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The new Linux.com is open for business

The new Linux.com is open for businesslooks a little like ZDNet???"The Linux Foundation has opened the doors on its new Linux.com, a new news, discussion and blogging site which looks a little like ZDNet.Not that there?s anything wrong with that. Personally I?m flattered."Well, if that's what you think. You can...

Tags: Linux, Linux.com, Open_Source

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

The new Linux.com is open for business

The Linux Foundation has opened the doors on its new Linux.com, a new news, discussion and blogging site which looks a little like ZDNet. Not that there's anything wrong with that. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Linux.com, Linux Foundation, Blogging, Linux, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Linux Foundation takes on Linux.com

Linux Foundation takes on Linux.comit can run free Linux adsfor real Linux companies, and host adds against M$ from its competitors for a small fee.Apple comes to mind!RE: Linux Foundation takes on Linux.comA small correction: I may do some writing for the new Linux.com, but the Linux Foundation is not...

Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Linux Foundation, Datamation, Linux.com

Discussion threads 2009-03-04

Linux Foundation takes on Linux.com

Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin offered nothing but praise to Sourceforge, noting they could have sold the name to the highest bidder but chose to approach the foundation instead. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: SourceForge, Linux.com, Linux Foundation, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-03-04

Linux.com goes to Linux Foundation

Linux.com goes to Linux FoundationYawn...Who cares?RE: Linux.com goes to Linux FoundationAnd no one cares. A website for the community by the community? I can already tell you its destined to be a failure just by linux users nature. No one will want to go to a site...

Tags: Linux.com, Linux Foundation

Discussion threads 2009-03-03

Linux.com goes to Linux Foundation

After a decade with VA Linux Systems OSDN Sourceforge.net, Linux.com has come full circle. The news broke today that Linux.com is being transferred to the Linux Foundation, which says it will make Linux.com a "community resource... for the community, by the community." If that sounds familiar, it's...

Tags: VA Software Corp., Linux.com, Linux Foundation, LF Folk, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2009-03-03

Linux.com: Microsoft issues campaign funding ultimatum to open standards legislation backers

Linux.com: Microsoft issues campaign funding ultimatum to open standards legislation backersOf course....Everyone knows this goes on.This is just the sort of thing we can expect from MS. my own personal bias based on many other things known about MSIt is possible that this source is credible. Even so nothing will...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Groupware, Microsoft Office format, OpenDocument Format, Part-of IT, Microsoft Corp., Linux.com

Discussion threads 2007-04-18

Linux.com: Microsoft issues campaign funding ultimatum to open standards legislation backers

Via Digg, in a story bearing the headline Microsofts Men in Black kill Florida open standards legislation, Linux.com reports: Two other [Florida] legislative employees who must also remain anonymous told Linux.com that the Microsoft lobbyists implied that elected representatives who voted against Microsofts interests might have a little more trouble...

Tags: Software Infrastructure, Open Source, IT Management, Government, General

Blog posts 2007-04-18

Do you get what you pay for with Red Hat's enterprise products?

Linux.com has a rant from Brian Jones about the state of Red Hat's "enterprise" products. Jones points out several bugs that have cropped up in Red Hat Advanced Server: The week before we were to move it into production, we ran up2date on the machine, and ps2ps broke again. Wonderful....

Tags: Red Hat Inc.

Blog posts 2005-02-02

Additional Resources

Microsoft CFO Liddell to leave by year-end

dump MSFT shares next yearafter the last bump in stock price you'll get from Win7. It's all downhill from there.Why are the shareholders so greedy?Currently MSFT has around 18-19 PE which is very reasonable. It's pretty high seeing that we are in the great global recession. I know that...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Investment, Financial accounting, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., stock

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

The cloud computing battleground takes shape. Will it be winner-take-all?

You can't be a good consultant if you can't even mention MSIf you really think MS is irrelevant in cloud computing then you have some serious bias issues to work out.The fact that throughout your entire blog you can't even get yourself to mention MS or Azure even once is...

Tags: Virtualization, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, cloud computing battleground, Microsoft Corp., cloud computing, Azure, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Law firm interested in hearing from banned Xbox Live gamers

Maybe "law" can become a GDP driverNow that America has seen virtually every domestic industry go down the toilet, maybe it can provide law services to the rest of the world.If this self-righteous lawsuit is any indication, the is no need to fear the loss of American innovation and savvy;...

Tags: Microsoft Xbox Live, EULA, Microsoft Corp., cheater, contractual obligation, terms of service, law firm, Microsoft Xbox

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Microsoft isn't the only one developing a hardware-accelerated browser

It is a dumb idea.WAIT! Firefox and Chrome teams are looking to do the same?What a brilliant idea!I smell a large scale patent war brewingThis will be one that catches everybody's attention, not just the people who work in the industry.I'd bet that Office goes hardware-rendered, tooI'd bet that Office...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, IE9, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, hardware, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Can (and will) Microsoft keep Silverlight compatible across platforms?

The better question is WHEN will it be better for Microsoft to keep it compatible across platforms, and WHEN or under what conditions might it not be better for MS to NOT keep it compatible across platforms.In other works, it is NOT a question of IF, but, at WHAT TIMES...

Tags: Web browsers, Web site development, Operating systems, .NET, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Can (and will) Microsoft keep Silverlight compatible across platforms?

Microsoft is adding more and more WPF features to Silverlight and vice versa. But there is a downside to this strategy: By adding technologies like COM support to Silverlight, Microsoft is doing damage to its story that Silverlight is a cross-platform browser plug-in that supports Windows, Mac -- and, thanks...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Linux, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Open Source, .Net, Operating Systems, Development Tools, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-11-24

iPhone replacements

washed out row of pixelsI had a washed out row of pixels on my screen and they just gave me a brand new one. Took about 5 minutes, and when I hooked it up to iTunes, everything I had synced: contacts, songs, movies, text messages, alarm clocks, notes, etc. was...

Tags: Sales strategy, Smart phones, Sales force management, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, sales

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

HP vs. Dell: Showdown at the Windows 7 upgrade corral

Well, the great thing is all the competition. I like to see Acer squeezing them both from below, and of course competing with each other. Of course also great to see all the pressure on MS to innovate and lower prices.Google Chrome_OS will be hard to beatWell, with Google_Chrome_OS it...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Windows 8, Microsoft Windows, XPS, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Numbers of new Core i7 iMacs are turning up DOA

I guess it goes to show that......even the almighty apple is not immune to issues. We have some iMacs (about 100 - 120) in my organization compared to about 2500 Windows Desktops and out of the 90 we ordered a few years ago (17" iMacs) we had one come...

Tags: Desktops, DOA, Core i7 iMac, Core i7, Apple Inc., Apple iMac

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Falling behind in science? No kidding!

ScienceHow many people really know that you don?t throw up with the flu...Actually, according to Merck, nausea and vomiting are flu symptoms, particularly in children. http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec17/ch198/ch198d.html How many people realize that H1N1 vaccines are prepared in the same way as we always prepare flu vaccine?Actually this vaccine was...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, vaccine, evolutionary theory, theory

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Apple to smokers: butt out or void your warranty

Well here it is...http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0446.htmlI have seen tar filled electronicsIt gets nasty. You open them up, and they can be full of tar and all this brown/black gunk. You can get a nicotine high just by touching the parts.As for second hand smoke risk, thats kind of unfounded. Is that gunk...

Tags: Apple Inc., cigarette, joint, Cannabis, tar, smoker, computer

Discussion threads 2009-11-23