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LBackup 0.9.8r2 (Mac): LBackup is a simple backup system aimed at systems administrators who require reliable backups with minimum fuss. LBackup is configured with configuration files and the backup is started from the command line. The core LBackup code has been tested for over 2 years. Features at a Glance: ...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Lucid Information Systems, LBackup, Backups; Software downloads 2009-11-05
PrinterSetup 0041 (Mac): PrinterSetup is a flexible, open-source printer setup system. Released for the benefit of system administrators and unix savvy users using CUPS, on OS X. Licensed under the GNU GPL v2 An addition to Bonjour print queue management. Use a combination of location, user, time to control printer queues. There is...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Lucid Information Systems, PrinterSetup, Printers, Open Source, Hardware, Peripherals; Software downloads 2009-04-23

From Chapter Four: The Unix and Open source Culture: This is the 40th excerpt from the second book in the Defen series: BIT: Business Information Technology: Foundations, Infrastructure, and Culture Roots (1) Almost everything you really need to know about Unix or Unics as it was first known and the open source movement can be gleaned from...; Tags: Open Source, Multics, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2009-03-06
Enterprise search: The target is moving: Lucid Imagination, an open source enterprise search company is looking to compete with established players like Autonomy, Microsoft's FAST and Endeca, but the target is already shifting. Paula Rooney highlights Lucid CEO Eric Gries' open source enterprise search plan: Be the Red Hat of enterprise search. Lucid,...; Tags: Enterprise Search, Autonomy Corp. Plc, Interwoven, Paul Miller, Cloud Computing, Search, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2009-01-26
PrinterSetup project for CUPS: A recently released printer utility for larger Mac deployments is in "prototyping phase." For those managing mass-quantities of Macs and Unix machines, this project could be useful. PrinterSetup is a component of PrintingWorks, an open-source CUPS "print accounting solution" by Lucid Information Systems. The docs say it's...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, PrinterSetup, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-05-12

How Microsoft puts your data at risk: 56% of data loss due to system & hardware problems - OntrackData loss is painful and all too common. Why? Because your file system stinks. Microsoft's NTFS (used in XP & Vista) with its de facto monopoly is the worst offender. But Apple and Linux aren't any better. Everyone knows...; Tags: NTFS, Disk, File System, Microsoft Corp., Robin Harris; Blog posts 2007-08-08
Does Gmail breach wiretap laws?: Does Gmail breach wiretap laws?Guess who Stewart Baker is?Stewart A. Baker was the National Security Agency's top lawyer from 1992-1994, where he promoted the key escrow system for the Clipper chip. EPIC, on the other hand, was a key opponent of the Clipper chip. It's curious that Declan McCullagh quotes...; Tags: E-mail providers, privacy group, Now Let, e-mail, Google Gmail, Stewart Baker, Declan McCullagh; Discussion threads 2004-05-04

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