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Infrastructure Linux News for Mar 28, 2008
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No Justification Need (Mar 28, 2008, 22:30)
Editor's Note: If proprietary companies want to
play follow the leader, they'd better get behind Linux.
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President of EU Academy for Standardisation Criticizes OOXML (Mar 28, 2008, 19:30)
Groklaw: "...[T]he president of the European
Academy for Standardisation, Tineke Egyedi, is critical of OOXML
being made a standard when ODF exists already, and she believes
duplicative standards conflict with WTO rules..."
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Possible Manipulation Around OOXML Process in Poland (Mar 28, 2008, 18:00)
PolishLinux: "This is a follow-up post to my
recent report on OOXML process in Poland. It looks like things are
going bad this time. At least as bad as in September..."
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Finally: The Details About the Final Results of the BRM (Mar 28, 2008, 14:15)
void life(void): "To begin the history, on
Sunday evening, before the beginning of the BRM, at the Heads of
Delegations meeting they were warned that on Wednesday we would
have to make a decision about 'what to do with the ECMA's responses
that could not be discussed...'"
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In Close Vote, Germany Stays in the OOXML "Yes" Column as More Reports Dribble in (Mar 28, 2008, 12:45)
ConsortiumInfo: "With fewer than 48 hours to go
throughout most of the world, only a small percentage of the 87
countries that voted last summer on OOXML have announced whether
they will stand by, or change, the votes that they cast during the
original six month voting period..."
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We're Taking an Open Direction with Web Communities: Are You In? (Mar 28, 2008, 12:00)
Pirillo "For the community of community owners,
operators, moderators, and members: we need better options, and I
believe we need them to exist on open platforms..."
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The Bad Guys Will Cut Off Your Fingers (Mar 28, 2008, 09:00)
LinuxPlanet: "I have a Lenovo T61 with an
integrated fingerprint reader, and finally got around to seeing if
I could make it work..."
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Fedora 9 Beta Preview (Mar 28, 2008, 07:30)
Phoronix: "We have taken the time to explore
the features of Fedora 9 and the progress that has been
made..."
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Teenage Clicks: TEENpup 2008, The Kids' Linux OS with Adult Undertones (Mar 28, 2008, 06:00)
Red Devil's Tech Blog: "Computer hardware
manufacturers obviously feel there's a large untapped market among
the world's young: Witness, the Eee, the Cloudbook, the One..."
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Open-Source Classroom Management With iTALC On Ubuntu 7.10 (Mar 28, 2008, 04:30)
HowtoForge: "iTALC is an open-source classroom
management solution that lets you view and control other computers
in your network..."
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Windows XP vs. Vista vs. Linux (Mar 28, 2008, 03:00)
Defensive Computing: "The personal computer
field is maturing to the point that people will soon be cognizant
of two hardware categories: full-blown personal computers, typified
by Windows and Macs, and stripped down ones for children, senior
citizens or traveling..."
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IBM (Kind Of) Explains its Investment in EnterpriseDB (Mar 28, 2008, 02:15)
451 CAOS Theory: "IBM has got back to me with a
terse response to some questions I posed following its investment
in EnterpriseDB earlier this week..."
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The de Icaza Conundrum (Mar 28, 2008, 00:45)
Roundup: Despite many contributions to open
source, the community is still divided on current projects and
statements from Miquel de Icaza. A recent go-around about OOXML
serves to illustrate the situation.
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