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Managing IT with Extended DISC
The Extended DISC assessment is an indicator of general behavioral tendencies similar to the better known Myers-Briggs Type Indicator test. Knowing your employees' behavioral styles can help facilitate better teamwork and improve employee satisfaction and morale.
Via releases security kit for Linux, Windows developers
Via Technologies, the Taiwanese chip developer, has released a software developer kit aimed at strengthening data protection by ensuring that writers of Windows and Linux code can tie their security features to the hardware encryption capabilities of Via's C7 and C7-M microprocessors.
Signals as a Linux Debugging Tool
This is an interesting method of speeding up your debugging phase. This article gives a background on Linux signals with examples specifically tested on PPC Linux, then goes on to show how to design your handlers to output information that lets you quickly home in on failed portions of code.
What's it all about, ALF
Serena is sponsoring a new Eclipse project called ALF
Postgresql Database Server 8.1.0 Officially Released
Designed, built and tested by a large and thriving community and backed by a growing number of corporate sponsors and support companies, version 8.1 will expand the scope of PostgreSQL application development.
The new release includes performance improvements and advanced SQL features which will support larger data warehouses, higher-volume transaction processing and more complex distributed enterprise software.
The new release includes performance improvements and advanced SQL features which will support larger data warehouses, higher-volume transaction processing and more complex distributed enterprise software.
Novell Earnings Report Shows Linux Gains
Net revenue grows 6 percent to $320 million, Linux subscriptions more than triple to 65,000, and Identity solutions grow 35 percent year over year.
Linux Advisory Watch - December 2, 2005
This week, advisories were released for zope, gtk, certericq, gdk-pixbuf, horde2, inkscape, chmlib, fuse, netpbm, and the kernel. The distributors include Debian, Gentoo, and Mandriva.
Skype video phone on its way for Mac and Linux?
Skype's new video phone service will very likely be available for Mac and Linux, the company has hinted. We spoke to James Bilefield, the company's vice president of business development, and pumped him for news about the future direction of the company and its products.
Linux Christmas gift ideas
Norm Chow of OReilly Net has an all important seasonal article about Affordable and Essential Christmas Gift Ideas for Computer Geeks. Here's to hoping that Norm gets the point across over at the OReilly Net office. This led me to thinking what would be my list to recommend those that may want to surprise a Linux enthusiast. Now, of course, price is always a concern during the Christmas season so we will keep that in mind.
Using the Root Account on Debian
Debian GNU/Linux is a powerful and popular community-developed Linux distribution--and the basis for several other useful and usable distributions. With the recent release of Debian Sarge, it's better than ever. Edd Dumbill, Debian developer and GNU/Linux advocate, shows how to use the root account safely and responsibly.
Linksys WRT54G Loses Role as Reprogrammable Gateway
The Linux flavor of the WRT54G is still in production, despite newer VxWorks-based version: Good news for the community of hackers, developers, and experimenters who rely on the Linksys WRT54G to power their projects: while the product sold under this model number will no longer use the Linux operating system as its basis, Linksys has created an offshoot model that will continue down the Linux path under the name WRT54GL.
Tech Skills Not Enough for a Job in 2010?
Within a few years, having a strong technical ability may not be enough to get you a job.
That's the warning coming from Gartner, Inc., an industry analyst firm. Being a specialist in a specific technology, like Linux, Windows or database administration, isn't going to be enough of a calling card in the not-so-distant job market.
''Let's just say it's no longer going to be a question of just having good technical ability -- of having a specialty,'' says Diane Morello vice president of research at Gartner. ''If you're just maintaining a specialization without raising their caliber, it's not going to be enough... Companies will need people who are broader. The people I'm talking about are 'versatilists'.''
[Ed: Apparently, the people at Gartner have nothing better to do that make awful forecasts about the future that rarely come to pass. Here's another one. How many times have you heard a recruiter say your skills were too broad? tadelste]
That's the warning coming from Gartner, Inc., an industry analyst firm. Being a specialist in a specific technology, like Linux, Windows or database administration, isn't going to be enough of a calling card in the not-so-distant job market.
''Let's just say it's no longer going to be a question of just having good technical ability -- of having a specialty,'' says Diane Morello vice president of research at Gartner. ''If you're just maintaining a specialization without raising their caliber, it's not going to be enough... Companies will need people who are broader. The people I'm talking about are 'versatilists'.''
[Ed: Apparently, the people at Gartner have nothing better to do that make awful forecasts about the future that rarely come to pass. Here's another one. How many times have you heard a recruiter say your skills were too broad? tadelste]
Apple's nod to Linux
Apple filed its annual Form 10K with the Securities and Exchange Commission today, and there was a notable addition to the otherwise standard boilerplate about the risks faced by the company. Everything in this excerpt is the same as in last year's 10K, except the new part I've put in bold.
The Company believes that decisions by customers to purchase the Company's personal computers, as opposed to Windows-based systems, are often based on the availability of third-party software for particular applications such as Microsoft Office. The Company also believes the availability of third-party application software for the Company's hardware products depends in part on third-party developers' perception and analysis of the relative benefits of developing, maintaining, and upgrading such software for the Company's products versus software for the larger Windows market or growing Linux market.
Device Profile: Banksys Xentissimo secure wireless payment terminal
Belgian electronic payments specialist Banksys is shipping a Linux-powered secure payment terminal with cellular networking capabilities. The Xentissimo is a portable, battery-powered device based on an SoC (system-on-chip) with dual ARM cores, the company says. It targets on-the-road transactions, in-store promotions, and the hospitality sector.
Linus Torvalds: Linux 2.6.15-rc4
Ok, so -rc3 wasn't so good.
[ Everybody chorus now: "Nooo?" ]
No.
[ Everybody chorus now: "Really?" ]
Really.
[ Everybody chorus now: "So what?" ]
So I made an -rc4.
This one hopefully doesn't have those pesky PageReserved() annoyances, and the EHCI host controller bootup problems.
[ Everybody chorus now: "Hallelujah!" ]
Indeed.
It also has some atm, mtd and cifs updates.
Linus
[ Everybody chorus now: "Nooo?" ]
No.
[ Everybody chorus now: "Really?" ]
Really.
[ Everybody chorus now: "So what?" ]
So I made an -rc4.
This one hopefully doesn't have those pesky PageReserved() annoyances, and the EHCI host controller bootup problems.
[ Everybody chorus now: "Hallelujah!" ]
Indeed.
It also has some atm, mtd and cifs updates.
Linus
Sony's Rootkit DRM Raises Legal Red Flags
News Analysis:Possibly violating copyright laws, the GPL and even the U.S. Constitution, Sony BMG's digital rights management blunder may lead the company into serious legal trouble.
Ajax and Mozilla XUL with JavaServer Faces: Loading Resources With Weblets
This article introduces a new open source project - Weblets - which can be found on the java.net website (http://weblets.dev.java.net). The goal of this open source project is to provide JSF component writers with a facility that can serve resource files out of a Java archive (JAR), rather than serving them from the web application root file system. Unlike traditional web applications, which have statically configured URL mappings defined in web.xml, there is a need for dynamic configuration of URL mappings, based on the presence of a component library JAR. In essence, Weblets provide developers with an easy way to package web application resources in the same Java archive (JAR) that their implementation code resides in.
[Ed.- Beware obnoxious audio ad.- tuxchick]
Mozilla Introduces Firefox 1.5 and Ups the Ante in Web Browsing
One year after the debut of Firefox 1.0, and more than 100 million downloads later, Mozilla Corp. today released Firefox 1.5, the latest version of its acclaimed open source Web browser, available now as a free download from http://www.getfirefox.com. Firefox 1.5 builds upon the success of its predecessor to deliver an improved browser with significant performance and usability upgrades, security and privacy enhancements, best-in-class support for Web standards, and greater customization options.
Time for Linux bigots to take a back seat
Mr. Prentice: Who is your daddy?
You might want to look at the 25 Rules of Disinformation. Rule number two seems applicable: Become incredulous and indignant. Avoid discussing key issues and instead focus on side issues which can be used show the topic as being critical of some otherwise sacrosanct group or theme. This is also known as the "How dare you!" gambit.
Number five looks pretty good: Sidetrack opponents with name calling and ridicule. This is also known as the primary attack the messenger ploy, though other methods qualify as variants of that approach. Associate opponents with unpopular titles such as "kooks", "right-wing", "liberal", "left-wing", "terrorists", "conspiracy buffs", "radicals", "militia", "racists", "religious fanatics", "sexual deviates", and so forth. This makes others shrink from support out of fear of gaining the same label, and you avoid dealing with issues.
Comments by Tom Adelstein, Editor-in-Chief
Iain Ferguson actually wrote: "That idealism unfortunately manifests itself most often in online diatribes against Microsoft, in particular, and proprietary software, in general.This bunk deserves a quick analysis for its disinformation quotient.
Gartner analyst Brian Prentice said recently the "flaming Linux bigots" who were prone to hyperbole and religious debates to advance their cause actually impeded the growth of Linux and open source software.
"People with strong ideological views are good for the community, [but] at the same time that ideology is prone towards hyperbole and religious debates around things," he told a conference in Sydney. "Those don't help us make sound business decisions."
You might want to look at the 25 Rules of Disinformation. Rule number two seems applicable: Become incredulous and indignant. Avoid discussing key issues and instead focus on side issues which can be used show the topic as being critical of some otherwise sacrosanct group or theme. This is also known as the "How dare you!" gambit.
Number five looks pretty good: Sidetrack opponents with name calling and ridicule. This is also known as the primary attack the messenger ploy, though other methods qualify as variants of that approach. Associate opponents with unpopular titles such as "kooks", "right-wing", "liberal", "left-wing", "terrorists", "conspiracy buffs", "radicals", "militia", "racists", "religious fanatics", "sexual deviates", and so forth. This makes others shrink from support out of fear of gaining the same label, and you avoid dealing with issues.
Comments by Tom Adelstein, Editor-in-Chief
RIAA vs Linux and DVDs
PlayfullyClever writes "The entertainment industry has put itself on the fast-track to destruction, using well-proven tactics as explained in Preventing DVD Playback on Linux Like Prohibition in the 1920's. Are their heavy-handed tactics to lock up and control everything we touch signs of plain old human stubborness?" Or more likely- greed.
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