items tagged with Sam Varghese
The return of Stephen 'e-security' Conroy
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-06-01 21:51:19
It's fair to say that in recent times, the Australian communications minister, Stephen Conroy, has been made to look a mite foolish. Sorry, let me give the man his rightful title - minister for broadband, communications and the digital economy.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-06-01 21:51:19
It's fair to say that in recent times, the Australian communications minister, Stephen Conroy, has been made to look a mite foolish. Sorry, let me give the man his rightful title - minister for broadband, communications and the digital economy.
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How GNU/Linux users can keep Mono at bay
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-05-31 18:22:01
GNU/Linux users who want to keep Mono off their systems can now use an application that warns them when elements of the open source clone of Microsoft's .NET development environment are being installed.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-05-31 18:22:01
GNU/Linux users who want to keep Mono off their systems can now use an application that warns them when elements of the open source clone of Microsoft's .NET development environment are being installed.
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Kiwis give Microsoft the finger
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-05-27 05:00:53
One of the money milking machines in Microsoft's stable has just gone dry. It's a little teat but significant in that it shows the way for other, bigger teats to be pulled out of the Redmond suction pump.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-05-27 05:00:53
One of the money milking machines in Microsoft's stable has just gone dry. It's a little teat but significant in that it shows the way for other, bigger teats to be pulled out of the Redmond suction pump.
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Desktop Linux: it ain't a better Windows
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-05-19 19:33:09
One debate which the FOSS community will never give up on is the one about GNU/Linux on the desktop. No matter that the two big companies which were once interested in putting GNU/Linux on the desktop have now officially given up.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-05-19 19:33:09
One debate which the FOSS community will never give up on is the one about GNU/Linux on the desktop. No matter that the two big companies which were once interested in putting GNU/Linux on the desktop have now officially given up.
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Queensland firm comes up with multisite CMS
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-05-18 20:16:54
A Queensland company, ZacWare, has released an application that can transform the popular open source content management system Joomla! into a multisite CMS.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-05-18 20:16:54
A Queensland company, ZacWare, has released an application that can transform the popular open source content management system Joomla! into a multisite CMS.
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GNU/Linux: rubbery figures don't help the cause
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-05-13 20:00:17
Over the last 10 days there has been a spate of reports all based on some surprising statistics titled "Operating System Market Share" put out by a company named Net Applications.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-05-13 20:00:17
Over the last 10 days there has been a spate of reports all based on some surprising statistics titled "Operating System Market Share" put out by a company named Net Applications.
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Brits to test life without Windows
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-05-13 02:42:35
Two British IT workers are planning to spend a month without Windows, using GNU/Linux instead in a project designed to see whether "the Linux operating system is capable of delivering the function and style of delivery that an established Windows user can adapt to easily."
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-05-13 02:42:35
Two British IT workers are planning to spend a month without Windows, using GNU/Linux instead in a project designed to see whether "the Linux operating system is capable of delivering the function and style of delivery that an established Windows user can adapt to easily."
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XP mode? You may need a new PC
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-05-08 18:52:58
It's been my experience that when Microsoft announces something, one always has to read the fine print. That hasn't changed in the 20 years since I bought my first PC.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-05-08 18:52:58
It's been my experience that when Microsoft announces something, one always has to read the fine print. That hasn't changed in the 20 years since I bought my first PC.
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Taking Joomla! to new heights
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-05-07 19:31:45
For someone who heads a project that develops the most widely used open source content management system, Andrew Eddie tends to be somewhat low-key. One could even call him bashful.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-05-07 19:31:45
For someone who heads a project that develops the most widely used open source content management system, Andrew Eddie tends to be somewhat low-key. One could even call him bashful.
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Netbook gains: win or loss for Microsoft?
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-05-06 18:34:33
Much is being made of the gains that Microsoft has apparently made in the netbook market, with manufacturers now finding that sales of the little gadgets with Linux on them are slowing to a trickle.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-05-06 18:34:33
Much is being made of the gains that Microsoft has apparently made in the netbook market, with manufacturers now finding that sales of the little gadgets with Linux on them are slowing to a trickle.
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GNOME Foundation wants your money
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-05-03 18:53:31
The global economic crisis has hit the GNOME Foundation to the extent that it is now seeking public money to ensure that it can keep an executive director, who was recruited last year, on its rolls.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-05-03 18:53:31
The global economic crisis has hit the GNOME Foundation to the extent that it is now seeking public money to ensure that it can keep an executive director, who was recruited last year, on its rolls.
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GPL: why Eric Raymond is wrong
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-29 18:42:44
Twelve years ago, Bruce Perens, who was then leader of the Debian GNU/Linux project, drafted the Debian free software guidelines as part of the project's social contract.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-29 18:42:44
Twelve years ago, Bruce Perens, who was then leader of the Debian GNU/Linux project, drafted the Debian free software guidelines as part of the project's social contract.
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Three patents in TomTom case to be reviewed
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-28 18:09:35
The Open Invention Network has placed three of the patents which figured in the recent Microsoft-TomTom lawsuit for prior art review on the Post-Issue Peer-to-Patent website associated with the Linux Defenders portal.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-28 18:09:35
The Open Invention Network has placed three of the patents which figured in the recent Microsoft-TomTom lawsuit for prior art review on the Post-Issue Peer-to-Patent website associated with the Linux Defenders portal.
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Time is ripe for Microsoft to buy Novell
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-24 21:13:50
This week was a historic one for Microsoft with the firm reporting its biggest drop in both quarterly profits and revenue in its 23-year history as a public entity.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-24 21:13:50
This week was a historic one for Microsoft with the firm reporting its biggest drop in both quarterly profits and revenue in its 23-year history as a public entity.
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Oracle: what happens to MySQL and OpenSolaris?
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-20 18:50:21
From a company that was touting its own progress and supposed ability to steer itself through difficult technology waters on its own, Sun Microsystems, over a few months, became an entity that was desperately looking to be acquired.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-20 18:50:21
From a company that was touting its own progress and supposed ability to steer itself through difficult technology waters on its own, Sun Microsystems, over a few months, became an entity that was desperately looking to be acquired.
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Ubuntu circus set to start again
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-16 21:06:42
Six days from today, the Ubuntu circus will start all over again. The release of version 9.04 is scheduled for April 23 and lots of bandwidth will be consumed that day as people upgrade or else download the distribution for the first time.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-16 21:06:42
Six days from today, the Ubuntu circus will start all over again. The release of version 9.04 is scheduled for April 23 and lots of bandwidth will be consumed that day as people upgrade or else download the distribution for the first time.
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Linux Foundation bows to RMS
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-14 18:13:23
It's more than a bit ironic that the Linux Foundation, an organisation that drips with bizspeak, has chosen as the winner of its Linux promotional campaign an ad that espouses the virtues of freedom.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-14 18:13:23
It's more than a bit ironic that the Linux Foundation, an organisation that drips with bizspeak, has chosen as the winner of its Linux promotional campaign an ad that espouses the virtues of freedom.
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Steve McIntyre re-elected Debian leader
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-04-13 03:31:30
British developer Steve McIntyre has been re-elected leader of the Debian GNU/Linux project (DPL) for 2009-10.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-04-13 03:31:30
British developer Steve McIntyre has been re-elected leader of the Debian GNU/Linux project (DPL) for 2009-10.
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Microsoft fined 9m euros for price-fixing
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-04-08 21:46:28
Microsoft has been fined €9 million by the German competition authority for collusion with retailers to set the prices of Office Home and Student 2007.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-04-08 21:46:28
Microsoft has been fined €9 million by the German competition authority for collusion with retailers to set the prices of Office Home and Student 2007.
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GNOME begins to play catch up with KDE
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-04-06 20:39:06
The GNOME project has released what it calls a roadmap towards version 3.0. After following a policy that mandated minor changes in its six-monthly releases, GNOME has decided that it would be a mistake to release 3.0 without a "user-visible change."
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-04-06 20:39:06
The GNOME project has released what it calls a roadmap towards version 3.0. After following a policy that mandated minor changes in its six-monthly releases, GNOME has decided that it would be a mistake to release 3.0 without a "user-visible change."
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