Vonage's Open Source Database Odyssey
In an interesting twist of irony, Oracle, which is taking aim at Linux leader Red Hat for being too expensive, is being undercut with an open source challenge to its namesake database.
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Red Hat Drives Customer Value Beyond Linux
Red Hat today delivered more on the vision of Open Source Architecture by announcing plans to combine a virtualized operating system and a full set of building blocks for building service-oriented…
Dell + Ubuntu = Disaster
Dell pre-installs two hidden partitions on the harddisk; the idea behind them is sound as it eliminates the need to remember your XP’s product code and automate the activation process and when…
Criticism mounts over Birmingham's Linux project
Criticism is mounting over the termination of a large-scale Linux project in Birmingham, England.
Birmingham City Council pulled the plug on its 535,000 pounds open-source pilot after its…
Scott Adams Suggests Bill Gates For President
"Ask a deeply religious Christian if he'd rather live next to a bearded Muslim that may or may not be plotting a terror attack, or an atheist that may or may not show him how to set up a wireless…
Adopt an orphan
In the Debian project they refer to packages that no longer have mantainers as orphaned. I think it's a good definition, and I'd extend it to free software packages that are no longer developed.…
VBA in OpenOffice. Do you celebrate or scrutinize further?
Many people celebrated the inclusion of VBA support in Novell's version of OpenOffice. If you read between the lines, Novell is now putting what MS paid for in retrospect! While I can not confirm…
Howto install Fedora Linux on a Sony Playstation 3
Full install instructions for installing Fedora Core 5 on a Sony Playstation 3 using OtherOS Installer released by Sony.
http://ps3.qj.net/PS3-Linux-The-void-has-been-filled-Full-install-…
Novell to Samba: We're Not Terminating MS Agreement
According to statements from Novell, in Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier's article in Linux.com, they are not repudiating their Microsoft deal. We also learn that Eben Moglen has finished the audit and is…
Help us convince AMD/ATI to Open Source their drivers
Tell them what you think about the state of their drivers. You may ask for a fully open source driver (like Intel does) and/or better specifications for the x.org developers. Also tell them about…