Infrastructure Linux News for Feb 05, 2008:

Ecma's Top 10 Worst Responses to NB Comments
(2008-02-05 00:15:47)
ODF Alliance Weblog: "With the input of our members, we've taken a first cut at the Top 10 Worst Responses (reproduced below) to the 3,522 comments submitted by National Bodies..."

Can KDE Save a Dying Windows Platform?
(2008-02-05 04:00:53)
MrCopilot: "His only hope was that he knew Qt was cross compatible with Windows Linux and Mac, and there was talk that someday, KDE was to be ported to Windows. So he waited..."

FTP Server setup with TLS (Transport Layer Security) on Debian
(2008-02-05 07:00:48)
Debian Admin: "The TLS protocol allows applications to communicate across a network in a way designed to prevent eavesdropping, tampering, and message forgery..."

SCALE 6X--An Interview with Publicity Chairman Orv Beach
(2008-02-05 08:30:22)
Click: "We all know that Linux is a kernel, an operating system, maybe even a socio-political movement (it depends on whom you ask), but in a sense, Linux is about people--those who create, use and promote it..."

MIT Researchers Fight Gridlock with Linux
(2008-02-05 12:15:29)
LinuxDevices: "At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, researchers are testing a Linux-based automotive telematics system intended to reduce traffic congestion..."

One Laptop Per Child On its Way to Australia
(2008-02-05 13:00:08)
The Open Source Report: "The One Laptop Per Child initiative, a charity which is attempting to create and distribute educational laptops to disadvantaged children, is on its way to Australia..."

Torvalds Pans Apple with 'Utter Crap' Putdown
(2008-02-05 13:45:10)
Sydney Morning Herald: "Apple's much-touted new operating system, OS X Leopard, is in some ways worse than Windows Vista, says the founder of the Linux open source project, Linus Torvalds..."

IBM Responds to Microsoft: OOXML is "Technically Inferior"
(2008-02-05 14:30:10)
Ars Technica: "IBM isn't taking the accusations sitting down, however, telling Ars that Microsoft is leading a fight against truly open standards..."

Yahoo Moves Forward With Zimbra 5.0 Suite
(2008-02-05 15:15:16)
internetnews.com: "Zimbra is out today with the first major release of its open source based Zimbra Collaboration solution since being acquired by Yahoo last year..."

New Theme for Ubuntu 8.04 Deferred
(2008-02-05 16:45:59)
Tombuntu: "The original plan was to have a fresh theme for every long-term-support release, starting with Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron. Now it has been decided to put off the redesign until Ubuntu 8.10..."

Announcing Fedora 9 Alpha
(2008-02-05 19:00:18)
Fedora: "A funny thing happened on the way into the office today, an Alpha release of Fedora 9 happened...!"

Terra Soft Releases Yellow Dog Linux v6.0
(2008-02-05 19:30:52)
Terra Soft: "Terra Soft today released Yellow Dog Linux v6.0 for Sony PS3, Apple G4/G5, and IBM System p..."

PostgreSQL 8.3 Designed for Better Speed
(2008-02-05 20:30:46)
Underexposed: "Programmers behind the PostgreSQL project released the new version 8.3 of the open-source database software Monday, saying they've boosted improved performance 5 percent to 30 percent and added several useful features..."

"Wephone" Spells "Debian" in Plaid
(2008-02-05 21:30:13)
LinuxDevices: "A Canadian firm will soon announce a phone whose plaid case spells 'Debian' in Morse Code..."

Deliver Us from Microsoft
(2008-02-05 22:00:24)
The Guardian: "The two great pillars of Open Source are the GNU project and Linux. I shan't burden you with too much detail, I'll just make the outrageous claim that your computer will be running some descendant of those two within the next five years and that your life will be better and happier as a result..."

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