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Google: openness has its limits
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-19 19:53:13
For all its talk of openness, there is just so much criticism that Google can take. Nothing else can account for the fact that it did not invite the reputed British tech publication, The Register, to the announcement it made about Chrome OS overnight.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-19 19:53:13
For all its talk of openness, there is just so much criticism that Google can take. Nothing else can account for the fact that it did not invite the reputed British tech publication, The Register, to the announcement it made about Chrome OS overnight.
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Mono sinks its claws into Fedora
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-19 18:07:49
The latest release of Red Hat's community GNU/Linux distribution, Fedora, installs Mono and Windows.Forms by default from DVD, an Unix developer has found.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-19 18:07:49
The latest release of Red Hat's community GNU/Linux distribution, Fedora, installs Mono and Windows.Forms by default from DVD, an Unix developer has found.
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More open source spin from Microsoft
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-17 17:03:01
Microsoft says it will release, under the same open source licence as Apache2, the .NET Micro Framework. There are some riders attached, though.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-17 17:03:01
Microsoft says it will release, under the same open source licence as Apache2, the .NET Micro Framework. There are some riders attached, though.
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RMS to change routine after sexism fuss
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-16 05:02:05
The head of the Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman, says he will change the routine he goes through when speaking at conferences in order to avoid people misunderstanding what he means to convey.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-16 05:02:05
The head of the Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman, says he will change the routine he goes through when speaking at conferences in order to avoid people misunderstanding what he means to convey.
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Microsoft admits GPL violation
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-14 15:48:07
Microsoft has admitted that a download utility it was providing to its customers was in violation of the GNU General Public Licence and promised to release the source as soon as possible.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-14 15:48:07
Microsoft has admitted that a download utility it was providing to its customers was in violation of the GNU General Public Licence and promised to release the source as soon as possible.
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Open-source firm looks to capitalise on mobile growth
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-12 17:09:49
An open-source outfit that develops a software development kit to create applications for use on mobiles has announced a partner programme that will enable it to spread its wares in the emerging market.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-12 17:09:49
An open-source outfit that develops a software development kit to create applications for use on mobiles has announced a partner programme that will enable it to spread its wares in the emerging market.
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Ubuntu chief responds to sexism allegations
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-11 17:32:42
Mark Shuttleworth, the chief of Canonical, the parent company of Ubuntu, has finally spoken out to counter charges of sexism which have been levelled against him recently.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-11 17:32:42
Mark Shuttleworth, the chief of Canonical, the parent company of Ubuntu, has finally spoken out to counter charges of sexism which have been levelled against him recently.
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Ubuntu devs fix some showstopper bugs
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-11 15:35:16
The Ubuntu development team has identified a couple of problems which could have been behind complaints from a small subset of users who found the upgrade from older releases to Karmic Koala (version 9.10) a difficult process.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-11 15:35:16
The Ubuntu development team has identified a couple of problems which could have been behind complaints from a small subset of users who found the upgrade from older releases to Karmic Koala (version 9.10) a difficult process.
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Microsoft-Novell deal: three years of poor-quality spin
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-10 20:09:38
Three years have gone by since Novell sold out the entire free and open source software community by signing a patent indemnification deal with Microsoft.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-10 20:09:38
Three years have gone by since Novell sold out the entire free and open source software community by signing a patent indemnification deal with Microsoft.
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EU formally objects to Oracle purchase of Sun
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-10 17:57:58
The European Union has formally objected to Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems, illustrating an obvious fact: the US is a declining financial power.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-10 17:57:58
The European Union has formally objected to Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems, illustrating an obvious fact: the US is a declining financial power.
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LCA 2010: Keeping the funds rolling in
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-10 16:59:46
Andrew McMillan's long beard, streaked with flecks of grey, sits nicely with his status as one of New Zealand's senior geeks. It fits even better after one becomes aware that, before he ventured into technology, he obtained a degree in philosophy.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-10 16:59:46
Andrew McMillan's long beard, streaked with flecks of grey, sits nicely with his status as one of New Zealand's senior geeks. It fits even better after one becomes aware that, before he ventured into technology, he obtained a degree in philosophy.
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Microsoft pulls download tool over GPL violation accusation
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-09 17:54:15
Microsoft has taken offline an utility it supplies to help download DVD and USB images of Windows 7 purchased online, while it investigates allegations that GPL-ed code was used to develop the tool.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-09 17:54:15
Microsoft has taken offline an utility it supplies to help download DVD and USB images of Windows 7 purchased online, while it investigates allegations that GPL-ed code was used to develop the tool.
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LinuxToday editor calls Shuttleworth 'sexist twit'
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-09 17:01:08
LinuxToday managing editor Carla Schroder has described Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth as a "sexist twit" over some answers he gave at a Q and A held during an open week for the latest Ubuntu release.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-09 17:01:08
LinuxToday managing editor Carla Schroder has described Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth as a "sexist twit" over some answers he gave at a Q and A held during an open week for the latest Ubuntu release.
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KDE founder Ettrich receives German award
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-08 17:06:19
The founder of the KDE project, Matthias Ettrich, has received an award from the German government, recognising his contributions to free software.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-08 17:06:19
The founder of the KDE project, Matthias Ettrich, has received an award from the German government, recognising his contributions to free software.
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Novell sacks more staff, cuts benefits
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-06 04:20:20
Mixed-source technology company Novell has sacked between three and four percent of its staff in layoffs that could well be linked to another bad quarter.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-06 04:20:20
Mixed-source technology company Novell has sacked between three and four percent of its staff in layoffs that could well be linked to another bad quarter.
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Open source FUD is alive and kicking
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-02 20:48:06
Ten, or even five years ago, it was not uncommon to see articles surface periodically, spouting gross untruths about free and open source software.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-02 20:48:06
Ten, or even five years ago, it was not uncommon to see articles surface periodically, spouting gross untruths about free and open source software.
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ESR pressure made feminists host detractor's code
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-01 11:01:32
Pressure from open source luminary Eric S. Raymond led to geek feminists hosting code created by one of their detractors, which otherwise would have disappeared for good, a post on Raymond's blog reveals.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-11-01 11:01:32
Pressure from open source luminary Eric S. Raymond led to geek feminists hosting code created by one of their detractors, which otherwise would have disappeared for good, a post on Raymond's blog reveals.
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When hackers get the blues
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-10-29 19:10:20
Hacking is often a lonely profession: the wee hours are generally the most productive and communicating with an inanimate object often results in people being unable to interact in a regular manner with their human counterparts.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-10-29 19:10:20
Hacking is often a lonely profession: the wee hours are generally the most productive and communicating with an inanimate object often results in people being unable to interact in a regular manner with their human counterparts.
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US Defence dept backs more FOSS use
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-10-29 01:29:50
The US Department of Defence has unequivocally backed the use of more open source software, describing the genre as one that provides advantages when it comes to achieving the department's objectives.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-10-29 01:29:50
The US Department of Defence has unequivocally backed the use of more open source software, describing the genre as one that provides advantages when it comes to achieving the department's objectives.
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Microsoft and open source: meet the evangelist
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-10-28 19:03:17
Nick Hodge is, in many way, the modern face of Microsoft, a techie with excellent social skills. He has an additional attribute - a catchy designation: Professional Geek.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-10-28 19:03:17
Nick Hodge is, in many way, the modern face of Microsoft, a techie with excellent social skills. He has an additional attribute - a catchy designation: Professional Geek.
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