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Covering all (data)bases
Friday, 02 February 2007
What is the difference between God and Larry Ellison? Answer: God doesn't think he's Larry Ellison.

 
New driver for GNU/Linux adoption
Wednesday, 31 January 2007
A major hurdle to the widespread adoption of GNU/Linux on the desktop (and, at times, at the server-level) is the lack of drivers for specific hardware.

 
China gets into the FOSS groove
Monday, 29 January 2007
If there is mass take-up of free and open source software in any country over the next few years, that country is likely to be China.

 
OLPC: yet another bad idea
Wednesday, 24 January 2007
There are plenty of misguided projects which people in the West undertake, under the mistaken impression that they are helping those in the underdeveloped regions of the world.

 
Of patents and promises
Monday, 22 January 2007
It will take a few more years before the fate of the DRM patent applications filed by Red Hat's Alan Cox is known. Last week it came to light that Cox had applied for two patents, both to do with digital rights management.

 
Thirty pieces of silver
Friday, 19 January 2007
The ends justify the means. That's a favourite saying of those who feel that the destination, not the means of travel, is more important.

 
Linux video - but for whom?
Thursday, 18 January 2007
Builder AU, the official media organ for the Australian Linux conference, which is underway in Sydney, has released video clips of Linux creator Linus Torvalds talking about kernel development.

 
Speak today, repent at leisure
Wednesday, 17 January 2007
Widely differing views exist in the world of free and open source software. An excellent example of this has emerged over the last two days.

 
Adventures with OpenSUSE
Monday, 15 January 2007
It is common for new users of GNU/Linux to experiment with this distribution or that; those who have found one which suits them rarely venture out to test other distributions.

 
Talking Linux in Sydney
Friday, 12 January 2007
There are three major Linux conferences held annually, one each in the US, Canada and Australia.

 
All about the mixed-source company
Monday, 08 January 2007
One of the classic quotes to emerge from of the tech industry in recent times has come from Maarten Koster, the newly-appointed president of Novell Asia-Pacific.
 
MySQL spreads its wings
Friday, 05 January 2007
The open source firm MySQL, which makes the database of the same name, is slowly acquiring new options as far as storage engines go, doubtless with on eye on the fact that bigger rivals are circling.

 
The year of the Linux desktop!
Tuesday, 02 January 2007
You'll see these words in more than one article penned by the pundits. Every year since about 2003 has been called the year of the Linux desktop - and then, when that fails to transpire, those who predict these things set about rehashing their predictions for the next year.

 
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