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This is a rant Jim Smerk wrote about how people always call you to work on their computers, don't listen to you when you tell them something, and what he did to stop it. It's a rant also against WinTel and AOL. However, it has a happy ending. It started 6 months ago, it’s a sort of success story of sorts.

Linux and open source solution suppliers wishing to respond to the NSW government's long-awaited Linux tender -- to be released on Wednesday -- will have until 28 October to do so, officials said.

Industry murmurs about a lack of commercial support for Linux are justified, according to Education in the Workplace Institute director Ihian Mackenzie who believes the "free" nature of Linux is stifling its penetration in the business market.

The Indian government has set up a Web site to share its experiences in the use of open-source solutions for building applications.

More freebies from Epic Games; the developer has released a new Linux demo for Unreal Tournament 2004.

A beta is currently available that allow Firebird to support the major Oracle-based ERP/CRM application Compiere with virtually no change to the Compiere code base. No other proprietary or open-source database system can currently do this. The best part : Fyracle is open source if you want to compile it manually it's a set of patches that needs to be run over the firebird 1.5.1 source tree

This Linux Today article explores the practical realities of getting Linux onto commodity priced computers. That you end up paying a higher "Microsoft Tax" by buying GNU/Linux only computers if you or your clients have any current need to run Windows. Also, Walmart is selling Linux compatible Laptops for $598 and $698. Model Numbers A535 and CN6302.

The first thing many visitors to the Gentoo website will notice when opening the Gentoo Handbook or any other piece of documentation these days is a little "Print" link sitting on the top of the right column: Bowing to long-standing popular requests, Xavier Neys implemented a simple way of viewing a printer-friendly version of Gentoo documentation.

A Red Hat vice president has slammed Sun for refusing to open source its Java code and hanging on like grim death to its patents.

In my 2002 book, The Online Rules of Successful Companies, I said it was stupid to design Web sites that would work correctly only with the most popular Web browser. Yes, I told readers, over 90% of all Internet users today may use Microsoft's Internet Explorer (MSIE), but not long ago 90% of all Internet users ran Netscape. Web designers and site owners who made Netscape-only sites had to scramble madly to redo their work when MSIE started getting popular. "Learn from this!" I said.

The conference will cover a number of topical issues, with a specific focus on the changes and challenges facing the OSS industry in SA, says conference producer Beverley Govender. "The aim for this year's conference is to position it as an industry event where IT professionals from different backgrounds can share ideas about future developments in free software applications and networking."

3D-Desktop is pager (desktop switcher) that gives you a very impressive 3D overview of all your desktops and also allows you to switch between your desktops in a very fancy 3D box type way.

Some people worry that free software/open source movement leads to the developers being a new “workers” class exploited by the free software companies. In the time when big companies such as RedHat, Sun, HP, Novell etc. are proving how economically viable open source business model can be, some people wonder what’s up with “poor” free software programmers and developers who happily contribute their work and source codes to the community for the sake of freedom and bettering the whole society without getting anything in return, economically speaking.

The latest revisions strengthen the case for Linux as a viable alternative to Windows on mainstream corporate desktops.

KDE 3.3 is another strong release from the prominent KDE project and stands out most for the improvements to its Kontact groupware application.

One of the world’s largest providers of Linux software on Monday said the Philippines has great potential for developing open-source computing because Filipinos have a thorough understanding of its value: that Linux is more cost-effective, scalable, and has more robust architecture than proprietary software like Microsoft Windows.

A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article explaining how to migrate your email and addressbook from Ximian Evolution to Mozilla Thunderbird. You might think that this is a straightforward operation, but it isn't. The tools and instructions are below the standards set by other modules in the same programs. Somewhere in the midst of the ordeal, I asked myself why I was going to all this trouble. In a moment of clarity, the answer hit me: users don't care about software, they care about data. And any free software developer who doesn't grasp the significance of that fact runs the risk of failure.

The following article is a summary of the steps required to successfully install the Oracle9i (9.2.0.4.0) RDBMS software on Red Hat Linux Fedora Core 2. Also included in this article is a detailed overview for applying the Oracle9i (9.2.0.5.0) patchset.

In an interview with LinuxQuestions.org, gaim maintainer Rob Flynn tells us how he got involved with the gaim project, what Linux distribution he prefers, where gaim is headed now that version 1.0 has been released and how the gaim Ebay auctions ended up. He also gives his opinion on the best and worst IM protocols.

A top Red Hat executive has attacked the open-source credentials of its sometime business partner Sun Microsystems.