Infrastructure Linux News for Jun 19, 2007:

Could Microsoft Be Going Open Source: Through Linux?
(2007-06-19 00:00:35)
The Eternal Universe: "For a long time now I have been convinced that open source is the future. In the past, through things like FUD, Microsoft has actively tried to prevent this from being the case..."

Skype Staff Play Good Cop Bad Cop with Linux Users
(2007-06-19 00:30:29)
Daniweb: "A member of Skype staff posting in the Linux support forum there seems to have taken a course in customer relations from <insert your least favourite company here>..."

A Picture's Worth 100M Users?
(2007-06-19 02:30:16)
John's Blog: "Every so often though, as inspired as [Steve Jobs] is, he says something that betrays at best a blurry view of the real world, at worst an explicit intent to bring more of the world under directed control from Cupertino..."

What Netflix Needs is Linux
(2007-06-19 03:15:27)
MadPenguin: "In the past, I have always found it comical when companies have found themselves buying into the need to protect their content with DRM because of the pressure from the music and movie industries..."

Retrieving Emails From Remote Servers With getmail (Debian Etch)
(2007-06-19 06:00:26)
HowtoForge: "Getmail is a program for retrieving emails from remote servers; it is very similar to fetchmail, but more flexible..."

Creating A Local Yum Repository (CentOS)
(2007-06-19 07:30:33)
HowtoForge: "Sometimes it can be handy to set up your own repository to prevent from downloading the remote repository over and over again..."

Agile Metadot Serves Up Open Source Web Apps
(2007-06-19 08:15:00)
Linux.com: "Ten years ago, when Metadot founder and CEO Daniel Guermeur was working for a large technology company, he discovered that the Web-based content management systems he was developing were too complicated for his customers..."

Installing Software for Viewing DVD Movies on Dell's Inspiron E1505N
(2007-06-19 09:00:27)
About.com: "I have been using my Inspiron E1505 running Ubuntu Linux for a full week now, and it's been a pleasure..."

Splitting Apache Logs With vlogger
(2007-06-19 09:45:36)
HowtoForge: "Vlogger is a little tool with which you can write Apache logs broken down by virtual hosts and days..."

Device Profile: SysMaster Tornado M20
(2007-06-19 11:15:37)
LinuxDevices: "SysMaster used embedded Linux to create a four-line IP (Internet protocol) video phone with built-in PBX and audio/video playback capabilities..."

Installfest Touts Linux's Freedom
(2007-06-19 12:00:09)
The Ithaca Journal: "In 2001, Eric Skalwold was nearly finished installing Windows XP onto his computer. Then he read the end-user agreement and decided he couldn't consent to those terms..."

June 4 Novell Summary Judgment Hearing Transcript
(2007-06-19 18:00:57)
Groklaw: "As usual, he is able to make the impossible sound absolutely convincingly plausible. It's a gift, without a doubt. Of course, that's until you snap out of the cloud of acceptance he puts you in, and listen to Novell's Michael Jacobs..."

ZFS on Linux: It's Alive
(2007-06-19 21:00:12)
LinuxWorld: "If you like Linux for the long list of supported hardware but Solaris for the advanced new ZFS filesystem, a new development project might have a happy surprise for you..."

Hardware Archaeology
(2007-06-19 22:30:56)
SunMink: "One of the running themes of Free/open source software has been how easily drivers for chipsets in old (and often not-so-old) hardware can be created..."

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