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Microsoft malware tool only for legit Windows
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-30 20:15:14
Eleven years ago, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates told an audience that he didn't mind people stealing software as long as they stole his company's software.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-30 20:15:14
Eleven years ago, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates told an audience that he didn't mind people stealing software as long as they stole his company's software.
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Shuttleworth employee calls boss's remark sexist
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-29 21:23:22
The chief technology officer of Canonical, the company founded by open source entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth, has come right out and termed a remark made by his boss at the recent LinuxCon in Portland, Oregon, sexist.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-29 21:23:22
The chief technology officer of Canonical, the company founded by open source entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth, has come right out and termed a remark made by his boss at the recent LinuxCon in Portland, Oregon, sexist.
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Windows 7 YouTube promo falls flat
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-28 19:34:56
Many years ago, the late Dr Laurence J. Peter set out a principle under his own name; one of its corollaries was that the final professional move by a person or a company was from one of competence to one of incompetence.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-28 19:34:56
Many years ago, the late Dr Laurence J. Peter set out a principle under his own name; one of its corollaries was that the final professional move by a person or a company was from one of competence to one of incompetence.
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Ubuntu gets set to mark fifth birthday
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-27 20:38:41
The new kid on the GNU/Linux block is getting long in the tooth. In about three weeks, Ubuntu will be five years old.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-27 20:38:41
The new kid on the GNU/Linux block is getting long in the tooth. In about three weeks, Ubuntu will be five years old.
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Geek feminist jumps the gun on Shuttleworth speech
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-24 20:56:33
Open source consultant Kirrily Robert, who runs a blog called Geek Feminism, has taken Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth to task over words he allegedly used in a talk given at a conference.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-24 20:56:33
Open source consultant Kirrily Robert, who runs a blog called Geek Feminism, has taken Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth to task over words he allegedly used in a talk given at a conference.
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French court hands GPL victory
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-24 19:34:31
It's the reason why Microsoft's Steve Ballmer calls Linux viral. But French courts obviously think it has merit because the GNU General Public Licence has been upheld in a court of appeals in France.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-24 19:34:31
It's the reason why Microsoft's Steve Ballmer calls Linux viral. But French courts obviously think it has merit because the GNU General Public Licence has been upheld in a court of appeals in France.
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RMS comes under attack again
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-23 22:47:21
It appears to be open season for launching attacks on the head of the Free Software Foundation, Richard Matthew Stallman, the man who is in large measure responsible for the status that free and open source software enjoys today.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-23 22:47:21
It appears to be open season for launching attacks on the head of the Free Software Foundation, Richard Matthew Stallman, the man who is in large measure responsible for the status that free and open source software enjoys today.
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Novell wants Linux to be a mainstream O-S
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-23 17:43:14
The Linux Foundation's 600-strong LinuxCon conference in Portland, Oregon, is just getting over and some of the talk emanating from that direction has been interesting, to put it mildly.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-23 17:43:14
The Linux Foundation's 600-strong LinuxCon conference in Portland, Oregon, is just getting over and some of the talk emanating from that direction has been interesting, to put it mildly.
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Linux is bloated, says Torvalds
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-22 22:24:45
One doesn't normally associate negative statements about Linux (the kernel) with its creator, the famous Finn Linus Benedict Torvalds.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-22 22:24:45
One doesn't normally associate negative statements about Linux (the kernel) with its creator, the famous Finn Linus Benedict Torvalds.
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CodePlex Foundation will help spread use of Mono
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-22 19:13:32
The appointment of Novell vice-president Miguel de Icaza to the board of Microsoft's CodePlex Foundation has been done for one reason - the Foundation will serve as a handy vehicle to increase the use of Mono.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-22 19:13:32
The appointment of Novell vice-president Miguel de Icaza to the board of Microsoft's CodePlex Foundation has been done for one reason - the Foundation will serve as a handy vehicle to increase the use of Mono.
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How one Melburnian spent Software Freedom Day
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-20 20:16:26
For most people in Melbourne, Saturday, September 19, was just another day for trying to recover from the excesses of the previous night, knocking back from work, lazing, and reading the newspapers on the web.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-20 20:16:26
For most people in Melbourne, Saturday, September 19, was just another day for trying to recover from the excesses of the previous night, knocking back from work, lazing, and reading the newspapers on the web.
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Trojan authors take advantage of Michael Moore
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-09-16 20:29:16
Trojaned files which claim to be copies of the latest film made by American documentary film maker Michael Moore have flooded torrent sites over the last few days, reliable sources say.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-09-16 20:29:16
Trojaned files which claim to be copies of the latest film made by American documentary film maker Michael Moore have flooded torrent sites over the last few days, reliable sources say.
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Games site sues UK blogger in NSW
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-09-16 19:57:01
A law firm in Sydney, acting for the Chinese owners of the massive multiplayer online game Evony, has filed a case against a British blogger for alleged defamation.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-09-16 19:57:01
A law firm in Sydney, acting for the Chinese owners of the massive multiplayer online game Evony, has filed a case against a British blogger for alleged defamation.
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Miguel snuggles closer to Microsoft
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-15 23:20:30
Over the past week, a couple of events have served to highlight the extent to which Novell vice-president Miguel de Icaza is helping Microsoft to implement its strategy of curbing the growth of free and open source software.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-15 23:20:30
Over the past week, a couple of events have served to highlight the extent to which Novell vice-president Miguel de Icaza is helping Microsoft to implement its strategy of curbing the growth of free and open source software.
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Will FSF's summit on women in FOSS achieve anything?
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-14 22:06:29
What a movement achieves depends greatly on the motivations behind it; when one is pushed to do something, then much less is achieved than if the movement arises spontaneously.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-14 22:06:29
What a movement achieves depends greatly on the motivations behind it; when one is pushed to do something, then much less is achieved than if the movement arises spontaneously.
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Microsoft launches open source foundation - and it isn't April 1
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-10 21:42:27
Microsoft is continuing to try and keep the free software and open source world guessing by announcing that it has set up an open source foundation to enable "the exchange of code and understanding among software companies and open source communities."
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-10 21:42:27
Microsoft is continuing to try and keep the free software and open source world guessing by announcing that it has set up an open source foundation to enable "the exchange of code and understanding among software companies and open source communities."
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Why Microsoft is Australia's default buy
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-07 21:40:13
A veteran of Australia's open source industry says that unless government agencies make a fundamental decision to change technologies and then plan their move, the status quo will remain.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-07 21:40:13
A veteran of Australia's open source industry says that unless government agencies make a fundamental decision to change technologies and then plan their move, the status quo will remain.
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Leaking info on the web - and how to stop it
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-09-07 20:05:25
A new website called "What the internet knows about you" will alarm some and alert others as it shows in great detail one's web history and explains the amount of information that one can leak while visiting any website.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-09-07 20:05:25
A new website called "What the internet knows about you" will alarm some and alert others as it shows in great detail one's web history and explains the amount of information that one can leak while visiting any website.
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Which licence is best: EPL, GPL or BSD?
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-02 21:43:54
Debates about the pros and cons of various licences available to free and open source software developers often end up generating more heat than light.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-02 21:43:54
Debates about the pros and cons of various licences available to free and open source software developers often end up generating more heat than light.
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ATO emulates ignorance when it comes to the Mac
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-01 07:18:08
The Australian Taxation Office appears to be somewhat confused over what role emulation software (better known as virtualisation software) plays on the Apple Macintosh when it comes to running the ATO's own e-tax application.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-01 07:18:08
The Australian Taxation Office appears to be somewhat confused over what role emulation software (better known as virtualisation software) plays on the Apple Macintosh when it comes to running the ATO's own e-tax application.
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