items tagged with Sam Varghese
Patent suit tells us why we should shun Mono, Moonlight
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-26 17:08:38
Microsoft has shown the world exactly how friendly it is towards open source by going to court to claim damages over patents which have been allegedly violated in an implementation of the Linux kernel. And that's a good reason why FOSS users should avoid Mono and Moonlight like the plague.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-26 17:08:38
Microsoft has shown the world exactly how friendly it is towards open source by going to court to claim damages over patents which have been allegedly violated in an implementation of the Linux kernel. And that's a good reason why FOSS users should avoid Mono and Moonlight like the plague.
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Microsoft sets up Linux patent battle
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-25 19:10:33
Microsoft has finally put its money where its mouth is and sued a company for alleged violation of patents connected with an implementation of the Linux kernel.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-25 19:10:33
Microsoft has finally put its money where its mouth is and sued a company for alleged violation of patents connected with an implementation of the Linux kernel.
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All your Gmail is down, down, down
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-24 16:13:30
Would you trust your vital business data to remain in the cloud? This is a question being asked today following an overnight Gmail outage that left users in many countries stuck without the basic tool of business - email - for something like 2-1/2 hours.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-24 16:13:30
Would you trust your vital business data to remain in the cloud? This is a question being asked today following an overnight Gmail outage that left users in many countries stuck without the basic tool of business - email - for something like 2-1/2 hours.
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Debian project gets a new secretary
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-23 20:21:34
The Debian GNU/Linux Project which was functioning without a permanent secretary for some time has finally got a man for the job.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-23 20:21:34
The Debian GNU/Linux Project which was functioning without a permanent secretary for some time has finally got a man for the job.
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Red Hat deal: when will we know more?
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-23 09:23:35
The agreement that Red Hat and Microsoft signed last week is something like a royal wedding - we all like the idea but we'd like to know a bit more about the demands made by the bride.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-23 09:23:35
The agreement that Red Hat and Microsoft signed last week is something like a royal wedding - we all like the idea but we'd like to know a bit more about the demands made by the bride.
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Knoppix: live CD par excellence
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-19 20:08:20
While the bigger and better-known Linux distributions tend to get more than their fair share of publicity, there are other bright stars that light up the FOSS firmament and rarely get a mention.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-19 20:08:20
While the bigger and better-known Linux distributions tend to get more than their fair share of publicity, there are other bright stars that light up the FOSS firmament and rarely get a mention.
Read More About Knoppix: Live CD Par Excellence...
Facebook: wake up, there is no free lunch
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-17 20:44:36
In the brouhaha which has broken out after Facebook changed its terms of use to bring in a clause whereby it would own or at least share ownership of content created within its portals, a couple of questions have eluded most people.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-17 20:44:36
In the brouhaha which has broken out after Facebook changed its terms of use to bring in a clause whereby it would own or at least share ownership of content created within its portals, a couple of questions have eluded most people.
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Red Hat deal a kick in the guts for Novell
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-16 16:13:44
The good people over at Novell must be wondering what to do next after Red Hat and Microsoft inked a deal on server virtualisation interoperability yesterday.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-16 16:13:44
The good people over at Novell must be wondering what to do next after Red Hat and Microsoft inked a deal on server virtualisation interoperability yesterday.
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Conficker worm has become a PR problem
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-15 20:01:58
Anyone who follows the technology industry would find it easy to pinpoint the stage at which a company realises that it has a problem it cannot handle, throws in the towel and starts to treat said problem as a PR issue.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-15 20:01:58
Anyone who follows the technology industry would find it easy to pinpoint the stage at which a company realises that it has a problem it cannot handle, throws in the towel and starts to treat said problem as a PR issue.
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A touch of sadness as Lenny emerges
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-12 10:23:29
The release of a stable version of Debian GNU/Linux is normally a time of rejoicing and celebration for the 1000-plus geeks who provide Linux users with one of the best distributions going.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-12 10:23:29
The release of a stable version of Debian GNU/Linux is normally a time of rejoicing and celebration for the 1000-plus geeks who provide Linux users with one of the best distributions going.
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How piracy benefits Microsoft
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-09 17:34:35
Public memory has always been woefully short. With the advent and popularisation of the internet, it has become even shorter; people can only absorb information in dribs and drabs.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-09 17:34:35
Public memory has always been woefully short. With the advent and popularisation of the internet, it has become even shorter; people can only absorb information in dribs and drabs.
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Satyam: will we ever know the whole truth?
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-09 02:00:09
In India, it is impossible to remain the chief executive of a high-profile company without rubbing shoulders with politicians. But the moment the brown stuff hits the ceiling - when the CEO gets sacked or the politician thrown out of office - one will not acknowledge the other.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-09 02:00:09
In India, it is impossible to remain the chief executive of a high-profile company without rubbing shoulders with politicians. But the moment the brown stuff hits the ceiling - when the CEO gets sacked or the politician thrown out of office - one will not acknowledge the other.
Read More About Satyam: Will We Ever Know The Whole Truth?...
OLPC no longer wants to change the world
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-08 18:02:49
There is more disquieting news emerging from the One Laptop per Child project - or what remains of it, following the sackings and budget cuts in January.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-08 18:02:49
There is more disquieting news emerging from the One Laptop per Child project - or what remains of it, following the sackings and budget cuts in January.
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Why Debian release schedules don't matter
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-05 18:52:37
We all love it when things run on time. There are certain things which need to happen when the clock strikes the hour - buses and trains need to arrive, a cron job on your server needs to spark some script or the other to life, your kids need to be at school.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-05 18:52:37
We all love it when things run on time. There are certain things which need to happen when the clock strikes the hour - buses and trains need to arrive, a cron job on your server needs to spark some script or the other to life, your kids need to be at school.
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Spreading the FOSS message the Gandhian way
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-02 16:21:41
There are some among the FOSS community who pay lip service to Mahatma Gandhi when talking about this genre of software. There are others who actually put Gandhi's methods into practice to spread the message.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-02 16:21:41
There are some among the FOSS community who pay lip service to Mahatma Gandhi when talking about this genre of software. There are others who actually put Gandhi's methods into practice to spread the message.
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Our open source heroes are humans too
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-01 18:54:11
A great deal is being made of the fact that Linux creator Linus Torvalds has switched from using the KDE desktop to using GNOME, something he did many months ago, and something he mentioned in passing during an interview last month.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-01 18:54:11
A great deal is being made of the fact that Linux creator Linus Torvalds has switched from using the KDE desktop to using GNOME, something he did many months ago, and something he mentioned in passing during an interview last month.
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Open source: how Sun sees it
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-01-29 17:57:18
Simon Phipps is a natural when it comes to speaking. The man has a good turn of phrase, is skilled in the art of repartee, and can engage an audience very well.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-01-29 17:57:18
Simon Phipps is a natural when it comes to speaking. The man has a good turn of phrase, is skilled in the art of repartee, and can engage an audience very well.
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Sun 'can be biggest open source company'
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-01-28 17:45:13
Ulf Michael Widenius, better known to open source folk as Monty, has a few things in common with Linux creator Linus Torvalds.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-01-28 17:45:13
Ulf Michael Widenius, better known to open source folk as Monty, has a few things in common with Linux creator Linus Torvalds.
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A conversation with Bdale Garbee
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-01-25 17:36:53
It's difficult not to notice Bdale Garbee, the chief technologist for open source and Linux at Hewlett-Packard, when he attends the Australian national Linux conference.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-01-25 17:36:53
It's difficult not to notice Bdale Garbee, the chief technologist for open source and Linux at Hewlett-Packard, when he attends the Australian national Linux conference.
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Now, you too can shave Bdale's beard
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-01-24 17:28:47
One of the happenings at the 10th Australian national Linux conference that attracted the most attention was the shaving of Bdale Garbee's beard by Linus Torvalds.
Read More About Now, You Too Can Shave Bdale's Beard...
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-01-24 17:28:47
One of the happenings at the 10th Australian national Linux conference that attracted the most attention was the shaving of Bdale Garbee's beard by Linus Torvalds.
Read More About Now, You Too Can Shave Bdale's Beard...
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