usLJ folks have known Don"forever", and we have worked with him for five years. Don had the big picture, knew his bits and was a great writer-exactly the right mix.
The Venture Capital Reluctance Toward Linux
Aside from the general unwillingness of VC's to invest in startups, Linux is a no go. Many factors come into play with the primary lack of an exit strategy topping the list. When will Linux companies see the light at the end of the tunel? Or will they?
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